[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JOHNSON, JAY W. (a Representative from Wisconsin)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: provide monetary disaster assistance to agricultural
producers, (see H.R. 4508), H7414 [6AU]
Armed Forces: administration of certain drugs without informed
consent, (see H.R. 4035), H6487 [27JY]
Army: close School of the Americas, (see H.R. 611), H2706 [30AP]
Clinton, President: address issues of neighborhood crime
prevention, community policing and reduction of school crime,
(see H. Res. 512), H6880 [31JY]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes, (see H.R. 3081),
H9275 [1OC]
Dept. of Transportation: collection of user fees for navigational
assistance services, (see H.R. 3674), H2424 [28AP]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: establish certain presumptions of
service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
4036), H6487 [27JY]
Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline
the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of
disaster assistance, (see H.R. 3869), H5405 [25JN]
Ford, Gerald R. and Betty: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
H.R. 3506), H2319 [23AP]
Great Lakes: prohibit oil and gas drilling, (see H.R. 3887), H3312
[14MY]
------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 418),
H2706 [30AP]
------ prohibit the sale or diversion of water to foreign countries,
businesses, corporations, and individuals, (see H. Res. 566),
H9275 [1OC]
Health: develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth
defects, (see H.R. 1114), H447 [11FE]
------ protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, (see
H.R. 3605), H3744 [21MY]
House of Representatives: authorize participation in State and
local government transit programs, (see H. Res. 37), H3972
[22MY]
Housing: access to affordable housing and expansion of
homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H5859
[17JY]
Human rights: expedite the declassification of certain documents
relating to human rights abuses in Guatemala and Honduras, (see
H.R. 2635), H10353 [9OC]
Insurance: provide nondiscriminatory coverage of substance abuse
treatment services under private group and individual health
coverage, (see H.R. 2409), H2706 [30AP]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals, (see H.R.
2560), H8528 [23SE]
Mandela, Nelson R.: award Congressional Gold Medal, (see H.R.
3156), H1379 [23MR]
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
H.R. 3779), H9179 [28SE]
Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices, (see H.R. 4627),
H8931 [25SE]
------ reform payment system for home health services, (see H.R.
4404), H9537 [5OC]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: exclude Lake Champlain from
the definition of the Great Lakes, (see H.R. 3260), H904 [5MR]
Older Americans Act: reauthorize, (see H.R. 4344), H8528 [23SE]
Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network: nullify certain
operational regulations, (see H.R. 3767), H3106 [12MY]
Petroleum: authorize oilheat industry research and consumer
education programs, (see H.R. 3610), H4835 [18JN]
Point Reyes National Seashore: protect farmland, (see H.R. 1995),
H3366 [18MY]
Radio: ensure the availability of spectrum to amateur radio
operators, (see H.R. 3572), H9722 [6OC]
St. Lawrence Seaway Corp.: establish, (see H.R. 3147), H240 [3FE]
Taxation: applications for an exclusion of gain on certain sales of
a principal residence by a surviving spouse, (see H.R. 3541),
H2424 [28AP]
------ extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind,
(see H.R. 1401), H7290 [5AU]
------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
(see H.R. 4332), H9275 [1OC]
------ treatment of diesel fuel used in trains, (see H.R. 2474),
H579 [24FE]
Television: reform laws relative to satellite retransmissions of
broadcast signals, (see H.R. 4449), H10353 [9OC]
Tobacco products: reduce youth smoking, increase tobacco-related
research, and develop safer tobacco products, (see H.R. 3868),
H3311 [14MY]
Veterans: eligibility for hospital care and services relative to
awarding of Purple Heart, (see H.R. 2397), H8932 [25SE]
------ presumption of service connection for hepatitis C in certain
veterans, (see H.R. 4751), H10076 [8OC]
Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc.: anniversary, (see H. Res. 460),
H6187 [22JY]
Wisconsin: commemorate sesquicentennial of statehood, (see H. Con.
Res. 223), H578 [24FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Courts: appointment of an additional Federal judge for the eastern
district of Wisconsin, (see H.R. 3931), H3743 [21MY]
Manrique, Juan A.: relief, (see H.R. 4295), H6070 [21JY]
Essays
What Is a Flag? Peter Hagen, E1827<bullet> [26SE]
Lists
Supporters of H.R. 4519, authorize Presidential consent to the third
party transfer of the Bowman County (U.S.S.) to the USS LST Ship
Memorial, Inc., E2155 [14OC]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H10919 [15OC]
Remarks
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5007 [23JN], H5008 [23JN]
------ making appropriations (H.R. 4101), consideration of
conference report (H. Res. 567), H9316 [2OC]
Clinton, President: impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11941 [18DE]
Denver Broncos (football team): tribute, H337 [5FE]
Dept. of Agriculture: extend time period for rulemaking on milk
marketing orders system, H5007 [23JN], H5008 [23JN]
------ reform basic formula price for milk marketing orders, H9316
[2OC]
Education: national policy to improve system, H8045 [18SE]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8045 [18SE]
Flag--U.S.: designate flagpole upon which U.S. flag is set at half-
staff whenever a law enforcement officer is killed in the line
of duty (H. Con. Res. 47), E841<bullet> [13MY]
Israel: independence anniversary (H.J. Res. 102), E823<bullet>
[12MY]
Land O' Lakes, WI: anniversary of Fish and Game Club, E839<bullet>
[13MY]
Law enforcement: require better reporting of unidentified persons
(H.R. 2850), E977<bullet> [22MY]
Law enforcement officers: establish a matching grant program to
assist local governments in purchasing armor vests (H.R. 2829),
H3049 [12MY]
Medicare: reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R. 4627),
H10920 [15OC]
National Missing Children's Day: observance, E977<bullet> [22MY]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: extend, H9316 [2OC]
------ repeal, H5007 [23JN], H5008 [23JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R.
2183), H7303 [6AU]
------ require radio and television broadcasters to provide reduced
rate air time for political advertising, H7303 [6AU]
Transportation: funding for Federal-aid highways, highway safety
programs, and transit programs (H.R. 2400), H1901 [1AP]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H493 [12FE]
Tributes
Bradley, John H., E1712<bullet> [14SE]
Delfosse, Niles, E1711<bullet> [14SE]
Gould, Franklin P., E530<bullet> [31MR]
Hagen, Peter, E1827<bullet> [26SE]
Hiebel, Regina, E712<bullet> [29AP]