JOHNSON, SAM (a Representative from Texas)
Amendments
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H432 [13FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 3009, Trade Act, H4020 [26JN]
———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Airports: modify terminal buildings to accommodate explosive detection systems for screening checked baggage (see H.R. 5135), H4766 [16JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 114), H7304 [8OC]
———restore the tax-exempt status of death gratuity payments (see H.R. 3973), H1484 [18AP]
———revise rules on retirement payments to former spouses (see H.R. 1983), H1410 [17AP]
Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 548), H7019 [3OC]
Bankruptcy: treatment of certain claims or interests (see H.R. 4696), H5998 [26JY]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H2512 [15MY]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1485 [18AP]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H227 [7FE]
Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4554 [11JY]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H2165 [7MY]
———prohibit unauthorized placement of a writing on or inside a consumer product (see H.R. 2621), H2945 [22MY]
District of Columbia: scholarship vouchers to provide school choice (see H.R. 5033), H4324 [27JN]
Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 3775), H8733 [13NO]
Drugs: adjust penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses (see H.R. 4026), H3721 [19JN]
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H3928 [25JN]
General Education Provisions Act: clarify definition of a student relative to family educational and privacy rights (see H.R. 5331), H7172 [7OC]
Health: expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H3928 [25JN]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3229 [5JN]
House Rules: prohibit access to classified information by Members who do not have the required security clearance (see H. Res. 265), H285 [12FE]
Housing: simplify the downpayment requirements for FHA mortgage insurance for single family homebuyers (see H.R. 3661), H1003 [19MR]
Immigration: establish a temporary moratorium on visas for certain aliens (see H.R. 4010), H4553 [11JY]
———moratorium (see H.R. 2712), H3775 [20JN]
———oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1091 [20MR]
———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting State identification documents issued to nonimmigrant aliens that expire after the expiration of the aliens' nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4043), H3721 [19JN]
———secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H3927 [25JN]
Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to loss of nationality for treason or terrorism against the U.S. (see H.R. 5440), H6558 [24SE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (see H.R. 3231), H1284 [11AP]
Jim Fonteno Post Office Building, Pasadena, TX: designate (see H.R. 4717), H2470 [14MY]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]
Labor: amend certain labor laws to ensure fairness (see H.R. 4636), H2018 [1MY]
Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 5655), H9025 [14NO]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (see H.R. 3762), H523 [14FE]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]
———constitutional amendment on recitation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4351 [8JY]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 82), H141 [5FE]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 3799), H633 [27FE]
Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H3514 [12JN]
Schriever, Bernard A.: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 412), H3037 [23MY]
Securities: provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules (see H.R. 5653), H8021 [16OC]
Small business: suspend fines under certain circumstances for first-time paperwork violations (see H.R. 3605), H1003 [19MR]
Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H3454 [11JN]
Taxation: clarify restrictions on the lobbying and campaign activities of churches (see H.R. 2931), H2019 [1MY]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1200 [10AP]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H141 [5FE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———decrease the floor for the deduction for medical care (see H.R. 4001), H1002 [19MR]
———increase interest rate used in determining funding requirements for defined benefit plans which are not multiemployer plans (see H.R. 3919), H781 [7MR]
———provide for nonrecognition of gain on dispositions of dairy property which is certified as having been covered by a bovine tuberculosis eradication program agreement (see H.R. 1933), H562 [26FE]
———simplify certain rules governing the taxation of U.S. businesses operating abroad (see H.R. 4047), H1484 [18AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H6229 [11SE]
———treatment of certain reinvested gains by S corporations (see H.R. 4675), H2164 [7MY]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H6926 [1OC]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H6559 [24SE]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (see H.R. 5063), H4350 [8JY]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2608 [16MY]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 548), H3453 [11JN] (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Courts: provide for civil monetary penalties in certain cases (see H.R. 4054), H1088 [20MR]
Employment: minimum wage and maximum hour requirement exemptions for certain seasonal fireworks employees (see H.R. 5520), H6982 [2OC]
Labor unions: assure more equitable results in union elections (see H.R. 4053), H1088 [20MR]
Labor-Management Reporting and Disclosure Act: enhance the notification of democratic rights of union members (see H.R. 4055), H1088 [20MR] (see H.R. 5373, 5374), H6250 [12SE]
Medicare: clarify right of beneficiaries to enter into private contracts with physicians and other health care professionals for services not payable under Medicare (see H.R. 4702), H2355 [9MY]
Taxation: allow minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (see H.R. 5398), H6373 [18SE]
———apply look-thru rules for purposes of the foreign tax credit limitation to dividends from foreign corporations not controlled by a domestic corporation (see H.R. 4810), H2943 [22MY]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H1621 [25AP]
Remarks
Airports: extend deadline for installing explosive detection machines for screening checked baggage, H5842 [26JY]
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3006 [23MY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7227 [8OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H944 [19MR]
Colombia: limitation on the number of deployed U.S. military personnel, H3006 [23MY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5842 [26JY]
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5120), H5334, H5335 [24JY]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make educational savings incentives provisions permanent (H.R. 5203), H6024, H6026 [4SE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (H.R. 4019), H3525 [13JN]
———make pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions permanent (H.R. 4931), H3796 [21JN]
———make tax benefits permanent, H1438 [18AP]
Enron Corp.: economic collapse, H1242 [11AP]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1622 [25AP]
IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H5334, H5335 [24JY]
J.C. Penney Co., Inc.: anniversary, H1343
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2837 [22MY]
Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), H1240, H1242 [11AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H433, H434, H435 [13FE]
———exempt communications pertaining to veterans, military personnel, and senior citizens from restrictions on noncandidate campaign expenditures, H433, H434, H435 [13FE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2478 [15MY], H2546 [16MY]
Taxation: allow minimum credit against alternative minimum tax where stock acquired pursuant to incentive stock options is sold or exchanged at a loss (H.R. 5398), H6563 [25SE]
———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (H.R. 4156), H1301 [16AP]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (H.R. 586), H1438 [18AP]
———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3251 [6JN]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H761 [7MR]
———treatment of the sale of a principal residence, and death gratuity payments, by a member of the uniformed services (H.R. 5063), H4366 [9JY]
Texas: tribute to Teacher of the Year recipients, H2109 [7MY]
Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program, H761 [7MR]
Tributes
Chandler, Danny, E1052
Flowers, James, Jr., H4771 [17JY]
Ritchie, Spencer M., E668