WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Addresses

Pathway for Greatness, by, 14907 [17JY]

Amendments offered by, to

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13696 [28JN]

Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8664 [9MY]

Appointments

Committee on Appropriations (H. Res. 9), 83 [3JA]

Conferee: H.R. 2696, appropriations for energy and water development, 19509 [6SE]

———H.R. 2883, making appropriations for agriculture, rural development, and related agencies programs, 19508 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Aeronautics: require certain work on aircraft be performed by a domestic repair station (see H.R. 1741), 5683 [6AP]

Bureau of the Census: independent status (see H.R. 1274), 3243 [2MR]

Catastrophic Coverage Act: delay implementation (see H.R. 2069), 6882 [18AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: transfer administration of certain programs (see H.R. 831), 1396 [2FE]

Dept. of Agriculture and Rural Development: designate (see H.R. 831), 1396 [2FE]

Dept. of International Trade and Industry: establish (see H.R. 1274), 3243 [2MR]

Housing: rehabilitation loans for properties in rural areas (see H.R. 2261), 8207 [4MY]

Indians: use and distribution of funds awarded the Seminoles by the Indian Claims Commission (see H.R. 2650), 11818 [14JN]

Juneja, Priti R.C.: relief (see H.R. 1022), 2071 [9FE]

NOAA: independent status (see H.R. 1274), 3243 [2MR]

Political campaigns: amend provisions relative to contributions to congressional candidates (see H.R. 960), 2068 [9FE]

Refuse and refuse disposal: prohibit disposal of certain solid waste in States (see H.R. 1995), 6457 [13AP]

Resolution Trust Corp.: disposing of assets (see H.R. 3627), 28017 [8NO]

Roads and highways: study to commemorate Route 66 (see H.R. 3493), 25145 [18OC]

Taxation: domestic oil and gas production programs and restriction eliminations (see H.R. 997), 2069 [9FE]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 342), 13845 [28JN]

Veterans: reimburse the value of rural hospital care that could have been provided at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility (see H.R. 1742), 5683 [6AP]

———reimbursement of expenses for medical care provided at rural hospitals (see H.R. 2876), 14474 [12JY]

White House Conference on International Trade: convene (see H.R. 1275), 3243 [2MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Advertising: mailing of sexually oriented material (see H.R. 1210), 3099 [1MR]

Agriculture: anniversary of State Cooperative Extension Service (see H.J. Res. 124), 3692 [8MR]

———extend disaster assistance to losses due to adverse weather conditions (see H.R. 2173), 10161 [24MY]

———impact of nitrogen on ground water and surface water (see H.R. 2258), 24814 [17OC]

———reduce paperwork for producers (see H.R. 802), 1395 [2FE]

———soybeans producers' nationally coordinated program (see H.R. 2209), 8072 [3MY]

Armed Forces: minimum monthly annuity relative to death benefits (see H.R. 633), 2902 [28FE]

———posthumous citizenship procedures for aliens who die on active duty (see H.R. 150), 7437 [25AP]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 5172 [22MR]

Bastille Day: commemorate bicentennial (see H. Con. Res. 43), 9483 [17MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]

———use of current spending levels in preparation for each new fiscal year (see H.R. 1613), 19332 [4AU]

Capra, Frank: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act: improve operation (see H.R. 1233), 5086 [21MR]

Centers for Metal Casting Competitiveness Research: establish (see H.R. 1243), 9408 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: opposition to loans or assistance by international banking agencies (see H. Res. 178), 12493 [20JN]

———readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2712), 14476 [12JY]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 8845 [10MY]

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 33), 2555 [22FE]

Committee on Hunger (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 107 [3JA]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select): establish (see H. Res. 23), 1688 [6FE]

Country Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), 21591 [26SE]

Crime and criminals: mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm (see H.R. 2529), 14475 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 19963 [11SE]

Developing countries: eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 2554 [22FE]

Disaster Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 2232), 8206 [4MY]

Drug abuse: monetary awards for information leading to arrest of traffickers (see H.R. 3346), 30117 [19NO]

———suspend drivers' licenses for drug convictions (see H.R. 3051), 22069 [27SE]

Education: treatment of family assets relative to determination of student aid needs (see H.R. 1581), 5270 [23MR]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 16203 [25JY]

Elections: tax credit for contributions to candidates for Congress (see H.R. 19), 2799 [27FE]

Enterprise Zone Development and Employment Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 1152 [27JA]

Executive departments: corps of administrative law judges to preside at certain Federal proceedings (see H.R. 1179), 3098 [1MR]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), 5338 [3AP]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 7545 [26AP]

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 20403 [13SE]

Federal employees: allow periods of certain service under Federal-State cooperative programs to be creditable toward civil service retirement (see H.R. 3129), 18671 [3AU]

———extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 8916 [11MY]

———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]

Franklin, Benjamin: bicentennial of death commemorative coin (see H.R. 3056), 22875 [3OC]

Geography Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142), 21217 [21SE]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 2273), 11819 [14JN]

Hazardous substances: study of effects of reclassification of anhydrous ammonia (see H.R. 371), 5274 [23MR]

Health: penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 12809 [21JN]

INS: expand arrest authority of officers and employees (see H.R. 3333), 26877 [1NO]

International Year of Bible Reading: designate (see H.J. Res. 275), 24131 [11OC]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]

Margaret Walker Alexander National African-American Research Center: establish (see H.R. 3252), 20204 [12SE]

Medicaid: nurses' pay (see H.R. 1649), 18673 [3AU]

Medicare: coverage and payment for services of psychologists (see H.R. 774), 6332 [12AP]

———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 6882 [18AP]

———eliminate differential payments between urban and rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 125), 9407 [16MY]

———improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 5274 [23MR]

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680), 1748 [7FE]

———reimbursement for ambulance services (see H.R. 1586), 6458 [13AP]

Mineral Leasing Act: amend (see H.R. 2116), 20205 [12SE]

Montana Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 106), 19333 [4AU]

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 278), 9650 [18MY]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 3858 [9MR]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 18673 [3AU]

National Check-Up Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 227), 12936 [22JN]

National Cities Fight Back Against Drugs Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 416), 31245 [21NO]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), 9650 [18MY]

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Diabetes Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 210), 6333 [12AP]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 12934 [22JN]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 15762 [21JY]

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 94), 1688 [6FE]

National 4-H Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 381), 19559 [6SE]

National Glaucoma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), 26877 [1NO]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 15850 [24JY]

National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20442 [14SE]

National Korean War Veterans Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130), 13962 [29JN]

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 385), 20206 [12SE]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 293), 16429 [26JY]

National Occupational Safety Awareness Week: enact (see H.J. Res. 378), 20775 [19SE]

National Organ and Tissue Donor Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 112), 2072 [9FE]

National Osteoporosis Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 108), 4202 [15MR]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 17335 [1AU]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 9409 [16MY]

National Quarter Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 345), 24235 [12OC]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 10870 [6JN]

National Trauma Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 120), 8209 [4MY]

National Week of Outreach to the Rural Disabled: designate (see H.J. Res. 146), 22293 [28SE]

National Women Veterans Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 35), 10443 [31MY]

Neighborhood Reinvestment Corp.: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1648), 5273 [23MR]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]

Partnerships in Education Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 151), 10051 [23MY]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for Federal retirement program (see H.R. 1074), 3692 [8MR]

Pepper, Claude: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 22745 [2OC]

Petroleum: crude oil and natural gas production (see H.R. 3121), 18671 [3AU]

———excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 3568 [7MR]

———protect the used oil recycling system (see H.R. 1593), 16203 [25JY]

Petroleum Marketing Practices Act: amend (see H.R. 830), 5338 [3AP]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 3857 [9MR]

Power resources: formulation of a national energy policy (see H. Con. Res. 34), 1151 [27JA]

———tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 658), 1149 [27JA]

POW/MIA: return (see H. Con. Res. 92), 11820 [14JN]

Public utilities: prepayment and refinancing of loans made to rural electrification and telephone systems (see H.R. 3164), 23414 [5OC]

Public Utility Holding Company Modernization Act: enact (see H.R. 112), 2901 [28FE]

Radio: reform broadcast license renewal process (see H.R. 1136), 12810 [21JN]

Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Act: enact (see H.R. 1216), 22292 [28SE]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 10161 [24MY]

Rural areas: business assistance and emergency water project grants (see H.R. 3382), 22292 [28SE]

———expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2388), 13962 [29JN]

Rural Emergency Medical Services Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1587), 6458 [13AP]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 1583) (see H.R. 1583), 5516 [5AP]

Securities: extend authority to issue tax-exempt small issue bonds (see H. Con. Res. 156), 14476 [12JY]

Smithsonian Institution: National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 2668), 15160 [19JY]

———transfer of Indian skeleton remains to Indian tribes (see H.R. 1124), 14475 [12JY]

Social Security: payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 3568 [7MR]

———place the Office of Rural Health Policy under a Deputy Under Sec. for Rural Health (see H.R. 1589), 6333 [12AP]

Special days: commission to advise the President on proposals for national commemorative events (see H.R. 539), 266 [19JA]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coin for certain (see H.R. 1553), 18672 [3AU]

Steel Import Stabilization Act: extend (see H.R. 904), 5274 [23MR]

Stewart, James M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]

Tariff: crude oil or refined petroleum products (see H.R. 659), 1149 [27JA]

Taxation: certain credits not subject to the passive activity rules (see H.R. 796), 4113 [14MR]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 13846 [28JN]

———extend the exemption from the termination of small issue bonds for certain rural properties (see H.R. 2804), 16565 [27JY]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 14475 [12JY]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 3500 [6MR]

———treatment of income relative to safe harbor leases involving rural electric cooperatives (see H.R. 2796), 15850 [24JY]

Telephone: safeguards for subscribers of small companies relative to interstate service rates (see H.R. 1238), 3242 [2MR]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 324, 350), 13847 [28JN], 14077 [11JY]

———flagrant and malicious desecration (see H. Con. Res. 35), 6333 [12AP]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 303, 305, 318), 13624 [27JN], 13963 [29JN], 14077 [11JY]

———proper display (see H.R. 1295), 5338 [3AP]

Veterans: educational assistance for survivors and dependents (see H.R. 2192), 9409 [16MY]

———pension for World War I service (see H.R. 1918), 6883 [18AP]

———presumption of service connection between certain diseases and active duty during the Vietnam War (see H.R. 3004), 16429 [26JY]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 1397 [2FE]

———survivor benefits (see H.R. 92), 4201 [15MR]

———time period for utilization of benefits (see H.R. 2237), 8846 [10MY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 30117 [19NO]

Wilderness Act: anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 11243 [7JN]

World War II: commemorative medal for Armed Forces members present at Pearl Harbor attack (see H.R. 2575), 11242 [7JN]

———memorial and museum (see H.R. 537), 2269 [21FE]

———memorial to members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2807), 14017 [10JY]

World War II Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 221), 6333 [12AP]

Zinnemann, Fred: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1699), 21590 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions relative to

Committee on Appropriations: election (see H. Res. 9), 83 [3JA]

Poems

``It Shows in Your Face,'' Ben Burroughs, 3236 [2MR]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture, rural development and related agencies programs: appropriations (H.R. 2883), 14963 [18JY]

Antlers, OK: deer preserve, 14424 [12JY]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22034 [27SE]

Dept. of the Interior: appropriations (H.R. 2788), 14424 [12JY]

Drug abuse: funding for law enforcement, 10091 [24MY]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13690, 13696 [28JN]

Future Farmers of America: decline of vocational education programs, 1666 [2FE]

Housing: authorize private real estate investment trusts, 28033 [8NO]

Petroleum: tax incentive to increase domestic production (H.R. 997), 2206 [9FE]

Resolution Trust Corp.: disposition of assets (H.R. 3627), 28033 [8NO]

Roads and highways: study to commemorate Route 66 (H.R. 3493), 25162 [18OC]

Rural areas: access to and delivery of health services, 11232 [7JN]

Taxation: nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans, 22034 [27SE]

———simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans (H.R. 1864), 6667 [13AP]

Veterans: reimburse the value of rural hospital care that could have been provided at Dept. of Veterans Affairs facility (H.R. 1742), 5797 [6AP]

Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8626, 8664 [9MY]

Votes: position on missed, 28559 [21NO]

Statements

Farming Education Programs: Milt Smedsrud, 1666 [2FE]

Summaries

Disposing of Resolution Trust Corp. Assests (H.R. 3627), 28033 [8NO]

Testimonies

Committee on Agriculture: Rural Economic Development, D322 [6JN]

Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs: State Jurisdiction Over a Portion of Indian Country in Comanche County, OK (H.R. 2854), D563 [14SE]

———Use and Distribution of Funds Awarded to the Seminole Indians (H.R. 2650, 2838), D563 [14SE]

Committee on Public Works and Transportation: Foreign Repair Stations Legislation (H.R. 145, 1741), D397 [27JN]

———Water Resources Project Authorizations, D390 [22JN]

Committee on Rules: Energy and Development Appropriations, D397 [27JN]

———Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (H.R. 3299), D587 [21SE]

———Vocational Education Act, D231 [2MY]

Committee on Science, Space, and Technology: NASA Authorization, D190 [13AP]

Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House): VA Budget, D43 [9FE]

Texts of

H.R. 3493, Route 66 Study Act, 25162 [18OC]

Tributes

Cooper, Marion, 23309 [4OC]

House, Richard, 15098 [19JY]

Leland, Mickey, 20189 [13SE]

Longmire, Richard C., 26102 [25OC]

Nichols, Bill, 3236 [2MR]

Ray, Emily K., 16447 [26JY]