NICKLES, DON (a Senator from Oklahoma)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7367, S7368, S7369, S7405, S7406 [20JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6822, S6823 [14JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2355 [6AP], S2406, S2443 [7AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4710 [7JN], S4750, S4864 [8JN], S6273, S6288 [30JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), S4962 [12JN], S4992 [13JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S6481 [11JY], S6506, S6528, S6581 [12JY], S7029, S7079 [17JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), S5278 [15JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5698 [22JN], S6155 [29JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5474 [20JN], S5533, S5575 [21JN], S5611 [22JN]

Taxation: phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6631, S6701 [13JY]

Analyses

Pain Relief Promotion Act (H.R. 5544), S11116 [26OC]

Appointments

Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate), S11660 [6DE]

Committee To Escort the President, H29 [27JA]

Articles and editorials

Approve Pain Relief Promotion Bill—Senate Should Put a Quick End to Wyden's Filibuster and Pass Bill That Favors Pain-Killing Over Patient-Killing, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S11214 [27OC]

Health, Not Suicide, Washington (DC) Post, S11214 [27OC]

Kill the Pain, Not the Patients, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S11213 [27OC]

State's Rights, a State's Wrongs—Not Even Oregon Has a Right To Intrude on Federal Government's Traditional Regulatory Arena, Portland (OR) Oregonian, S11214 [27OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see S. 3046), S8585 [14SE]

Capitol Building and Grounds: establish a task force to recommend an appropriate recognition for the slave laborers who worked on the construction of the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 130), S7555 [25JY]

Children's Internet Safety Month: designate (see S. Res. 294), S7078 [17JY]

China, People's Republic of: release of Rebiya Kadeer, Ablikim Abdyirim, and Kahriman Abdukirim (see S. Con. Res. 81), S1526 [21MR]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (see S. Res. 338), S7160 [18JY]

Curtis, Carl T.: tribute (see S. Res. 246), S86 [26JA]

Daniel Patrick Moynihan U.S. Courthouse, New York, NY: designate (see S. 2370), S2347 [6AP]

Daschle, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 390), S11918 [15DE]

Dept. of Education: investigation and audit (see S. 2829), S6121 [29JN]

Dept. of Justice: reform process by which the Office of the Pardon Attorney investigates and reviews potential exercises of executive clemency (see S. 2042), S538 [9FE]

FCC: allow the operation of low-power FM radio stations that do not interfere with the transmissions of full-power stations (see S. 3020), S9271 [26SE]

———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see S. 2010), S113 [27JA]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: grant permanent residency status for himself and family members in Cuba (see S. 2314), S2354 [6AP]

Gore, Vice President: tribute (see S. Res. 389), S11918 [15DE]

Government regulations: review and limit the issuance of certain regulations relative to Federal contractors (see S. 2986), S7840 [27JY]

Health: revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see S. 2366), S2354 [6AP]

Helsinki Final Act: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 48), S7453 [21JY]

Housing: encourage Senate participation in and support of activities to provide decent homes for U.S. citizens (see S. Res. 319), S4922 [9JN]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see S. 2045), S538 [9FE]

Law enforcement: allow post-conviction DNA tests and facilitate the exchange by law enforcement agencies of DNA identification information on felony offenders (see S. 3130), S9466 [28SE]

———improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see S. 3045), S8585 [14SE]

Lott, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 391), S11918 [15DE]

Madison, James: establish commission to commemorate the 250th anniversary of birth (see S. 3137), S9613 [2OC]

Medicaid: apply aggregate upper payment limits to non-State publicly owned or operated facilities (see S. 3187), S10425 [12OC]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see S. 3016), S8197 [7SE]

Monuments and memorials: require public participation and congressional approval prior to designation of any national monument (see S. 729), S5562 [21JN]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 301), S5274 [15JN]

National Amputee Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 330), S8594 [14SE]

National Children's Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 340), S10425 [12OC]

National Fragile X Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 268), S6027 [28JN]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 342), S8594 [14SE]

National Peace Officers Memorial Day: designate (see S. Res. 247), S217 [1FE]

National Survivors of Suicide Day: designate (see S. Res. 339), S10425 [12OC]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see S. 2358), S5468 [20JN]

NLRB: inflation adjustments to the mandatory jurisdiction thresholds (see S. 2676), S4564 [6JN]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see S. 2266), S1596 [22MR]

Peace Corps: designate a fellowship program promoting the work of returning volunteers in underserved American communities as the Paul D. Coverdell Fellows Program (see S. 2998), S7840 [27JY]

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see S. 2739), S7483 [24JY]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see S. 2214), S1315 [8MR]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 2459), S2946 [26AP]

Riddick, Floyd M.: tribute (see S. Res. 245), S86 [26JA]

Senate: tribute to staff (see S. Res. 392), S11918 [15DE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see S. 2217), S6576 [12JY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S747 [23FE]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see S. 2158), S1997 [30MR]

Taxation: accurately codify the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see S. 1150), S6143 [29JN]

———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see S. 2265), S1612 [22MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 2330), S1986 [30MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S86 [26JA]

———treatment of distributions from publicly traded partnerships (see S. 2949), S7839 [27JY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see S. 2874), S7922 [27JY]

Thurmond, Senator: tribute (see S. Res. 388), S11918 [15DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 111), S3692 [9MY]

Nuclear energy: remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (see S. 2933), S7656 [26JY]

Taxation: simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (see S. 2587), S4190 [18MY]

Cloture motions

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY], S7768 [27JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4871), motion to proceed, S7590 [26JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4733), motion to proceed, S7522 [25JY], S7731 [27JY]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (S.J. Res. 14), S1737 [27MR], S1839 [29MR]

Foreign policy: authorize trade and investment policy relative to sub-Saharan Africa (H.R. 434), conference report, S3788 [10MY], S3860 [11MY]

Immigration: increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (S. 2045), S9248 [26SE]

Nuclear energy: storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), S463, S464, S469 [8FE]

———storage of spent nuclear fuel pending completion of the nuclear waste repository (S. 1287), motion to proceed, S139 [31JA]

Taxation: institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), S2432 [7AP], S2506 [11AP]

———institute a Federal fuels tax holiday (S. 2285), motion to proceed, S1831 [28MR], S1970 [30MR]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S775 [24FE]

Documents

Antiquities Act, S7032 [17JY]

Lists

National monuments added under the Antiquities Act by U.S. Presidents, S7030-S7032 [17JY]

Organizatons supporting legislation on pain management and palliative care promotion without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, S11213 [27OC]

Messages

Convention on the Rights of the Child: President Clinton, S7574 [25JY]

Motions

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4807 [8JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S10896 [24OC]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), S7368, S7369 [20JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, S10732 [18OC]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: strike assumed revenue based on oil and gas exploration from budget resolution, S2213 [5AP]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, S5415 [20JN]

Budget: enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation, S5983 [28JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6820 [14JY], S7047, S7049 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, S7218, S7220 [19JY], S7413, S7414 [21JY], S7536 [25JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (S. Con. Res. 101), S2213 [5AP], S2406, S2407 [7AP]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S7047 [17JY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen, S10730, S10732 [18OC]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute (S. Res. 338), S7168 [18JY]

Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia, S11211, S11215 [27OC]

———promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (H.R. 5544), S11116 [26OC]

Dept. of Defense: Abrams-Crusader Common Engine Program funding, S7740 [27JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 2549), S4790, S4792, S4803, S4807 [8JN], S5415 [20JN], S6497 [12JY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4576), conference report, S7740 [27JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), S7029, S7032 [17JY], S7087 [18JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5591, S5643 [22JN], S5983 [28JN], S6079, S6081, S6082, S6083, S6088, S6092 [29JN]

Drugs: allow importation of prescription drugs into the U.S. by pharmacists and wholesalers for resale and by U.S. citizens for personal use, S10732 [18OC]

———Federal law enforcement agencies funding to strengthen drug enforcement activities, S5533 [21JN]

El Reno, OK: Fort Reno Agriculture Research Station funding, S7369 [20JY]

European Union: World Trade Organization ruling on export subsidies, S11457 [1NO]

Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (H.R. 4040), insert S. 2420 language in lieu, S7582 [25JY]

———establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (S. 2420), S7575, S7582 [25JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 2522), S5533 [21JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, S4790, S4792, S4803, S4807 [8JN], S6081, S6082, S6083, S6088, S6092 [29JN]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses, S2406, S2407 [7AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, S6636 [13JY]

Middle East: Israeli/Palestinian peace initiatives, S10730, S10732 [18OC]

———U.S. policy on U.N. Security Council resolution condemning current level of violence between the Israelis and Palestinians, S10730, S10732 [18OC]

Minimum wage: level, S2407 [7AP]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress, S7029, S7032 [17JY], S7087 [18JY]

Motor vehicles: require reports relative to defects in foreign products (H.R. 5164), S10231 [11OC]

National Day of Remembrance: designate to honor veterans exposed to radiation or radioactive materials during service (S. Res. 336), S6983 [14JY]

Nuclear energy: remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites (S. 2933), S7674 [26JY]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, S5591, S5643 [22JN]

Point of order, S7047, S7049 [17JY]

Power resources: authorize research to promote the conversion of biomass into biobased industrial products, S7368 [20JY]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), S7574 [25JY]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, S11211, S11215 [27OC]

Senate: legislative program, S2481 [10AP], S6983 [14JY], S7169 [18JY], S7582, S7583 [25JY], S11207, S11216, S11217 [27OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1534 [22MR]

———ensure solvency of trust funds, S6659 [13JY]

———increase spousal survivors' benefit and allow women taking leave to care for a child or relative to exempt those years from benefit calculations, S6659 [13JY]

SSI: funding, S5983 [28JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for long-term care, S6661 [13JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S7049 [17JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2512 [11AP], S2962 [27AP]

———increase, expand, and simplify child and dependent care deductions, expand adoption credit for special needs children, and provide incentives for employer-provided child care, S6654, S6655 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6606, S6636, S6654, S6655, S6659, S6661, S6662, S6663 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6405, S6406 [11JY]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), S11457 [1NO]

———simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (S. 2587), S4192 [18MY]

Terrorism: U.S. response to acts of terrorism against U.S. facilities, soldiers, and citizens, S10730, S10732 [18OC]

Treaties and agreements: removal of injunction of secrecy, S7573 [25JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Tribute, S10733 [18OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians: U.N. Security Council, S10730 [18OC]

Statements

Pain Management and Palliative Care Promotion Without Permitting Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia: AMA, S11215 [27OC]

———C. Everett Koop, S11214 [27OC]

Tables

Beneficiaries of marriage tax penalty relief, S7220 [19JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 4577), S5984 [28JN]

Estimated revenue effects of adjustments to marriage tax penalty, S7220 [19JY]

Maximum marriage tax penalty relief possible, S7219 [19JY]

Texts of

S. 2587, simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires, S4192 [18MY]

S. 2933, remediation of uranium and thorium processing sites, S7674 [26JY]

Tributes

Coverdell, Paul, S7217 [19JY]

Gorton, Senator, S11768 [14DE]

Harrison, Larry, S1970 [30MR]

Kerrey, Senator, S11768 [14DE]