ROBB, CHARLES S. (a Senator from Virginia)
Amendments offered by, to
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15260, S15273 [25OC], S15414, S15417 [29OC], S15458, S15534 [30OC]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), S9900 [11JY]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6250 [21MY]
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (S. 596), S14966, S15021 [22OC]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2621), S14227 [2OC]
National defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and personnel of the Depts. of Defense and Energy (S. 1507), S11759, S11768, S11776, S11914, S11915 [1AU], S11941, S12053, S12320, S12322 [2AU]
Appointments
Acting President pro tempore, S4409 [15AP], S5819 [15MY], S7245 [6JN], S8231 [20JN], S9227 [8JY], S14499 [8OC], S14937 [22OC], S15279 [28OC], S16331 [12NO], S18149 [26NO]
Committee on POW/MIA Affairs (Senate, Select), S12178 [2AU]
Articles and editorials
Eastern Bloc Changes Demand Our Attention, Israel Zoberman, Norfolk (VA) Virginian-Pilot, S1924
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (see S. Con. Res. 78, S17433 [21NO])
Petersburg, VA: deadline for submission of community development block grant activities statement (see S. 1938, S16213 [7NO])
Refuse disposal: environmental impact statement on the sanitary landfill at Lorton, VA, prior to expansion (see S. 1089, S6034 [16MY])
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Amtrak: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 98, S3712 [20MR])
Appomattox River: declare a segment to be not navigable water (see S. 1068, S5753 [14MY])
Arab countries: trade information regarding the impact of boycotts on certain U.S. businesses (see S. 1817, S17467 [21NO])
Armed Forces: eligibility standards for Purple Heart award (see S. 1175, S6654 [23MY])
———telephone rates and procedures for Operation Desert Shield personnel (see S.J. Res. 77, S2146 [21FE])
———tribute to Reserve components for serving during the Persian Gulf conflict (see S.J. Res. 97, S4250 [9AP])
Asian/Pacific American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 120, S5354 [6MY])
Baltic States: humanitarian assistance (see S. 816, S4639 [17AP])
Broadcasting: fairness (see S. 217, S545 [15JA])
Budget: balance (see S. 101, S437 [14JA])
———evaluation of expenditures (see S. 20, S6067 [16MY])
Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 92, S3021 [12MR])
Burma: human rights violations (see S. Con. Res. 18, S3021 [12MR])
Business and industry: limited partnership rollups (see S. 1423, S10298 [17JY])
Central America: U.S. policy and economic assistance (see S. 100, S437 [14JA])
Chesapeake Bay: restore (see S. 14, S434 [14JA])
Children and youth: grant program for education, training, health and social services to at-risk individuals (see S. 1133, S6355 [22MY])
China, People's Republic of: human rights violations (see S. Con. Res. 19, S3021 [12MR])
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see S. 2062, S18334 [26NO])
Coins: mint to commemorate 1994 U.S. World Cup games (see S. 1455, S14225 [2OC])
Common carriers: development of magnetic levitation transportation technology (see S. 811, S11854 [1AU])
Computers: coordinated Federal research program to ensure U.S. leadership in high-performance computing (see S. 272, S1159 [24JA])
Courts: appointment of two bankruptcy judges in Arizona (see S. 646, S3191 [13MR])
Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 56, S1743 [6FE])
Democratic Party: establish a commission to commemorate the bicentennial establishment (see S. 2047, S18086 [25NO])
———establish bicentennial commission (see S.J. Res. 193, S12922 [12SE])
Education: authorize grant to the national writing project (see S. 264, S2681 [5MR])
———improve counseling services for elementary school students (see S. 810, S18464 [26NO])
———improve system (see S. 2, S433 [14JA])
Equal rights: constitutional amendment to ensure (see S.J. Res. 3, S440 [14JA])
Executive departments: compliance with hazardous waste control laws (see S. 596, S14083 [1OC])
Families and domestic relations: availability of family planning services and counseling on pregnancy (see S. 1197, S6922 [3JN])
———primary and preventative care for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 911, S8812 [26JN])
Federal employees: honoraria (see S. 242, S1007 [22JA])
———tribute for contributions to Persian Gulf war (see S. Con. Res. 36, S5615 [9MY])
———voluntary participation in the political process (see S. 914, S4983 [24AP])
Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 51, S1221 [29JA])
FERC: jurisdiction over distribution of natural gas used as motor vehicle fuel (see S. 402, S2844 [6MR])
Foreign relations: anniversary of U.S.-Portuguese diplomatic relations (see S.J. Res. 55, S2531 [28FE])
Gandhi, Rajiv: assassination (see S. Res. 131, S6210 [21MY])
German-American Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 151, S6655 [23MY])
Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see S.J. Res. 59, S1743 [6FE])
Health: improve services for pregnant women, infants, and children (see S. 493, S11227 [29JY])
———regulation of mammography services and radiological equipment (see S. 1777, S15865 [4NO])
Heinz, John: tribute (see S. Res. 92, S4230 [9AP])
Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 154, S6997 [4JN])
Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 157, S14083 [1OC])
Income: congressional honoraria (see S. 469, S2146 [21FE])
Industry: enhance domestic by applying the results of Federal research and development (see S. 1034, S5614 [9MY])
International Red Cross: access to POW in Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 8, S1369 [31JA])
Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see S. Con. Res. 43, S8034 [18JN])
Iraq: humanitarian assistance for the Kurds (see S. 786, S4779 [18AP])
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 224, S18466 [26NO])
IRS: time extension for certain acts for individuals performing services under Operation Desert Shield (see S. 8, S434 [14JA])
Israel: recognition by Arab countries (see S. Con. Res. 16, S2927 [7MR])
———repeal U.N. condemnation of preemptive strike against Iraqi nuclear reactor in 1981 (see S. Con. Res. 53, S10135 [16JY])
Jefferson, Thomas: commemorate anniversary of birthday (see S. 959, S5136 [25AP])
Kenya: suspension of economic assistance relative to suppression of democratic opposition (see S.J. Res. 234, S17245 [20NO])
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia (see S. 239, S1242 [29JA])
Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 141, S10154 [16JY])
Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see S. Res. 72, S4251 [9AP])
Local government: increase Federal payments in lieu of taxes (see S. 140, S11077 [26JY])
Magna Carta Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 150, S6655 [23MY])
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: composition of the board of review (see S. 1971, S16747 [14NO])
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see S.J. Res. 2, S321 [11JA])
———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see S. Con. Res. 13, S2508 [28FE])
———U.S. military presence (see S. Con. Res. 2, S979 [17JA])
Mongolia: elections (see S. Con. Res. 21, S3021 [12MR])
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (see S. 429, S2005 [20FE])
Motion pictures: observe anniversary of moviemaking and the contributions of the American Film Institute (see S. Con. Res. 44, S6922 [3JN])
Motor vehicles: require new standards for corporate average fuel economy (see S. 279, S1221 [29JA])
National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 121, S5428 [7MY])
National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 134, S5806 [14MY])
National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 53, S1294 [30JA])
National Foster Care Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 57, S7389 [6JN])
National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 40, S1608 [5FE])
National Invent America! Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 140, S5406 [7MY])
National Juvenile Arthritis Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 142, S8215 [19JN])
National Literacy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 146, S7223 [5JN])
National Lock-In-Safety Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 139, S15015 [22OC])
National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 197, S14364 [3OC])
National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 86, S4779 [18AP])
National Police Officer and Firefighter Recognition Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 225, S16060 [6NO])
National Recycling Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 70, S3105 [12MR]; S. Res. 41, S3106 [12MR])
National Red Ribbon Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 188, S15015 [22OC])
National Tourism Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 102, S4373 [11AP])
National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 66, S1700 [6FE])
Peace Corps: anniversary (see S.J. Res. 76, S2146 [21FE])
Polish American Heritage Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 125, S7503 [11JN])
Powell, Colin L.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 565, S3293 [13MR])
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (see S. 2058, S18334 [26NO])
Pryor, Senator: illness (see S. Res. 108, S4737 [18AP])
Radio: prevent the loss of existing spectrum to amateur radio service (see S. 1372, S15014 [22OC])
Research: protection of animal research facilities from criminal acts (see S. 544, S5804 [14MY])
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see S. 447, S18464 [26NO])
Rural areas: provide incentives to health care providers and establish State health service corps demonstration projects (see S. 1125, S6355 [22MY])
Salem, VA: designate the Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (see S. 498, S2309 [26FE])
Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 534, S3105 [12MR])
Smithsonian Institution: extend National Air and Space Museum at Washington Dulles International Airport (see S. 289, S1293 [30JA])
Soviet Union: review economic assistance due to situation in Baltic States (see S. Res. 14, S951 [16JA])
Special days: establish a commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see S. 1112, S6210 [21MY])
Sports: prohibit State-sanctioned gambling (see S. 474, S18464 [26NO])
Student loans: payment amounts contingent upon student's income (see S. 1562, S12924 [12SE])
Syria: freedom of emigration and travel for Jews (see S. Con. Res. 69, S15712 [31OC])
Taxation: exclusion for employee educational assistance (see S. 24, S16759 [14NO])
———exempt from luxury tax passenger vehicle parts or accessories for disabled individuals (see S. 401, S4249 [9AP])
———extend the low-income housing credit (see S. 308, S1367 [31JA])
———extension of the mortgage revenue bond provisions and the low-income housing credit (see S. 167, S6249 [21MY])
———individual retirement accounts (see S. 612, S3020 [12MR])
Technology: research and development of manufacturing technologies (see S. 1330, S14601 [8OC])
Tibet: recognize as occupied country under international law (see S. Con. Res. 41, S6211 [21MY])
Timor: massacre of East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military (see S. Con. Res. 77, S17075 [19NO])
Tourist trade: promote (see S. 680, S3386 [14MR])
Transportation: authorize funding for highway construction, mass transit, and safety programs (see S. 1121, S6210 [21MY])
U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see S.J. Res. 110, S4640 [17AP])
Veterans: receipt of military retired pay concurrently with disability compensation for those with service-connected disabilities (see S. 1383, S9137 [28JN])
Vietnam: commend the establishment of an U.S. POW/MIA Office (see S. Res. 118, S5137 [25AP])
Walesa, Lech: U.S. visit (see S. Res. 90, S3930 [21MR])
Water: authorize research in desalting and reuse (see S. 481, S4893 [23AP])
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (see S. 323, S1367 [31JA])
———reproduction rights (see S. 25, S434 [14JA])
Woodrow Wilson Memorial Bridge: prohibit opening except during certain hours (see S. 368, S1699 [6FE])
World War II: contributions of Federal civilian employees during the attack on Pearl Harbor (see S.J. Res. 198, S16855 [15NO])
Cloture motions
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), conference report, S18615 [27NO]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (S. 1241), S9074 [28JN], S9263 [8JY], S9330 [9JY], S9439, S9489 [10JY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2707), S12178 [2AU]
Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (S. 5), S14010 [1OC]
Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations (S. 1435), S10714 [24JY]
Monopolies: consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), S5380, S5401 [7MY], S5490 [8MY]
———consumer protection from price-fixing (S. 429), proceed to consideration, S5121 [25AP]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, S18580 [27NO]
Letters
Phase out the production of ozone destroying substances, S4254 [9AP]
Meetings
Committee on Foreign Relations: subcommittee assignments, D356 [21MR]
Remarks by, on
Alexander, Lamar: nomination to be Sec. of Education, S3372 [14MR]
Appomattox River: declare a segment to be not navigable water, S17520 [21NO]
———declare a segment to be not navigable water (S. 1068), S5786
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, AK: oil and gas leasing, S15751 [1NO]
Central America: U.S. policy and economic assistance (S. 100), S5724 [14MY]
Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (S. 1745), S15445 [30OC]
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (S. 1297), S17520 [21NO]
Committee on Armed Services: notices of hearings, S5578 [8MY]
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources: notices of hearings, S5578 [8MY]
Committee on Environment and Public Works: notices of hearings, S5577, S5578 [8MY]
Committee on Intelligence (Select): notices of hearings, S5577 [8MY]
Committee on Labor and Human Resources: notices of hearings, S5577 [8MY]
Committee on Small Business: notices of hearings, S5577 [8MY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2622), S9798 [11JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and independent agencies, commissions, corporations, and offices: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2519), S10249 [17JY]
Domestic policy: national objectives, S16006 [6NO]
Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 3), S6521 [23MY]
Energy and Environment Study Institute: global economic development, S12576
Foreign trade: procedures for implementing trade agreements (S. Res. 78), S6794 [24MY]
Gates, Robert M.: nomination to be Director of CIA, S15943 [5NO]
Head Start: program funding, S8704 [26JN]
Health care professionals: information to patients on legal option concerning pregnancy, S10110 [16JY]
Jefferson, Thomas: commemorate anniversary of birthday (S. 959), S5222
Medicaid: Federal payments relative to State expenditures made from revenues derived from provider-specific taxes (H.R. 3595), S18191 [26NO]
Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority: composition of the board of review, S18606 [27NO]
———composition of the board of review (S. 1971), S16755 [14NO]
Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (S.J. Res. 2), S378 [12JA]
National Foster Care Month: designate (H.J. Res. 154), S5583 [8MY]
National Historic Preservation Act: anniversary, S18742
National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (S.J. Res. 127), S5583 [8MY]
Nguyen Dan Que: imprisonment and trial in Vietnam (S. Con. Res. 78), S17468 [21NO]
Petersburg, VA: deadline for submission of community development block grant activities statement (S. 1938), S16244 [7NO]
Pipelines: improve safety programs (S. 1583), S14482 [7OC]
Power resources: comprehensive energy security policy (S. 1220), S10705 [24JY], S15751 [1NO]
Presidential appointments: considered and confirmed en bloc, S5582 [8MY]
Refuse disposal: environmental impact statement on the sanitary landfill at Lorton, VA prior to expansion (S. 1089), S6054
Salem, VA: designate the Hugh Davis Memorial Wing at the Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center (S. 498), S2340
Space policy: development of space station, S10249 [17JY]
Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: enact (S. 1204), S7802 [13JN]
Thomas, Clarence: nomination to Supreme Court, S14688 [15OC]
Transportation: establish a national comprehensive surface transportation system (H.R. 2950), conference report, S18606 [27NO]
Women: counseling and information to pregnant women receiving certain public health assistance (S. 323), S10110 [16JY]
Testimonies
Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): Nomination of Robert M. Gates To Be CIA Director, D1097 [16SE]
Texts of
S. 1938, deadline for submission of community development block grant activities statement by Petersburg, VA, S16244 [7NO]
S. Con. Res. 16, recognition of Israel by Arab countries, S2978
S. Con. Res. 78, imprisonment and trial of Nguyen Dan Que in Vietnam, S17468 [21NO]