WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), 24632 [21SE], 26654, 26655, 26681 [6OC]

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 36088 [17DE]

Appointments

Committee on Appropriations (H. Res. 9), 19 [6JA]

Conferee: H.J. Res. 395, continuing appropriations, 35453 [14DE]

———H.R. 2700, making appropriations for energy and water development, 34772 [10DE]

———H.R. 2713, making appropriations for District of Columbia, 30809 [4NO], 30952 [5NO]

———vacating of appointment on H.R. 2713 District of Columbia appropriations, 30886 [4NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Bureau of the Census: independent status (see H.R. 2135), 9324 [22AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: facilitate exportation of commodities (see H.R. 1667), 5863 [17MR]

———transfer and establish certain programs (see H.R. 3481), 27515 [13OC]

Dept. of International Trade and Industry: establish (see H.R. 2135), 9324 [22AP]

Elections: contributions by political action committees (see H.R. 608), 1074 [8JA]

FDIC: amortization of agricultural loan losses (see H.R. 1268), 4088 [25FE]

Lupus Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 21632 [30JY]

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 16290 [16JN]

National Rural Crisis Response Center: recognize, encourage, and support (see H.J. Res. 361), 24135 [16SE]

National trade policy: establish (see H.R. 2137)

NOAA: independent status (see H.R. 2135), 9324 [22AP]

Petroleum: deduction and special net operating loss rules relative to certain losses on domestic crude oil (see H.R. 271), 859 [7JA]

Tariff and Trade Act: amend (see H.R. 1745), 6285 [19MR]

Thomas, Representative Robert L.: election to Committee on House Appropriations (see H. Res. 287), 28619 [21OC]

White House Conference on International Trade: convene (see H.R. 2136), 9324 [22AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Administrative law judges: establish corps (see H.R. 2726), 23649 [9SE]

Advanced Civilian Technology Agency: establish (see H.R. 2958), 23649 [9SE]

Agriculture: extend Prevented Planting Agricultural Disaster Assistance Program (see H.R. 909), 2394 [2FE]

———farm loans (see H.R. 1425), 4916 [5MR]

———improve administration of Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act (see H.R. 2340), 13433 [21MY]

———price support loan rates for the 1987 crop of corn and the 1988 crop of wheat (see H.R. 2610), 17103 [23JN]

———restitution to certain cattle producers (see H.R. 1401)

Airlines: improve safety and service (see H.R. 2545), 22799 [6AU]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: leasing of lands for oil and gas exploration (see H.R. 1082), 5494 [11MR]

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303), 3225 [9FE]

Bankruptcy: exception to certain provisions of law relative to avoidable transfers (see H.R. 2501), 34631 [9DE]

Budget: balanced (see H.J. Res. 321), 16568 [17JN]

———require balanced (see H.R. 311), 2225 [29JA]

Clean Water Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 307), 19678 [14JY]

Committee on Hunger (Select): establish (see H. Res. 14), 110 [6JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: redesignate as Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development (see H.R. 2026), 8665 [9AP]

Dept. of Commerce and Trade: establish (see H.R. 2716), 16774 [18JN]

Dept. of Defense: prohibit upgrading of Maverick missiles for Saudi Arabia (see H.J. Res. 302), 14579 [3JN]

Dept. of Education: demonstration programs to assist students in education and career planning (see H.R. 2027), 8665 [9AP]

Dept. of Industry and Technology: establish (see H.R. 2958), 23649 [9SE]

Dept. of the Interior: sharing of amounts received from the National Forest System, geothermal and mineral lands leasing, and oil and gas royalties (see H.R. 1662), 12388 [13MY]

Disasters: response (see H.R. 2707), 18098 [29JN]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 201), 9083 [21AP]

Farm Credit System: protect stock of borrowers (see H.R. 2324), 17438 [25JN]

———secondary market for agricultural mortgages (see H.R. 2435), 20906 [23JY]

Farm loans: provisions (see H.R. 1050), 6285 [19MR]

Farmers Home Administration: improve operation of secondary market for certain guaranteed loans (see H.R. 2179), 19055 [8JY]

Federal employees: allow creditable service from Federal-State cooperative programs to civil service retirement (see H.R. 3585), 36482 [18DE]

———right to participate in political process (see H.R. 3400), 28010 [15OC]

Federal Meat Inspection Act: require pizza products containing imitation cheese or meat to be labeled to reflect that fact (see H.R. 3232), 23079 [7AU]

Food: distribution of excess cheese held by CCC (see H.R. 607), 1074 [8JA]

Head Start Act: amend (see H.R. 3013), 23081 [7AU]

Housing: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 9325 [22AP]

Immigration: permit entry of Vietnamese Amerasians (see H.R. 3171), 25482 [29SE]

Industry: enhance competitiveness of domestic (see H.R. 3), 105 [6JA]

International Special Olympics Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 14261 [2JN]

Iran: deny most favored nation status (see H.R. 3338), 24956 [23SE]

Korean War Veterans Memorial: location in District of Columbia (see H.J. Res. 405), 33776 [2DE]

Lithuanian Independence Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 129), 2741 [4FE]

Made in U.S.A. Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 318), 17698 [26JN]

Medicare: retain payment methodology for physicians' services (see H. Con. Res. 30), 4920 [5MR]

———rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 108), 15585 [11JN]

Monopolies: liability (see H.R. 941), 2519 [3FE]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 11946 [11MY]

National Asparagus Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 137), 9325 [22AP]

National Association of State Directors of Veterans Affairs, Inc.: recognition (see H.R. 1259), 11004 [4MY]

National Catfish Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 5258 [10MR]

National Child Safety Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 32), 9082 [21AP]

National Community Education Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 24), 19901 [15JY]

National Family Bread-Baking Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), 23082 [7AU]

National Fetal Alcohol Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 166), 10023 [27AP]

National Fishing Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 121), 6777 [25MR]

National Former POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 388)

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 234), 24136 [16SE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 299), 22127 [3AU]

National Operation Prom/Graduation Kickoff Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 154), 11865 [8MY]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 127), 2395 [2FE]

National Outward Bound Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 284), 15369 [10JN]

National POW Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 155), 4010 [24FE]

National Quality First Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 365), 27175 [9OC]

National Reye's Syndrome Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), 19563 [13JY]

National School Yearbook Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 231), 13433 [21MY]

National Trails System Act: amend (see H.R. 240), 4089 [25FE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 43), 28620 [21OC]

Natural gas: increase depletion allowance (see H.R. 1642), 8670 [9AP]

Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act: amend relative to set-aside targets for rural areas (see H.R. 2029), 8665 [9AP]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 4918 [5MR]

Petroleum: ensure energy security for the Nation by expanding the domestic base (see H.R. 2662), 15583 [11JN]

———import fee and repeal excess profits tax (see H.R. 2198), 10585 [29AP]

———increase depletion allowance (see H.R. 1642), 8670 [9AP]

Population: decennial censuses (see H.R. 3815), 36481 [18DE]

Powerplant and Industrial Fuel Use Act: amend (see H.R. 309, 1941), 5864 [17MR], 8018 [6AP]

POW/MIA: make public, records concerning reported sightings in Southeast Asia (see H.R. 2260), 22127 [3AU]

Rural areas: economic development (see H.R. 2028), 8665 [9AP]

———revitalization through economic diversification and provision of community facilities to meet basic needs (see H.R. 1800), 22314 [4AU]

Rural Electrification Act: prepayment of loans (see H.R. 2045), 10586 [29AP]

Senior Center Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 196), 13130 [20MY]

Small business: access to U.S. trade laws (see H. Con. Res. 76), 18369 [30JN]

Snow White Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 4450 [2MR]

Social Security: due process and equity under Peer Review Program (see H.R. 2116), 17103 [23JN]

———payment for inpatient services in rural hospitals (see H.R. 2114), 14779 [4JN]

Social Security Act: amend to ensure physicians' hearing and judicial review rights before exclusion from the medicare program (see H.R. 1445), 16775 [18JN]

Soil Conservation Service: funding (see H. Res. 68), 3462 [18FE]

Southern Gospel Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 242), 21378 [28JY]

Special days: establish commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 998), 2737 [4FE]

Speed limits: State authority over rural portions of Interstate Highway System (see H.R. 665), 1792 [21JA]

``Stars and Stripes Forever'': designate as national march (see H.R. 613), 12135 [12MY]

Tallgrass Prairie National Preserve, OK: establish (see H.R. 3803), 36480 [18DE]

Taxation: deduction of prepaid interest relative to refinancing of mortgages (see H.R. 544), 9325 [22AP]

———exclude certain payments from abandoned mine reclamation fund (see H.R. 630), 2740 [4FE]

———extend period of issuance for qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 2640), 22127 [3AU]

Textile industry and fabrics: remedy injury caused by imports (see H.R. 1154), 12388 [13MY]

Trail of Tears, AR: designate as national historic trail (see H.R. 3303), 32684 [18NO]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Celebration: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

U.S. Olympic Festival-1987 Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316), 19678 [14JY]

U.S. Trade Administration: establish (see H.R. 2958), 23649 [9SE]

VA: establish as an executive department (see H.R. 1707), 25749 [30SE]

———establish as executive department (see H.R. 3471), 31964 [16NO]

Veterans: eligibility for beneficiary travel benefits to VA medical facilities (see H.R. 2327), 14261 [2JN]

———prescribe certain presumptions relative to service in Vietnam (see H.R. 3486), 34075 [3DE]

White House Conference on Child Abuse: convene (see H.R. 2832), 18097 [29JN]

Women's History Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 79), 4450 [2MR]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 25750 [30SE]

Booklets

Better Country—A Strategy for Rural Development in the 1980's: Dept. of Agriculture, 28784 [21OC]

Brochures

Endangered Fish Species: Corps of Engineers, 36088 [17DE]

Letters

Free press: Thomas Jefferson, 25912 [30SE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: credit assistance to farmers (H.R. 3030), 24597, 24632, 24633, 24634 [21SE], 26654, 26655, 26681 [6OC]

Appropriations: making supplemental (H.R. 1827), 9538, 9580 [23AP]

Committee on Appropriations: election (H. Res. 287), 28613 [21OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: transfer and establish certain programs (H.R. 3481), 28784

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1748), 11907 [11MY]

Employment: contracting out of maintenance functions at certain Army depots, 11907 [11MY]

Endangered Species Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1467), 35022, 35041, 35042, 35046 [11DE], 36088-36090, 36092 [17DE]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2700), 17166, 17167, 17181 [24JN]

Farmers Home Administration: industrial parks, 9580 [23AP]

Foreign trade: unfair practices, 2199 [29JA]

Homeless: assistance (H.R. 558), 4879 [5MR]

National Invent America Week: designate (H.J. Res. 320), 16337 [16JN]

National Rural Crisis Response Center: recognize, encourage, and support (H.J. Res. 361), 24255 [16SE]

Oklahoma: newspaper excellence, 25912 [30SE]

Power resources: decline of domestic industry, 5231 [10MR]

Public debt: limit (H.J. Res. 324), motion to instruct conferees, 22254 [4AU]

Stock market: decline, 28453 [20OC]

Tariff and Trade Act: amend (H.R. 1745), 6444 [19MR]

Trade and International Economic Policy Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3), 9995-9997 [27AP], 10180 [28AP], 10513 [29AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 2199 [29JA], 10513 [29AP], 36479 [18DE]

Studies

Leopard Darters: Gay G. Ethridge, 36088 [17DE]

———Henry W. Robison, George A. Moore, and Rudolph J. Miller, 36088 [17DE]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Agricultural Credit Act (H.R. 3030), D615 [15SE]

Committee on Government Operations: Foreign Travel by the Corps of Engineers, D480 [30JN]

Committee on House Administration: Campaign Finance Reform, D374 [21MY]

Committee on Rules: Appropriations To Carry Out the Endangered Species Act (H.R. 1467), D865 [9DE]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: NASA Budget, D177 [19MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 287, election to Committee on Appropriations, 28613 [21OC]

H.R. 3481, Rural Development Reorganization Act, 28785-28788 [21OC]

Tributes

Albert, Carl, 20657 [22JY]

Baldrige, Malcolm, 23453 [7AU]

Bryan, Jeff, 9363 [22AP]

Goeden, Allison M., 16337 [16JN]

Harlow, Bryce N., 5235 [10MR]

Lane, Sarah, 9363 [22AP]

Smith, John, 24252 [16SE]

Stonecipher, Harland C., 4122 [25FE]

Taylor, Clint, 9363 [22AP]

Thorpe, James F., 12237 [12MY]