JOHNSON, SAM (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2830, Pension Protection Act, H739 [8MR]

Articles and editorials

How Tax Reform Drives Growth and Investment, Robert J. Barro, Business Week (publication), H2068 [3MY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Afghanistan: condemn legal action against citizens who have already converted or plan to convert to other religions (see H. Res. 736), H1321 [29MR]

Alexander McRae Dechman Post Office Building, Grand Prarie, TX: designate (see H.R. 5626), H4133 [15JN]

American Jewish Committee: anniversary (see H. Res. 773), H2503 [10MY]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 4890), H973 [14MR]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (see H. Con. Res. 373), H1390 [30MR]

CERCLA: provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance, pollutant, or contaminant (see H.R. 4341), H3309 (see H.R. 4341), H3361 [25MY]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see H.R. 5403), H2833 (see H.R. 5403), H2891 [18MY]

China, People's Republic of: condemn unauthorized, inappropriate, and coerced ordination of Catholic bishops (see H. Res. 804), H3227 [24MY]

Courts: jurisdiction of Federal courts over certain cases and controversies involving the content of speech occurring during sessions of State legislative bodies (see H.R. 4776), H869 [9MR]

———limit jurisdiction of Federal courts (see H.R. 5739), H4915 [29JN]

Dept. of Education: extend period during which a State or local educational agency may obligate temporary emergency impact aid for elementary and secondary school students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina or Rita (see H.R. 5354), H2584 [11MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: allow border States to use a portion of certain grants to build physical barriers to deter illegal crossings (see H.R. 5484), H3643 [8JN]

———support efforts of citizen groups such as the Minuteman Project to preserve the integrity of U.S. borders (see H. Res. 839), H3226 [24MY]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: require use of science assessments in the calculation of adequate yearly progress (see H.R. 5442), H3724 [9JN]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 88), H3423 [6JN]

FDA: prohibit the approval of any drug that infringes the right to life (see H.R. 3553), H1320 [29MR]

Federal agencies and departments: prohibit obligating funds for appropriations earmarks included only in congressional reports (see H.R. 4964), H1059 [15MR]

Francisco `Pancho' Medrano Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 4561), H973 [14MR]

Freedom of religion: protect right of elected and appointed officials to express their religious beliefs through public prayer (see H.R. 4364), H646 [7MR]

Frost, Phillip: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 81), H645 [7MR]

House Rules: prohibit the consideration of conference reports on omnibus appropriation bills (see H. Res. 701), H509 [1MR]

———repeal rule on the statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 903), H5047 [11JY]

Immigration: reform litigation procedures (see H.R. 5541), H3496 [7JN]

———supersede certain judicial orders relative to catching illegal aliens at ports of entry and returning them to their countries (see H.R. 5457), H3497 [7JN]

Lance Corporal Robert A. Martinez Post Office Building, Cleveland, TX: designate (see H.R. 5108), H2706 (see H.R. 5108), H2758 [17MY]

Medicare: establish a pilot project to demonstrate the impact of payment for more frequent hemodialysis treatment (see H.R. 5321), H2338 [9MY]

———permit eligible seniors to elect to receive vouchers for health savings accounts and/or premiums for high deductible health insurance plan and suspend certain late enrollment penalties (see H.R. 4551), H390 [16FE]

———provide for a budget-neutral two-year moratorium on certain physician payment reductions for imaging services (see H.R. 5704), H4794 [28JN]

———restore financial stability to anesthesiology teaching programs for resident physicians (see H.R. 5246), H4190 [16JN]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: add to the list of days on which the flag should be especially displayed (see H.R. 4922), H1453 [4AP]

National security: establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure (see H.R. 4881), H791 [8MR]

———establish requirements for ownership, management, and operation of critical infrastructure, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 4881), H2103 [3MY]

———improve national security and clarify congressional intent relative to the review process for certain mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 4813), H449 [28FE]

———require an investigation of proposal to transfer management of certain U.S. ports to a United Arab Emirates state-owned company (see H.R. 4807), H449 [28FE]

Nelson, Byron: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4902), H1131 [16MR]

Older Americans Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5293), H3643 [8JN]

Outer Continental Shelf: provide for exploration, development, and production activities for mineral resources (see H.R. 4761), H509 [1MR]

Patriotism: affirm that statements of national unity, including the National Anthem, should be recited or sung in English (see H. Res. 793), H2340 [9MY]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: ensure that continuation of welfare reforms remains a priority (see H. Con. Res. 438), H4680 [27JN]

Pham Hong Son: call for release by Vietnam (see H. Con. Res. 320), H646 [7MR]

Political campaigns: reform financing of campaigns for election for Federal office (see H.R. 4759), H332 [15FE]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 52), H509 [1MR]

Sergeant Jacob Dan Dones Post Office, Dimmitt, TX: designate (see H.R. 5540), H3496 [7JN]

Spoon, Alan G.: appointment as citizen regent of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J. Res. 82), H645 [7MR]

Taxation: allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 994), H389 [16FE]

———allow use of flexible spending and health reimbursement arrangements in combination with health savings accounts (see H.R. 4511), H274 [14FE]

———clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations (see H.R. 4985), H1128 [16MR]

———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1676 [6AP]

———make employers of spouses of military personnel eligible for the work opportunity credit (see H.R. 5081), H1452 [4AP]

———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 4862), H564 [2MR]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3019), H868 [9MR]

———provide tax incentives for the payment of premiums for high deductible health plans (see H.R. 5262), H1979 [2MY]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under health flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 1998), H790 [8MR]

Tuskegee Airmen: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1259), H155 [1FE]

U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative: approve (see H.R. 4974), H2586 [11MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Taxation: expand use of health savings accounts for the payment of health insurance premiums for high deductible health plans purchased in the individual market (see H.R. 5586), H3787 [12JN]

Lists

Plano, TX, Senior High School boys' basketball team, H1056 [15MR]

Texas 3d Congressional District military academy nominees, E1151 [14JN]

Volunteer workers assisting children in foreign countries, E501 [4AP]

Remarks

al-Zarqawi, Abu Musab: killing of al-Qaeda (terrorist organization) leader by U.S. forces in Iraq, H4224 [20JN]

Budget: balance, H1456 [5AP]

———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), motion to instruct conferees, H2066, H2067, H2068, H2070 [3MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2007-2011 (H. Con. Res. 376), H1456 [5AP]

Medicare: encourage eligible beneficiaries who have not enrolled in the prescription drug benefit to review available options and determine whether enrolling best meets their prescription drug needs (H. Res. 802), E801 [11MY]

Pensions: reform funding rules (H.R. 2830), motion to instruct conferees, H724 [8MR]

Plano, TX: tribute to Plano Senior High School boys' basketball team, H1055 [15MR]

———tribute to Plano West Senior High School girls' basketball team, H1293 [29MR]

Taxation: close certain tax loopholes for large integrated oil companies, H2066, H2067, H2068, H2070 [3MY]

———deduction for Armed Forces serving in combat zone for contributions to retirement plans even if compensation on which contributions are based is excluded from income (H.R. 1499), concur in Senate amendment (H. Res. 803), H2193, H2194 [9MY]

———repeal sunset on reduction of capital gains rates for individuals and on taxation of dividends of individuals at capital gain rates, H2066, H2067, H2068, H2070 [3MY]

Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4081 [15JN]

Texas: tribute to 3d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council participants, E519 [5AP], E560 [7AP]

———tribute to military academy nominees from the 3d Congressional District, E1151 [14JN]

Volunteer workers: tribute to efforts of volunteers to assist children in foreign countries, E500 [4AP]

Summaries

Texas 3d Congressional District Congressional Youth Advisory Council Preserving History Project Participants' Interviews With Veterans, E519-E521 [5AP], E560 [7AP]

Tributes

Purdue, Gary, E863 [17MY]