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

Amendments

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1098 [16MR]

Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H479 [16FE]

Appointments

Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]

Conferee: S. 1692, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, H3830 [25MY]

Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12088 [14DE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa (see H.R. 2765), H342 [10FE]

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), H632 [1MR]

Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H5657 [29JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H2340 [13AP]

Armed Forces: improve Montgomery GI Bill benefits by improving and expanding educational assistance programs (see H.R. 1071), H632 [1MR]

———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H165 [1FE] (see H.R. 3573), H342 [10FE]

Aviation: establish national policy of fair treatment for airline passengers (see H.R. 2200), H1077 [15MR]

Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7366 [7SE]

Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H7211 [27JY]

———temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H7211 [27JY]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H2337 [13AP]

Children and youth: meet mental health and substance abuse treatment needs of incarcerated children and youth (see H.R. 837), H2340 [13AP]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1271), H757 [8MR]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Colleges and universities: preservation and restoration of historic buildings at historically women's public colleges or universities (see H.R. 4503), H6471 [18JY]

Congress: establish a day of peace and sharing at the beginning of each year (see H. Con. Res. 363), H6471 [18JY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 4250), H6052 [13JY]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H6470 [18JY]

———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H5737 [10JY]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 4471), H5843 [11JY]

Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H5241 [27JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H5241 [27JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H1285 [22MR]

Disasters: grant program to assist small businesses and agricultural enterprises in meeting disaster-related expenses (see H.R. 3109), H342 [10FE]

Diseases: establish an international trust fund to combat the AIDS epidemic (see H.R. 3519), H1406 [23MR]

Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H5656 [29JN]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H5657 [29JN]

Federal employees: extend civil service retirement options to IRS revenue officers, INS inspectors, and certain other Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1228), H10473 [19OC]

———provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2859), H212 [3FE]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H50 [27JA]

Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 3278), H455 [15FE] (see H.R. 4082), H1405 [23MR]

———require payment of interest on reserves maintained at Federal reserve banks by insured depository institutions (see H.R. 4209), H3309 [17MY]

Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8617 [2OC]

Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H455 [15FE]

Health: emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H342 [10FE]

Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]

Immigration: cancellation of removal and waiver of exclusion for certain aliens (see H.R. 1485), H4035 [7JN]

Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10257 [18OC]

J.L. Dawkins Post Office Building, Fayetteville, NC: designate (see H.R. 4658), H4818 [21JN]

James T. Broyhill Post Office Building, Lenoir, NC: designate (see H.R. 4534), H3812 [24MY]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3633), H2411 [2MY]

Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 3144), H647 [6MR]

Law enforcement officers: ensure accountability, guarantee due process, establish standards for internal investigations and hearings, and require enactment of relevant State laws (see H.R. 3896), H1406 [23MR]

———ensure that States provide due process in cases which could lead to dismissal, demotion, suspension, or transfer (see H.R. 3299), H1406 [23MR]

Liberia: adjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 919), H1674 [3AP]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H4592 [15JN]

Medicaid: provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H8736 [3OC]

———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]

Medicare: protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H6470 [18JY]

———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H3925 [6JN] (see H.R. 2002), H2512 [3MY]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H5656 [29JN]

Mental health: issue commemorative postage stamp to raise autism awareness (see H. Res. 458), H8736 [3OC]

Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]

National Kindness and Justice Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 250), H922 [9MR]

National Take Your Kids To Vote Day: support (see H. Con. Res. 389), H8201 [26SE]

Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 2722), H50 [27JA]

Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H7365 [7SE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Public welfare programs: improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs and provide grants to develop community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food stamp and related programs (see H.R. 2738), H2512 [3MY]

———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7281 [6SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H6471 [18JY]

Social Security: allow States to use State Children's Health Insurance Program allotment to cover uninsured pregnant women (see H.R. 1843), H632 [1MR]

———improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H255 [8FE]

———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), H6052 [13JY]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9504 [6OC]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 1310), H1077 [15MR]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H3869 [25MY]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H5656 [29JN]

———treatment of computer contributions (see H.R. 4061), H1284 [22MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7003 [25JY]

Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]

Turkey: call for the release of certain Kurdish members of the Parliament from prison, and for the recognition of full cultural and language rights for the Kurdish people (see H. Res. 461), H7282 [6SE]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H11207 [26OC]

Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H10036 [17OC]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H8469 [28SE]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (see H.R. 1248), H209 [2FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]

Motions

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), H7628 [14SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H11536 [30OC]

Remarks

Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H5937 [12JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1536 [29MR]

Black History Month: observance, H152, H153 [1FE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1333 [23MR]

Business and industry: establish a statute of repose for durable goods (H.R. 2005), H179 [2FE]

Children and youth: protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), H8158 [26SE]

Colombia: drug interdiction and counter-drug military assistance funding, H1536 [29MR]

Commodity Exchange Act: reauthorize and amend to promote legal certainty, enhance competition, and reduce systemic risk in markets for futures and over-the-counter derivatives (H.R. 4541), H10414, H10415 [19OC]

Courts: clarification of jurisdiction over all constitutional rights disputes, H1098, H1099, H1100 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over local zoning processes and land use disputes, H1108 [16MR]

———clarification of jurisdiction over private property takings and land use disputes (H.R. 2372), H1090, H1092, H1094, H1095, H1098, H1099, H1100, H1101, H1102, H1108 [16MR]

Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation (H.R. 894), H5755 [11JY]

Dept. of Justice: Civil Rights Division funding, H4989 [22JN]

———Indian Country Law Enforcement Initiative funding, H4988 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: weatherization assistance grants program funding through reductions in fossil energy research and development program, H4548 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4548 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4965, H4988, H4989 [22JN]

Drugs: substance abuse prevention and treatment programs funding, H1536 [29MR]

FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2315 [13AP]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2315 [13AP]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5937 [12JY]

Government: require prompt notification of property owners whose rights have been limited by actions of Federal agencies, H1101, H1102 [16MR]

House Rules: allow consideration of motions to suspend rules and consider certain legislation (H. Res. 640), H10414, H10415 [19OC]

Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), motion to instruct conferees, H7628, H7629, H7630 [14SE]

———remove limit on the number of nonimmigrant visas for victims of sex trafficking or involuntary servitude, H7628, H7629, H7630 [14SE]

Immigration: improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (H.R. 3767), H2039 [11AP]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H779 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H779 [9MR]

Small business: allow Federal court jurisdiction over claims dealing with interference in interstate commerce and antitrust matters, H479 [16FE]

———protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H479 [16FE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11201 [26OC]

Substance abuse: allow faith-based treatment centers to receive Federal funding and permit individuals receiving Federal assistance to choose private and religious oriented treatment, H6837 [25JY]

Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 94), H2142 [12AP]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2789 [10MY]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6837 [25JY]

Tributes

Dixon, Julian C., H12074, H12077 [11DE]

King, C.B., H2102 [11AP]