[Congressional Record Volume 148, Number 73 (Thursday, June 6, 2002)]
[House]
[Pages H3276-H3277]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Ms. PELOSI asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to yield to the gentleman from 
Missouri (Mr. Blunt) to talk about the schedule for next week .
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield?
  Ms. PELOSI. I yield to the gentleman from Missouri.
  Mr. BLUNT. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that the House has completed 
its legislative business for this week. The House will next meet for 
legislative business on Tuesday, June 11, at 12:30 p.m. for morning 
hour and 2 o'clock for legislative business. The majority leader will 
schedule a number of measures under suspension of the rules, a list of 
which will be distributed to Members' offices tomorrow. Recorded votes 
will be postponed until 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
  On Wednesday, the House will meet at 10 a.m. for legislative business 
and immediately recess. The House will reconvene at 11 a.m. in a joint 
meeting with the Senate for the purpose of receiving the Honorable John 
Howard, Prime Minister of Australia.
  Later on Wednesday and then on Thursday, the majority leader has

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scheduled House Joint Resolution 96, the Tax Limitation Constitutional 
Amendment; and H.R. 4019, the Permanent Marriage Penalty Relief Act of 
2002. The Speaker also advises me that he expects to be ready to name 
conferees for both the Bipartisan Trade Promotional Authority Act and 
the Securing America's Future Energy Act. So we anticipate scheduling 
these motions to go to conference next week as well.
  I thank the gentlewoman for yielding.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, I would like to ask the 
distinguished gentleman if he could be more precise about which day the 
marriage penalty legislation will come to the floor.
  Mr. BLUNT. It is anticipated right now that the Permanent Marriage 
Penalty Relief Act will come to the floor on Thursday, and the motions 
to go to conference on energy and trade are likely to happen on 
Wednesday, as will the tax limitation amendment.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, do we know when the prescription drug bill 
might be scheduled?
  Mr. BLUNT. As the gentlewoman knows, we are considering this an 
important priority. The chairmen of the Committee on Ways and Means and 
the Committee on Commerce and Energy are working hard to get this to 
the floor as soon as possible. We do not anticipate that will happen 
next week; but hopefully, it will happen soon after that.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, does the gentleman think it will happen 
before the July 4 break?
  Mr. BLUNT. I am hopeful that it will happen before the July 4 break.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, can the gentleman shed some light on when 
some of the appropriations bills will be scheduled?
  Mr. BLUNT. Well, the gentlewoman and her colleagues are going to be 
working hard on appropriations. We need to get those bills to the 
floor. We do not have any ready to schedule yet, but we are eager to do 
that; and since we passed the President's requested wartime 
supplemental, we hope the full energies of the Committee on 
Appropriations now turn to getting bills to the floor and hope that 
happens very quickly.
  Ms. PELOSI. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for the information.

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