[Congressional Record Volume 143, Number 86 (Thursday, June 19, 1997)]
[House]
[Page H3934]
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           PROPOSED CHANGES TO RULE ON DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I wish to inquire of the distinguished 
chairman of the Committee on Rules, the gentleman from New York [Mr. 
Solomon], what proposed changes he may have to offer with respect to 
the rule.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from New York.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I would say to the minority whip that out 
of consideration for the ranking member of the Committee on National 
Security, the gentleman from California [Mr. Dellums], who we have the 
greatest respect for, I have said that many times and will say it over 
and over again. He and I come from different philosophical persuasions, 
but he is one of the true gentlemen and sincere Members of this body.
  Because of that, we are going to change this rule and we are going to 
remove an amendment that would be a striking amendment on the B-2 
bomber, remove that from the rule, having made it in order. And we will 
make in order the original Dellums amendment No. 104, which is a 
striking amendment and the transfer of those funds. That will be one 
change in the rule that I will propose in a few minutes.
  Second, we will make in order an Everett amendment No. 77 dealing 
with the depots around this country with a 1-hour debate.
  We will substitute a Frank amendment; we will make in order a Frank 
amendment No. 85 instead of the Frank amendment No. 83. In addition to 
that, we will make a Traficant amendment No. 3 authorizing the use of 
the defense personnel to assist border patrols to stop illegal 
immigration coming into this country. And we will make in order a 
Weldon amendment No. 110 which is a sense of Congress on the need for 
Russian transparency on the Yamantau Mountain project. That is somewhat 
classified information, but most of the Members understand what that is 
all about.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, is the gentleman anticipating any additional 
time on any of these amendments?
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, we 
will include on the B-2 issue, we will extend that to 1\1/2\ hours by 
agreement. And, of course, the Everett amendment has an hour of debate 
based on the agreement we just discussed.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. I thank him and the 
gentleman from Texas [Mr. Armey] and others for signing off on this 
agreement.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, I 
will call up the rule in just a moment. I will make this unanimous-
consent request. If it is objected to, I will wait until the end of the 
rule and then make the unanimous-consent request again. If it is 
objected to, I will move that unanimous-consent request before the vote 
on the rule.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman.

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