ROBERTS, PAT (a Representative from Kansas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4072, Wheat Improvement Act, 6869 [28MR]

Articles and editorials

Long-Time Editor To Retire, Dodge City (KS) High Plains Journal, 5520 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Adoption: stop illegal traffic in interstate and Mexico (see H.R. 5030), 4696 [6MR]

Agriculture: enhance U.S. food aid and restore competitive position in export markets (see H.R. 4973), 3938 [29FE]

———promote use of food irradiation as postharvest treatment for commodities (see H.R. 4544), 4047 [1MR]

———stablize farm credit (see H.R. 5837), 16300 [13JN]

Agriculture and Food Act: establish commission to study and recommend trade and export policies (see H.J. Res. 600), 22475 [6AU]

Antitrust laws: clarify territorial provisions in licenses of trademarked malt beverages (see H.R. 2262), 1237 [1FE]

Arts: recognizing important contributions to a complete education (see H.J. Res. 452), 9758 [24AP]

Bankruptcy: one additional judge for Central District of Illinois (see H.R. 6093), 25504 [14SE]

Big Brothers and Big Sisters: recognize volunteers (see H.J. Res. 594), 20333 [29JN]

Budget: across-the-board freeze on Federal spending (see H. Res. 468), 6512 [26MR]

———amend Constitution relating to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 243), 2451 [9FE]

Cable Franchise Policy and Communications Act: enact (H.R. 4103), 26096 [19SE]

Canada: relative to pork imports (see H. Res. 590), 26902 [25SE]

Communications Act: clarify policies to view satellite-transmitted television programing (see H.R. 5176), 20703 [24JY]

———national policy regarding cable television (see H.R. 4103), 26171 [19SE]

Copyright: relative to Copyright Royalty Tribunal and cable transmissions (see H.R. 6164), 24084 [10AU]

Crime and criminals: bail, the exclusionary rule, habeas corpus, and capital punishment (see H.R. 5594), 11012 [3MY]

Daughters of the American Colonists: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1881), 6650 [27MR]

Daughters of Union Veterans of the Civil War: recognize (see H.R. 3406), 5250 [13MR]

Dept. of HHS: redesignate Secretaries (see H.R. 5438), 20333 [29JN]

Emergency Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 545), 11447 [8MY]

ERISA: strengthen fiduciary standards (see H.R. 3989), 5120 [12MR]

Executive departments: make regulations more cost effective (see H.R. 220), 3939 [29FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: remove the minimum required to be paid to handicapped workers (see H.R. 3091), 24085 [10AU]

Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), 11447 [8MY]

Federal regional office structure: preclude changes except by statute (see H.R. 4678), 2356 [8FE]

Firearms: right of U.S. citizens to keep and bear (see H. Con. Res. 311), 20334 [29JN]

Food for Peace Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12840 [17MY]

Frozen Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 2793 [21FE]

FTC Act: study mergers, acquisitions, and joint ventures in auto and oil industries (see H.R. 5153), 10571 [1MY]

GATT: renegotiate the duty-free binding of corn gluten and nongrain feed ingredients (see H. Res. 496), 21718 [31JY]

Glomar Java Sea (vessel): U.N. cooperation in discovery of fate of crew (see H. Con. Res. 268), 10244 [26AP]

Hawaii Statehood Silver Jubilee Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 18023 [22JN]

Helen Keller Deaf-Blind Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 309), 12323 [15MY]

ICC: improve regulations of rail transportation (see H.R. 5731), 14343 [24MY]

IRS: improve procedures of investigations and audits of churches (see H.R. 2977), 4530 [5MR]

Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation Treatment: establish in the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 5605), 11119 [7MY]

Knutson, Chad: donor of life- and sight-saving organs (see H.J. Res. 420), 11912 [10MY]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 631), 24912 [11SE]

MIA's: President to secure full accounting in Southeast Asia (see H.J. Res. 489), 10244 [26AP]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 578), 20703 [24JY]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 18548 [25JN]

National Animal Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 526), 10572 [1MY]

National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 463), 8523 [10AP]

National Beta Club Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), 3290 [23FE]

National Blood Pressure Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 25184 [12SE]

National Child Abuse Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 445), 2452 [9FE]

National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 563), 11446 [8MY]

National Christmas Seal Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 626), 26590 [24SE]

National Community Leadership Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 574), 22474 [6AU]

National Dance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 446), 6512 [26MR]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 591), 24535 [6SE]

National Digestive Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 12323 [15MY]

National Drug Abuse Education and Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 19986 [28JN]

National Drunk and Drugged Driving Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 590), 15973 [12JN]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 437), 5120 [12MR]

National Eye Donor Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 423), 3588 [28FE]

National Eye Health Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 473), 8007 [5AP]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 500), 11447 [8MY]

National Head Injury Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 25273 [13SE]

National High-Tech Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), 20333 [29JN]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 525), 20333 [29JN]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 621), 20332 [29JN]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 606), 19986 [28JN]

National Ice Cream Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542, 543), 9984 [25AP], 14690 [31MY]

National Jerome Kern Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 21718 [31JY]

National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial: establish (see H.J. Res. 482), 24321 [5SE]

National League of Families of American Prisoners and Missing in Southeast Asia: transportation to annual meetings (see H.R. 2996), 19985 [28JN]

National Medical Transcriptionist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), 12840 [17MY]

National Mental Health Counselors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), 2452 [9FE]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), 9984 [25AP]

National observances: establish commission to advise the President (see H.R. 4571), 2793 [21FE]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 392), 24320 [5SE]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 509), 9758 [24AP]

National POW-MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), 2052 [7FE]

National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 460), 29612 [3OC]

National School-Age Child Care Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 15484 [7JN]

National Sewing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 491), 15751 [11JN]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 595), 24321 [5SE]

National Student Leadership Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 458), 9028 [11AP]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 629), 21057 [25JY]

National Volunteer Firefighter Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 330), 4825 [7MR]

National Week of the Ocean: designate (see H.J. Res. 478), 2355 [8FE]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 466), 1493 [2FE]

Ostomy Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 587), 21346 [26JY]

Patents: amend law to restore term of grant in case of certain products (see H.R. 6034), 21345 [26JY]

———restore the term of grant in case of certain products (see H.R. 5529), 12840 [17MY]

Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 17371 [20JN]

Pony Express Trail: authorize study as a national historic trail (see H.R. 4134), 5066 [8MR]

POW/MIA's: sense of Congress in support of President's leadership (see H. Con. Res. 312), 15485 [7JN]

Rules of House: make proceedings more open, representative, and accountable (see H. Res. 518), 16771 [15JN]

Service Contract Act: repeal (see H.R. 5943), 21346 [26JY]

Small Business Act: increase participation in procurement process (see H.R. 4092), 2356 [8FE]

Soviet Union: sense of Congress disapproving systematic nondelivery of international mail (see H. Con. Res. 294), 16771 [15JN]

Student Awareness of Drunk Driving Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 443), 2356 [8FE]

Supreme Court: 30th anniversary of decision in Brown v. Board of Education (see H. Con. Res. 307), 11911 [10MY]

Tax Reform Act: repeal changes of debt instruments issued for property (see H.R. 6021), 24320 [5SE]

Taxation: certain income at flat rate of 10% (see H.R. 5432), 19985 [28JN]

———repeal limitation on aggregate amount of private activity bonds (see H.R. 6032), 21345 [26JY]

———self-employed health insurance premiums be allowed as business expense (see H.R. 3487), 3939 [29FE]

———urging conferees to extend renewable energy credits (see H. Res. 513), 16300 [13JN]

Teenage Alcohol Abuse Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 611), 25504 [14SE]

Torture: implementation of policy in opposition to practice by foreign governments (see H.J. Res. 605), 22281 [2AU]

Trade Act: limit eligibility of agricultural products and byproducts under system of preferences (see H.R. 3581), 5534 [14MR]

Veterans: amend charter of AMVETS by expanding eligibility for membership (see H.R. 4212), 317 [24JA]

Veterans' Preference Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 497), 9758 [24AP]

Vetter, David P.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 451), 9028 [11AP]

Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 4772), 14518 [30MY]

Voting Rights Act: terminate effect of bilingual ballots and election materials (see H.R. 4429), 17067 [19JN]

Wiesel, Elie: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 501), 10244 [26AP]

Women: tax equity (see H.R. 4500), 1940 [6FE]

Women in Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 554), 9983 [25AP]

Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway: designate (see H.J. Res. 567), 14345 [24MY]

Year of the Teacher: designate (see H.J. Res. 613), 21718 [31JY]

Youth employment: authorize employer to pay opportunity wage to a person under 20 years of age (see H.R. 5721), 15484 [7JN]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

My Role in Upholding Our Constitution: Kevin Carico, 8796 [11AP]

Eulogies

Teresa D. McLaughlin (sundry), 17716 [21JN]

Letters

Industrial revenue bond program (H.R. 4170): by, and 102 other House Members, 16800 [15JN]

Kassebaum-Grassley-Biden budget plan: by, and sundry other Representatives, 10637 [2MY]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5743), 15099, 15115, 15116, 15118, 15120 [6JN]

Agriculture and Food Act: establish commission to study and recommend trade and export policies (H.J. Res. 600), 22438-22442 [6AU]

Antifraudulent Adoption Practices Act: proposed, 4775 [7MR]

Bankruptcy: appointment of judges (H.R. 5174), conference report, 20232 [29JN]

Budget: reconciliation of first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1985 (H.R. 5394), 9414 [12AP]

Children: adoption practices, 4775 [7MR]

Comprehensive Crime Control Act: proposed, 9917 [25AP]

Export Administration Act: amend (H.R. 4230), 32206 [11OC]

Railroad Deregulation Improvement Act: proposed (H.R. 5731), 14232 [24MY]

Surface Transportation and Uniform Relocation Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 5504), 15382 [7JN]

Trade Remedies Reform Act: enact (H.R. 4784), 21313, 21329 [26JY]

Voting Accessibility for the Elderly and Handicapped Act: enact (H.R. 1250), 18494 [25JN]

Wheat Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 4072), conference report, 7532 [3AP]

Wine Equity and Export Expansion Act: enact (H.R. 3795), 29372 [3OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4775 [7MR], 5520 [14MR], 7532 [3AP], 8796 [11AP], 9414 [12AP], 9917 [25AP], 14232 [24MY], 15481 [7JN], 17715 [21JN], 21313 [26JY], 29372 [3OC]

Leave of absence: granted, 24531 [6SE]

Tributes

McLaughlin, Teresa D., 17715 [21JN]

Pierce, Ray, 5520 [14MR]

Winn, Representative, 28705 [2OC]