[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 39 (Thursday, March 11, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H1250]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I have asked to speak for the purpose of 
inquiring of the distinguished majority leader the schedule for the 
remainder of the week and next week.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that we have had our 
last vote for the week. There will be no votes tomorrow, on Friday, 
March 12.
  On Monday, March 15, the House will meet at 2 p.m. for a pro forma 
session. Of course, there will be no legislative business and no votes 
that day.
  On Tuesday, March 16, the House will meet at 9:30 a.m. for the 
morning hour and at 11 a.m. for legislative business. Votes are 
expected after noon on Tuesday, March 16.

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  On Tuesday, we will consider a number of bills under suspension of 
the rules, a list of which will be distributed to Members' offices.
  Also on Tuesday, March 16, the House will take up H.R. 819, the 
Federal Maritime Commission Authorization Act of 1999.
  On Wednesday, March 17, the House will meet at 10 a.m. to consider 
the following legislative business:
  H.R. 975, a bill to provide for a reduction in the volume of steel 
imports and to establish a steel import notification monitoring 
program; and H.R. 820, the Coast Guard Authorization Act of 1999.
  On Thursday, March 18, we expect a national security briefing on the 
House floor from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. to discuss the ballistic missile 
threat. Of course, all Members will want to attend.
  The House will then take up H.R. 4, a bill to declare it to be the 
policy of the United States to deploy a national missile defense.
  Mr. Speaker, we expect to conclude legislative business next week on 
Thursday, March 18.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman could address one concern 
that we have. On Tuesday, I know that the schedule is relatively light 
in terms of business. We have the two suspensions which I suspect are 
relatively noncontroversial. I am wondering if it would not be possible 
to help the folks on the West Coast if we could not roll and postpone 
votes until about 5 o'clock on Tuesday.
  Mr. ARMEY. Let me thank the gentleman for his inquiry. I think it is 
an important point, a point a lot of Members have made, but in the 
interest of a good bit of the committee work that we hope to conclude 
in preparation for the appropriations season soon before us, we really 
feel that we need that time to have Members in town. Therefore, we 
constructed the schedule to that end.
  Mr. BONIOR. Could the gentleman inform us when he expects the 
supplemental appropriation bill to come to the floor?
  Mr. ARMEY. I appreciate that. I believe the Committee on 
Appropriations reported a supplemental bill out today. We will probably 
find it filed on Tuesday of next week and would have it available then 
for the week following.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank my colleague and wish him a good weekend.
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank him and I hope you all have a good weekend.

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