[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 190 (Thursday, November 30, 1995)]
[House]
[Page H13843]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. LEWIS of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from 
California [Mr. Dreier] for the purpose of discussing the schedule for 
next week.
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, this vote marks the end of legislative business for the 
evening and for the week.
  For next week, we plan on a pro forma session on Monday, December 4. 
There will be no legislative business that day.
  On Tuesday, December 5, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning 
hour and 2 p.m. for legislative business to take up a number of bills 
under suspension of the rules. I won't read through the bills now, but 
Members should be advised that a list will be distributed to their 
offices this afternoon.
  The suspensions are as follows:
  H.R. 33, Stuttgart National Aquaculture Research Center Act of 1995;
  H.R. 1253, renaming San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge as the 
Don Edwards San Francisco Bay National Wildlife Refuge;
  H.R. 255, designating the James Lawrence King Federal Justice 
Building;
  H.R. 395, designating the Bruce R. Thompson U.S. Courthouse and 
Federal Building;
  H.R. 653, designating the Thurgood Marshall U.S. Courthouse;
  H.R. 840, designating the Walter B. Jones Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse;
  H.R. 869, designating the Thomas D. Lambros Federal Building and U.S. 
Courthouse;
  H.R. 965, designating the Romano L. Mazzoli Federal Building; and
  H.R. 1804, designating the Judge Isaac C. Parker Federal Building.
  Members should also be advised that we do expect votes soon after 2 
p.m. on Tuesday, December 5.
  After consideration of the suspensions on Tuesday and for the balance 
of the week, we expect to consider the following bills, all of which 
will be subject to rules:
  H.R. 1350, the Maritime Security Act of 1995;
  The conference report for H.R. 2076, the Commerce, Justice, State & 
Judiciary Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996;
  The conference report for H.R. 2099, the VA, HUD Appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 1996;
  The conference report for H.R. 1058, the Securities Litigation Reform 
Act;
  The conference report for H.R. 1868, the Foreign Operations 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996;
  The conference report for H.R. 1977, the Interior Appropriations Act 
for fiscal year 1996;
  The conference report for H.R. 2546, the District of Columbia 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 1996; and
  H.R. 2668, the Social Security earnings limit increase.
  Mr. Speaker, that should give us a pretty action-packed week, and I 
thank my friend for yielding.
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, let me say to my friend and 
colleague from California that we received a schedule that indicated 
votes every weekday until December 15. We have not kept to that 
schedule exactly. In order to help Members plan better, could the 
gentleman tell us what he expects in terms of votes next Friday?
  Mr. DREIER. If the gentleman will yield, I appreciate his comments, 
and, as he knows, we are trying to move as expeditiously as possible, 
but there are so many questions that at this point remain as we try to 
adjourn for the year that we cannot say for certain as to how closely 
we will be able to adhere to that schedule.
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I appreciate that from my friend, 
but also, in light of the coming holiday season, does he have a sense 
yet for the schedule after December 15?
  Mr. DREIER. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, at 
this point there are just so many questions that remain, we are hoping 
to see a budget agreement, we are hoping to see a wide agreement of 
other things, and until those are resolved we do not know what the 
schedule will be after the 15th.
  Mr. LEWIS of Georgia. I thank the gentleman, Mr. Speaker.

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