[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 156 (2010), Part 15]
[Senate]
[Page 22578]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  BANKRUPTCY TECHNICAL CORRECTIONS ACT

  Mr. LEAHY. Mr. President, on November 19, 2010, the Senate passed the 
Bankruptcy Technical Corrections Act of 2010. This legislation makes 
many important technical changes to our bankruptcy laws.
  Yesterday, on December 16, the House of Representatives passed this 
legislation again, with an amendment from the Senate. Senator 
Whitehouse, chairman of the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on 
Administrative Oversight and the Courts, along with Chairman Conyers 
and Ranking Member Smith of the House Judiciary Committee should be 
commended for their attention to these issues.
  This bipartisan legislation makes numerous technical corrections to 
the Bankruptcy Code. These revisions are needed as the result in part 
of the major reforms that took place in 2005. Given the breadth of the 
2005 reforms, and the highly technical nature of the code, it was not 
unexpected that some additional congressional action was needed to make 
some needed adjustments. Although purely technical, these changes will 
assist practitioners and judges adjudicate cases under the code more 
efficiently, and with a savings of judicial resources.
  At a time in the United States when Americans are struggling under 
severe economic conditions and with millions of Americans having lost 
their homes or in danger of foreclosure, it is especially important for 
the Bankruptcy Code to operate as efficiently and effectively as 
possible.
  I thank all Senators for their support of this legislation.

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