ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7899, S7966 [23JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S4026 [6MY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 949), S6544, S6551 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7069, S7123 [9JY], S7304 [11JY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S3933 [5MY], S7401 [14JY]

Conferee: H.R. 1119, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7284 [11JY]

Global Climate Change Observer Group, S8482 [31JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 6), S158 [21JA]

Agriculture: increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see S. 485), S2646 [20MR]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (see S. 738), S5622 [12JN]

Austrian-American Day: designate (see S. Res. 122), S9332 [15SE]

Aviation: remove air carrier departure and destination restrictions on Dallas Love Field Airport (see S. 313), S1300 [12FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S.J. Res. 1), S163 [21JA]

———establish 2-year cycle and reform oversight process (see S. 261), S945 [4FE]

Commodity Exchange Act: amend rules relative to certain transactions involving commodities markets (see S. 257), S1480 [24FE]

Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see S. 606), S3348 [17AP]

Copyrights: exemptions (see S. 28), S1479 [24FE]

Courts: product liability reform (see S. 5), S158 [21JA]

———treatment of penalties relative to powdered cocaine and crack cocaine (see S. 260, 1162), S945 [4FE], S10898 [21OC]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see S. 3), S158 [21JA]

———national policy to control juvenile crime and violence (see S. 10), S158 [21JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: conduct census of agriculture (see S. 845), S5342 [5JN]

Dept. of Defense: disapproval of line-item vetoes in military construction appropriations legislation (see S. 1292), S10787 [9OC]

Ecology and environment: cleanup and redevelopment of brownfield sites (see S. 8), S158 [21JA]

Education: Impact Aid Program technical corrections (see S. 582), S3199 [15AP]

Employment: protect employer rights (see S. 328), S1382 [13FE]

———provide compensatory time opportunities, flexible workplaces, and clarify minimum wage and overtime requirements of private sector employees (see S. 4), S158 [21JA]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see S. 323), S1926 [4MR]

EPA: distribution of funds to States for cooperative agreements relative to underground storage tanks (see S. 555), S5541 [11JN]

———prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see S. 1084), S10962 [22OC]

ERISA: improve and expand employee health care programs (see S. 729), S4217 [8MY]

Food: inspection requirements relative to interstate distribution of State-inspected meat and poultry (see S. 1291), S10787 [9OC]

Foreign trade: substitute the term ``normal trade relations'' in lieu of ``most-favored-nation treatment'' (see S. 747), S6005 [19JN]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see S. 104), S161 [21JA]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see S. 1056), S10176 [29SE]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see S. 1563), S12575 [13NO]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see S. 1311), S11880 [6NO]

IRS: restructure (see S. 1096), S10660 [8OC]

Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see S. Con. Res. 21), S4247 [8MY]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see S. 1194), S10809 [9OC]

———change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans (see S. 359, 862), S1659 [26FE], S5413 [9JN]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 689), S3901 [1MY]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see S. 852), S9298 [12SE]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see S. Res. 63), S2274 [13MR]

National Child Care Professional's Day: designate (see S. Res. 139), S11034 [23OC]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 64), S3736 [25AP]

National Erase the Hate and Eliminate Racism Day: designate (see S. Res. 78), S3803 [29AP]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 317), S3687 [24AP]

Nursing homes: nurse aide training and competency evaluation programs (see S. 452), S2356 [17MR]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see S. 765, 1237), S4748 [20MY], S10229 [30SE]

Political campaigns: prohibit use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see S. 9), S158 [21JA]

Public utilities: revision of the regulatory policies governing public utility holding companies (see S. 621), S3419 [22AP]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see S. 562), S3560 [23AP]

Real property: private property owner rights (see S. 709, 781), S5192 [2JN], S5265 [3JN]

Russia: proliferation of nuclear missile technology to Iran (see S. Con. Res. 48), S9977 [25SE]

Shipping industry: reform coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws (see S. 1138), S8533 [31JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 305), S1300 [12FE]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see S. 575), S3199 [15AP]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 375), S1734 [27FE]

Taxation: allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see S. 1285), S10898 [21OC]

———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see S. 460), S3736 [25AP]

———incentives to increase the demands for and supply of quality child care (see S. 1037), S7965 [23JY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit to exempt small businesses and farmers from inheritance taxes (see S. 30), S967 [4FE]

———provide credits for families (see S. 2), S158 [21JA]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 29, 75), S967 [4FE], S3802 [29AP]

———treatment of certain agricultural installment sales as alternative minimum tax preference items (see S. 181), S633 [22JA]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see S. 1133), S8532 [31JY]

———treatment of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 479), S2931 [9AP]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 31), S967 [4FE]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 197), S634 [22JA]

———treatment of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 239), S1194 [10FE]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see S. 529), S3225 [15AP]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see S. 251), S856 [30JA]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see S. 532), S2900 [9AP]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (see S. Res. 98), S5596 [12JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: commemorate anniversary of construction and dedication (see S. Res. 87), S4748 [20MY]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 620), S3349 [17AP]

World War II: burial and funeral benefits for merchant marine veterans (see S. 61), S8831 [4SE]

Wright, Orville and Wilbur: mint coins in commemoration of centennial anniversary of first manned flight (see S. 732), S4217 [8MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Haskell Indian Nations University: enhance administrative authority of college president (see S. 1095), S8531 [31JY]

Iwo Jima Memorial: prohibit the construction of any additional monument, memorial, or structure (see S. 1284), S10787 [9OC]

Natural gas: provide relief to businesses relative to interest and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by FERC (see S. 1388), S11863 [6NO]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (see S. 1000), S7210 [10JY]

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: enhance administrative authority of college president (see S. 1095), S8531 [31JY]

Taxation: employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see S. 548), S3011 [10AP]

———treatment of stock in agricultural refiners or processors sold to certain farmers' cooperatives (see S. 872), S5444 [10JN]

Certificates of election

Senate, S3 [7JA]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 672), S3949 [5MY], S4045 [7MY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11331 [29OC], S11512 [31OC]

District of Columbia: making appropriations (S. 1156), S9878 [24SE], S10195 [30SE]

FDA: modernize (S. 830), S8721 [3SE], S8821 [4SE], S8839 [5SE], S9146 [11SE], S9375 [16SE], S9632 [18SE]

Klein, Joel I.: nomination to be Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division, S7284 [11JY], S7414 [14JY]

Taxation: treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), S11321 [29OC], S11510 [31OC], S11626 [4NO]

Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S10879 [21OC], S10947 [22OC], S11014, S11018 [23OC], S11173, S11187 [24OC], S11250 [28OC]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (S. 543), S3797 [29AP]

Letters

U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change: several agricultural associations, S8121 [25JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (S. 1033), S7899 [23JY]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: NATO seizure of radio transmitters, S10262 [1OC]

———prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, S9941 [25SE]

———U.S. military intervention, S8740, S8741 [3SE], S10456, S10458 [7OC], S11621-S11623 [4NO]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (S.J. Res. 1), S1013 [5FE], S1121 [7FE], S1909 [4MR]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, S8454 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S8207 [29JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (S. Con. Res. 27), S4944, S4945 [22MY]

Courts: jurisdiction for lawsuits against terrorist States (H.R. 1225), S3697 [24AP]

Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission: recommendations, S7063 [9JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: Risk Management Agency funding relative to administration of crop insurance program, S7899 [23JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 936), S7063 [9JY]

———authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), conference report, S11840 [6NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), conference report, S9941 [25SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (S. 1022), unanimous-consent agreement, S8207 [29JY]

Elections: constitutional amendment to regulate campaign expenditures and contribution limits (S.J. Res. 18), S2177, S2179, S2180 [12MR]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (S. 1004), unanimous-consent agreement, S7532 [16JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (S. 955), S7531 [16JY]

Haskell Indian Nations University: enhance administrative authority of college president (S. 1095), S8534 [31JY]

Iwo Jima Memorial: prohibit the construction of any additional monument, memorial, or structure (S. 1284), S10795 [9OC]

Korea, Democratic People's Republic: make foreign aid conditional on enforcement of military armistice agreement, S7531 [16JY]

Medicare: change payment system for HMO's and competitive medical plans (S. 359), S1786 [28FE]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries, S10456, S10458 [7OC]

Natural gas: provide relief to businesses relative to interest and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by FERC, S11873 [6NO]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 25), S10456 [7OC], S10719 [9OC]

Real estate: extend FHA mortgage insurance program coverage to home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (S. 562), unanimous-consent agreement, S3697 [24AP]

Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS: designate (S. 1000), S7210 [10JY], S8158 [25JY]

Senate: legislative program, S3697 [24AP], S8207 [29JY], S9437 [17SE], S12503 [12NO]

Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute: enhance administrative authority of college president (S. 1095), S8534 [31JY]

Taxation: employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 548), S3394, S3395 [22AP]

———rates, S8454 [31JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), waive mandatory quorum, S11621 [4NO]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses, S8454 [31JY]

Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a signatory to any international agreement on greenhouse gas emissions (S. Res. 98), S8121, S8122 [25JY]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H. Rept. 104-881), H66 [7JA], H89 [9JA]

Texts of

S. 548, Child Care Expansion Act, S3394 [22AP]

S. 1000, Robert J. Dole U.S. Courthouse, Kansas City, KS, S7211 [10JY]

S. 1095, Haskell Indian Nations University and Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Administrative Systems Act, S8534 [31JY]

S. 1388, provide relief to natural gas businesses relative to interest and penalties on refunds retroactively ordered by FERC, S11874 [6NO]

Tributes

Moss, Lesley, S6778 [27JN]

Thurmond, Senator, S5210 [3JN]