mr. conyers: mr. speaker, i ask for a recorded vote.eaker pro tempore: does the gentleman ask for the yeas and nays? mr. conyers: yes. the speaker pro tempore: the yeas and nays are requested. all those in favor of taking this vote by the yeas and nays and remain standing until counted. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. pursuant to clause 8 of rule 20, further proceedings on this question will be postponed. for what purpose does the gentleman from north carolina rise? >> mr. speaker, i move that the house suspend the rules and pass h.r. 2633, the appeal time -- collarification act of 2011, as amended. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title of the bill. the clerk: h.r. 2633, a bill to amend title 28, united states code, to clarify the time limit for appeals in civil cases to which united states officers or employees are parties. the speaker pro tempore: pursuant to the rule, the gentleman from north carolina, mr. coble, and the gentleman from michigan, mr. conyers, each will control 20 mi

mr. conyers, had the support of mrs. pelosi and mr. berman and the support of mr. cantor on the republican side. i have a very hard time thinking of a wider range of bipartisan support than that. and provision is simply about how to calculate filing dates for patent term extensions, though its critics have labeled it something a lot more. a patent holder on a drug is entitled by statute to apply tor extension of the patent term and actually bring the drug to market. the patent holder has to file the extension within 60 days beginning on the date the product received permission for marketing. but there is some ambiguity as to when the date is that starts the clock running. only in washington, d.c.? could the system produce such absurd result that the word date means such differences between two agencies, but then is given two different instructions by the f.d.a. if this sounds kind of esoteric, madam president, it is. i've been working on this thing for years, and it is difficult to understand. but the courts have codified it and let's not go and try to change it ye