[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 66 (Tuesday, May 24, 1994)]
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  PERMISSION FOR COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE TO NEXT CONSIDER PROCEEDINGS 
     CONTEMPLATED BY SECTIONS 3(c) AND 3(d) OF HOUSE RESOLUTION 431

  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House 
next resolves itself into the Committee of the Whole House on the State 
of the Union for the further consideration of H.R. 4301, the Committee 
proceed to the consideration of the proceedings contemplated by 
sections 3(c) and 3(d) of House Resolution 431.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  Mr. WALKER. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I do so to 
clarify the situation we are in.
  If I understand the gentleman's request correctly, this will move the 
debate next to a discussion on Haiti and then on to the discussion of 
peacekeeping, skipping over, for the moment, the Bosnia.
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WALKER. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman from Pennsylvania [Mr. 
Walker] is correct in both instances.
  Mr. WALKER. In addition it is my understanding then that we are going 
to come back to the Bosnia issue when we return from the district work 
period, and at that point we would have a more extended debate than was 
originally anticipated on Bosnia.
  Is that correct?
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, the majority leader, the gentleman from 
Missouri [Mr. Gephardt], should speak on whether that issue is resolved 
or not.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WALKER. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. GEPHARDT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania 
[Mr. Walker] for having yielded to me.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my understanding that we are intending to take up 
the Bosnian question on June 9, and there would be an hour of debate on 
the amendment to be offered by the gentleman from Indiana [Mr. 
Hamilton] and an hour of debate on the amendment to be offered by the 
gentleman from Indiana [Mr. McClosky].
  Mr. WALKER. Further reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, I 
say, ``So, our anticipation is that, once we have completed the work on 
peacekeeping and on Haiti, the Committee would then rise, not having 
completed the bill, and would come back to this bill.''
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WALKER. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. DELLUMS. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is absolutely correct. Upon 
completion of these two remaining items it would be the intention of 
this gentleman to move that the Committee do now rise. We would return 
to H.R. 4301 when we return from the Memorial Day break.
  Mr. WALKER. Would a further unanimous-consent request be required in 
order to extend the debate?
  Mr. DELLUMS. Yes, the gentleman is correct, and I will do that when 
the gentleman concludes his reservation of objection.
  Mr. WALKER. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.

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