ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1480 [23JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for the war in Iraq and homeland security (S. 762), S4803, S4826 [3AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6835, S6886 [21MY]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), S9366, S9391, S9427, S9429 [15JY], S9563, S9602 [17JY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9205, S9264 [10JY], S9308 [11JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), S11121 [4SE], S11324, S11361 [10SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), S13121, S13169, S13172, S13174 [23OC]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2861), S14836, S14842 [12NO], S14938, S14967, S14969 [17NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13263 [27OC]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), S10835 [31JY]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (S. 1), S8249 [19JN], S8457 [24JN], S8683, S8796 [26JN], S8898 [7JY]

Peace Corps: authorizing appropriations (S. 925), S9205, S9264 [10JY], S9308 [11JY]

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia: ratification, S5818, S5877 [7MY]

Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (S. 1054), S6509 [15MY]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S11429 [15SE]

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S7364 [4JN]

———H.R. 2417, intelligence services appropriations, S10932 [1AU]

Congressional-Executive Commission on the People's Republic of China, S4040 [19MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see S. 3), S2522 [14FE]

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of privately-held farm and ranch land to voluntarily make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States (see S. 1840), S14271 [7NO]

Animals: encourage research on the causes of chronic wasting disease and methods to control its spread, monitor the incidence of the disease, and support State efforts to control the disease (see S. 1036), S5995 [9MY]

Archeology: provide for protection, data compilation, science-based decision making, public education and access, and a unified management policy relative to paleontological resources on Federal lands (see S. 546), S3252 [6MR]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (see S. Res. 95), S4166 [20MR]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see S. 709), S4513 [27MR]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see S. 1015), S5859 [7MY]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see S. 1628), S11648 [17SE]

Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see S. 620), S7719 [11JN]

Columbia (space shuttle): tribute to crew (see S. Res. 45), S1977 [5FE]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 884), S11648 [17SE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (see S. 1019), S12277 [1OC]

Davis, Raymond G., Sr.: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see S. Res. 131), S5651 [1MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: anniversary of Foreign Agricultural Service (see S. Res. 106), S4898 [7AP]

———anniversary of the Agricultural Research Service (see S.J. Res. 22), S13802 [3NO]

———conduct a loan repayment program to encourage provision of veterinary services in shortage and emergency situations (see S. 1858), S15408 [21NO]

———establish the National Drought Council (see S. 1454), S9905 [24JY]

———organic food standards relative to livestock and dairy production (see S. 457), S2839 [26FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: accelerate and make child tax credit provisions permanent (see S. 92), S2119 [10FE]

European Union: condemn moratorium on approval of new agricultural biotechnology products (see S. Res. 154), S7135 [23MY]

Firearms: prohibit certain lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 659), S3993 [19MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 4), S1069 [16JA]

Foreign aid: increase U.S. capability to provide reconstruction assistance to countries or regions impacted by armed conflict (see S. 1235), S7718 [11JN]

Health: establish grants to improve nutrition, increase physical activity, and prevent obesity (see S. 1172), S8863 [27JN]

———provide compensation for injuries resulting from smallpox countermeasures, provide protection against chemical or radiological agents, increase distribution of vaccines, and improve vaccine injury compensation (see S. 15), S3504 [11MR]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see S. 239), S1736 [29JA]

Health care professionals: implement an education loan repayment program for pharmacists (see S. 648), S3881 [18MR]

Housing: provide affordability and ensure a competitive North American market for softwood lumber (see S. Con. Res. 22), S3730 [13MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see S. 1645), S12534 [14OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see S. 939), S5543 [30AP]

———reauthorize (see S. 1248), S8560 [25JN]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see S. 894), S5342 [11AP]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see S. 1531), S12138 [29SE]

Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see S. 622), S3730 [13MR]

———provide the disabled and elderly with equal access to community-based attendant services (see S. 971), S11245 [9SE]

Medicare: coverage of certain drugs and biologicals under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient services (see S. 1206), S7927 [16JN]

———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see S. 1037), S8358 [23JN]

———improve outpatient health care for beneficiaries in rural areas (see S. 1185), S7381 [4JN]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries to health care provided by hospitals in rural areas (see S. 816), S4957 [8AP]

———restore the full market basket percentage increase applied to payments to hospitals for inpatient hospital services furnished to beneficiaries (see S. 899), S7542 [9JN]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see S. 486), S2920 [27FE]

Moynihan, Daniel Patrick: tribute (see S. Res. 99), S4434 [26MR]

National Prostate Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 201), S9959 [25JY]

National School Lunch Act: phase out reduced price lunches and breakfasts by phasing in an increase in the income eligibility guidelines for free lunches and breakfasts (see S. 1549), S10618 [31JY]

National security: provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification (see S. 1245), S9050 [8JY]

National Veterans Awareness Week: designate (see S. Res. 204), S10140 [29JY]

National Weather Service: provide overtime pay for forecasters performing essential services during severe weather events and limit Sunday premium pay to hours of service actually performed (see S. 1339), S8725 [26JN]

Ogilvie, Mary Jane Jenkins: tribute (see S. Res. 110), S4957 [8AP]

Pesticides: provide for the enhanced review of covered products, authorize fees for certain products, and extend and improve collection of maintenance fees (see S. 1664), S11989 [25SE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see S. Res. 71), S3086 [4MR]

Powers, Hiram: tribute (see S. Res. 209), S11246 [9SE]

Public welfare programs: extend State waivers under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see S. 605), S4167 [20MR]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see S. 290), S1871 [4FE]

Shinseki, Eric K.: tribute (see S. Res. 190), S8726 [26JN]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see S. 750), S4629 [1AP]

———extend availability of allotments under the State Children's Health Insurance Program (see S. 312), S3254 [6MR]

———oppose reduction of annual cost-of-living adjustments (see S. Res. 155), S7135 [23MY]

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. 623), S8439 [24JN]

———exclude from gross income interest received on loans secured by agricultural real property (see S. 1263), S9245 [10JY]

———exclude from gross income loan payments received under the National Health Service Corps Loan Repayment Program (see S. 529), S3162 [5MR]

———expand rules for involuntary conversions of livestock sold due to weather-related conditions (see S. 252), S1812 [30JA]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see S. 695), S4325 [24MR]

———permit cooperatives to pay dividends on preferred stock without reducing patronage dividends (see S. 785), S4824 [3AP]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see S. 1703), S13263 [27OC]

———provide tax relief for farmers and fishermen (see S. 665), S3993 [19MR]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see S. 514), S7235 [3JN] (see S. 767), S12737 [16OC]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 1316), S8439 [24JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see S. 85), S1480 [23JA]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see S. Res. 224), S11416 [11SE]

Thurmond, Strom: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S8862 [27JN]

Trucking industry: hours of service requirements for commercial drivers transporting agricultural commodities and farm supplies (see S. 1325), S11350 [10SE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 392), S2456 [13FE]

YMCA: authorizing appropriations to implement program for teens providing productive activities during after-school hours (see S. 1201), S7476 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see S. 125), S132 [9JA]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 27), S1736 [29JA]

Conservation Reserve Program: suspend requirement to reduce rental payments for harvesting of forage or grazing on land in response to a drought or other emergency (see S. 124), S132 [9JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve enrollment of cropland into the conservation reserve program through the farmable wetlands program (see S. 1877), S15061 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (see S. 389), S2456 [13FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1025), S5950 [8MY]

National Civic Participation Week: designate (see S. Res. 31), S1736 [29JA]

Senator James B. Pearson Post Office, Prairie Village, KS: designate (see S. 1718), S12532 [14OC]

Taxation: clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see S. 206), S1479 [23JA]

———expand the dependent care tax credit, accelerate the child tax credit, and promote dependent care assistance programs (see S. 388), S2456 [13FE]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 1246), S7831 [12JN]

Certificates of election

Senate, S4 [7JA]

Cloture motions

Committees of the Senate: majority party appointments (S. Res. 18), S286 [14JA]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (S. 1751), motion to proceed, S12887 [20OC], S13007 [22OC]

Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S14858 [12NO], S14992 [18NO]

Estrada, Miguel A.: nomination to be circuit judge, S3070 [4MR], S3455 [11MR], S3693 [13MR]

FAA: reauthorize programs (H.R. 2115), conference report, S14858 [12NO], S14951 [17NO]

Health: protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed, S8894 [7JY], S9083 [9JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), conference report, S15179 [19NO], S15334 [21NO]

Letters

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia: by, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S5816 [7MY]

Oaths of office

Senate, S5 [7JA]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S11429 [15SE]

Remarks

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance, S1332 [22JA]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2673), S14014, S14015 [5NO], S14153 [6NO]

Appropriations: convert portion of supplemental appropriations for reconstruction efforts in Iraq into loan guarantees, S12694, S12695 [16OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), S1332 [22JA]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, S1332 [22JA]

———making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan (S. 1689), S12694, S12695 [16OC], S12773, S12774, S12775, S12778 [17OC]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and President Bush for his efforts as Commander in Chief (S. Res. 95), S4088 [20MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2013 (S. Con. Res. 23), S4420 [26MR]

Bush, President: urge release of information on sources of foreign support for terrorist attacks on World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, S13434 [29OC]

Committee Activities: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S6848 [21MY]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): interpretation of leaked minority staff draft memo as it applies to the scope of investigation of intelligence gathered and used as rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S13950, S13951 [5NO], S14257 [7NO]

Committees of the Senate: establish committee membership and funding ratios, S281 [14JA]

———majority party appointments (S. Res. 18), S281 [14JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: crop insurance programs funding, S4420 [26MR]

———payment limits on certain agricultural programs, S4420 [26MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1050), S6925 [22MY]

Dept. of HHS: collect and disseminate information on quality child care, develop child care training infrastructure, and establish small business child care grant program (S. 389), S2465 [13FE]

Foreign aid: ensure food-grade quality of sorghum sent as food aid, S14015 [5NO]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2800), S13434 [29OC]

Health: protect patients' access to quality and affordable health care by reducing effects of excessive liability costs (S. 11), motion to proceed, S9070 [9JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (S. 939), S5531 [30AP]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), conference report, S15354 [21NO]

———authorizing appropriations (S. 1025), S10855 [31JY]

Kansas State University: animal disease research alkaline digester funding, S14014 [5NO]

National Commission on the Development and Use of Intelligence Related to Iraq: establish, S12773, S12774, S12775, S12778 [17OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, S12775 [17OC]

Presidential appointments: Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S14623 [12NO]

Protocols to the North Atlantic Treaty on the Accession of Bulgaria, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania, Slovakia, and Slovenia: ratification, S5809 [7MY]

Searchlight, NV: tribute, S14325 [10NO]

Senate: legislative program, S13947 [5NO]

Taxation: expand the dependent care tax credit, accelerate the child tax credit, and promote dependent care assistance programs (S. 388), S2465 [13FE]

Veterans Day: declare Emporia, KS, as founding city of official holiday and recognize Alvin J. King and Ed Rees for contributions towards enactment into law (H. Con. Res. 159), S13742 [31OC]

Reports filed

Activities During the 107th Congress: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Rept. 108-52), S6851 [21MY]

Expenditures: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 27), S1735 [29JA]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1025) (S. Rept. 108-44), S5949 [8MY]

Nomination of Frank Libutti To Be Under Sec. of Homeland Security for Information Analysis and Infrastructure Protection: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S8125 [18JN]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S2689-S2694 [25FE]

Texts of

S. 388, Boost for Child Care Act, S2465 [13FE]

S. 389, Caring for Children Act, S2466 [13FE]

Tributes

Baird, Victor, S3117 [5MR]

Cash, Johnny, S11433 [15SE]

Dorn, Peter, S13070 [23OC]