INHOFE, JAMES M. (a Senator from Oklahoma)

Addresses

Strategic Defense Initiative: Ronald Reagan, S3206 [29MR]

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: improve operation of certain programs (S. 1541), S993 [6FE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3603), S8465, S8488 [22JY]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.R. 3019), S1988 [13MR], S2070, S2123 [14MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6503, S6541 [19JN], S6582, S6613 [20JN], S6750 [24JN], S6856, S6864 [25JN], S7255 [28JN]

———making appropriations (S. 1894), S7946, S8028 [17JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10204 [10SE], S10286, S10336, S10340 [11SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9970 [5SE]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 3540), S8631, S8667 [24JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (S. Res. 219), S1085 [7FE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S8055 [17JY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4078 [24AP], S4328, S4340 [29AP], S4468 [1MY]

Appointments

Canada-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S4650 [2MY]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate), S6628 [20JN]

Conferee: H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, S7612 [10JY]

———H.R. 3259, intelligence services appropriations, S10647 [17SE]

———S. 1004, Coast Guard appropriations, S7703 [11JY]

Articles and editorials

ABM Treaty's Threat, Wall Street Journal, S468 [26JA]

As China Threatens Taiwan, It Makes Sure U.S. Listens, Patrick E. Tyler, New York (NY) Times, S367 [25JA]

Defenseless Against Missile Terror, Ralph K. Bennett, Reader's Digest (publication), S12264 [3OC]

Iraqi Opposition Tells of Talks in Damascus, Washington (DC) Times, S6376 [18JN]

Medagogues, Washington (DC) Post, S2918 [27MR], S11232 [25SE]

Medagogues Cont'd, Washington (DC) Post, S2918 [27MR]

Report Cites China-Pakistan Missile Links, R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington (DC) Post, S6376 [18JN]

Troubling Syrian Troop Movements, Near East (publication), S12263 [3OC]

U.S. Informs Bonn of Syrian Toxic-Gas Unit, Washington (DC) Times, S6376 [18JN]

U.S. Investigates Ukraine-Libya Alliance, Washington (DC) Times, S6376 [18JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Defense: announce results of study into the awarding of medals to African Americans during World War II (see S. Res. 230), S1455 [29FE]

Ecology and environment: reauthorize certain educational programs (see S. 1873), S6225 [13JN]

FAA: reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain certificate holders (see S. 2129), S11294 [25SE]

Health: liability of nonprofit organizations relative to prosthetic devices (see S. 1885), S6517 [19JN]

Members of Congress: limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see S. 1776), S5267 [17MY]

States: allocation of funds from the Highway Trust Fund (see S. 1843), S5856 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see S. Con. Res. 63), S5866 [5JN]

———improve operation of certain programs (see S. 1541), S743 [1FE]

———provide livestock feed assistance for certain producers (see S. 1743, 1755), S5601 [23MY]

American Foreign Service Day: designate (see S. Res. 217), S1185 [9FE]

BIA: reorganization (see S. 814), S7190 [27JN]

Bill Emerson Memorial Bridge: designate (see S. 1903), S6849 [25JN]

Boorda, Jeremy M.: tribute (see S. Res. 255), S5443 [21MY]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: designate a room in the Capitol as the Mark O. Hatfield Room (see S. Res. 298), S11169 [24SE]

———designate section of Senate balcony as Robert J. Dole Balcony (see S. Res. 258), S6082 [11JN]

Capitol Buildings and Grounds: authorize the Newington-Cropsey Foundation to erect a monument dedicated to the Bill of Rights (see S. Con. Res. 26), S3161 [28MR]

Clinton, President: pardoning of individuals convicted in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty investigation (see S. Con. Res. 72), S11540 [27SE]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see S.J. Res. 49), S1345 [27FE]

———specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see S. 1039), S1461 [29FE]

Courts: judicial review of forest management activities (see S. 1647), S3019 [27MR]

———provide that voluntary disclosures of Federal violations found during an environmental audit shall not be subject to discovery or admitted as evidence (see S. 582), S5500 [22MY]

Crime: condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see S. Res. 263, 265), S6225 [13JN], S6408 [18JN]

———constitutional amendment on protection of victims' rights (see S.J. Res. 52), S6854 [25JN]

———increase mandatory minimum penalties relative to the possession of firearms (see S. 1612), S2431 [20MR]

———prevention and punishment of domestic and sexual violence (see S. 1483), S2245 [18MR]

———prosecution of violent, repeat, juvenile offenders (see S. 1854), S6013 [10JN]

———tribute to law enforcement officers killed in line of duty (see S. Res. 251), S4190 [25AP]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see S. 2108), S11169 [24SE]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see S. Res. 241), S3311 [15AP]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see S. 1651), S7906 [16JY]

Diseases: research programs for Parkinson's disease (see S. 684), S6104 [11JN]

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: technical amendments (see S. 1379), S1277 [20FE]

Federal-State relations: prevent Federal interference relative to constitutional authority (see S. 1629), S2422 [20MR]

Foreign aid: reform process for allocating assistance and require Congress to enact domestic appropriations prior to consideration of foreign aid appropriations (see S. 1968), S10428 [12SE]

Gambling Impact Study Commission: establish (see S. 704), S4627 [2MY]

Government: forfeiture of retirement benefits by any Member of Congress, congressional employee, Federal judge, or the President if convicted of an offense relative to official duties (see S. 1794), S6665 [21JN]

———improve regulation of food, drugs, devices, and biological products (see S. 1477), S5981 [7JN]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 1520), S389 [25JA]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S. Res. 219), S1085 [7FE]

Health: require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see S. 969), S8555 [23JY]

Housing: State authority to set rental occupancy standards (see S. 1397), S7028 [26JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1578), S1870 [12MR]

Lauver, Jean S.: tribute (see S. Res. 232), S2245 [18MR]

Law enforcement officers: provide standards and protection for the conduct of internal police investigations (see S. 334), S9304 [31JY]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see S. 837), S1388 [28FE], S3957 [23AP]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see S. 2136), S11539 [27SE]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see S. 1740, 1999), S4940 [9MY], S9072 [29JY]

Medicare: clarify use of private contracts (see S. 1289), S3406 [16AP]

———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see S. 1963), S10609 [16SE]

Metric system: provide for soft-metric conversion (see S. 1386), S2431 [20MR]

Mexico: make extension of loan guarantee agreement conditional to drug enforcement efforts (see S. 1547), S555 [30JA]

———make foreign aid conditional to drug enforcement efforts (see S. Res. 218), S555 [30JA]

———safety standards and drug enforcement efforts relative to trucks seeking to cross U.S. border (see S. 1548), S555 [30JA]

Mining and mineral resources: land exchange between Arkansas and Oklahoma (see S. 1025), S1683 [11MR]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see S. 1506), S4195 [25AP]

Music: licensing (see S. 1628), S2830 [25MR]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see S. Res. 311), S12303 [3OC]

National Baseball Day: designate (see S. Res. 215), S1185 [9FE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 226), S4940 [9MY]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 1731), S8028 [17JY]

National Race for the Cure Day: designate (see S. Res. 257), S5763 [4JN]

National security: national missile defense system (see S. 1635), S2646 [21MR]

National Tourism Board: establish (see S. 1623), S3161 [28MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see S. 1623), S3161 [28MR]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see S. 1646), S3018 [27MR]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (see S. Res. 249), S3731 [19AP]

OPM: funding for the Office of Federal Investigations (see S. 1532), S5099 [15MY]

Pesticides: improve registration, provide minor use crop protection, and improve pesticide tolerance safeguards (see S. 1166), S919 [6FE]

———reform registration of antimicrobial pesticides (see S. 1491), S3490 [17AP]

Pornography: amend laws relative to child pornography (see S. 1237), S6150 [12JN]

Power resources: natural gas and hazardous liquid pipeline safety (see S. 1505), S3633 [18AP]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (see S. 1954), S8868 [25JY]

Senate Rules: specify source of constitutional authority for the enactment of legislation (see S. Res. 152), S1462 [29FE]

Ships and vessels: protect hull designs from unauthorized duplication (see S. 2103), S11090 [20SE]

Taxation: constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see S.J. Res. 8), S6105 [11JN]

———credit for business investments in economically distressed areas (see S. 743, 1252), S742 [1FE], S8477 [22JY]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see S. 94), S6104 [11JN]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see S. 1610), S1969 [13MR]

———treatment of Armed Forces members performing services in Somalia (see S. 1967), S10428 [12SE]

Transportation: highway construction funding (see S. 2143), S11539 [27SE]

———requirements relative to operators of certain farm vehicles (see S. 1661), S3216 [29MR]

———transfer authority over highway programs and mass transit programs to States (see S. 1971), S8156 [18JY]

U.S. Tourism Organization: establish (see S. 1735), S5500 [22MY]

Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 1838), S9304 [31JY]

Cloture motions

California: management of the Presidio facilities (H.R. 1296), S2795 [25MR], S2924 [27MR]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (S. 1936), S7916 [16JY]

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (S. 1664), S4160 [25AP], S4308 [29AP]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), S9926 [5SE]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4922 [9MY], S4993 [14MY]

Letters

Fort Leonard Wood, MO, barracks construction funding relative to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations: by, S6983 [26JN]

Papers

Fetal Pain as It Relates to the Partial-Birth Abortion Method, S11349 [26SE]

Poems

``Remembrance of the Oklahoma Bombing,'' S.L. (Spud) Beckes, S3734 [19AP]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, S11278 [25SE], S11349, S11350 [26SE]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), S11835, S11836, S11884 [30SE]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention, S6213 [13JN], S6259 [14JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), S5839 [5JN], S5955, S5967, S5968, S5969, S5971 [7JN], S6260 [14JN]

———deficit, S5972 [7JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), conference report, S6179 [13JN], S6260 [14JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (S. Con. Res. 57), S5056, S5057 [15MY]

Chemical Weapons Convention: ratification, S9898 [5SE]

Congress: accomplishments of the 104th Congress, S11213 [25SE]

Corps of Engineers: reauthorizing civil works programs (S. 640), conference report, S11525 [27SE]

———White River Basin Lakes flood control and energy production programs, S11525 [27SE]

Courts: reform habeas corpus procedures, S3369 [16AP]

Dept. of Defense: administration of missile defense program, S1382, S1383, S1384, S1385 [28FE]

———air-to-air Starstreak missile evaluation funding, S6482 [19JN]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1745), S6373, S6401 [18JN], S6423, S6482, S6503 [19JN], S6983, S6984 [26JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), veto, S3 [3JA]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3230), conference report, S10042 [9SE]

———ballistic missile program funding, S12263 [3OC]

———continued efforts to ensure national security, S366, S367 [25JA]

———funding, S5056, S5057 [15MY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations, S11884 [30SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3756), S10159 [10SE]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3666), S9719 [3SE], S9827, S9828 [4SE], S9964 [5SE]

Dole, Bob: evaluation of economic plan, S10061 [9SE], S10662 [17SE], S11231 [25SE]

Drug abuse: national drug control policy, S365 [25JA]

Ecology and environment: reauthorize certain educational programs (S. 1873), S6235 [13JN], S6258 [14JN], S9669 [2AU]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, S1545 [6MR]

Education: use of phonics in literacy education, S3204 [29MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 1219), S6787 [25JN]

EPA: review of ambient air quality standards for particulate matter, S9964 [5SE]

———Robert S. Kerr Environmental Research Laboratory funding, S9827, S9828 [4SE]

FAA: reauthorizing programs (S. 1994), S10745 [18SE]

———reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain certificate holders, S10745 [18SE]

———reform emergency revocation authority relative to certain certificate holders (S. 2129), S11311 [25SE]

FCC: relocation, S11884 [30SE]

Fort Leonard Wood, MO: barracks construction funding relative to Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission recommendations, S6983, S6984 [26JN]

Fort Sill, OK: transfer land to Dept. of Veterans Affairs for use as a national cemetery, S6503 [19JN]

Government: shutdown relative to budget process, S11835 [30SE]

Government regulations: reform, S5971 [7JN]

GSA: maintain Federal Protection Officer quotas relative to safety in public buildings, S10159 [10SE]

Health: liability of nonprofit organizations relative to prosthetic devices (S. 1885), S6517 [19JN]

———medical savings account programs, S6259 [14JN], S11231 [25SE]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (S. 1028), S3526 [18AP]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (H.R. 3680), S9648 [2AU]

McCaffrey, Barry: nomination to be Director of National Drug Control Policy, S365 [25JA]

Medicaid: reform, S2917, S2918 [27MR]

Medicare: reform, S11231 [25SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (S.J. Res. 21), S3826 [23AP]

National security: national missile defense system funding, S6401 [18JN], S6423 [19JN], S7924 [17JY]

———national missile defense system (S. 1635), S5728 [4JN], S5971 [7JN]

Nuclear weapons: proliferation, S582, S583, S584 [31JA]

———strategic defense initiative, S3205 [29MR], S5971 [7JN]

Oklahoma: tribute to Girl Scouts of America Gold Award recipients, S4875 [8MY]

Oklahoma City, OK: anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, S3734 [19AP]

———anniversary of bombing of Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building (S. Res. 249), S3696 [19AP]

———establish Reading Foundation, S3204 [29MR]

Petroleum: gasoline tax, S4891 [9MY]

Republican Party: national agenda, S11213 [25SE]

Rivers, Ruben: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor, S4590 [2MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S5971 [7JN]

START II Treaty: ratification, S3 [3JA], S466, S468 [26JA]

States: allocation of funds from the Highway Trust Fund (S. 1843), S5864 [5JN]

Syria: troop movements toward Golan Heights in Israel, S12262 [3OC]

Taxation: rates, S582 [31JA], S1545 [6MR], S4906 [9MY], S10007 [6SE], S10061 [9SE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, S3369 [16AP], S3476 [17AP]

Treaties and agreements: Antiballistic Missile Treaty, S3 [3JA]

Vance AFB, OK: construction program funding, S6984 [26JN]

Water: endocrine disrupter research funding, S9719 [3SE]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), S4891, S4906 [9MY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Golden Gavel Award: recipient, S4005 [24AP]

Reports

Senate Delegation Trip to Middle East: Senators Pell, Robb, and Inhofe, S1659 [7MR]

Statements

Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: by, S6079 [11JN]

Testimonies

Partial-Birth Abortions, S11350 [26SE]

Texts of

H.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, S5968 [7JN]

S.J. Res. 41, constitutional amendment to require balanced budget (103d Congress), S5968 [7JN]

Tributes

Davis, Marilyn (Poot), S11566 [27SE]

Dole, Senator, S6035 [11JN]

Elkouri, Joe M., S11560 [27SE]

Hall, Thomas F., S10205 [10SE]