ROBERTS, PAT(a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Legislative branch: making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H5125, H5151, H5160 [24JN]

Appointments

Conferee: S. 5, Family and Medical Leave Act, H7274 [4AU]

———S. 1766, United States Capitol Police Jurisdiction Reform Act, H5992 [7JY], H8106 [12AU]

———S. 2532, economic assistance and support of open markets in former Soviet republics, H7933 [11AU]

Articles and editorials

Jamestown Postmaster Retires Wednesday, Sharon Coy, Concordia (KS) Blade-Empire, H10942 [3OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: transfer of crop acreage base relative to irrigation water shortages (see H.R. 5882), H8146 [12AU]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4582), H1777 [25MR]

Health care professionals: shortage areas (see H.R. 5370), H4589 [10JN]

House of Representatives: establish panel to recommend process to select President relative to the Constitution (see H. Res. 478), H4589 [10JN]

———transfer of certain functions to private sector entities and eliminating staff positions (see H. Res. 437), H2673 [9AP]

National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 474), H2712 [28AP]

Roads and highways: establish national maximum speed limits (see H.R. 6052), H9866 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: competitiveness of certain U.S. products in export markets and expand employment opportunities (see H.R. 4279), H498 [20FE]

———food assistance programs in certain countries (see H.R. 4774), H2406 [7AP]

America the Beautiful Passport: establish to facilitate access to certain Federal lands and facilities (see H.R. 4690), H3644 [20MY]

American Discovery Trail: study to designate as a national trail (see H.R. 3011), H1600 [20MR]

American Wine Appreciation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 489), H8832 [21SE]

Animals: Federal regulation of certain veterinary practices (see H.R. 5297), H3916 [28MY]

Be Kind to Animals and National Pet Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 429), H2943 [5MY]

Budget: consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals to rescind amounts of authority (see H.R. 2164), H7151 [31JY]

Buffalo Soldiers Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 237), H4122 [3JN]

Capitol police: increase area of law enforcement authority (see H.R. 5269), H3834 [27MY]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 1996 Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games (see H.R. 3654), H289 [4FE]

Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152), H8576 [15SE]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H8220 [9SE]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 520), H5622 [30JN]

District of Columbia: penalties for first degree murder (see H.R. 4369), H932 [3MR]

Education: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 19), H479 [19FE]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 410), H873 [2MR]

82d Airborne Division 50th Anniversary Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 453), H6583 [23JY]

Endangered Species Act: application of certain requirements and prohibitions to a species (see H.R. 5105), H3087 [7MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: minimum wage and maximum hour exemption relative to payment on a salary basis (see H.R. 5112), H8810 [18SE]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5110), H3087 [7MY]

Federal Reserve System: GAO audit (see H.R. 1468), H4334 [5JN]

Financial institutions: credit availability relative to Government regulation (see H.R. 5539), H8647 [16SE]

———exempt certain institutions from examination requirements (see H.R. 5375), H4678 [11JN]

Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5842), H10779 [2OC]

Government: economic and local impact of the Federal decisionmaking process (see H.R. 5545), H5979 [2JY]

Government regulations: extend moratorium (see H. Con. Res. 307), H2496 [8AP]

GPO: public access to Federal electronic information (see H.R. 5983), H8965 [22SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 5325), H4157 [4JN]

Hire a Veteran Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 542), H9537 [25SE]

House of Representatives: appropriations available for the official mail allowance (see H. Res. 404), H2498 [8AP]

———prohibit franked mass mailings outside congressional districts (see H.R. 4104), H118 [28JA]

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643), H7725 [6AU]

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), H2676 [9AP]

Irish Brigade Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 427), H1268 [12MR]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 476), H8576 [15SE]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 272), H330 [5FE]

National Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 407), H2259 [1AP]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 469), H8647 [16SE]

National Education First Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 543), H10779 [2OC]

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371), H4158 [4JN]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), H848 [27FE]

National Huntington's Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 406), H2811 [29AP]

National League of Families POW/MIA: authorizing display of flag (see H.J. Res. 478), H8220 [9SE]

National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), H8220 [9SE]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 503), H4447 [9JN]

National Occupational Therapy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 471), H10101 [1OC]

National Quilting Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 468), H4855 [17JN]

National Small Independent Telephone Company Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 452), H6584 [23JY]

National Spina Bifida Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 470), H3337 [14MY]

National Visiting Nurse Associations Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 484), H8832 [21SE]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 395, 546), H289 [4FE], H8735 [17SE]

New York Stock Exchange: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 441), H3337 [14MY]

Nuclear energy: combine construction permit and operating license for nuclear reactors (see H.R. 4488), H3019 [6MY]

Oil: disposal and management standards for recyclers of used oil (see H.R. 5276), H5323 [25JN]

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 92), H8220 [9SE]

Pesticides: speciality crops use (see H.R. 4764), H2323 [3AP]

Printing: require that all Federal printing use soybean oil-based inks (see H.R. 5366), H6349 [21JY]

Public Health Service: establish an Office of Emergency Medical Services (see H.R. 4256), H477 [19FE]

———rural health outreach programs (see H.R. 4464), H1267 [12MR]

Railroads: require passenger and freight trains to install and use certain safety lights (see H.R. 5684), H7533 [5AU]

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411), H4121 [3JN]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 457), H2498 [8AP]

Roads and highways: prohibit funds for signs expressed only in metric measurements (see H.R. 5947, 5948), H9294 [23SE], H9537 [25SE]

Rural areas: establish modern interactive telecommunications systems relative to medical services (see H.R. 5238), H3728 [21MY]

Small business: tax credits relative to compliance with certain Federal regulations (see H.R. 5596), H6244 [9JY]

Social Security: operating costs of inpatient services in small rural hospitals (see H.R. 4755), H2290 [2AP]

Spain: support the planting of 500 California redwood trees in commemoration of the quincentenary of Christopher Columbus' voyage (see H.J. Res. 529), H11197 [3OC]

Sports: minting of commemorative coins in honor of the World University Games (see H.R. 5476), H6349 [21JY]

Taxation: extend certain expiring tax provisions (see H.R. 5240), H4589 [10JN]

———investment and employment credits relative to enterprise zones (see H.R. 23), H3170 [12MY]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 413), H288 [4FE]

———medical savings accounts (see H.R. 4130), H330 [5FE]

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067), H418 [14FE]

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860), H1268 [12MR]

Terrorism: bombing of the Israeli embassy in Argentina (see H. Con. Res. 297), H1599 [20MR]

Unemployment: repeal certain optional rollover distribution procedures (see H.R. 5745), H8832 [21SE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial 10th Anniversary Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 479), H10779 [2OC]

Water: moratorium on the implementation of certain drinking water regulations (see H.R. 5772), H9536 [25SE]

Week for the National Observance of the 50th Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), H1101 [5MR]

Wetlands: criteria for designation (see H.R. 4840), H2668 [9AP]

World War II: establish a memorial to veterans in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 5437), H4982 [18JN]

Year of American Craft—A Celebration of the Creative Work of the Hand: designate (see H.J. Res. 380), H10014 [30SE]

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H1692 [24MR]

Essays: Voice of Democracy

Heather Rae Owen, E1124• [28AP]

Letters

Office of the Administration of the House of Representatives: Representative Michel, E658• [12MR]

Papers

After Rio—Survival's Sharp Edge: Stephen A. Vosti, International Food Policy Research Institute, E3013• [4OC]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: relief to sugarcane producers (H.R. 5763), H7841 [10AU]

———use of electronic cotton warehouse receipts (H.R. 5764), H7840 [10AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5487), H5578, H5579 [30JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 290), H4499 [10JN]

Capitol police: expand jurisdiction, H852 [2MR]

———increase area of law enforcement authority (H.R. 5269), H5989 [7JY]

Climate: global warming convention, E3013• [4OC]

Committee on House Administration: investigation of allegations relative to the House Post Office (H. Res. 430), H2529, H2530, H2531 [9AP]

———investigation of the operation of the Office of the Postmaster (H. Res. 340), H297, H303 [5FE], H3898, H3899, H3902 [28MY], E387• [24FE]

———transmit documents from the investigation of the operation of the Office of the Postmaster to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (H. Res. 518), H6364, H6367, H6368, H6372 [22JY]

Congress: Capitol Police jurisdiction (S. 1766), H8909, H8910 [22SE]

———regulation of legislative service organizations, H5151, H5152, H5154, H5156, H5157, H5158 [24JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: computer costs, H5578, H5579 [30JN]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5504), waiving points of order against the conference report (H. Res. 602), H11388 [5OC]

District of Columbia: crime and violence, H852 [2MR]

Elections: funding for States for motor-voter program and voter registration program, H4735 [16JN]

———national voter registration (S. 250), H4735 [16JN]

———national voter registration (S. 250), consideration (H. Res. 480), H4708 [16JN]

GAO: authorize appropriations, H5135 [24JN]

House of Representatives: audit of areas in U.S. Capitol Building designated for House use, H5129 [24JN]

———disclosure of information relative to check cashing at House bank (H. Res. 396), H1249 [12MR]

———establish panel to recommend process to select President relative to the Constitution (H. Res. 478), H4450 [10JN]

———investigate criminal activities in House Post Office, H202 [3FE], H265 [4FE]

———reimbursement of travel costs accrued by Members during sessions, H5125, H5126 [24JN]

———safety audit on the use of space in the House office buildings, H5129 [24JN]

House Rules: amend relative to administrative operation (H. Res. 423), H2553 [9AP]

———amend relative to administrative operation (H. Res. 423), consideration (H. Res. 427), H2539 [9AP]

Iran: Committee on Foreign Affairs task force investigation relative to delayed release of hostages until after 1980 elections (H. Res. 258), consideration (H. Res. 303), H320 [5FE]

Legislative branch: funding for gymnasium, H5161 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5427), H5125, H5126, H5129, H5135, H5151, H5152, H5154, H5156, H5157, H5158, H5161 [24JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5427), conference report, H11209, H11210 [4OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 5427), consideration (H. Res. 499), H5104 [24JN]

Office of the Administration of the House of Representatives: establish (H. Res. 387), E658• [12MR]

Parliamentary inquiry, H6434 [22JY]

Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act: technical amendments (H.R. 5741), H7842 [10AU]

Russ, Jack: crime victim, H852 [2MR]

Speaker of the House: require production of court documents relative to the investigation of the Office of the Postmaster (H. Res. 456), H3278 [14MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2709 [28AP]

Special order: granted, H286 [4FE], H3833 [27MY]

Resolutions by organizations

Tribute to J.C. (Chick) Tillotson: Kansas State Senate, E940• [2AP]

Statements

Computer Costs of Dept. of Agriculture: Edward R. Madigan, Sec. of Agriculture, H5579 [30JN]

Tables

Key differences between S. 250 and the 101st Congress H.R. 2190, national voter registration, H4709 [16JN]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Amend House Rules Relative to Administrative Operation (H. Res. 423), D428 [8AP]

———Legislative Branch Appropriations, D775 [23JN]

———National Voter Registration Act (S. 250), D699 [10JN]

Tributes

Fall, Marvin, H10942 [3OC]

Nichols, Representative, E3101• [9OC]

Tillotson, J.C. (Chick), E940• [2AP]