WATKINS, WES (a Representative from Oklahoma)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3928 [25JN]
Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H8023 [16OC]
Armed Forces: provide for a Korea Defense Service Medal to be issued to members who participated in Korea after the Korean War (see H.R. 1935), H2735 [21MY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5326), H6304 [17SE]
Comanche Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3512), H1284 [11AP]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 539), H6418 [19SE]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H3454 [11JN]
CPSC: promulgate fire safety standards for cigarettes (see H.R. 4981), H4326 (see H.R. 5059), H4325 [27JN]
Diseases: expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H4069 [26JN]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H1201 [10AP]
———uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2649), H781 [7MR]
FTC: regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H3161 [4JN]
Health: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program and National Marrow Awareness Month (see H. Res. 563), H6777 [26SE]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Labor unions: encourage mediation to resolve dispute between the Pacific Maritime Association and the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (see H. Con. Res. 500), H7304 [8OC]
Medicare: improve access to services in rural hospitals and critical access hospitals (see H.R. 4515), H1483 [18AP]
———promote access to health care services in rural areas (see H.R. 4112), H1284 [11AP]
———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H3928 [25JN]
Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3292 [6JN]
National forests: establish a user fee system for occupancy and use of lands and facilities by organizational camps that serve youth and disabled adults (see H.R. 5316), H6230 [11SE]
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program: amend (see H.R. 3741), H3297 [10JN]
Peace Corps: promote global acceptance of the principles of international peace and nonviolent coexistence among peoples of diverse cultures and systems of government (see H.R. 4979), H4575 [12JY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]
Pledge of Allegiance: constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 104), H4575 [12JY]
Public lands: establish time limits for completion of wilderness studies on Federal lands (see H.R. 4620), H3038 [23MY]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4090), H1152 [9AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Robert Wayne Jenkins Station, Tulsa, OK: designate (see H.R. 4851), H3563 [13JN]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3250), H1201 [10AP]
Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 2125), H1533 [23AP]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1339 [16AP]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]
———provide health care incentives relative to long-term care (see H.R. 4946), H3600 [17JN]
———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 4843), H5791 [25JY]
———simplify Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5166), H4931 [18JY]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2512 [15MY]
———treat nominally foreign corporations created through inversion transactions as domestic corporations (see H.R. 3857), H932 [14MR]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H3562 [13JN]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence by a member of the Armed Forces while on official extended duty (see H.R. 356), H6229 [11SE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
United Kingdom: express appreciation for loyal support and leadership of Great Britain Prime Minister, Tony Blair, in war on terrorism and reaffirm relationship with Great Britain (see H. Res. 549), H6927 [1OC]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H6251 [12SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Medicare: extend authorization for appropriations for certain rural grants (see H.R. 4452), H1337 [16AP]
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (see H. Res. 398), H1674 [25AP]
Native Americans: clarify U.S. citizenship rights and eligibility for Federal benefits for all enrolled members of the Kickapoo Tribe of Oklahoma and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (see H.R. 5639), H7894 [10OC]
Pittsburg County, OK: land conveyance to Choctaw Nation (see H.R. 4769), H2607 [16MY]
Taxation: exempt certain recipients of Federal multi-family housing loans from the recapture provisions of the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 4712), H2355 [9MY]
———prorate the heavy vehicle use tax between the first and subsequent purchasers of the same vehicle in one taxable period (see H.R. 4828), H2944 [22MY]
Tupelo, OK: convey a parcel of land at the Southwestern Power Administration facility (see H.R. 4686), H2235 [8MY] (see H.R. 5109), H4553 [11JY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H3455 [12JN]
Remarks
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H2979 [23MY]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1053 [20MR]
Dept. of Energy: convey a parcel of land at the Southwestern Power Administration facility in Tupelo, OK, to Rural Enterprises of Oklahoma, Inc. (H.R. 5109), H6493 [24SE]
Families and domestic relations: support responsible fatherhood and encourage greater involvement of fathers in the lives of their children (H. Res. 442), H3489 [12JN]
Hall, Representative Tony P.: nomination to be U.S. Representative to the U.N. Agencies for Food and Agriculture, E1377
House of Representatives: appreciation of opportunity to serve, H8924 [14NO]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (H.R. 5427), E1859
Myers, Jim: Oklahoma Journalism Hall of Fame inductee, E621
National Fragile X Research Day: observance (H. Res. 398), H6809, H6810 [1OC]
Native American Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal, H3617 [18JN]
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. 2880), H3408, H3409 [11JN]
Oklahoma: settle certain claims of Cherokee, Choctaw, and Chickasaw Nations to the Arkansas Riverbed (H.R. 3534), H6882 [1OC]
Public debt: ceiling, H2979 [23MY]
Sioux Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3250), H3617 [18JN]
Taxation: increase unified estate tax credit, H3268 [6JN]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3268 [6JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery, H502 [14FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H502 [14FE]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H502 [14FE]
Votes: position on missed, H5888 [26JY], H6341 [18SE], E1556
Remarks in House relative to
Tribute, H6810 [1OC], E1557 [11SE]
Tributes
Hall, Representative Tony P., E1377
Samples, Herman, H6810 [1OC]
Sullivan, Representative, H565 [27FE]
Whitworth, Lyndal, E1802
Williams, Kent, H3455 [12JN]