[Congressional Record Volume 144, Number 85 (Thursday, June 25, 1998)]
[House]
[Pages H5369-H5370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the distinguished gentleman from 
New York (Mr. Solomon) to inquire about the schedule for the day, the 
rest of the week, and for when we will return.
  Mr. SOLOMON. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding. I am 
pleased to announce that we have concluded legislative business for 
this week and will now begin the Independence Day District Work Period.
  The House will next meet on Tuesday, July 14, at 12:30 p.m. for 
morning hour and at 2 p.m. for legislative business. We do not expect 
any recorded votes before 5 p.m.
  On Tuesday, July 14, we will consider a number of bills under 
suspension of the rules, a list of which will be distributed to the 
Members and to the minority whip as soon as possible.
  After suspensions, the House will continue consideration of H.R. 
2108, that is the Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act of 1997.
  On Wednesday, July 15, the House will meet at 10 a.m. to consider the 
following legislation: H.R. 3682, the Child Custody Protection Act; and 
H.R. 3267, the Sonny Bono Memorial Salton Sea Reclamation Act.
  On Thursday, July 16, the House will meet at 10 a.m., and on Friday, 
July 17, the House will meet at 9 a.m. to consider the VA-HUD 
Appropriations Act; the Interior Appropriations Act; and the Treasury 
Postal Appropriations Act.
  Mr. Speaker, during the week we return, we also expect to deal with 
the President's veto of H.R. 2709, the Iran Missile Proliferation 
Sanctions Act.
  Mr. Speaker, we hope to conclude legislative business for that week 
by 2 p.m. on Friday, July 17.
  Mr. BONIOR. Could I inquire of one other point from the gentleman 
from New York.
  The Bipartisan Campaign Integrity Act will occur after the 
suspensions on the Tuesday that we return. Does the gentleman expect 
that we will have the Doolittle amendment to the Shays-Meehan bill 
before us on that evening?
  Mr. SOLOMON. It could be, yes. We will be following regular order and 
that would be in order.
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from Maine.
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, if I could follow up on that inquiry. As the 
gentleman from New York knows, H.R. 2183, the base bill for the debate, 
the campaign finance reform debate, has 11 substitutes. We have now 
worked through one of those substitutes. We are working on the second 
substitute. Am I correct in understanding that the time on Tuesday 
would be the only time during the week that we would be dealing with 
that particular issue?
  Mr. SOLOMON. It is most likely. However, sometimes legislation moves 
much faster. It was amazing what the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) 
and the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Murtha) accomplished with the 
Defense appropriations bill. That leaves a lot of windows of 
opportunity. So it could be we would take it up other times, too.
  Let me just say to the gentleman that I think we are beginning to 
move rapidly now. Once we are past these two substitutes, I think we 
are going to find that many Members who are able to under the rule 
offer amendments, I think we are going to find they are not going to 
offer those amendments, and I think we are going to see quite a speedy 
process.

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  Mr. ALLEN. If the gentleman will yield for one further question, I 
actually agree with that. That if we get through the Shays-Meehan 
substitute in a timely fashion, the speed with which we deal with these 
issues may pick up. But the fact remains that there are so many 
amendments to the Shays-Meehan substitute that it seems to me unless we 
allocate enough time for that, it will take us several weeks to get 
through Shays-Meehan. So my concern is there is not enough time 
allocated next week, and then the question, of course, rises what 
happens the following week, because this is, after all, the most 
amendments and the most substitutes we will have to deal with on any 
bill this entire year.
  Mr. SOLOMON. It is. One has to admire Speaker Gingrich because he 
lived up to his word to both sides, on both sides of the aisle. It is a 
very open process. The House is really going to be able to work its 
will. But as my colleague knows, the majority leader made a commitment 
that we would wrap up this legislation prior to the August recess. The 
majority leader is a man of his word. I am sure that he is going to try 
to expedite this floor action to make sure that happens.
  Mr. ALLEN. I thank the gentleman for his comments.
  Mr. SOLOMON. We hope you all have a good break.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank the gentleman. I wish him a happy and healthy 
Fourth. I wish him a good break. We will see him on the 14th of July 
which I believe is Bastille Day. We wish him a happy Bastille Day.

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