[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]