[Congressional Record Volume 141, Number 130 (Saturday, August 5, 1995)]
[Senate]
[Page S11612]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             THE TREASURY POSTAL-SERVICE APPROPRIATIONS ACT

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                NICKLES (AND OTHERS) AMENDMENT NO. 2153

  Mr. NICKLES (for himself, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Thomas, Mr. Craig, Mr. 
Coats, Mr. Inhofe, and Mr. Kempthorne) proposed an amendment to the 
bill (H.R. 2020) making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the 
U.S. Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain 
independent agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, 
and for other purposes, as follows:

       At the end of the Committee amendment of Page 2, Line 14, 
     add the following:
       Sec.   . No funds appropriated by this Act shall be 
     available to pay for an abortion, or the administrative 
     expenses in connection with any health plan under the Federal 
     employees health benefit program which provides any benefits 
     or coverage for abortions.
       Sec.   . The provision of section ______ shall not apply 
     where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus 
     were carried to term, or that the pregnancy is the result of 
     an act of rape or incest.
     

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