JOHNSON, SAM (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4846, H4876 [23JN]

Appointments

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigative subcommittees, H1277 [18MR]

Conferee: H.R. 3108, Pension Funding Equity Act, H835 [4MR]

———H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

———H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, H7777 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7138 [14SE]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Armed Forces: improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 2797), H2483 [28AP]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 761), H6997 [9SE]

Aviation: provide for recruiting, training, and deputizing persons for the Federal flight deck officer program (see H.R. 4126), H5402 [8JY]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3873 [9JN]

Broad, Eli: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 99), H5195 [6JY]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H514 [11FE]

Bush, George: tribute (see H. Res. 653), H3440 (see H. Res. 653), H3539 [20MY]

Computers: protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (see H.R. 2929), H5536 [12JY]

Congress: allow vote to reverse Supreme Court decisions on the constitutionality of legislation enacted by Congress (see H.R. 3920), H1323 [18MR]

Congressman Jack Fields Post Office, Kingwood, TX: designate (see H.R. 4232), H3441 (see H.R. 4232), H3541 [20MY]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H3441 (see H.R. 4064), H3540 [20MY]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 487), H6756 [7SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H6707 [22JY]

District of Columbia: clarify definition of marriage for legal purposes (see H.R. 4773), H6707 [22JY]

Dr. Miguel A. Nevarez Post Office Building, Edinburg, TX: designate (see H.R. 4299), H2726 [6MY]

English language: constitutional amendment to establish as official language of U.S. (see H.J. Res. 94), H5536 [12JY]

Families and domestic relations: clarify definition of marriage (see H.R. 4892), H6700 [22JY]

———constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7945 [30SE]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H1593 [25MR]

Freedom of religion: safeguard religious liberties (see H.R. 3190), H434 [10FE]

Gordon Wood Post Office Building, Stamford, TX: designate (see H.R. 5196), H7944 [30SE]

Government: establish a commission to conduct a comprehensive review of Federal agencies and programs, and to recommend the elimination or realignment of duplicative, wasteful, or outdated functions (see H.R. 3213), H245 [28JA]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4280), H2816 [11MY]

Immigration: establish deportability and inadmissability of aliens who possess certain consular identification cards who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and use such a card for a Federal identification-related requirement (see H.R. 4440), H5331 [7JY]

Irma Rangel Post Office Building, Kingsville, TX: designate (see H.R. 4829), H5792 [14JY]

Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H699 [26FE]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Laos: urgent need for freedom, democratic reform, and international monitoring of elections, human rights, and religious liberty (see H. Res. 402), H435 [10FE]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 720), H5908 [15JY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure the right of employees to a secret-ballot election conducted by the National Labor Relations Board (see H.R. 4343), H2917 [12MY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: observance (see H. Res. 771), H7235 [15SE]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2266 [21AP]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend enforcement provisions (see H.R. 4712), H5654 [13JY]

Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission: increase membership to improve efficiency (see H.R. 2729), H2406 [27AP]

———provide for adjudicative flexibility relative to employer filing of notice of contest following the issuance of a citation by OSHA (see H.R. 2728), H2406 [27AP]

OSHA: provide for an independent review of citations (see H.R. 2730), H2406 [27AP]

———provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (see H.R. 2731), H2406 [27AP]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H514 [11FE]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 298), H3392 [19MY]

Smithsonian Institution: support collaborative Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS) project on Kitt Peak near Tucson, AZ (see H.R. 4509), H3780 [3JN]

Social Security: repeal the windfall elimination provision and protect the retirement of public servants (see H.R. 4391), H3390 [19MY]

Space policy: anniversary of the Apollo 11 lunar landing (see H. Res. 723), H5983 [19JY]

———mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

States: restore sovereignty (see H.R. 5045), H8168 [5OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2549 [4MY]

———issuance of tax-exempt bonds for certain air and water pollution control facilities and application of volume caps for private activity bonds for such facilities and water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 3042), H830 [3MR]

———make allowance of the deduction of State and local general sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes permanent (see H.R. 5384), H9999 [18NO]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H8409 [6OC]

———treatment of roof systems (see H.R. 3310), H5150 [25JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4279), H2816 [11MY]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H435 [10FE]

Thomas E. Creek Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Amarillo, TX: designate (see H.R. 4836), H5907 [15JY]

U.N.: withhold U.S. contributions pending certification of U.N. cooperation in investigation of Oil-for-Food Program (see H.R. 4284), H11057 [7DE]

U.S. Air Force Academy: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 386), H1116 [16MR]

UNESCO: U.S. membership (see H. Con. Res. 443), H3873 [9JN]

Vietnamese Conflict: express appreciation for service and sacrifice to veterans (see H. Res. 840), H8859 [7OC]

Voting: require proof of U.S. citizenship as a condition of registering to vote in elections for Federal office (see H.R. 4174), H2198 [20AP] (see H.R. 4530), H4647 [21JN]

World War II: anniversary of Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 110), H9746 [16NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Investments: provide for enhanced retirement security in the form of an Individual Investment Program (see H.R. 4895), H6700 [22JY]

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. 4822), H5653 [13JY]

National Labor Relations Act: ensure that certain prevailing parties receive attorneys' fees (see H.R. 4499), H3780 [3JN]

Securities: provide a reasonable correction period for certain security and commodity transactions under the prohibited transaction rules (see H.R. 5290), H9047 [8OC]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 4281), H2656 [5MY]

Taxation: allow issuance of tax-exempt private activity bonds to finance certain surface transportation facilities (see H.R. 3857), H699 [26FE]

———create lifetime savings accounts (see H.R. 4078), H1789 [31MR]

———provide for retirement savings accounts (see H.R. 4714), H5149 [25JN]

Citations

Richard S. Agnew awarded Distinguished Service Cross: Dept. of the Army, E1207 [22JN]

Letters

Dept. of Labor proposal to implement regulations that negate Fair Labor Standards Act overtime requirements: Elaine L. Chao, Sec. of Labor, H368 [4FE]

Lists

Children performing volunteer service, E453 [26MR]

Texas 3d Congressional District military academy nominees, E1072 [8JN]

Remarks

Agnew, Richard S.: Army Distinguished Service Cross award recipient, E1207 [22JN]

Arlington, TX: tribute to WallBuilders (organization), E1670 [21SE]

Armed Forces: support members engaging in military action in Iraq and Afghanistan, H2660 [6MY]

Children and youth: tribute to volunteer service, E453 [26MR]

Courts: limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act (H.R. 3313), H5660 [14JY], H6608 [22JY]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (H.R. 2028), H7334 [22SE]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H1650 [30MR]

Dept. of Labor: treatment of veterans and military personnel in overtime regulations revisions, H368 [4FE]

Dept. of the Treasury: prohibit funding to assist in overturning district court ruling on IBM Corp., cash balance pension conversion, H7273 [21SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6962 [9SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7206 [15SE], H7273, H7279 [21SE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (H.R. 3193), H7775 [29SE]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (H.J. Res. 106), H7916 [30SE]

Health: improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4280), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2825 [12MY]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4847, H4848 [23JN]

International Truck and Engine Corp.: tribute for providing trucks for military efforts in Iraq, E1915 [11OC]

Kerry, Senator: characterization relative to service in Vietnamese Conflict, H2297 [22AP], E599 [22AP]

Mexico: prohibit funding to implement U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement, H6962 [9SE]

National security: role of apprehension, detention, and interrogation of terrorists in the successful prosecution of the global war on terror, H4847, H4848 [23JN]

OPM: prohibit use of funds to allow Federal employees to enroll in any high-deductible health plan that does not require at least 3 consecutive years of enrollment, H7279 [21SE]

———prohibit use of funds to allow the offering or administering health savings accounts or health reimbursement accounts as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7206 [15SE]

OSHA: provide for the award of attorney's fees and costs to small employers when they prevail in litigation prompted by the issuance of OSHA citations (H.R. 2731), H3140 [18MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H4876 [23JN]

Patterson, Carly: tribute for participation in Olympic games, H6760 [8SE]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care, E761 [5MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 660), H2820 [12MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), H2959 [13MY]

———improve access and choice relative to employee health care (H.R. 4281), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2825 [12MY]

Social Security: solvency, H1375 [24MR]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes, H8719 [7OC]

———create lifetime savings accounts, H1744 [31MR]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, H7538 [23SE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2565 [5MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4400 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8719 [7OC]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4400 [17JN]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 4279), consideration (H. Res. 638), H2825 [12MY]

Texas: collection of spousal and retirement benefits by individuals in the Texas Teacher Retirement System, E182 [12FE]

———tribute to military academy nominees and those involved in the nomination process from the 3d Congressional District, E1072 [8JN]

Texas Instruments Inc.: Working Mother (publication) 100 Best Companies for Working Mothers designation, E1878 [11OC]

Vietnam: promote freedom and democracy (H.R. 1587), H5751 [14JY]

Votes: correction, H5348 [8JY]

———position on missed, E1011 [2JN]

World Trade Organization: resolve disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes (H. Res. 705), H5675 [14JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Tribute, H6668 [22JY]

Testimonies

Vietnamese Conflict and the Treatment of Returning Veterans: Senator Kerry (1971), E599-E608 [22AP]

Tributes

Barton, David, E1670 [21SE]

Kiik, Kristina, E2165 [6DE], E2211 [20DE]