ROBERTS, PAT(a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Biological Survey: establish within Dept. of the Interior (H.R. 1845), H8461 [26OC]

Appointments

Commission on Congressional Mailing Standards, H3912 [22JN]

Conferee: H.R. 2, National Voter Registration Act, H1829 [1AP]

———H.R. 2264, reconciliation of concurrent resolution on the budget, H4689 [15JY]

Articles and editorials

Current Defense Policy, Invitation to Disaster? by, H9160-H9162 [10NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: exempt triple base acreage from certain highly erodible land and wetlands conservation regulations (see H.R. 1587), H1856 [1AP]

———export of commodities and products (see H.R. 1511), H1686 [29MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 330), H109 [6JA]

Health care professionals: target shortage areas (see H.R. 332), H109 [6JA]

House of Representatives: abolish mail franking privilege and establish postage spending allowance for Members (see H.R. 331), H109 [6JA]

———prohibit appropriated funds use for acquisition of voter registration lists (see H. Res. 22), H88 [5JA]

———transfer certain functions to private sector (see H. Res. 21), H88 [5JA]

Legislative service organizations: terminate certain funding (see H. Res. 181), H2718 [24MY]

Medicare: extend and revise programs to assist rural hospitals (see H.R. 536), H179 [21JA]

———regional referral center rules (see H.R. 1761), H1990 [21AP]

Roads and highways: national standard for setting speed limits (see H.R. 1599), H1856 [1AP]

Rural areas: grants for air transport of medical emergency victims (see H.R. 1762), H1990 [21AP]

———transport of medical emergency victims (see H.R. 329), H109 [6JA]

Safe Drinking Water Act: suspend requirements until implementation costs are federally funded (see H.R. 3686), H10986 [22NO]

Social Security: health care professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1763), H1990 [21AP]

Taxation: amend the recapture of the special estate tax valuation relative to certain cash rentals of farmland (see H.R. 1298), H1164 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AFDC: establish block grants under State control (see H.R. 1293), H2183 [29AP]

Agriculture: food safety protections relative to pesticide use (see H.R. 1627), H1857 [1AP]

Airlines, airports, and aeronautics: international transportation competition (see H.R. 2587), H4506 [1JY]

Aliens: prohibit Federal and State financial benefits for illegal residents (see H.R. 1620), H8795 [3NO]

Amateur Radio Service: facilitate utilization of volunteer resources (see H.R. 2623), H7360 [30SE]

Armed Forces: policy regarding military service by homosexuals (see H.R. 667), H3920 [22JN]

Asylum Abuse Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 3284), H8057 [15OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 103), H589 [4FE]

———constitutional amendment to require expenditures not exceed revenues and not exceed certain percentage of GNP (see H.J. Res. 61), H2342 [6MY]

———identification of yearly spending level increases (see H.R. 323), H8328 [20OC]

———reform process (see H.R. 2929), H6378 [6AU]

Classical Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 239), H9704 [15NO]

Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 1322), H7671 [7OC]

Commission on Information Technology and Paperwork Reduction: establish (see H.R. 2995), H6380 [6AU]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): phased reduction in size (see H. Res. 123), H1642 [25MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 145), H3342 [8JN]

Committees of the House: require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 266), H7360 [30SE]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 157), H5554 [30JY]

Congress: constitutional amendment on liability for conduct retroactive to date of enactment or issuance of legislation (see H.J. Res. 256), H6513 [8SE]

———require disclosure of certain information (see H.R. 3394), H8589 [27OC]

Contracts: reform Government procurement practices (see H.R. 2393), H3457 [10JN]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), H7173 [28SE]

Courts: establish time limitation on civil actions against aircraft manufacturers (see H.R. 3087), H6777 [15SE]

Crime: identify and curtail food stamp fraud (see H.R. 1887), H2126 [28AP]

———mandatory life imprisonment for third violent felony conviction (see H.R. 93), H9079 [9NO]

———prevention and punishment of sexual and domestic violence (see H.R. 688), H6293 [5AU]

Depository institutions: reduce regulatory burden to increase the amount of available credit (see H.R. 59), H311 [27JA]

Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H1993 [21AP]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H1936 [20AP]

———limit liability of entities associated with certain property under certain environmental laws (see H.R. 2462), H6595 [9SE]

Elections: encourage increased voter registration (see H.R. 102), H85 [5JA]

Emergency Medical Services Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 78), H2463 [12MY]

Employment: relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain migrant and seasonal workers' benefits (see H.R. 1999), H2302 [5MY]

Endangered species: determinations and guidelines for listing a species as endangered (see H.R. 1992), H2301 [5MY]

———strengthen protections for fishing, hunting, trapping, and wildlife conservation (see H.R. 2207), H5042 [22JY]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1490), H5042 [22JY]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123, 739), H3342 [8JN], H3593 [15JN]

EPA: exempt certain landfills from groundwater monitoring requirements (see H.R. 2654), H4756 [15JY]

Federal Grain Inspection Service: collection of fees to cover administrative and supervisory costs (see H.R. 2689), H4990 [21JY]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H723 [18FE]

———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 968), H723 [18FE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 1295), H6757 [14SE]

Financial institutions: claiming of certain distributions of unknown or unreachable owners (see H.R. 2443), H10989 [22NO]

———reduce regulatory burden (see H.R. 962), H878 [24FE]

Flowers: establish a fresh cut flowers and fresh cut greens promotion and consumer information program (see H.R. 3515), H9853 [16NO]

Food stamps: ensure adequate access to retail food stores by recipients of food stamps (see H.R. 3436), H8795 [3NO]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), H6902 [22SE]

Government regulations: assessments relative to the taking of private property (see H.R. 561), H911 [1MR]

———judicial review of Federal agency compliance with regulatory flexibility analysis requirements (see H.R. 830), H878 [24FE]

GPO: public access to electronic information (see H.R. 1328), H1231 [11MR]

Head Start Program: quality and performance standards (see H.R. 1528), H6778 [15SE]

Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H9874 [17NO]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 101, 3080), H85 [5JA], H6777 [15SE]

Health care facilities: antitrust laws exemption of certain low population areas hospital mergers and service allocations (see H.R. 1765), H1991 [21AP]

———grants to rural hospitals that establish consortia with other local providers (see H.R. 1773), H1991 [21AP]

———improve access to health care services by pregnant women (see H.R. 1771), H1991 [21AP]

———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 1767), H1991 [21AP]

———State grants for the operation of offices of rural health (see H.R. 1772), H1991 [21AP]

Health care professionals: provide incentives for physicians to practice in rural medically underserved areas (see H.R. 1770), H1991 [21AP]

Horticulture: establish a fresh cut flowers and fresh cut greens promotion and consumer information program (see H.R. 1738), H6981 [23SE]

House of Representatives: permit Members to use unspent official allowances for national debt reduction (see H.R. 1251), H1079 [9MR]

———prohibit final passage of a measure until copies have been available to Members for at least 1 day (see H. Res. 26), H1011 [3MR]

———require open committee meetings and allow the broadcasting and still photography of proceedings (see H. Res. 237), H8057 [15OC]

House Rules: amend to require a rollcall vote on all appropriations measures (see H. Res. 47), H1740 [30MR]

———amend to require open committee meetings and allow broadcasting and photography of meetings and hearings (see H. Res. 175), H3459 [10JN]

———point of order against consideration of any provision relative to a retroactive tax increase (see H. Res. 247), H6514 [8SE]

Immigration: improve law enforcement (see H.R. 1078), H8795 [3NO]

———prevent Federal financial and unemployment benefits for aliens who are not legal permanent residents (see H.R. 1080), H8795 [3NO]

———prohibition of AIDS infected individuals from entering U.S. (see H.R. 985), H724 [18FE]

Income: index minimum wage rate to Social Security benefits cost-of-living index (see H.R. 281), H10649 [21NO]

INS: prohibit citizenship swearing-in ceremonies in languages other than English (see H.R. 2859), H6383 [6AU]

Jefferson, Thomas: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 789), H3700 [16JN]

Medicaid: State health allowances used enrolling individuals in approved health plans (see H.R. 2789), H5452 [28JY]

Medicare: extend period of alternative reimbursement methodologies for the operating costs of inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1764), H1991 [21AP]

———geographic classification of hospitals for determination of payment for operating costs of inpatient services (see H.R. 1769), H1991 [21AP]

———miscellaneous and technical changes (see H.R. 1768), H1991 [21AP]

———permit certain rural hospitals to serve as rural emergency access care facilities (see H.R. 3078), H6757 [14SE]

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 148), H6982 [23SE]

Monuments and memorials: provide for a National Native American Veterans' Memorial (see H.R. 2135), H2493 [17MY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 84), H358 [2FE]

National American Indian Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 271), H8659 [28OC]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 11), H6595 [9SE]

National Burn Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 69), H1292 [16MR]

National Customer Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), H6849 [21SE]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 214), H4575 [13JY]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), H8507 [26OC]

National FFA Organization Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 101), H589 [4FE]

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), H2348 [10MY]

National Health Information Management Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 205), H4757 [15JY]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 139), H9854 [16NO]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 159), H9854 [16NO]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 265), H7828 [13OC]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), H2182 [29AP]

National Quilting Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 120), H878 [24FE]

National Rehabilitation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 86), H6515 [8SE]

National Veterans Golden Age Games Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 190), H4508 [1JY]

National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), H5362 [27JY]

Office of Emergency Medical Services: establish (see H.R. 1766), H1991 [21AP]

OSHA: regulations (see H. Con. Res. 14), H2129 [28AP]

Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H10990 [22NO]

Parks and recreational areas: protection and enhancement of open spaces (see H.R. 1749), H1935 [20AP]

Pesticides: exempt pesticides with public health uses from re-registration for environmental impact (see H.R. 1867), H2867 [26MY]

Petroleum: delay imposition of taxes on diesel fuel and gasoline (see H.R. 3386), H8796 [3NO]

Plant Variety Protection Act: amend to make consistent with the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (see H.R. 2927), H6377 [6AU]

POW/MIA: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 91), H4278 [29JN]

Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (see H.R. 1595), H4507 [1JY]

Public lands: domestic livestock grazing fees (see H.R. 1750), H1935 [20AP]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 3500), H9564 [10NO]

Radio: advertisement disclosures for consumer leases, loans, and savings accounts (see H.R. 3102), H7671 [7OC]

———recognize the achievements of radio amateurs and establish support for radio amateurs as national policy (see H.J. Res. 199), H8002 [14OC]

REA: clarify regulatory oversight (see H.R. 3514), H9853 [16NO]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (see H.R. 3123), H6901 [22SE]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), correct enrollment (see H. Con. Res. 160), H7542 [6OC]

Refuse disposal: citizen participation in State recycling programs (see H.R. 2286), H6382 [6AU]

Religious Freedom Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), H6849 [21SE]

Robert J. Lagomarsino Visitors Center: designate (see H.J. Res. 67), H484 [3FE]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services (see H.R. 1774), H1991 [21AP]

Russia: emergency waiver of cargo preference rates relative to bilateral assistance package (see H. Con. Res. 85), H2196 [3MY]

Small business: extend deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 162), H311 [27JA]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H5362 [27JY]

Social Security: cash payments to domestic employees (see H.R. 899), H1232 [11MR]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 300), H108 [6JA]

———exclude from coverage any service performed by election officials or election workers exclusively on election days (see H.R. 1888), H2463 [12MY]

Solid waste: municipal landfill regulation (see H.R. 767), H1592 [24MR]

State and local governments: cost of compliance with new Federal legislation (see H.R. 894), H1936 [20AP]

———unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140; H. Res. 277), H4507 [1JY], H8056 [15OC]

States: immunity from personal civil liability for certain volunteers working for nonprofit organizations and government entities (see H.R. 911), H6514 [8SE]

———non-compliance with Federal program requiring safety belt and motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 799), H1936 [20AP]

———prohibit intentional creation of legislative districts based on the race, color, or language minority status of voters within such districts (see H.R. 2862), H6048 [4AU]

Taxation: constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 248, 249), H6292 [5AU], H6383 [6AU]

———credits for small businesses for the cost of complying with Federal regulations (see H.R. 1108), H876 [24FE]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 679), H309 [27JA]

———economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (see H. Con. Res. 6), H87 [5JA]

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2088), H5663 [2AU]

———establish medical care savings benefits (see H.R. 3065), H10989 [22NO]

———exemption for dependent children (see H.R. 436), H5527 [29JY]

———medical savings accounts (see H.R. 3413), H8658 [28OC]

———mortgage revenue bonds (see H.R. 462), H3342 [8JN]

———repeal luxury tax (see H.R. 1841), H2023 [22AP]

———retroactive tax increases (see H.R. 3024), H6513 [8SE]

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 325), H1993 [21AP]

———treatment of livestock relative to natural disasters (see H.R. 2941), H8938 [8NO]

———trustee-to-trustee transfers of eligible rollover distributions (see H.R. 94), H85 [5JA]

Transportation: resolving claims of negotiated transportation rates (see H.R. 2121), H4080 [24JN]

Truth in Savings Act: repeal (see H.R. 1682), H2687 [20MY]

Week for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 80), H1905 [19AP]

Wetlands: treatment of playa lakes, prairie potholes, vernal pools, pocosins, and other special wetlands (see H.R. 138), H726 [18FE]

Court documents

House records: Superior Court for the District of Columbia, H9799 [16NO]

Descriptions

Dept. of Agriculture conservation plans, H8462 [26OC]

Letters

Economic impact of President's budget proposal on farm families: Michael B. Levy, Dept. of the Treasury, H2963 [27MY]

National Voter Registration Act: Bill Graves, H507 [4FE]

Motions offered by

House of Representatives: publication of Members signing discharge motions (H. Res. 134), H6509 [8SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: crop insurance policies, H4214 [29JN]

———egg producers research and promotion collective assessment rate and regulatory exemption level (S. 717), H10610 [21NO]

———establish a fresh-cut flowers and fresh-cut greens promotion program (S. 994), H10613 [21NO]

———exempt certain small milk producers from fluid milk promotion program assessments (S. 1205), H6054 [4AU]

———exempt triple base acreage from certain highly erodible land and wetlands conservation regulations (H.R. 1587), H1817 [1AP]

———extend Federal Grain Inspection Service authority to collect fees (S. 1490), H8835, H8836 [4NO]

———President Clinton's export policy, H3865 [22JN]

———price supports for wool and mohair (S. 1548), H8020, H8021 [15OC]

———sale of certain bovine growth hormones, H6136 [5AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2493), H4193, H4212, H4214, H4219, H4248, H4251 [29JN]

Appropriations: supplemental (H.R. 2118), H2859 [26MY]

Armed Forces: application of War Powers Resolution relative to use of forces in Somalia (H. Con. Res. 170), H9047 [9NO]

Biological Survey: establish within Dept. of the Interior (H.R. 1845), H8462, H8463 [26OC]

———notification of State and county agencies relative to surveys on private land, H8462, H8463 [26OC]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), conference report, H6136 [5AU]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2264), consideration (H. Res. 186), H2962 [27MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1994-98 (H. Con. Res. 64), H1439 [18MR]

Business and industry: Dept. of Agriculture Market Promotion Program advertising subsidies, H4248, H4251 [29JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H2799 [25MY], H8569 [27OC]

Dept. of the Interior: Biological Survey activities on private and other non-Federal lands, H7506 [6OC]

———establish Biological Survey (H.R. 1845), H7506 [6OC]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2403), H3807 [18JN]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2750), H6870 [22SE], H7570, H7572 [7OC]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2519), conference report, H8163 [19OC]

Executive Office of the President: backdated payroll actions, H3807 [18JN]

———dismissal of White House travel office personnel, H2824 [26MY], H7570, H7572 [7OC]

———transfer of funds relative to transition expenses, H2859 [26MY]

Federal Grain Inspection Service: collection of fees to cover administrative and supervisory costs (H.R. 2689), H7135 [28SE]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H8569 [27OC]

Floods: disaster assistance to Midwest States (H.R. 2667), H5134 [27JY]

Food stamps: ensure adequate access to retail food stores by recipients of food stamps (H.R. 3436), H9147 [10NO]

———State issuance requirements relative to Indian reservations (S. 284), H1742 [31MR]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (S.J. Res. 131), H9148 [10NO]

House of Representatives: conditions for release of documentation and testimony relative to investigation of House Post Office (H. Res. 223), H5017 [22JY]

———release of documentation and testimony relative to investigation of House Post Office (H. Res. 222), H5026, H5032 [22JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 2348), H3411, H3413, H3419, H3420, H3421, H3422 [10JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2348), consideration of (H. Res. 192), H3387 [10JN]

Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act: amend (S. 1766), H10619, H10620 [21NO]

———amend (S. 1766), corrections in enrollment (S. Con. Res. 56), H10954 [22NO]

Maritime Security Fleet Program: establish (H.R. 2151), H8823 [4NO]

Merchant marine industry: cargo preference shipping rates and subsidies, H8823 [4NO]

Native Americans: implementation of certain requirements of the food stamp program on reservations (S. 1777), H10954 [22NO]

North American Free Trade Agreement: ratification (H.R. 3450), H9879 [17NO]

Point of order, H4212 [29JN]

REA: clarify regulatory oversight (H.R. 3514), H10258 [19NO]

———increase interest rates of electric and telephone borrowers lending programs (H.R. 3123), H7131, H7132 [28SE]

Rural areas: definition relative to eligibility for economic recovery assistance (S. 1508), H7509 [6OC]

Rural Development Administration: funding, H4219 [29JN]

Taxation: effect of President's proposal on agricultural industry, H2799, H2805 [25MY]

Voting: establish national voter registration (H.R. 2), H507 [4FE], H1824 [1AP]

———establish national voter registration (H.R. 2), conference report, H2265 [5MY]

———establish national voter registration (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 59), H501 [4FE]

Watermelons: sales and promotion (S. 778), H10611 [21NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1810 [31MR]

Leave of absence: granted, H5106 [26JY]

Special order: granted, H2492 [17MY], H7540 [6OC]

Reports

Economic Impact of the Administration's Plan on Agriculture: Dept. of the Treasury, H2963-H2966 [27MY]

Schedules

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and the Environment: strengthen Federal regulation on the use of certain pesticides, D1010 [21SE]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources (Senate): strengthen Federal regulation on the use of certain pesticides, D1010 [21SE]

Committee on Rules (House): Legislative Branch appropriations (H.R. 2348), D629 [9JN]

———National Voter Registration Act, D87 [2FE]

Committee on the Organization of Congress (Joint): reorganization of congressional procedure relative to committee structure, D476 [6MY]

Statements

Minority Views of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: Committee on Agriculture, H2805-H2808 [25MY]

Unfunded Federal Mandates: by, H8570 [27OC]

Tributes

Bush, George, H7147 [28SE]