ROBERTS, PAT (a Senator from Kansas)

Amendments

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10225, S10242 [20SE], S10317, S10318 [21SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3756 [15AP], S3848 [18AP], S3899, S3955 [19AP], S3966, S3986, S4023 [20AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), S12275 [2NO], S12367 [3NO]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (S. 2020), S13229 [17NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (S. Con. Res. 18), S2998 [17MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8686, S8704 [21JY], S10038 [14SE], S12411 [4NO], S12452 [7NO], S12494 [8NO], S12592, S12595, S12624, S12627 [9NO], S12653, S12661, S12699 [10NO], S12788, S12864 [15NO]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2863), S10838 [3OC], S11101 [5OC]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S7822 [30JN]

Dept. of State, international broadcasting activities, Peace Corps, and foreign assistance programs: authorizing appropriations (S. 600), S3186, S3225 [5AP]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), S7523 [28JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), S11944 [26OC]

Appointments

Acting President pro tempore, S11749 [24OC]

British-U.S. Interparliamentary Group, S9585 [29JY]

Conferee: H.R. 1815, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, S12811 [15NO]

———H.R. 3199, Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act reauthorization and improvement, S9579 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see S. 51), S143 [24JA]

Agriculture: encourage owners and operators of certain privately-held land to make their land available for access by the public under programs administered by States and tribal governments (see S. 548), S2244 [8MR]

———establish a voluntary program for country of origin labeling of meat (see S. 1333), S7614 [29JN]

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. 263), S886 [2FE]

Armed Forces: tribute to members killed in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan (see S. Res. 338), S13787 [16DE]

Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area: establish (see S. 175), S573 [26JA]

Boy Scouts/Girl Scouts: support activities (see S. 642), S4398 [27AP]

Child Care and Development Block Grant Act: reauthorize and improve early learning opportunities and school preparedness (see S. 525), S2004 [3MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see S. 603), S9931 [12SE]

Courts: limit the duration of Federal consent decrees to which State and local governments are a party (see S. 489), S2083 [4MR]

———provide fair and efficient judicial consideration of personal injury and wrongful death claims due to asbestos exposure and ensure fair compensation for harm caused by asbestos exposure (see S. 852), S7294 [23JN]

———restore to the judiciary the power to decide all trademark and trade name cases arising under the laws and treaties of the U.S. (see S. 1604), S9468 [29JY]

Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see S. 382), S4548 [28AP]

Cuba: facilitate sale of U.S. agricultural products (see S. 328), S1198 [9FE]

Dallas, TX: remove restrictions on commercial air service at Love Field (see S. 1424), S10425 [26SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: suspend wage rate requirements for Federal contracts in areas declared a national disaster (see S. 1817), S11131 [5OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish the National Drought Council (see S. 802), S3653 [14AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: regulate ammonium nitrate (see S. 1141), S6021 [26MY]

Disasters: express sympathy and pledge support for victims of the earthquake and tsunami that struck areas of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and Africa (see S. Res. 4), S28 [4JA]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see S. 37), S7987 [11JY]

———improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine (see S. 1828), S11212 [6OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see S. 1112), S12607 [9NO]

———repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see S. 246), S8419 [18JY]

Education: provide additional assistance to Federal Pell Grants recipients who are pursuing programs of study in engineering, mathematics, science, or foreign languages (see S. 1183), S6154 [7JN]

Executive Office of the President: establish the Office of the Hurricane Katrina Recovery Chief Financial Officer (see S. 1700), S10797 [30SE]

Exon, J. James: tribute (see S. Res. 170), S6405 [13JN]

Extension Living Well Week: designate (see S. Res. 67), S1794 [28FE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see S.J. Res. 1), S145 [24JA]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that the application of certain pesticides does not require a permit (see S. 1269), S6825 [20JN]

———insert a new definition relating to oil and gas exploration and production (see S. 830), S3898 [19AP]

Financial institutions: enhance ability of community banks to foster economic growth and serve their communities (see S. 1568), S9467 [29JY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see S. 397), S2996 [17MR]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see S.J. Res. 12), S3653 [14AP]

Food industry: strengthen restrictions on importation from bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) minimal-risk regions of meat, meat byproducts, and meat food products from bovines (see S. 294), S979 [3FE]

Foreign aid: support international hunger relief efforts and use resources and diplomatic leverage to secure food aid for countries in need (see S. Res. 227), S9468 [29JY]

Geary County, KS: convey certain land to Geary County Fire Dept. (see S. 356), S1260 [10FE]

Giugni, Henry K.: tribute (see S. Res. 300), S12353 [3NO]

Health: enhance adoption of a nationwide interoperable health information technology system and improve the quality and reduce the costs of health care (see S. 1418), S8419 [18JY]

———establish a Federal Interagency Committee on Emergency Medical Services and an advisory council made up of non-Federal representatives of the emergency medical services community (see S. 611), S8302 [14JY]

———provide for collection and maintenance of human cord blood stem cells for the treatment of patients and research and authorize the Bone Marrow and Cord Blood Cell Transplantation Program (see S. 1317), S7615 [29JN]

———provide State grants for developing trauma care systems (see S. 265), S886 [2FE]

Hispanic Heritage Month: observance (see S. Res. 238), S10037 [14SE]

History: apologize to lynching victims, and their descendants, for the Senate's failure to enact anti-lynching legislation (see S. Res. 39), S6407 [13JN]

Hurricanes: encourage the President to appoint an individual to oversee Federal funds for Hurricane Katrina recovery (see S. Res. 242), S10974 [4OC]

———express condolences to victims of Hurricane Katrina, commend resiliency of the people of Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama, and commit to relief, recovery, and rebuilding efforts (see S. Res. 233), S9645 [6SE]

———permit the solicitation of donations in Senate buildings for the relief of victims of Hurricane Katrina (see S. Res. 235), S9727 [7SE]

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. 359), S1260 [10FE]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see S. Res. 328), S13362 [18NO]

Insurance: extend Federal funding for operation of State high risk health insurance pools (see S. 288), S979 [3FE]

Iraq: commend for conducting free elections and encourage further steps toward establishment of a free, democratic, secure, and prosperous Iraq (see S. Res. 38), S1049 [7FE]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (see S. 1922), S11917 [26OC] (see S. Res. 87), S2995 [17MR]

Kansas City, MO: designate the Negro Leagues Baseball Museum as America's National Negro Leagues Baseball Museum (see S. Con. Res. 60), S13162 [17NO]

Law enforcement: allow officers to represent themselves as minors on the Internet to protect children from sexual predators (see S. 1633), S10234 [20SE]

Little Rock, AR: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversary of the desegregation of Little Rock Central High School (see S. 582), S3482 [12AP]

McCarthy, Eugene J.: tribute (see S. Res. 330), S13451 [12DE]

Medicare: make improvements in payments to hospitals (see S. 1002), S5923 [25MY]

———make improvements to payments to ambulance providers in rural areas (see S. 1108), S5851 [24MY]

Merchant marine industry: provide a monthly monetary benefit to certain individuals who served in the U.S. merchant marine during World War II (see S. 1272), S9647 [6SE]

National Airborne Day: designate (see S. Res. 86), S6407 [13JN]

National Geologic Mapping Act: reauthorize and amend (see S. 485), S2149 [7MR]

National security: provide for homeland security grant coordination and simplification (see S. 21), S8302 [14JY]

Nelson, Gaylord: tribute (see S. Res. 194), S7987 [11JY]

NSF: establish a Division of Food and Agricultural Science and authorize funding for the support of fundamental agricultural research of the highest quality (see S. 767), S3481 [12AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: improve safety and health of working environments (see S. 2065, 2066), S13361 [18NO]

O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see S. Res. 191), S7909 [1JY]

Parks, Rosa: direct the Committee on the Library (Joint) to obtain a statue of Rosa Parks for placement in the U.S. Capitol (see S. Con. Res. 62), S12950 [16NO]

Pope John Paul II: tribute (see S. Res. 95), S3201 [5AP]

Proxmire, William: tribute (see S. Res. 334), S13659 [15DE]

Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see S. 1313), S10823 [3OC]

Rehnquist, William H.: tribute (see S. Res. 234), S9727 [7SE]

Roads and highways: identify a route as the Southwest Passage Initiative for Regional and Interstate Transportation Corridor (see S. 169), S573 [26JA]

Taxation: clarify treatment of differential wage payments made to employees called to active military duty (see S. 1401), S8301 [14JY]

———exclude from gross income the gain from the sale of a principal residence by certain employees of the intelligence community (see S. 469), S1794 [28FE]

———make permanent the rate reductions for individual income taxes and capital gains and dividend taxes, and the repeal of estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 7), S3653 [14AP]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see S. 627), S9285 [28JY]

Telecommunications: establish market driven marketplace, eliminate government managed competition of existing communication service, and provide parity between functionally equivalent services (see S. 1504), S11918 [26OC]

———increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see S. 193), S574 [26JA]

U.S. Grain Standards Act: reauthorize and facilitate official inspection at export port locations of grain required or authorized to be inspected (see S. 1582), S9467 [29JY]

United Kingdom: condemn terrorist bombings in London and express condolences to the families of the victims (see S. Res. 193), S7986 [11JY]

Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see S. 241), S3148 [4AP]

Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see S. 558), S6405 [13JN]

———modify circumstances under which a person who has committed a capital offense is denied certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors (see S. 1813), S10823 [3OC]

Veterans Day: observance (see S. Res. 305), S12682 [10NO]

Vocational and Technical Education Act: strengthen and improve programs (see S. 250), S2483 [10MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agricultural Credit Act: reauthorize State mediation programs (see S. 643), S2846 [16MR]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): authorizing expenditures (see S. Res. 22), S648 [31JA]

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. 233), S738 [1FE]

Dept. of the Interior: revise certain repayment contracts with the Bostwick, Kansas Bostwick, Frenchman-Cambridge, and Webster Irrigation Districts (see S. 1962), S12401 [4NO]

Disabled: promote employment of individuals with severe disabilities through Federal Government contracting and procurement processes (see S. 1570), S9467 [29JY]

Food Stamp Act: exclude certain military housing allowances from the eligibility requirements for food stamps (see S. 1742), S10294 [21SE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see S. 1803), S10724 [29SE]

———make permanent, reauthorize, and clarify certain provisions of law providing additional investigative tools necessary to protect national security (see S. 1266), S6741 [16JN]

Kansas: provide for construction of the Cheney division, Wichita Federal reclamation project (see S. 1025), S5071 [12MY]

Snyder, Bill: tribute (see S. Res. 329), S13362 [18NO]

Taxation: provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see S. 713), S3277 [6AP]

———provide credit to certain agriculture-related businesses for cost of protecting certain chemicals (see S. 2052), S13360 [18NO]

Cloture motions

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S3719 [15AP], S3879, S3888 [19AP]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5914 [25MY], S5997 [26MY], S6801 [20JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S8740 [22JY], S8907 [26JY]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1815), conference report, S14014 [19DE]

Dorr, Thomas C.: nomination to be Under Sec. of Agriculture for Rural Development, S8498 [19JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S9558 [29JY]

Pryor, William H., Jr.: nomination to be circuit judge, S6061 [26MY], S6218 [8JN]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13546 [14DE], S13719 [16DE]

Letters

Clarify treatment of multiemployer defined benefit plans: several Senators, S12912 [16NO]

Pledge of Allegiance

Senate, S11749 [24OC]

Press releases

Review of Pre-War Intelligence in Iraq: by, Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S12105 [1NO]

Remarks

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life relative to unborn disabled children, S10534 [28SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2744), S10225 [20SE]

Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for ongoing military operations and reconstruction efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan, war on terror, and tsunami relief (H.R. 1268), S4064 [21AP]

Armed Forces: protect financial condition of members ordered to active duty, S2506 [11MR]

Bleeding Kansas and the Enduring Struggle for Freedom National Heritage Area: establish (S. 175), S588 [26JA]

Bolton, John R.: nomination to be U.N. Ambassador, S5904, S5907, S5908 [25MY], S6643 [15JN]

Classified information: prohibit Federal employees who disclose classified information from holding a security clearance, S8271, S8274, S8275 [14JY]

———prohibit Federal office holders, who make reference to a classified FBI report or to an FBI agent's comments which are used for propaganda by terrorists, from holding a security clearance, S8274 [14JY]

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select): conduct investigation into intelligence collection through the detention, interrogation, and rendition of prisoners, S4064 [21AP]

———report on Bush Administration use of pre-war intelligence analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, S12102 [1NO]

Congress: disapprove rule submitted by the Dept. of Agriculture relating to risk zones for introduction of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (mad cow disease) (S.J. Res. 4), S1965 [3MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: modify conditions under which the FCIC may offer crop insurance to single producers, S10225 [20SE]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1042), S12653, S12654, S12673 [10NO], S12767 [14NO]

———submit reports on existence of clandestine facilities used to detain individuals captured in the global war on terrorism, S12653, S12654 [10NO]

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. 233), S743 [1FE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: making appropriations (H.R. 2360), S8271, S8274, S8275 [14JY]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction, quality of life functions, and veterans' services (H.R. 2528), conference report, S13329 [18NO]

Diseases: improve and secure an adequate supply of influenza vaccine (S. 1828), S11221 [6OC]

Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (S. 1307), S7661 [30JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (S. 397), S9374 [29JY]

Hayden, Michael V.: nomination to be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence, S4057, S4086 [21AP]

Japan: impose retaliatory economic measures if U.S. beef imports do not resume immediately (S. 1922), S12050 [28OC]

Johanns, Mike: nomination to be Sec. of Agriculture, S78 [20JA]

Negroponte, John D.: nomination to be Director of National Intelligence, S4052, S4055, S4057 [21AP]

Pensions: clarify treatment of multiemployer defined benefit plans, S12911 [16NO]

———reform funding rules (S. 1783), S12911 [16NO]

Presidential appointments: nominations considered and confirmed en bloc, S4086 [21AP]

———Senate process for confirmation of judicial nominees, S5727 [23MY]

Roberts, John G., Jr.: nomination to be Chief Justice of the U.S., S10534 [28SE]

Rove, Karl: role in release of identity of CIA operative, S8271, S8275 [14JY]

Senate: legislative program, S4074 [21AP]

Senate Rules: amend relative to votes required to invoke cloture on Presidential appointments in order to prevent filibuster, S5727 [23MY]

Snyder, Bill: tribute (S. Res. 329), S13401 [18NO]

Transportation: Federal-aid highways, highway safety programs, and transit programs funding (H.R. 3), S4430 [27AP]

Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required To Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act: reauthorize and improve (H.R. 3199), conference report, S13531-S13533 [14DE]

Veterans: modify circumstances under which a person who has committed a capital offense is denied certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors, S12673 [10NO]

Votes: position on missed, S9374 [29JY]

Reports filed

Expenditures: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. Res. 22), S647 [31JA]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1803) (S. Rept. 109-142), S10722 [29SE]

Make Permanent, Reauthorize, and Clarify Certain Provisions of Law Providing Additional Investigative Tools Necessary To Protect National Security: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select) (S. 1266) (S. Rept. 109-85), S6740 [16JN]

Nomination of Benjamin A. Powell To Be Office of the Director of National Intelligence General Counsel: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S8948 [26JY]

Nomination of Dale W. Meyerrose To Be Office of the Director of National Intelligence Chief Information Officer: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S13160 [17NO]

Nomination of Janice B. Gardner To Be Assistant Sec. of the Treasury for Intelligence and Analysis: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S8948 [26JY]

Nomination of John D. Negroponte To Be Director of National Intelligence: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S3652 [14AP]

Nomination of John S. Redd To Be Office of the Director of National Intelligence National Counterterrorism Center Director: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S8948 [26JY]

Nomination of Michael V. Hayden To Be Principal Deputy Director of National Intelligence: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S3652 [14AP]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S634-S637 [31JA], S2974-S2981 [17MR]

Texts of

S. 233, Caring for Children Act, S743 [1FE]

S. 1570, Employer Work Incentive Act for Individuals With Severe Disabilities, S9492 [29JY]

S. 1813, modify circumstances under which a veteran who has committed a capital offense is denied certain burial-related benefits and funeral honors, S10827 [3OC]

Tributes

Myers, Richard B., S10115 [15SE]

Piermarini, Joan, S7809 [30JN]

Romig, Thomas J., S6479 [14JN]