WATT, MELVIN L. (a Representative from North Carolina)

Amendments offered by, to

Crime: increase penalties relative to crimes against senior citizens and children (H.R. 2974), H4487, H4488 [7MY]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4529 [7MY], H4595, H4607, H4617 [8MY]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2181 [13MR], H2247 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

AIDS Cure Project: establish (see H.R. 761), H2316 [14MR]

Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H5754 [30MY]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H1775 [6MR]

Armed Forces: discharge of military personnel relative to positive HIV test (see H.R. 2959), H1775 [6MR]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Business and industry: discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 3252), H6117 [10JN]

———ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6414 [13JN]

———establish requirements relative to rent-to-own transactions (see H.R. 3003), H5380 [21MY]

———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H4902 [10MY]

Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 4133), H11396 [26SE]

Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 3558), H5753 [30MY]

China, People's Republic of: increased tariffs relative to intellectual property rights (see H.R. 3421), H5501 [22MY]

Churches and synagogues: prohibit insurers from canceling or refusing to renew fire insurance policies (see H.R. 3830), H8598 [26JY]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras (see H. Res. 518), H12175 [28SE]

Civil rights: prevent law enforcement agencies from detaining individuals on highways solely because of race or color (see H.R. 4092), H10524 [17SE]

Computers: transmission of information relative to abortion over computer information services (see H.R. 3057), H1985 [7MR]

Consumers: imposition of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 3246), H5052 [14MY]

———labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 4125), H10721 [19SE]

———notification of additional fees for use of certain automatic teller machines utilizing a national or regional network (see H.R. 3727), H8030 [18JY]

Contracts: require Federal contracts debarment for violation of National Labor Relations Act provisions (see H.R. 2724), H1325 [27FE]

———require Federal contracts debarment for violation of Occupational Safety and Health Act provisions (see H.R. 2725), H1325 [27FE]

Corp. for the Promotion of Rifle Practice and Firearms Safety: abolish (see H.R. 3466), H5570 [23MY]

Corporate Independence Commission: establish (see H.R. 3351), H4302 [30AP]

Credit: accuracy of consumer information maintained by credit reporting agencies (see H.R. 561), H4110 [25AP]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see H.R. 3525), H6184 [11JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (see H. Con. Res. 183, 186, 187), H6183 [11JN], H6414 [13JN]

Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]

Dept. of Defense: funding reductions (see H.R. 3202), H8375 [24JY]

———prohibit additional payments and revise certain reporting requirements for restructuring costs under defense contracts (see H.R. 3608), H8557 [25JY]

———prohibit sale in commissary or exchange stores of imported items not produced under minimum labor standards (see H.R. 3843), H7780 [17JY]

Disasters: provide windstorm insurance to certain property owners and require study relative to taxation of insurance reserves for future natural disasters (see H.R. 4115), H10720 [19SE]

Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 3401), H7533 [12JY]

———research on the human papilloma virus relative to cervical cancer (see H. Con. Res. 156), H3650 [18AP]

Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]

EEOC: provide funding and remedies for certain instances of sexual harassment (see H.R. 3646), H6413 [13JN]

Firearms: Civilian Marksmanship Program funding (see H.R. 3466), H5570 [23MY]

Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 3022), H5647 [29MY]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 3477), H6286 [12JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893), H2558 [20MR]

———prohibit discrimination in employer health benefit plans relative to neurobiological disorders (see H.R. 1797), H8375 [24JY]

———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H8598 [26JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H5380 [21MY]

Historic buildings and sites: authorizing appropriations for the preservation and restoration at historically black colleges and universities (see H.R. 1179), H1986 [7MR]

Hurricanes: disaster assistance for States impacted by Hurricane Fran (see H.R. 4046), H10235 [11SE]

Indonesia: allocation of foreign aid (see H.R. 2746), H5501 [22MY]

INS: promote the naturalization of eligible individuals (see H.R. 3323), H4109 [25AP]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 2011), H331 [5JA]

———prohibit denial of health coverage based on status as victim of domestic violence (see H.R. 2654), H9706 [1AU]

Intelligence services: require separate, unclassified statements of the aggregate amount of budget outlays for intelligence activities (see H.R. 3392), H5174 [15MY]

Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1484), H3387 [15AP]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2466 [19MR]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11230 [25SE]

Medicaid: screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H2123 [12MR]

Medicare: colorectal screening (see H.R. 922), H5380 [21MY]

———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H1775 [6MR]

———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2489), H10108 [5SE]

———screening mammography (see H.R. 778), H2123 [12MR]

Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H10721 [19SE]

Money: use of tactile currency for the blind and visually impaired (see H. Res. 385), H2316 [14MR]

Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2224 [13MR]

National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H3231 [29MR]

National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H3231 [29MR]

NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H12194 [30SE]

Petroleum: gasoline tax (see H.R. 3457), H5173 [15MY]

Public debt: ceiling (see H.R. 2862; H. Res. 360), H914 [25JA], H1226 [1FE]

Public Health Service: consolidate certain health center programs (see H.R. 3081), H11230 [25SE]

———extend breast cancer research programs (see H.R. 3443), H4902 [10MY]

Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H4397 [1MY]

Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H8982 [30JY]

Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3710), H8375 [24JY]

Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H3387 [15AP]

Taxation: increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H12175 [28SE]

———treatment of environmental remediation costs in empowerment and enterprise zones (see H.R. 3747), H11527 [27SE]

———treatment of individual training accounts (see H.R. 2338), H6423 [17JN]

Tax-exempt organizations: authorize receipt of Federal loans, grants, or contracts to organizations engaging in lobbying activities (see H.R. 2785), H331 [5JA]

Telephones: prohibit providers of cellular and other mobile radio services from blocking access to 911 emergency services (see H.R. 3181), H5647 [29MY]

Turkey: protection and continued livelihood of the Eastern Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarchate (see H. Con. Res. 50), H3388 [15AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1500), H5570 [23MY]

Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H5380 [21MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H4800 [9MY]

Zaire: democracy efforts (see H. Res. 399), H5570 [23MY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), veto, H10624 [19SE]

Appropriations: making continuing, H318, H319 [5JA]

Black History Month: observance, H1497 [28FE]

Broadcasting: require broadcasters to pay fair market value for use of allotted spectrum frequencies, H1167 [1FE]

Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (H. Res. 406), H3594 [18AP]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H159 [4JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), H5216 [16MY]

Bulgaria: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 1643), consideration of motion to dispose of the Senate amendment (H. Res. 334), H199 [5JA]

Capital punishment: include multiple deaths as a factor in determination of sentences, H2189 [13MR]

CIA: investigate involvement in crack cocaine sales to fund Contras, H11061 [25SE]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), H3286 [15AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (H.J. Res. 159), consideration (H. Res. 395), H3263 [15AP]

Courts: application of habeas corpus procedures relative to terrorism cases, H2181, H2184 [13MR]

———Federal jurisdiction and sentencing relative to rape and sexual assault, H4478, H4479, H4480 [7MY]

———jurisdiction of Federal courts over foreign manufacturers, H1580 [29FE]

———prevent retaliation and tampering of witnesses and jury members (H.R. 3120), H4495 [7MY]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), conference report, H3197 [29MR]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), motion to instruct conferees, H1580 [29FE]

———product liability reform (H.R. 956), veto, H4761 [9MY]

———reform habeas corpus procedures, H2172 [13MR], H2247 [14MR], H3602 [18AP]

———representation fees relative to criminal cases appealing the death penalty, H2187, H2188 [13MR]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (H.R. 3525), H6455 [18JN], H6981, H6982 [27JN]

———condemn acts of arson against churches and enhance law enforcement and prosecution of arsonists (H. Con. Res. 187), H6393 [13JN]

———definition of environmental crimes of violence, H4484, H4485 [7MY]

———increase penalties relative to crimes against senior citizens and children (H.R. 2974), H4470, H4472, H4473, H4478, H4479, H4480, H4484, H4485, H4486, H4487, H4488, H4490, H4491, H4492 [7MY]

———increase penalties relative to crimes using body armor, H4486 [7MY]

———nationwide tracking of convicted sexual predators (H.R. 3456), H11133 [25SE]

———require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (H.R. 2137), H4456 [7MY]

Dept. of Commerce: convey to Massachusetts the National Marine Fisheries Service laboratory in Gloucester, MA (H.R. 1358), disposition of Senate amendment (H. Res. 338), H318, H319 [5JA]

———tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (H. Res. 406), H3594 [18AP]

Dept. of HUD: require public housing plans to comply with Federal law, H4617 [8MY]

Drugs: prevent manufacturing and use of methamphetamine (H.R. 3852), H11117 [25SE]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), consideration (H. Res. 440), H5439 [22MY]

Explosives: require materials to contain taggants, H9881 [2AU]

Gingrich, Representative: release of independent counsel report relative to GOPAC, H10934 [24SE]

Government: applicability of criminal laws pertaining to fraud or false statements to all branches of Government (H.R. 3166), concur with Senate amendments (H. Res. 535), H11138 [25SE]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration (H. Res. 440), H5439 [22MY]

———shutdown relative to budget process, H159 [4JA], H199 [5JA]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions and consideration of legislation under suspension of the rules (H. Res. 525), H10934, H10936 [24SE]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs (H.R. 2406), H4595, H4596, H4598, H4599, H4604, H4607, H4617 [8MY]

———policy to provide safe and affordable housing, H4595, H4596, H4598, H4599, H4604, H4607 [8MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), H5423 [22MY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3259), conference report, H11061 [25SE]

Minimum wage: level, H4317 [1MY], H5387, H5439 [22MY]

Motor vehicles: increase utility of title information to law enforcement officers (H.R. 2803), H6451 [18JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H10932 [24SE]

Sierra Leone: elections (H. Con. Res. 160), H5319 [21MY]

Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, H1166, H1167 [1FE]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), H2140, H2172, H2181, H2184, H2187, H2188, H2189, H2192 [13MR], H2247, H2262 [14MR]

———improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (H.R. 2703), unanimous-consent agreement, H2190 [13MR]

———improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, H3609, H3611 [18AP]

———improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 405), H3602 [18AP]

———U.S. policy (H.R. 3953), H9892 [2AU]

———U.S. policy (H.R. 3953), consideration (H. Res. 508), H9881 [2AU]

U.S. Marshals Service: appointment of marshals (H.R. 2641), consideration (H. Res. 418), H4317 [1MY]

U.S. Sentencing Commission: review of sentencing guidelines, H4488, H4490, H4491, H4492 [7MY]

Votes: position on missed, H3837 [25AP], H4335 [1MY], H7441 [11JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H7257 [10JY]

Special order: granted, H185 [4JA], H3486 [16AP]

Tributes

Brown, Charlotte H., H1497 [28FE]

Brown, Ronald H., H3456 [16AP]

Fields, Representative Cleo, H11383 [26SE]

Tubman, Harriet, H1497 [28FE]