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

    JOHN, CHRISTOPHER (a Representative from Louisiana)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Agriculture:  provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
            producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7429 [7AU]
        ------ provide protections to suppliers of commodities, (see H.R.
            3744), H3247 [13MY]
        Arms Export Control Act:  exempt federally guaranteed agricultural
            commodities from the application of sanctions, (see H.R. 4195),
            H5491 [14JY]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H3105 [12MY]
        ------ reform system to become a needs-based system, (see H.R.
            2500), H851 [4MR]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Committee on Social Security Reform (Joint):  establish, (see H.J.
            Res. 112), H677 [26FE]
        Computers:  encourage disclosure and exchange of information
            relative to the year 2000 problem, (see H.R. 4455), H7412 [6AU]
        Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act:  improve agricultural
            credit provisions for farmers and ranchers, (see H.R. 4246),
            H5736 [16JY]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H2706 [30AP]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Cuba:  exception to trade embargo for food, medicines and medical
            supplies, instruments, or equipment, (see H.R. 1951), H2606
            [29AP]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  expand School Breakfast Program and provide
            greater access to snacks in school-based childcare programs,
            (see H.R. 3086), H498 [12FE]
        ------ make grants to establish additional rural enterprise
            communities, (see H.R. 4071), H8528 [23SE]
        Dept. of HUD:  modernize requirements and establish consensus
            process for development, revision, and interpretation of safety
            standards for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634),
            H4962 [22JN]
        Dept. of Justice:  establish standards of conduct for employees and
            establish a review board to monitor compliance, (see H.R. 3396),
            H4712 [17JN]
        Diseases:  Medicare coverage and research funding for amyotrophic
            lateral sclerosis, (see H.R. 2009), H4711 [17JN]
        Energy Policy and Conservation Act:  eliminate certain plumbing
            supply regulations, (see H.R. 859), H64 [27JA]
        Federal employees:  computation system for Social Security benefits
            relative to spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pensions,
            (see H.R. 2273), H755 [3MR]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H1337 [19MR]
        Financial institutions:  insist that certain institutions uphold the
            trade liberalization commitments made by Asian countries
            receiving assistance from such institutions, (see H.R. 3353),
            H902 [5MR]
        Firearms:  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), H4629 [16JN]
        ------ treatment of muzzle loading firearms as antique firearms,
            (see H.R. 3140), H2237 [22AP]
        Fish and fishing:  disapprove rule requiring the use of bycatch
            reduction devices in the shrimp fishery of the Gulf of Mexico,
            (see H.R. 3735), H2423 [28AP]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H9084 [26SE]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H3014 [7MY]
        Freedom of religion:  constitutional amendment on protection, (see
            H.J. Res. 78), H101 [28JA]
        Government regulations:  analyze impact and improve congressional
            deliberation of proposed Federal private sector mandates, (see
            H.R. 3534), H1444 [24MR]
        ------ ensure incorporation of risk assessments and cost benefit
            analyses in the rulemaking process, (see H.R. 4863), H11695
            [20OC]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H1854 [31MR]
        Health:  protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's,
            (see H.R. 3605), H4479 [10JN]
        House of Representatives:  authorize participation in State and
            local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H5859
            [17JY]
        Housing:  remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing,
            (see H.R. 3435), H3744 [21MY]
        Insurance:  coverage and treatment of emergency services under
            health plans, (see H.R. 815), H1699 [27MR]
        Law enforcement officers:  establish a matching grant program to
            assist local governments in purchasing armor vests, (see H.R.
            2829), H755 [3MR]
        Lewis and Clark expedition:  mint coins in commemoration of
            bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
        ``Little Rock Nine'':  award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
            2560), H8528 [23SE]
        McVay, Charles B., III:  exonerate from responsibility in the
            sinking of the U.S.S. Indianapolis, (see H.R. 3710), H7290 [5AU]
        Medicare:  delay implementation of changes in coverage of
            venipuncture services under home health services, (see H.R.
            2912), H65 [27JA]
        ------ reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4646),
            H9083 [26SE]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
            (see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
        Motor vehicles:  average fuel economy standards for automobiles,
            (see H.R. 880), H11696 [20OC]
        Point Reyes National Seashore:  protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
            H4550 [11JN]
        Postal Service:  guidelines for renovation, relocation, closing, or
            consolidation of post offices, (see H.R. 1231), H4711 [17JN]
        Public utilities:  revision of the regulatory policies governing
            public utility holding companies, (see H.R. 3976), H3971 [22MY]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H3105 [12MY]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H904 [5MR]
        Social Security:  earnings test for blind individuals, (see H.R.
            612), H497 [12FE]
        ------ extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements relative to
            trust funds, (see H.R. 2586), H241 [3FE]
        Taxation:  allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H4550 [11JN]
        ------ 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]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3489
            [19MY]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H1445 [24MR]
        ------ treatment of beer, (see H.R. 158), H10513 [10OC]
        ------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
            H1298 [18MR]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3888), H4056 [3JN]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H2931 [6MY]
        ------ eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
            awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H6697 [29JY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 65), H64
            [27JA], (see H.R. 303), H64 [27JA]
        Wetlands:  promote restoration, conservation and enhancement through
            establishment of a wetlands mitigation banking program, (see
            H.R. 1290), H2055 [1AP]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Calcasieu Parish, LA:  clarify the applicability of authority to
            release restrictions and encumbrances on certain property, (see
            H.R. 4029), H4478 [10JN]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years, (see H.R. 3228),
            H496 [12FE]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins, (see
            H.R. 4235), H5735 [16JY]
      Remarks
        Armed Forces:  support while carrying out missions in and around the
            Persian Gulf region (H. Res. 612), E2360<bullet> [19DE]
        BeauSoleil (musical group):  tribute on receipt of Grammy Award for
            Best Traditional Folk Recording, E281<bullet> [4MR]
        Capitol Building and Grounds:  tribute to John M. Gibson and Jacob
            J. Chestnut of the Capitol Police for acts of heroism,
            E1499<bullet> [31JY]
        Clinton, President:  censure, H11894 [18DE]
        ------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11894 [18DE], H11977 [19DE]
        Coast Guard:  authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2204), Senate
            amendment (H. Res. 602), E2243<bullet> [20OC]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 4717),
            E1944<bullet> [8OC]
        Hackberry Ramblers (musical group):  tribute on receipt of Grammy
            Award nomination for Best Traditional Folk Recording,
            E281<bullet> [4MR]
        Line Item Veto Act:  direct savings toward reducing the public debt
            when used during Federal budget surplus years (H.R. 3228),
            E177<bullet> [12FE]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field
            (H.R. 4604), E1762<bullet> [18SE]
        NOAA:  authorizing appropriations relative to the eradication and
            control of harmful algal blooms and other aquatic toxins (H.R.
            4235), E2243<bullet> [20OC]
        Votes:  position on missed, H6144 [22JY]
      Tributes
        Thompson, Hugh, E306<bullet> [5MR]