WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 1190), 8557 [14AP]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 10770, 10784 [3MY]

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18863 [13JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3223, agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 29407 [26OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development: rename Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 2043), 4664 [9MR]

Kidnapings: provide the sentence of death for certain (see H.R. 4359), 32201 [10NO]

Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act: repeal withholding on interest and dividends (see H.R. 1103), 1187 [31JA]

Taxation: trucks and trailers (see H.R. 2384), 7424 [24MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Committee Act: enact (see H.R. 3746), 22327 [2AU]

Agriculture: earlier announcement of 1984 crop feed grain program (see H.R. 3564), 19173 [14JY]

Agriculture incentives: prohibit payment to persons who produce commodities on highly erodible land (see H.R. 3457), 21016 [26JY]

Air transportation: assure protection of traveling public (see H.R. 2053), 16673 [21JN]

American History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 7742 [7AP]

Apparel: reduction of imports (see H. Res. 172), 18917 [13JY]

Automobile dealers: protect from unfair price discrimination by manufacturers (see H.R. 1415), 20123 [20JY]

Bankruptcy: amend laws regarding farm produce storage facilities (see H.R. 1031), 1944 [8FE]

———with respect to consumer credit, agricultural produce, and other purposes (see H.R. 1800), 14882 [8JN]

Broadcast stations: procedures for renewal and transfer of licenses (see H.R. 2382), 18233 [29JN]

Budget: convene domestic economic summit to reduce deficit (see H.J. Res. 375), 26536 [29SE]

Cargo preference requirements: sense of Congress in opposition to further expansion (see H. Con. Res. 136), 17271 [27JN]

Commission on Capital Markets: establish (see H.R. 3397), 16898 [22JN]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 15), 14609 [6JN]

Communications Act: preserve principles of FCC (see H.R. 4324), 34223 [18NO]

Economic conditions: strengthen and expand economic base (see H.R. 4164), 28324 [19OC]

Education: authorize national program of improving the quality (see H.R. 881), 28659 [20OC]

Employment Act: establish a National Economic Cooperation Council (see H.R. 3443), 18231 [29JN]

Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 1955), 4233 [8MR]

Families of Americans missing in Southeast Asia: authorize bronze medal (see H.R. 3478), 23256 [4AU]

FCC: sense of House on telephone rates and judicial decisions affecting (see H. Res. 231), 16898 [22JN]

Firearms: limit availability of handgun bullets capable of penetrating certain body armor (see H.R. 953), 20275 [21JY]

———protect the rights of owners (see H.R. 2420), 7740 [7AP]

Forestry research: expand through cooperative State programs (see H.R. 2839), 16898 [22JN]

Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 434), 33585 [17NO]

Georgia: commemorative medals for 250th anniversary of founding (see H.R. 3828), 34222 [18NO]

Health: establish national program on smoking and amend Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act (see H.R. 1824), 3617 [2MR]

Indians: housing (see H.R. 1928), 3988 [3MR]

IRS: improve procedures of investigations and audits of churches (see H.R. 2977), 21016 [26JY]

Johnson, Lady Bird: award gold medal (see H.J. Res. 394), 32766 [15NO]

Louisiana World Exposition: strike medals to commemorate (see H.R. 3321), 18337 [30JN]

Ministers: tax treatment (see H.R. 1905), 26536 [29SE]

Mortgage revenue bonds: continue issuance (see H.R. 1176), 1830 [7FE]

Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 26203 [28SE]

NASA: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 284), 24820 [20SE]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), 18233 [29JN]

National Animal Agriculture Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 9875 [27AP]

National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 20275 [21JY]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 29243 [25OC]

National Diffusion Network: provide for continuation (see H.R. 2236), 14360 [2JN]

National Disabled Veterans Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 283), 20123 [20JY]

National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 331), 23256 [4AU]

National Paralyzed Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 258), 14068 [26MY]

National Physical Fitness and Sports Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 6394 [21MR]

National Residence Hall Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 119), 9403 [21AP]

National Technology Foundation: establish (see H.R. 481), 23929 [13SE]

News media: sense of Congress to adverse impact of early projections of election results (see H. Con. Res. 227), 34224 [18NO]

Older Americans Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 101), 7604 [5AP]

Osage Indian: estate of a deceased who did not possess a certificate of competency shall be exempt from tax by State of Oklahoma (see H.R. 3971), 25524 [22SE]

Patent law: restore term of grant which prevents the marketing of a product (see H.R. 3502), 18336 [30JN]

Peace through strength: national security policy should reflect national strategy (see H. Con. Res. 83), 4665 [9MR]

Petroleum: royalty interest shall be exempt from windfall profit tax (see H.R. 599), 9691 [26AP]

Post Office and Court House Building, Greensboro, N.C.: designate as L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building (see H.R. 4210), 30887 [3NO]

Radio stations: equity to daytime broadcasters (see H.R. 2385), 19175 [14JY]

REA: insure continued financial integrity (see H.R. 3050), 12792 [18MY]

———role should be enhanced to assure that Federal agencies consider needs of rural America (see H. Res. 102), 22328 [2AU]

Ryan, Leo J.: award special gold medal to family (see H.R. 3348), 19175 [14JY]

Sec. of Agriculture: develop a Federal policy appropriate for the remainder of the century (see H.R. 4023), 26202 [28SE]

Space: encourage and regulate commercial development (see H.R. 1011), 937 [27JA]

Taxation: allow to elect to treat income from crop received under Federal programs (see H.R. 1296), 2417 [17FE]

———reduce the holding period required for long-term capital gain or loss treatment (see H.R. 2225), 6528 [22MR]

———unrelated income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 1773), 25525 [22SE]

Thomas, Danny: award a special gold medal for outstanding work as an American (see H.J. Res. 93), 26536 [29SE]

Truman, Harry S.: award special congressional gold medal (see H.R. 3614), 32510 [14NO]

———commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 126), 14609 [6JN]

Veterans: establish grant program to States to provide advice and assistance (see H.R. 4016), 28324 [19OC]

———World War I pensions (see H.R. 1918), 27724 [6OC]

Vietnam-era veterans: coin and sell national medal honoring (see H.R. 1870), 14241 [1JN]

Water resources: authorize ongoing program for research (see H.R. 2911), 28211 [18OC]

Windfall profit tax: repeal crude oil (see H.R. 3253), 15153 [9JN]

Election

Committee on Appropriations, 132 [6JA]

Essays

Voice of Democracy, Catherine M. Burton, 8528 [13AP]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: long-term grain trade agreement, 25960 [27SE]

Agriculture, rural development and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3223), 14824 [8JN]

Appropriations: continuing (H.J. Res. 413), 32102 [10NO]

———continuing (H.J. Res. 413), conference report, 32347 [12NO]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), 3909 [3MR]

———emergency supplemental (H.R. 1718), conference report, 6478 [22MR]

Budget: deficits, 25378 [22SE], 26503-26505 [29SE]

———economic policy, 6437 [22MR]

———first concurrent resolution for fiscal year 1984 (H. Con. Res. 91), 6723-6725 [23MR]

Committee of conference: filing reports, 17162 [23JN]

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 17162 [23JN]

Cosponsorship: removal from H.R. 953, 25378 [22SE]

———removal from H.R. 1824, 7402 [24MR]

Dairy Production Stabilization Act: enact (H.R. 4196), 31742, 31743 [9NO]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 4185), 29443, 29444 [26OC]

Dept. of HUD and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3133), 14307, 14308 [2JN]

Economic conditions: growing gap between rich and poor, 16805 [22JN]

Education: vocational training, 23842 [13SE]

Emergency Agricultural Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1190), 9816 [27AP], 10771, 10784 [3MY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3132), filing conference report, 17162 [23JN]

Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: proposed, 4214 [8MR]

Foreign trade: grain embargo against Soviet Union, 25960 [27SE]

H.R. 953: removal from cosponsorship, 25378 [22SE]

H.R. 1824, removal from cosponsorship, 7402 [24MR]

House: legislative program, 1185 [31JA], 7707, 7708 [7AP], 17162 [23JN], 26776 [30SE]

———prayer by Lewis R. Rogers, 7701 [7AP]

Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1), 18863, 18865 [13JY]

Jobs: emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), 3909 [3MR]

———emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 1718), conference report, 6478 [22MR]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2065), 9675 [26AP]

Oklahoma: economic conditions, 26503 [29SE]

———unemployment, 17754, 17769 [28JN]

———vocational educational, 23842 [13SE]

Public debt limit: increase (H.R. 2990), 12707 [18MY]

Reagan, President: economic policy, 6437 [22MR], 12707 [18MY], 26502-26505 [29SE]

Rogers, Lewis R.: House prayer, 7701 [7AP]

South Korean airliner: Soviet attack, 25960 [27SE]

Soviet Union: grain embargo, 25960 [27SE]

Tax Rate Equity Act: enact (H.R. 1183), 17120 [23JN]

———enact (H.R. 1183), providing for consideration, 17058 [23JN]

Taxation: economic recovery program, 20181 [21JY]

———proposed cut, 16805 [22JN]

Telephone: preserve universal service (H.R. 4102), 32163, 32169, 32170 [10NO]

Unemployment: home district, 17754, 17769 [28JN]

Universal Telephone Service Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 4102), 32163, 32169, 32170 [10NO]

Waitresses Against Ripoffs: tax protest, 20181 [21JY]

Water resource development: making appropriations (H.R. 3958), 27628, 27629 [6OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3909 [3MR], 6437 [22MR], 6723 [23MR], 7701 [7AP], 9675 [26AP], 12707 [18MY], 14807, 14824 [8JN], 16805 [22JN], 17120 [23JN], 17754 [28JN], 20181 [21JY], 23842 [13SE], 25378 [22SE], 32163 [10NO]

Tributes

Steed, Tom, 14807 [8JN], 15706 [14JN]

Wilson, Henry F., 14256 [1JN]