ROBERTS, PAT (a Representative from Kansas)
Appointments
Committee on Aging (Select), 1878 [8FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: expand and improve commodity distribution program (see H.R. 1407), 2065 [10FE]
Exotic communicable diseases: authorize intrastate quarantines (see H.R. 4344), 31844 [9NO]
Soviet Union: begin negotiations on long-term agreement on agricultural trade (see H. Res. 161), 8453 [13AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations: make certain changes in membership and operations (see H.R. 1617), 2851 [23FE]
Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 3392), 16897 [22JN]
———establish voluntary program to reduce production of milk under price support (see H.R. 1528), 6394 [21MR]
———guarantee in kind contracts by producers to manufactures of liquid fuels (see H.R. 3101), 13617 [24MY]
Agriculture: adverse effects on U.S. exports of proposals to modify the European Community policy (see H. Res. 322), 29782 [28OC]
———establish farm and crop acreage base and program yield system (see H.R. 4565), 34220 [18NO]
———exclude commodities from requirements that such be transported on U.S.-flag commercial vessels (see H.R. 2949), 14360 [2JN]
———expand export of commodities (see H. Con. Res. 81), 4157 [7MR]
———persons who fail to prevent erosion may not receive Federal assistance (see H.R. 1077), 7899 [11AP]
———prescribe established price for certain agricultural commodities and carry out an export incentive program (see H.R. 4123), 27723 [6OC]
———prohibit payment to certain persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3906), 24347 [15SE]
———provide financial assistance for commodities produced on erodible land (see H.R. 2928), 16092 [16JN]
———sense of Congress with respect to utilizing grain reserve (see H. Con. Res. 175), 25525 [22SE]
———transport certain commodities on U.S.-flag vessels (see H.R. 1915), 6394 [21MR]
Air transportation: assure protection of the traveling public (see H.R. 2053), 27724 [6OC]
American Businesswomen's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), 16092 [16JN]
Andrei Sakharov Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 11623 [10MY]
Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 23738 [12SE]
Bankruptcy: amend laws regarding farm produce storage facilities (see H.R. 1031), 938 [27JA]
———with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]
Big Brothers/Big Sisters Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97), 2197 [15FE]
Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 10481 [28AP]
Budget: convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 26945 [3OC]
———sense of House to recognize need for attention to spending rate in Federal (see H. Res. 120), 5085 [14MR]
Cargo preference requirements: sense of Congress in opposition to further expansion (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17271 [27JN]
Catholic War Veterans of U.S.A., Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1199), 12793 [18MY]
CCC: amend charter with respect to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 2321, 2322), 7421, 7422 [24MR]
Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact: grant consent (see H.R. 3002), 12250 [12MY]
Civil meteorological satellite and associated system: not appropriate to transfer ownership of management to private sector (see H. Con. Res. 168), 28039 [17OC]
Committee on Budget: consider option of freeze on Federal spending (see H. Res. 25), 165 [6JA]
Commodity Credit Corp. Act: amend to promote exchange of material produced abroad and needed in U.S. for agricultural export (see H.R. 2428), 7740 [7AP]
Commodity Credit Corp. Charter Act: promote the exchange of surplus dairy stocks for other materials (see H.R. 3295), 15722 [14JN]
Communications Act: promote the universal availability of telephone service at affordable rates (see H.R. 3671), 21015 [26JY]
Congressional Record: reduce gratuitous distribution (see H.R. 4049), 26799 [30SE]
Constitution: amend relative to school prayer (see H.J. Res. 100), 22727 [3AU]
Copyright: amend with respect to royalty fees of cable systems (see H.R. 2902), 20123 [20JY]
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center, Leavenworth, Kans.: designate (see H.R. 2549), 8453 [13AP]
Educational opportunity: sense of Congress to maintain guidelines to insure equal rights (see H. Res. 190), 19808 [19JY]
Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 24218 [14SE]
Employment: sense of Congress for funding community service programs for senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 43), 7426 [24MR]
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 28211 [18OC]
ERISA: investment of employee plans in residential mortgages (see H.R. 1179), 18473 [11JY]
Farmers: require to implement conservation plans (see H.R. 568), 7425 [24MR]
FCC: sense of Congress that access charge plan be delayed 1 year (see H. Con. Res. 150), 32202 [10NO]
Federal contracts: amend Davis-Bacon Act to provide new job opportunities (see H.R. 3846), 23253 [4AU]
Federal Credit Union Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), 14361 [2JN]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, Federal Meat Inspection Act, Poultry Products Inspection Act, and Egg Products Inspection Act: amend (see H.R. 4121), 27723 [6OC]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: extend provisions to scientific advisory panel and extend authorization of appropriations (see H.R. 2785), 9873 [27AP]
Federal Meat Inspection Act: amend (see H.R. 1795), 3616 [2MR]
Federal Mine Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 3338), 25721 [26SE]
———shall not apply to certain operations (see H.R. 2073), 12527 [17MY]
Federal Power Act: limit recovery costs of construction work in progress (see H.R. 555), 10481 [28AP]
Firearms: protect the rights of owners (see H.R. 2420), 7740 [7AP]
Florence Crittenton Mission Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), 30570 [2NO]
Foreign trade: disapproval of Congress on certain U.S. trade embargoes (see H. Con. Res. 174), 25524 [22SE]
Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]
GSA: take action to improve management of Federal procurement programs (see H.R. 898), 7425 [24MR]
Hobbs Act: amend relative to labor union violence (see H.R. 287), 3250 [1MR]
ICC: sense of Congress that it has not been exercising its authority in interests of rail shippers (see H. Con. Res. 219), 32765 [15NO]
Interest and dividends: delay effective date of withholding (see H.R. 1084), 1494 [2FE]
———withholding of tax (see H.R. 221, 500), 259 [25JA], 381 [26JA]
Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 32766 [15NO]
Labor: amend Hobbs Act relative to union violence (see H.R. 287), 3250 [1MR]
Labor unions: preserve and protect right of individuals to join (see H.R. 511), 13619 [24MY]
Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 17813 [28JN]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 17), 7899 [11AP]
Medicare program: establish a bipartisan commission to study and make recommendations to assure solvency (see H.R. 2495), 8219 [12AP]
Members of Congress: eliminate certain binding (see H.R. 4050), 26799 [30SE]
———eliminate pay increase (see H.R. 223), 259 [25JA]
———repeal salary adjustments and provide legislation for increasing compensation (see H.R. 1491), 2195 [15FE]
Metropolitan Opera Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), 26945 [3OC]
Milk: assure the production of an adequate supply (see H.R. 2253), 6529 [22MR]
Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 8454 [13AP]
Municipal Clerk's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 176), 22328 [2AU]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 25721 [26SE]
National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 20275 [21JY]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 18233 [29JN]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 179), 6844 [23MR]
National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 7741 [7AP]
National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 22), 381 [26JA]
National Children's Liver Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 10481 [28AP]
National Children's Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 153), 27399 [5OC]
National Commission on Natural Gas Pricing: establish (see H. Con. Res. 96), 7424 [24MR]
National Congregate and Meals on Wheels Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 29243 [25OC]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 22081 [1AU]
National Cystic Fibrosis Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 270), 18799 [12JY]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 21518 [28JY]
National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 16092 [16JN]
National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 23254 [4AU]
National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 2417 [17FE]
National Entomology Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 340), 22327 [2AU]
National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 62), 3251 [1MR]
National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), 14360 [2JN]
National Free Enterprise Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 12793 [18MY]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 268), 30336 [1NO]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23930 [13SE]
National Labor Relations Act: explicitly apply right-to-work laws of a State to Federal enclaves (see H.R. 3344), 28211 [18OC]
National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 102), 5833 [16MR]
National Mental Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 7899 [11AP]
National Outdoor Recreation Resources Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 2837), 13620 [24MY]
National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 14361 [2JN]
National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 32202 [10NO]
National Recognition Week for Registered Nurses and Licensed Practical Nurses: designate (see H.J. Res. 220), 8221 [12AP]
National Rehabilitation Facilities Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 25188 [21SE]
National Respiratory Therapy Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 15154 [9JN]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 49), 16673 [21JN]
National School Bus Safety Week: proclaim (see H.J. Res. 137), 8962 [19AP]
National Single Parent Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 200), 33191 [16NO]
National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 14068 [26MY]
Natural Gas Policy Act: clarify the definition of abuse for cost passthroughs to distributors and customers (see H.R. 705), 164 [6JA]
News media: sense of Congress to adverse impact of early projections of election results (see H. Con. Res. 227), 33190 [16NO]
Older Americans Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 101), 11106 [4MY]
Olympics: tax designation for contributions to U.S. Olympic Committee (see H.R. 1984), 4663 [9MR]
Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act: amend (see H.R. 2071), 11932 [11MY]
Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]
Postal Service: issue stamp commemorating American POW's and MIA's (see H. Res. 45), 3620 [2MR]
———provide for congressional review (see H.R. 87), 2066 [10FE]
Printing and binding: eliminate certain (see H.R. 4051), 26799 [30SE]
Radio stations: equity to daytime broadcasters (see H.R. 2385), 9288 [20AP]
Railroad Retirement Act: study alternative methods for financing annuities (see H. Con. Res. 28), 2067 [10FE]
REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]
Rules: amend regarding printing of remarks in Congressional Record (see H. Res. 327), 26800 [30SE]
Sec. of Agriculture: make announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program and 1985 crop wheat and feed grain program (see H.R. 3914), 24726 [19SE]
———study the effects of interbasin water transfers (see H.R. 1749), 13620 [24MY]
Small Business Act: clarify eligibility of small agricultural cooperatives for assistance (see H.R. 2988), 11932 [11MY]
Social security: apply the swing-bed provision to hospitals up to 125 beds (see H.R. 3967), 28211 [18OC]
———limit benefits for individuals residing abroad (see H.R. 1272), 2066 [10FE]
Social Security Act: provide benefits for aliens after they have been admitted lawfully into the U.S. (see H.R. 950), 378 [26JA]
———provide procedures for crediting Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and Disability Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 1276), 2066 [10FE]
Soviet Union: U.S. should enter into long-term grain sales agreement (see H. Res. 145), 6393 [21MR]
Square dance: designate as national folk dance (see H.R. 1706), 25720 [26SE]
Tariff: provide relief from honey imports by increasing the duty (see H.R. 1217), 8220 [12AP]
Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act: repeal withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 15), 381 [26JA]
Taxation: adjustment of income brackets to prevent inflation-caused increases (see H. Con. Res. 85), 5250 [15MR]
———clarify the definition of geothermal energy (see H.R. 2927), 31526 [8NO]
———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3790), 25188 [21SE]
———credit for expenses in care of elderly family members (see H.R. 2094), 13392 [23MY]
———delay effective date of deductibility of certain expenses paid by ministers (see H.R. 2759), 13620 [24MY]
———establish system of imposition on gross income (see H.R. 2564), 22081 [1AU]
———estate tax laws should not be modified by Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Res. 216), 14359 [2JN]
———exempt farm trucks from the heavy truck use (see H.R. 964), 5043 [11MR]
———exempt holdings in independent local newspapers from excess business of private foundations (see H.R. 2589), 22726 [3AU]
———exempt interest in computing amount of social security benefits (see H.R. 3028), 29675 [27OC]
———implementation of reduction and indexing provisions of Economic Recovery Tax Act (see H. Con. Res. 115), 9691 [26AP]
———make permanent deductions for charitable contributions by nonitemizers (see H.R. 1315), 15723 [14JN]
———provide for establishment of and deduction of contributions to individual housing accounts (see H.R. 2916), 16898 [22JN]
———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 14360 [2JN]
———remove certain limitations on charitable contributions (see H.R. 1285), 18233 [29JN]
———repeal highway use on heavy trucks and increase on diesel fuel (see H.R. 2124), 14430 [3JN]
———reporting tips relative to food and beverage establishments (see H.R. 3803), 25525 [22SE]
———treat certain prepayments of principal and interest as contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 2567), 15723 [14JN]
———treatment of agricultural commodities under payment-in-kind program (see H.R. 1287), 1829 [7FE]
———treatment of income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1296), 2852 [23FE]
———withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 221, 500), 259 [25JA], 381 [26JA]
Treaty of Paris: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 321), 19174 [14JY]
———proclaim day of national celebration of 200th anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 127), 14068 [26MY]
Veterans: World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 3988 [3MR]
Video recorders: copyrighted works (see H.R. 175), 8556 [14AP]
Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 15154 [9JN]
Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 20667 [25JY]
Wine: international trade barriers (see H.R. 3795), 23251 [4AU]
Youth of America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 266), 18474 [11JY]
Bills and resolutions relative to
Election to Joint Committee on Printing (see H. Res. 272), 20038 [20JY]
Election to Joint Committee on the Library (see H. Res. 272), 20038 [20JY]
Roberts, Representative: election to Committee on House Administration (see H. Res. 271), 20038 [20JY]
Election
Committee on Agriculture, 134 [6JA]
Committee on House Administration, 20037 [20JY]
Committee on Library (Joint), 20038 [20JY]
Committee on Printing (Joint), 20038 [20JY]
Remarks by, on
Agricultural Act: amend (H.R. 3392), 18431 [11JY]
Agriculture: announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program and 1985 crop wheat and feed grain program (H.R. 3914), 24774 [20SE]
———announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program (H.R. 3564), 21970, 21972, 21975 [1AU]
———cargo preference, 17671 [28JN]
———export controls, 28272 [19OC]
———long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union, 8442 [13AP]
———long-term grain trade agreement, 25947-25948, 25954, 25957 [27SE]
———payment-in-kind program (H.R. 1296), 4196 [8MR]
———tribute to farmers, 27059 [4OC]
Budget: first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1984 (H. Con. Res. 91), 6766 [23MR]
———national policy, 10558 [2MY]
———reduce outlays, 17143 [23JN]
Capitol Police: provide for upgrading of four positions (H. Res. 343), 29408 [26OC]
Critical Agricultural Materials Act: enact (H.R. 2733), 12472-12473 [17MY]
Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31744 [9NO]
Dwight D. Eisenhower VA Medical Center: designate, 8375
Energy Conservation Daylight Saving Act: enact (H.R. 1398), 17258, 17260 [27JN], 19149, 19152 [14JY]
Export Administration Act: amend authorities (H.R. 3231), 26755 [30SE], 28267-28269, 28272 [19OC]
Fair Practices and Procedures in Automotive Products Act: enact (H.R. 1234), 30539, 30543 [2NO], 30771 [3NO]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: extend authorization of appropriations (H.R. 2785), 12468 [17MY]
Food: donate surplus to needy, 2005 [10FE]
Foreign trade: grain embargo against Soviet Union, 25947-25948, 25954, 25957 [27SE]
———long-term grain agreement with Soviet Union, 8442 [13AP]
Fort Hays State University, Hays, Kans.: rededication of Memorial Student Union, 27609 [6OC]
Guayule rubber: extend and improve research, development, and demonstration in production and manufacture (H.R. 2733), 12472-12473 [17MY]
International Day of Bread: observance, 27059 [4OC]
Irish Wilderness: establish in Mark Twain National Forest, Mo. (S. 64), 21993 [1AU]
Merchant marine: cargo preference, 17671 [28JN]
Motor vehicles: domestic content requirements, 30771 [3NO]
Payment-in-Kind Tax Treatment Act: enact (H.R. 1296), 4196 [8MR]
South Korean airliner: Soviet attack, 25947-25948, 25954, 25957 [27SE]
Soviet Union: export controls (H.R. 3231), 26755 [30SE]
———grain embargo, 25947-25948, 25954, 25957 [27SE]
———long-term grain agreement, 8442 [13AP]
Tax Rate Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1183), 17124, 17143 [23JN]
Taxation: economic recovery program, 10558 [2MY]
Technology: export controls, 28267, 28269 [19OC]
Tobacco: price support system, 18431 [11JY]
Veterans: tribute to Vietnam-era from Fort Hays State University, 27609 [6OC]
Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), 33114 [16NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2005 [10FE], 4196 [8MR], 8442 [13AP], 10558 [2MY], 12468, 12472 [17MY], 17124 [23JN], 17259 [27JN], 17671 [28JN], 18431 [11JY], 19149, 19163 [14JY], 21970, 21975 [1AU], 24773 [20SE], 25947 [27SE], 27059 [4OC], 27609 [6OC], 31744 [9NO], 33114 [16NO]
Special order: granted, 24724 [19SE], 25186 [21SE]
Resignations
Committee on Aging (Select), 19114 [14JY]
Statements
Korean War Veterans, Douglas MacArthur, 27609 [6OC]
Tributes
Barrow, Robert H., 19163 [14JY]
Menninger, Karl, 20441