ROBERTS, PAT (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35042, 35045 [11DE]

Appointments

Committee on Agriculture (H. Res. 45), 1760 [21JA]

Committee on House Administration (H. Res. 10), 20 [6JA]

Committee on Printing (Joint), 3242 [10FE]

Committee on the Library (Joint), 3242 [10FE]

Conferee: H.R. 3, Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act, 23028 [7AU], 24071 [16SE]

———H.R. 1157, Farm Disaster Assistance Act, 11245 [5MY]

Dwight David Eisenhower Centennial Commission, 21289 [28JY]

Articles and editorials

Wanted a Man—A Man Who Will Stand, Frank Carlson, U.S. News & World Report, 14762 [4JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: qualified loans by agricultural banks (see H.R. 1310), 4160 [26FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: plant science research and education facility at Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS (see H.R. 3709), 34287 [7DE]

Endangered Species Act: implementation of EPA pesticide regulations (see H.R. 3477), 27515 [13OC]

EPA: implementation of programs established to comply with Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 3489), 27929 [14OC]

Farm Base Acreage Flexibility Act: enact (see H.R. 2417), 12387 [13MY]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 21632 [30JY]

Medicare: costs of inpatient services to rural hospitals (see H.R. 2708), 16568 [17JN]

Motor bus lines: abandonment (see H.R. 934), 2519 [3FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: Federal funding (see H.R. 1729), 14953 [9JN]

AFDC: require State workfare programs (see H.R. 916), 30649 [3NO]

Agricultural Act: amend (see H.R. 814), 2069 [28JA]

———deficiency payments for wheat and feed grains (see H.R. 1935), 7780 [2AP]

Agricultural Nitrogen Management Act: enact (see H.R. 3069), 21631 [30JY]

Agriculture: adjustments of crop acreage bases (see H.R. 2458), 12727 [18MY]

———advance of deficiency payments (see H. Res. 268), 24677 [21SE]

———determination of protein content in wheat for purposes of price support activities (see H.R. 3159), 22797 [6AU]

———dislocation assistance (see H.R. 1913), 7728 [1AP]

———emergency assistance to certain producers (see H.R. 904), 3302 [11FE]

———emergency compensation under feed grains programs (see H.R. 625), 9325 [22AP]

———Farm Credit System reserve for bad debts (see H.R. 2603), 18682 [1JY]

———federally chartered corporation as secondary market for farm mortgages (see H.R. 497), 2520 [3FE]

———guaranteed pools of qualified mortgage loans (see H.R. 575), 6777 [25MR]

———income averaging for victims of natural disasters (see H.R. 1726), 33063 [20NO]

———increase blending of motor fuel with ethanol to expand markets for commodities (see H.R. 3172), 22797 [6AU]

———job training for transition to other economic activities (see H.R. 1202), 7429 [31MR]

———negotiate international conservation reserve treaty (see H. Con. Res. 12), 866 [7JA]

———production and food processing systems (see H.R. 3735), 34783 [10DE]

———prohibit county committees from reducing farm program payments (see H.R. 1045), 2991 [5FE]

———protection of poultry growers and sellers (see H.R. 3457), 26990 [8OC]

———use of program crop acreage to create wildlife sanctuaries (see H.R. 2752), 17102 [23JN]

Airlines: accidents (see H.R. 2238), 10837 [30AP]

———extension of small community air service program (see H.R. 2318), 11719 [7MY]

———improve service to small communities (see H.R. 2217), 14059 [28MY]

Appropriations: constitutional amendment relative to item veto in bills (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 5494 [11MR]

Benign Essential Blepharospasm Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 15369 [10JN]

Boorstin, Daniel J.: confer honorary status of Librarian of Congress Emeritus (see H.J. Res. 291), 13433 [21MY]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]

CCC: interest payments to certain persons (see H.R. 2914), 19136 [9JY]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry: accreditation as delegates to trade negotiations (see H.R. 727), 2741 [4FE]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 48), 4089 [25FE]

Committees of the House: prohibit select committees from being reestablished more than 3 times (see H. Res. 169), 13828 [27MY]

Communications: comparative renewal process relative to radio and television stations (see H.R. 1140), 4920 [5MR]

Communications Act: amend (see H.R. 1885), 25482 [29SE]

Conservation of natural resources: contributions of Aldo Leopold (see H.J. Res. 50), 33334 [1DE]

Consumer Product Safety Act: establish uniform standards (see H.R. 1115), 17697 [26JN]

Continental Scientific Drilling Program: implementation (see H.R. 2737), 30240 [29OC]

Contracts: require use within Government (see H.R. 1606), 17438 [25JN]

Copyright: audiovisual works for inpatients in health care facilities (see H.R. 2429), 24957 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish price payments for 1988 crops (see H.R. 3383), 28843 [22OC]

———making supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 323), 17211 [24JN]

———Optional Acreage Diversion Program (see H.R. 3093), 22313 [4AU]

———redesignate as Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (see H.R. 2026), 8665 [9AP]

———wheat program (see H. Con. Res. 147), 17102 [23JN]

Dept. of Education: demonstration programs to assist students in education and career planning (see H.R. 2027), 8665 [9AP]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the superconducting supercollider program (see H.R. 3228), 25750 [30SE]

Diabetes: medicare coverage of therapeutic footwear (see H.R. 1325), 14260 [2JN]

Drum and Bugle Corps Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), 36151 [17DE]

EEC: meat inspection and certification directive (see H. Con. Res. 153), 18368 [30JN]

Ecology: reduce depletion of atmospheric ozone layer (see H. Con. Res. 47), 4920 [5MR]

EEC: U.S. countermeasures for proposed tax on vegetable and marine fats and oils (see H. Con. Res. 51), 3517 [19FE]

———wheat gluten export subsidies (see H. Con. Res. 182), 23080 [7AU]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 1782), 23876 [14SE]

Eisenhower, Dwight D.: $1 coins to commemorate 100th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 3654), 32683 [18NO]

Elections: appointment of electors of President and Vice President by Virgin Islands, American Samoa, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands (see H.J. Res. 217), 22127 [3AU]

Employee Educational Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 1692), 19136 [9JY]

Farm Credit System: secondary market for agricultural mortgages (see H.R. 2435), 12423 [14MY]

Federal employees: establish Voluntary Leave Transfer Program (see H.R. 2487), 19901 [15JY]

Federal Fiscal Procedures Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 2733), 19678 [14JY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (see H.R. 2463), 12827 [19MY]

Financial Independence Week: designate (see H. Res. 185), 27175 [9OC]

Food: encourage consumption of meat and meat products (see H. Con. Res. 198), 16568 [17JN]

Food Security Act: amend (see H.R. 3494), 28009 [15OC]

———define certain legumes as agricultural commodities (see H.R. 299), 2070 [28JA]

Foreign trade: assistance of international financial institutions for production of commodities and minerals in surplus (see H.R. 306), 1918 [26JA]

———require implementation of marketing loan program for agricultural commodities if negotiations fail to produce international agreement (see H.R. 2298), 12828 [19MY]

FRS: separately set forth annual budget (see H.R. 2057), 8666 [9AP]

Government contracts: amend rules (see H.R. 2328), 11720 [7MY]

Government procurement: interest on overdue payments (see H.R. 1663), 18682 [1JY]

Health: care in rural areas (see H.R. 2113), 9323 [22AP]

———medicare catastrophic illness coverage (see H.R. 1245), 5865 [17MR]

Home labor: amend Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 535), 1071 [8JA]

Honey bee: designate as national insect (see H.J. Res. 171), 22799 [6AU]

House of Representatives: require committee reports on legislation requiring new employee benefits to include analysis of impact on employment and world competitiveness (see H. Res. 188), 28519 [20OC]

———time limit on completion of election recounts (see H.R. 1000), 2738 [4FE]

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 1072 [8JA]

Immigration: permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 25482 [29SE]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 759), 2004 [27JA]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 19056 [8JY]

Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 26063 [1OC]

Item veto: allow in appropriations legislation (see H.J. Res. 8), 108 [6JA]

Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to rural areas, particularly to dislocated farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 1853), 7238 [30MR]

Leopold, Aldo: anniversary of birthday (see H.J. Res. 50), 33334 [1DE]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 129), 2741 [4FE]

Marshall plan: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207), 11947 [11MY]

Medicare: retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 5260 [10MR]

———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 9324 [22AP]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 144), 7781 [2AP]

National Academies of Practice: recognition (see H.R. 3562), 29737 [28OC]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 24353 [17SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 52), 14953 [9JN]

National Arts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 336), 23934 [15SE]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 7729 [1AP]

National Bowling Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), 15584 [11JN]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 8124 [7AP]

National Child Identification and Safety Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), 23935 [15SE]

National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 9082 [21AP]

National Commission on Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome: establish (see H.R. 758), 5098 [9MR]

National Cosmetology Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23877 [14SE]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 17), 9647 [23AP]

National Day of Excellence: designate (see H.J. Res. 92), 22314 [4AU]

National Day of Peace: designate (see H.J. Res. 152), 22589 [5AU]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 254), 13433 [21MY]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 19678 [14JY]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 14058 [28MY]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 28518 [20OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 18368 [30JN]

National Institute for New Agricultural and Forestry Industrial Materials: establish (see H.R. 1197), 9647 [23AP]

National Mining Hall of Fame and Museum: recognize (see H.R. 958), 24956 [23SE]

National observances: establish commission to advise President (see H.R. 245), 4919 [5MR]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 189), 6966 [26MR]

National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 33333 [1DE]

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 308), 23712 [10SE]

National Podiatric Medicine Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 114), 4920 [5MR]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), 19563 [13JY]

National School Psychologist Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 339), 29307 [27OC]

National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 21186 [27JY]

National Stuttering Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 304), 29936 [29OC]

National Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), 28843 [22OC]

National Trails System Act: amend (see H.R. 240), 858 [7JA]

National Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 33231 [30NO]

Noncommissioned Officers Association of the U.S.A.: charter (see H.R. 2248), 10837 [30AP]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend relative to set-aside targets for rural areas (see H.R. 2029), 8665 [9AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4918 [5MR]

Omnibus Taxpayers' Bill of Rights Act: enact (see H.R. 3470), 30240 [29OC]

Pesticides: coordinate and synchronize data requirements (see H.R. 2869), 18681 [1JY]

Petroleum: ensure energy security for the Nation by expanding the domestic base (see H.R. 2662), 18098 [29JN]

PLO: prohibition on establishment of office in U.S. (see H.R. 2587), 24677 [21SE]

Political campaigns: reform (see H.R. 2895), 25209 [25SE]

Polygraph: examinations of applicants by employers (see H.R. 1536), 5258 [10MR]

Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3814), 36481 [18DE]

Postal Service: limited circulation second-class rates for certain periodicals (see H.R. 1413), 4779 [4MR]

Power resources: remove certain controls over domestic sources to encourage exploration (see H.R. 1614), 5723 [16MR]

———remove certain Government controls to encourage production (see H.R. 534), 4161 [26FE]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: repeal and amend certain sections (see H.R. 1524), 6286 [19MR]

POW/MIA: make public, records concerning reported sightings in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 2260), 24135 [16SE]

Public lands: fees for grazing livestock (see H.R. 1899), 7727 [1AP]

Radioactive waste disposal: protection in connection with transportation (see H.R. 3598), 31425 [9NO]

Railroads: improve safety (see H.R. 1713), 13827 [27MY]

Roads and highways: increase 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (see H.R. 665), 2520 [3FE]

———repeal 55-mile-per-hour speed limit (see H.R. 670), 1792 [21JA]

Rural areas: economic development (see H.R. 2028), 8665 [9AP]

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 8666 [9AP]

Rural enterprise zones: establish to stimulate employment (see H.R. 1973), 8670 [9AP]

Senate: limit outside earned income (see H.R. 965), 2736 [4FE]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 13130 [20MY]

Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4920 [5MR]

Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 9323 [22AP]

———extended care through swing-beds in certain rural hospitals (see H.R. 2115), 9323 [22AP]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 9323 [22AP]

Soil Conservation Service: funding (see H. Res. 68), 3462 [18FE]

Soviet Union: challenge status of Berlin Wall (see H. Con. Res. 148), 17211 [24JN]

State and local governments: minimize impact of unexpected provisions of legislation proposing large unfunded costs (see H.R. 1278), 15584 [11JN]

———reduce growing costs imposed by unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1087), 12135 [12MY]

Syndicated Television Music Copyright Act: enact (see H.R. 1195), 9325 [22AP]

Synthetic fuel: repeal partial excise tax exemption (see H. Res. 53), 1794 [21JA]

Taxation: certain Conservation Reserve Program payments (see H.R. 1959), 9325 [22AP]

———deduct expenses incurred in filing withholding certificates whether or not itemized (see H.R. 1347), 8388 [8AP]

———deduction for health insurance costs (see H.R. 3065), 34402 [8DE]

———deduction of prepaid interest when refinancing mortgage (see H.R. 544), 1072 [8JA]

———deductions by rural mail carriers for use of private automobiles (see H.R. 2183), 10273 [28AP]

———defer tax consequences of repayment of a CCC loan with a generic commodity certificate (see H.R. 3266), 23933 [15SE]

———farmers, ranchers, and small businessmen (see H.R. 809), 4089 [25FE]

———Federal estate and gift taxes relative to Federal revenues (see H. Res. 276), 26990 [8OC]

———installment obligations relative to sales of property by nondealers (see H.R. 567), 6777 [25MR]

———permit rural telephone cooperatives to have qualified cash or deferred arrangements (see H.R. 3045), 25482 [29SE]

———reinstate 5% investment tax credit after 1987 (see H.R. 936), 2992 [5FE]

———repeal partial excise tax exemption on synthetic fuel (see H. Res. 53), 1794 [21JA]

———treatment of certain short-term loans (see H.R. 2323), 18682 [1JY]

———treatment of rural electric or telephone cooperatives (see H.R. 3044), 25482 [29SE]

Taxpayer rights: promote and protect (see H.R. 1313), 8388 [8AP]

Telephone: monitoring by employers to be accompanied by regular audible warning tone (see H.R. 1950), 19055 [8JY]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Celebration: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: display U.S. flag at apex (see H.R. 1600), 31963 [16NO]

Volunteer workers: importance of voluntarism (see H. Con. Res. 61), 21470 [29JY]

White House Conference on Small Business: permanent authorization (see H.R. 2690), 19056 [8JY]

World Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 125), 4450 [2MR]

Biographies

Frank Carlson, 14761 [4JN]

Eulogies

McDill Boyd: by, 1817 [21JA], 1947 [27JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: acreage diversion pilot program applicable to Wheat Program (H.R. 1157), 5771 [17MR]

———credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), 26639, 26640, 26668 [6OC]

———farm programs, 9578 [23AP]

———wheat and corn programs, 16879 [22JN]

Airport and Airway Improvement Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2310), 25996 [1OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 1827), 9578, 9583 [23AP]

Budget: freeze, 30231 [29OC]

———reconciliation (H.R. 3545), 30231 [29OC]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (H. Res. 26), 1044 [8JA]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (H. Res. 26), 1044 [8JA]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (H. Res. 26), 1044 [8JA]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 14760 [4JN]

Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1310), 4141 [26FE]

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35042, 35043-35045 [11DE]

Essential Air Services Program: reauthorize, 25996 [1OC]

FAA: flight service centers, 9583 [23AP]

Farm Disaster Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 1157), 5771 [17MR]

———extend reporting date for ethanol cost effectiveness study (S. 1597), 23040 [7AU]

Federal employees: right to participate as private citizens in political process (H.R. 3400), 32099 [17NO]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: extend term of Scientific Advisory Panel (H.R. 3108), 30621 [3NO]

Foreign countries: international security and development assistance (H.R. 3100), 32879, 32889, 32890 [19NO]

Government obligations: payment, 17962 [29JN]

KSAL-Radio (Salina, KS): anniversary, 16879 [22JN], 16970 [22JN]

Medicare: reform prospective payment system in rural hospitals, 17050 [23JN]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (S.J. Res. 163), 28498 [20OC]

Peace Corps: programs (H.R. 3100), 32879, 32889, 32890 [19NO]

Roads and highways: authorizing funds for programs (H.R. 2), conference report, 6162 [18MR]

Water resources development: research activities of Geological Survey (H.R. 791), 33688 [2DE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 4141 [26FE], 5771 [17MR], 9583 [23AP], 10835 [30AP], 14513 [3JN], 16879 [22JN], 17050 [23JN], 17962 [29JN], 30231 [29OC], 32099 [17NO]

Leave of absence: granted, 13127 [20MY], 14258 [2JN]

Special order: granted, 14185 [1JN]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Lower Des Plaines Tributaries Project, IA and Food Security Act Amendments, D255 [9AP]

Committee on Rules: Authorizing Appropriations To Carry Out the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1467), D865 [9DE]

Texts of

H. Res. 10, appointment to Committee on House Administration, 20 [6JA]

Tributes

Carlson, Frank, 14513 [3JN], 14760-14765 [4JN]

Dole, Sec. of Transportation, 24816 [22SE]

Kelley, Paul X., 20333 [21JY]