[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 146 (2000), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7670]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                          LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

  (Mr. BONIOR asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I have asked for this time for the purposes 
of asking the distinguished Majority Leader the schedule for the week 
and the remainder of the week and next week. I yield to the gentleman 
from Texas (Mr. Armey).
  Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. 
Bonior) for yielding to me.
  Mr. Speaker, 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.
  On Monday, May 15, the House will meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning 
hour, and at 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 16 and the balance of the week, the House will 
consider the following measures:
  H.R. 1291, the Internet Access Charge Prohibition Act of 1999;
  Military Construction Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001;
  H.R. 863, the Comprehensive Budget Process Reform Act;
  H.R. 4205, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 
2001;
  H.R. 4392, Intelligence Reauthorization; and,
  Agriculture Appropriations for Fiscal Year 2001.
  As we can see by the schedule, Mr. Speaker, next week will be a very 
busy week in the House, and Members should expect to work late nights 
on Tuesday through Thursday. We do, however, expect to wrap up our work 
for the week no later than 2 p.m. on Friday, so that Members will be 
able to catch flights that afternoon back to their district.
  Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman for yielding.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. Just a couple of 
quick questions. On Tuesday next, might we begin the week after the 
suspension bills with the Budget Process Act? Is that what the 
gentleman from Texas and the leadership have in mind?
  Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman would continue to yield, again, I thank 
the gentleman for the inquiry. As we are contemplating the schedule, we 
are planning to take up the Internet Access Charge first, then Military 
Construction and then move on and, hopefully, complete the 
Comprehensive Budget Reform Act.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman. And the other 
question I have to the gentleman from Texas is regarding the Older 
Americans Act. As the gentleman knows, we had a discharge petition 
filed today to bring that bill to the floor. It is an important bill. 
It deals with very key programs for our seniors, including the Meals on 
Wheels. And I would ask the gentleman from Texas when he would expect 
to bring the Older Americans Act to the floor?
  Mr. ARMEY. I thank the gentleman for the inquiry. If the gentleman 
would continue to yield, the committee of jurisdiction is working on 
it. The gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Goodling) has advised me they 
continue to work on it. We recognize the importance of the bill and we 
would like to get it to us as soon as possible. I will advise the 
gentleman as progress proceeds.
  Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I thank my colleague and wish him a good 
weekend.




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