Any bankruptsy lawyers in the HOUSE

I filed Bankrput in Spetmeber of 2000, and it was discharged Jan of 2001. This was chapter 7. Some have told me that since i did it 5 year before the new law that i would be able to and then I would have to wait 8 years. Becasue then it was 6 years. so does the new law apply people who filed way back in 2000, or is it people who filed when the new law changed? i do not plan on filing agian in 8 years. I did not plan on doing it agian after the first time. But bad luck happened and we got into the payday loan trap. PLUs we owe a loan for american general.