ROBERTS, PAT (a Representative from Kansas)

Amendments offered by, to

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1016 [3MR], H1751 [21MR]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4130 [26MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 6, education programs appropriations, H9253 [20SE]

———H.R. 322, Mineral Exploration and Development Act, H3780 [20MY]

———H.R. 3355, national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H3383 [17MY]

———H.R. 3841, Interstate Banking Efficiency Act, H3305 [12MY]

Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: conservation plan compliance deadlines for certain croplands damaged by weather conditions (see H.R. 3794), H286 [3FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel (see H.R. 5172), H10727 [4OC]

Government: preparation of private property taking impact analyses (see H.R. 4418), H3344 [12MY]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H203 [2FE]

Smithsonian Institution: context and portrayal of the Armed Forces in the National Air and Space Museum Enola Gay exhibit (see H. Res. 531), H9223 [19SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: ability of banks for cooperatives to finance exports (see H.R. 4379), H3223 [10MY]

———enable producers, feeders, and importers of sheep to develop a nationally coordinated sheep information, research, and promotion (see H.R. 5183), H11000 [5OC]

———milk production and prices relative to flood disasters (see H.R. 5184), H11000 [5OC]

———reauthorize the conservation reserve program (see H.R. 4416), H3344 [12MY]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H8770 [20AU]

Angeles National Forest: prohibit land transfer for use as solid waste landfill (see H.R. 4721), H5546 [12JY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H6983 [4AU]

BLM: transfer administration of lands to individual States (see H.R. 4157), H1995 [24MR]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H1781 [21MR]

———establish a Federal regulatory budget (see H.R. 3005), H287 [3FE]

———establish Federal mandate budget and impose cost controls (see H.R. 3421), H288 [3FE]

Business and industry: promote the use of soybean and other vegetable oils in industrial products (see H.R. 4817), H6155 [22JY]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H6483 [29JY]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148), H6763 [3AU]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H44 [25JA]

Committee on House Administration (House): release of transcripts and documents relative to investigation of House Post Office (see H. Res. 435), H3964 [24MY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office (see H. Res. 436), H3964 [24MY]

———investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (see H. Res. 238), H411 [9FE]

Committees of the House: commence hearings into President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see H. Res. 437), H3964 [24MY]

Copyrights: public performances (see H.R. 3288), H157 [1FE]

Crime: benefit eligibility of chaplains killed in the line of duty (see H.R. 3660), H2219 [12AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008), H9008 [21AU]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1957 [23MR]

Ecology and environment: permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3055 [4MY]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H10446 [30SE]

Endangered species: moratorium on endangered species determination and critical habitat designation until reauthorization of the Endangered Species Act (see H.R. 5144), H10445 [30SE]

EPA: enhance scientific credibility of regulatory decisions and improve public disclosure of information (see H.R. 2910), H2218 [12AP]

Exercise Tiger Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 305), H2699 [25AP]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 140), consideration (see H. Res. 489), H6200 [25JY]

Firearms: eliminate administrative authority to prohibit transfer or sale of assault weapons (see H.R. 5033), H9157 [13SE]

Food industry: interstate commerce in meat and meat products relative to State and Federal inspection requirements (see H.R. 3646), H1997 [24MR]

Foreign trade: offset of lost revenues relative to lowering of tariffs in trade agreements (see H.R. 4198), H3056 [4MY]

GATT: funding for negotiations (see H. Con. Res. 284), H8595 [17AU]

Golden Gate National Recreation Area: management of the Presidio military facility (see H.R. 4078), H1539 [17MR]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Res. 546), H9600 [23SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H3522 [17MY]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (see H.R. 4555), H4292 [9JN]

Helium: prohibit Bureau of Mines from refining and selling of helium, and dispose of helium reserve (see H.R. 3967), H2914 [28AP]

House of Representatives: administrative oversight of House functions (see H. Res. 419), H3155 [5MY]

———reduce official mail allowance and prohibit certain mailing practices (see H.R. 4738), H5655 [13JY]

House Rules: committee staff (see H. Res. 383), H1157 [9MR]

Immigration: moratorium on certain aliens (see H.R. 3862), H680 [23FE]

International Fund for Ireland: prohibit U.S. contributions (see H.R. 4559), H5548 [12JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H10007 [28SE]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H3681 [18MY]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1541 [17MR]

LIHEAP: full expenditure of appropriated funds (see H. Con. Res. 202), H296 [7FE]

Medicare: coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H11001 [5OC]

———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9903 [27SE]

Medicare and medicaid coverage data bank: repeal (see H.R. 4095), H8696 [18AU]

Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H1157 [9MR]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H1058 [3MR]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H287 [3FE]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H5655 [13JY]

National Decorative Painting Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), H5872 [19JY]

National Elevator and Escalator Safety Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), H44 [25JA]

National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H2507 [19AP]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H10007 [28SE]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H2914 [28AP]

National parks: concessions policies (see H.R. 1493), H1253 [10MR]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H2914 [28AP]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

National Silver-Haired Congress: convene (see H. Con. Res. 176), H2583 [20AP]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2914 [28AP]

Ozone: establish a commission to investigate damages and depletion (see H. Res. 291), H7299 [9AU]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2583 [20AP]

Pesticides: safety training programs (see H.R. 3969), H1087 [8MR]

Postal Service: limit expenditures on new logo (see H.R. 3328), H205 [2FE]

———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H3345 [12MY]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 22, 424), H501 [10FE], H11200 [6OC]

Printing: use of ink made from vegetable oil in lithographic printing by the Federal Government (see H. Con. Res. 231), H1956 [23MR]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H1254 [10MR]

Rural areas: cost share assistance to construct reservoir structures for the storage of water (see H.R. 2460), H9087 [12SE]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5463 [30JN]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H4653 [16JN]

Smokey Bear's 50th Anniversary: designate (see H.J. Res. 395), H6482 [29JY]

Space policy: prohibit outer space advertising (see H.R. 2599), H1345 [15MR]

SSI: eliminate fraud in disability benefits to children (see H.R. 4281), H3156 [5MY]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 702), H1253 [10MR]

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve: establish (see H.R. 5000), H8754 [19AU]

Taxation: credit for soil and water conservation expenditures in agriculture-related activities (see H.R. 2708), H4293 [9JN]

———treatment of crop insurance and disaster payments and the luxury automobile excise tax (see H.R. 4634), H5350 [29JN]

———treatment of crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see H.R. 3757), H156 [1FE]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1157 [9MR]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062, 5111), H9350 [20SE], H11001 [5OC]

———use of individual retirement accounts as security for certain business loans (see H.R. 3761), H3681 [18MY]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H3345 [12MY]

Veterans: eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H4166 [26MY]

Virginia: designate national scenic areas (see H.R. 2942), H1997 [24MR]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H2937 [2MY]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5350 [29JN]

Biographies

Rahjes, Doyle, H10673 [3OC]

Letters

Farmers Home Administration Improvement Act: James S. Gilliland, Dept. of Agriculture, H2615 [21AP]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 369), H1822 [22MR]

Obituaries

Albert McDonald Cole, Dodge City (KS) Globe, H4451 [15JN]

Papers

Unfunded Federal Mandates Relative to Improving Schools Act: Congressional Research Service, H1752 [21MR]

Press releases

Rahjes Will Not Seek Re-Election as KFB President: Kansas Farm Bureau, H10673 [3OC]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: conservation plan compliance deadlines for certain croplands damaged by weather conditions (H.R. 3794), E96 [3FE]

———enable producers, feeders, and importers of sheep to develop a nationally coordinated sheep information, research, and promotion (S. 2500), H10923 [5OC]

———reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H6997, H7012, H7013 [5AU]

———reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), concur in Senate amendment with an amendment (H. Res. 559), H10518 [3OC]

———technical corrections to farm programs relative to minimum acreage requirements and deficiency payments (S. 2005), H2615 [21AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4635 [16JN]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (H. Res. 375), H963 [2MR]

Committees of the House: expenses for investigations and studies (H. Res. 369), H1817, H1818, H1820, H1821, H1823 [22MR]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations, H3909 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: prohibit participation of foreign-owned grain traders from Federal export programs, H9966 [28SE]

———reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9943, H9948, H9957, H9958, H9966, H9970 [28SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3909 [24MY]

Dept. of Environmental Protection: analysis of Federal regulations and mandates imposed on State and local governments, H178 [2FE]

———establish (H.R. 3425), consideration (H. Res. 312), H178 [2FE]

Dept. of the Interior: establish an American Heritage Areas Partnership Program (H.R. 5044), H9863 [27SE]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H1016, H1017, H1020, H1021 [3MR], H1751, H1752 [21MR]

———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1016, H1017, H1020, H1021 [3MR]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (H.R. 967), H10494, H10495 [3OC]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates, H1751, H1752 [21MR]

FmHA: improve the administration of claims and obligations (S. 1930), H2614, H2615 [21AP]

Food industry: establish a Dept. of Agriculture Safe Meat and Poultry Inspection Panel (H.R. 5172), E2065 [4OC]

Food stamps: modify and revise programs (S. 1926), H1414, H1415 [16MR]

GPO: full-time equivalent positions, H4130, H4131 [26MY]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H11072 [6OC]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 374), H1507 [17MR]

Health care professionals: incentives for service in rural areas (H.R. 4555), E1178 [9JN]

House of Representatives: public release of documents relative to the investigation of the House Post Office (H. Res. 450), H4272, H4274, H4275 [9JN]

Lee Richardson Zoo: tribute, E1215 [14JN]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4130, H4131 [26MY]

Montana: designate lands as national forests and release certain national forest lands (H.R. 2473), H3324 [12MY]

Northern Great Plains Rural Development Commission: establish (S. 2099), H8024 [12AU]

Plant Variety Protection Act: amend to make consistent with the International Convention for the Protection of New Varieties of Plants (H.R. 2927), H8027 [12AU]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), H578 [23FE]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (H.R. 3766), E111 [3FE]

Six Rivers National Forest: protection and management of Redwood forest areas and addition of certain lands and waters (H.R. 2866), H9399 [21SE]

Virginia: designate Mount Pleasant National Scenic Area (H.R. 2942), H7155 [8AU]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 3392), H9839 [27SE]

World War II: tribute to the Army 1st Infantry Division, E1108 [26MY]

Zoo and Aquarium Month: observance, E1215 [14JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H285 [3FE], H4290 [9JN], H4446 [14JN], H10726 [4OC]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): rural health care reform, D647 [9JN]

Committee on Government Operations (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations: unfunded Federal mandates, D570 [18MY]

Committee on Rules (House): Federal Crop Insurance Reform Act, D931 [3AU]

———legislative branch appropriations, D616 [25MY]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology (House): Subcommittee on Investigations and Oversight: unfunded Federal mandates, D307 [22MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Health: health care reform relative to inner-cities and rural communities, D87 [7FE]

Statements

Tribute to Joe Robles: Senator Dole, E1108 [26MY]

Tribute to the Army 1st Infantry Division: Senator Dole, E1108 [26MY]

Tributes

Cole, Albert McDonald, H4451 [15JN]

Jorgenson, Jo, E2211 [8OC]

Rahjes, Doyle, H10672 [3OC]

Robles, Joe, E1108 [26MY]

Sullivan, Ann, E2211 [8OC]

Tobin, Merry, E2211 [8OC]

Whitten, Representative, H9192 [19SE]