JOHN, CHRISTOPHER (a Representative from Louisiana)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]

Agriculture: restore the effectiveness of certain provisions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act regulating Federal milk marketing orders (see H.R. 786), H587 [13FE]

Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 1766), H9614 [28OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H157 [9JA]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4836 [26JN]

Business and industry: maintain standards for ``Made in USA'' label (see H. Con. Res. 80), H8834 [9OC]

Census: include ancestry data on decennial census (see H. Con. Res. 38), H767 [5MR]

CERCLA: treatment of certain parties relative to liability (see H.R. 2485), H8633 [7OC]

Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H9865 [31OC]

Clean Air Act: amend to impose certain requirements on areas upwind of ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 1911), H3864 [17JN]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7730 [23SE]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish temporary emergency minimum milk prices (see H. Res. 224), H8300 [1OC]

Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H9614 [28OC]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1989 [29AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H7199 [10SE]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9866 [31OC]

Education: establish State infrastructure banks for education (see H.R. 1822), H4222 [23JN]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H6798 [3SE]

Federal agencies and departments: review of efficiency and need for certain agencies (see H.R. 2939), H10419 [8NO]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H5916 [28JY]

Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H9502 [23OC]

Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center: authorize relocation and transfer current site to Louisiana (see H.R. 1558), H2444 [8MY]

Government: procure from the private sector the goods and services necessary to operate and manage certain agencies (see H.R. 716), H1795 [23AP]

Government regulations: accounting of costs and benefits (see H.R. 2840), H10170 [6NO]

———analyze impact and improve congressional deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates (see H.R. 1010), H9800 [30OC]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H2254 [6MY]

———transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H4913 [8JY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H8727 [8OC]

———create a new nonimmigrant category for temporary agricultural workers admitted pursuant to a labor condition attestation (see H.R. 2595), H8299 [1OC]

Insurance: Federal reinsurance contracts for eligible State insurance programs covering homeowners impacted by natural disasters (see H.R. 219), H1892 [24AP]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]

IRS: restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]

Lebanon: recognize territorial integrity, unity, sovereignty, and independence (see H. Con. Res. 68), H1988 [29AP]

Medicare: hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H6026 [29JY]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

———condolences on death (see H. Res. 226, 227), H7262, H7263 [11SE]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H7008 [8SE]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H3274 [3JN]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 600, 1366, 2183, 2777), H1704 [17AP], H5485 [17JY], H7911 [25SE], H9800 [30OC]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259), H8438 [6OC]

Puerto Rico: self-determination (see H.R. 856), H699 [27FE]

Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H1112 [18MR]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1289 [21MR]

Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H2446 [8MY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1794 [23AP]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H590 [13FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 62), H1441 [10AP]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1707 [17AP]

———treatment of estate tax for family farms and small businesses (see H.R. 1845), H5401 [16JY]

Television: promote competition in the multichannel video marketplace (see H.R. 2921), H10769 [12NO]

Tobacco products: strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors (see H.R. 2034), H4645 [25JN]

Transportation: reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

Veterans: accessibility to outdoor recreation programs on military installations for certain disabled individuals (see H.R. 2760), H9729 [29OC]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Wildlife: protect opportunities for sportsmen and enhance conservation of wildlife (see H.R. 1719), H3201 [22MY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5704 [24JY]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4393 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration (H. Res. 174), H4393 [25JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H2987 [20MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: regulate loans to certain processors of sugarcane and sugar beets, H5704 [24JY]

Votes: position on missed, H9833 [31OC]