ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13177, S13178 [13DE], S13301, S13309 [14DE], S13465, S13501, S13502, S13507 [18DE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations (S. 1077), S7313, S7334 [9JY]

Budget: revising and setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2011 (H. Con. Res. 83), S3355 [3AP], S3406, S3416, S3457 [4AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (S. 700), S3623 [5AP]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), S11230 [30OC]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), S4645 [9MY], S5820 [5JN]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7004 [27JN], S7016, S7114 [28JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2907 [26MR], S3024, S3065 [28MR]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), S12162 [29NO]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S2421 [19MR], S4851 [14MY]

Conferee: H.R. 1, Better Education for Students and Teachers Act, S7417 [10JY]

———H.R. 2883, intelligence services appropriations, S11592 [8NO]

———S. 1438, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S10786 [17OC]

Articles and editorials

Logan Legacy, Hays (KS) Daily News, S10057 [2OC]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: provide farm credit assistance for activated reservists (see S. 1519), S10388 [9OC]

———provide tax and regulatory relief for farmers and improve competitiveness of U.S. commodities and products in global markets (see S. 333), S1394 [14FE]

Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see S. 999), S5967 [7JN]

Army: anniversary (see S. Res. 112), S6318 [14JN]

Children and youth: acquisition, construction, and improvement of child care facilities or equipment (see S. 1217), S8014 [20JY]

China, People's Republic of: release of Navy reconnaissance plane crew members that made emergency landing (see S. Res. 66), S3531 [5AP]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1434), S11940 [15NO]

Coverdell, Paul: tribute through honorary naming of Peace Corps headquarters, World Wise Schools Program, and the Institute of the Biomedical and Health Sciences at the University of Georgia (see S. 360), S1463 [15FE]

Cuba: lift trade embargo (see S. 400), S1616 [27FE]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (see S. 171), S527 [24JA] (see S. 239), S1012 [1FE]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines, and goods and services intended for children, lift travel restrictions, and provide scholarships for certain Cuban nationals (see S. 1017), S6127 [12JN]

———make exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical supplies, instruments, or equipment, lift travel restrictions, and allow cash remittances to Cuban citizens (see S. 402), S1616 [27FE]

———normal trade relations status (see S. 401), S1616 [27FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: consolidate and revise authority on animal health protection (see S. 1482), S10289 [4OC]

———extend and expand conservation programs (see S. 1267), S8353 [27JY]

———require a report on coordinated actions to prevent bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) and foot-and-mouth disease (see S. 708), S3530 [5AP]

Dept. of Education: provide specific waiver authority to respond to conditions in the national emergency declared by the President (see S. 1793), S12859 [11DE]

Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (see S.J. Res. 6), S1898 [6MR]

Diseases: expand research activities relative to various forms of muscular dystrophy (see S. 805), S8912 [3AU]

———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 1256), S8280 [26JY]

Ecology and environment: establish a grassland reserve restoration and conservation program (see S. 1153), S9505 [19SE]

———establish new national policy designed to manage risk of potential climate change, ensure long-term energy security, and strengthen laws relative to potential climate change (see S. 1294), S8575 [1AU]

Education: establish a mental health community education program (see S. 859), S4822 [10MY]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (see S. 1262), S8353 [27JY]

———provide for teacher technology training (see S. 164), S1617 [27FE]

———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (see S. 253), S1062 [6FE]

Election Administration Commission: establish (see S. 218), S707 [30JA] (see S. 953), S5616 [24MY]

Family History Month: designate (see S. Res. 160), S9622 [21SE] (see S. Res. 160), S10154 [3OC]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 128), S101 [22JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 7), S2219 [13MR]

Foreign trade: provide export control authority (see S. 149), S456 [23JA]

Health: improve access to health care services for uninsured and low-income individuals in medically under served areas (see S. Res. 57), S3275 [2AP]

———sustain access to vital emergency medical services in rural areas (see S. 587), S2662 [21MR]

Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see S. 721), S3530 [5AP]

———establish a Nurse Corps and address the nursing shortage through recruitment and retention strategies (see S. 1864), S13943 [20DE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 466), S1897 [6MR]

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (see S.J. Res. 13), S4591 [9MY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see S. Con. Res. 4), S1587 [26FE]

Mansfield, Mike: tribute (see S. Res. 169), S10388 [9OC]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 321), S1270 [13FE]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 659), S3152 [29MR]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 913), S6862 [25JN]

———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see S. 326), S1394 [14FE]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 543), S2388 [15MR]

Military Readiness Investigation Board: establish (see S. 967), S6009 [8JN]

Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see S. 1140), S13465 [18DE]

National 4-H Program Centennial Initiative: funding (see S. 657), S5617 [24MY]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 16), S5833 [5JN]

National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see S. Res. 92), S5269 [21MY]

National Guard: anniversary (see S. Con. Res. 93), S13145 [13DE]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 159), S9337 [12SE]

National Inhalants and Poisons Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 43), S2307 [14MR]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 138), S8064 [23JY]

National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see S. 1111), S6991 [27JN]

National Safe Place Week: designate (see S. Res. 25), S2389 [15MR]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]

Pensions: reform (see S. 742), S4101 [1MY]

Pharmaceuticals: improve safety and efficacy for children (see S. 838), S8204 [25JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see S. 22), S498 [23JA]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see S. 697), S3436 [4AP]

Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see S. 1030), S6212 [13JN]

SBA: authorize loans to small businesses and certain other businesses that suffered substantial economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S. 1499), S11363 [1NO]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 682), S3340 [3AP]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see S. 1022), S9124 [5SE]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see S. 1383), S8911 [3AU]

———full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals (see S. 29), S98 [22JA]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see S. 88), S99 [22JA]

———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see S. 41), S5831 [5JN]

———provide for Farm, Fishing, and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see S. 313), S1270 [13FE]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 312), S1270 [13FE]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see S. 234), S1012 [1FE]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 315), S1270 [13FE]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 37), S98 [22JA]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see S. 289), S1218 [8FE]

———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see S. 1678), S12162 [29NO]

Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see S. Res. 171), S10640 [11OC]

———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see S.J. Res. 22), S9337 [12SE]

———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see S. 1715), S11940 [15NO] (see S. 1765), S12369 [4DE]

———tribute to first responders injured or killed following attacks at the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, and recognize first responders to previous domestic attacks (see S. Con. Res. 73), S9621 [21SE]

Treaties and agreements: establish U.S. negotiating objectives, and procedures for, implementing certain trade agreements (see S. 1104), S6920 [26JN]

———extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (see S. 136), S2823 [23MR]

Tropical Forest Conservation Act: reauthorize (see S. 1021), S6127 [12JN]

Unemployment: authorize payment of emergency extended unemployment compensation (see S. 1532), S10640 [11OC]

Veterans: develop educational programs on veterans' contributions to the country (see S. Res. 143), S8464 [31JY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 170), S5269 [21MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: extend eligibility for loan deficiency payments and payments in lieu of loan deficiency payments (see S. 1072), S6518 [20JN]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (see S. 1046), S6318 [14JN]

Committee on Homeland Security and Terrorism (Senate, Select): establish (see S. Res. 165), S10058 [2OC]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see S. 478), S1971 [7MR]

National Civic Participation Week: designate (see S. Res. 140), S8353 [27JY]

Terrorism: provide additional funding to combat agricultural bioterrorism (see S. 1546), S10693 [15OC]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (see S. 599), S2730 [22MR]

Voting: award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots (see S. 467), S1897 [6MR]

Cloture motions

Bankruptcy: amend laws (S. 420), S2146 [12MR], S2297 [14MR]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: extend programs and activities (S. 1), motion to proceed, S3975 [26AP], S4061 [1MY]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 10), S12138 [29NO], S12306 [3DE]

Eulogies

Bales, Dane G.: by Kenneth Tidball, S10057 [2OC]

Letters

Air Force tanker aircraft lease program funding: James G. Roche, Sec. of the Air Force, S12606 [7DE]

Federal capabilities to combat domestic terrorism: several Senators, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), Committee on Armed Services (Senate), and Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S9308 [12SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S2421 [19MR]

Privilege of the floor

Howe, Matt, S8496 [31JY]

Remarks

Agriculture: continue certain programs (S. 1731), S13252 [14DE], S13443, S13447, S13449, S13451, S13455 [18DE], S13651, S13652, S13653, S13655 [19DE]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (H.R. 2213), S8864 [3AU]

———respond to the continuing economic crisis adversely affecting agricultural producers (S. 1246), S8423, S8425 [31JY]

Air Force: tanker aircraft lease program funding, S12605, S12606 [7DE], S13845 [20DE]

Ashcroft, John: nomination to be Attorney General, S889 [31JA]

Bipartisan Patient Protection Act: clarify State compliance with new Federal regulations relative to existing State health insurance laws, S7012 [28JN]

Brown v. Board of Education 50th Anniversary Commission: establish (S. 1046), S9006 [3AU]

Budget: allocation of funds, S8425 [31JY]

Committee on Homeland Security and Terrorism (Senate, Select): establish (S. Res. 165), S10035, S10037, S10038, S10039 [2OC]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 171), S552 [24JA]

———lift travel restrictions and certain trade sanctions (S. 239), S1015 [1FE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), S9734 [24SE], S10035 [2OC]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), S12605, S12606 [7DE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 3338), conference report, S13845 [20DE]

———reduce appropriations for unrequested, low-priority, unnecessary, and wasteful spending programs, S12605, S12606 [7DE]

Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, S13378 [18DE]

———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (S. 478), S1986 [7MR]

———improve the quality and scope of science and mathematics education (S. 1262), S8362 [27JY]

———reauthorize and improve the rural education development initiative (S. 253), S1076 [6FE]

Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (S. 1052), S7012 [28JN]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: funding, S13378 [18DE]

National Civic Participation Week: designate (S. Res. 140), S8366 [27JY]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (S. 27), S2925 [27MR]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S58 [20JA]

Senate: legislative program, S67 [20JA], S5490 [23MY]

Senate Rules: establish committee membership ratios and legislative procedures (S. Res. 8), S38 [5JA]

Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (S.J. Res. 22), S9308, S9310 [12SE]

———provide additional funding to combat agricultural bioterrorism (S. 1546), S10701 [15OC]

———U.S. policy, S9308, S9310 [12SE]

Thurmond, Senator: notify the House of Representatives of election of the President pro tempore (S. Res. 10), S57 [20JA]

———notify the President of election of the President pro tempore (S. Res. 9), S57 [20JA]

Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (S. 599), S2773 [22MR]

Reports

Federal Capabilities To Combat Domestic Terrorism: Several Senators, Committee on Appropriations (Senate), Committee on Armed Services (Senate), and Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S9309 [12SE]

Rules

Committee on Ethics (Senate, Select), S1570-S1578 [26FE]

Statements

Response of Committee on Agriculture (House) to the Continuing Economic Crisis Adversely Affecting Agricultural Producers: Representatives Combest and Stenholm, Committee on Agriculture (House), S8865 [3AU]

Summaries

Committee on Homeland Security and Terrorism (Senate, Select) Establishment (S. Res. 165), S10037 [2OC]

Texts of

S. 467, award grants for States to adopt the Federal write-in absentee ballot for overseas voters and require uniform treatment of such ballots, S1908 [6MR]

S. 599, Permanent Trade Promotion Authority and Market Access Act, S2773 [22MR]

Tributes

Bales, Dane G., S10057 [2OC]

Finney, Joan, S8847 [2AU]