JOHNSON, TIMOTHY V. (a Representative from Illinois)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: protect lives of born and unborn persons (see H.R. 881), H1043 [4FE]

American Legion Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 679), H9443 [10SE]

American Recovery and Reinvestment Act: appropriate unobligated balances of funds to the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 2942), H7022 [18JN]

America's Spiritual Heritage Week: designate (see H. Res. 397), H7147 [23JN]

Animals: enhance and increase the number of veterinarians trained in veterinary public health (see H.R. 2999), H9282 [31JY]

Armed Forces: allow members to sue the U.S. for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care (see H.R. 1478), H9281 [31JY]

———guarantee equity of military spouses with regard to matters of residency (see H.R. 1182), H4583 [21AP]

———issue ``forever stamp'' to honor the sacrifices of those who have been awarded the Purple Heart (see H.R. 1305), H2979 [4MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3438 [16MR]

———provide pay increase for members of uniformed services (see H.R. 1864), H4396 [1AP]

Aurora, IL: Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy recipient of Intel Corp., Schools of Distinction Star Innovator award (see H. Res. 862), H13550 [7DE]

Borlaug, Norman E.: tribute (see H. Res. 739), H9490 [14SE]

Brinker, Nancy Goodman: Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient (see H. Res. 708), H10458 [1OC]

Budget: require two-thirds votes in the House and Senate to increase the statutory limit on the public debt (see H.R. 4262), H14877 [14DE]

Buehrle, Mark: tribute (see H. Res. 703), H9279 [31JY]

Capitol Building and Grounds: engrave the Pledge of Allegiance and ``In God We Trust'' in the Capitol Visitor Center (see H. Con. Res. 131), H7722 [7JY]

Cherry, IL: anniversary of Great Cherry Mine Disaster (see H. Res. 752), H9808 [22SE]

China: anniversary of persecution of Falun Gong (see H. Res. 605), H9282 [31JY]

Cold War Veterans Recognition Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 900), H13521 [3DE]

Colonel John H. Wilson, Jr., Post Office Building, Springfield, IL: designate (see H.R. 516), H324 [14JA]

Committee on POW and MIA Affairs (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 111), H5097 [4MY]

Committee on Rules (House): install cameras in the hearing room and provide for live broadcasting of proceedings on the Internet (see H. Res. 869), H12045 [28OC]

Congress: prohibit passage of further massive spending initiatives for bailout purposes (see H. Res. 199), H7147 [23JN]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1744), H4915 [28AP]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]

Dept. of Agriculture: establish a grant program to promote efforts to develop, implement, and sustain veterinary services (see H.R. 3519), H9397 [9SE]

Dept. of Defense: anniversary of military aviation (see H. Res. 445), H6904 [16JN]

———determine and disclose costs incurred in taking a Member, officer, or employee of Congress on a trip outside the U.S. for inclusion in any report on the trip (see H.R. 3036), H8708 [23JY]

———prohibit transfer of individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to facilities in Midwestern States (see H.R. 4120), H13351 [19NO]

———prohibit use of funds to transfer individuals detained at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to Thomson Correctional Center, Thomson, IL (see H.R. 4097), H13068 [17NO]

———submit a report to Congress outlining the exit strategy for U.S. forces from Afghanistan (see H.R. 2404), H7146 [23JN]

Dept. of HHS: provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H9491 [14SE]

Dept. of HUD: require Inspector General to audit Federal funds received by Association of Community Organizations for Reform Now, Inc. (ACORN) and its affiliates and suspend certification of its housing counseling agencies (see H.R. 3828), H11457 [15OC]

Dept. of State: provide assistance to eradicate trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see H.R. 2737), H9342 [8SE]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H5667 [14MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: repeal requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to offset the receipt of veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 775), H8809 [24JY]

Diseases: increase support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Res. 35), H13629 (see H. Res. 35), H14373 [8DE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H382 [15JA]

Elementary and Secondary Education Act: improve academic content standards for physical education (see H.R. 1585), H15503 [16DE]

Ethics in Government Act: modify financial disclosure filing requirements for certain employees of the Executive Office of the President (see H.R. 3613), H13069 [17NO]

Executive Office of the President: provide a sunset date for unconfirmed officials and advisers, require their Senate confirmation, and prohibit funding for any associated salaries and expenses (see H.R. 3569), H9900 [23SE]

———require a report and congressional hearings on responsibilities, authorities, and powers of certain unconfirmed officials or advisers (see H. Con. Res. 185), H10409 [30SE]

FCC: implement recommendations relative to low-power FM radio service (see H.R. 1147), H2631 [24FE]

———prevent repromulgation of the Fairness Doctrine requiring fair and balanced broadcasting of controversial issues (see H.R. 226), H68 [7JA]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve ability to file State product liability lawsuits relative to defective medical devices (see H.R. 1346), H3054 [5MR]

Financial institutions: implement system requiring each financial institution to report its financial condition to the public (see H.R. 2727), H9282 [31JY]

Financial Literacy Month: designate (see H. Res. 357), H4916 [28AP]

Fish and fishing: add certain species of carp to the list of injurious species that are prohibited from being imported or shipped (see H.R. 3173), H8101 [14JY]

Foreign aid: restrict assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions (see H.R. 708), H780 [28JA]

Forest Service: protect certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3692), H10455 [1OC]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H4734 [23AP]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H6972 [17JN]

Government: prohibit from awarding contracts, grants, or other agreements to, providing any other Federal funds to, or engaging in activities that promote certain indicted organizations (see H.R. 3571), H9671 [16SE]

Health: establish nationwide health insurance purchasing pool for small businesses and the self-employed to offer a choice of health plans and make health coverage more affordable and accessible (see H.R. 2360), H5484 [12MY]

Higher Education Act: forgive certain loans for servicemembers who withdraw from an institution of higher education as a result of service in the uniformed services (see H.R. 2561), H6415 [9JN]

Hillel—The Foundation for Jewish Campus Life: recognize contributions to college campus communities (see H. Res. 493), H6075 [2JN]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H8009 [10JY]

House of Representatives: require any conference committee or other meetings held to determine health care legislation be conducted publicly (see H. Res. 847), H12045 [28OC]

House Rules: require consideration of any bipartisan amendment to legislation that does not violate any rule and is timely submitted (see H. Res. 19), H163 [9JA]

———require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H7447 [25JN]

Housing: mitigate mortgage foreclosures, facilitate and include fairness in housing recovery, and combat mortgage fraud (see H.R. 1295), H2978 [4MR]

Illinois: tribute to National Guard (see H. Res. 936), H13354 [19NO]

Iran: expand economic sanctions against Iran to include importation of refined petroleum (see H.R. 2194), H7086 [19JN]

Lincoln, Abraham: bicentennial of birth (see H. Res. 139), H1080 [9FE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H2926 [3MR]

Medicaid: cover physician services delivered by podiatric physicians to ensure access by beneficiaries to appropriate quality foot and ankle care (see H.R. 1625), H9397 [9SE]

Medicare: permit pass-through payment of costs for nurse anesthetist services in critical access hospitals notwithstanding the reclassification of such hospitals (see H.R. 3151), H7946 [9JY]

Members of Congress: deny automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H163 [9JA]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 4255), H15509 [23DE]

Mother's Day: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 2421), H10408 [30SE]

Motor vehicles: restore economic rights of automobile dealers (see H.R. 2743), H9282 [31JY]

National Archives and Records Administration: make grants to States for the preservation and dissemination of historical records (see H.R. 2256), H5671 [15MY]

National Guard Youth Challenge Program: exclude certain non-defense funds from the matching requirements (see H.R. 207), H4063 [26MR]

National Physical Education and Sport Week: recognize (see H. Res. 503), H6307 [8JN]

National Safety Month: designate (see H. Res. 459), H8708 [23JY]

National security: provide for the security of critical energy infrastructure (see H.R. 244), H1520 [12FE]

Newman, Paul: tribute (see H. Res. 18), H2603 [23FE]

Northwestern University: tribute to women's lacrosse team (see H. Res. 531), H11299 [13OC] (see H. Res. 824), H11384 [14OC]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H4524 [2AP]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

———sustain fish, plants, and wildlife (see H.R. 2807), H13355 [19NO]

Real estate: require State and local compliance with constitutional mandates and prevent abuses of power relative to eminent domain (see H. Res. 575), H7145 [23JN]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 131), H1159 [10FE]

Securities: constitutional amendment to prohibit the U.S. from owning stock in corporations (see H.J. Res. 57), H7251 [24JN]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 2607), H6267 [4JN]

Social Security: allow choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 1067), H2603 [23FE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H1607 [13FE]

Special days and holidays: recognize importance of protecting symbols and traditions of Christmas (see H. Res. 951), H14827 [11DE]

Taxation: allow a tax credit for the purchase of hearing aids (see H.R. 1646), H9281 [31JY]

———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. 1203), H5169 [5MY]

———allow veterans a deduction for certain travel expenses to Dept. of Veterans Affairs medical centers for examinations or treatments relating to service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 953), H2980 [4MR]

———expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 2106), H9281 [31JY]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H13002 [16NO]

———increase, extend, and make permanent the above-the-line deduction for certain elementary and secondary school teacher expenses (see H.R. 3758), H13550 [7DE]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H8960 [28JY]

———modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 4070), H13521 [3DE]

———prohibit the use of public funds for political party conventions (see H.R. 2992), H8708 [23JY]

———promote charitable donations of qualified vehicles (see H.R. 571), H8809 [24JY]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1547), H14827 [11DE]

———provide incentives to encourage investment in the expansion of freight rail infrastructure capacity and to enhance modal tax equity (see H.R. 272), H9281 [31JY] (see H.R. 1806), H15503 [16DE]

———reduce tax on beer (see H.R. 836), H5063 [30AP]

———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 205), H7250 [24JN]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H15503 [16DE]

Taxpayer March on Washington: tribute to participants (see H. Res. 870), H12588 [6NO]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 211), H9056 [29JY]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (see H. Res. 867), H12288 [3NO]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5792 [19MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Dept. of HHS: establish a Medicare Chronic Care Rapid Learning Network (see H.R. 3340), H8809 [24JY]

Taxation: provide incentives for employer-provided wellness programs (see H.R. 3490), H9277 [31JY]

Vermilion County, IL: convey a portion of the campus of the Illiana Health Care System of the Dept. of Veterans Affairs to Danville Area Community College (see H.R. 1563), H3526 [17MR]

Lists

International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601 World War II veterans, E1647 [7JY]

Remarks

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2997), earmark declaration, E1669 [8JY]

Appropriations: making omnibus appropriations (H.R. 1105), earmark declaration, E476 [26FE], E652 [12MR]

Champaign, IL: tribute to International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601 chapter, E1646 [7JY]

Danville, IL: anniversary of First Presbyterian Church, E564 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 3326), earmark declaration, E2101 [31JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3293), earmark declaration, E1999 [24JY]

Depts. of Transportation and HUD and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3288), earmark declaration, E1989 [24JY]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 3183), earmark declaration, E1829 [17JY]

Financial services and general Government: making appropriations (H.R. 3170), earmark declaration, E1810 [16JY]

Science, Depts. of Justice and Commerce, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2847), earmark declaration, E1466 [17JN]

Votes: position on missed, H6584 [11JN], E242 [11FE], E254 [12FE], E603, E612 [10MR], E686 [17MR], E825 [31MR], E993 [28AP], E1069 [6MY], E1133 [13MY], E1151 [14MY], E1229 [21MY], E1292 [3JN], E1366 [10JN], E1464 [17JN], E1512 [19JN], E1588 [26JN], E1785 [15JY], E1959 [24JY], E2646 [28OC], E2708 [4NO], E2913 [8DE], E3011 [15DE]

Tributes

Allen, Truman, E696 [18MR]

Moore, Susan L., E696 [18MR]

Schoell, Richard M., E632 [11MR]

Schook, Lawrence B., E2928 [10DE]

Welch, Fred, E836 [1AP]