[Congressional Record Volume 145, Number 155 (Friday, November 5, 1999)]
[House]
[Page H11628]
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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 rise for the purpose of inquiring from the 
majority leader the schedule for the remainder of the week and for 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 
completed legislative business for the week. I thank all my colleagues 
for their hard work and patience this past week as we labored to wrap 
up the legislative session.
  The House will next meet on Monday November 8 at 12:30 p.m. for 
morning hour, and at 2 o'clock p.m. for legislative business. We will 
consider a number of bills under suspension of the rules, a list of 
which will be distributed to Members' offices later today. On Monday we 
do not expect recorded votes until 6 o'clock p.m.
  On Tuesday, November 9, the House will take up H.R. 3073, the Fathers 
Count Act of 1999, and H.R. 1714, the Electronic Signatures in Global 
National Commerce Act, both subject to a rule. We are also likely to 
consider a number of bills under suspension of the rules and any 
appropriations business ready for consideration.
  Mr. Speaker, authorizing committees are hard at work wrapping up key 
bills with their Senate counterparts, so we expect a number of 
conference reports next week, including H.R. 1554, the Satellite Home 
Viewer Act, H.R. 100, the FAA Reauthorization Act, H.R. 1555, the 
Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2000, and H.R. 1180, the 
Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999.
  Mr. Speaker, the House will also pass a rule allowing suspensions on 
any day of the week, provided there are two hours of prior notification 
to the House. We will, of course, consult the minority leader should we 
add suspensions to Wednesday's schedule.
  Mr. Speaker, we are obviously making good progress on our 
appropriations business. The continuing resolution passed by the 
Congress this week will be in effect until November 10, and we are all 
working hard to finish our business by that date. I will, of course, 
try to keep Members apprised of any scheduling changes as soon as we 
have that information.
  Mr. Speaker, with that I want to thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank my colleague for his information. We can assume 
late evenings until we finish, is that a relatively accurate assessment 
of where we are in the process, until we finish this session?
  Mr. ARMEY. Yes, I think Members should understand that we will be 
coming back Monday night; we would be working Monday night, Tuesday, 
and hoping to finish on Wednesday. All the conferees on the various 
appropriations bills are going to be working over the weekend and 
working hard. So we should expect to see long days, perhaps periods 
where we go into recess subject to the call of the Chair.
  These are frustrating times, but they are times where once the 
logistical work of moving paperwork and these things are fulfilled, and 
with any good fortune and good work and the continued cooperation 
across the aisle and across the long corridor, hopefully we can meet 
our objective to complete our work by Wednesday, sometime in the 
evening.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank the gentleman.

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