[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 145 (1999), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7320]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. WISE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, if the distinguished gentleman from California 
(Mr. Bilbray) would be so kind as to provide us with an explanation of 
next week's schedule.
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. WISE. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, I am pleased to announce that we have 
concluded legislative business for this week. There will be no votes 
tomorrow, Friday, April 23. However, I would like to remind Members 
that there is a ceremony in the Capitol tomorrow celebrating the 50th 
anniversary of NATO and all Members are invited.
  Of course, we will be releasing our official schedule this afternoon, 
but I would like to take this opportunity to outline next week's 
agenda.
  The House will meet at 2 p.m. on Monday, April 26, for pro forma, but 
no legislative business will be held and no votes will be held on that 
day.
  On Tuesday, April 27, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning 
hour debates and 2 p.m. for legislative business.
  We will consider a number of bills under suspension of the rules, a 
list of which will be distributed to all Members' offices. Members 
should note that we expect votes after 2 p.m. on Tuesday.
  On Wednesday, April 28 and Thursday April 29, the House will take up 
H.R. 1480, the Water Resources Development Act; H.R. 833, the 
Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1999; and a motion to go to conference on H.R. 
4, the Missile Defense Act.
  Members should also be advised that there may be action next week on 
the War Powers Resolution introduced by the gentleman from California 
(Mr. Campbell).
  Mr. WISE. Mr. Speaker, reclaiming my time, if the gentleman would be 
so kind as to continue to respond, does the gentleman anticipate that 
next week the supplemental appropriation bill providing Kosovo funding 
will be on the floor?
  Mr. BILBRAY. If the gentleman will continue to yield, right now it is 
in committee and we are hoping that it will be expedited as quickly as 
possible. We do not have any guarantees at this time, but the committee 
is assuring us that they will get it to the floor as soon as possible.
  Mr. WISE. The gentleman also referred to the Campbell resolution 
regarding the War Powers Act. Does he anticipate those actually being 
on the floor next week?
  Mr. BILBRAY. We are expecting that it is very possible.
  Mr. WISE. Since that is often as good as it gets in a legislative 
body, I thank the gentleman and wish him a good weekend.
  Mr. BILBRAY. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman will continue to yield, I 
want to clarify to Members that they should note that we expect to 
conclude legislative business on Thursday, April 29, and we will not 
have any votes on Friday, April 30.
  We hope this advance notice on scheduling enables Members to adjust 
their schedules.
  Mr. WISE. Actually, the gentleman has kind of sparked something with 
me. If I could ask, following up on the Campbell resolution, if it is 
very possible, do we know what day it might be very possible that it 
would be coming to the floor?
  Mr. BILBRAY. We are looking forward to Wednesday or Thursday.
  Mr. WISE. I thank the gentleman.

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