[Congressional Record Index (1998)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]
JOHNSON, SAM (a Representative from Texas)
Addresses
Advantages of the Medical Innovation Tax Credit: Leonard Zwelling,
E999<bullet> [3JN]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 1853, vocational education funding, H5850 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Arlington, VA: provide location for construction of Air Force
veterans memorial, (see H.R. 4817), H10667 [12OC]
Armed Forces: establish demonstration project relative to
enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H1112 [11MR]
Bilingual Education Act: repeal, (see H.R. 3720), H3972 [22MY]
CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
H.R. 2733), H7415 [6AU]
Crime: identity fraud, (see H.R. 4151), H7178 [4AU]
Dept. of Education: prohibit funding of national testing proposals
without explicit and specific legislation, (see H.R. 2846), H65
[27JA]
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 the Treasury: prohibit issuing regulations dealing with
hybrid transactions, (see H.R. 4663), H11696 [20OC]
Drugs: conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
------ sentencing of persons convicted of drug offenses while in the
presence of a minor, (see H.R. 3919), H3624 [20MY]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
Employment: minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain
employees, (see H.R. 2888), H3014 [7MY]
Families and domestic relations: improve child care and family
support services, (see H.R. 2713), H3105 [12MY]
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), H4712 [17JN]
Federal employees: allow use of medical savings accounts under
health benefits program, (see H.R. 3166), H385 [5FE]
Firearms: applicability of domestic violence-related possession
prohibitions to convictions that predate enactment of such
prohibitions, (see H.R. 26), H6697 [29JY]
------ 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), H5494 [14JY]
Freedom of religion: protect religious liberty, (see H.R. 4154),
H8932 [25SE]
George H.W. Bush Center for Central Intelligence, Langely, VA:
designate, (see H.R. 3821), H3013 [7MY]
Government: limit Federal authority to impose regulations on State
and local governments not provided under the Constitution, (see
H.R. 4196), H6698 [29JY]
Health: limit medical malpractice claims, (see H.R. 3535), H2814
[5MY]
Health care facilities: establish limits for imposition of fines
relative to false health care claims, (see H.R. 3523), H3744
[21MY]
IMF: eliminate policy of providing de facto tax-free salaries to
certain employees, (see H.R. 3785), H6070 [21JY]
Iraq: congressional authorization of offensive military action,
(see H. Con. Res. 226), H677 [26FE]
IRS: treatment of certain revenue-increasing rules as major rules,
(see H.R. 4297), H7690 [14SE]
Kosovo: presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
(see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
Lewis and Clark expedition: mint coins in commemoration of
bicentennial, (see H.R. 1560), H7178 [4AU]
Medicaid: treatment of payments made as a result of tobacco
industry liability settlement, (see H.R. 2938), H8528 [23SE]
Medicare: documentation requirements for physicians who submit
claims for office visits and for other evaluation and management
services, (see H. Con. Res. 264), H3247 [13MY]
------ establish a prospective payment system for psychiatric
hospital services, (see H.R. 3780), H8932 [25SE]
------ requirements relative to anesthesia services, (see H.R.
3629), H3625 [20MY]
National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System: prevent lapses in
permits, (see H.R. 3238), H496 [12FE]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees,
(see H.R. 3246), H1299 [18MR]
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]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed
sanctions, (see H.J. Res. 107), H240 [3FE]
Privacy: repeal law creating a national identification card by
establishing Federal standards for birth certificates and
drivers' licenses, (see H.R. 4197), H6698 [29JY]
------ repeal law creating unique health care identifiers for all
citizens in order to create national medical history database,
(see H.R. 4281), H7179 [4AU]
SEC: limit collection of certain fees, (see H.R. 4213), H6511
[28JY]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under
State law, (see H.R. 1689), H241 [3FE]
Social Security: establish the Protect Social Security Account into
which budget surpluses will be deposited, (see H.R. 3351), H902
[5MR]
------ provide prisoner information obtained by States to Federal
benefit programs to prevent erroneous provision of benefits,
(see H.R. 4172), H8627 [24SE]
Taxation: capital gains rates, (see H.R. 4125), H5594 [15JY]
------ capital gains treatment on the transfer of a franchise, (see
H.R. 3641), H7584 [10SE]
------ 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]
------ cost-of-living adjustment for unified estate and gift tax
credit, (see H.R. 3945), H3970 [22MY]
------ depreciation of certain leasehold improvements, (see H.R.
3500), H6070 [21JY]
------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H7178 [4AU]
------ eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate
brackets and standard deduction amounts, (see H.R. 3734), H3106
[12MY]
------ elimination of estate and gift taxes, (see H.R. 3879), H3311
[14MY]
------ extend the research credit and modify the alternative
incremental credit, (see H.R. 2819), H1854 [31MR]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education, (see H.R.
4579), H8528 [23SE]
------ reduce the marriage penalty, encourage health coverage, allow
certain credits against the alternative minimum tax, increase
the Social Security earnings limitation, and extend certain
expiring provisions, (see H.R. 4542), H7583 [10SE]
------ reduce the per dose tax on vaccines, (see H.R. 3217), H2707
[30AP]
------ repeal alternative minimum tax, (see H.R. 162), H5737 [16JY]
------ repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications
services, (see H.R. 3648), H3247 [13MY]
------ 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]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code, (see H.R. 3097), H851 [4MR]
------ treatment of businesses operating abroad, (see H.R. 4173),
H5403 [25JN]
------ treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, (see H.R.
1891), H755 [3MR]
------ treatment of printed wiring boards and printed wiring
assembly equipment, (see H.R. 2817), H4835 [18JN]
------ 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), H1237 [17MR]
Treaties and agreements: conditions for the U.S. becoming a
signatory to any international agreement relative to Kyoto
Protocol, (see H.R. 3807), H3312 [14MY]
Veterans: improve access to health care services for certain
Medicare-eligible veterans, (see H.R. 3828), H3104 [12MY]
Volunteer workers: eliminate the requirement that fingerprints be
supplied for background checks, (see H.R. 3398), H903 [5MR]
------ exempt certain food bank volunteers from the Fair Labor
Standards Act, (see H.R. 3152), H5297 [24JN]
Weapons: ensure that any national missile defense program protects
Alaska, Hawaii, and U.S. territories and commonwealths, (see H.
Con. Res. 278), H3488 [19MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Budget: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
used to offset tax cuts, (see H.R. 3707), H2236 [22AP]
Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation: establish a memorial
in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans
who became disabled while serving in the Armed Forces, (see H.R.
4847), H11042 [16OC]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age
individuals, (see H.R. 3912), H3624 [20MY]
Tariff: finished petroleum derivatives, (see H.R. 3422), H1020
[10MR], (see H.R. 3423), H1020 [10MR]
------ methyl tertiary-butyl ether, (see H.R. 3421), H1020 [10MR]
Taxation: establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
and other qualified hospital research organizations, (see H.R.
3815), H3013 [7MY]
------ treatment of natural gas gathering lines, (see H.R. 3913),
H3624 [20MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: ensure that federally funded research and education
programs address high-priority concerns with national multistate
significance (S. 1150), conference report, H4125 [4JN]
Armed Forces: support while carrying out missions in and around the
Persian Gulf region, H11784 [18DE]
Budget: allow reductions in the discretionary spending limits to be
used to offset tax cuts (H.R. 3707), H2241 [23AP]
------ setting forth the Federal budget for 1999-2003 (H. Con. Res.
284), H4196 [5JN]
------ treatment of any future budget surpluses, H10223 [9OC]
China, People's Republic of: transfer of strategic nuclear missile
technology, H4769 [18JN]
Clinton, President: Committee on the Judiciary (House) inquiry into
whether grounds exist to impeach (H. Res. 581), H10111<bullet>
[8OC]
------ impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11752 [17DE], H11784 [18DE]
Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House): granting of
immunity relative to investigation of Federal election campaign
fundraising and expenditure practices, H2613 [30AP]
Committee on U.S. National Security and Military/Commercial Concerns
With the People's Republic of China (House, Select): establish
(H. Res. 463), H4769 [18JN]
Courts: limit jurisdiction of Federal courts relative to prison
release orders, H2274 [23AP]
Crime: improve investigation and prosecution of individuals
involved in cloning cellular telephones (H.R. 2460), H638
[26FE], H644 [26FE]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the
President, and independent agencies: making appropriations
(H.R. 4104), H5576 [15JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Veterans Health Administration medical
care funding through offsets in FHA funding, H6548 [29JY]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H6548 [29JY]
Drug abuse: national drug control policy (H. Res. 423),
H3040<bullet> [12MY]
Education: national policy to improve system, H8044 [18SE]
------ spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on
children's classrooms (H.R. 3248), H8044 [18SE]
Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1252),
H2274 [23AP]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to
unfunded Federal mandates relative to the Food Stamp Program,
H4125 [4JN]
House of Representatives: legislative program, H11752 [17DE]
Iraq: military response to material and unacceptable breach of
international obligations relative to weapons inspections,
H11752 [17DE]
Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees
relative to participation in labor organizations (H.R. 59),
E935<bullet> [21MY]
NLRB: treatment of businesses, labor organizations, and employees
(H.R. 3246), consideration (H. Res. 393), H1605 [26MR]
Office of National Drug Control Policy: designation of North Texas
as a High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area, H919 [10MR], H5576
[15JY]
Omaha, NE: tribute to individuals for efforts during snow storms,
E2016<bullet> [10OC]
President's Task Force on National Health Care Reform: prohibit
Federal funding of attorneys' fees, costs, and imposed sanctions
(H.J. Res. 107), H289 [4FE]
Privacy: strengthen and clarify prohibitions on electronic
eavesdropping (H.R. 2369), H860 [5MR]
Russia: tribute to individuals for work performed on Moscow
orphanage, E2016<bullet> [10OC]
Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age
individuals (H.R. 3912), E915<bullet> [20MY]
------ establish Protect Social Security Account into which budget
surpluses will be deposited until long-term reform is enacted
(H.R. 4578), H8465 [23SE], H8537 [24SE], H8721 [25SE], H8737
[25SE]
Taxation: establish medical innovation tax credits for clinical
testing research expenses relative to academic medical centers
and other qualified hospital research organizations (H.R. 3815),
E803<bullet> [7MY]
------ provide relief for individuals, families, farmers, and small
businesses, and establish incentives for education (H.R. 4579),
H8465 [23SE], H8537 [24SE], H8721 [25SE], H8737 [25SE], H8934
[26SE]
------ rates, H4196 [5JN], H5639 [16JY]
------ terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 3097), H4658 [17JN]
------ treatment of education individual retirement accounts
relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R.
2646), conference report, H4731 [18JN]
------ treatment of natural gas gathering lines (H.R. 3913),
E910<bullet> [20MY]
Texas Low-Level Radioactive Waste Disposal Compact: grant
congressional consent (H.R. 629), conference report, H6527
[29JY]
Vietnam: make trade relations with the U.S. contingent upon free
emigration (H.J. Res. 120), H6772 [30JY]
Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and MIA's (H. Res. 360), H483
[12FE]
Votes: position on missed, H8571<bullet> [24SE]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3739 [21MY], H4322 [9JN]
Tribute, H452 [12FE], H452 [12FE], H478-H485 [12FE], E166 [12FE],
E174 [12FE]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Tribute, S688 [12FE], S688 [12FE]
Testimonies
Spiritual Experiences as a Vietnamese Conflict POW: by, H483 [12FE]
Texts of
H.R. 3912, Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act, E915<bullet> [20MY]
H.R. 3913, tax treatment of natural gas gathering lines,
E910<bullet> [20MY]