[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6814]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. FROST asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, I have taken this time to inquire about next 
week's schedule.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FROST. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I am 
pleased to announce that the House has completed its legislative 
business for the week. There will be no votes in the House tomorrow, 
Mr. Speaker.
  On Monday, May 8, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour 
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 
Members' offices tomorrow.
  On Monday, no recorded votes are expected before 6 p.m. On Tuesday, 
May 9, through Thursday, May 11, the House will consider the following 
measures, all of which will be subject to rules:
  H.R. 3709, the Internet and Nondiscrimination Act;
  H.R. 701, the Conservation and Reinvestment Act of 1999; and
  H.R. 853, the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act of 1999.
  Mr. Speaker, on Friday, May 12, no votes are expected in the House; 
and I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. FROST. Mr. Speaker, if I may inquire further of the majority 
leader, do we anticipate any late night sessions next week?
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman for the question, Mr. Speaker, and 
if the gentleman will continue to yield, we do not know yet exactly how 
many amendments will be offered to the Conservation Reinvestment Act of 
1999. The Committee on Rules has asked Members to preprint their 
requests by Monday at 5 p.m. Only after the Committee on Rules has a 
chance to assess that can we say anything for certain. But I think we 
ought to be prepared for the possibility of a late evening on Wednesday 
evening.
  Mr. CONDIT. Mr. Speaker, will the gentleman yield?
  Mr. FROST. I yield to the gentleman from California.
  Mr. CONDIT. Mr. Speaker, I would like to ask the majority leader if 
there has been any consideration given, or would it be possible to roll 
the Monday votes over to Tuesday, therefore giving the full day for 
people who travel from the West?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman from Texas will continue to yield, I 
thank the gentleman for his inquiry; and I do appreciate the concerns 
that he has in traveling to Washington. We have done everything we can, 
working with particularly the West Coast delegation for the 6 p.m. 
return, which we know saves those Members pretty much a day. I think at 
this point this is the best we can do.
  We do need to be prepared to be back here and work on Monday evening, 
and I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. CONDIT. Mr. Speaker, if the gentleman from Texas will continue to 
yield, may I ask the majority leader how many votes we are supposed to 
have on Monday evening?
  Mr. ARMEY. Again, if the gentleman will continue to yield, this is 
always an uncertain matter. We have a number of bills under suspension. 
It is always a question of how many bills on which votes will be 
ordered. And of course one would anticipate one needs to be prepared 
for votes to be ordered, which would be within the province of any 
Member on each of the suspension bills that are scheduled. So one can 
just not know until one sees the way the day plays out.

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