NICKLES, DON (a Senator from Oklahoma)

Amendments offered by, to

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1491, S1498 [10FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3553 [23MR], S3636, S3776 [24MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4650), S11126, S11174 [10AU]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1281), S292 [27JA], S416, S439 [31JA], S478, S532 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), S9646 [25JY]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10540 [3AU]

Economy: promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2611, S2645, S2646 [9MR], S2813 [10MR]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1031, S1033, S1034, S1088, S1089 [7FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1150), S864, S963 [4FE]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S9890, S9945 [27JY], S10365 [2AU]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S8033, S8119 [30JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1491), S6675, S6758 [9JN], S7004, S7015, S7029, S7078, S7079 [16JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), S7966 [29JN], S9042, S9044 [14JY]

Hazardous substances: reduce the levels of lead in the environment (S. 729), S6281, S6292 [24MY]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2351), S11953, S11997 [17AU], S12102 [18AU]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S7588 [23JN], S8172, S8235, S8241, S8314, S8407, S8412, S8414, S8427 [1JY]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (S. 1560), S2303 [2MR]

Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5805, S5846 [17MY]

Appointments

Committee To Escort King Hussein I of Jordan and Yitzhak Rabin, Prime Minister of Israel (Joint), H6204 [26JY]

Committee to escort Nelson Mandela into the House Chamber, H11006 [6OC]

Committee To Escort the President (Joint), H28 [25JA]

Conferee: H.R. 3759, making supplemental appropriations, S1418 [10FE]

———H.R. 4426, foreign operations, export financing, and related programs appropriations, S9089 [15JY]

———H.R. 4650, Dept. of Defense appropriations, S11311 [11AU]

Articles and editorials

Condom Queen Reigns—Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders Speaks Out Where the President Fears To Tread, Chris Bull, Advocate (publication), S3876-S3878 [25MR]

Fiske Gets Off to Fast Start in Whitewater Probe by Moving Forward Aggressively on All Fronts, Ellen J. Pollock, Wall Street Journal, S3914 [25MR]

Fresh Questions Making Whitewater an Affair Hard To Forget, R.W. Apple, Jr., S3913 [25MR]

From Port-Au-Prince to Gucci Gulch, Christopher Caldwell, Wall Street Journal, S7908 [29JN]

From Port-au-Prince to Gucci Gulch, Christopher Caldwell, Wall Street Journal, S12889 [14SE]

Goodbye, Monroe Doctrine, Charles Krauthammer, Washington (DC) Post, S10420 [3AU]

Haiti's Suspect Savior—Why President Aristide's Return From Exile May Not Be Good News, Lally Weymouth, Washington (DC) Post, S12891 [14SE]

Mystery of Hillary's Trades, David L. Brandon, Wall Street Journal, S4371 [14AP]

No-Penalty Strike, Tulsa (OK) World, S8522 [12JY]

Real Voodoo, Wall Street Journal, S7907 [29JN]

Senate's Health Care Follies—Hidden $100 Billion Tax Increase, Martin Feldstein, Wall Street Journal, S11726 [15AU]

White House Seeks Settlement of Health Suit, Robert Pear, New York (NY) Times, S11723 [15AU]

With Persuasion and Muscle, Black Caucus Reshapes Haiti Policy, Steven A. Holmes, New York (NY) Times, S8976 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bureau of Reclamation: refinancing of Mountain Park Conservancy District obligation (see S. 2253), S8100 [30JN]

Native Americans: claims of Kaw Indian Tribe (see S.J. Res. 213), S9566 [22JY]

Parks and recreation areas: fees at lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers (see S. 1806), S286 [27JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: protection of new varieties of plants (see S. 1406), S61 [25JA]

Budget: balance (see S. 1676), S62 [25JA]

———discretionary spending limits (see S. 1875), S1943 [25FE]

———point of order against any legislation that directs revenues from an increased tax on Social Security benefits away from the Social Security trust fund (see S. 2255), S9943 [27JY]

———reform Federal budget process (see S. 1955), S3446 [22MR]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): establish subcommittee to investigate President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see S. Res. 217), S6392 [25MY]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (see S. 2071), S5179 [4MY]

Crime: funding for social programs designed to alleviate crime (see S. 2431), S12809 [13SE]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see S. Res. 219), S6522 [7JN]

ERISA: clarify the treatment of a qualified football coaches plan (see S. 1063), S8118 [30JN]

Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see S. 1715), S185 [26JA]

Food industry: inspection standards for meat and poultry products (see S. 2062), S6606 [8JN]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see S. 2378), S13887 [30SE]

Government: downsize and improve performance and accountability (see S. 1843), S1456 [10FE]

———prepare private property taking impact analyses (see S. 2006), S4574 [20AP]

Health: application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see S. 1658), S4782 [25AP]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see S. Con. Res. 59), S659 [2FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on terms of office (see S.J. Res. 34), S1948 [25FE]

National Native American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 210), S9171 [18JY]

National Parkinson Disease Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 175), S6200 [23MY]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 190), S5684 [12MY]

National Silver Haired Congress: convene (see S. Con. Res. 66), S13100 [21SE]

Nguyen Quy An and Nguyen Ngoc Kim Quy: relief (see S. 2265), S8381 [1JY]

Primary Immune Deficiency Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 151), S2302 [2MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (see S. 1795, 2134), S54 [25JA], S6123 [19MY]

Railroads: improve safety at grade crossings (see S. 2286), S13524 [27SE]

Real property: private property owner rights (see S. 1915), S2638 [9MR]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 218), S13310 [22SE]

Senate Rules: amend relative to gifts to Members (see S. Res. 274), S14479 [6OC]

Social Security: provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see S. 1863), S4574 [20AP]

Sports: tribute to U.S. World Cup Team (see S. Res. 240), S8825 [12JY]

Taxation: allow homemakers to deduct individual retirement account contributions (see S. 1669), S1876 [24FE]

———imposition of taxes on, and refund guidelines for tax-exempt use of certain motor fuels (see S. 1693), S6291 [24MY]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 2301), S9446 [21JY]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see S.J. Res. 172), S4740 [21AP]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (see S. 1803), S177 [26JA]

Water: ensure safety of public drinking water systems (see S. 1920), S2779 [10MR]

World War II: mint commemorative coins upon 50th anniversary of peace accord signing (see S. 2183), S9470 [21JY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see S.J. Res. 198), S8404 [1JY]

Letters

Global Environmental Facility funding: Brent Blackwelder, Friends of the Earth (organization), S9057 [15JY]

———Bruce M. Rich, Environmental Defense Fund, S9057 [15JY]

International Development Association funding: Bruce M. Rich, Environmental Defense Fund, S9057 [15JY]

Lobbying Disclosure Act: by, S14295 [6OC]

———several organizations, S14285 [6OC]

National Endowment for the Arts funding: by, H4847 [22JN]

Ron Athey performance at the Minneapolis, MN, Walker Art Center: Mary Abbe, S9615 [25JY]

Surgeon General's statements relative to homosexuality as a positive alternative lifestyle: James Hickey, S3878 [25MR]

U.S. role in U.N. peacekeeping operations: by, S7550-S7552 [23JN]

Lists

National Grocers Association Grocers Care Award recipients, S7464 [22JN]

Organizations opposed to the Lobbying Disclosure Act (S. 349), S14286 [6OC]

Questions relative to President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, S3880 [25MR]

Supporters of the Economic and Employment Impact Act, S2616 [9MR]

Memorandums

International Counter-Narcotics Programs: Dept. of State, S9056 [15JY]

Messages

Economic Plan—Vision of Change for America: President Clinton, S286 [27JA]

Motions offered by

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 3759), S1372 [10FE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), S9222 [19JY]

Alaska: Tongass National Forest land use, S9704 [26JY]

Armed Forces: access of military recruiters to educational facilities, S8172 [1JY]

Bankruptcy: improve system (S. 540), S4654 [21AP]

Barkett, Rosemary: nomination to be circuit judge, S4322 [14AP]

BIA: report relative to the physical structure of the Navajo Community College in Shiprock, NM, S9705 [26JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: lift U.S. arms embargo, S4654 [21AP]

Brown, Sam W., Jr.: nomination to be a delegate to the Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, S6322 [25MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 41), S1985, S1987 [28FE]

———deficit, S1680, S1682 [23FE]

———nondefense discretionary spending reductions, S3524 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (S. Con. Res. 63), S3486, S3524 [23MR]

Bureau of Reclamation: refinancing of Mountain Park Conservancy District obligation (S. 2253), S8034, S8106 [30JN]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), S4190 [13AP]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), S4190 [13AP]

Clinton, President and Hillary Rodham: investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, S361 [28JA], S3879, S3910 [25MR], S4369-S4372 [14AP], S6360 [25MY], S6905 [15JN]

———investigation of involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 229), S7184 [21JN]

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate): establish subcommittee to investigate President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty, S6685 [9JN]

———establish subcommittee to investigate President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (S. Res. 217), S6360 [25MY]

Congress: application of certain employment, health, and safety laws and rights (S. 2071), S5187 [4MY]

Convention on Biological Diversity: ratification, S13792 [30SE]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, S12529 [25AU]

Crowe, William J., Jr.: nomination to be Ambassador to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, S5678 [12MY]

David Berger National Memorial: lighting, S9718 [26JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Agricultural Research Service location closures, S9222 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense: authority of industrial facilities to sell manufactured articles and services to outside sources, S8235 [1JY]

———construction projects funding, S8316 [1JY]

———housing cost reimbursement for Reserve training, S8241 [1JY]

———Tinker AFB, OK, construction funding, S8316 [1JY]

Dept. of Energy: Advanced Computational Technology Initiative funding, S9667, S9671 [26JY]

Dept. of the Interior: require certain Government agencies to submit a land acquisition ranking, S9629 [25JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4602), S9600, S9604, S9615, S9627, S9629, S9640, S9641 [25JY], S9667, S9671, S9673, S9675, S9687, S9697, S9704, S9705, S9707, S9708, S9710, S9711, S9713, S9717, S9718, S9720, S9722 [26JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4602), conference report, S13540, S13541, S13543, S13545, S13548 [28SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), S10419, S10420, S10453 [3AU]

Drugs: international narcotics control funding, S9056, S9058, S9063, S9064, S9065 [15JY]

Economy: impact of Federal legislation and regulations on business and local government, S2612, S2613, S2616 [9MR]

———promote productivity, trade, competitiveness, and technological leadership of the U.S. (S. 4), S2611, S2612, S2613, S2616 [9MR], S2678 [10MR]

Education: national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (H.R. 2884), conference report, S4686, S4687 [21AP]

———national framework for the development of School-to-Work Opportunities systems in all States (S. 1361), S1032, S1034 [7FE]

———national policy to improve system (H.R. 1804), conference report, S3873, S3876 [25MR]

———national policy to improve system (S. 1513), S9901 [27JY]

———sex education instruction, S3873, S3876 [25MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, S7025 [16JN]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S13178, S13179, S13180 [22SE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), S8033, S8034 [30JN]

FAA: authorizing appropriations (S. 1491), S6685 [9JN], S6905, S6906 [15JN], S7025, S7077 [16JN]

Federal-State relations: increase payments to units of general local government for entitlement lands (S. 455), S4213 [13AP]

Financial institutions: interstate banking and branching (S. 1963), S4810 [26AP]

Fish and fishing: protection of New England salmon populations, S9718 [26JY]

Fish and Wildlife Service: funding for the Hagerman Fish Culture Experimental Station in Idaho, S9711 [26JY]

Foreign aid: use of U.S. funds relative to foreign abortion laws, S8952, S8954, S8956 [14JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), S7906 [29JN], S8952, S8954, S8956, S8976, S8977, S9027 [14JY], S9056, S9058, S9063, S9064, S9065 [15JY]

Forest Service: access to roadless areas, S9710 [26JY]

———jurisdictional oversight of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate), S9720 [26JY]

———reorganize, S9717 [26JY]

———research funding, S9710 [26JY]

———timber sale program funding, S9673 [26JY]

———tree measurement, S9710 [26JY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), S15294 [1DE]

Global Environmental Facility: funding, S9056, S9058, S9063, S9064, S9065 [15JY]

Gould, William B., IV: nomination to be Chairman of the NLRB, S2243, S2244 [2MR]

Haiti: establish congressional commission to assess U.S. policy options, S8976, S8977 [14JY]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces, S7906 [29JN], S12871, S12888, S12890, S12891 [14SE]

———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (S. Res. 259), S13057 [21SE]

———U.S. policy, S10419, S10420 [3AU]

Hazardous substances: reduce the levels of lead in the environment (S. 729), S6282 [24MY]

Health: enforcement of employer insurance requirements, S11953, S11955, S11956, S11959, S11963, S11969 [17AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, S3915 [25MR]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1743), S7085 [16JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 2351), S11721, S11723, S11727, S11769, S11771 [15AU], S11953, S11955, S11956, S11959, S11963, S11969, S11971 [17AU]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, S5600 [12MY]

International Development Association: funding, S9056, S9058, S9063, S9064, S9065 [15JY]

Labor: reform prevailing wage requirements for construction of water treatment plants, S5811 [17MY]

Labor unions: prevent discrimination based on participation in labor disputes (S. 55), S8469 [11JY], S8521 [12JY]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, S14284, S14286, S14291, S14295 [6OC], S14608, S14609, S14610, S14611, S14612, S14613 [7OC]

———restrict provision of gifts to legislative branch officials, and disclose certain expenditures (S. 1935), S5218, S5219 [5MY]

National defense: authorizing appropriations for Dept. of Defense and Dept. of Energy defense activities (S. 2182), S8172, S8235, S8241, S8316 [1JY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding relative to projects involving mutilation of living or dead human beings or drawing or letting of blood, S9615 [25JY]

National forests: regulation of visitor activity, S9627 [25JY]

National Grocers Association: Grocers Care Award recipients, S7464 [22JN]

National Park Service: transportation feasibility study for the Oneida & Western Railroad Corridor, S9718 [26JY]

Native Americans: claims of Kaw Indian Tribe (S.J. Res. 213), S9568 [22JY]

Oklahoma State University: tribute to NCAA wrestling champions, S3676 [24MR]

Parks and recreation areas: fees at lakes and reservoirs under the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers (S. 1806), S286 [27JA]

Petroleum: oxygenate standards and percentage requirements for reformulated gasoline, S10453 [3AU]

Prayer: Federal funding for schools relative to voluntary school prayer, S3873 [25MR]

———voluntary school prayer, S9901 [27JY]

Public welfare programs: reform, S3909 [25MR]

Real property: private property owner rights (S. 1915), S2641 [9MR]

San Antonio, TX: Edwards Aquifer Authority use relative to endangered species, S9675 [26JY]

Senate: tribute to staff, S9722 [26JY]

Southwestern Fisheries Technology Center: funding, S9707 [26JY]

Taxation: rates, S4369-S4372 [14AP]

University of Oklahoma: hydrogen production research funding, S8033 [30JN]

———tribute to baseball team, S7953 [29JN]

Water: reauthorize programs to ensure safe drinking water (S. 2019), S5811 [17MY], S5987 [19MY]

Wyoming: land acquisitions, S9720 [26JY]

Schedules

Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate): Architect of the Capitol Human Resources Act, D760 [29JN]

Statements

Clinton Administration Activities Relative to the Investigation of Whitewater Estates Development and Madison Guaranty: Representative Leach, S3881, S3912 [25MR]

Tables

Budget deficit allocations, S1986 [28FE]

Federal budget allocations, S1986 [28FE]

Federal employment and training program funding levels, S4686 [21AP]

New spending in the Clinton budget plan, increases above 1994 levels, S1682 [23FE]

Source of deficit change since President Clinton took office, S1681 [23FE]

Tributes

Boren, Senator, S5118 [4MY], S14980 [8OC]

Halverson, Richard C., S14592 [7OC]

Hammond, Ashley D., S15397 [1DE]

Smith, Pat, S3676 [24MR]