[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 98 (Tuesday, July 19, 2005)]
[Senate]
[Page S8439]
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                                SCHEDULE

  Mr. FRIST. Mr. President, today, we will begin consideration of H.J. 
Res. 52, which approves the renewal of import restrictions contained in 
the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003. We have shortened the 
statutory time limit. There will now be a 1-hour-20-minute period of 
debate on the resolution. Thus, Senators can expect a vote on the Burma 
resolution sometime between 12 and 12:30 today, probably closer to 
12:30.
  Following that vote, we will recess until 2:15 for the weekly policy 
luncheons. Following the recess, we will resume consideration of the 
Foreign Operations appropriations bill. Our intentions are to finish 
that bill, the Foreign Operations appropriations bill, tonight. We have 
been on the bill Friday and Monday, and will be now today, with plenty 
of opportunity for our colleagues to come forward, offer their 
amendments, and debate their amendments. So our plans are to stay today 
to finish the Foreign Operations bill. I do want to encourage Senators 
to contact the cloakrooms right now, early this morning, if there are 
other amendments to be considered. The two managers will be here to 
consider those amendments. Again, our intentions are to finish that 
appropriations bill.
  Over the course of the week, and into next week, before our recess, 
but most immediately this week, we have a highway extension that will 
have to be done later today. We have an issue concerning native 
Hawaiians that we are working very aggressively on in order to bring it 
to the floor. We will continue to work over the course of the next 
several hours to determine how best that can be brought to the floor 
and debated. We have the Department of Defense authorization, an 
important bill that we will be addressing before the recess. All of 
this is dependent on us first completing the Foreign Operations 
appropriations bill. So there is much work to do. We will keep our 
colleagues informed as to what the specific plans are, but we have a 
lot of business before we depart for the recess.

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