WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H219 [7FE]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (see H. Res. 465), H1957 [6AP]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6719 [20JY]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Transportation: prohibit action to finalize, implement, or enforce a rule relative to the hours of service of drivers for motor carriers (see H.R. 4511), H5657 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2905 [10MY]

Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H4592 [15JN]

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H6471 [18JY]

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H90 [31JA]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H219 [7FE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H7991 [21SE]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H4121 [8JN]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H1629 [30MR]

———encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 1354), H342 [10FE]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H3869 [25MY]

Food Security Act: authorize enrollment of land in the Wetlands Reserve Program (see H.R. 2066), H3172 [16MY]

———expand conservation reserve (see H.R. 408), H2340 [13AP]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Harbors: repeal harbor maintenance tax and authorize appropriations for activities formerly funded with Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues (see H.R. 1260), H757 [8MR]

Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H8799 [4OC]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H633 [1MR]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicare: revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H1285 [22MR]

———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H7577 [13SE]

———waive waiting period for coverage and provide coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (see H.R. 353), H8469 [28SE]

Montgomery, G.V. (Sonny): name an honorary room in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol (see H. Res. 491), H2655 [8MY]

National Trails System Act: require compensation of property owners when certain railbanked trails are developed for public use (see H.R. 4086), H1405 [23MR]

NIH: experimental program to stimulate competitive research (see H.R. 3115), H209 [2FE] (see H.R. 4280), H2337 [13AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3539), H511 [16FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H2340 [13AP]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (see H.R. 3301), H455 [15FE]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7128 [26JY]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H7366 [7SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Schools: promote the use of proven academic and classroom-management solutions for problems of behavior, attention, and learning in school children (see H. Res. 459), H2967 [11MY]

Selective Service System: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 402), H7651 [14SE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3474 [19MY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H510 [16FE]

———restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H7366 [7SE]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H3869 [25MY]

Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H6052 [13JY]

———allow the empowerment zone employment credit for additional empowerment zones and enterprise communities and increase funding for such zones and communities (see H.R. 4463), H3171 [16MY]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 4383), H3523 [22MY]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H2338 [13AP]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H4784 [20JN]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2122 [11AP]

———exempt tractors suitable for use with certain vehicles from excise tax imposed on heavy trucks (see H.R. 5400), H9011 [5OC]

———extend tax credit for production of fuel from a nonconventional source (see H.R. 5401), H9011 [5OC]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H8736 [3OC]

———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H3649 [23MY]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H4485 [14JN]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H3649 [23MY]

———reduce motor fuel taxes (see H.R. 3849), H756 [8MR]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1477 [28MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 1041), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H4591 [15JN]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2336 [13AP]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H8736 [3OC]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H1285 [22MR]

Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 3100), H4817 [21JN]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Albert, Carl B.: tribute (see H. Res. 418), H254 [8FE]

Diseases: recognize fragile X as the most common inherited cause of mental retardation, and as a powerful research model for other disorders, and urge increased research funding (see H. Con. Res. 299), H1851 [5AP]

Medicare: eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H1957 [6AP]

Native Americans: amend laws relative to the lands of the Muscogee-Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasawa and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes (see H.R. 5308), H8200 [26SE]

Power resources: enhance use of renewable energy resources, conserve energy resources, improve energy efficiency, and increase domestic energy supplies (see H.R. 4805), H5655 [29JN]

Taxation: simplify the excise tax on heavy truck tires (see H.R. 4342), H2339 [13AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H2905 [10MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5772 [11JY]

Albert, Carl B.: tribute (H. Res. 418), H233, H234, H235, H236 [8FE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3702 [24MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide assistance for the rehabilitation of watershed dams built for flood protection and water resource projects (H.R. 728), H6080 [17JY]

———Shipping Fever Research Project funding, H5772 [11JY]

———vegetable production systems development funding, H5772 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4565 [15JN]

Diseases: recognize fragile X as the most common inherited cause of mental retardation, and as a powerful research model for other disorders, and urge increased research funding, H2714 [9MY]

Foreign policy: reduce, suspend, or terminate certain assistance to countries engaged in oil price fixing to the detriment of the U.S. economy (H.R. 3822), H1243 [22MR]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4565 [15JN]

Native Americans: amend laws relative to the lands of the Muscogee-Creek, Seminole, Cherokee, Chickasawa and Choctaw Nations, historically referred to as the Five Civilized Tribes (H.R. 5308), H9974 [17OC]

Oklahoma State University: Harry S Truman Scholarship Foundation Truman Scholarship Honor Institution award recipient, E2216 [15DE]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H2714 [9MY]

Rural areas: impact of Federal public policy changes on economic expansion, H8599 [2OC]

Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (H.R. 3843), H1036 [15MR]

Votes: correction, H2147 [12AP]

———position on missed, H3584 [23MY], H5724 [10JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H87 [31JA]