NICHOLS, DICK (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H11386 [26NO]

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H11386 [26NO]

Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (H.R. 2369), H7726 [9OC], H7841 [15OC]

Appointments

Committee on Aging (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Taxation: repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2604, H4215 [10JN])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H5515 [16JY])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10932 [22NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 248, H4868 [20JN]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H2108 [9AP])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

Centennial of Concrete Paving in America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 324, H6799 [24SE])

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H11289 [25NO])

———mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

Commercial Motor Vehicle Safety Act: waive application to certain farm vehicles (see H.R. 1516, H5341 [10JY])

Congress: require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 305, H5595 [17JY])

Courts: standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H8662 [29OC])

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H4945 [24JN])

———provide restitution to victims (see H.R. 1809, H4612 [18JN])

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: designate Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the medical center in Salem, VA (see H.R. 175, H5910 [25JY])

Diseases: research associated with exposure to dioxin and other chemicals in herbicides (see H.R. 556, H556 [17JA])

Drug abuse: use of certain grants for treatment of intravenous drug abuse (see H.R. 2235, H3495 [22MY])

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 109, H2686 [1MY])

Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H5513 [16JY])

Executive departments: options for shared services in Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HHS (see H. Con. Res. 146, H2811 [7MY])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2902 [8MY])

Federal employees: tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Con. Res. 147, H6388 [2AU])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H3495 [22MY])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H7314 [2OC])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])

Foreign policy: recommittal to U.S. support of universal human rights and democracy (see H. Res. 284, H10365 [18NO])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10932 [22NO])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H5211 [26JN])

Health: air transport of rural victims of medical emergencies (see H.R. 2234, H2810 [7MY])

———assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H5342 [10JY])

Health care professionals: increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3806 [3JN])

House of Representatives: require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])

Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2903 [8MY])

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 858, H988 [6FE])

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])

Kansas: study of frontier cavalry forts (see H.R. 2337, H3036 [14MY])

Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H3739 [30MY])

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on compensation (see H. Con. Res. 194, H6317 [1AU])

———constitutional amendment on terms of office (see H.J. Res. 21, H61 [3JA]; H.J. Res. 22, H61 [3JA]

Middle East: demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H5979 [29JY])

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 171, H2263 [16AP])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2469 [23AP])

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 133, H1024 [19FE])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1915 [20MR])

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 175, H2017 [21MR])

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 56, H2770 [2MY])

National Institute of Nursing Research: designate (see H.R. 2447, H5650 [18JY])

National Law Enforcement Memorial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 123, H4867 [20JN])

National Parks Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276, H6194 [31JY])

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 72, H3037 [14MY])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H6194 [31JY])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])

National Sarcoidosis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 309, H5819 [24JY])

National Senior Nutrition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141, H1850 [19MR])

National Tax Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 220, H2812 [7MY])

National Women in Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293, H8788 [30OC])

Power resources: encourage energy conservation among farmers, ranchers, forest industry, and utilizers of wood (see H.R. 1418, H3037 [14MY])

Presidents: line-item veto (see H. Res. 152, H7551 [7OC])

Public Health Service: respond to the shortage of health care providers as a result of the Persian Gulf conflict (see H.J. Res. 128, H1139 [21FE])

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H4612 [18JN])

Rural Small Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108, H1162 [26FE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H2812 [7MY])

Solid waste: authorize a private right of action to enforce certain regulations (see H.R. 2587, H4186 [7JN])

———State regulation (see H.R. 2072, H3625 [23MY])

Sports: authorize minting of coins commemorating 1994 World Cup and provide a financial legacy to youth and amateur soccer (see H.R. 2801, H5515 [16JY])

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H9758 [13NO])

Taxation: application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H7199 [1OC])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H5341 [10JY])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H7725 [9OC])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H5341 [10JY])

———gains and losses of non-exempt farmer cooperatives (see H.R. 2361, H3149 [15MY])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H4437 [12JN])

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H4098 [6JN])

———make permanent the exclusion for group legal service plans (see H.R. 187, H7380 [3OC])

———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H3149 [15MY])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H4613 [18JN])

———repeal luxury tax on aircraft (see H.R. 2581, H6138 [30JY])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H7380 [3OC])

———treatment of payments made by electric utilities to customers to subsidize energy conservation services (see H.R. 1007, H5267 [27JN])

Telecommunications: research, design, and manufacturing of equipment (see H.R. 1523, H7107 [30SE])

Television: local regulation of cable programming and signal distribution (see H.R. 3380, H9043 [1NO])

Trucking: regulation of commercial motor vehicle weights and combination lengths (see H.R. 2515, H5267 [27JN])

Veterans: disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H640 [22JA]; H.R. 1046, H5910 [25JY])

———eligibility to members of the Selected Reserve for the Veterans Home Loan Program (see H.R. 939, H5910 [25JY])

———enhance the dignity and personal freedom of patients in medical centers and nursing homes (see H.R. 3198, H10842 [21NO])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H3710 [29MY])

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 230, H7314 [2OC])

World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H11894 [26NO])

———establish in the District of Columbia a memorial to veterans (see H.R. 1624, H4187 [7JN])

———issue 50th anniversary commemorative coin (see H.R. 1623, H4186 [7JN])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H8121 [21OC])

Letters

National Comprehensive Surface Transportation System: Mike Johnston, Kansas Dept. of Transportation, H8233 [23OC]

Pledge of Allegianc

, H1419 [6MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1419 [6MR], H6319 [2AU]

Remarks by, on

Budget: expenditures versus revenue, H11386 [26NO]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (H.R. 2929), H11386 [26NO]

Death Valley, Joshua Tree, and Mojave National Parks: establish (H.R. 2929), H11386 [26NO]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H10735 [21NO]

Flint Hills Prairie National Monument: establish (H.R. 2369), H6802 [25SE], H7834, H7841, H7845, H7846, H7847 [15OC]

Girard, KS: tribute to American Legion Post, H2788 [7MY]

Harvey County, KS: tribute to Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service employees, H4226 [11JN]

Jews: anniversary of massacre at Babi Yar, H7280 [2OC]

Kansas: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1795 [19MR]

———rebuilding from tornado damage, H2610 [1MY]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in disputes (H.R. 5), H5503 [16JY]

McPherson, KS: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H3613 [23MY]

Middle East: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, H1795 [19MR], H3613 [23MY]

———military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H259 [11JA]

Taxation: impact of luxury tax, H5380, H5381, H5382 [10JY]

———rates, H5380, H5381, H5382 [10JY], H5399 [11JY]

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (H.R. 2604), H4212 [10JN]

Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), H8233 [23OC]

———establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, H11672 [26NO]

Unemployment: emergency compensation, H8387 [23OC]

Veterans: tribute to those who fought in seven wars since founding of Emporia, KS, H3630 [29MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H4215 [10JN]

Statements

Dedication of Flag and Veterans' Monument: John Spurling, H2788 [7MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Flint Hills Prairie National Monument (H.R. 2369), D908 [16JY]

Committee on Rules: California Desert Protection Act (H.R. 2929), D1423 [13NO]

———Unemployment Insurance Reform Act (H.R. 3040), D1027 [31JY]

Tributes

Conte, Silvio O., H998 [19FE]

Shultz, Amy, H6394 [11SE]

Swartzendruber, George R., H1785 [18MR]