[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 30 (Wednesday, February 15, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H1847-H1848]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




REQUEST FOR CONSIDERATION OF ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 7, NATIONAL 
                      SECURITY REVITALIZATION ACT

  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I will be pleased to reoffer the unanimous-
consent request with regard to the order of amendments and the time 
allocation.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that my previous unanimous-
consent request be agreed to.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I reserve the right to object.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair would ask the gentleman from New 
York [Mr. Gilman] if the request is just as it was stated the last 
time, with the modification involving the proposed amendment of the 
gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant].
  Mr. GILMAN. Yes, to include the request of the gentleman from Ohio.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. It is the same request with that 
modification?
  Mr. GILMAN. Yes, with that modification.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York?
  Mr. BONIOR. Reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, under my 
reservation I would ask the gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman] if we 
could accommodate the gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel] with a 5-
minute request as we have accommodated the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. 
Traficant].
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I will be pleased to modify the request 
allocating 5 minutes to the gentleman from New York, with the 
understanding that it will be deducted from the title VI amendment, No. 
28 or 43.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. Under my reservation of objection, Mr. Speaker, I yield 
to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. BERMAN. Mr. Speaker, under the reservation of objection, if I 
might, I just want to make sure I understand.
  We have a bipartisan agreement on the remaining time in the 10 hours. 
It has been modified to provide an additional 10 minutes, 5 minutes to 
discuss--divided equally to discuss----
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman would yield, no, it is not 
an additional 10 minutes. We will have to 
[[Page H1848]] adjust the times accordingly from the times set forth.
  Mr. BERMAN. Excuse me. The gentleman is stating it correctly: to be 
subtracted from the agreed upon time, 5 minutes on the amendment of the 
gentleman from Ohio, 5 minutes on the amendment of the gentleman from 
New York, and can I suggest an additional 1 minute for an amendment 
from the gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Skelton] that is 
noncontroversial? And this will all come off of titles III, IV, V, and 
VI?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. GILMAN. Are any of these amendments pre-filed?
  Mr. BERMAN. They are all pre-filed, as I understand it. They are all 
pre-filed.
  Mr. GILMAN. And do we have a number on the amendments? Does the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Engel] have a number on his amendment?
  Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. ENGEL. The amendment has been filed. I do not know what the 
number is, but it has been filed, and it is in title IV, not in title 
VI.
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Speaker, I discussed this amendment, my amendment 
number 7 to title VI, with the gentleman from New York. He indicated it 
was acceptable.
  By inadvertence, Mr. Speaker, it was left off the list. I just 
learned a few moments ago it was left off the gentleman's list as well.
  Mr. Speaker, I will not need more than 60 seconds to present it 
tomorrow.
  Mr. BONIOR. Further reserving the right to object, Mr. Speaker, and I 
do not plan to do so, but this is a classic example, with all due 
respect to my friend, the gentleman from New York [Mr. Solomon], a 
classic example of what happens when rules are not structured to allow 
Members to offer amendments, and, further reserving the right to 
object, this will continue to happen until we do that.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from New York [Mr. Gilman], as modified, 5 minutes for the 
amendment to be offered by the gentleman from Ohio [Mr. Traficant], 5 
minutes for the amendment to be offered by the gentleman from New York 
[Mr. Engel], and 1 minute for the amendment to be offered by the 
gentleman from Missouri [Mr. Skelton]?
  Mr. GILMAN. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my unanimous-consent request with 
regard to this.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from New York withdraws his 
unanimous-consent request.


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