[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 82 (Thursday, June 6, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H5977-H5978]
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                          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 rise to inquire of the 
distinguished majority leader the schedule for next week.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has 
finished its legislative business for the week. Next week, Mr. Speaker, 
we will meet on Monday, June 10, at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour and 2 
p.m. for legislative business. We have a number of suspension bills 
slated for consideration. I will not read through the list now, but a 
complete schedule will be distributed to all Members' offices. Members 
should note, however, that recorded votes will be held at 5 p.m. on 
Monday.
  On Tuesday, June 11, the House will meet at 9 a.m. for morning hour 
and 10 a.m. for legislative business. We will consider H.R. 2909, a 
bill regarding the Silvio O. Conte National Refuge on the Corrections 
Day calendar. The House will then resume consideration of H.R. 3540, 
the foreign operations appropriations bill. Mr. Speaker, it is also our 
hope to consider the conference report for the budget resolution on 
Tuesday.
  For Wednesday, June 12, and the balance of the week the House will 
consider the Department of Defense appropriations bill and the 
agriculture rural development and FDA appropriations act.

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  Both bills of course will be subject to rules.
  Mr. Speaker, I would also like to add that it is my understanding 
that H.R. 2754, the Shipbuilding Trade Agreement Act, has been reported 
by the Committee on National Security and the Committee on Ways and 
Means. It is my intention to bring that bill to the floor as soon as 
our appropriations schedule allows, Tuesday next week, if possible.
  Next week, Mr. Speaker, we should conclude legislative business and 
have Members on their way home by 2 p.m. on Friday, June 14.
  I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Mr. Speaker, I wonder if I could yield 
further to the majority leader and ask if he could clarify what votes 
are going to occur on Monday. There is some question as to whether or 
not we might request that those votes, however few there may be, be 
rolled to Tuesday.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman for yielding. We expect votes to be 
ordered on the suspension bills that I had mentioned earlier on Monday. 
Unfortunately, we will not be able to roll them this Monday evening.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Do we have any idea as to how many 
suspensions we may actually have on Monday? There is only one listed so 
far.
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman would yield, we are in the process of 
collecting them. There are some others. As I advised earlier, we will 
have the list in the gentleman's office certainly as soon as we can.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I wonder if the gentleman could tell me, and 
I would be happy to yield for the response, when he expects the 
Kennedy-Kassebaum health care bill to go to conference. I understand 
that there was some possibility that that might have occurred this 
week, and I know Members are interested to know.
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman would yield, we wait with great 
anticipation for the conference report on the health care bill. I will 
certainly have it scheduled for the floor as soon as I can upon 
reporting the conference report.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. What about the possibility of perhaps, since 
that bill passed the Senate 100 to nothing, just offering the Senate 
version. Is there any possibility that that might occur? I would be 
happy to yield to the gentleman.
  Mr. ARMEY. No.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Not surprisingly.
  On immigration, we have not gone to conference on that bill yet. Is 
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any possible update the gentleman could give us on the progress or lack 
thereof on that bill? I would be happy to yield for a response.
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield, I appreciate the concern 
about that bill. We are hopeful that we can get that conference 
together. Again, I am anxious to do so as soon as possible, as soon as 
we resolve a few minor details. We hopefully will be able to bring it 
back to the floor soon. I will announce it as soon as I can.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. Is there any word on the gas tax and minimum 
wage bill? I will be happy to yield to the gentleman. Are those coming 
back from the other body at some point soon? I mean, there is an 
interest obviously as the gasoline crisis continues that we deal with 
that problem.
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I will be more than happy to.
  Mr. ARMEY. I can only say that my, what is the word I am looking for, 
my intelligence reports from the other body tell me that Democrat 
Members of the other body are for some reasons I do not understand 
holding up both of those bills. We would try to see what could happen.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I thought there was an agreement on the 
other side to take them up in tandem.
  Could I just simply ask in closing, is there going to be a night in 
the coming week that we can anticipate being here beyond, say, 8 
o'clock? Does the gentleman have any late night in mind as we go into 
the week?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman would yield.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I would be happy to yield.
  Mr. ARMEY. I think in all fairness we should advise Members that we 
would expect to be in later on both Wednesday and Thursday night, given 
the appropriations bills coming to the floor, depending upon the bill 
managers' success on both or either bill.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. It is the intention to bring up the foreign 
operations bill, complete it, before we would go to the defense bill 
and follow with the agriculture bill? Is that the order in which they 
come?
  Mr. ARMEY. Yes.
  Mr. FAZIO of California. I appreciate the gentleman informing the 
House, and I yield back the balance of my time.

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