    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)
      Amendments
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S6906 [23JN], S8184 [15JY],
            S8214 [15JY], S8224 [15JY], S8254 [15JY], S8258 [15JY], S8269
            [16JY], S8312 [16JY], S8389 [16JY], S8402 [16JY]
        Budget:  setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (S. Con.
            Res. 86), S2736 [30MR], S2774 [30MR], S2989 [1AP]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S9006 [27JY], S9059 [27JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6682 [19JN], S6702 [19JN], S6711
            [19JN], S6906 [23JN], S7022 [24JN], S7112 [25JN], S7121 [25JN],
            S7204 [25JN]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S6906 [23JN], S9327 [30JY],
            S9455 [30JY]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S2437 [23MR],
            S2438 [23MR], S3765 [29AP], S3793 [29AP], S3845 [30AP], S3847
            [30AP]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 3616, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7160 [25JN]
        ------ H.R. 3694, intelligence services appropriations, S7333 [26JN]
        Mexico-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S6637 [18JN]
      Articles and editorials
        Anatomy of a Regional Farm Crisis, Gregg Doud, World Perspectives
            (publication), S8116-S8118 [14JY]
        Cold War Doctrines Refuse To Die--False Alert After `95 Rocket
            Launch Shows Fragility of Aging Safeguards, David Hoffman,
            Washington (DC) Post, S2100-S2102 [17MR]
        Downsizing a Mighty Arsenal--Moscow Rethinks Role as Its Weapons
            Rust, David Hoffman, Washington (DC) Post, S2102-S2104 [17MR]
        Fast-Track Approval Part of Top Ag Agenda, Jim Wiesemeyer, Inside
            Washington Today (publication), S8179 [15JY]
        House Speaker Speaks Out on Critical Ag, Trade Issues, Jim
            Wiesemeyer, Inside Washington Today (publication), S8115 [14JY]
        Populist Democrats Again Push Failed Policies of the Past, Jim
            Wiesemeyer, Inside Washington Today (publication), S8178 [15JY]
        Senate Should Halt NATO Expansion, John L. Gaddis, New York (NY)
            Times, S3703 [28AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  production flexibility contract payment options, (see
            S. 2344), S9254 [29JY]
        Armed Forces:  feasibility of using the Federal Employees Health
            Benefits Program for Medicare-eligible retirees under the
            military health care system, (see S. 1334), S3222 [3AP]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2282),
            S7881 [9JY]
        Army Reserve:  anniversary, (see S. Res. 213), S3429 [22AP]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism, (see S.
            Con. Res. 110), S9044 [27JY]
        ------ use of the rotunda for a memorial service for John M. Gibson
            and Jacob J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police, (see S. Con. Res.
            111), S9044 [27JY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            S. 2180), S9941 [3SE]
        Crime:  redefine extortion relative to labor union violence, (see S.
            230), S2433 [23MR]
        Dept. of Commerce:  authorizing appropriations for the Technology
            Administration, (see S. 1325), S1957 [13MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  delay effective date of the final rule relative to
            the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network, (see S.
            2201), S10120 [9SE]
        ------ disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements for
            home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            S.J. Res. 50), S6037 [10JN]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see S. 358),
            S1081 [26FE]
        Drugs:  enhance interdiction efforts in major transit countries and
            support eradication and crop substitution programs in source
            countries, (see S. 2522), S11042 [28SE]
        ------ support existing Federal legal process for determining safety
            and efficacy of using marijuana and other drugs for medicinal
            purposes, (see S.J. Res. 56), S11285 [1OC]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see S. Res. 168), S48 [27JA]
        Employment:  protect employer rights, (see S. 1981), S3534 [23AP]
        ------ reform standard for classifying technical workers as
            independent contractors for employment tax purposes, (see S.
            1924), S5799 [9JN]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see S. Con. Res. 74), S669 [11FE], (see S. Con. Res. 74), S837
            [23FE]
        Federal Home Loan Bank System:  reform and modernize, (see S. 1423),
            S5799 [9JN]
        Flag--U.S.:  constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, (see
            S.J. Res. 40), S378 [4FE]
        Food stamps:  prevention of issuance to deceased individuals, (see
            S. 1733), S4208 [4MY]
        Foreign policy:  Presidential authority to delay, suspend, or
            terminate economic sanctions that are not in the U.S. national
            interest, (see S. 2224), S7172 [25JN]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see S. 2330), S8482 [17JY]
        IMF:  quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, (see S.
            1795), S2214 [18MR]
        IRS:  provide uniform application of confidentiality privileges
            relative to taxpayer communications with authorized tax
            practitioners, (see S. 1737), S2433 [23MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see S.J. Res. 46), S3783 [29AP]
        Labor unions:  repeal certain provisions of law requiring employees
            to pay union dues or fees as a condition of employment, (see S.
            497), S179 [28JA]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see S. 2510), S10722 [22SE]
        McCain, Senator:  tribute, (see S. Res. 196), S2114 [17MR]
        Medicare:  combat waste, fraud, and abuse in home health service
            payments, (see S. 2031), S6053 [10JN]
        ------ exempt licensed pharmacists from surety bond requirements for
            suppliers of durable medical equipment, (see S. 1680), S5023
            [18MY]
        ------ payments to children's hospitals that operate graduate
            medical education programs, (see S. 2049), S7287 [26JN]
        ------ payments to hospitals that have graduate medical education
            programs in critical need specialty areas, (see S. 2216), S9693
            [31AU]
        ------ reform payment system for home health services, (see S.
            2323), S10526 [17SE]
        ------ repeal the restriction on payment for certain hospital
            discharges relative to post-acute care, (see S. 1604), S2987
            [1AP]
        Monuments and memorials:  prohibit the return of veterans memorial
            objects to foreign nations without congressional authorization,
            (see S. 1903), S3363 [21AP]
        National Correctional Officers and Employees Week:  designate, (see
            S. Res. 175), S3443 [22AP]
        National Inhalant Abuse Awareness Day:  designate, (see S. Res.
            257), S11346 [2OC]
        New Mexico:  designate Onate Cuartocentenario to commemorate the
            anniversary of the first permanent Spanish settlement, (see S.
            Res. 148), S520 [9FE]
        North American Wetlands Conservation Act:  reauthorizing, (see S.
            1677), S3723 [28AP]
        Older Americans Act:  reauthorize, (see S. 2295), S8056 [13JY]
        Partnerships for Wildlife Act:  reauthorizing, (see S. 1677), S3723
            [28AP]
        Power resources:  designate biodiesel fuel blends as alternative
            fuel and equalize alternative fuel vehicle incentives for fleet
            owners and operators, (see S. 1141), S4208 [4MY]
        Public documents:  reform and continue legislative oversight of
            production, procurement, dissemination, and permanent public
            access of Government publications, (see S. 2288), S10986 [25SE]
        Railroads:  enhance competition and ensure reasonable rates in
            certain areas, (see S. 1429), S3296 [20AP]
        Read Across America Day:  designate, (see S. Res. 181), S1082 [26FE]
        Research:  continuation of Federal research and development programs
            funding in a fiscally sustainable way, (see S. 2217), S11586
            [6OC]
        Sanford, Terry:  tribute, (see S. Res. 211), S3356 [21AP]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see S. 1260), S4365 [5MY]
        Ships and vessels:  permit foreign built ships to engage in
            coastwise trade in the transport of certain products, (see S.
            2390), S10386 [15SE]
        Small business:  provide regulatory assistance, (see S. 1957), S3218
            [3AP]
        Taxation:  allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see S.
            2078), S4823 [13MY]
        ------ capital gains rates, (see S. 2214), S7013 [24JN]
        ------ capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging for
            farmers, (see S. 2371), S9425 [30JY]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see S.
            1879), S7884 [9JY]
        ------ provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well
            production, (see S. 1929), S6889 [23JN]
        ------ relief to families to increase the affordability of child
            care, (see S. 1577), S113 [28JA]
        ------ repeal information reporting requirement imposed on
            educational institutions and certain other trades and businesses
            relative to the Hope Scholarship and Lifetime Learning Credits,
            (see S. 1724), S1508 [6MR]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see S. 1422), S179 [28JA]
        Thurmond, Senator:  tribute for Army Reserve service, (see S. Res.
            213), S3429 [22AP]
        Veterans:  furnishing of burial flags to certain deceased members of
            the Selected Reserve, (see S. 1406), S3362 [21AP]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's and disclosure of
            information concerning missing personnel, (see S. Res. 196),
            S2114 [17MR]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy, (see S.
            1873), S2719 [27MR]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see S. 2158),
            S6181 [11JN]
        ------ provide President with discretionary authority to impose
            sanctions relative to nuclear proliferation by foreign
            countries, (see S. 2194), S6698 [19JN]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  remove the prohibition on agricultural
            trade options outside contract markets, (see S. 1884), S2850
            [31MR]
        FDA:  uniform food safety warning notification requirements, (see S.
            2356), S9043 [27JY]
        Military Retirement Reform Act:  restore certain military retirement
            benefits, (see S. 2563), S11698 [7OC]
        University of Kansas:  centennial celebration of basketball program,
            (see S. Con. Res. 72), S379 [4FE]
      Cloture Motions
        Hazardous substances:  nuclear waste disposal (H.R. 1270), S5564
            [2JN]
      Cloture motions
        Courts:  simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured
            parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final
            actions of State or Federal agencies (S. 2271), S7873 [9JY],
            S8048 [13JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645),
            S10565 [18SE], S10703 [22SE]
        ----- prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws
            requiring parental notification of abortions (S. 1645), motion
            to proceed, S10141 [9SE], S10231 [11SE]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military
            construction (S. 2057), S6666 [19JN]
        Executive departments:  clarify requirements for filling vacancies
            and making temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation
            (S. 2176), S10869 [24SE], S11038 [28SE]
        ----- clarify requirements for filling vacancies and making
            temporary appointments subject to Senate confirmation (S. 2176),
            motion to proceed, S10712 [22SE], S10866 [24SE]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), motion to proceed, S11239 [1OC],
            S11437 [5OC], S11648 [7OC]
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2169 [18MR], S2289 [19MR]
        Transportation:  funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
            programs, and transit programs (S. 1173), S1497 [6MR], S1762
            [11MR]
        Weapons:  antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S4618 [11MY], S4768 [13MY]
        ------ antiballistic missile systems deployment policy (S. 1873),
            motion to proceed, S9916 [3SE], S10058 [9SE]
      Cloture motions
        Taxation:  treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), S2636 [26MR]
      Eulogies
        Wulfmeyer, Helen L.:  Roberta Doerges, S4924<bullet> [14MY]
      Letters
        Tribute to Garner E. Shriver:  several Members of Congress, H697
            [3MR]
      Messages
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  President Clinton, S662 [11FE]
      Motions
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (S. 1758), S8157 [14JY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, S4656 [12MY]
        ----- ensure that federally funded research and education programs
            address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), motion to recommit conference report,
            S4666 [12MY]
        ------ extension of marketing assistance loans, S2617 [26MR], S2618
            [26MR]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S8110 [14JY], S8271 [16JY]
        ------ impact of the market price of crops and disasters on family
            farms, S10311 [14SE]
        ------ improve operation of certain programs, S8110 [14JY]
        ------ production flexibility contract payment options (S. 2344),
            S9414 [30JY]
        ------ provide crop insurance, marketing loan, and emergency
            operating loan relief for farmers in certain counties that have
            been designated as Federal disaster areas, S11423 [5OC]
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (S. 2159), S8110 [14JY], S8129 [14JY],
            S8177 [15JY], S8192 [15JY], S8216 [15JY], S8219 [15JY], S8220
            [15JY], S8271 [16JY]
        ------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), conference report, S11423
            [5OC]
        Appropriations:  making emergency supplemental for disaster relief
            and overseas peacekeeping operations (S. 1768), S2509 [25MR],
            S2606 [26MR], S2617 [26MR], S2618 [26MR]
        Armed Forces:  improve pay, housing, retirement benefits, and health
            care, S9908 [3SE]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions (S. 2282), S7803
            [9JY]
        ----- exempt federally guaranteed agricultural commodities from the
            application of sanctions (S. 2282), unanimous-consent agreement,
            S8152 [14JY]
        ------ provide President with discretionary authority to impose
            sanctions relative to nuclear proliferation by foreign countries
            (S. 2194), S6698<bullet> [19JN]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  withdrawal of U.S. Armed Forces, S2509
            [25MR]
        Commodity Exchange Act:  remove the prohibition on agricultural
            trade options outside contract markets (S. 1884), S2851 [31MR]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem (S. 2392), S11062 [28SE]
        Congress:  appointment of committee to escort the President of
            Romania into the House Chamber for a joint meeting and address,
            S8152 [14JY]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions (H.R. 1151), S8982 [24JY]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  marketing assistance loans funding, S8177
            [15JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  authorizing appropriations for military
            activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 3616),
            unanimous-consent agreement, S8547 [20JY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations for military activities and
            prescribing personnel strengths (S. 2060), unanimous-consent
            agreement, S8547 [20JY]
        ----- authorizing appropriations for military activities,
            prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S.
            2057), unanimous-consent agreement, S8547 [20JY]
        ------ making appropriations (S. 2132), S9327 [30JY]
        Dept. of Energy:  authorizing appropriations for defense activities
            (S. 2058), unanimous-consent agreement, S8547 [20JY]
        Dept. of the Interior and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (S. 2237), S10311 [14SE]
        Ecology and environment:  facilitate protection of tropical forests
            through debt reduction with developing countries with tropical
            forests (H.R. 2870), insert language of S. 1758 in lieu, S8157
            [14JY]
        ----- facilitate protection of tropical forests through debt
            reduction with developing countries with tropical forests (S.
            1758), S8152 [14JY], S8157 [14JY]
        Eritrea:  U.S. Navy and Marine Corps evacuation operations, S8552
            [20JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  expand tax credits and grant
            programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child
            care (S. 1577), S121 [28JA]
        Federal aid programs:  correct law relative to termination of
            benefits for convicted persons (H.R. 3096), S11068 [28SE]
        Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs:  making
            appropriations (S. 2334), S9751 [1SE], S9831 [2SE]
        Foreign policy:  development of comprehensive U.S. policies on
            trade, economic sanctions, normal trade relations, and fast-
            track authority, S11145 [30SE]
        ------ establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic
            sanctions, S8192 [15JY]
        ------ exempt agricultural products, medicines, and medical
            equipment from unilateral economic sanctions, S8216 [15JY],
            S8219 [15JY], S8220 [15JY]
        Foreign trade:  establish negotiating objectives and fast-track
            procedures for future trade agreements, S8271 [16JY]
        IMF:  funding, S2606 [26MR]
        ------ quota increase and revised borrowing guidelines, S9831 [2SE]
        Iraq:  condemn threat to international peace and security (S. Con.
            Res. 71), S543-S546 [10FE]
        ------ treatment of U.S. members of U.N. weapons inspection teams,
            S543-S546 [10FE]
        Kosovo:  human rights violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian
            police relative to self-determination, S8552 [20JY]
        ------ NATO military intervention relative to human rights
            violations against ethnic Albanians by Serbian police,
            S11146-S11148 [30SE]
        ------ U.S. military intervention, S8552 [20JY], S9327 [30JY]
        Mandela, Nelson R.:  award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3156),
            S8159 [14JY]
        McConnell AFB, KS:  tribute to 22d Air Refueling Wing, S8552 [20JY]
        Military Retirement Reform Act:  restore certain military retirement
            benefits (S. 2563), S11698 [7OC]
        Montreal Protocol No. 4 To Amend the Convention for the Unification
            of Certain Rules Relating to International Carriage by Air:
            ratification, S11059 [28SE]
        NATO:  expansion, S9751 [1SE]
        ------ membership of Central and East European countries, S2099
            [17MR]
        ------ Presidential certification that NATO will remain a defensive
            military alliance, S3767 [29AP]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits, S987
            [25FE], S989 [25FE]
        ------ protect individuals from having their money involuntarily
            collected and used for politics by a corporation or labor
            organization (S. 1663), S987 [25FE], S989 [25FE]
        ------ require disclosure of funding sources for certain candidate
            advocacy advertising, S987 [25FE], S989 [25FE]
        Presidential appointments:  nominations considered and confirmed en
            bloc, S675 [11FE]
        ------ nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S11059 [28SE]
        Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on Accession of Poland,
            Hungary, and the Czech Republic:  ratification, S3701 [28AP],
            S3704 [28AP], S3767 [29AP]
        Public welfare programs:  food stamp eligibility for certain aliens,
            S4656 [12MY], S4666 [12MY]
        Russia:  U.S. policy, S2099 [17MR]
        Senate:  legislative program, S676 [11FE], S1907 [13MR], S8159
            [14JY], S8547 [20JY], S11068 [28SE]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, tax incentives, and income averaging
            for farmers (S. 2371), S9428 [30JY]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            S11068 [28SE]
        Tobacco products:  tobacco industry liability settlement relative to
            health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices (S.
            1415), S6361 [16JN], S6362 [16JN]
        Treaties and agreements:  removal of injunction of secrecy, S662
            [11FE]
        University of Kansas:  centennial celebration of basketball program
            (S. Con. Res. 72), S401 [4FE]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Golden Gavel Award:  recipient, S1223 [3MR]
        Tribute, S7797 [9JY]
      Texts of
        S. 1884, remove the prohibition on agricultural trade options
            outside contract markets, S2852 [31MR]
        S. 2282, Agriculture Export Relief Act, S8152 [14JY]
        S. 2563, Military Retirement Readiness Enhancement Act, S11699 [7OC]
      Tributes
        Wulfmeyer, Helen L., S4924<bullet> [14MY]