    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    JOHNSON, SAM (a Representative from Texas)
      Addresses
        Advantages of the Medical Innovation Tax Credit:  Leonard Zwelling,
            E999<bullet> [3JN]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Arlington, VA:  provide location for construction of Air Force
            veterans memorial, (see H.R. 4817), H10667 [12OC]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
        Bilingual Education Act:  repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H3972 [22MY]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H7415 [6AU]
        Crime:  identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H7178 [4AU]
        Dept. of Education:  prohibit funding of national testing proposals
            without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
            [27JA]
        Dept. of HHS:  provide additional exceptions to the imposition of
            civil money penalties in cases of payments to beneficiaries,
            (see H.R. 3511), H1336 [19MR]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  prohibit issuing regulations dealing with
            hybrid transactions, (see H.R. 4663), H11696 [20OC]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        ------ sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in the
            presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Employment:  minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
            employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3014 [7MY]
        Families and domestic relations:  improve child care and family
            support services, (see H.R. 2713), H3105 [12MY]
        FCC:  repeal authority to require contributions from telephone
            carriers for the connection of schools, health care providers,
            and libraries to the Internet, (see H.R. 4065), H4712 [17JN]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Firearms:  applicability of domestic violence-related possession
            prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such
            prohibitions, (see H.R. 26), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ prohibit imposition of a fee for criminal background checks
            before the transfer of a handgun and regulate retention of
            resulting information, (see H.R. 3949), H5494 [14JY]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H8932 [25SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H.R. 4196), H6698 [29JY]
        Health:  limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H2814
            [5MY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
            [21MY]
        IMF:  eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
            certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H6070 [21JY]
        Iraq:  congressional authorization of offensive military action,
            (see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
        IRS:  treatment of certain revenue-increasing rules as major rules,
            (see H.R. 4297), H7690 [14SE]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        Medicaid:  treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
            industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H8528 [23SE]
        Medicare:  documentation requirements for physicians who submit
            claims for office visits and for other evaluation and management
            services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
            hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H8932 [25SE]
        ------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
            3629), H3625 [20MY]
        National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System:  prevent lapses in
            permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
            (see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
        Office of the U.S. Trade Representative:  take certain actions in
            response to European Union failure to comply with the rulings of
            the World Trade Organization, (see H.R. 4761), H10352 [9OC]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
            sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
        Privacy:  repeal law creating a national identification card by
            establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
            drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H6698 [29JY]
        ------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
            citizens in order to create national medical history database,
            (see H.R. 4281), H7179 [4AU]
        SEC:  limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H6511
            [28JY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
        Social Security:  establish the Protect Social Security Account into
            which budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H902
            [5MR]
        ------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
            benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
            (see H.R. 4172), H8627 [24SE]
        Taxation:  capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5594 [15JY]
        ------ capital gains treatment on the transfer of a franchise, (see
            H.R. 3641), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil
            depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
            credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
        ------ depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
            3500), H6070 [21JY]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
            brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H3106
            [12MY]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
            [14MY]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H1854 [31MR]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
            certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
            the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
            expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H2707
            [30AP]
        ------ repeal alternative minimum tax, (see H.R. 162), H5737 [16JY]
        ------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
            services, (see H.R. 3648), H3247 [13MY]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H851 [4MR]
        ------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see H.R. 4173),
            H5403 [25JN]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H755 [3MR]
        ------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
            assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H4835 [18JN]
        ------ treatment of small business meal and entertainment expenses,
            (see H.R. 3667), H2054 [1AP]
        Telephones:  reduce rates and provide advanced telecommunications
            services to schools, libraries, and certain health care
            facilities, (see H.R. 4324), H7585 [10SE]
        Television:  promote competition in the multichannel video
            marketplace, (see H.R. 2921), H1237 [17MR]
        Treaties and agreements:  conditions for the U.S. becoming a
            signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
            Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
        Veterans:  improve access to health care services for certain
            Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        Volunteer workers:  eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
            supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
        ------ exempt certain food bank volunteers from the Fair Labor
            Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H5297 [24JN]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2236 [22AP]
        Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation:  establish a memorial
            in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans
            who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces, (see H.R.
            4847), H11042 [16OC]
        Social Security:  eliminate earnings test for retirement age
            individuals, (see H.R. 3912), H3624 [20MY]
        Tariff:  finished petroleum derivatives, (see H.R. 3422), H1020
            [10MR], (see H.R. 3423), H1020 [10MR]
        ------ methyl tertiary-butyl ether, (see H.R. 3421), H1020 [10MR]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R.
            3815), H3013 [7MY]
        ------ treatment of natural gas gathering lines, (see H.R. 3913),
            H3624 [20MY]
      Remarks
        Agriculture:  ensure that federally funded research and education
            programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
            significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4125 [4JN]
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region, H11784 [18DE]
        Budget:  allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
            used to offset tax cuts (H.R. 3707), H2241 [23AP]
        ------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
            284), H4196 [5JN]
        ------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H10223 [9OC]
        China, People's Republic of:  transfer of strategic nuclear missile
            technology, H4769 [18JN]
        Clinton, President:  Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
            whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10111<bullet>
            [8OC]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11752 [17DE], H11784 [18DE]
        Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House):  granting of
            immunity relative to investigation of Federal election campaign
            fundraising and expenditure practices, H2613 [30AP]
        Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
            With the People's Republic of China (House, Select):  establish
            (H. Res. 463), H4769 [18JN]
        Courts:  limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
            release orders, H2274 [23AP]
        Crime:  improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
            involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H638
            [26FE], H644 [26FE]
        Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
            President, and independent agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4104), H5576 [15JY]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  Veterans Health Administration medical
            care funding through offsets in FHA funding, H6548 [29JY]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6548 [29JY]
        Drug abuse:  national drug control policy (H. Res. 423),
            H3040<bullet> [12MY]
        Education:  national policy to improve system, H8044 [18SE]
        ------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
            children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8044 [18SE]
        Federal courts:  improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
            H2274 [23AP]
        Federal-State relations:  reduce State and local costs due to
            unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
            H4125 [4JN]
        House of Representatives:  legislative program, H11752 [17DE]
        Iraq:  military response to material and unacceptable breach of
            international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
            H11752 [17DE]
        Labor unions:  protect the free choice of individual employees
            relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 59),
            E935<bullet> [21MY]
        NLRB:  treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
            (H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1605 [26MR]
        Office of National Drug Control Policy:  designation of North Texas
            as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, H919 [10MR], H5576
            [15JY]
        Omaha, NE:  tribute to individuals for efforts during snow storms,
            E2016<bullet> [10OC]
        President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform:  prohibit
            Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
            (H.J. Res. 107), H289 [4FE]
        Privacy:  strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic
            eavesdropping (H.R. 2369), H860 [5MR]
        Russia:  tribute to individuals for work performed on Moscow
            orphanage, E2016<bullet> [10OC]
        Social Security:  eliminate earnings test for retirement age
            individuals (H.R. 3912), E915<bullet> [20MY]
        ------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
            surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
            (H.R. 4578), H8465 [23SE], H8537 [24SE], H8721 [25SE], H8737
            [25SE]
        Taxation:  establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
            testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
            and other qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815),
            E803<bullet> [7MY]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
            H8465 [23SE], H8537 [24SE], H8721 [25SE], H8737 [25SE], H8934
            [26SE]
        ------ rates, H4196 [5JN], H5639 [16JY]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4658 [17JN]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4731 [18JN]
        ------ treatment of natural gas gathering lines (H.R. 3913),
            E910<bullet> [20MY]
        Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact:  grant
            congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report, H6527
            [29JY]
        Vietnam:  make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
            emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6772 [30JY]
        Vietnamese Conflict:  tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H483
            [12FE]
        Votes:  position on missed, H8571<bullet> [24SE]
      Remarks in House relative to
        Leave of absence:  granted, H3739 [21MY], H4322 [9JN]
        Tribute, H452 [12FE], H452 [12FE], H478-H485 [12FE], E166 [12FE],
            E174 [12FE]
      Remarks in Senate relative to
        Tribute, S688 [12FE], S688 [12FE]
      Testimonies
        Spiritual Experiences as a Vietnamese Conflict POW:  by, H483 [12FE]
      Texts of
        H.R. 3912, Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act, E915<bullet> [20MY]
        H.R. 3913, tax treatment of natural gas gathering lines,
            E910<bullet> [20MY]