[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]