NICHOLS, BILL (a Representative from Alabama)

Amendments offered by, to

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 11901, 11917 [11MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1748, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 28464 [20OC]

———S. 1174, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 28465 [20OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 15368 [10JN]

Acuff, Roy: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2538), 14918 [8JN]

Administrative law judges: establish corps (see H.R. 2726), 23649 [9SE]

Airlines: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10837 [30AP]

Alabama: Federal recognition of Mowa Band of Choctaw Indians (see H.R. 3107), 22588 [5AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 10586 [29AP]

Arizona: statehood commemorative stamp (see H.J. Res. 101), 3518 [19FE]

Arizona's Diamond Jubilee: designate (see H.J. Res. 39), 3518 [19FE]

Arlington National Cemetery, VA: designate Tomb of the Unknowns (see H.R. 1987), 24135 [16SE]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 23877 [14SE]

Birds: use of steel shot in hunting of migratory birds (see H.R. 1353), 14953 [9JN]

Birmingham, AL: designate Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse (see H.R. 614), 1435 [20JA]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]

———2-year cycle (see H.R. 1558), 8670 [9AP]

Census: determination of benefits received by State and local governments (see H.R. 66), 12388 [13MY]

———distortions in House reapportionment (see H.R. 3639), 37627 [21DE]

Children: protect the rights of victims of child abuse (see H.R. 1437), 4916 [5MR]

———quality physical education programs in schools (see H. Con. Res. 97), 12828 [19MY]

Commemorative events: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 2740 [4FE]

Communications: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 8669 [9AP]

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 9325 [22AP]

Competitive service: requirements for procurement of certain services (see H.R. 1492), 19564 [13JY]

Congressional Medal of Honor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), 31425 [9NO]

Courts: retirement and survivors' benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see H.R. 2586), 28347 [19OC]

De Soto Trail: study (see H.R. 2565), 19564 [13JY]

Dept. of Defense: establish standards for inventory accounting systems used by contractors (see H.R. 3140), 22796 [6AU]

———prohibit purchasing from Toshiba Corp. (see H.R. 2948), 19899 [15JY]

———restrictions on overseas contracts (see H.R. 2873), 18681 [1JY]

Dept. of the Interior: sharing of amounts received from the National Forest System, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (see H.R. 1662), 5863 [17MR]

Ducks Unlimited (organization): anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 106), 8668 [9AP]

EEC: opposition to tax on certain U.S. products and commodities (see H. Con. Res. 51), 4920 [5MR]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: recognize (see H.R. 1782), 6774 [25MR]

Electric power: energy conservation standards for appliances (see H.R. 87), 4450 [2MR]

Espionage: penalties (see H.R. 1337), 4920 [5MR]

Farm credit banks: protect stock of borrowers in institutions of farm credit system (see H. Res. 137), 8671 [9AP]

Farmers Home Administration: improve operation of secondary market for certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2179), 19055 [8JY]

Federal employees: protect rights to participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 19677 [14JY]

———right to participate as private citizens in political process (see H.R. 3400), 26061 [1OC]

Foreign countries: assistance of international financial institutions for production of commodities and minerals in surplus (see H.R. 306), 15368 [10JN]

Foreign relations: negotiations with participating common defense alliance countries (see H. Con. Res. 139), 17104 [23JN]

Foreign trade: documentation of Canadian vessels (see H. Con. Res. 157), 23935 [15SE]

———opposition to EEC tax on certain U.S. products and commodities (see H. Con. Res. 51), 4920 [5MR]

———use tariffs levied on imports to modernize U.S. textile machine industry (see H.R. 1624), 19900 [15JY]

FRS: separately set forth annual budget (see H.R. 2057), 8666 [9AP]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 18682 [1JY]

Gold Star Mothers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), 24353 [17SE]

Government assets: treatment of proceeds from sales (see H.R. 571), 1795 [21JA]

Granite Reef Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project: designate as Hayden-Rhodes Aqueduct (see H.R. 1820), 6775 [25MR]

Hamadei, Mohammed: extradition for murder trial (see H. Con. Res. 94), 14187 [1JN]

Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 16569 [17JN]

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 1795 [21JA]

Hugo L. Black U.S. Courthouse, Birmingham, AL: designate (see H.R. 614), 1435 [20JA]

Industry: enhance competitiveness (see H.R. 3), 105 [6JA]

Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 24956 [23SE]

Just Say No to Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 3261 [10FE]

Kongsberg Vaapenfabrik Co.: import ban (see H.R. 2698), 18368 [30JN]

Lasker, Mary: award special gold medal (see H.R. 390), 22127 [3AU]

Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 17698 [26JN]

Marshall plan: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207), 9083 [21AP]

Medicare: retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 2520 [3FE]

———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 15585 [11JN]

Merchant marine: require approval of Secs. of State and Defense before a vessel registered to a foreign country may be documented under U.S. laws (see H.R. 2645), 16569 [17JN]

Minorities: education of medical personnel (see H.R. 954), 2736 [4FE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 14953 [9JN]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259), 4920 [5MR]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 6211 [18MR]

National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 9082 [21AP]

National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 31635 [10NO]

National CPR Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 208), 22799 [6AU]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 17), 14953 [9JN]

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 19056 [8JY]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 8124 [7AP]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 23082 [7AU]

National Energy Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 182), 6286 [19MR]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 28518 [20OC]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 34), 22314 [4AU]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 11004 [4MY]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]

National Harness Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 378), 35576 [14DE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 193), 6210 [18MR]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 32552 [17NO]

National Housing Act: amend to provide the Sec. of HUD with permanent authority to insure mortgages on single-family and multifamily dwellings (see H.R. 1228), 7429 [31MR]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 251), 17698 [26JN]

National Medical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 25483 [29SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 5864 [17MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 33333 [1DE]

National POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), 5260 [10MR]

National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 27930 [14OC]

National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 22127 [3AU]

National Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), 23079 [7AU]

National Tourist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 22314 [4AU]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 35742 [15DE]

National Watermen's Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), 28518 [20OC]

National Week for Worldwide Conservation: designate (see H.J. Res. 348), 22313 [4AU]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 23877 [14SE]

Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: charter (see H.R. 2248), 10837 [30AP]

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 33064 [20NO]

Persian Gulf: equitable distribution of defense burden among members of the Western Alliance (see H. Con. Res. 178), 24678 [21SE]

Petroleum: excise tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 225), 23650 [9SE]

Postal Service: protect employee rights to participation in political processes (see H.R. 21), 19677 [14JY]

Power resources: express support for Federal power marketing administrations and certain Federal power policies (see H. Res. 43), 5260 [10MR]

Public debt: proceeds from sales of Government assets (see H.R. 571), 1795 [21JA]

Public safety officers: increase death benefits (see H.R. 1016), 4919 [5MR]

Roads and highways: access to Interstate System for commercial motor vehicles (see H.R. 2697), 23712 [10SE]

Robert E. Jones, Jr., Highway, AL: designate (see H.R. 3325), 24890 [22SE]

Salt-Gila Aqueduct, Central Arizona Project: designate as Fannin-McFarland Aqueduct (see H.R. 1821), 6775 [25MR]

Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4920 [5MR]

Social Security: benefit computation formula (see H.R. 1721), 6284 [19MR]

———due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 17103 [23JN]

———improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees (see H.R. 121), 2225 [29JA]

———more gradual changes in 1977 computation rules as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1917), 7779 [2AP]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 19564 [13JY]

Southern Gospel Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), 22799 [6AU]

Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 21379 [28JY]

———relative to forced labor policies (see H. Con. Res. 83), 26063 [1OC]

Special days: establish commission to advise on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 998), 4551 [3MR]

``Stars and Stripes Forever'': designate as national march (see H.R. 613), 2520 [3FE]

State and local governments: minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation proposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1278), 5260 [10MR]

Tariff: disposable surgical gowns and drapes, 12387 [13MY]

Taxation: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified pension plan (see H.R. 1093), 14260 [2JN]

———charitable contribution deduction for amounts paid for benefit of institution of higher education (see H.R. 1106), 16290 [16JN]

———deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 1795 [21JA]

———deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 10273 [28AP]

———educational benefits provided under certain prepaid college education contracts (see H.R. 2404), 15585 [11JN]

———election of taxable year (see H.R. 2977), 23081 [7AU]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 34784 [10DE]

———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 4919 [5MR]

———meals furnished off business premises as fringe benefits (see H.R. 622), 22127 [3AU]

———treatment of self-insured workers' compensation funds (see H.R. 1709), 25482 [29SE]

Tennessee Valley Authority Act: amend (see H.R. 2025), 8665 [9AP]

Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (see H.R. 1154), 3515 [19FE]

Toshiba Corp.: import ban (see H.R. 2698), 18368 [30JN]

Tucson aqueduct, Central Arizona Project: designate as Stewart Udall-Barry Goldwater Aqueduct (see H.R. 1819), 6775 [25MR]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Celebration: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 23712 [10SE]

———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31424 [9NO]

———health care programs (see H.R. 2616), 17438 [25JN]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 11720 [7MY]

———GI bill educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1085), 3300 [11FE]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 3461 [18FE]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 25750 [30SE]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 8019 [6AP]

Letters

Exercise equipment imports: Cal James, 9022 [10AP]

Navy involvement in Persian Gulf: Larell Strickland, 20883 [23JY]

Remarks by, on

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations for fiscal year 1988 (H.R. 2342), 19034 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 10982 [4MY], 11897, 11901, 11917 [11MY], 12690, 12695 [18MY], 13061 [20MY]

———B-1B bomber funding, 12690 [18MY]

Foreign trade: U.S. competitiveness in exercise equipment, 9022 [10AP]

Military bases: authority of commanders relative to commercial activities, 11901 [11MY]

National defense: limits on counterintelligence polygraph examinations, 11917 [11MY]

Navy: appreciation of service, 20883 [23JY]

———Norfolk Navy steam plant, 12695 [18MY]

Nicaragua: limit U.S. participation, 13061 [20MY]

Persian Gulf: involvement of U.S. Armed Forces, 18977, 19034 [8JY], 20883 [23JY]

———require report on security arrangements (H.R. 2533), 14228 [2JN]

Physical fitness: U.S. competitiveness in exercise equipment, 9022 [10AP]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 24941 [23SE]

Textile and Apparel Trade Act: enact (H.R. 1154), 3493 [19FE]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (H.R. 1154), 24053 [15SE], 24079 [16SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3493 [19FE], 8664 [9AP], 11897 [11MY], 12690 [18MY], 18977, 19034 [8JY], 23932 [15SE]

Special order: granted, 24955 [23SE]

Reports

Foreign Travel Expenditures, 22788 [6AU], 30898 [4NO]