[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 90 (Thursday, July 13, 2000)]
[House]
[Page H6025]
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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 take this time to inquire from the 
distinguished majority leader the schedule for the week and next week.
  I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Armey).
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman from Michigan for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has completed 
its legislative business for the week.
  The House will next meet on Monday, July 17, at 12:30 p.m. for 
morning hour and 2 p.m. for legislative business. We will consider a 
number of measures under suspension of the rules, a list of which will 
be distributed to Members' offices tomorrow. On Monday, no recorded 
votes are expected before 7 o'clock p.m.
  On Tuesday, July 18, and the balance of the week, the House will 
consider the following measures, subject to rules: H.J. Res. 103, 
disapproving the extension of annual normal trade relations with 
respect to China; the Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension 
Reform Act; and the Treasury, Postal Service and General Government 
Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2001.
  Mr. Speaker, we also expect to consider conference reports next week, 
including DOD appropriations and the Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act, 
should they become available.
  Mr. Speaker, I want to thank the gentleman for yielding me this time.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank my colleague. A couple of questions, if I may. Do 
we expect late nights next week?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman will yield, I should say it pleases me to 
tell the gentleman I do not expect late nights next week. I think we 
have been through a very difficult time. We have one appropriations 
bill that will be on the floor under the 5-minute rule, and, of course, 
it is very difficult to project how those bills will go, but I think 
with continued cooperation between the Members at large and the bill 
managers, we should be able to contain that to a well-managed 
proposition, and frankly, I have to say in all optimism, I do not 
expect that we are going to those tortured late nights next week.
  Mr. BONIOR. Does the gentleman expect us to be in on Friday next?
  Mr. ARMEY. At this time I think I have to reserve an expectation that 
we will be. We do have two or three very important bills we would like 
to complete next week. There will be questions of timing as we look for 
conference reports to return or perhaps the parliamentary processes as 
it relates to the Marriage Penalty Relief Act. So we will just have to 
reserve Friday of next week. Should that change as the week develops, I 
will announce it as soon as possible to the Members.
  Mr. BONIOR. May I ask the distinguished gentleman from Texas what day 
he expects the pension IRA bill to come to the floor of the House?
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman for asking that. I would expect 
probably on Wednesday.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank my colleague. Finally, on the China MFN debate, 
the annual hour of debate, I suspect that is what we will have, is 
there a day that the gentleman has designated for that particular 
exercise?
  Mr. ARMEY. I appreciate the gentleman asking. I would think that on 
any day next week. I think with a bill that is that easily managed, we 
would just try on appropriate notice to move it when it best fits the 
rest of the scheduling requirements.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank my colleague for his courtesies and for offering 
us a summation of what we can expect next week. I wish him a good 
weekend.
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman would continue to yield, I have just 
decided we will move that China trade bill on Tuesday.
  Mr. BONIOR. The China bill on Tuesday. I thank the gentleman.

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