ROBERTS, PAT (a Representative from Kansas)

Articles and editorials

Russ Townsley Ends 42-Year Publishing Career at Russell, Sharon Montague, Salina (KS) Journal, 24117 [11OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: protect winter wheat producers from yield losses on their crops (see H.R. 1736), 5683 [6AP]

Clay Center, NE: Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory (see H.R. 3048), 16817 [28JY]

Disaster Assistance Act: amend (see H.R. 3222), 19557 [6SE]

Medicare: costs for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1168), 2900 [28FE]

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Kansas: water service and repayment contracts (see H.R. 1031), 2268 [21FE]

Political campaigns: financial reform (see H.R. 1707), 5514 [5AP]

Roads and highways: speed limit outside urbanized areas (see H.R. 2934), 15159 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: Essential Air Service Program (see H. Con. Res. 3), 1749 [7FE]

———transportation bankruptcy plans (see H.R. 1292), 29070 [15NO]

Agricultural Industrial Materials Corp.: establish (see H.R. 47), 12493 [20JN]

Agriculture: allow producers to provide appropriate county committees with actual yields for 1989 and subsequent crop years (see H.R. 2042), 10050 [23MY]

———estate tax increases impact on family-owned farms (see H. Res. 139), 19783 [7SE]

———farm program payment fairness relative to married couples (see H.R. 2973), 15762 [21JY]

———flexibility in crop acreage bases (see H.R. 2294), 8709 [9MY]

———observance of anniversary of the State Cooperative Extension Service (see H.J. Res. 124), 1397 [2FE]

———reduce paperwork for producers (see H.R. 802), 1395 [2FE]

———soybeans producers' nationally coordinated program (see H.R. 2209), 8072 [3MY]

———wheat and feed grain programs (see H.R. 1541), 5275 [23MR]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 1686 [6FE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 4034 [13MR]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: land lease (see H.R. 49), 2071 [9FE]

Armed Forces: retaining certain information in personnel files of individuals in a missing status or deceased (see H.R. 1730), 23300 [4OC]

Bastille Day: commemorate bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 43), 9483 [17MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]

California National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1109), 5516 [5AP]

Capitol Police: upgrade one position and establish six additional positions relative to House of Representatives duty (see H. Res. 212), 16203 [25JY]

Capra, Frank: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Centers for Metal Casting Competitiveness Research: establish (see H.R. 1243), 8916 [11MY]

Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 8208 [4MY]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 8), 7545 [26AP]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend relative to trading regulations (see H.R. 2869), 19782 [7SE]

Comprehensive Food Safety Inspection Act: enact (see H.R. 3071), 21500 [25SE]

Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: health care loan rates (see H.R. 2411), 9649 [18MY]

Contracts: Federal construction and small business participation in Federal contracting (see H.R. 2259), 8207 [4MY]

Courts: immunity from personal civil liability relative to volunteers working on behalf of nonprofit organizations and Government entities (see H.R. 911), 10050 [23MY]

Crime and criminals: penalties for causing injuries or damage to any property used for commercial or beneficial purposes on Federal property (see H.R. 3424), 23413 [5OC]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 30117 [19NO]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 6333 [12AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: coordination of groundwater policy (see H.R. 3574), 26876 [1NO]

———transfer certain programs to Rural Development Administration (see H.R. 2408), 9649 [18MY]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (see H.R. 2467), 10159 [24MY]

Diseases: grants for treatment of Lyme disease (see H.R. 979), 8846 [10MY]

Drought: emergency water assistance grants (see H.R. 2409), 9649 [18MY]

Education: promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (see H.R. 1675), 5513 [5AP]

EEC: opposing ban on imports of U.S. meat products (see H. Con. Res. 26), 1206 [31JA]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 2553 [22FE]

End to Hunger Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 341), 24814 [17OC]

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 10160 [24MY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 2553 [22FE]

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 20403 [13SE]

Federal employees: coverage under retirement system (see H.R. 2538), 16429 [26JY]

———extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 28335 [9NO]

———Social Security Government pension offset (see H.R. 2538), 16429 [26JY]

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 24815 [17OC]

Fish and fisheries: inspection of food products (see H.R. 3508), 25498 [23OC]

Food Safety Assurance Act: enact (see H.R. 3292), 20774 [19SE]

Foreign trade: Presidential action relative to access to European markets for certain U.S. meat products (see H.J. Res. 80), 268 [19JA]

———product treatment of nonmarket economy countries (see H.R. 2993), 19333 [4AU]

GAO: audit the Federal Reserve Board, Federal Advisory Council, Federal Open Market Committee, and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 844), 28595 [13NO]

Gaucher's Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 224), 25146 [18OC]

General Aviation Standards Act: enact (see H.R. 1307), 3690 [8MR]

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 104), 13624 [27JN]

Great Lakes: promote maritime trade interests (see H.R. 2504), 10242 [25MY]

Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 25917 [25OC]

Hazardous substances: OTA study of effects of reclassification of anhydrous ammonia (see H.R. 370), 207 [4JA]

———Sec. of Agriculture study of effects of reclassification of anhydrous ammonia (see H.R. 371), 207 [4JA]

Health: national nutrition plan (see H.R. 1608), 5271 [23MR]

House of Representatives: reapportionment of seats relative to alien residents (see H.J. Res. 199), 4112 [14MR]

Hungary: political and economic reform (see H.R. 3402), 23300 [4OC]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 208 [4JA]

International Air Transportation Competition Act: amend (see H.R. 2911), 14905 [17JY]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 24131 [11OC]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 11301 [8JN]

Leavenworth, KS: designate the Dwight D. Eisenhower Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see H.R. 2987), 15850 [24JY]

LSC: replace with a Legal Services Administration (see H.R. 2884), 14693 [13JY]

Lyme Disease Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), 9483 [17MY]

Medicare: physician reimbursement by geographic location (see H. Con. Res. 83), 5273 [23MR]

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680), 1149 [27JA]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165), 19329 [4AU]

———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 164), 5275 [23MR]

Mineral Leasing Act: amend (see H.R. 2116), 28846 [14NO]

Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 19333 [4AU]

Motor vehicles: investment tax credit for using clean-burning substances (see H.R. 2269), 10161 [24MY]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative anniversary coin (see H.R. 1028), 11604 [13JN]

National Academies of Practice: recognize (see H.R. 1047), 6332 [12AP]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 13963 [29JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 3858 [9MR]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 185), 26877 [1NO]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 12936 [22JN]

National Dairy Goat Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 11604 [13JN]

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 19783 [7SE]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 20206 [12SE]

National Down's Syndrome Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), 20775 [19SE]

National Drinking Water Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134), 7437 [25AP]

National Drive for Life Weekend: designate (see H.J. Res. 257), 13963 [29JN]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 15762 [21JY]

National Farm Safety Day for Kids: designate (see H.J. Res. 168), 10869 [6JN]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 1151 [27JA]

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 20775 [19SE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 19964 [11SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 21004 [20SE]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 8916 [11MY]

National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20442 [14SE]

National Journalism Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 206), 5275 [23MR]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 15160 [19JY]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 1205 [31JA]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 17335 [1AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 14906 [17JY]

National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 23414 [5OC]

National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 150), 6883 [18AP]

National Spina Bifida Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 286), 24131 [11OC]

National Stroke Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 68), 7437 [25AP]

National Teacher Appreciation Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 198), 22744 [2OC]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 11605 [13JN]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 22293 [28SE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 82), 268 [19JA]

Occupational health and safety: U.S. obligation in workplaces (see H.R. 1095), 6458 [13AP]

Office of Agricultural Weather and Climatology: establish (see H.R. 1880), 6454 [13AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 268 [19JA]

———suspend enforcement of certain regulations relative to underground storage tanks (see H.R. 3321), 22744 [2OC]

Poland: political and economic reform (see H.R. 3402), 23300 [4OC]

Political campaigns: contributions by national banks, corporations, and labor unions (see H.R. 3798), 31242 [21NO]

Pony Express National Historic Trail: designate (see H.R. 1109), 5516 [5AP]

Population: decennial census (see H.R. 2661), 12179 [15JN]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 3101 [1MR]

———restrictions on solicitations for purchase of products or services provided free or at lower price by the Government (see H.R. 373), 327 [20JA]

Power resources: tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 664), 6883 [18AP]

Presidents of the U.S.: constitutional amendment to repeal limit on number of terms (see H.J. Res. 264), 8845 [10MY]

Public lands: permanent formula for determining grazing fees (see H.R. 1670), 5378 [4AP]

Public utilities: prepayment and refinancing of loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see H.R. 3164), 28846 [14NO]

Pueblo (U.S.S.): authorizing the issuance of POW medals to crew members captured by Democratic People's Republic of Korea (see H.R. 819), 6883 [18AP]

Radio: reform license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 13846 [28JN]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 7755 [2MY]

Rural areas: essential air service (see H.R. 3274), 29071 [15NO]

———transportation funding (see H.R. 368), 5379 [4AP]

Rural Enterprise Zone Act: enact (see H.R. 1221), 4113 [14MR]

Rural Health Clinics Act: amend (see H.R. 1585), 5270 [23MR]

Rural Health Professionals Education Loan Interest Deduction Act: enact (see H.R. 1588), 5270 [23MR]

Sec. of Agriculture: location of Federal facilities in compliance with Rural Development Act (see H. Con. Res. 126), 9651 [18MY]

Social Security: payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1205 [31JA]

———place the Office of Rural Health Policy under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (see H.R. 1589), 5270 [23MR]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 4201 [15MR]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 19332 [4AU]

States: equality of taxation of domestic and foreign corporations (see H.R. 1390), 27808 [7NO]

Stewart, James M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]

Taxation: allow nonexempt farmer cooperatives to elect patronage-sourced treatment for certain gains and losses (see H.R. 2353), 9406 [16MY]

———child care services (see H.R. 575), 325 [20JA]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 11243 [7JN]

———deferment of income from the sale of livestock (see H.R. 2923), 14991 [18JY]

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 2554 [22FE]

———extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain rural properties (see H.R. 2804), 15437 [20JY]

———limited deduction of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 595), 5379 [4AP]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 12284 [19JN]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 2269 [21FE]

———repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 5274 [23MR]

———restore certain provisions for farmers, ranchers, and small businessmen (see H.R. 369), 7754 [2MY]

———treatment of estate tax inclusion related to valuation freezes (see H.R. 60), 347 [24JA]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 337), 13622 [27JN]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 309, 323), 13847 [28JN], 14077 [11JY]

United Air Lines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]

Veterans: receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 8208 [4MY]

Washington Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), 25615 [24OC]

Wildlife: multiyear set-asides to establish habitats and feeding areas (see H.R. 3132), 18671 [3AU]

Zinnemann, Fred: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Printing (Joint): election (see H. Res. 110), 4200 [15MR]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: avoid penalizing producers who planted a replacement crop on disaster-affected acreage (S. 1792), 26199, 26200 [26OC]

———technical corrections in certain programs (S. 1793), 28273 [9NO]

———protect winter wheat producers from yield losses on their crops (H.R. 1736), 5676 [6AP]

Anti-Drug Abuse Act—Guide to Programs for State and Local Anti-Drug Assistance: print as House document (H. Res. 136), 11577 [13JN]

``Black Americans in Congress'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 170), 25475 [23OC]

Capitol Police: upgrade one position and establish six additional positions with respect to House of Representatives duty (H. Res. 212), 17171 [1AU]

Clay Center, NE: Virginia D. Smith Animal Health Research Laboratory (H.R. 3048), 16775 [28JY]

Coastal Waters in Jeopardy—Reversing the Decline and Protecting America's Coastal Resources: authorizing printing (H. Res. 107), 4485 [16MR]

Committee on Printing (Joint): print Education Deficit as House document (H. Res. 156), 11577 [13JN]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, and Executive Office of the President: appropriations (H.R. 2989), 16782 [28JY]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2991), conference report, 26286 [26OC]

Disaster Assistance Extension Act: enact (H.R. 2467), 13539 [27JN]

District of Columbia: appropriations for additional law enforcement officers (H.R. 1502), 11559, 11560 [13JN]

———comparison with Dodge City, KS, 2227 [21FE]

Dodge City, KS: comparison with Washington, DC, 2227 [21FE]

Election campaigns: financial reform (H.R. 1707), 5486 [5AP]

Farm Crop Acreage Base Flexibility Act: enact (H.R. 2294), 8734 [9MY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend (H.R. 3292), 20723 [19SE]

Foreign assistance programs: enhance and authorize appropriations (H.R. 2655), 12867 [22JN]

Foreign trade: Export Enhancement Program, 8065 [3MY]

House of Representatives: recycling paper used in operation (H. Res. 104), 17172 [1AU]

Hungary: political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 25208 [19OC]

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 3014), 17065, 17081 [31JY]

NOAA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2427), 19536 [6SE]

``Origins of the House of Representatives—A Documentary Record'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 169), 25475 [23OC]

Poland: political and economic reform (H.R. 3402), 25208 [19OC]

Presidents of the U.S.: authorize printing of inaugural addresses (S. Con. Res. 19), 11579 [13JN]

``U.S. Capitol—a Brief Architectural History'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 168), 25475 [23OC]

``Women in Congress'': authorize printing (H. Con. Res. 167), 25475 [23OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Committee on Printing (Joint): election (H. Res. 110), 4152 [15MR]

Summaries

Export Enhancement Program and the Soviet Union, 8065 [3MY]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Crop Acreage Base Provisions of the Food Security Act, D396 [27JN]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: Pick-Sloan Missouri River Basin Program, D336 [8JN]

Committee on Rules: Polish and Hungarian Democracy Initiative (H.R. 3402), D667 [17OC]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 150, authorizing printing of collection of tributes to Claude Pepper, 11578 [13JN]

Tributes

O'Hara, James G., 9374 [16MY]

Townsley, Russ, 24116 [11OC]