DUNN, JENNIFER (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments offered by, to
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9785 [10OC], H9822 [11OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by
Government: improve information dissemination and printing procedures (see H.R. 1024), H2176 [23FE]
Taxation: treatment of excess benefit arrangements of certain tax-exempt group medical practices (see H.R. 2452), H9784 [10OC]
Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor
Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 325), H1968 [21FE]
Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]
———reduce discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]
Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H969 [31JA]
Bonneville Power Administration: debt refinancing agreement at prevailing interest rates and payment of refinancing fee to U.S. Treasury (see H.R. 599, 799), H803 [26JA], H1156 [2FE]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: require congressional approval prior to U.S. military intervention (see H.R. 2550, 2606), H10994 [26OC], H12084 [9NO]
———U.S. military intervention (see H. Res. 247), H11441 [30OC]
Budget: automatic adjustments of discretionary spending limits and reduction of obligation limits (see H.R. 700), H3417 [21MR]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1, 28), H161, H175 [9JA]
Charities: clarify exemptions from securities and antitrust laws relative to charitable gift annuities (see H.R. 2525), H12350 [14NO]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to loading of materials into balers and compacters (see H.R. 1114), H4619 [9MY]
———child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2089), H9592 [27SE]
China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 63), H5191 [17MY]
———U.N. participation (see H. Con. Res. 12), H5191 [17MY]
Coins: issue one dollar coin (see H.R. 534), H5609 [25MY]
Committees of the House: require legislation to transfer certain functions of the GPO (see H. Res. 24), H1612 [10FE]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 106), H8308 [2AU]
Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]
Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]
———require release of relevant information on violent sex offenders (see H.R. 2137), H7916 [27JY]
Defense Nuclear Facilities: waste management and environmental restoration efforts (see H.R. 2110), H7699 [25JY]
Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1993), H6698 [30JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: display of POW/MIA flag at medical centers relative to full accounting of Vietnam-era POW/MIA (see H.R. 2013), H6830 [11JY]
Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 1856), H7550 [24JY]
Ecology and environment: financial responsibility requirements for offshore facilities (see H.R. 1002), H3049 [10MR]
Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]
Endangered Species Act: determination of threatened species relative to reauthorization (see H.R. 571), H1556 [9FE]
———reauthorize (see H.R. 2275), H8994 [14SE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H4873 [11MY]
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 785), H1051 [1FE]
———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]
———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1352), H5983 [14JN]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H242 [13JA]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H3416 [21MR]
Foreign countries: border-crossing fees for vehicles or pedestrians entering the U.S. from Canada or Mexico (see H. Con. Res. 28), H2177 [23FE]
Government: ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H. Con. Res. 113), H12506 [15NO]
Government regulations: cumulative cost/benefit accounting statement for regulatory programs (see H.R. 1636), H8597 [6SE]
———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (see H.R. 450), H231 [11JA]
———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions on small business (see H.R. 839), H1281 [6FE]
Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H13273 [17NO]
Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H2892 [8MR]
Health: designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H890 [30JA]
———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1010), H7012 [13JY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mothers and newborn infants following birth (see H.R. 1968), H12350 [14NO]
Helium Act: sale of Federal real and personal property (see H.R. 873), H1554 [9FE]
House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26, 77), H165 [9JA], H2176 [23FE]
House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 214, 250, 264), H8597 [6SE], H11441 [30OC], H12127 [10NO]
Housing: modify discrimination prohibitions granted for older persons (see H.R. 660), H3733 [23MR]
Investments: facilitate asset security through certain investment trusts (see H.R. 1967), H6656 [29JN]
Israel: relocate U.S. embassy to Jerusalem (see H.R. 1595), H6270 [22JN]
Jonathan M. Wainwright Memorial VA Medical Center, Walla Walla, WA: designate (see H.R. 2322), H8903 [13SE]
Labor: allow cooperative efforts between management and labor to improve economic competitiveness (see H.R. 743), H8994 [14SE]
Land use: withdraw certain proposed regulations concerning rights-of-way (see H. Res. 25), H1372 [7FE]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H6159 [20JN]
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (see H.R. 1), H158 [9JA]
Medicaid: screening mammography (see H.R. 777), H3572 [22MR]
Medicare: screening mammography (see H.R. 778), H3572 [22MR]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 3), H162 [9JA]
———constitutional amendment to limit terms, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.J. Res. 2), H2729 [7MR]
Motor vehicles: regulation of motorcycle helmet use (see H.R. 899), H1611 [10FE]
Music: licensing (see H.R. 789), H8806 [12SE]
National Education Standards and Improvement Council: eliminate (see H.R. 1045), H2223 [24FE]
National forests: clarify regulations for ski area permit issuance and the suspension of mineral leasing laws in ski areas (see H.R. 1527), H6481 [28JN]
National Gambling Impact and Policy Commission: establish (see H.R. 497), H10994 [26OC]
National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]
National Tourism Organization: establish (see H.R. 2579), H14964 [15DE]
National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H468 [20JA]
Nuclear energy: management and disposition of the Hanford Reservation (see H.R. 2110), H7699 [25JY]
Oil Pollution Act: require Federal agencies to differentiate between organic oils and petroleum-based oils (see H.R. 436), H6830 [11JY]
Patents: limit issuance on medical procedures (see H.R. 1127), H6830 [11JY]
Pensions: revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]
Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H6656 [29JN]
Political action committees: influence restrictions and in-State contribution percentage requirements (see H.R. 2148), H8174 [1AU]
Public debt: establish a deficit reduction trust fund (see H.R. 1162), H2891 [8MR]
Public welfare programs: prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 104), H1052 [1FE]
———reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]
Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 790), H1051 [1FE]
Roads and highways: repeal requirement to use asphalt containing recycled crumb rubber for paving (see H.R. 1242), H4336 [5AP]
Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center, Washington, DC: designate (see H.R. 2481), H10076 [13OC]
Roosevelt, Theodore: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 2285), H9897 [11OC]
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. 2627), H13658 [20NO]
Social Security: 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), H2892 [8MR]
Solid waste: exemption for recoverable materials re-used during industrial process (see H.R. 2335), H8994 [14SE]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (see H.R. 394), H2176 [23FE]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]
———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H8806 [12SE]
———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see H.J. Res. 48), H400 [19JA]
———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H6831 [11JY]
———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see H.R. 1003), H5691 [7JN]
———deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H6200 [21JN]
———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H2177 [23FE]
———excise exemption for air transportation relative to medical care (see H.R. 635), H537 [23JA]
———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H11829 [7NO]
———exclusion of gross estate taxes of a decedent relative to certain land subject to qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 864), H6656 [29JN]
———make permanent the credit for increasing research activities (see H.R. 803), H7461 [21JY]
———permanent extension of the transition rule for certain publicly traded partnerships (see H.R. 1686), H6083 [16JN]
———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H1208 [3FE]
———prohibit retroactive taxation (see H.R. 788), H1051 [1FE]
———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]
———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H468 [20JA]
———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]
———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]
———treatment of conservation expenditures by electric and gas utilities (see H.R. 959), H2177 [23FE]
———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 1099, 1212), H3049 [10MR], H8309 [2AU]
———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see H.R. 2190), H8360 [3AU]
———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2045), H7067 [17JY]
———treatment of foreign source income of U.S.-owned multinational insurance companies (see H.R. 2201), H8533 [4AU]
———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 708), H802 [26JA]
———treatment of meals provided at fish processing facilities (see H.R. 2451), H9738 [29SE]
———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]
Tourist trade: promote (see H.R. 1083), H4795 [10MY]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 842), H3572 [22MR]
Treaties and agreements: construction and repair of certain self-propelled seagoing vessels (see H.R. 2754), H14253 [11DE]
U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations (see H.R. 631), H537 [23JA]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1745), H14003 [5DE]
Veterans: benefit eligibility for certain service in the military forces of the Philippines (see H.R. 1136), H11441 [30OC]
———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38), H4546 [3MY]
———ensure payment of benefits regardless of Government financial status (see H.R. 2813), H15237 [20DE]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H5905 [13JN]
Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of 200th anniversary of death (see H.R. 2026), H12085 [9NO]
Pledge of Allegiance
House of Representatives, H2658 [6MR]
Remarks by, on
AFDC: program reform, H3772 [24MR]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7313 [20JY]
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), motion to recommit, H11904
Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention, H14372 [13DE]
Budget: balance, H12354 [15NO]
———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H234 [13JA], H639 [25JA]
———making supplemental appropriations and rescissions (H.R. 1158), H3235 [15MR]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10798 [25OC], H10908 [26OC]
———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13037 [16NO], H13145, H13167, H13198
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H5143 [17MY]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6578 [29JN]
Capitol Building and Grounds: restoration of statue honoring women's suffrage and relocation to the rotunda (S. Con. Res. 21), H9712, H9713 [29SE]
Children and youth: expand child care block grant programs, H3583 [23MR]
China, People's Republic of: U.S. policy (H.R. 2058), H7287 [20JY]
Committees of the House: authorizing expenditures (H. Res. 107), H3169 [15MR]
Dept. of Agriculture: Federal meat inspection funding, H7313 [20JY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H5875, H5891
———B-2 stealth bomber development, H5875 [13JN]
———competitive bidding process for printing procurement, H5891
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), H8389 [3AU]
Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7825 [27JY]
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), conference report, H13752 [29NO]
Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 1905), conference report, H11511
Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H2732 [7MR]
———illegitimacy rate, H10908 [26OC]
Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (H.R. 5), consideration (H. Res. 38), H341 [19JA]
Fish and fishing: treatment of fishery quotas relative to local communities, H10228 [18OC]
———use of Individual Fishing Quota system to conserve amounts of halibut and sablefish, E2008
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: reauthorizing (H.R. 39), H10228 [18OC], E2008
Forests: mandate specified level of timber salvage sales on Federal lands, H3235 [15MR]
Gingrich, Representative: status of Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) ethics investigation and appointment of independent counsel, H14178 [7DE]
Government: shutdown relative to budget process, H12202 [14NO]
GPO: funding, H6179
House of Representatives: audit by Inspector General (H. Res. 192), H7150 [18JY]
House Rules: openness of committee meetings, H62 [4JA]
———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H62 [4JA]
Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1655), E1809
Legislative Branch of the Government: application of certain laws (S. 2), H273
Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 1854), H6177
Lobbyists: limit amount of private funds that Federal grantees can use for lobbying purposes, H8389 [3AU]
Marysville, WA: EPA baseline risk assessment at the Tulalip landfill, H13752 [29NO]
Medicare: reform, H5143 [17MY], H12202 [14NO]
———reform (H.R. 2425), H10342 [19OC]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3960 [29MR]
NASA: use of microgravity sciences funding for breast and ovarian cancer research and early detection systems, H9822 [11OC]
Public welfare programs: reform, H2659 [6MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), H3338, H3361 [21MR], H3422, H3499 [22MR], H3583 [23MR], H3741, H3772 [24MR]
———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15516 [21DE]
———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 117), H3350 [21MR]
Rabin, Yitzhak: tribute (S. Con. Res. 31), H11853
Republican Party: national agenda, H2991 [10MR]
Science: authorizing appropriations for Federal civilian science activities (H.R. 2405), H9822 [11OC]
Social Security: increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13967 [5DE]
Space policy: space station program funding, H7825 [27JY]
States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), H14975
Taxation: rates, H10798 [25OC]
———rates (H.R. 1215), H4219 [5AP]
———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4211
Votes: position on missed, H6446 [28JN], E1489
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H4872 [11MY]
Schedules
Committee on Rules (House): Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]
Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House): Subcommittee on Aviation: financial condition of the airline industry relative to continuation of the fuel tax exemption, D396 [22MR]
Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Oversight: issues relative to recently expired tax law provisions, D570 [9MY]