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Samuel Robert Johnson Republican U.S. Representative 3rd Of TEXAS
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JOHNSON, Sam, a Representative from Texas; born in San Antonio, Bexar County, Tex., October 11, 1930; graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, Dallas, Tex.; B.B.A., Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Tex., 1951; M.S.I.A., George Washington University, Washington, D.C., 1974; United States Air Force, 1950-1979; member of the Texas state house of representatives, 1985-1991; elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Second Congress, by special election to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of United States Representative Steve Bartlett, reelected to the One Hundred Third and to the eight succeeding Congresses (May 8, 1991-present).

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U.S. Representative 1991 2010 Texas 3

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Washington Address: 1211 Longworth House Office Building
Phone: 202-225-4201
Fax: 202-225-1485
Web site: http://samjohnson.house.gov

Related Bill(s)
AsSponsor
Bill h5903
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat recipients of the Korea Defense Service Medal as war veterans for purposes of determining whether contributions to posts and organizations of war veterans are charitable contributions.
Bill h1051
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to clarify the use of private contracts by Medicare beneficiaries for professional services and to allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefits.
Bill hj120
Providing for the appointment of Barbara Barrett as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Bill h4137
To make permanent the exclusion from gross income for employer-provided educational assistance.
Bill h1186
To repeal changes made by health care reform laws to the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals.
Bill h3475
To protect information received by the Commissioner of Social Security related to deceased individuals.
Bill h3287
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify the rules relating to loans made from a qualified employer plan, and for other purposes.
Bill h1956
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to require individuals to provide their Social Security number in order to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit.
Bill h1509
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to prohibit the inclusion of Social Security account numbers on Medicare cards.
Bill h4241
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax benefits to individuals who have been wrongfully incarcerated.
Bill h3366
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify that bonus depreciation is not a cost allocated to a contract under the percentage of completion method for long-term contracts.
Bill h3095
To freeze the implementation of the health reform law, to establish a commission to evaluate its impact on the delivery of health care to current Medicare recipients, job creation, current health insurance coverage, participation in State exchanges, and the Federal deficit, and for other purposes.
Bill h2528
To rescind the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to develop a return-free tax system.
Bill h2435
To allow individuals to choose to opt out of the Medicare part A benefit and to allow individuals opting out of such benefit to be eligible for health savings accounts.
Bill h2166
To increase transparency regarding debt instruments of the United States held by foreign governments, to assess the risks to the United States of such holdings, and for other purposes.
Bill h1957
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and to promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector.
Bill h1050
To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to improve access and choice for entrepreneurs with small businesses with respect to medical care for their employees.
Bill hj40
Providing for the appointment of Stephen M. Case as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Bill hj39
Providing for the reappointment of Shirley Ann Jackson as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
Bill hj38
Providing for the reappointment of Robert P. Kogod as a citizen regent of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution.
AsCo-Sponsor
Bill h2502
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable purposes.
Bill h1614
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat amounts paid for umbilical cord blood banking services as medical care expenses.
Bill h4295
To establish the Department of Energy and the Environment, and for other purposes.
Bill h1675
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the tax on beer to its pre-1991 level, and for other purposes.
Bill h2563
To authorize a Wall of Remembrance as part of the Korean War Veterans Memorial and to allow certain private contributions to fund that Wall of Remembrance.
Bill h2514
To allow a State to combine certain funds and enter into a performance agreement with the Secretary of Education to improve the academic achievement of students.
Bill h750
To preempt regulation of, action relating to, or consideration of greenhouse gases under Federal and common law on enactment of a Federal policy to mitigate climate change.
Bill h1700
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to establish a Medicare payment option for patients and physicians or practitioners to freely contract, without penalty, for Medicare fee-for-service items and services, while allowing Medicare beneficiaries to use their Medicare benefits.
Bill h122
To amend title 5, United States Code, to limit the circumstances in which official time may be used by a Federal employee.
Bill hc122
Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should resume normal diplomatic relations with Taiwan, and for other purposes.
Bill h6173
To amend the General Education Provisions Act to prohibit Federal education funding for elementary schools and secondary schools that provide on-campus access to abortion providers.
Bill h4385
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to permit employers to pay higher wages to their employees.
Bill h3098
To repeal the renewable fuel program of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Bill h2313
To repeal the authority to provide certain loans to the International Monetary Fund, the increase in the United States quota in that Fund, and certain other authorities, and to rescind related appropriations.
Bill h6429
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to promote innovation, investment, and research in the United States, to eliminate the diversity immigrant program, and for other purposes.
Bill h1173
To repeal the CLASS program.
Bill hj98
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on January 12, 2012.
Bill h6140
To prohibit waivers relating to compliance with the work requirements for the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families, and for other purposes.
Bill h615
To amend the Arms Export Control Act to provide that certain firearms listed as curios or relics may be imported into the United States by a licensed importer without obtaining authorization from the Department of State or the Department of Defense, and for other purposes.
Bill h212
To provide that human life shall be deemed to begin with fertilization.
Bill h127
To deauthorize appropriation of funds to carry out the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Bill h100
To provide for enhanced Federal, State, and local assistance in the enforcement of the immigration laws, to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act, to authorize appropriations to carry out the State Criminal Alien Assistance Program, and for other purposes.
Bill h5044
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income any discharge of indebtedness income on education loans of deceased veterans.
Bill h2108
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to modernize payments for ambulatory surgical centers under the Medicare program.
Bill h2040
To preserve and protect the free choice of individual employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations, or to refrain from such activities.
Bill h1777
To provide consumer relief for artificially high gas prices, and for other purposes.
Bill h1653
To amend the Tariff Act of 1930 to increase the dollar amount requirements for articles and merchandise under the administrative exemptions and entry under regulations provisions of that Act.
Bill h5746
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to modify certain rules applicable to real estate investment trusts, and for other purposes.
Bill h1755
To enable Federal and State chartered banks and thrifts to meet the credit needs of the Nation's home builders, and to provide liquidity and ensure stable credit for meeting the Nation's need for new homes.
Bill h942
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the research credit through 2012 and to increase and make permanent the alternative simplified research credit.
Bill h1006
To recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, to relocate to Jerusalem the United States Embassy in Israel, and for other purposes.
Bill h3339
To establish consistent requirements for the electronic content and format of data used in the administration of certain human services programs under the Social Security Act.
Bill h2299
To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit taking minors across State lines in circumvention of laws requiring the involvement of parents in abortion decisions.
Bill h1093
To reform the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives, modernize firearms laws and regulations, protect the community from criminals, and for other purposes.
Bill h1236
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a reduced rate of excise tax on beer produced domestically by certain small producers.
Bill h2466
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to clarify the employment tax treatment and reporting of wages paid by professional employer organizations.
Bill h1111
To rescind $45 billion of unobligated discretionary appropriations, and for other purposes.
Bill h6007
To exempt from the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 certain water transfers by the North Texas Municipal Water District and the Greater Texoma Utility Authority.
Bill h8
To extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and 2003, and for other purposes.
Bill h3477
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 133 Hare Road in Crosby, Texas, as the Army First Sergeant David McNerney Post Office Building.
Bill h2978
To amend the National Labor Relations Act to modify the authority of the National Labor Relations Board with respect to rulemaking, issuance of complaints, and authority over unfair labor practices.
Bill h1167
To provide information on total spending on means-tested welfare programs, to provide additional work requirements, and to provide an overall spending limit on means-tested welfare programs.
Bill h6169
To provide for expedited consideration of a bill providing for comprehensive tax reform.
Bill h6079
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.
Bill h5872
To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 2, 2013.
Bill h4367
To amend the Electronic Fund Transfer Act to limit the fee disclosure requirement for an automatic teller machine to the screen of that machine.
Bill h4180
To amend the Federal Reserve Act to improve the functioning and transparency of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Open Market Committee, and for other purposes.
Bill h4000
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project, and for other purposes.
Bill h3991
To prohibit the National Labor Relations Board from requiring that employers provide to the Board or to a labor organization the telephone number or email address of any employee.
Bill h3848
To prohibit the use of Federal money for print, radio, television or any other media advertisement, campaign, or form of publicity against the use of a food or beverage that is lawfully marketed under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
Bill h3811
To approve the Keystone XL pipeline project permit.
Bill h3805
To ensure that women seeking an abortion receive an ultrasound and the opportunity to review the ultrasound before giving informed consent to receive an abortion.
Bill h3770
To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that payment for services may not be made to an individual appointed during a recess of the Senate to fill a vacancy in an existing office, if the vacancy existed while the Senate was in session and was by law required to be filled by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, and for other purposes.
Bill h3662
To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to modify the discretionary spending limits to take into account savings resulting from the reduction in the number of Federal employees.
Bill h3652
To amend the Food and Nutrition Act of 2008 to repeal the authority to make performance-based bonus payments to States.
Bill h3608
To direct the Assistant Secretary of Homeland Security (Transportation Security Administration) to prohibit certain employees of the Transportation Security Administration from using the title of "officer" and from wearing uniforms and carrying badges resembling those of law enforcement officers.
Bill h3606
To increase American job creation and economic growth by improving access to the public capital markets for emerging growth companies.
Bill h3548
To facilitate United States access to North American oil resources, and for other purposes.
Bill h3541
To prohibit discrimination against the unborn on the basis of sex or race, and for other purposes.
Bill h3538
To amend the Railway Labor Act to direct the National Mediation Board to apply the same procedures, including voting standards, to the direct decertification of a labor organization as is applied to elections to certify a representative, and for other purposes.
Bill h3441
To repeal the Department of Energy's weatherization assistance program.
Bill h3356
To amend the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 to impose notice and a compliance opportunity to be provided before commencement of a private civil action.
Bill h3306
To repeal the Advanced Technology Vehicle Manufacturing loan program.
Bill h3213
To amend the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 to provide additional exemptions from the internal control auditing requirements for smaller and newer public companies.
Bill h3090
To terminate the Economic Development Administration, and for other purposes.
Bill h3029
To reduce the size of the Federal workforce through attrition, and for other purposes.
Bill h2997
To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Responsive Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 ("Superfund") to provide that manure is not considered a hazardous substance or pollutant or contaminant under that Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h2992
To provide Taiwan with critically needed United States-built multirole fighter aircraft to strengthen its self-defense capability against the increasing military threat from China.
Bill h2989
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investments in United States real property interests, and for other purposes.
Bill h2926
To abolish the National Labor Relations Board and to transfer its enforcement authority to the Department of Justice and its oversight of elections to the Office of Labor-Management Standards of the Department of Labor.
Bill h2898
To provide that no agency may take any significant regulatory action until the unemployment rate is equal to or less than 7.7 percent.
Bill h2874
To authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Administrator of the Health Resources and Services Administration, to award grants on a competitive basis to public and private entities to provide qualified sexual risk avoidance education to youth and their parents.
Bill h2829
To promote transparency, accountability, and reform within the United Nations system, and for other purposes.
Bill h2694
To firewall the Medicare Trusts Funds by restoring to those Trust Funds funds transferred by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h2660
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 122 North Holderrieth Boulevard in Tomball, Texas, as the "Tomball Veterans Post Office".
Bill h2569
To make the Internal Revenue Service Free File Program permanent.
Bill h2481
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the exclusion for employer-provided dependent care assistance.
Bill h2426
To amend title 23, United States Code, to limit claims in connection with decisions to issue permits, licenses, and approvals for highway and public transportation capital projects, and for other purposes.
Bill h2319
To cap noninterest Federal spending as a percentage of full employment GDP, to require that budgets and budget resolutions adhere to these caps, to enforce these caps, to increase financial transparency for mandatory programs, to provide for a line-item adjustment, to require the parings of significant spending increases and adjustments to the debt ceiling, and to provide for a Federal Sunset commission to assist Congress in eliminating Federal agencies and programs that no longer serve a public need or reforming those that are inefficient or ineffective in serving a public need, and for other purposes.
Bill h2307
To repeal the tax credits for ethanol blenders, to repeal the tariff on imported ethanol, and for other purposes.
Bill h2059
To prohibit funding to the United Nations Population Fund.
Bill h1996
To amend titles 5 and 28, United States Code, with respect to the award of fees and other expenses in cases brought against agencies of the United States, to require the Administrative Conference of the United States to compile, and make publically available, certain data relating to the Equal Access to Justice Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h1848
To prevent a fiscal crisis by enacting legislation to balance the Federal budget through reductions of discretionary and mandatory spending.
Bill h1737
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the Federal tax on fuels by the amount of any increase in the rate of tax on such fuel by the States.
Bill h1633
To establish a temporary prohibition against revising any national ambient air quality standard applicable to coarse particulate matter, to limit Federal regulation of nuisance dust in areas in which such dust is regulated under State, tribal, or local law, and for other purposes.
Bill h1632
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 5014 Gary Avenue in Lubbock, Texas, as the "Sergeant Chris Davis Post Office".
Bill h1588
To amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to assure meaningful disclosures of the terms of rental-purchase agreements, including disclosures of all costs to consumers under such agreements, to provide certain substantive rights to consumers under such agreements, and for other purposes.
Bill h1580
To preserve Medicare beneficiary choice by restoring and expanding the Medicare open enrollment and disenrollment opportunities repealed by section 3204(a) of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h1558
To amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to clarify the jurisdiction of the Environmental Protection Agency with respect to certain sporting good articles, and to exempt those articles from a definition under that Act.
Bill h1536
To provide for the disposition of the retiring Space Shuttles.
Bill h1535
To amend the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 with respect to the identification of high priority corridors and the inclusion of certain route segments on the Interstate System, and for other purposes.
Bill h1341
To amend title 5, United States Code, to require the Environmental Protection Agency to include in any notice of rule making a statement regarding the impact of the rule on jobs loss or creation, and for other purposes.
Bill h1255
To prevent a shutdown of the government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h1182
To establish a term certain for the conservatorships of Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, to provide conditions for continued operation of such enterprises, and to provide for the wind down of such operations and the dissolution of such enterprises.
Bill h1159
To repeal certain provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act relating to the limitation on the Medicare exception to the prohibition on certain physician referrals for hospitals and to transparency reports and reporting of physician ownership or investment interests.
Bill h1134
To amend section 241(i) of the Immigration and Nationality Act to deny assistance under such section to a State or political subdivision of a State that prohibits its officials from taking certain actions with respect to immigration.
Bill h1004
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase participation in medical flexible spending arrangements.
Bill h997
To declare English as the official language of the United States, to establish a uniform English language rule for naturalization, and to avoid misconstructions of the English language texts of the laws of the United States, pursuant to Congress' powers to provide for the general welfare of the United States and to establish a uniform rule of naturalization under article I, section 8, of the Constitution.
Bill h993
To extend outer Continental Shelf leases to accommodate permitting delays and to provide operators time to meet new drilling and safety requirements.
Bill h932
To identify and remove criminal aliens incarcerated in correctional facilities in the United States, and for other purposes.
Bill h931
To make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions.
Bill h910
To amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from promulgating any regulation concerning, taking action relating to, or taking into consideration the emission of a greenhouse gas to address climate change, and for other purposes.
Bill h909
To expand domestic fossil fuel production, develop more nuclear power, and expand renewable electricity, and for other purposes.
Bill h896
To provide health care liability reform, and for other purposes.
Bill h875
To amend title 28, United States Code, to limit Federal court jurisdiction over questions under the Defense of Marriage Act.
Bill h771
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1081 Elbel Road in Schertz, Texas, as the "Schertz Veterans Post Office".
Bill h764
To ensure fair treatment of existing levees and flood control structures under the national flood insurance program.
Bill h758
To amend the Act popularly known as the Antiquities Act of 1906 to require certain procedures for designating national monuments, and for other purposes.
Bill h749
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income.
Bill h704
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the diversity immigrant program.
Bill h692
To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to make changes related to family-sponsored immigrants and to reduce the number of such immigrants, and for other purposes.
Bill h680
To prohibit United States contributions to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.
Bill h675
To amend title XI of the Social Security Act to expand the permissive exclusion from participation in Federal health care programs to individuals and entities affiliated with sanctioned entities.
Bill h668
To amend the Federal Power Act to protect the bulk-power system and electric infrastructure critical to the defense and well-being of the United States against natural and manmade electromagnetic pulse ("EMP") threats and vulnerabilities.
Bill h657
To amend title 5, United States Code, to reduce the number of civil service positions within the executive branch, and for other purposes.
Bill h645
To restore Second Amendment rights in the District of Columbia.
Bill h605
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to repeal certain limitations on health care benefits.
Bill h593
To require States to report information on Medicaid payments to abortion providers.
Bill h558
To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Big Spring, Texas, as the George H. O'Brien, Jr., Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
Bill h548
To repeal a rule of the National Mediation Board relating to representation election procedures.
Bill h532
To eliminate certain provisions relating to Texas and the Education Jobs Fund.
Bill h476
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes.
Bill h471
To reauthorize the DC opportunity scholarship program, and for other purposes.
Bill h455
To protect 10th Amendment rights by providing special standing for State government officials to challenge proposed regulations, and for other purposes.
Bill h450
To repeal limitations imposed by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on health-related tax benefits under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and to treat high deductible health plans as qualified health plans under such Act.
Bill h374
To implement equal protection under the 14th article of amendment to the Constitution for the right to life of each born and preborn human person.
Bill h371
To repeal title I of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for cooperative governing of individual health insurance coverage offered in interstate commerce.
Bill h362
To redesignate the Federal building and United States Courthouse located at 200 East Wall Street in Midland, Texas, as the "George H. W. Bush and George W. Bush United States Courthouse and George Mahon Federal Building".
Bill h361
To amend the Public Health Service Act to prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in governmental activities.
Bill h358
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to modify special rules relating to coverage of abortion services under such Act.
Bill h302
To provide for State approval of national monuments, and for other purposes.
Bill h298
To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 500 East Whitestone Boulevard in Cedar Park, Texas, as the "Army Specialist Matthew Troy Morris Post Office Building".
Bill h155
To create a national commission, modeled after the successful Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission, to establish a timely, independent, and fair process for realigning or closing outdated, ineffective, or inefficient Executive agencies.
Bill h153
To prohibit funding for the Environmental Protection Agency to be used to implement or enforce a cap-and-trade program for greenhouse gases, and for other purposes.
Bill h140
To amend section 301 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to clarify those classes of individuals born in the United States who are nationals and citizens of the United States at birth.
Bill h126
To require the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives to make video recordings of the examination and testing of firearms and ammunition, and for other purposes.
Bill h125
To require Congress to specify the source of authority under the United States Constitution for the enactment of laws, and for other purposes.
Bill h121
To require any amounts remaining in a Member's Representational Allowance at the end of a fiscal year to be deposited in the Treasury and used for deficit reduction or to reduce the Federal debt.
Bill h97
To amend the Clean Air Act to provide that greenhouse gases are not subject to the Act, and for other purposes.
Bill h87
To repeal the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
Bill h59
To define advisors often characterized as Czars and to provide that appropriated funds may not be used to pay for any salaries and expenses associated with such advisors.
Bill h58
To amend chapter 44 of title 18, United States Code, to update certain procedures applicable to commerce in firearms and remove certain Federal restrictions on interstate firearms transactions.
Bill h49
To direct the Secretary of the Interior to establish and implement a competitive oil and gas leasing program that will result in an environmentally sound program for the exploration, development, and production of the oil and gas resources of the Coastal Plain of Alaska, and for other purposes.
Bill h21
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the mandate that individuals purchase health insurance.
Bill h5
To improve patient 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.
Bill hj103
Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the National Labor Relations Board relating to representation election procedures.
Bill hj77
Relating to the disapproval of the President's exercise of authority to increase the debt limit, as submitted under section 3101A of title 31, United States Code, on August 2, 2011.
Bill hj45
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to marriage.
Bill hj42
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants.
Bill hj22
Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to prohibit the United States from owning stock in corporations.
Bill hj9
Disapproving a rule submitted by the Environmental Protection Agency relating to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants from the Portland Cement Manufacturing Industry and Standards of Performance for Portland Cement Plants.
Bill hr618
Expressing support for designation of 2012-2013 as the "Year of the Korean War Veteran" and recognizing the 60th anniversary of Korean War.
Bill hr532
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President of the United States should appoint a special counsel to investigate Operation Fast and Furious and the Attorney General's knowledge and management of Operation Fast and Furious.
Bill hr509
Disapproving of the President's appointment of four officers or employees of the United States during a period when no recess of the Congress for a period of more than three days was authorized by concurrent resolution and expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that those appointments were made in violation of the Constitution.
Bill hr490
Expressing no confidence in the Attorney General of the United States.
Bill hr489
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the symbols and traditions of Christmas should be protected for use by those who celebrate Christmas.
Bill hr394
Supporting Israel's right to annex Judea and Samaria in the event that the Palestinian Authority continues to press for unilateral recognition of Palestinian statehood at the United Nations.
Bill hr376
Calling for the repatriation of POW/MIAs and abductees from the Korean War.
Bill hr311
Congratulating the Dallas Mavericks on winning the 2011 National Basketball Association championship.
Bill hr140
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that domestic oil and gas resources are critical to our Nation's security and economy and the Secretary of the Interior should take immediate action to streamline the shallow and deepwater permitting process.
Bill hr90
Recognizing the 75th birthday of the Honorable Barbara Charline Jordan, American politician, leader of the Civil Rights movement, first African-American elected to the Texas Senate, first Southern black woman ever elected to the United States House of Representatives, inspirational figure in the Progressive movement, and recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom Award.
Bill hr44
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that an effective moratorium by the Executive Branch on offshore oil and gas exploration and drilling should be terminated.
Bill hr15
Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that general appropriations for military construction and veterans' affairs be considered as stand-alone measures.
Bill hc115
Recognizing the 64th anniversary of the independence of the State of Israel.
Bill hc113
Establishing the budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2013 and setting forth appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal year 2012 and fiscal years 2014 through 2022.
Bill hc101
Expressing the sense of the Congress that our current tax incentives for retirement savings provide important benefits to Americans to help plan for a financially secure retirement.
Bill hc58
Expressing disapproval of United States intervention in Libya.
Bill hc29
Expressing the sense of the Congress that State and local governments should be supported for taking actions to discourage illegal immigration and that legislation should be enacted to ease the burden on State and local governments for taking such actions.
Bill hc25
Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Obama administration's discontinuing to defend the Defense of Marriage Act.
Bill hc3
Expressing the sense of Congress that the President should issue, and Congress should hold hearings on, a report and a certification regarding the responsibilities, authorities, and powers of his "czars".
Bill h1370
To repeal the annual fee on health insurance providers enacted by the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act.
Bill h735
To preserve open competition and Federal Government neutrality towards the labor relations of Federal Government contractors on Federal and federally funded construction projects.
Bill h397
To repeal the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010 and to take meaningful steps to lower health care costs and increase access to health insurance coverage without raising taxes, cutting Medicare benefits for seniors, adding to the national deficit, intervening in the doctor-patient relationship, or instituting a government takeover of health care.
Bill h4104
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition and celebration of the Pro Football Hall of Fame.
Bill h719
To award a Congressional Gold Medal to the World War II members of the Civil Air Patrol.
Bill h1639
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to clarify the Food and Drug Administration's jurisdiction over certain tobacco products, and to protect jobs and small businesses involved in the sale, manufacturing and distribution of traditional and premium cigars.
Bill h3803
To amend title 18, United States Code, to protect pain-capable unborn children in the District of Columbia, and for other purposes.
Bill h104
To ensure that amounts credited to the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund are used for harbor maintenance.
Bill h1206
To amend title XXVII of the Public Health Service Act to preserve consumer and employer access to licensed independent insurance producers.
Bill hr111
Establishing a Select Committee on POW and MIA Affairs.
Bill h1179
To amend the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act to protect rights of conscience with regard to requirements for coverage of specific items and services.
Bill h3269
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to ensure the continued access of Medicare beneficiaries to diagnostic imaging services.
Bill h2453
To require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of Mark Twain.
Bill h1744
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the employer health insurance mandate.
Bill h217
To amend title X of the Public Health Service Act to prohibit family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions, and for other purposes.
Bill h10
To amend chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law.
Bill h1259
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes, and for other purposes.
Bill h2864
To provide for a medal of appropriate design to be awarded by the President to the memorials established at the 3 sites honoring the men and women who perished as a result of the terrorist attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.
Bill h459
To require a full audit of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and the Federal reserve banks by the Comptroller General of the United States before the end of 2012, and for other purposes.
Bill h420
To provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their family members can register certain firearms in the National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record, and for other purposes.
Bill h436
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the excise tax on medical devices.
Bill h452
To repeal the provisions of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board.
Bill h822
To amend title 18, United States Code, to provide a national standard in accordance with which nonresidents of a State may carry concealed firearms in the State.
Bill h1297
To appropriate such funds as may be necessary to ensure that members of the Armed Forces, including reserve components thereof, continue to receive pay and allowances for active service performed when a funding gap caused by the failure to enact interim or full-year appropriations for the Armed Forces occurs, which results in the furlough of non-emergency personnel and the curtailment of Government activities and services.
Bill hj2
Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Bill h2
To repeal the job-killing health care law and health care-related provisions in the Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010.

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House Committee on Ways and Means
    Health Subcommittee

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