[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 99 (Friday, June 16, 1995)]
[House]
[Pages H6073-H6074]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. FAZIO of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask for this time in order to 
request of the majority leader information about next week's schedule.
  I yield to my friend, the gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey], if he 
would be willing to inform the Members about what we have to look 
forward to.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman from California for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, the House will meet in pro forma session on Monday, June 
19. There will be no recorded votes on Monday.
  On Tuesday, the House will meet at 9 o'clock a.m. for morning hour 
and 10 o'clock a.m. for legislative business.
  After 1-minutes, we plan to take up the rule for H.R. 1854, the 
fiscal year 1996 legislative branch appropriations bill.
  If a recorded vote is ordered on the rule, that vote will be 
postponed until later in the day.

                              {time}  1415

  After debate on the legislative branch rule we will take up House 
Resolution 168, legislation implementing Corrections Day procedures for 
the House. Upon completion of this legislation we will hold the 
recorded vote on the rule accompanying the legislative branch 
appropriations bill, if a vote was ordered. We then plan to finish H.R. 
1817, the fiscal year 1996 military construction appropriations bill 
and begin debate on the legislative branch appropriations bill. Members 
should be advised that recorded votes may come as early as 12 noon on 
Tuesday.
  On Wednesday and Thursday the House will meet at 10 a.m. to consider 
two appropriations bills: H.R. 1868, the fiscal year 1996 foreign 
operations appropriations bill, subject to a rule; and the fiscal year 
1996 energy and water appropriations bill, subject to a rule.
  It is our hope to have Members on their way home to their families 
and their districts by no later than 6 p.m. on Thursday. There will be 
no recorded votes on Friday.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. If the gentleman could help us on a matter 
relating to the Committee on Rules, I understand the Committee on Rules 
will be meeting on Monday to prepare to bring to the floor on Tuesday 
some of the rules that the gentleman has alluded to. I am wondering if 
we could determine what time the Committee on Rules will be meeting. I 
am one concerned. I will be flying back from California Fathers' Day, 
Sunday, and I have an interest in the legislative branch bill, of 
course, along with the gentleman from California [Mr. Packard].
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield further, if I may make a 
comment, in the original schedule for the month, Monday was to have 
been a day on which we would have had votes. Because of so many 
considerations, we did manage to relieve all of the Members at large of 
votes on Monday, but the Committee on Rules must necessarily meet at 2 
o'clock on Monday, and I appreciate that it is an inconvenience in the 
gentleman's personal life, but hopefully it will be helpful to the rest 
of the Members we were able to do that.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I am hopeful I will be able to get here by 
3:30 or 4, the first plane out. Do you expect the Committee on Rules to 
have completed its work and filed its rules by 4 o'clock? I do not know 
what the urgency is, but I gather there is some. Is that right?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield further, the Committee on 
Rules hopes to file by 6 but they would expect to conclude testimony 
before the committee by about 4:30.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I may be able to get here just for the 
latter part of that testimony, and I appreciate my friend with his 
assistance from the standpoint of the staff of the committee.
  Mr. CARDIN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I yield to the gentleman from Maryland.
  Mr. CARDIN. I would hope the majority leader might be able to give us 
some indication whether the privileged resolution that was rumored to 
be taken up this afternoon concerning waivers of the number of 
committees that a Member is permitted to serve on was going to be 
brought to the floor. We understand it is not being brought to the 
floor today. My question is: Do we anticipate a resolution will be 
brought up next week? If that is the case, can the leader assure us 
that we will have some opportunity to debate that issue? It is a major 
concern to many of us, the reforms of the House, as to how many 
committees a Member can serve on.
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield further, we believe it is 
possible we may bring that up next week, and, of course, it is subject 
to an hour for debate in accordance with the rules of the House.
  Mr. CARDIN. If the gentleman will continue to yield, I appreciate 
that. I would ask the leader if he would consider giving us some notice 
before that is brought to the floor and yield the customary time to the 
opponent of that type of a resolution in order that we can have a full 
debate on the floor of the House.
  Mr. ARMEY. We will, of course, do our best to give you good notice, 
and we will, of course, examine the time constraints and certainly take 
your request under consideration.
  Mr. WARD. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I yield to the gentleman from Kentucky.
  Mr. WARD. If I might ask the gentleman from Texas, in looking at next 
week's schedule, I wonder if you would expect to bring up the 
billionaire expatriate tax loophole bill.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman for your inquiry.
  No, I do not anticipate that coming up next week. I have not talked 
to the Committee on Ways and Means yet, and I do not have any time 
scheduled for that at this point.
  Mr. WARD. Well, if I might ask further, do you think that you could 
give us notice? I have many constituents who are interested in this 
bill, many constituents of other Members who have inquired, and if I 
could ask and seek the leader's help in getting some advance notice so 
we may know when to anticipate that bill.
  Mr. ARMEY. Again, if the gentleman would yield further, we would 
certainly give you as much advance notice as you may need. You may want 
to go to the Committee on Rules, any number of things. I have not begun 
consideration of that bill yet from the Committee on Ways and Means, 
but certainly will give you every bit of notice we can.
  Mr. WARD. I thank the gentleman.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Could the gentleman tell us when we would be 
completing our business on Tuesday and Wednesday?
  Mr. ARMEY. Each night next week at this point we anticipate being 
able to be out of here by 6 or 6:30.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. No evening next week would normally be 
expected to be here later?
  Mr. ARMEY. If I may tell the gentleman, I have great expectations and 


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an enormous amount of optimism, but as you might guess, I can give no 
hard and fast guarantees. If I had a dinner date for Tuesday night at 
6:30, I would feel very comfortable with it.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I appreciate the gentleman's optimism. Let 
us hope it becomes reality.

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