[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16562]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                   APPROPRIATIONS SCHEDULE FOR TODAY

  (Mr. YOUNG of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Mr. Speaker, I rise to make an announcement 
relative to the appropriations schedule for the day.
  Mr. Speaker, at the direction of the leadership, the House and Senate 
appropriators and appropriations staff worked all through the night and 
have prepared the conference report on the legislative branch 
appropriations bill as well as the Treasury-Postal appropriations bill. 
That was filed this morning at approximately 7 a.m.
  Then, after the appropriators worked all night, the Committee on 
Rules worked for a good portion of the night and submitted a rule. We 
will take that conference report up sometime today, probably after we 
complete the consideration of our last appropriations bill for the 
District of Columbia.
  But the announcement I wanted to make is that the copies of the bill 
will be on the House Committee on Rules Web site and should be there 
now and also on the House Clerk's Office Web site so that Members will 
have an opportunity to look at the entire conference report.
  In addition, a summary on printed hard copy will be available in the 
Appropriations office so Members will have ample opportunity to look at 
the conference report prior to the time they are called on to vote.

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  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I yield to the gentleman from Michigan.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank my distinguished friend for yielding 
to me, and I have just a couple of questions. The D.C. appropriations 
bill, will that be brought to the floor today? Is that the gentleman's 
understanding? The gentleman alluded to it in his remarks.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. It is my understanding that the D.C. bill will 
be completed today. We are very close to completion on that bill.
  Mr. BONIOR. Does the gentleman expect that bill to be brought to the 
floor today, the D.C. appropriation bill?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. Yes.
  Mr. BONIOR. All right. I thank the gentleman.
  The second thing is on the Treasury Postal bill, obviously, there is 
a lot of concern about the bill since Members have not seen it, some 
Members did not participate or were not allowed to participate in the 
conference, as I understand it, and the question I have is, the two 
Cuban amendments that passed with overwhelming votes in this Chamber, 
are they in the bill or were they stripped from the bill?
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. They are not in the conference report.
  Mr. BONIOR. I thank my colleague.
  Mr. YOUNG of Florida. I made the announcement so Members will have 
opportunity to review the entire report and to find areas they like and 
areas they do not like, and then we will pass the conference report.

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