[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 75 (Wednesday, June 4, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3291]
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   PERMISSION TO FILE CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 1469, 1997 EMERGENCY 
 SUPPLEMENTAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT FOR RECOVERY FROM NATURAL DISASTERS, 
    AND FOR OVERSEAS PEACEKEEPING EFFORTS, INCLUDING THOSE IN BOSNIA

  Mr. LIVINGSTON. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the 
managers on the part of the House may have until midnight tonight, June 
4, 1997, to file a conference report on the bill (H.R. 1469) making 
emergency supplemental appropriations for recovery from natural 
disasters, and for overseas peacekeeping efforts, including those in 
Bosnia, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and for other 
purposes.
  Mr. Speaker, I would say that this has been cleared by the minority.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Goodlatte). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Louisiana?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would simply 
say that the gentleman is correct. This motion is supported on this 
side of the aisle as well.
  I would simply ask the gentleman if he could tell us when it is the 
intention of the majority side of the aisle to take this bill up on the 
floor?
  Mr. LIVINGSTON. If the gentleman will yield, I appreciate the 
gentleman giving me the opportunity to point out that within the next 
few minutes, we hope to wrap up the conference report and have it 
available for presentation to the Committee on Rules and to the House 
tomorrow afternoon. It would be my intention to bring it up so the 
House could pass it, and hopefully the Senate will do likewise tomorrow 
so that we could send it to the President tomorrow evening.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, let me 
simply say that I would have no objection to this procedure on this 
side of the aisle, although what I would greatly prefer is for us to 
strip out the irrelevant riders which are going to cause the President 
to veto this bill. I think it would be a much faster approach and the 
relief would be gotten to the portions of the country who need it if we 
were immediately to strip those riders out that we know the President 
will veto the bill over. This way we are simply going to be back next 
week doing what we should have done straight and clean this week. But 
if that is the best we can do, it is the best that can be done.
  Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the 
gentleman from Louisiana?
  There was no objection.

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