WATT, MELVIN L. (a Representative from North Carolina)
Amendments offered by, to
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2323, H2339 [14AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Africa: authorizing assistance to promote peaceful resolution of conflicts (see H.R. 4541), H8596 [17AU]
African-American Men Positive Role Model Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), H4220 [8JN]
African-American Music Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 364), H3155 [5MY]
African-American Women Positive Role Model Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 289), H4220 [8JN]
Belleville, NJ: recognize as birthplace of industrial revolution (see H. Con. Res. 35), H9903 [27SE]
Cesar E. Chavez Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 356), H3522 [17MY]
Colleges and universities: extend the cohort default rate exemption for historically Black and Native American colleges (see H.R. 4025), H1323 [11MR]
Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): hearing to determine foreign policy implications of proposed U.S.-Russian space station (see H. Res. 389), H6483 [29JY]
Community service: establish a community services empowerment program (see H.R. 818), H43 [25JA]
Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]
Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]
Dept. of Defense: eliminate promotion of civilian marksmanship (see H.R. 3128), H3791 [20MY]
———terminate production of the Trident II missile (see H.R. 790), H3155 [5MY]
Employment: establish a system of reemployment, job training, and income support services (see H.R. 4050), H4220 [8JN]
———prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation (see H.R. 4636), H4958 [23JN]
Endangered species: determinations and guidelines for listing a species as endangered (see H.R. 2043), H11429 [7OC]
Families and domestic relations: reauthorize adolescent family life demonstration projects (see H.R. 3561), H2368 [14AP]
Fannie Lou Hamer U.S. Post Office, Ruleville, MS: designate (see H.R. 4452), H4780 [21JN]
Federal employees: temporary employee benefits (see H.R. 2648), H6454 [28JY]
Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H8696 [18AU]
Foreign trade: inclusion of workers rights and environmental standards provisions in trade agreements (see H.R. 4710), H10007 [28SE]
Forests: restraints upon clearcutting (see H.R. 1164), H559 [22FE]
Freedom Summer Remembrance Day: designate (see H. Res. 457), H4721 [17JN]
Gandhi, Mahatma: commemorate anniversary of birth (see H. Con. Res. 296), H11565 [29NO]
Gillespie, John Birks (Dizzy): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 141), H3356 [16MY]
Guatemala: U.S. policy relative to peace process and human rights protection (see H. Con. Res. 212), H6455 [28JY]
Haiti: impose sanctions and halt the interdiction and return of refugees (see H.R. 4114), H1956 [23MR]
Hall, James N.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 215), H3682 [18MY]
Health: designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H84 [26JA]
———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H6381 [27JY]
———improve programs for individuals from disadvantaged backgrounds (see H.R. 3699), H501 [10FE]
———inclusion of poison control services in health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6253 [26JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3600), consideration (see H. Res. 498), H6454 [28JY]
Health care facilities: assistance for AIDS patients treatment (see H.R. 5141), H10727 [4OC]
Historic buildings: mint coins in commemoration of Federal acceptance of responsibility of care and maintenance (see H.R. 1671), H9569 [22SE]
Homeless Assistance Act: revise and extend programs (see H.R. 4578), H9030 [26AU]
Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (see H.R. 3838), H499 [10FE]
Immigration: admission of Amerasian children born in the Philippines (see H.R. 2429), H2252 [13AP]
———status of the visa waiver program (see H.R. 4413), H7507 [10AU]
Income: prohibit wage discrimination based on sex, race, or nationality (see H.R. 4803), H6454 [28JY]
Insurance: coverage or benefits on preexisting medical conditions (see H. Con. Res. 246), H6483 [29JY]
Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H10446 [30SE]
Latimer, Lewis Howard: issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4090 [25MY]
Law enforcement: reform Asset Forfeiture Program (see H.R. 3347), H3156 [5MY]
Let's Stop Kids Killing Kids Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 360), H2639 [21AP]
Liberia: economic assistance (see H.R. 4238), H2397 [18AP]
Lower Mississippi Delta region: initiatives to address certain needs (see H.R. 4043), H2994 [3MY]
Mays, Benjamin E.: award the Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Res. 527), H11430 [7OC]
———issuance of commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 528), H11430 [7OC]
Military assistance: prohibit to Governments that are undemocratic, engaged in armed aggression, or in violation of human rights or arms control standards (see H.R. 3538), H2507 [19AP]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time restrictions relative to awarding of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 4851), H6453 [28JY]
National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H2253 [13AP]
National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 389), H9224 [19SE]
National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11001 [5OC]
National Gang Violence Prevention Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 391), H9601 [23SE]
National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H4780 [21JN]
National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10446 [30SE]
National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H5872 [19JY]
National objectives: practice random acts of kindness (see H. Res. 355), H410 [9FE]
National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]
National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]
National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]
National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2995 [3MY]
Nuclear weapons: negotiations of testing limitations (see H. Con. Res. 235), H3280 [11MY]
Opal Creek Forest Preserve: establish (see H.R. 3905), H1067 [7MR]
OSHA: reform (see H.R. 1280), H2367 [14AP]
Parents Day: designate (see H. Res. 236), H1059 [3MR]
Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H10373 [29SE]
Pediatric and Adolescent AIDS Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 334), H3522 [17MY]
Police Athletic League: tribute (see H. Res. 557), H11430 [7OC]
Postal Inspection Service: compensation for wrongful arrest on narcotics charges (see H.R. 4695), H6253 [26JY]
Postal Service: authority to issue civil investigative demands relative to mail fraud investigations (see H.R. 4071), H3345 [12MY]
———reemployment of retirees in temporary positions relative to offset of annuity (see H.R. 3246), H3791 [20MY]
———require Presidential appointment for Inspector General, and prevent use of paid confidential informants in narcotics investigations (see H.R. 4400), H3791 [20MY]
Program on Social Ethics and Community Service: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4464), H4166 [26MY]
Public housing: encourage gainful employment among residents (see H.R. 4159), H3682 [18MY]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), H2507 [19AP]
Public welfare programs: assistance to recipients most likely to end welfare dependence (see H.R. 4498), H4090 [25MY]
———reform (see H.R. 4767), H7507 [10AU]
Railroads: employee protection benefits (see H.R. 3866), H4091 [25MY]
Rawls, Lou: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1718), H1440 [16MR]
Roosevelt, Franklin D.: mint coins in commemoration of 50th anniversary of death (see H.R. 3270), H5462 [30JN]
Rural areas: credit and financial services to residents, public services, and businesses (see H.R. 4129), H2583 [20AP]
Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H912 [1MR]
Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11429 [7OC]
South Africa: U.S. policy (see H. Res. 560), H10538 [3OC]
Southern Rural Development Commission: establish (see H.R. 3901), H2398 [18AP]
Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H3888 [23MY]
States: transfer of nonlethal excess defense articles from Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 4456), H10538 [3OC]
Tariff: use of revenues from tariffs on textile machinery imports to modernize the textile machinery industry (see H.R. 2004), H7075 [5AU]
Taxation: deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H2838 [26AP]
———deduction of overdue State tax obligations from Federal income tax refunds (see H.R. 4138), H5761 [14JY]
———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2088), H9158 [13SE]
———employer-provided educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H11428 [7OC]
———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H9762 [26SE]
———regulation of life insurance companies (see H.R. 4510), H4164 [26MY]
———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 325), H11428 [7OC]
———treatment of life insurance company policy holder dividends and certain policy acquisition expenses (see H.R. 5064), H10727 [4OC]
———treatment of low-income housing (see H.R. 3322), H2252 [13AP]
Truman, Harry S: award Congressional Gold Medal in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of his inauguration (see H.R. 3712), H8505 [16AU]
Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2583 [20AP]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]
Water: establish national urban watershed restoration program (see H.R. 3873), H559 [22FE]
Water pollution: eliminate certain discharges of chlorine compounds into navigable waters (see H.R. 2898), H2994 [3MY]
Wetlands: protection (see H.R. 350), H43 [25JA]
Whittaker, Johnson C.: issuance of posthumous commission to second lieutenant in the Army (see H.R. 3925), H1058 [3MR]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H. Res. 432), H4884 [22JN]
Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H3888 [23MY]
Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H3964 [24MY]
Years of the Girl Child: designate (see H.J. Res. 302), H2914 [28AP]
Letters
Exemption for commercial aviation from the transportation fuels tax: by, S15430 [1DE]
Remarks by, on
Black History Month: observance, H661 [23FE]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1269 [11MR]
Courts: decisions relative to voting rights districts, H7049 [5AU], H7909 [11AU]
Crime: capital punishment for certain offenses, H2323, H2339, H2340 [14AP]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8989 [21AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2323, H2339, H2340 [14AP]
Greensboro, NC: Underground Railroad anniversary, H10255 [29SE]
Housing and community development programs: reauthorize (H.R. 3838), H6029 [21JY]
Insurance: disclosure of reasons for policy denials or non-renewals, H5923 [20JY]
Interstate commerce: insurance disclosures (H.R. 1188), H5920, H5923 [20JY]
Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (H. Res. 343), H575 [23FE]
Voting Rights Act: reforms, H1877, H1879 [22MR], H1963 [24MR]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): health care reform, D994 [12AU]
———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]