Education:
LLB, Yale Law School, 1969
MA, Politics, Economics, Oxford University, 1966
BA, History, Davidson College, 1964.

Professional Experience:
President/Owner, Spratt Insurance Agency, 1973-1983
President, Bank of Fort Mill, 1973-1983
Attorney, Spratt, McKeon, and Spratt, 1971-1982
Captain, United States Army, 1969-1971.

Political Experience:
Representative, United States House of Representatives, 1982-present
York County Attorney, 1973-1982
United States House of Representatives Democratic At-Large Whip.

Organizations:
Past Chair, Divine Savior Hospital Board
Elder, First Presbyterian Church
National Guard and Reserve Components Congressional Members Organization
Member, Phi Beta Kappa
Member, Piedmont Legal Services Board of Services
Member, South Carolina Bar Association
Past President, United Way
President, Western York County United Fund
Chair, Winthrop College Board of Visitors
Past President, York Chamber of Commerce.

Caucuses/Non-Legislative Committees:
Co-Chair, Congressional Bearing Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Nuclear Energy Caucus, present
Co-Chair, Textile Caucus, present
Vice Chair, House Democratic Policy Committee, 1994-1996
Chair, Government Operations Subcommittee, 1993-1995
United States House Budget Committee, 1990-1993
Airpower Caucus
Arms Control Foreign Policy Caucus
Army Caucus
Congressional Arts Caucus
Congressional Caucus on India and Indian Americans
Congressional Competitiveness Caucus
Congressional Diabetes Caucus
Congressional Fire Services Caucus
Congressional Fitness Caucus
Congressional Human Rights Caucus
Congressional Rural Caucus
Congressional Travel and Tourism Caucus
Congressional Vietnam-Era Veterans Caucus
Democratic Homeland Security Task Force
Democratic Steering Committee
New Democrat Coalition
Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Caucus
Sunbelt Caucus.

Committees:
Armed Services, Member
Budget, Chair
Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, Member
Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (Armed Services), Member
Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, Member