JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments offered by, to

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3582 [23MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H9710 [29SE]

———H.R. 483, permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, H5586 [25MY]

———H.R. 2491, reconciliation of the concurrent budget resolution, H11422 [30OC]

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, H5614 [6JN]

Articles and editorials

Dancers To Celebrate 25 Years, Bristol (CT) Press, E924 [2MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (see H.R. 1776), H5690 [7JN]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 73), H1555 [9FE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785), H1051 [1FE]

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (see H. Res. 299), H14310 [12DE]

Insurance: provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1604), H4795 [10MY]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see H.R. 2337), H8994 [14SE]

Medicare: permit select policies to be offered in all States (see H.R. 483, 1391), H229 [11JA], H4177 [4AP]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (see H.R. 1747), H5622 [6JN]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 819), H1207 [3FE]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1566), H4545 [3MY]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H1967 [21FE]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 953), H1849 [15FE]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1061), H2306 [27FE]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 2789), H14963 [15DE]

———extend nonconventional fuel tax credit (see H.R. 2146), H8063 [31JY]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H1156 [2FE]

———treatment of certain depreciable asset expenses by small businesses (see H.R. 954), H1849 [15FE]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (see H.R. 957), H1849 [15FE]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708), H802 [26JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 2008), H7068 [17JY]

———provide incentives for the maintenance of farmland in production capacity (see H.R. 2429), H14765 [13DE]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H15088 [18DE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 47), H7461 [21JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 28), H538 [23JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H. Con. Res. 17), H537 [23JA]

Citizenship: status of children born in U.S. to parents who are not citizens or permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 1363), H4031 [30MR]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1863), H6045 [15JN]

Coastal Zone Management Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1965), H6656 [29JN]

Connecticut: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the Old State House (see H.R. 1933), H6396 [27JN]

Courts: enforcement of child support obligations by requiring the use of liens against property of persons owing overdue support (see H.R. 1029), H2487 [1MR]

———product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]

Crime: false identification documents (see H.R. 399), H5691 [7JN]

Dept. of Trade: establish (see H.R. 2325), H8903 [13SE]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H14003 [5DE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted human immunodeficiency virus due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H4441 [1MY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1617), H5472 [23MY]

Endangered species: protection (see H.R. 2374), H9897 [11OC]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H4873 [11MY]

Families and domestic relations: strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

Federal employees: protection of congressional staff (see H.R. 628), H537 [23JA]

Federal Statistical Service: establish (see H.R. 2521), H10726 [24OC]

Firefighters: exempt firefighters and rescue squad workers from certain Fair Labor Standards Act provisions relative to volunteer work in a professional capacity (see H.R. 94), H3732 [23MR]

Fish and fishing: coordinate conservation efforts of Atlantic striped bass (see H.R. 2655), H15633 [22DE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H4874 [11MY]

Foreign trade: impact of Japanese trade practices on automobile industry (see H. Res. 141), H4618 [9MY]

———improve export promotion activities (see H.R. 2300), H8805 [12SE]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1020), H4873 [11MY]

Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H177 [9JA]

———ensure pregnant women receiving Public Health Service assistance are provided with pregnancy information and counseling (see H.R. 833), H5367 [18MY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 1234), H3156 [14MR]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 1386), H4512 [2MY]

Housing: prevent persons with drug or alcohol problems from occupying units in housing projects for elderly families (see H.R. 117), H166 [9JA]

———prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H6200 [21JN]

Insurance: provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (see H.R. 1610), H4872 [11MY]

Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H15136 [19DE]

Medicaid: osteopathic services (see H.R. 1791), H6159 [20JN]

Medicare: chiropractic services (see H.R. 997), H3808 [24MR]

———clarify scope of coverage and payment amounts for the use of medical devices approved for investigational use (see H.R. 1744), H5692 [7JN]

———colorectal screening (see H.R. 922, 1046), H6046 [15JN]

———coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H6656 [29JN]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H6656 [29JN]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1078), H6046 [15JN]

———prostate cancer screening (see H.R. 1496), H6270 [22JN]

———reform (see H.R. 2425, 2485), H9737 [29SE], H10146 [17OC]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1750), H5622 [6JN]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 1751), H5622 [6JN]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: amend (see H.R. 1834), H5982 [14JN]

Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H6656 [29JN]

Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

Pharmaceuticals: guarantee practice of pharmacy compounding and ensure supply of bulk drug products (see H.R. 598), H2487 [1MR]

Real estate: allow a credit against the estate tax for transfers of certain property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 522), H4619 [9MY]

Recycling: provide refunds for certain beverage containers and resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 1444), H4414 [6AP]

Small business: increase deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 697), H801 [26JA]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of 150th anniversary (see H.R. 1079, 2627), H4619 [9MY], H13274 [17NO]

Social Security: establish a health information network for medicare and medicaid (see H.R. 1766), H5690 [7JN]

———improve information provided in account statements and distribute statements annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 1319), H3807 [24MR]

———increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668, 2684), H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———maintain earnings test correlation between disability insurance benefits for the blind and retirement age benefits (see H. Con. Res. 23), H1908 [16FE]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 2323), H8903 [13SE]

SSI: restriction on benefits to prisoners (see H.R. 2320), H8903 [13SE]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H5190 [17MY]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see H.R. 747), H2811 [7MR]

———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 40), H164 [9JA]

———election of taxable fiscal year for partnerships and S corporations (see H.R. 1661), H6482 [28JN]

———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H7012 [13JY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H8725 [8SE]

———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H1460 [8FE]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see H.R. 734), H2306 [27FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (see H.R. 831), H1281 [6FE]

———nonrecognition of gain on sale of a principal residence by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1149), H5609 [25MY]

———permit penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement accounts by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1148), H5609 [25MY]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———qualification and eligibility requirements for S corporations and shareholders (see H.R. 2039), H7011 [13JY]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (see H.R. 98), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of certain education savings accounts (see H.R. 769), H5753 [8JN]

———treatment of charitable risk pools (see H.R. 1299), H5191 [17MY]

———treatment of gifts of public-traded stock to certain private foundations (see H.R. 733), H2306 [27FE]

———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4431 [7AP]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540), H12350 [14NO]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (see H.R. 1812), H5756 [9JN]

———treatment of medical savings account contributions (see H.R. 354), H803 [26JA]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H5904 [13JN]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H14964 [15DE]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 2121), H7801 [26JY]

———treatment of United Mine Workers of America combined benefit fund premiums (see H.R. 1370), H4031 [30MR]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H10047 [12OC]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H15136 [19DE]

Women: establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 1736), H5608 [25MY]

Letters

Permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States: Raymond C. Scheppach, Carl Tubbesing, and Kevin T. Cronin, H4386 [6AP]

Outlines

Taxpayer Bill Of Rights: certain provisions, H10904 [26OC]

Proposals

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1150 [26MY]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: coverage of abortion procedures through the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7188 [19JY]

———Federal assistance to graduate education programs relative to availability of abortion training for obstetrics and gynecology accreditation, H8381 [3AU]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), H11608 [1NO]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1833), consideration (H. Res. 251), H11597 [1NO]

———State discretion in deciding on funding for victims of rape and incest, H8372 [3AU]

———use of law enforcement block grants to protect family planning clinics, H1729 [14FE]

American Revolution: mint coins in commemoration of black revolutionary war patriots (H.R. 1776), E1195, E1203 [8JN]

Azerbaijan: allocation of foreign aid, H6502 [28JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H604, H653 [25JA]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10800, H10804 [25OC], H10903 [26OC]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15139 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5153 [17MY]

Children and youth: expand child care block grant programs, H3582, H3584 [23MR]

———foster care and orphanage funding, H3501 [22MR]

Dept. of Education: require specific criteria regarding gender equity at colleges and universities, H8346, H8347 [3AU]

Dept. of HHS: restore funding to family planning programs, H8261 [2AU]

Dept. of State: consolidate foreign affairs agencies (H.R. 1561), H5498 [24MY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), H7037, H7057 [17JY]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1977), consideration (H. Res. 185), H6890 [12JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2020), H7188 [19JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8261 [2AU], H8346, H8347, H8372, H8381 [3AU], E1644 [4AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7928 [28JY]

Enfield, CT: tribute to Rotary Club, E1089 [22MY]

———tribute to the Enfield Substance Abuse Prevention Council, E1100 [23MY]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H3630 [23MR]

Farmington, CT: Central Valley Square Dance Club anniversary, E924 [2MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: amend (H.R. 961), H4752, H4753, H4786 [10MY], H4982 [16MY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), H872 [30JA]

Foreign aid: population assistance funding relative to abortions, H5498 [24MY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6502 [28JN]

Foreign trade: impact of Japanese trade practices on automobile industry, H4516 [3MY]

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), H14340 [12DE], H15595 [22DE]

———treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), consideration (H. Res. 322), H15584 [22DE]

Insurance: provide tax incentives to encourage health insurance coverage continuity and portability and discourage preexisting condition exclusions (H.R. 1604), E1001 [11MY]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (H.R. 2337), E1792 [14SE]

Law enforcement: provide block grants (H.R. 728), H1716, H1729, H1735 [14FE]

———transfer block grant funds to community policing programs, H1716 [14FE]

———use of block grants to protect any facility or surroundings where a threat to law and order exists, H1735 [14FE]

Manafort, Paul J.: New Britain, CT, Lodge of Elks Citizen of the Year award recipient, E767 [4AP]

Medicare: funding relative to unfunded Federal mandates reform, H872 [30JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), H4385, H4392 [6AP], E76 [11JA]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), conference report, H6669 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration (H. Res. 130), H4369 [6AP]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 180), H6664 [30JN]

———permit select policies to be offered in all States (H.R. 483), motion to instruct conferees, H5581 [25MY]

———reform (H.R. 2425), H10331, H10352, H10456, H10480, H10481 [19OC]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3905 [29MR]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H7037 [17JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: abolish, H7057 [17JY]

National security: revitalize (H.R. 7), H1880 [16FE]

NATO: membership of Central and East European countries, H1880 [16FE]

New Britain, CT: anniversary of New Britain Musical Club, E1097 [23MY]

Parliamentary inquiry, H3586 [23MR]

Public Health Service: extend and clarify malpractice coverage for health centers (H.R. 1747), H14275 [12DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3501, H3505, H3513 [22MR], H3582, H3584, H3630, H3680 [23MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15519 [21DE]

———work requirements, H3513 [22MR]

Space policy: space station program funding, H7928 [28JY]

Special Olympics: tribute to corporations that participated in the Cessna Citation Special Olympics Airlift, E1772 [13SE]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing expenses for certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 1566), E939 [3MY]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (H.R. 1003), E391 [21FE]

———deductions for business use of the home (H.R. 953), E364 [16FE]

———depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (H.R. 1061), E443 [27FE]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (H.R. 2789), E2389 [19DE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1922, H1946 [21FE], H3848, H3851 [28MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3997, H3998 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3991 [30MR]

———extend nonconventional fuel tax credit (H.R. 2146), E1563 [31JY]

———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (H.R. 803), E259 [2FE]

———rates, H10800, H10804 [25OC]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4218 [5AP]

———treatment of certain depreciable asset expenses by small businesses (H.R. 954), E367 [16FE]

———treatment of contributions in aid of construction to a water or wastewater utility (H.R. 957), E362 [16FE]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (H.R. 708), E191 [26JA]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team, H4043 [3AP]

Votes: personal explanation, H3028 [10MR]

———position on missed, H10328 [19OC]

Water pollution: State nonpoint source management in coastal zones, H4786 [10MY]

Wetlands: restoration and conservation programs, H4982 [16MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H11440 [30OC]

Special order: granted, H4176 [4AP], H9895 [11OC]

Reports filed

Inquiry Into Various Complaints Filed Against Representative Gingrich: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Rept. 104-401), H14310 [12DE]

Rules

Committee on Standards and Official Conduct (House), H3042-H3048 [10MR]

Schedules

Committee on Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and the Environment: medicare select and medicare managed care, D199 [15FE]

Committee on Rules (House): Dept. of Defense appropriations, D696 [7JN]

———permit medicare select policies to be offered in all States, D486 [5AP]

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment: CERCLA reauthorization and reform, D778 [22JN]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Human Resources: child support enforcement, D146 [6FE]

—————child support enforcement and SSI, D724 [13JN]

Subpoena Notices

U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, H6074 [16JN]

Summaries

Federally Supported Health Centers Assistance Act, E1149 [26MY]

Tables

Earned income tax credit reforms effect on the Federal budget, H10905 [26OC]

Texts of

H.R. 1604, Working Families Health Access Act, E1001 [11MY]

Tributes

Harris, William R., E1049 [16MY]

Kennelly, Jim, H9859 [11OC]

Watts, Leroy W., Jr., E1072 [18MY]