H 4518 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE May 3, 1995

REMOVAL OF NAME OF MEMBER

AS COSPONSOR OF H.R. 774

Mrs. SEASTRAND. Mr. Speaker, I

ask unanimous consent that my name

be removed as a cosponsor of H.R. 774.

The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr.

INGLIS of South Carolina). Is there objection to the request of the gentlewoman from California?

(Mr. BONIOR asked and was given

There was no objection.

LEGISLATIVE PROGRAM

fpermission to address the House for 1

minute.)

Mr. BONIOR. Mr. Speaker, I wish to

take this opportunity to inquire of the

majority leader the schedule for next

week.

Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, will the

gentleman yield?

Mr. BONIOR. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.

Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, the House

will not be in session on Monday, May

8. On Tuesday, May 9, the House will

meet at 12:30 p.m. for morning hour

and 2 o’clock p.m. for legislative business to take up H.R. 1139, the Striped

Bass Conservation Act Amendments of

1995.

Mr. Speaker, of course, this is very

important legislation, and we will want

to give it our immediate attention. Mr.

Speaker, this bill will be considered

under suspension of the rules.

After we complete H.R. 1139, we plan

to take up H.R. 1361, the fiscal year

1996 Coast Guard reauthorization,

which is subject to a rule. While it is

our intent to complete consideration of

H.R. 1361 on Tuesday, we do not expect

Tuesday to be a late night for Members. Members should be advised that

we do not expect any recorded votes to

be taken before 3:30 p.m. on Tuesday.

On Wednesday the House will meet at

11 o’clock a.m. to consider H.R. 961, the

Clean Water Act Amendments of 1995,

subject to a rule. We expect consideration of this bill to extend through the

end of the week. The House will meet

at 10 o’clock a.m. on Thursday and Friday. It is our hope to have Members on

their way home to their families and

their districts by no later than 3

o’clock p.m. on Friday.

Mr. BONIOR. If I might inquire to

my friend from Texas, on Tuesday we

have the suspension bill that the gentleman mentioned, which I know is of

great interest particularly to my friend

from Texas, who is one of the best at

that sport. But let me ask you this: Is

it possible if we could not hold the

votes until 5 p.m. on Tuesday, given

the fact we are going to have a suspension bill and the Coast Guard authorization will be under an open rule?

Mr. ARMEY. Well, I appreciate the

gentleman’s inquiry, but we do believe

there will be some important amendments offered on the Coast Guard bill

that follows. We do not expect a vote

on the rule, but I do think in fairness

to all Members who would participate

in that important legislation, that we

need to be prepared to have the membership prepared to have a vote as

early as 3:30, but not before 3:30, on

Tuesday.

Mr. BONIOR. Before 3:30?

Mr. ARMEY. 3:30, yes.

Mr. BONIOR. Does the gentleman

plan to vote directly on the suspension

on Tuesday, or are we going to take

that up after the Coast Guard bill?

Mr. ARMEY. If there is a vote on the

suspension ordered, we will roll that

vote. But we do not intend to roll votes

that might be called while we are in

the Committee of the Whole.

Mr. BONIOR. I thank the gentleman.

So Members would be safe until 3:30,

and presumably longer?

Mr. ARMEY. Right.

Mr. BONIOR. Do you expect votes on

Friday?

Mr. ARMEY. At this point, I think

we have to be prepared for votes on

Friday. We will be working on the

Clean Water Act, and again we want to

be able to, as we prepare for the week,

be prepared to accommodate all the

participation that any of the Members

might want to make on that.

Mr. BONIOR. On the clean water bill

that we will have before us, since it is

probably one of the most important environmental pieces of legislation that

we will consider in this body this Congress, I would ask my friend, what do

you anticipate with respect to a rule?

It is our hope, obviously, that the

rule will be open and we will not have

a time cap on amendments, especially

as the latter part of the week looks as

if it is open and we can use indeed

Thursday and Friday to complete this.

I would hope that we would have an

open process on this important bill.

Mr. ARMEY. Well, again, the gentleman is absolutely correct on that,

although a rule has not yet been granted. It is anticipated that will be an

open rule, and on that basis it is our

anticipation we should expect some

votes on Friday.

Mr. BONIOR. I would hope we would

not have a time cap on that bill, I

would ask my colleague. We want to

clean up the waters of the country so

you can catch all the great bass you referred to.

Mr ARMEY. The gentleman’s priorities are those I applaud in that regard.

We want to keep this as open a process

as possible.

Mr. BONIOR. Finally, I would inquire

from my friend from Texas with respect to the budget resolution. We are

now into the 3d day of the month of

May and we are past the April 15 deadline in which a budget resolution is required to be produced by this Congress.

We are weeks behind. It is the first

time that we have been behind in a

number of years.

When are you going to bring the

budget bill to the floor?

Mr. ARMEY. It is our anticipation

we can have the budget bill to the floor

the week after next on May 17. Obviously the committee is working very

hard and working as much as it can in

conjunction with other committees. I

checked with the committee, and we

are very confident that that timetable

will hold up.

Mr. BONIOR. I thank the gentleman

and yield back my time.

Mr. ARMEY. If the gentleman would

yield for one final observation, as long

as we are on the subject of striped and

other bass, may I just ask the Nation,

catch ’em, kiss ’em, and release ’em.

AUTHORIZING THE SPEAKER AND

THE MINORITY LEADER TO ACfCEPT RESIGNATIONS AND TO

MAKE APPOINTMENTS NOTWITHSTANDING ADJOURNMENT

Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that notwithstanding any adjournment of the House until

Tuesday, May 9, 1995, the Speaker and

the minority leader be authorized to

accept resignations and to make appointments authorized by law or by the

House.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

DISPENSING WITH CALENDAR

There was no objection.

WEDNESDAY BUSINESS ON

fWEDNESDAY NEXT

Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that business in

order under the Calendar Wednesday

rule be dispensed with on Wednesday,

May 10, 1995.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

There was no objection.

Mr. ARMEY. Mr. Speaker, if I may

just take a moment, I would like to

thank all of these Members that are

patiently waiting for their 1-minutes

for the courtesy they have extended

Mr. BONIOR, the Democratic whip, and

myself, in carrying out this colloquy.

REPORT ON RESOLUTION PROVIDING FOR CONSIDERATION OF

fH.R. 1361, THE COAST GUARD AUTHORIZATION ACT FOR FISCAL

YEAR 1996

Mr. DIAZ-BALART, from the Committee on Rules, submitted a privileged report (Rept. No. 104–111) on the

resolution (H. Res. 139) providing for

the consideration of the bill (H.R. 1361)

to authorize appropriations for fiscal

year 1996 for the Coast Guard, and for

other purposes, which was referred to

the House Calendar and ordered to be

printed.

TIME TO KEEP CONTRACT WITH

OLDER AMERICANS

f(Mr. TATE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)