WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture (see H.R. 2233), H4665 [18JN]
Agricultural Market Transition Act: provide compensation for loss markets to farm owners and producers who have entered into production flexibility contracts (see H.R. 2568), H6018 [20JY]
Agriculture: improve financial situation of farmers and ranchers (see H.R. 2743), H7882 [5AU]
———labeling of imported meat and meat food products containing imported meat (see H.R. 1144), H1405 [17MR] (see H.R. 1698), H2809 [5MY]
———multilateral trade negotiations objectives (see H. Res. 224), H6843 [2AU]
———price supports for milk (see H.R. 1535), H2299 [22AP]
———require labeling of country of origin of imported perishable agricultural commodities (see H.R. 222), H239 [7JA]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H11854 [9NO]
Bankruptcy: temporarily extend chapter 12 of bankruptcy code relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganization plans by banks (see H.R. 808), H796 [24FE]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H. Res. 396), H12793 [18NO]
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveillance and research of autism and related developmental diseases to implement effective treatment and prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), H10120 [14OC]
CERCLA: exempt small businesses from certain liability (see H.R. 2247), H10120 [14OC]
Clean Air Act: prohibit listing of liquefied petroleum gas (see H.R. 1301), H2471 [28AP]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 850), H814 [25FE]
Contracts: prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 2088), H4022 [9JN]
Courts: allow media coverage of court proceedings (see H.R. 1281), H4665 [18JN]
———simplify and expedite access to Federal courts for injured parties whose rights and privileges have been deprived by final actions of State or Federal agencies (see H.R. 2372), H6965 [3AU]
Death and dying: promote pain management and palliative care without permitting assisted suicide and euthanasia (see H.R. 2260), H5336 [1JY]
Dept. of Agriculture: implementation of certain milk price structures as part of the implementation of the final rule to consolidate Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 1402), H2053 [14AP]
———provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (see H.R. 728), H642 [11FE]
Dept. of Energy: establish moratorium on Foreign Visitors Program and set up counter-intelligence program at nuclear laboratories (see H.R. 1348), H3695 [26MY]
Dept. of HHS: make additional payments to certain home health agencies with high-cost patients and provide for an interest-free grace period for repayment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), H4665 [18JN]
Dept. of HUD: establish consensus committee for development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards for manufactured home construction (see H.R. 710), H825 [1MR]
Dept. of Labor: require completion of a National Academy of Sciences study before implementing standards or guidelines on ergonomics (see H.R. 987), H2470 [28AP]
Disasters: creation of protection funds by property and casualty insurance companies for the payment of policyholders' claims arising from future catastrophic events (see H.R. 2749), H10120 [14OC]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund diabetes research (see H.R. 1472), H2132 [15AP]
———promote research into, and the development of an ultimate cure for, the disease known as fragile X (see H.R. 1445), H2131 [15AP]
Education: provide for a rural education development initiative (see H.R. 2725), H8375 [15SE]
Employment: protect employer rights (see H.R. 1441), H2131 [15AP]
———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1380), H1971 [13AP]
Endangered Species Act: reauthorize and improve (see H.R. 3160), H11067 [27OC]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H11144 [28OC]
EPA: reinstate transportation conformity regulations (see H.R. 1876), H8469 [21SE]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H5750 [16JY]
Financial institutions: prevent implementation of ``Know Your Customer'' regulations proposed by Federal banking agencies (see H.R. 621), H1070 [9MR]
Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1032), H1068 [9MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 33), H795 [24FE]
Food Quality Protection Act: establish certain requirements (see H.R. 1592), H8628 [23SE]
Foreign policy: establish framework for consideration of unilateral economic sanctions (see H.R. 1244), H1694 [24MR]
Forests: establish mandatory procedures to be followed in advance of the permanent closure of any forest road (see H.R. 1523), H4912 [24JN]
Gambling: require certain notices in any mailing using a game of chance for the promotion of a product or service (see H.R. 170), H1163 [10MR]
Gateway National Recreation Area: redesignate Great Kills Park as World War II Veterans Park at Great Kills (see H.R. 592), H2373 [27AP]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 1304), H8628 [23SE]
———regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see H. Con. Res. 79), H2374 [27AP]
———revise and extend organ procurement and transplantation programs (see H.R. 2418), H8629 [23SE]
Immigration: moratorium on aliens except for relatives of U.S. citizens, certain highly skilled workers, and refugees (see H.R. 41), H226 [6JA]
Indianapolis (U.S.S.): award a Presidential Unit Citation to final crew (see H.J. Res. 48), H5179 [30JN]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H10340 [19OC]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 792), H715 [23FE]
Law enforcement: improve the quality and credibility of forensic science services for criminal justice purposes (see H.R. 2340), H12795 [18NO]
Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H1697 [24MR]
McVay, Charles B., III: court-martial conviction relative to sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis (see H.J. Res. 48), H5179 [30JN]
Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H11145 [28OC]
———coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries permanently residing in certain nursing facilities (see H.R. 1998), H9646 [7OC]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1471 [18MR]
———establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric hospital services (see H.R. 1006), H1474 [18MR]
———exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limitations imposed on physical, speech-language pathology, and occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1837), H10120 [14OC]
———limit reductions in Federal payments under the prospective payment system for hospital outpatient department services (see H.R. 2241), H6019 [20JY]
———provide greater equity to home health agencies and ensure access to medically necessary home health services (see H.R. 2628), H6582 [27JY]
———reform (see H.R. 3075), H10119 [14OC]
———require certain additional information in statements of explanation of benefits provided to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1511), H2922 [6MY]
National 4-H Council: issue postage stamp in commemoration of 4-H Youth Development Program's centennial (see H. Res. 109), H4617 [17JN]
National Writing Project: improve (see H.R. 1456), H2305 [26AP]
Natural resources: establish a fund to meet the outdoor conservation and recreation needs of the American people (see H.R. 701), H586 [10FE]
NIH: expansion, intensification, and coordination of autism research activities (see H.R. 997), H9899 [12OC]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator (see H.R. 3173), H11143 [28OC]
———periodically revise retaliation lists of goods of countries that fail to comply with the rulings of the World Trade Organization (see H.R. 2991), H9241 [1OC]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 773), H714 [23FE]
Parks, Rosa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 573), H1474 [18MR]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1102), H4223 [14JN]
Postal Service: guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 670), H4222 [14JN]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 883), H824 [1MR]
———private property owner rights (see H.R. 1142), H12795 [18NO]
Red River Boundary Compact: congressional consent (see H.J. Res. 72), H10725 [21OC]
Roads and highways: preserve cultural resources of U.S. Route 66 corridor (see H.R. 66), H233 [7JA]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health care services (see H.R. 1344), H6019 [20JY]
Sacramento, CA: condemn arson at three area synagogues and affirm opposition to all forms of hate crimes (see H. Res. 226), H5092 [29JN]
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 2366), H10120 [14OC]
Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1259), H1695 [24MR]
———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (see H.R. 1217), H1595 [23MR]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 1601), H2468 [28AP]
———eliminate benefit penalties to individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment (see H.R. 742), H2546 [29AP]
———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 1918), H3604 [25MY]
———provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits (see H.R. 1919), H3604 [25MY]
Taxation: accelerate phase in of exclusion limit from estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 682), H585 [10FE]
———adjust for inflation the amount of agricultural labor wages that can be paid without being subject to Federal unemployment taxes (see H.R. 1874), H3391 [19MY]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H11955 [10NO]
———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (see H.R. 957), H955 [3MR]
———allow tax-exempt private activity bonds to be issued for highway infrastructure construction (see H.R. 859), H3461 [20MY]
———change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil depletion deduction (see H.R. 870), H815 [25FE]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 37), H1258 [11MR]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1172), H3606 [25MY]
———designate renewal communities (see H.R. 815), H3861 [8JN]
———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (see H.R. 6), H583 [10FE]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H5335 [1JY]
———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 1994), H3862 [8JN]
———extend certain tax benefits to Armed Forces members performing services in Serbia and Montenegro (see H.R. 1376), H1970 [13AP]
———extend research credit to expenses attributable to certain collaborative research consortia (see H.R. 1328), H1801 [25MR]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 750), H643 [11FE]
———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 263), H3605 [25MY]
———incentives for education (see H.R. 254), H538 [9FE] (see H.R. 464), H375 [2FE]
———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas and respond to surging foreign oil imports (see H.R. 1116), H1334 [16MR]
———increase gift tax exclusion (see H.R. 927), H890 [2MR]
———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 864), H815 [25FE]
———modify and extend the work opportunity credit and allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work opportunity tax credit hiring incentives (see H.R. 2101), H4022 [9JN]
———modify the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 175), H237 [7JA] (see H.R. 2400), H5751 [16JY]
———partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and interest received by individuals (see H.R. 1891), H3460 [20MY]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 835), H794 [24FE]
———permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 718), H642 [11FE]
———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H957 [3MR]
———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H10119 [14OC]
———provide a shorter recovery period for depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 2894), H11145 [28OC]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 844), H2811 [5MY]
———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals (see H.R. 352), H268 [19JA]
———provide credits for constructing energy efficient homes or improving existing homes (see H.R. 1358), H5335 [1JY]
———reduce the per dose tax on vaccines (see H.R. 1337), H1801 [25MR]
———reform corporate alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 2318), H4821 [23JN]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 86), H234 [7JA]
———repeal limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 796), H825 [1MR]
———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1633), H2544 [29AP]
———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1001), H1012 [4MR]
———repeal taxes on American Values (see H.R. 2350), H4911 [24JN]
———require congressional review of Federal agency rules that establish or raise taxes (see H.R. 2636), H6598 [29JY]
———S corporation reform (see H.R. 689), H585 [10FE]
———treat certain dealer derivative financial instruments, hedging transactions, and supplies as ordinary assets (see H.R. 1713), H3606 [25MY]
———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 681), H585 [10FE]
———treatment of Alaska Native settlement trusts (see H.R. 2359), H4912 [24JN]
———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1863), H3606 [25MY]
———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H3392 [19MY]
———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H5336 [1JY]
———treatment of crude oil and petroleum products importation (see H.R. 1204), H1472 [18MR]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 7), H1803 [25MR]
———treatment of foreign pipeline transportation income (see H.R. 1127), H1334 [16MR]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1083), H1257 [11MR]
———treatment of losses attributable to operating mineral interests of oil and gas producers (see H.R. 423), H271 [19JA]
———treatment of Native American housing assistance programs (see H.R. 152), H796 [24FE]
———treatment of natural gas gathering lines (see H.R. 674), H585 [10FE] (see H.R. 1991), H3710 [27MY]
———treatment of petroleum storage facilities (see H.R. 2429), H5332 [1JY]
———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H2998 [11MY]
———treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1195), H5179 [30JN]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the uniformed services or Foreign Service (see H.R. 865), H5687 [15JY]
Thorpe, Jim: recognize as the Athlete of the Century (see H. Res. 198), H3711 [27MY]
Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal unemployment taxes and the provision of such revenues for employment security administration (see H.R. 3174), H11144 [28OC]
Veterans: change effective date for paid-up coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (see H.R. 601), H5687 [15JY]
———pay special compensation to certain severely disabled military retirees (see H.R. 44), H5687 [15JY]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H5687 [15JY]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H2133 [15AP]
———recognize the severity of the issue of cervical health (see H. Con. Res. 64), H1473 [18MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Community development: provide grant funding for additional empowerment zones, enterprise communities, and strategic planning communities (see H.R. 2463), H5334 [1JY]
FEC: extend deadline for the submission of first quarter campaign reports (see H.R. 696), H585 [10FE]
Iraq: oppose expansion of Oil-for-Food Program and condemn Saddam Hussein for actions against Iraqi people and the U.N. (see H. Con. Res. 39), H891 [2MR]
Medicare: reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1069 [9MR]
Social Security: waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 1107), H1258 [11MR]
Taxation: exclude certain amounts received by power utilities from gross income as contributions to capital (see H.R. 2464), H5334 [1JY]
———incentives to encourage domestic production of oil and gas (see H.R. 1971), H3694 [26MY]
———medical research tax credits (see H.R. 3505), H12793 [18NO]
———provide a tax credit for marginal oil and natural gas well production (see H.R. 53), H226 [6JA]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1906), H3641 [26MY]
Budget: enforcement of spending caps on appropriations legislation to protect Social Security trust funds, H3641 [26MY]
Children and youth: State funding to assist the transition of children from foster care to independent adults (H.R. 1802), H4968 [25JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: peanut research and education activities funding, H3641 [26MY]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 2605), H6518 [27JY]
Food industry: collection of information regarding prices paid for the procurement of certain livestock and meat products (H.R. 169), H491 [9FE]
Iron and steel industry: establish an emergency loan guarantee program for steel and iron ore companies (H.R. 1664), H7229 [4AU]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish a Chief Agricultural Negotiator (H.R. 3173), E2213
Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H382 [3FE]
———economic situation of small independent producers, H836 [2MR]
Power resources: establish an emergency loan guarantee program for oil and gas producers (H.R. 1664), H7229 [4AU]
Social Security: expand health care coverage for working, disabled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work opportunities for such individuals (H.R. 1180), conference report, H12828 [18NO]
Taxation: extend research and development tax credit, H12828 [18NO]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1593 [23MR]
Tributes
Miller, D.R., E2444
Taron, Joe, E1735