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

    CHRISTENSEN, JON (a Representative from Nebraska)
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H1445 [24MR]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H100 [28JA]
        ------ permit certain beneficiaries to enroll in the Federal
            Employees Health Program and improve health benefits under
            CHAMPUS and TRICARE standard, (see H.R. 1356), H851 [4MR]
        Bankruptcy:  reform laws, (see H.R. 3150), H1699 [27MR]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H1236 [17MR]
        Clinton, President:  address issues of neighborhood crime
            prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
            (see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
        Computers:  installation of filtering or blocking programs in
            schools and libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177),
            H2237 [22AP]
        ------ require persons who sell or transfer materials harmful to
            minors on the Internet to restrict access by minors, (see H.R.
            3783), H6453 [24JY]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions, (see H.R.
            3682), H2054 [1AP]
        Death and dying:  clarify Federal laws relative to dispensing of
            drugs intended for use for assisted suicide or euthanasia, (see
            H.R. 4006), H4629 [16JN]
        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 Transportation:  prohibit from imposing regulations
            relative to the unloading of cargo tank vehicles in liquefied
            compressed gas service, (see H.R. 2936), H1299 [18MR]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H5957 [20JY]
        Diseases:  payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who
            contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products, (see H.R.
            1023), H2119 [21AP]
        Education:  provide incentives to States to establish and administer
            periodic teacher testing and merit pay programs for elementary
            and secondary school teachers, (see H.R. 4594), H9723 [6OC]
        Energy Policy Act:  take into account newly developed renewable
            energy-based fuels and equalize alternative fuel vehicle
            acquisition incentives, (see H.R. 2568), H1550 [25MR]
        EPA:  require discharges from combined storm and sanitary sewers
            conform to the combined sewer overflow control policy, (see H.R.
            4242), H5736 [16JY]
        Families and domestic relations:  provide equitable child care
            relief for stay at-home parents, (see H. Con. Res. 202), H386
            [5FE]
        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), H4628 [16JN]
        Federal employees:  allow use of medical savings accounts under
            health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
        Food Quality Protection Act:  congressional oversight of
            implementation, (see H. Con. Res. 290), H7803 [15SE]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H5405 [25JN]
        Foreign policy:  establish framework for consideration of unilateral
            economic sanctions, (see H.R. 2708), H1112 [11MR]
        ------ support broad-based agricultural and rural development in
            sub-Saharan Africa, (see H.R. 3636), H8627 [24SE]
        Freedom of religion:  protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
            H8932 [25SE]
        George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langley, VA:
            designate, (see H.R. 3821), H4835 [18JN]
        Government:  limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
            and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
            H.R. 4232), H5593 [15JY]
        Health:  limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H1444
            [24MR]
        ------ permit the approval and administration of certain drugs and
            devices to terminally ill patients, (see H.R. 3938), H3743
            [21MY]
        Health care facilities:  establish limits for imposition of fines
            relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H2931
            [6MY]
        Housing:  remove barriers to the provision of affordable housing,
            (see H.R. 3435), H1237 [17MR]
        International Commission of Jurists:  report on the People's
            Republic of China and Tibet, (see H. Con. Res. 283), H8528
            [23SE]
        International relations:  restitution and compensation for certain
            confiscated properties in former Communist countries, (see H.
            Res. 562), H9274 [1OC]
        Iraq:  development of weapons of mass destruction, (see H. Res.
            519), H7691 [14SE]
        IRS:  reform, (see H.R. 3493), H1298 [18MR]
        Israel:  independence anniversary, (see H.J. Res. 102), H579 [24FE]
        Long Beach, CA:  prohibit conveyance of naval station property to a
            commercial shipping company owned by a foreign country, (see
            H.R. 2715), H7584 [10SE]
        Medicare:  election of Medicare+Choice organizations to exclude
            payment for abortion services, (see H.R. 4228), H6282 [23JY]
        ------ improve access to health insurance and benefits for certain
            individuals, (see H.R. 3470), H1235 [17MR]
        ------ repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation services,
            (see H.R. 3835), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ revise certain payment limits for health services, (see H.R.
            4567), H7915 [16SE]
        Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consensus Task Force:
             establish, (see H.R. 4464), H7412 [6AU]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7691
            [14SE]
        Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring:  establish, (see H.R.
            2431), H1236 [17MR]
        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]
        Pensions:  reform, (see H.R. 3788), H4241 [5JN]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Radio:  ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
            operators, (see H.R. 3572), H4880 [19JN]
        Rivers:  Corps of Engineers project to protect fish and wildlife
            habitat of the Missouri River and the middle Mississippi River,
            (see H.R. 2949), H2606 [29AP]
        Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport:  designate, (see H.R.
            2625), H65 [27JA]
        Securities:  limit the conduct of securities class actions under
            State law, (see H.R. 1689), H904 [5MR]
        Social Security:  prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners,
            (see H.R. 530), H1643 [26MR]
        States:  penalties for releasing individuals convicted of violent
            crimes involving children, (see H.R. 4258), H5737 [16JY]
        Taxation:  allow credit to military retirees for Medicare coverage,
            (see H.R. 4167), H6454 [24JY]
        ------ allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, (see H.R.
            3659), H2053 [1AP]
        ------ allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their
            charitable contributions, (see H.R. 2499), H100 [28JA]
        ------ 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]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H4479
            [10JN]
        ------ exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative
            to certain nongovernmental placement agencies, (see H.R. 3991),
            H5494 [14JY]
        ------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
            incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H101 [28JA]
        ------ extend the work opportunity credit, (see H.R. 3125), H99
            [28JA]
        ------ full deduction of health insurance costs for self-employed
            individuals, (see H.R. 18), H7584 [10SE]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H497 [12FE]
        ------ partial exclusion from gross income for dividends and
            interest received by individuals, (see H.R. 3215), H495 [12FE]
        ------ permanently extend income averaging for farmers, (see H.R.
            4399), H7178 [4AU]
        ------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
            businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
            4579), H8528 [23SE]
        ------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H1021
            [10MR]
        ------ 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]
        ------ S corporation reform, (see H.R. 4285), H7290 [5AU]
        ------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H330 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
            1891), H329 [4FE]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm
            rental income, (see H.R. 1261), H851 [4MR]
        ------ 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), H65 [27JA]
        U.S. Submarine Force:  issue postage stamp in commemoration of
            anniversary, (see H. Con. Res. 229), H1159 [12MR]
        Veterans:  benefit eligibility for certain service in the military
            forces of the Philippines, (see H.R. 836), H1445 [24MR]
        ------ computation of retirement benefits for certain merchant
            mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R. 4574), H9275
            [1OC]
        ------ improve access to health care services for certain Medicare-
            eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
        ------ permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with
            service-connected disability benefits, (see H.R. 303), H64
            [27JA]
        Weapons:  ensure that any national missile defense program protects
            Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
            Con. Res. 278), H4962 [22JN]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Crime:  treatment of Federal prisoners, (see H.R. 3512), H1336
            [19MR]
        European Union:  unfair restriction on the importation of U.S. beef,
            (see H. Con. Res. 212), H446 [11FE]
        Taxation:  determination of employment status, (see H.R. 3722),
            H2317 [23AP]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses,
            (see H.R. 4025), H4478 [10JN]
      Remarks
        Abortion:  prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), motion to
            discharge Committee on the Judiciary (House) from consideration
            of veto, H6198 [23JY]
        Agriculture:  observance of Food Check-Out Day, E127<bullet> [11FE]
        Appropriations:  making omnibus consolidated and emergency
            supplemental appropriations, H11551 [20OC], H11643 [20OC],
            H11667<bullet> [20OC]
        China, People's Republic of:  most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res.
            121), H6091 [22JY], H6108 [22JY]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11894 [18DE]
        Computers:  prohibit interference with interstate commerce on the
            Internet or interactive computer services, H11667<bullet> [20OC]
        Courts:  mandatory minimum sentencing relative to criminal use of
            guns (H.R. 424), E224<bullet> [25FE]
        Crime:  prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State
            laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 3682),
            H5536 [15JY]
        Dept. of Transportation and related agencies:  making appropriations
            (H.R. 4328), conference report, H11551 [20OC], H11643 [20OC],
            H11667<bullet> [20OC]
        Political campaigns:  ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
            2183), H6948<bullet> [3AU]
        Taxation:  provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and
            small businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R.
            4579), H8966 [26SE]
        ------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
            relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
            2646), conference report, H4726 [18JN]
        ------ treatment of information technology job training expenses
            (H.R. 4025), E1088<bullet> [10JN]
        Votes:  position on missed, H6948<bullet> [3AU]
      Texts of
        H.R. 4025, tax treatment of information technology job training
            expenses, E1089<bullet> [10JN]
      Tributes
        Osborne, Tom, H71 [28JA]