JOHNSON, EDDIE BERNICE (a Representative from Texas)
Bills and resolutions introduced by
NIH: expand programs to research osteoporosis and related bone diseases (see H.R. 3331), H4109 [25AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Airlines and airports: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 3187), H3650 [18AP]
American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H1636 [29FE]
Amos F. Longoria Post Office Building, Elmendorf, TX: designate (see H.R. 2700), H331 [5JA]
Antarctic Treaty: implement Protocol on Environmental Protection (see H.R. 3060), H2122 [12MR]
Appropriations: making continuing (see H.J. Res. 155), H187 [4JA]
Armed Forces: treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (see H.R. 3521), H5818 [4JN]
Aviation: prohibit transportation of chemical oxygen generators on certain aircraft (see H.R. 3618), H7658 [16JY]
Brown, Ronald H.: tribute (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]
Business and industry: assist in development of microenterprises (see H.R. 3846), H8557 [25JY]
———discourage relocation to foreign countries and encourage creation of new jobs (see H.R. 3252), H6532 [19JN]
———ensure competitiveness of textile and apparel industry (see H.R. 3654), H6915 [26JN]
———ensure economic equity for women (see H.R. 3857), H8029 [18JY]
———require employers to notify workers of reductions in business operations (see H.R. 3369), H6765 [25JN]
———require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H4800 [9MY]
Carl B. Stokes U.S. Courthouse, Cleveland, OH: designate (see H.R. 4133), H11046 [24SE]
Census: accuracy of decennial census (see H.R. 3558), H5753 [30MY]
Children and youth: establish community-based youth development block grant program (see H.R. 2807), H1986 [7MR]
China, Republic of: tribute on the occasion of first Presidential election (see H. Con. Res. 154), H4424 [2MY]
Civil rights: prevent law enforcement agencies from detaining individuals on highways solely because of race or color (see H.R. 4092), H10524 [17SE]
Commission on the Advancement of Women in the Science and Engineering Work Forces: establish (see H.R. 3726), H6914 [26JN]
Commission on Women, H6765 [25JN]
Consumers: labeling system for apparel and sporting goods made without child labor (see H.R. 4125), H10721 [19SE]
Contracts: treatment of Federal contracts relative to Government shutdowns (see H.R. 2963), H2316 [14MR]
Crime: penalties for certain sex offenses against children (see H.R. 3180), H4647 [8MY]
Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H9566 [31JY]
Dept. of Commerce: tribute to employees and business leaders killed in plane crash while on trade mission in Croatia (see H. Res. 406), H3649 [18AP]
Diseases: issue special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 3401), H5647 [29MY]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1138 [31JA]
———pediatric and adolescent AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 184), H6285 [12JN]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1462), H6691 [20JN]
Ecology and environment: strengthen protection of native biodiversity and place restraints on clearcutting of forests (see H.R. 2407), H2316 [14MR]
Education: funding levels for federally assisted education programs (see H. Con. Res. 144), H1225 [1FE]
EEOC: provide funding and remedies for certain instances of sexual harassment (see H.R. 3646), H6413 [13JN]
Elections: provide for multimember congressional districts by limited, cumulative, or preference voting systems (see H.R. 2545), H6532 [19JN]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 3362), H7475 [11JY]
FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H6691 [20JN]
———require full documentation of breast implant information (see H. Res. 449), H8248 [23JY]
Federal Home Loan Bank System: authorization of loans and participation requirements relative to community development (see H.R. 3349), H4302 [30AP]
Forests: designate and protect certain Federal lands (see H.R. 4145), H12271 [3OC]
———repeal emergency salvage timber sale program (see H.R. 2745), H2558 [20MR]
Health: improve and expand clinical research programs (see H.R. 3587), H6691 [20JN]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 2893), H2558 [20MR]
———prohibit interference between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 2976), H6415 [13JN]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 3226), H9925 [2AU]
Immigration: asylum reform (see H.R. 3744), H7106 [27JN]
Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 2748), H7107 [27JN]
Law enforcement officers: funding for the hiring of personnel who perform nonadministrative services (see H.R. 2922), H1986 [7MR]
Lobbyists: prohibit misrepresentation of groups or individual names in connection with lobbying (see H.R. 2694), H2123 [12MR]
Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H2316 [14MR]
Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11396 [26SE]
Marine mammals: eliminate ban on import of dolphin-safe tuna and support the International Dolphin Conservation Program in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean (see H.R. 2856), H3650 [18AP]
Medicaid: prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 780), H2123 [12MR]
———reward States for collecting funds expended on tobacco-related illnesses (see H.R. 3779), H7260 [10JY]
Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H2558 [20MR]
———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H2558 [20MR]
———medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 2247), H1775 [6MR]
———oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 2489), H3231 [29MR]
———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 779), H2123 [12MR]
———screening mammography (see H.R. 3052), H3820 [24AP]
Millennium Society: coordinate activities to commemorate the second millennium and endow an international cross-cultural scholarship fund (see H.R. 3631), H10721 [19SE]
Music and dance: tribute to African-American music (see H. Con. Res. 151), H2123 [12MR]
National security: threat to U.S. citizens and Government posed by armed militia and paramilitary groups (see H. Con. Res. 206), H9705 [1AU]
National Tourism Board: establish (see H.R. 2579), H4303 [30AP]
National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H4303 [30AP]
Natural gas: authorize associations of independent producers (see H.R. 2342), H1775 [6MR]
Nigeria: impose economic sanctions (see H.R. 2697), H1245 [16FE]
NIH: expand and coordinate National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute activities on women's diseases (see H.R. 3001), H1635 [29FE]
Pensions: exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H10107 [5SE]
Petroleum: gasoline tax (see H.R. 3457), H5173 [15MY]
Railroads: improve rail transportation safety (see H.R. 3106, 3578), H2867 [26MR], H5934 [5JN]
Roads and highways: construction funding (see H.R. 3775), H12271 [3OC]
Romania: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 3161), H4397 [1MY]
Ronald H. Brown Commerce Building, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 3247), H3387 [15AP]
Ronald H. Brown Federal Building, New York, NY: designate (see H.R. 3560), H8982 [30JY]
Sam M. Gibbons U.S. Courthouse, Tampa, FL: designate (see H.R. 3710), H9706 [1AU]
Selma, AL: recognition of Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church as symbol of the struggle for and achievement of African-American voting rights (see H. Res. 487), H8094 [22JY]
Sequoia National Forest: preservation of Giant Sequoia ecosystem and increase recreational opportunities (see H.R. 3873), H8247 [23JY]
Sierra Leone: elections (see H. Con. Res. 160), H4303 [30AP]
Social Security: level of benefit payment in the month of the beneficiary's death (see H.R. 3835), H11527 [27SE]
———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1636 [29FE]
———medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 580, 3142), H2316 [14MR], H4303 [30AP]
Taxation: increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H5380 [21MY]
———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H1507 [28FE]
———treatment of empowerment zones and enterprise communities (see H.R. 3241), H3386 [15AP]
———treatment of lobbying expenses for State legislation (see H.R. 2434), H1226 [1FE]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H5380 [21MY]
Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 4204), H11394 [26SE]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3178), H2950 [27MR]
———research health risks of dioxin in tampons (see H.R. 3796), H7474 [11JY]
———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (see H.R. 3511), H5754 [30MY]
Letters
Most-favored-nation status for the People's Republic of China: Martin Lee, H7012 [27JN]
Proposed merger of the Union Pacific and Southern Pacific Railroads: by, E1172 [26JN]
Remarks by, on
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), Senate amendments, H2927
Armed Forces: reform military death investigation process, E1796
Black History Month: observance, E261
China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 182), H7012 [27JN]
Dallas, TX: Booker T. Washington High School recipient of Dept. of Education Blue Ribbon Schools award, E850
———First United Methodist Church anniversary, E485
———observance of Kindness Week, E165
———tribute to Lincoln Humanities/Communications Magnet High School for receiving Redbook Distinction award, E851
Dallas Cowboys (football team): tribute, E113
Dallas Visual Art Center: award recipients, E1475
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (H.R. 123), H9753
Firearms: repeal ban on assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (H.R. 125), H2697 [22MR]
Gaines, Chryste: tribute for participation in Olympic games, E1801
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3103), H3137
House of Representatives: tribute to retiring women Members, H11219
House Rules: same-day consideration of certain resolutions (H. Res. 342), H849, H850 [25JA]
Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), E441
NASA: funding, H5680, H5681 [30MY]
NIST: Advanced Technology and Manufacturing Extension Partnership Programs funding, H5722 [30MY]
Oceans: reduce regulations on international transportation and eliminate the Federal Maritime Commission (H.R. 2149), H4343 [1MY]
Renfro, Mel: induction into Pro Football Hall of Fame, E1472
Romania: most-favored-nation status (H.R. 3161), H7596
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 3322), H5578, H5608 [29MY], H5680, H5681, H5722 [30MY]
Stanley, Renee: Jerusalem 3000 Peter Max Award recipient, E952
Telecommunications: reform policies regulating competition (S. 652), conference report, H1176
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (H.R. 842), H3531
Votes: position on missed, H7713
Women: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3178), H2877 [27MR]
Women's History Month: observance, H2662
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H911 [25JA], H6411 [13JN], H10521 [17SE]
Special order: granted, H2663 [21MR], H11226 [25SE]
Tributes
Allen, Herbert, Sr., E429
Brown, Ronald H., H3453
Coleman, Red, E898
Fields, Representative Cleo, H11386 [26SE]
Fish, Hamilton, Jr., E1494
Garcia, Hector P., E1475
Gibbons, Representative, E800
Golman, Joe H., E1816
Hankins, Anthony M., E1469
Jordan, Barbara, E104
Junkins, Jerry R., H5626 [29MY]
Maier, Francis A., E654
Mfume, Representative, E187
Miner, George D., E509
Pearle, Elsie C., E798
Raggio, Louise, E432
Sampson, DeMetris, H2662 [21MR]
Washington, Barry, E1467