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Mrs. KENNELLY. I yield to the gentleman from New York.

Mr. SOLOMON. I am sure, as the

ranking minority member of the Committee on Rules over there would attest to, that we do not intend to place

a time limit certain. There will be 25 to

30 hours of debate on general debate

and the amendment process, but there

will be a assigned time for each amendment as we go along. We do not intend

to have a time certain to cut off debate

at all.

The points are well-taken.

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr.

Speaker, will the gentlewoman yield

further?

Mrs. KENNELLY. I yield again to the

gentleman from Massachusetts.

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. Mr.

Speaker, I am glad to hear that from

the gentleman. I would hope that in

the future if we do have a time certain

there would be exclusions, you know,

words being taken down or quorum

calls, et cetera. The only thing I would

like to say though as I am told that in

accordance with past practice the minority on the Committee on Rules has

been given a tentative list of amendments, and the gentlewoman from Colorado is conspicuous by her absence

from that list. I am told that there is

a tentative list out and the amendment

that the gentlewoman from Colorado is

proposing, the President’s numbers,

was not on that list. I hope that that

was very tentative and soon to be corrected, because it does seem to us a

major omission for that not to be

there.

Mr. DELAY. Mr. Speaker, will the

gentlewoman yield?

Mrs. KENNELLY. I yield to the gentleman from Texas.

Mr. DELAY. In response to the gentleman from Massachusetts’ comments, and I do appreciate his comments, because it is a very important

bill, I might warn Members that because it is such an important bill we

could go late into the evenings the 3

days that we will be on this bill.

Mrs. KENNELLY. The gentleman is

saying that there is a possibility that

we will go late Tuesday and Wednesday

and Thursday?

Mr. DELAY. It is highly likely that

we will go late on Tuesday, Wednesday,

and even Thursday.

Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker, I

yield again to the gentleman from

Massachusetts.

Mr. FRANK of Massachusetts. I just

want to hope that the House dining

room has got the television on and

heard what the gentleman said.

Mrs. KENNELLY. Mr. Speaker,

quickly I would just like to ask one

other thing. I notice on the schedule

we got that morning hours on Tuesday

have not been there. Is that just an

oversight?

Mr. DELAY. If the gentlewoman will

yield, that is just an oversight. We will

have morning hours.

Mrs. KENNELLY. I thank the gentleman.

ADJOURNMENT FROM TOMORROW

TO TUESDAY, JUNE 13, 1995

Mr. DELAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that when the House adjourns on Friday, June 9, 1995, it adjourn to meet at 10:30 a.m. on Tuesday,

June 13, for morning hour debates.

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. DELAY. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that the business in

order under the Calendar Wednesday

rule be dispensed with on Wednesday

next.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

There was no objection.

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PROVIDING MEMBERSHIP OF THE

UNITED STATES COMMISSION ON

IMMIGRATION REFORM

Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I

ask unanimous consent for the immediate consideration of the bill (H.R.

962) to amend the Immigration Act of

1990 relating to the membership of the

United States Commission on Immigration Reform.

The Clerk read the title of the bill.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. (Mr.

RIGGS). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker,

reserving the right to object, I do so to

ask the gentleman from Texas to explain the bill, and I yield to him for

that purpose.

Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker,

H.R. 962 adds former Representatives

Hamilton Fish and Ron Mazzoli, by

name, to the Commission on Immigration, chaired by former Congresswoman Barbara Jordan of Texas.

Hamilton Fish and Ron Mazzoli were

both long-time members of the Committee on the Judiciary and of the Immigration Committee. Adding these

two individuals to the commission

would be a fitting tribute to their

years of service in the Congress and to

their work on immigration policy, and

both have much to contribute to the

commission itself.

Barbara Jordan, Chair of the Commission on Immigration Reform and

Dr. Susan Forbes Martin, executive director of the commission, have expressed their support for this bill.

Mr. BRYANT of Texas. Mr. Speaker,

further reserving the right to object,

the minority is in support of the bill.

Mr. Speaker, I withdraw my reservation of objection.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman from Texas?

There was no objection.

The Clerk read the bill, as follows:

H.R. 962

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in

Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. COMPOSITION OF COMMISSION.

Section 141(a)(1) of the Immigration Act of

1990 (Public Law 101–649) is amended—

(1) by striking ‘‘9 members to be appointed’’ and inserting ‘‘11 members’’; and

(2) by adding at the end thereof the following:

‘‘(F) Hamilton Fish, former Member of

Congress and Ranking Minority Member of

the Judiciary Committee of the House of

Representatives and Romano Mazzoli, former

Member of Congress and Chairman of the

Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees of the Committee on

the Judiciary of the House of Representatives.’’.

AMENDMENT OFFERED BY MR. SMITH OF TEXAS

Mr. SMITH of Texas. Mr. Speaker, I

offer an amendment.

The Clerk read as follows:

Amendment offered by Mr. SMITH of Texas:

Page 1, line 6: Strike out ‘‘to be appointed’’.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. The

question is on the amendment offered

by the gentleman from Texas [Mr.

SMITH].

The amendment was agreed to.

The bill was ordered to be engrossed

and read a third time, was read the

third time, and passed, and a motion to

reconsider was laid on the table.

NAVAJO-HOPI RELOCATION HOUSING PROGRAM REAUTHORIZAfTION ACT

Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I ask

unanimous consent that the Committee on Resources be discharged from

further consideration of the Senate bill

(S. 349) to reauthorize appropriations

for the Navajo-Hopi Relocation Housing Program, and ask for its immediate

consideration.

The Clerk read the title of the Senate

bill.

The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there

objection to the request of the gentleman from California?

Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA. Mr. Speaker,

reserving the right to object, I yield to

the gentleman from California [Mr.

GALLEGLY] to enable him to explain

this piece of legislation.

Mr. GALLEGLY. Mr. Speaker, I rise

today in support of the immediate consideration of S. 349, legislation which

would reauthorize, for the upcoming 2

fiscal years, funding for that portion of

the 1974 Navajo-Hopi Land Dispute Settlement Act, Public Law 93–531, which

has come to be known as the NavajoHopi Relocation Housing Program.

This housing program provides payments to relocated Navajo and Hopi

families who have been forced from

lands partitioned pursuant to the provisions of Public Law 93–531.

As of the beginning of this year, Mr.

Speaker, 2,518 families had been relocated. Another 746 eligible families are

awaiting their benefits. Additional

families may be determined to be eligible for relocation assistance in the

months and years ahead.