ROBERTS, PAT (a Representative from Kansas)
Amendments offered by, to
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 23673 [17SE], 24745, 24753 [19SE]
Articles and editorials
Interstate Commerce (excerpts), 24755
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Eisenhower, Dwight D.: commemorate centennial of birth (see H.R. 4302), 3480 [4MR]
Export Enhancement Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 5278), 18011 [29JY]
Fair Labor Standards Act: authorize a youth minimum wage differential (see H.R. 4487), 5898 [21MR]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: ensure safer pesticides and protect public and environment (see H.R. 4513), 6056 [25MR]
Motor bus lines: abandonment of intrastate transportation (see H.R. 5632), 27551 [1OC]
National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 638), 10990 [15MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Act: make deficiency payments for crops of wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 4909), 11947 [22MY]
———require marketing loans or production option payments for soybeans (see H.R. 5499), 25457 [23SE]
Agriculture: CCC loans to grain storage facilities (see H.R. 5386), 21131 [12AU]
———definitions of industry in antidumping and countervailing duty investigations of products (see H.R. 4534), 9146 [30AP]
———early and direct entry into producer's wheat and feed grain reserve program (see H.R. 5387), 21131 [12AU]
———establish program payments for wheat, feed grain, upland cotton, and rice (see H.R. 4105), 1502 [4FE]
———grain quality standards (see H.R. 5407), 21130 [12AU]
———loan restructuring (see H. Con. Res. 310), 9147 [30AP]
American Armored Force: monument in Arlington, VA (see H.J. Res. 167), 23473 [16SE]
Atomic power plants: establish international emergency response teams and inspection to assure safe operations (see H. Res. 445), 9211 [1MY]
Aviation: uniform rules of liability damages arising out of accidents (see H.R. 4142), 2015 [6FE]
Bacteria: EPA standards for antimicrobial agents used to control pest microorganisms (see H.R. 5458), 22144 [15AU]
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act: facilitate compliance (see H. Res. 375), 2016 [6FE]
Ballistic knives: prohibit possession, manufacture, sale, importation, and mailing (see H.R. 4711), 19745 [7AU]
Banks and banking: increase capital for loans to farmers (see H.R. 5132), 23473 [16SE]
Bell telephone companies: provide information services and manufacture of telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 3800), 2017 [6FE]
Budget: moratorium on Federal spending increases (see H. Con. Res. 275), 2017 [6FE]
Canada: importation of certain beef products (see H.R. 4591), 7554 [15AP]
Census: prevent distortions in reapportionment of House figures which include illegal aliens (see H.R. 3710), 2496 [20FE]
Centennial Year of the Gasoline Powered Automobile: designate (see H.J. Res. 439), 704 [29JA]
Challenger (space shuttle): award members of crew Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously (see H. Res. 369), 1074 [30JA]
Claiborne, Harry E.: impeachment (see H. Res. 487), 15287 [24JN]
Communications Act: encoding of satellite-transmitted programming (see H.R. 3989), 11625 [21MY]
Constitution: line-item veto on appropriations (see H.J. Res. 49), 9776 [7MY]
Consumers: promote interest and ensure free flow of products in interstate commerce (see H.R. 4766), 14078 [17JN]
Continental Scientific Drilling Program: direct cooperation of Federal entities in implementation (see H.R. 4523), 27426 [30SE]
Cooperative Extension Service: funds (see H. Res. 413), 7126 [10AP]
Copyright: conveyance of right to perform publicly syndicated television programs without right to perform accompanying music (see H.R. 3521), 1503 [4FE]
Education: establish drug abuse prevention programs (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
Elections: time limits for completion of recounts for House of Representatives (see H.R. 4953), 12624 [5JN]
Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 529), 14078 [17JN]
Employment: stimulate through rural enterprise zones (see H.R. 4913), 18420 [31JY]
Energy: assist in providing for security in U.S. (see H.R. 4653), 8763 [28AP]
Ethiopia: famine and resettlement policy (see H. Con. Res. 285), 2294 [19FE]
Fair Labor Standards Act: facilitate industrial homework, including sewing, knitting, and craftmaking (see H.R. 2815), 15605 [25JN]
Farm Credit System: assistance to borrowers of loans by institutions (see H.R. 4369), 10704 [14MY]
Federal aid programs: provide States incentive to encourage health care professional liability reform (see H.R. 3865), 48 [21JA]
Federal Crop Insurance Corporation: determine insurance units the same manner as corporations (see H.R. 4791), 11625 [21MY]
Federal employees: forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction of felony (see H.R. 3388), 10990 [15MY]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see H.R. 5440), 22144 [15AU]
———ensure safer use of pesticides to protect public and environment (see H.R. 4364), 4267 [11MR]
Food Security Act: make technical corrections for commodity and related programs (see H.R. 4084), 1073 [30JA]
Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1666), 10215 [8MY]
German American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 675), 23670 [17SE]
Government procurement: contracts with private sector (see H.R. 3357), 21247 [13AU]
Great Britain: express gratitude for operations carried out against Libya (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]
Housing and community development: temporary extension of certain programs (see H.J. Res. 656), 15605 [25JN]
Indian Economic Development Act: enact (see H.R. 3597), 11948 [22MY]
Indochina: Postal Service to issue stamp honoring MIAs (see H. Res. 392), 5309 [18MR]
Job Training Partnership Act: encourage delivery of services to dislocated farmers (see H.R. 5062), 14741 [19JN]
Lasker, Mary: special gold medal (see H.R. 4153), 23245 [12SE]
Let Freedom Ring Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 664), 15288 [24JN]
Libya: express gratitude to Great Britain for operations carried out against (see H. Res. 424), 8477 [23AP]
Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 531), 5308 [18MR]
Medicare: payment for therapeutic shoes for individuals with diabetic foot disease (see H.R. 2543), 7892 [17AP]
Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 552), 12364 [4JN]
Mines and mineral resources: assistance from multilateral banks (see H.R. 5537), 23669 [17SE]
Narcotic traffic: assistance from entertainment industry (see H.J. Res. 712), 21735 [14AU]
Narcotics: strengthen efforts to encourage foreign cooperation in eradicating crops and traffic (see H.R. 5484), 22245 [8SE]
National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 651), 28179 [2OC]
National Agricultural Export Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 572), 12365 [4JN]
National Alopecia Areata Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 550), 24803 [19SE]
National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 514), 27426 [30SE]
National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 133), 24687 [18SE]
National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 693), 22147 [15AU]
National Asthma and Allergy Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), 7690 [16AP]
National Barrier Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 544), 7892 [17AP]
National Birds of Prey Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 546), 9553 [6MY]
National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 620), 16327 [14JY]
National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 438), 22738 [10SE]
National Child Safety Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 562), 8763 [28AP]
National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 583), 16505 [15JY]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 594), 8213 [21AP]
National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), 29834 [8OC]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 602), 25374 [22SE]
National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 568), 11449 [20MY]
National Drug Abuse Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 701), 20743 [11AU]
National Epidermolysis Bullosa Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 639), 24803 [19SE]
National Family Reunion Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 577), 13526 [12JN]
National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 433), 5076 [17MR]
National Food Bank Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 6930 [9AP]
National Home Health Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 718), 28180 [2OC]
National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 586), 23474 [16SE]
National Infection Control Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 623), 11625 [21MY]
National Mathematics Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 519), 6932 [9AP]
National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 533), 8763 [28AP]
National Outreach to the Rural Disabled Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 733), 24802 [19SE]
National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 524), 28179 [2OC]
National Teacher Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 505), 3854 [6MR]
National Week of the American Taxpayer: designate (see H.J. Res. 703), 32329 [16OC]
National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 740), 30218 [10OC]
NIH Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 709), 27117 [29SE]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), 3107 [27FE]
Older Americans Skin Cancer Prevention and Detection Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 532), 5566 [19MR]
Packers and Stockyards Act: remedy burdens on commerce in poultry products (see H.R. 5061), 15772 [26JN]
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 547), 16747 [16JY]
Polygraph examinations: set minimum standards for administration (see H.R. 3916), 2293 [19FE]
Postal Service: computing amount of deductions allowed to rural mail carriers for use of automobiles (see H.R. 4715), 9145 [30AP]
———restore limited circulation second-class rates to counties adjacent to county of publication (see H.R. 5350), 19460 [6AU]
Power resources: encourage exploration and production of domestic (see H.R. 4476), 5897 [21MR]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 7892 [17AP]
Rural enterprise zones: establish (see H.R. 5189), 18420 [31JY]
Salute to School Volunteers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 706), 28824 [6OC]
Santa Fe Trail: designate as National Historic Trail (see H.R. 4794), 10214 [8MY]
Sec. of Agriculture: determine manner and frequency of inspection of meat products (see H.R. 4683), 8477 [23AP]
———exercise authority to accept bids from producers for diverting acreage in return for payments (see H. Con. Res. 360), 14742 [19JN]
Shays' Rebellion Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 10), 27117 [29SE]
Soviet Union: atomic power plant accident (see H. Res. 439), 8887 [29AP]
———sense of Congress concerning nuclear disaster at Chernobyl (see H. Con. Res. 333), 10991 [15MY]
State and local governments: set minimum polygraph examinations standards for administration (see H.R. 3916), 2293 [19FE]
Taxation: affirming intent of Congress to oppose increase (see H. Res. 573), 29387 [7OC]
———allow homeowners to deduct prepaid interest on principal residence (see H.R. 4849, 4911), 13526 [12JN], 16967 [17JY]
———deduction for excise and tariff portion of business cost of goods and services (see H. Res. 404), 14079 [17JN]
———extend period for filing claim for credit or refund (see H.R. 4617), 9146 [30AP]
———reform legislation shall not take effect before January 1, 1987 (see H.R. 4141), 2015 [6FE]
———repeal certain restrictions on oil and gas benefits after transfer of property (see H.R. 4643), 9553 [6MY]
———repeal windfall profit (see H.R. 5318), 18669 [1AU]
———repeal windfall profit on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 4887), 11947 [22MY]
———requirement to substantiate deduction for business use of vehicle (see H.R. 4299), 3649 [5MR]
———treatment of certain air transportation (see H.R. 4884), 11947 [22MY]
Telephones: availability of universal service in rural areas (see H. Con. Res. 308), 8888 [29AP]
Territories (U.S.): accepting, ratifying, and confirming the cessions of islands of Samoan group (see H.R. 3555), 6930 [9AP]
Textile industry and fabrics: import licensing system (see H.R. 5370), 19951 [8AU]
Transportation: improved disclosure of certain rail contracts (see H.R. 4999), 13267 [11JN]
United Way: recognition of anniversary (see H.J. Res. 684), 22246 [8SE]
World Health Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]
World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 426), 1074 [30JA]
Year of New Sweden: designate (see H.J. Res. 560), 6057 [25MR]
Year of Thanksgiving: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), 704 [29JA]
Book reviews
``Vanishing Land''—Life ``Worth Living'' Hinges on Curbing Abuse of Land: Frank Whittsit, 2117 [18FE]
Eulogies
Walter Bunch: Frank Naylor (excerpts), 17596 [24JY]
Letters
Aid to Nicaraguan Contras: (sundry excerpts), 5513
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: John R. Bolton, 24770 [19SE]
———several pesticide users, 24770 [19SE]
James Balukevich chosen for induction into Washington, DC, Boxing Hall of Fame: Julian Whitestone, 32169 [16OC]
Lists
Organizations supporting national uniformity amendment, 24758 [19SE]
Remarks by, on
Agricultural Adjustment Act: amend (H.R. 1614), 3821 [6MR]
Agriculture: Farm Credit System restructuring (H. Con. Res. 310), 10457 [13MY]
———food supply chain, 2117
American Folklife Center: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4545), 23401 [16SE]
Central America: International Security and Development Cooperation Act (H.J. Res. 540), 5513
Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies by standing and select committees (H. Res. 368), 1756 [5FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: authorize construction of a salinity laboratory, Riverside, CA (H.R. 5215), 28776, 28777 [6OC]
Eisenhower Centennial Commission: establish (H.R. 4302), 3449 [4MR], 25392 [23SE]
Employment: youth minimum wage differential, 5878 [21MR]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 2482), 23649, 23654 [17SE], 24150, 24151, 24153 [18SE], 24729, 24730, 24732, 24745, 24746, 24748, 24749, 24753, 24754, 24763, 24764, 24766, 24770 [19SE]-25708
———amend (H.R. 2482), Senate amendments, 32302 [16OC]
———amend (H.R. 5536), 28739 [6OC]
Food Security Act: make certain technical corrections to amendments (S. 2036), 1453 [4FE]
Foreign trade: U.S. policy, 11415 [20MY]
Futures Trading Act: enact (H.R. 4613), 16692 [16JY]
———enact (H.R. 4613), conference report, 31501 [15OC]
Government spending: reduce, 17986 [29JY]
Grain Quality Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 5407), 25184 [22SE]
House: expenses for investigations and studies by standing and select committees (H. Res. 368), 1756 [5FE]
Industry: enhance competitiveness (H.R. 4800), 11415 [20MY]
Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5203), 17986 [29JY]
Livestock industry: marketing of cattle on futures market, 16692 [16JY]
———red meat consumption, 5775 [20MR]
Motor bus lines: abandonment of interstate transportation (H.R. 5632), 28040 [2OC]
Nicaragua: military assistance to Contras (H.J. Res. 540), 5513
Public health: red meat consumption, 5775 [20MR]
Riverside, CA: authorize construction of a salinity laboratory (H.R. 5215), 28776, 28777 [6OC]
Sports: boxer James Balukevich chosen for induction into Washington, DC, Boxing Hall of Fame, 32169 [16OC]
Wheat trade: referendum on national marketing quota (H.R. 1614), 3821 [6MR]
Youth Opportunity Wage Act: enact (H.R. 4487), 5878 [21MR]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 1453 [4FE], 1756 [5FE], 2117 [18FE], 3449 [4MR], 3821 [6MR], 5513 [19MR], 5775 [20MR], 5878 [21MR], 10457 [13MY], 11415 [20MY], 17596 [24JY], 24732 [19SE], 25184 [22SE], 25392 [23SE], 28040 [2OC], 28776 [6OC], 32302 [16OC]
Reports
Federal Food and Drugs Act: House of Representatives (1906), 24755
Food Control: Bureau of Chemistry (1921) (excerpts), 24754
Food Marketing: White House Conference of Food, Nutrition and Health, 24755
Interstate Trade in Food Products: National Commission on Food Marketing, 24755
State Commerce Regulations: Administrative Conference of the U.S., 24755
Studies
Food and Drug Programs: Public Administration Service (1963) (excerpts), 24755
Tributes
Balukevich, James, 32169 [16OC]
Bedell, Representative, 19730 [7AU]
Bunch, Walter, 17596 [24JY]
Evans, Representative Cooper, 19730 [7AU]