JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2092 [30AP], H2189 [6MY]

Appointments

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, H527 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 1032), H948 [12MR], H1019 [13MR]

———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 411), H524 [12FE]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H8727 [8OC]

Armenia: anniversary of genocide (see H. Con. Res. 55), H5183 [14JY]

Army: close School of the Americas (see H.R. 611), H1892 [24AP]

Aviation: installation of emergency locator transmitters on aircraft (see H.R. 664), H407 [10FE]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 1372), H1704 [17AP]

Business and industry: promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 1592), H2678 [14MY]

Colleges and universities: make information regarding men's and women's athletic programs available to prospective students (see H.R. 1987), H4086 [19JN]

Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H5487 [17JY]

Construction industries: prohibit discrimination relative to surety bonding requirements (see H.R. 2554), H8265 [30SE]

Contraceptives: require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2174), H7601 [18SE]

Correctional institutions: prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts in the Federal prison system (see H.R. 816), H2590 [13MY]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H7830 [24SE]

———provide procedures for future adjustments of salaries of Federal judges (see H.R. 875), H1340 [8AP]

Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H1340 [8AP]

Crime: provide for telephone access to the FBI database that tracks the movement and whereabouts of sexual offenders (see H.R. 2194), H9039 [22OC]

———require States to address the problem of violent crimes committed by repeat offenders (see H. Con. Res. 75), H2350 [7MY]

Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1219), H1288 [21MR]

———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H888 [11MR]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5401 [16JY]

Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H9502 [23OC]

Drugs: defer effective dates for approving certain drug applications (see H.R. 1727), H3202 [22MY]

Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 2351), H10956 [13NO]

———negotiation of an international climate change agreement (see H. Con. Res. 106), H8265 [30SE]

Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2248), H6918 [4SE]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H452 [11FE]

Education: provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1572), H2445 [8MY]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 1858), H3659 [10JN]

English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1339 [8AP]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H3476 [4JN]

Families and domestic relations: grants to States to establish supervised visitation centers for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 2779), H9800 [30OC]

———issues relative to child custody, child abuse, and domestic violence (see H. Con. Res. 182), H9800 [30OC]

———reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1736), H3202 [22MY]

FEC: require reports on certain election expenditures (see H.R. 1705), H3201 [22MY]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1989 [29AP]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of bone mass measurements (see H.R. 2699), H9038 [22OC]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H3169 [21MY]

———development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H5487 [17JY]

Fish and fishing: authorize assistance to the States for fish restoration and management projects (see H.R. 2973), H10420 [8NO]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H702 [27FE]

Food stamps: modify certain eligibility disqualifications (see H.R. 1507), H6026 [29JY]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions (see H.R. 2509), H7730 [23SE]

Harold Hughes-Bill Emerson Commission on Alcoholism: establish (see H.R. 1549), H2350 [7MY]

Hazardous substances: nuclear waste disposal (see H.R. 1270), H5177 [11JY]

Health: establish a program for training in lifesaving first aid for individuals experiencing cardiac arrest (see H.R. 1679), H6918 [4SE]

———establish an educational program on the prevention and treatment of eating disorders (see H.R. 2006), H5132 [10JY]

———liability protection for suppliers of raw material and component parts to medical device manufacturers (see H.R. 872), H9559 [24OC]

———limitations on disclosure and use of genetic information (see H.R. 2198), H5486 [17JY]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H7600 [18SE]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H7008 [8SE]

Health care professionals: exempt physician office laboratories from clinical laboratory requirements (see H.R. 2250), H5777 [24JY]

Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2090 [30AP]

House of Representatives: allow Members to hire employees from welfare rolls relative to application towards welfare participation rates in home jurisdiction (see H.R. 1046), H948 [12MR]

———implementation of Office Waste Recycling Program (see H. Res. 119), H2157 [1MY]

Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H7281 [15SE]

———clarify and provide additional relief and procedural rights for certain aliens who would otherwise be ineligible for such procedural rights (see H.R. 2302), H7730 [23SE]

Insurance: coverage and treatment of emergency services under health plans (see H.R. 815), H2254 [6MY]

———coverage of minimum hospital stays and reconstructive surgery relative to breast cancer and of second opinions for any cancer diagnosis (see H.R. 616), H4836 [26JN]

———coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H8633 [7OC]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H2091 [30AP]

Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 1609), H2679 [14MY]

———reform (see H. Con. Res. 43), H1262 [20MR]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1338 [8AP]

Lewis and Clark expedition: bicentennial (see H. Res. 144), H3204 [22MY]

———mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial (see H.R. 1560), H3204 [22MY]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 1076), H1017 [13MR]

Medicare: allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services (see H.R. 2497), H7599 [18SE]

———allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for services, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 2497), H10957 [13NO]

———bone mass measurements (see H.R. 1002), H812 [10MR]

———coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H1391 [9AP]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H1340 [8AP]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H669 [26FE]

———multiple sclerosis drug treatments (see H.R. 1018), H888 [11MR]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H629 [25FE]

———reimbursement for nurse practitioners and clinical nurse specialists in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 893), H701 [27FE]

———reimbursement for physician assistants in health professional shortage areas (see H.R. 894), H701 [27FE]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4132 [20JN]

National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1716), H3201 [22MY]

National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]

NATO: recommend the integration of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania (see H. Con. Res. 10), H1392 [9AP]

OPIC: reauthorize (see H.R. 2064), H5401 [16JY]

Princess Diana (Wales): condolences on death in car accident in Paris (see H. Res. 219), H6917 [4SE]

Public Health Service: establish pediatric research initiative (see H.R. 1883), H3796 [12JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide inclusive information service relative to certain diseases (see H.R. 482), H702 [27FE]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited eligibility for SSI and food stamps for disabled permanent resident aliens (see H.R. 667, 1360), H1340 [8AP], H1703 [17AP]

———provide an exemption to restrictions on eligibility for public benefits for certain aliens (see H.R. 931), H1795 [23AP]

Religion: permit revocation by members of the clergy of their exemption from Social Security coverage (see H.R. 939), H4132 [20JN]

Rural areas: improve health services (see H.R. 1189), H1260 [20MR]

Social Security: State requirements for work experience and community service programs relative to child support (see H.R. 2463), H8929 [21OC]

States: clarify standards for sex offender registration programs (see H.R. 1683), H3477 [4JN]

Sudbury, Assabet, and Concord Rivers: designate certain segments as components of the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 1110), H1111 [18MR]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H1186 [19MR]

———establish intercity passenger rail service trust fund (see H.R. 1437), H1890 [24AP]

———increase State cap on private activity bonds (see H.R. 979), H8633 [7OC]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see H.R. 1740), H3202 [22MY]

———repeal the limitation on the amount of receipts attributable to military property which may be treated as exempt foreign trade income (see H.R. 1037), H2446 [8MY]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H8299 [1OC]

———treatment of benefits given to former police and firefighters for heart and hypertension conditions (see H.R. 202), H1794 [23AP]

———treatment of benefits to retired coal miners (see H.R. 2231), H5664 [23JY]

———treatment of business meal and entertainment expenses (see H.R. 1285), H7008 [8SE]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 1026), H1392 [9AP]

———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H589 [13FE]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 450), H949 [12MR]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms (see H.R. 1891), H8929 [21OC]

———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1509), H2155 [1MY]

Tobacco products: restrict the FDA from penalizing retailers for face-to-face tobacco sales that are in accordance with State law (see H.R. 768), H2680 [14MY]

———treatment of excise taxes relative to costs incurred by tobacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 2387), H7730 [23SE]

Veterans: determination of active military service for certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 1126), H10172 [6NO]

Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H724 [4MR]

Weapons: restrict the use of funds for new deployments of antipersonnel landmines (see H.R. 2459), H7261 [11SE]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see H.R. 1496), H2090 [30AP]

———constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 66), H1261 [20MR]

———establish offices of women's health within certain Federal agencies (see H.R. 920), H724 [4MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: provide health insurance for uninsured children (see H.R. 1363), H1703 [17AP]

Families and domestic relations: require the same distribution of child support arrearages to former welfare recipients collected by Federal tax intercept as by the States (see H.R. 1569), H2444 [8MY]

Gingrich, Representative: resolution of ethics charges (see H. Res. 31), H244 [21JA]

Health: revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (see H.R. 1289), H1438 [10AP]

Medicare: demonstration project to provide coverage for cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see H.R. 1628), H2783 [15MY]

———establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (see H.R. 625), H392 [6FE]

Postal Service: require envelopes and warning labels for mail depicting violent or sexually-explicit acts (see H.R. 1347), H1611 [16AP]

Public welfare programs: exception to limited SSI and food stamps eligibility for legal aliens applying for naturalization (see H.R. 1416), H1794 [23AP]

Roads and highways: funding for roads classified as local or rural minor collectors (see H.R. 1131), H1186 [19MR]

Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully portable defined benefit plan (see H.R. 1656), H2874 [16MY]

Tariff: nuclear fuel assemblies (see H.R. 2339), H6704 [31JY]

———pantera (see H.R. 1886), H3796 [12JN]

———triacetonamine (see H.R. 1887), H3796 [12JN]

Taxation: credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (see H.R. 1169), H1259 [20MR]

———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see H.R. 1730), H3202 [22MY]

———treatment of certain education investment accounts (see H.R. 1694), H3169 [21MY]

———treatment of dependent care expenses and respite care expenses (see H.R. 1667), H3069 [20MY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (see H.R. 1627), H2783 [15MY]

———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program (see H.R. 2951), H10419 [8NO]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 693), H521 [12FE]

Tobacco products: increase excise taxes to fund health insurance for uninsured children and deficit reduction (see H.R. 1364), H1704 [17AP]

Women: assist the development of small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 1693), H3169 [21MY]

Descriptions

Provide Employees With a Simple, Secure, and Fully Portable Defined Benefit Plan (H.R. 1656), E965 [19MY]

Letters

Tribute to Jonna L. Cullen: Senators Lott and Cochran and Representatives Upton and Nancy Johnson, H3806 [17JN]

Remarks

Abortion: performance at military medical facilities, H4062 [19JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), consideration (H. Res. 100), H1199 [20MR]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental for disaster relief and overseas peacekeeping operations (H.R. 1469), H2741 [15MY]

Armed Forces: investigation into sexual harassment and assault allegations, E1815 [22SE]

Birth control: family participation in the decision of minors to seek family planning services from federally-funded clinics, H7072, H7073 [9SE]

Budget: balance, H2086, H2087 [30AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), H4672, H4673 [26JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2014), conference report, H6635 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), H4562, H4582, H4587 [25JN]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2015), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 202), H6317 [30JY]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4268 [24JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing military activities appropriations and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1119), H4062 [19JN]

Dept. of HHS: Drug Needle Exchange Program funding, H7225 [11SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5148, H5149, H5160 [11JY]

Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), H7470 [17SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2267), H8240 [30SE]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2264), H7072, H7073 [9SE], H7225 [11SE]

Ecology and environment: tax incentives for businesses relative to the restoration of older and historic buildings and the clean up of contaminated land in urban areas, E49 [7JA]

Families and domestic relations: change the time requirements for parental rights relative to adoption of children in foster care, H2027 [30AP]

———designation of guardians for children in advance of parents death, H2033 [30AP]

———enable participation of relatives in foster care, H2030 [30AP]

———promote the adoption of children in foster care (H.R. 867), H2027, H2030, H2033 [30AP]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: coverage of abortion procedures, H7470 [17SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), H559 [13FE]

Gingrich, Representative: reelection as Speaker of the House, H18, H23 [7JA]

———resolution of ethics charges, H18, H23 [7JA]

———resolution of ethics charges (H. Res. 31), H171, H172, H196 [21JA]

Health: improve health care services for women, H1964 [29AP]

———revise and extend mammography quality standards programs (H.R. 1289), H1964 [29AP]

House Rules: adopt and amend (H. Res. 5), H18, H23 [7JA]

Housing: deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs and increase community control over such programs (H.R. 2), H2190 [6MY]

———prohibit violent sexual predators from receiving public housing assistance, H2190 [6MY]

Insurance: prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (H.R. 306), H1964 [29AP]

IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (H.R. 1226), H1463 [15AP]

Medicaid: disproportionate share hospital payments, H4587 [25JN]

Medicare: establish consumer protections for supplemental insurance plans (H.R. 625), H290 [5FE], E165 [5FE]

———reform, H2085, H2086 [30AP], H4562 [25JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: replace funding with block grants to States, H5148, H5149 [11JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H5160 [11JY]

National Women's Business Council: funding, H8240 [30SE]

NIH: improve and expand clinical research programs (H.R. 3001), E2319 [10NO]

Postal Service: require envelopes and warning labels for mail depicting violent or sexually-explicit acts (H.R. 1347), E675 [16AP]

Public welfare programs: treatment of certain legal immigrants, H4582 [25JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H2085, H2086, H2087, H2088 [30AP]

Roads and highways: funding for roads classified as local or rural minor collectors (H.R. 1131), E515 [19MR]

Small business: provide employees with a simple, secure, and fully portable defined benefit plan (H.R. 1656), E964 [19MY]

Southington, CT: anniversary of Flanders Elementary School, E854 [6MY]

SSI: extend transition period for legal aliens receiving benefits, H2741 [15MY]

Taxation: allow nonprofit organizations to participate in the work opportunity tax credit hiring incentives (H.R. 2995), E2311 [10NO]

———child tax credit, H4673 [26JN]

———credit for clinical testing of certain drugs for rare diseases or conditions (H.R. 1169), E550 [21MR]

———extend research and development tax credit (H.R. 947), E380 [5MR]

———rates, H6635 [31JY]

———treatment of higher education expenses (H.R. 1627), E940 [15MY]

———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program (H.R. 2951), E2277 [9NO]

———treatment of Social Security benefits (H.R. 693), H458 [12FE]

Votes: position on missed, H2382 [8MY], H5270 [15JY], H8664 [8OC]

Women: economic equity, H743 [5MR]

Women's History Month: observance, H743 [5MR]

———recognition of Members participating in special order, H746 [5MR]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H697 [27FE], H2782 [15MY], H9728 [29OC]

Reports filed

Activities During the 104th Congress: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Rept. 104-886), H66 [7JA], H89 [9JA]

Barbara-Rose Collins: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Rept. 104-876), H66 [7JA], H89 [9JA]

Resolution of Ethics Charges in the Matter of Representative Gingrich: Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House) (H. Rept. 105-1), H168 [20JA]

Texts of

H.R. 1347, Graphic Postcard Act, E675 [16AP]

Tributes

Antonetti, Zaiga, E1757 [16SE]

Cullen, Jonna L., H2868 [16MY]

Ruwet, Mark J., E1920 [2OC]