[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]