[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 53 (Thursday, May 2, 2002)]
[House]
[Page H2090]
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                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I ask for this time to inquire as to the 
schedule for next week, and I yield to the gentleman from Missouri (Mr. 
Blunt).
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to be able to respond to the 
gentlewoman.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has completed 
its legislative business for the week. The House will meet next for 
legislative business on Tuesday, May 7 at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour 
and 2 p.m. for legislative business. On Tuesday, the majority leader 
will schedule a number of measures under suspension of the rules, a 
list of which will be distributed to the Members' offices tomorrow. 
Recorded votes on Tuesday will be postponed until 6:30 p.m.
  On Wednesday and the balance of the week, the majority leader has 
scheduled the following measures: H.J. Res. 87, the Yucca Mountain 
Repository Site Approval Act; H.J. Res. 84, a resolution disapproving 
the action taken by the President under section 203 of the Trade Act of 
1974; and H.R. 4547, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal 
Year 2003.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Ms. PELOSI. Reclaiming my time, Mr. Speaker, I would like to seek 
further clarification from the gentleman.
  Can I detect from your comments that there will be no votes on Friday 
for sure?
  Mr. BLUNT. There probably will be votes on Friday since we are 
starting the DOD authorization on Thursday. It is likely that will go 
to Friday and, of course, on Friday we would have our final votes 
completed by 2 o'clock.
  Ms. PELOSI. Again, seeking further clarification, H.J. Res. 87, the 
Yucca Mountain Repository Approval Act, can the gentleman be more 
specific about which day that will be coming up?
  Mr. BLUNT. Expect that measure to come to the floor on Wednesday.
  Ms. PELOSI. And the resolution disapproving the actions taken by the 
President under 203 of the Trade Act?
  Mr. BLUNT. We expect that to be on the floor on Wednesday as well.
  Ms. PELOSI. And the defense authorization the gentleman said will be 
Thursday?
  Mr. BLUNT. Start on Thursday and anticipate that we are very likely 
to carrying over to Friday. And this will be, of course, the first 
Friday that we will have worked, and perhaps have been scheduled to 
work, will be this Friday.
  Ms. PELOSI. Will the gentleman also shed some light on when you think 
the welfare reform bill will be considered on the floor?
  Mr. BLUNT. The Committee on Energy and Commerce marked up the bill 
last week. The Committee on Education and the Workforce and the 
Committee on Ways and Means will do their markup this week. It is 
likely that we will have the welfare reform bill the week after next.
  Ms. PELOSI. Does the gentleman have any idea when the supplemental 
will be brought to the floor?
  Mr. BLUNT. We are working with the gentleman from Florida (Mr. 
Young), and I think it is possible that the committee could mark up the 
supplemental next week; and we will move it to the floor as quickly as 
possible after it is marked up.
  Ms. PELOSI. Do you anticipate that being next week or the week after?
  Mr. BLUNT. We anticipate the committee could do the markup next week, 
and we will look for the earliest possible floor time; but that 
certainly could be the week after it is marked up.
  Ms. PELOSI. I thank the gentleman for the information.

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