[Congressional Record Volume 147, Number 91 (Wednesday, June 27, 2001)]
[House]
[Page H3684]
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   PROVIDING FOR CONDITIONAL ADJOURNMENT OF THE HOUSE AND RECESS OR 
                       ADJOURNMENT OF THE SENATE

  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I offer a concurrent resolution 
(H. Con. Res. 176) and ask unanimous consent for its immediate 
consideration.
  The Clerk read the concurrent resolution, as follows:

                            H. Con. Res. 176

  Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That when the House adjourns on the legislative day of Thursday, June 
28, 2001, or Friday, June 29, 2001, on a motion offered pursuant to 
this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader or his designee, it 
stand adjourned until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, July 10, 2001, or until noon 
on the second day after Members are notified to reassemble pursuant to 
section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs first; and 
that when the Senate recesses or adjourns at the close of business on 
Thursday, June 28, 2001, Friday, June 29, 2001, Saturday, June 30, 
2001, Monday, July 2, 2001, Tuesday, July 3, 2001, Thursday, July 5, 
2001, Friday, July 6, 2001, or Saturday, July 7, 2001, on a motion 
offered pursuant to this concurrent resolution by its Majority Leader 
or his designee, it stand recessed or adjourned until noon on Monday, 
July 9, 2001, or until such time on that day as may be specified by its 
Majority Leader or his designee in the motion to recess or adjourn, or 
until noon on the second day after Members are notified to reassemble 
pursuant to section 2 of this concurrent resolution, whichever occurs 
first.
  Sec. 2. The Speaker of the House and the Majority Leader of the 
Senate, acting jointly after consultation with the Minority Leader of 
the House and the Minority Leader of the Senate, shall notify the 
Members of the House and the Senate, respectively, to reassemble 
whenever, in their opinion, the public interest shall warrant it.

  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shimkus). Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Florida?
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, reserving the right to object, I would simply 
have one question.
  I notice that the concurrent resolution indicates that the House 
would adjourn on either Thursday or Friday. In light of the fact that 
Members were told that there would be no votes on Friday, my question 
is why is this language there? It is my understanding that the language 
is there simply to permit filing of a document, but that there would, 
in fact, be no session on Friday and no votes. Is that a correct 
understanding?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. OBEY. I yield to the gentleman from Florida.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, the gentleman is correct. Let me 
state just briefly that the plan will be to convene the house at 9 
o'clock in the morning. We will conclude the consideration of the 
appropriations bill for energy and water. At the conclusion of that 
bill, we will then begin the rule and the bill for the agriculture 
appropriations. We will proceed into the evening on the agriculture 
appropriations bill on tomorrow, Thursday, and at a reasonable time we 
will make a determination as to how late we will go tomorrow night.
  The gentleman is correct that, as I announced with the approval of 
the leadership yesterday, Members can expect that there will be no 
votes on Friday.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, further reserving the right to object, I think 
Members need to know what the reality is in terms of their catching 
planes. They were told the day before yesterday that we would not be 
into a long march into the night on Thursday. Could the gentleman give 
us some idea of how long the majority is intending to proceed so that 
Members on both sides have some idea of what to do with their plane 
reservations?

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  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. If the gentleman would yield further. As we 
discussed yesterday on this subject, we will very likely plan to go 
late tomorrow night, but also as we discussed, we would not go beyond 
midnight, or a reasonable time in the evening, if it appears that we 
have no opportunity to conclude the bill.
  Mr. Speaker, I doubt that we will be able to conclude the bill on 
tomorrow. I would suspect the House could work its will for an earlier 
departure.
  Mr. OBEY. Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Shimkus) Is there objection to the 
request of the gentleman from Florida?
  There was no objection.
  The concurrent resolution was agreed to.
  A motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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