JOHNSON, RON (a Senator from Wisconsin)
Amendments
Belarus: suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), S1780 [24MR]
Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 7776), S7145 [13DE], S7233, S7260 [15DE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 7900), S5077, S5080 [27SE], S5588, S5895, S5896, S5898, S5899 [29SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve provision of health care and other benefits for veterans exposed to toxic substances (H.R. 3967), S2835 [7JN]
Families and domestic relations: repeal Defense of Marriage Act and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (H.R. 8404), S6745 [16NO], S6834 [29NO]
Federal agencies and departments: amend description of how performance goals are achieved (H.R. 2617), S9630, S9632, S9634 [20DE], S10062, S10063 [22DE]
Federal aid programs: provide coronavirus relief for restaurants, gyms, minor league sports teams, border business, live venue service providers, exclave businesses, and transportation services providers (S. 4008), S2625 [19MY]
Haiti: measure progress of recovery and development efforts and strength of democracy and rule of law (H.R. 2471), S1126, S1128, S1129 [10MR]
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4346), S3616 [21JY]
National Sarcoma Awareness Month: designate (S. Res. 694), S3529, S3579 [20JY]
NOAA: provide comprehensive and regularly updated Federal precipitation information (H.R. 1437), S7262 [15DE]
Postal Service: provide stability and enhance services (H.R. 3076), S952 [2MR]
Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), S1778 [24MR]
Russia: suspend normal trade relations treatment (H.R. 7108), S1780 [24MR]
Ukraine: making emergency supplemental appropriations in response to crisis (H.R. 7691), S2523 [16MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abe, Shinzo: tribute (see S. Res. 706), S3270 [13JY]
Appropriations: making continuing (see S. 5244), S7134 [13DE]
Aviation: clarify application of sanctions relative to unmanned combat aerial vehicles following change to U.N. Register of Conventional Arms (see S. 3421), S3379 [19JY]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 529), S950 [2MR]
Capitol Building and Grounds: support reopening Capitol Building and Senate office buildings to public (see S. Res. 512), S707 [15FE]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID–19 Health Care Staff Vaccination’’ (see S.J. Res. 32), S221 [13JA]
Colleyville, TX: commend first responders and honor victims of hostage crisis at Congregation Beth Israel synagogue and reaffirm commitment to combat hate, bigotry, anti-Semitism, and violence against Jewish Americans (see S. Res. 526), S787 [17FE]
Council on Environmental Quality: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘National Environmental Policy Act Implementing Regulations Revisions’’ (see S.J. Res. 55), S3270 [13JY]
Crime: enhance penalties for killing, attempting to kill, or assaulting public safety officer (see S. 3458), S118 [10JA]
——— urge development of strategy to counter rise in violent crime (see S. Res. 636), S2519 [16MY]
Dept. of Commerce: apply Freedom of Information Act to actions and decisions of Assistant Sec. for Communications and Information in carrying out Broadband Equity, Access, and Deployment Program (see S. 3671), S753 [16FE]
Dept. of Defense: modify limitation on discharge of Armed Forces members solely on basis of failure to obey lawful order to receive coronairus vaccine (see S. 4172), S2419 [10MY]
Dept. of Education: disapprove rule relative to grants to charter schools (see S.J. Res. 60), S4514 [8SE]
——— require disclosure of total amount of interest that would be paid over life of loan for certain Federal students loans (see S. 3865), S1253 [17MR]
Dept. of HHS: amend Health Resources and Services Administration Counter Measure Injury Compensation Program relative to coronavirus vaccines (see S. 3810), S1119 [10MR]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish funding restrictions on institutions of higher education that have relationship with Confucius Institutes (see S. 5018), S5541 [29SE]
Dept. of Justice: establish CCP Initiative program (see S. 3960), S1867 [30MR]
Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: enhance authority relative to unmanned aircraft systems and unmanned aircraft (see S. 4687), S3783 [28JY]
Diseases and disorders: terminate national emergency relative to coronavirus pandemic (see S.J. Res. 38), S674 [14FE] (see S.J. Res. 63), S4970 [22SE]
Government regulations: reform Federal regulatory permitting and project review processes for energy and infrastructure projects (see S. 4815), S4541 [12SE]
Greece: independence anniversary (see S. Res. 547), S1226 [16MR]
Hatch, Orrin G.: tribute (see S. Res. 621), S2359 [5MY]
Health: extend certain public health programs (see S. 5244), S7134 [13DE]
Hodges, Kaneaster, Jr.: tribute (see S. Res. 593), S2093 [7AP]
Human rights: extend sunset for sanctions relative to human rights violations (see S. 3924), S1774 [24MR]
International Olympic Committee: express that Committee failed to adhere to human rights commitments in case of sexual assault accusations by Peng Shuai (see S. Res. 503), S523 [3FE]
Isakson, Johnny: tribute (see S. Res. 484), S49 [5JA]
Juneteenth National Independence Day: observance (see S. Res. 679), S2968 [15JN]
Labor unions: extend certain free choice protections relative to labor organization participation to independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work options (see S. 3889), S1289 [22MR]
Medicaid: apply asset verification program to all applicants for, and recipients of, medical assistance in all States and territories (see S. 3917), S2042 [6AP]
Moldova: tribute to heroic efforts to support Ukrainian refugees fleeing Russian war against Ukraine (see S. Res. 638), S2544 [17MY]
Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer: prohibit funding until China is no longer defined as developing country (see S. 5037), S5541 [29SE]
National Charter Schools Week: support goals and ideals (see S. Res. 625), S2381 [9MY]
National Police Week: designate (see S. Res. 643), S2586 [18MY]
National Pregnancy Center Week: designate (see S. Res. 729), S3783 [28JY]
National School Choice Week: designate (see S. Res. 501), S442 [1FE]
National Tribal Colleges and Universities Week: designate (see S. Res. 545), S1153 [14MR]
National Whistleblower Appreciation Day: designate (see S. Res. 723), S3694 [26JY]
NATO: support sovereign decision of Finland and Sweden to apply for membership and call on all members to ratify protocols of accession swiftly (see S. Res. 646), S2621 [19MY]
Natural gas: impose sanctions relative to Nord Stream 2 pipeline and apply congressional review to removal of such sanctions (see S. 3436), S190 [12JA]
NSF: establish Regulatory Oversight and Review Task Force (see S. 4055), S2092 [7AP]
Oak Creek, WI: recognize anniversary and condemn shootings at Sikh Temple of Wisconsin and express condolences to victims’ families and friends and gratitude to responders to shootings (see S. Res. 749), S4214 [6AU]
Power resources: strengthen U.S. energy security and encourage domestic production of crude oil, petroleum products, and natural gas (see S. 3752), S990 [3MR]
Protecting Europe’s Energy Security Act: repeal waiver and termination provisions (see S. 3763), S991 [3MR]
Public Service Recognition Week: designate (see S. Res. 619), S2359 [5MY]
Queen Elizabeth II: tribute (see S. Res. 762), S4575 [13SE]
Reid, Harry: tribute (see S. Res. 485), S81 [6JA]
Russia: call for immediate release of Vladimir Kara-Murza (see S. Res. 632), S2519 [16MY]
——— counter aggression against Ukraine and Eastern European allies, expedite U.S. security assistance to Ukraine, and impose sanctions relative to actions with respect to Ukraine (see S. 3652), S706 [15FE]
Schools: allow States and local educational agencies to use any remaining coronavirus elementary and secondary school emergency relief funds for school security measures (see S. 4369), S2893 [9JN]
——— recognize necessity of school choice to empower parents to choose best educational environment and to combat ideologies like critical race theory promoted by many public schools (see S. Res. 493), S352 [19JA]
Taxation: treat certain liquidations of new motor vehicle inventory as qualified liquidations of last in, first out (LIFO) inventory (see S. 4105), S3004 [16JN]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit acceptance of warrants for arrest of aliens as valid proof of identification at aviation security checkpoints (see S. 3568), S497 [2FE]
U.S. service academies: prohibit denial of graduation, dismissal, or assessment of repayment claims for cadets and midshipmen who refuse to get coronavirus vaccine (see S. 4304), S2708 [25MY]
Ukraine: support independent and democratic Ukraine against any further Russian military invasion (see S. Res. 519), S786 [17FE]
University of Wisconsin: tribute to women’s volleyball team (see S. Res. 487), S189 [12JA]
University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire: tribute to women’s volleyball team (see S. Res. 488), S189 [12JA]
Walorski, Jackie: tribute (see S. Res. 748), S4214 [6AU]
Waukesha, WI: honor victims on anniversary of attack at Christmas parade (see S. Res. 847), S6779 [17NO]
Young, Don: tribute (see S. Res. 565), S1832 [29MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Bureau of Justice Statistics: report to Congress on individuals charged with violent felony offenses who are granted bail and pretrial release in State courts (see S. 3935), S1803 [28MR]
Dept. of HHS: clarify that agencies do not have authority to regulate practice of medicine (see S. 3670), S753 [16FE]
Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (see S.J. Res. 46), S2219 [28AP]
National Sarcoma Awareness Month: designate (see S. Res. 694), S3160 [23JN]
Postal Service: establish new ZIP codes for certain Wisconsin communities (see S. 5075), S6469 [11OC]
Senate: require any convention, agreement, or other international instrument on pandemic prevention, preparedness, and response reached by World Health Assembly be subject to ratification (see S. 4343), S2752 [26MY]
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: reissue final rules relative to listing of gray wolves in Western Great Lakes and Wyoming under Endangered Species Act (see S. 3738), S950 [2MR]
Motions
CDC: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Requirement for Persons To Wear Masks While on Conveyances and at Transportation Hubs’’ (S.J. Res. 37), S1177 [15MR]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Medicare and Medicaid Programs; Omnibus COVID–19 Health Care Staff Vaccination’’ (S.J. Res. 32), S874 [1MR]
Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 7776), S7233 [15DE]
Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), S2210 [28AP], S2317 [4MY]
Remarks
Animals: prohibit import, export, transport, sale, receipt, acquirement, or purchase in interstate or foreign commerce of mink, S2317 [4MY]
Appropriations: eliminate earmarks from consolidated appropriations, S10067 [22DE]
——— making consolidated appropriations, S10067 [22DE]
——— making continuing (S. 5244), S7125 [13DE]
Armed Forces: prohibit from receiving dishonorable discharge for choosing not to receive coronavirus vaccine, S7233, S7234 [15DE]
Biden, President: evaluation of administration relative to immigration, S592 [9FE]
Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): allegations that investigation into certain business dealings while President Biden served as Vice President is connected to Russian disinformation campaigns, S1797 [28MR], S1822 [29MR], S1970 [5AP]
Corps of Engineers: improve rivers and harbors and provide for conservation and development of water and related resources (H.R. 7776), House amendment, S7233, S7234 [15DE]
Crime: address nationwide increase in violent crime, S592 [9FE]
DEA: include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and no medical use (S. 1006), S5135, S5136, S5137 [28SE]
——— include fentanyl-related substances under schedule I of Controlled Substances Act, designating they have high potential for abuse and no medical use (S. 1006), unanimous-consent request, S5136 [28SE]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, S7233, S7234 [15DE]
Dept. of Homeland Security: restrict use of funding for transportation of illegal aliens within U.S., S10067 [22DE]
Depts. of Homeland Security and Justice: disapprove rule entitled ‘‘Procedures for Credible Fear Screening and Consideration of Asylum, Withholding of Removal, and CAT Protection Claims by Asylum Officers’’ (S.J. Res. 46), S2719 [26MY]
Economy: invest in science, technology, research, and innovation to improve competitiveness of U.S. in global economy, S2317 [4MY]
Federal agencies and departments: amend description of how performance goals are achieved (H.R. 2617), House amendment, S10067 [22DE]
Federal Clearinghouse on School Safety Best Practices: establish (S. 111), S2683, S2684 [25MY]
——— establish (S. 111), unanimous-consent request, S2684 [25MY]
Health: extend certain public health programs (S. 5244), S7125 [13DE]
Research: provide for coordinated Federal research program to ensure continued U.S. leadership in engineering biology (H.R. 4521), motion to instruct conferees, S2317 [4MY]
Uvalde, TX: condemn shooting at Robb Elementary School and express condolences to families and victims, S2719 [26MY]
Remarks in Senate relative to
Biden, Robert H. (Hunter): allegations that investigation into certain business dealings while President Biden served as Vice President is connected to Russian disinformation campaigns, S479 [2FE], S1821, S1822 [29MR], S3192 [11JY], S7015 [7DE]