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

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Ali, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4590), H1672 [25AP]

Business and industry: enhance regulation of public auditors, improve corporate governance and overhaul corporate disclosure made pursuant to the securities laws (see H.R. 3818), H1155 [9AP]

Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]

———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]

Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H105 [29JA]

Children and youth: provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H907 [13MR]

Community development: increase the expertise and capacity of community-based organizations involved in economic development activities and key community development programs (see H.R. 3974), H5998 [26JY]

Consumers: protect from predatory mortgage lending practices (see H.R. 1051), H1688 [29AP]

Crime: eliminate the securities fraud exception from the civil remedy for racketeering violations (see H.R. 3644), H103 [29JA]

Davis, Benjamin O., Jr.: tribute (see H. Res. 487), H6061 [4SE]

Davis, Sammy, Jr.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3628), H1155 [9AP]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H1533 [23AP]

Dept. of Defense: field current weapons that provide alternatives to landmines, join the Convention on the Prohibition of Anti-Personnel Mines, and expand support for mine victims (see H.R. 948), H141 [5FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H561 [26FE]

———make grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment efforts under State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 4764), H4326 [27JN]

Drugs: regulate receipt of donated prescription drug samples by charitable health care entities (see H.R. 2740), H781 [7MR]

Education: constitutional amendment on the right to a quality public education (see H.J. Res. 31), H8023 [16OC]

———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6778 [26SE]

———restrict the disqualification of students for drug offenses to those students who committed offenses while receiving student financial aid (see H.R. 3777), H3859 [24JN]

ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H785 [11MR]

Federal Bureau of Investigation Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 5213), H6230 [11SE]

Federal employees: improve prevailing rate pay systems for wage grade Federal employees (see H.R. 1262), H105 [29JA]

———increase the Government contribution for Federal employee health insurance (see H.R. 1307), H1674 [25AP]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H3928 [25JN]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H2356 [9MY]

Financial institutions: exempt attorneys from privacy provisions of the law repealing restrictions on the affiliation of banks, securities firms, and insurance companies (see H.R. 5457), H6692 [25SE]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H1620 [24AP]

Fisk Jubilee Singers (musical group): issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 225), H79 [24JA]

Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]

Forests: ban clearcutting and logging on certain Federal lands to strengthen protection of native biodiversity (see H.R. 5279), H5995 [26JY]

Government regulations: require agencies to take into consideration the impact of newly promulgated rules on the privacy of individuals (see H.R. 4561), H1618 [24AP]

Haiti: end embargo and certain restrictions on humanitarian and development assistance (see H. Con. Res. 382), H1483 [18AP]

Health: emphasize the importance of bone marrow donation and support National Marrow Donor Program and National Marrow Awareness Month (see H. Res. 563), H8024 [16OC]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H1289 [15AP]

———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H5998 [26JY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H651 [28FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]

Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H3928 [25JN]

Houston, Charles H.: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 438), H5998 [26JY]

Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H932 [14MR]

Iran: human rights violations (see H. Res. 505), H6374 [18SE]

Iraq: support U.N. efforts to assure Iraq's compliance with Security Council resolutions and advance peace and security in the Persian Gulf region (see H. Con. Res. 473), H6693 [25SE]

Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building, Marion, AL: designate (see H.R. 3849), H3514 [12JN]

Law enforcement: prohibit racial profiling (see H.R. 2074), H2019 [1MY]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1484 [18AP]

———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H781 [7MR]

———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H1532 [23AP]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H. Con. Res. 328), H524 [14FE]

———establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H2101 [2MY]

———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), H688 [5MR]

———standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H2945 [22MY]

Mental health: provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H3454 [11JN]

Mink, Patsy T.: honorary renaming of Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H.J. Res. 113), H7172 [7OC]

Nanoscience and Nanotechnology Advisory Board: establish (see H.R. 5669), H9025 [14NO]

Nat King Cole Post Office, Los Angeles, CA: designate (see H.R. 4797), H2943 [22MY]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: establish (see H.R. 4777), H6061 [4SE]

National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H5195 [23JY]

National Epilepsy Month: designate (see H. Res. 484), H4605 [15JY]

National Historically Black Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see H. Res. 518), H6129 [9SE]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H781 [7MR]

NIH: uterine fibroid research funding (see H.R. 1672), H5997 [26JY]

Northeastern North Carolina Heritage Area: feasibility study (see H.R. 5274), H5995 [26JY]

Older Americans Act: Elderly Nutrition Programs anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H4606 [15JY]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H4425 [9JY]

Power resources: provide assistance to those most affected by high energy prices and promote and accelerate energy conservation investments in the U.S. (see H.R. 3274), H105 [29JA]

Public safety officers: ensure that officers who suffer a fatal heart attack or stroke while on duty shall be presumed to have died in the line of duty for purposes of survivor benefits (see H.R. 5334), H6084 [5SE]

Public service: facilitate participation in community and military service (see H.R. 3465), H1284 [11AP]

Public welfare programs: address barriers to employment as a work activity under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 5344), H6129 [9SE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3113), H141 [5FE]

———reform block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3459), H1289 [15AP]

Railroads: establish a national rail passenger transportation system and reauthorize and improve service and security on Amtrak (see H.R. 5216), H5789 [25JY]

Refugees: eliminate sexual exploitation (see H. Con. Res. 349), H1620 [24AP]

Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office Building, Selma, AL: designate (see H.R. 3850), H3514 [12JN]

Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H8733 [13NO]

SEC: permit certain funds assessed for securities laws violations to be used to compensate employees who are victims of excessive pension fund investments in employers stock (see H.R. 3634), H367 [13FE]

Small business: provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H7738 [9OC]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H201 [6FE]

———provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H2471 [14MY]

Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H834 [12MR]

Tariff: mucochloric acid (see H.R. 4254), H2945 [22MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for expenditures for renewable energy property (see H.R. 2179), H6060 [4SE]

———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H4553 [11JY]

———provide protections for participants in cash or deferred arrangements under section 401(k) relative to the acquisition and holding of employer securities (see H.R. 3463), H524 [14FE]

———provide tax and other incentives to maintain a vibrant travel and tourism industry, to keep working people working, and to stimulate economic growth (see H.R. 3041), H227 [7FE]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H2356 [9MY]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend and expand (see H.R. 5089), H9025 [14NO]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

———provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 4647), H2662 [20MY]

Thurgood Marshall Scholarship Fund: tribute (see H. Res. 581), H7894 [10OC]

Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H2735 [21MY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H1091 [20MR]

Urban areas: allow transit systems in urbanized areas that have recently passed certain population limits to retain flexibility in the use of Federal transit formula grants (see H.R. 5157), H5998 [26JY]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H4069 [26JN]

Williams, Serena: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]

Williams, Venus: tribute (see H. Res. 94), H4767 [16JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6783 [30SE]

Tariff: acid black 107 (see H.R. 4537), H1483 [18AP]

———acid black 132 and acid black 172 (see H.R. 4536), H1483 [18AP]

———acid yellow 219, acid orange 152, acid red 278, acid orange 116, acid orange 156, and acid blue 113 (see H.R. 4538), H1483 [18AP]

———direct black 175 (see H.R. 4534), H1483 [18AP]

———disperse blue 321 (see H.R. 4533), H1483 [18AP]

———disperse orange 30, disperse blue 79-1, disperse red 167-1, disperse yellow 64, disperse red 60, disperse blue 60, disperse blue 77, disperse yellow 42, disperse red 86, and disperse red 86-1 (see H.R. 4532), H1483 [18AP]

———disperse red 73 and disperse blue 56 (see H.R. 4535), H1483 [18AP]

Remarks

African Americans: encourage study of reparations relative to loss of property by landowners, H192 [6FE]

Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5959 [26JY]

Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7426 [9OC], H7743 [10OC]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1060 [20MR]

Business and industry: protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5465 [25JY]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H852 [13MR]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6727 [26SE]

House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 507), H5959 [26JY]

INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1633 [25AP]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, H6134, H6135 [10SE]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H3399 [11JN]

National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3942 [26JN]

National Weather Service: conduct research and development, training, and outreach activities relative to tropical cyclone inland forecasting improvement (H.R. 2486), H4511 [11JY]

New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact: congressional consent to certain amendments (H.R. 3180), H3887 [25JN]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (H. Res. 459), H4128 [27JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), consideration (H. Res. 422), same-day consideration (H. Res. 420), H2486 [15MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H1060 [20MR]

Taxation: rates, H1060 [20MR]

Terrorism: provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, H6134, H6135 [10SE]

Utah-Nevada Boundary Compact: congressional consent (H.R. 2054), H3396, H3399 [11JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H9018 [14NO]

Tributes

Lightner, Clarence E., H4476 [10JY]