JOHNSON, EDDIE BERNICE (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments
Bruce F. Vento funeral attendees, H9861 [12OC]
Julian C. Dixon funeral attendees, H12081 [13DE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: improve representation and accountability of Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act committees and access to and service of Dept. of Agriculture programs (see H.R. 4675), H4590 [15JN]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2900), H8062 [25SE]
Alaska: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1239), H10809 [24OC]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966, 3573), H1406 [23MR]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]
Bob Jones University: condemn discriminatory practices (see H. Con. Res. 261), H922 [9MR]
Capital punishment: temporary moratorium to ensure that defendants have adequate counsel and to allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 4162), H4336 [13JN]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H4036 [7JN]
Census: conduct an interim census of Americans abroad and require such individuals to be included in future decennial censuses (see H.R. 3649), H998 [14MR]
Children and youth: increase the availability, affordability, and quality of child care and improve support services for families with young children (see H.R. 4206), H2771 [9MY]
China, Republic of: U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 390), H7280 [6SE]
Colleges and universities: require disclosure of fires in dormitories and plans to reduce fire safety hazards and require the U.S. Fire Administration to establish fire safety standards for dormitories (see H.R. 3831), H1477 [28MR]
Community development: amend certain community reinvestment statutes (see H.R. 3504), H209 [2FE]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6719 [20JY]
Computers: provide for digital empowerment by ensuring computer literacy for all children (see H.R. 3897), H921 [9MR]
Contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H3413 [18MY]
———require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]
Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]
CPSC: restore jurisdiction over fixed site amusement park rides (see H.R. 3032), H7281 [6SE]
Crime: encourage States to incarcerate individuals convicted of murder, rape, or child molestation (see H.R. 894), H2655 [8MY]
———increase penalties for hate crimes (see H. Con. Res. 347), H4035 [7JN]
Dept. of Agriculture: discipline members of certain county and area committees who discriminate against farmers, ranchers, or others, on the basis of race, sex, national origin, marital status, religion, age, or handicap (see H.R. 4687), H4784 [20JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 4483), H4784 [20JN]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
———establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7212 [27JY]
Digital Bridge Trust Fund: establish (see H.R. 4477), H3308 [17MY]
Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H7003 [25JY]
Diseases: authorizing appropriations for international HIV/AIDS control efforts (see H.R. 4140), H2655 [8MY]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H2967 [11MY]
———increase public awareness of tuberous sclerosis (see H. Con. Res. 337), H12045 [7DE]
———increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H3650 [23MY]
Domestic policy: establish a living wage, develop job opportunities, convert military programs to social programs, produce a capital budget, reduce poverty and violence, and redistribute wealth and power (see H.R. 1050), H3172 [16MY]
Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H1077 [15MR]
Education: assist local educational agencies in financing and establishing alternative education systems (see H.R. 3873), H2607 [4MY]
———ensure recruitment and training of math and science teachers at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3702), H922 [9MR]
———establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H2607 [4MY]
———establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2336 [13AP]
———improve character education programs (see H.R. 3681), H2341 [13AP]
———modernize public schools, reduce class size, increase access to technology, enhance school safety, improve teacher quality, and strengthen accountability for academic results (see H.R. 4346), H3869 [25MY]
———provide grants to local educational agencies to develop smaller schools (see H.R. 3044), H2655 [8MY]
———provide grants to partnerships to establish and carry out information technology training programs and to provide incentives for educators to obtain information technology certification (see H.R. 4176), H3926 [6JN]
———provide greater access to high quality distance education programs (see H.R. 3542), H49 [27JA]
———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H2967 [11MY]
EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4592 [15JN]
Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (see H.R. 4128), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 4146), H1628 [30MR]
EPA: waive oxygen content requirement for certain reformulated gasoline (see H.R. 3449), H6470 [18JY]
Federal employees: make certain temporary Federal service creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 1606), H342 [10FE]
———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS (see H.R. 2631), H2122 [11AP]
Firearms: condition certain State justice assistance grants on implementation of handgun registration systems (see H.R. 2917), H1120 [16MR]
———improve safety of handguns (see H.R. 515), H1123 [20MR]
———require persons to obtain a State license before receiving a handgun or ammunition (see H.R. 2916), H1119 [16MR]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1852 [5AP]
———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H5843 [11JY]
Frederick Douglass Gardens, Inc.: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs (see H.R. 5331), H8468 [28SE]
Gonzalez, Henry B.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 445), H12095 [14DE]
Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3891), H3049 [15MY]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H3813 [24MY]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4174 [9JN]
Higher Education Act: repeal provisions prohibiting persons convicted of drug offenses from receiving student financial assistance (see H.R. 1053), H2606 [4MY]
Human rights: condemn use of children as soldiers (see H. Con. Res. 348), H5737 [10JY]
Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4056), H7211 [27JY]
———treatment of H-1B nonimmigrant aliens and fair distribution of employment-based immigrant visas (see H.R. 4200), H2341 [13AP]
Iran: emancipation of the Bahai community (see H. Con. Res. 257), H5085 [23JN]
Iron and steel industry: provide relief from injury caused by steel imports and request the ITC to commence an expedited investigation for positive adjustment (see H. Res. 635), H10257 [18OC]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2411 [2MY]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H4592 [15JN]
———establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H9505 [6OC]
———remove the cap on payments for Puerto Rico and certain other territories and adjust the statutory matching rate (see H.R. 5126), H8406 [27SE]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H4675 [19JN]
Medicare: coverage of chiropractic services under Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62), H4784 [20JN]
———coverage of glaucoma detection services (see H.R. 2620), H10036 [17OC]
———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4770), H5240 [27JN]
———demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1388), H3869 [25MY]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates to home health agencies for home health services (see H.R. 4219), H11621 [30OC]
———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3926 [6JN]
———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H7211 [27JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3172 [16MY]
Mental health: recognize the importance of mental health awareness, mental disorders, and early detection of mental illnesses (see H. Con. Res. 243), H1589 [29MR]
Middle Passage National Monument: establish (see H.R. 4581), H3924 [6JN]
Mozambique: provide debt relief and reconstruction aid (see H.R. 4091), H3869 [25MY]
National Archives and Records Administration: transfer the master versions of the photographic works of Griffith J. Davis to the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture (see H.R. 4756), H6777 [24JY]
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Engineering: establish (see H.R. 1795), H5656 [29JN]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 3433), H2905 [10MY]
Nazi War Crimes Disclosure Act: extend authority of the Nazi War Crimes Records Interagency Working Group and encourage cooperation of foreign nations with such Group in carrying out its duties (see H.R. 5065), H11928 [14NO]
Northern Mariana Islands: prohibit use of the ``Made in USA'' label on products and deny such products duty-free and quota-free treatment (see H.R. 1621), H3649 [23MY]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H1629 [30MR]
———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H4036 [7JN]
Public welfare programs: improve onsite inspections of State food stamp programs and provide grants to develop community partnerships and innovative outreach strategies for food stamp and related programs (see H.R. 2738), H1163 [21MR]
———repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H5084 [23JN]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Sierra Leone: support Government in its peace-building efforts (see H. Con. Res. 323), H4337 [13JN]
Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act (see H.R. 5612), H12045 [7DE]
Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: rename as the ``McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act'' (see H.R. 5417), H9768 [11OC]
Taxation: allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H7871 [19SE]
———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2336 [13AP]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H2967 [11MY]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H2012 [10AP]
———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see H.R. 3546), H2239 [12AP]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H10809 [24OC]
———treatment of gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 1640), H1077 [15MR]
———treatment of interest on student loans (see H.R. 1196), H1163 [21MR]
———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H3649 [23MY]
U.N.: establish permanent security force (see H. Con. Res. 346), H7652 [14SE]
Veterans: health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H1959 [6AP]
———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H11207 [26OC]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7723 [18SE]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H5084 [23JN]
Voting: establish uniform poll closing time for Presidential elections (see H.R. 5678), H12532 [15DE]
Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H7127 [26JY]
Women: protect breastfeeding by new mothers (see H.R. 3861), H5955 [12JY]
———protection of reproductive rights (see H.R. 2624), H11207 [26OC]
Woods, Tiger: tribute (see H. Res. 654), H11813 [2NO]
World War II: support Day of Honor 2000 to honor and recognize the service of minority veterans (see H.J. Res. 98), H2238 [12AP]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (see H.R. 5443), H9767 [11OC]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Eric R. Kandel and Paul Greengard for physiology or medicine (see H. Res. 642), H10257 [18OC]
Letters
Importance of decennial census: by, H1663 [3AP]
Remarks
Africa: HIV/AIDS prevention programs funding for sub-Saharan Africa, H5900, H5923
African Americans: contributions to health and science fields, E229 [6MR]
Albert, Carl B.: tribute (H. Res. 418), H234 [8FE]
Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority, Inc.: tribute, E227
American Museum of Science and Energy: designate (H.R. 4940), H10626 [24OC]
Black History Month: observance, H530
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1350 [23MR]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3695 [24MY]
Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10080
Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H394 [15FE]
Crime: enhance Federal enforcement of hate crimes (H.R. 1082), H3935 [7JN], E920
Dallas, TX: tribute to Potter's House church, E1835
Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4475), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 612), H9016
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4618 [19JN], H4859 [21JN]
Dixon, Julian C.: tribute (H. Res. 671), H12060 [8DE]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (H.R. 4271), H10617, H10620, H10621 [24OC]
———national policy to improve system, H10231 [18OC], H11202 [26OC]
FAA: reauthorizing programs (H.R. 1000), conference report, H1019 [15MR]
FCC: allow modification of rules on low power FM radio stations upon assessment of interference to existing radio stations, H2316
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2316
Floyd H. Flake Federal Building, Queens, NY: designate (H.R. 3323), H5203 [27JN]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5900, H5923
Foreign policy: provide bilateral debt relief to heavily indebted poor countries, H5923
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), motion to instruct conferees, H131 [1FE]
———protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H131 [1FE]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and provide assistance to victims (H.R. 3244), conference report, H9046
Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment for certain women and research on relationship between cervical cancer and human papillomavirus (H.R. 4386), Senate amendment (H. Res. 628), H9846 [12OC]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H7968 [21SE]
Miller, Doris: waive certain time limitations to allow the posthumous award of the Medal of Honor for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II (H.R. 5443), E1753
Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H759 [9MR]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Eric R. Kandel and Paul Greengard for physiology or medicine (H. Res. 642), E1832
———recognition of Jack St. Claire Kilby for physics, E1779
NSF: authorize competitive grant awards to public and private schools to hire master teachers, H10617, H10620, H10621 [24OC]
———funding, H4618 [19JN], H4859 [21JN]
Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (S. 2438), H9559 [10OC]
———require periodic inspections and improve safety (H.R. 5361), H9559 [10OC]
Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 594), E1609
Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), E742
Texas: National Corridor Planning and Development Program projects funding, H9016
———participation in State Children's Health Insurance Program, H3895, H3897, H3898, H3900 [6JN], E923
U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1550), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 655), H11326 [26OC]
Votes: position on missed, H11495
Voting: secure Federal voting rights of persons who have fully served their sentences, parole, and probation (H.R. 5158), H8795 [4OC]
Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women, H9046
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H916 [9MR], H7498 [12SE], H11617 [30OC]
Special order: granted, H7988 [21SE], H10254 [18OC], H11192 [25OC], H11714 [31OC]
Tributes
Albert, Carl, E301
Clay, Representative, H11424 [27OC]
Dixon, Julian C., H12075 [11DE]
Francis, Lakeina M., H10080
Gauna, Timothy L., H10080
Gonzalez, Henry B., H12005 [5DE], E2218
Mauzy, Oscar H., E1783
Palmer, Lakiba N., H10080
Rucker, Willie and Bernice, E509
Santiago, Ronchester M., H10080
Smothers, Alice, E1838
Swenchonis, Gary G., Jr., H10080