WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Addresses
Patriotism in America: Carl Albert, 3970
Appointments
Conferee: H.J. Res. 465, making further continuing appropriations, 35944 [11DE]
———H.R. 2959, making energy and water development appropriations, 25418 [1OC]
———H.R. 3037, making Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies appropriations, 35174 [9DE]
Funeral Committee of the late Gillis W. Long, 868 [24JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Agriculture: relating to family farms in rural America (see H. Con. Res. 84), 5047 [7MR]
Bureau o the Census: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 1928), 7237 [2AP]
Committee on Trade Policy (Ad Hoc): establish (see H. Res. 298), 27828 [17OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: rename as the Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (see H.R. 1842), 6609 [28MR]
Dept. of International Trade and Industry: establish (see H.R. 1928), 7237 [2AP]
Farm Credit System: sales and exchanges of real property include all mineral rights (see H.R. 2217), 9296 [24AP]
Federal Election Campaign Act: reduce amount multicandidate political committee may contribute (see H.R. 2923), 17911 [27JN]
FHA: transfer administration of programs to Soil Conservation Service (see H.R. 2803), 16122 [18JN]
Motor vehicles: repeal substantiation requirements (see H.R. 1521), 5046 [7MR]
NOAA: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 1928), 7237 [2AP]
Sec. of Agriculture: cause the exportation, at competitive world prices, of basic commodities produced in U.S. (see H.R. 2140), 8472 [18AP]
———implement grant program for operation in international trade (see H.R. 2315), 10023 [1MY]
———make grants for centers for rural technology development (see H.R. 1841), 6609 [28MR]
Soil Conservation Service: commending (see H. Res. 188), 14336 [5JN]
White House Conference on International Trade: convene (see H.R. 1929), 7237 [2AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Agricultural Act: provide for producer-approved wheat and feed grain referenda (see H.R. 3805), 32619 [20NO]
Agricultural industry: establish task force to address long-range concerns (see H. Con. Res. 131), 10696 [7MY]
Agriculture: assist distressed and protect land values (see H.R. 466), 5584 [19MR]
———assist export of commodities and improve farm income (see H.R. 1517), 5046 [7MR]
———price and income protection to farmers (see H.R. 2383), 14336 [5JN]
———sense of Congress in opposition to erosion of local control by farmer- and rancher-borrowers in farm credit system (see H. Con. Res. 177), 21938 [31JY]
Anne Frank Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 15216 [11JN]
Appalachian Regional Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Bankruptcy: proceedings involving debtors who are family farmers (see H.R. 2211), 10262 [2MY]
Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 159), 10521 [6MY]
Budget: constitutional amendment relative to Federal procedures (see H.J. Res. 27), 458 [3JA]
———require President to transmit and Committee on the Budget to report a balanced (see H.R. 3), 2292 [7FE]
Canada: exports of beef and veal (see H. Con. Res. 55), 2291 [7FE]
CCC Charter Act: amend relative to export of agricultural commodities (see H.R. 1612), 5726 [20MR]
Census: modify application to family farmers (see H.R. 1399), 4400 [5MR]
Chapin, Harry: award special gold medal (see H.R. 1207), 28865 [24OC]
Civil Rights Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 700), 11147 [8MY]
Coins and coinage: provide for minting of gold (see H.R. 1123), 6087 [25MR]
Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 2293 [7FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen human nutrition research (see H.R. 2137), 11762 [14MY]
Doubek, Robert W.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 17913 [27JN]
Education: increase research and encourage contribution of scientific equipment to institutions (see H.R. 1188), 9828 [30AP]
Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 186), 6610 [28MR]
Enterprise Zone Employment and Development Act: enact (see H.R. 38), 2292 [7FE]
Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 188), 6368 [26MR]
Fair Labor Standards Act: compensatory time in lieu of overtime for employees of State and political subdivisions (see H.R. 3489), 25758 [2OC]
Family Reunion Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 64), 10696 [7MY]
Farm Credit Act: achieve efficiency and fiscal responsibility (see H.R. 1217), 12276 [16MY]
Federal Meat Inspection Act: require labeling of imported meat products and eating establishments to inform customers (see H.R. 53), 2433 [19FE]
Firearms: protect rights of owners (see H.R. 945), 3570 [26FE]
Foreign trade: balance of payments to deficit (see H. Res. 147), 9745 [29AP]
Franco-American War Veterans, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1666), 7613 [4AP]
Freedom of Information Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 371), 22684 [1AU]
Gershwin, George: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Gershwin, Ira: special gold medal honoring (see H.J. Res. 251), 13128 [22MY]
Government regulations: make more cost effective and ensure review of rules (see H.R. 1339), 9423 [25AP]
Hands Across America Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 462), 34789 [5DE]
Indians: hold Chilocco School lands in trust (see H.R. 3623), 28864 [24OC]
International trade: give Nation's performance greater importance in Government policy (see H.R. 1950), 19702 [18JY]
Interstate commerce: prevent employment denial by prohibiting lie detector tests on employees (see H.R. 1524), 16123 [18JN]
Joint Chiefs of Staff: strengthen position of Chairman (see H.R. 3622), 28864 [24OC]
Joint Operating Commission for Food Irradiation: establish (see H.R. 696), 901 [24JA]
Jordan: prohibit sales of advanced weapons (see H.J. Res. 428), 28865 [24OC]
Korean War: erection of a memorial in the District of Columbia (see H.R. 2588), 16942 [24JN]
Lessons of Grenada Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 313), 23913 [17SE]
Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 409), 34267 [4DE]
Live Aid Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 325), 17913 [27JN]
Lupus Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 197), 5727 [20MR]
Made in America Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 430), 29374 [29OC]
Missing Children Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 281), 12010 [15MY]
Monopolies: prohibit rail carriers from denying access to shippers of certain commodities (see H.R. 1140), 2432 [19FE]
Music in Our Schools Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 37487 [17DE]
Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), 24289 [19SE]
National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 3379 [25FE]
National Atomic Veterans Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 295), 18516 [10JY]
National Buy American Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), 25497 [1OC]
National Correctional Officers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 100), 9297 [24AP]
National Day of Fasting To Raise Funds To Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 23548 [12SE]
National Day of Fasting to Rise Funds to Combat Hunger: designate (see H.J. Res. 386), 23548 [12SE]
National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 314), 29375 [29OC]
National Diffusion Network: provide for continuation (see H.R. 147), 448 [3JA]
National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 375), 36211 [12DE]
National Guard: issue commemorative stamp (see H. Res. 245), 24581 [20SE]
National High-Tech Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 128), 8299 [17AP]
National Housing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 350), 20263 [24JY]
National Mark Twain Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 259), 20264 [24JY]
National Reye's Syndrome Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 29251 [28OC]
National Science Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 161), 9829 [30AP]
National Sudden Infant Death Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 322), 20838 [26JY]
Nexrad: sense of Congress to continue on schedule (see H. Con. Res. 167), 15592 [13JN]
Nicaragua: prohibit importation of beef, bananas, and sugar (see H.R. 2158), 8761 [22AP]
———promote internal reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 283), 11146 [8MY]
Oil Heat Centennial Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 171), 19702 [18JY]
Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 5583 [19MR]
Peace Corps: recognize 25th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 305), 19230 [16JY]
Perot Commission on Americans Missing in Southeast Asia: establish (see H. Con. Res. 129), 22687 [1AU]
Presidential elections: uniform voting hours (see H.R. 622), 4231 [28FE]
Public Health Service Act: establish program for home- and community-based services to elderly (see H.R. 2951), 22979 [5SE]
Public Works and Economic Development Act: amend (see H.R. 10), 11761 [14MY]
Roads and highways: speed limits on interstate routes (see H.R. 693), 19229 [16JY]
Rose: designate as national floral emblem (see H.J. Res. 385), 30914 [6NO]
Rural Electrification Program: anniversary (see H. Res. 144), 15593 [13JN]
Save for the U.S.A. Year: designate (see H.J. Res. 436), 31516 [12NO]
Scruggs, Jan C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 17913 [27JN]
———award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 849), 2293 [7FE]
Social Security: closing and downgrading of local offices (see H. Res. 219), 28317 [22OC]
Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300), 22686 [1AU]
Special days: establish national commission to advise President (see H.R. 692), 26691 [8OC]
State and local government: reimbursement to agencies for costs in investigations and recovery of Federal taxes (see H.R. 3136), 33842 [3DE]
Tariff Act: apply countervailing duties to resource input subsidies (see H.R. 2451), 18729 [11JY]
Taxation: business income of certain nonprofit charitable organizations (see H.R. 659), 9104 [23AP]
———exemption from minimum for capital gains on sales of farm property (see H.R. 2277), 19526 [17JY]
———extend and phase out credit for investments in conservation and renewable energy property (see H.R. 2001), 28865 [24OC]
———full credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 3780), 35288 [9DE]
———half of health insurance premiums by self-employed considered as business expense (see H.R. 11), 3950 [27FE]
———repeal maintenance of contemporaneous records (see H.R. 600), 1315 [30JA]
Textile industry and fabrics: promote economic recovery (see H.R. 1562), 8473 [18AP]
Trade Act: expansion of international trade in wood products (see H.R. 1648), 5986 [21MR]
Trade Agreements Program: restore balance in international and improve operations (see H.R. 3035), 19701 [18JY]
U.S. weather satellites: commemorate anniversary (see H.J. Res. 129), 1876 [6FE]
VA: exempt payments for service-connected disabilities from taxation (see H. Con. Res. 69), 16124 [18JN]
———improve benefits for former POW's (see H.R. 864), 24288 [19SE]
Veterans: monthly pension for World War I (see H.R. 1918), 7613 [4AP]
Wheeler, John P., III: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2591), 17913 [27JN]
Year of the Flag: designate (see H.J. Res. 424), 28866 [24OC]
Elected to
Committee on Appropriations, 1272 [4FE]
Remarks by, on
Agriculture: emergency farm credit, 4137 [28FE]
———farm crisis, 2394 [19FE]
———peanut price supports, 25964 [3OC]
———producer referenda on national policy, 25458, 25460 [1OC]
———Reagan administration policy, 6027 [25MR], 35555 [10DE]
Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 2577), 14623 [6JN], 15168 [11JN]
———making supplemental (H.R. 2577), conference report, 21814 [31JY]
Ardmore Industrial Airport: glide slope installation, 23367 [11SE]
Arms control: U.S./U.S.S.R. Geneva summit, 32603 [20NO]
Budget: deficit, 19614 [18JY]
———Dept. of Agriculture funding, 20230 [24JY]
———inclusion of new programs in reconciliation process, 28825 [24OC]
———revising for fiscal year 1985 and setting forth for 1986-88 (H. Con. Res. 152), 13389, 13390 [23MY]
Center for Utilization of Federal Technology: establish training and education programs, 19442 [17JY]
Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act: centers for rural technology development (H.R. 1841), 6860
Corps of Engineers: supplemental appropriations, 14623 [6JN], 21814 [31JY]
Department of Agriculture Reorganization Act: enact, 17955
Dept. of Agriculture, rural development, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3037), 20230 [24JY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3011), 21851 [31JY]
Dept. of the Treasury: monetary policy, 30124 [1NO]
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3244), 23367 [11SE]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2965), 19442 [17JY]
Emergency Agricultural Credit Appropriations Act: enact (H.R. 1189), 4137 [28FE]
Emergency Farm Credit Act: enact (H.R. 1035), 3871
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2959), conference report, 27782 [17OC]
Federal Technology Transfer Act: enact (H.R. 3773), 35242 [9DE]
Food Security Act: enact (H.R. 2100), 25458, 25460 [1OC], 25964 [3OC]
Foreign trade: centers for international trade development (H.R. 2315), 9989 [1MY]
———deficit, 19614 [18JY]
House: legislative program, 15591 [13JN], 18698 [11JY]
McAlester, OK: Carl Albert Federal Building, 32901
Middle East: supplemental appropriations for Economic Support Fund, 15168 [11JN]
NASA Authorization Act: enact (H.R. 1714), 7461 [3AP]
NSF: establish Federal Laboratory Consortium for Technology Transfer (H.R. 3773), 35242 [9DE]
Oklahoma: unemployment, 14570 [6JN]
Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (H.R. 3500), 28825 [24OC]
REA: anniversary, 10657 [7MY]
Reagan, President: monetary policy, 30124 [1NO]
———policy toward agriculture, 6027 [25MR], 35555 [10DE]
———policy toward foreign trade, 19614 [18JY]
———tax proposals, 816 [22JA]
———tax reform proposal, 14570 [6JN], 15376 [12JN]
Rural areas: Federal housing programs, 28825 [24OC]
Rural Development Reorganization Act: enact (H.R. 1842), 6860
Sardis Lake, OK: road construction, 27782 [17OC]
Soviet Union: Geneva summit with U.S., 32603 [20NO]
Tax Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3838), 34138 [4DE]
Taxation: reform, 816 [22JA], 14570 [6JN], 15376 [12JN]
Tishomingo National Fish Hatchery: funding, 21851 [31JY]
Water resources development: infrastructure improvement (H.R. 6), 21814 [31JY]
Remarks in House relative to
Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2394 [19FE], 4137 [28FE], 6027 [25MR], 7461 [3AP], 9989 [1MY], 10657 [7MY], 13389 [23MY], 14570 [6JN], 15168 [11JN], 15376 [12JN], 19614 [18JY], 20230 [24JY], 30124 [1NO], 34138 [4DE], 35555 [10DE]
Special order: granted, 3376 [25FE]
Reports
Committee on Appropriations, 5722 [20MR]
Foreign Travel Expenditures, 5722 [20MR]
Statements
Agriculture: Daniel Webster, 2395 [19FE]
Tributes
Albert, Carl, 3970
Long, Gillis W., 1301
Mainland, Keith F., 3530 [26FE]