[Congressional Record Volume 142, Number 112 (Friday, July 26, 1996)]
[House]
[Pages H8581-H8582]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mrs. KENNELLY asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas [Mr. 
DeLay], the distinguished majority whip, for the purpose of asking the 
schedule for the remainder of this week and for next week.
  Mr. DeLAY. I thank the distinguished vice chairman of the Democratic 
Caucus for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has concluded 
its legislative business for the week.
  We will next meet on Monday, July 29, at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour 
and at 2 p.m. to consider a slew of suspensions. Members should be 
advised that any recorded votes ordered will be postponed until 
Tuesday, July 30, at 2 p.m. Please note that there is a possibility 
that votes could occur later than 2 p.m., although we cannot guarantee 
it.
  On Tuesday, July 30, the House will meet at 9 a.m. for morning hour 
and at 10 a.m. for legislative business. The House will continue 
consideration of suspensions before turning to H.R. 2391, the Working 
Families Flexibility Act.
  For Wednesday, July 31 and the balance of the week, the House will 
debate the following measures, both of which will be subject to rules: 
H.R. 2823, the International Dolphin Conservation Program Act; and H.R. 
123, English as the Common Language of Government Act.
  Mr. Speaker, it is my belief that a number of conference reports may 
be ready next week. Among the possibilities the House may consider are 
welfare reform, health care reform, safe drinking water and, of course, 
any appropriations bills that are ready.

   Mr. Speaker, the House should finish its business and commence the 
August district work period by 2 p.m. on Friday, August 2.
  Mrs. KENNELLY. I thank the gentleman.
   Mr. Speaker, I would like to further ask, does the gentleman expect 
the minimum wage conference report to be considered next week?
  Mr. DeLAY. If the gentlewoman will yield further, as the gentlewoman 
knows, the minimum wage portion of the bill is the same in both Houses. 
We hope after vigorous consultations and negotiations with the Senate 
through the conference committee that the tax provisions will be worked 
out and we have every intention of bringing that conference report back 
to this House for a vote, hopefully in the next week. But the 
gentlewoman knows as well as I do, conference committees can slow down.
  Mrs. KENNELLY. I thank the gentleman.
   Mr. Speaker, I would just like to ask a few further questions. Does 
the gentleman think we will complete the comp time bill next week?
  Mr. DeLAY. That is certainly our hope and our intention.

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  Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I have noticed we do have a great deal on 
the plate obviously because we are going to finish and go on August 
break next week.
  We have heard that the DOD, the Agriculture, the foreign operations, 
the legislatve branch and the immigration conferences might also come 
up. Could the gentleman address the possibility of those conference 
reports?
  Mr. DeLAY. If the gentlewoman will yield further, certainly the 
Committee on Appropriations of the House is working as hard as they can 
to see that that happens. We are trying to get as many appropriations 
bills to the President as quickly as possible in anticipation of 
adjourning on October 4.
  Mrs. KENNELLY. So the above mentioned will be going to conference, or 
the gentleman is going to try to see if they will go to conference?
  Mr. DeLAY. If the gentlewoman will continue to yield, we certainly 
want to go to conference on those bills any way that we can next week 
so that we can stay on our schedule.
  Mrs. KENNELLY. I thank the distinguished majority whip.

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