JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H4979 [22JN]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7296 [7SE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3244, Trafficking Victims Protection Act, H7631 [14SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]

Animals: prohibit interstate commerce relative to exotic animals (see H.R. 1202), H4220 [12JN]

Armed Forces: maintain programs and procedures for accounting of military personnel unaccounted for from previous and future conflicts (see H. Con. Res. 311), H4337 [13JN]

Black Patriots Foundation: extend authority to establish a Black Revolutionary War Patriots Memorial (see H.R. 4957), H7002 [25JY]

Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H11195 [25OC]

Children and youth: improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (see H.R. 5369), H8735 [3OC]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), H997 [14MR]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]

Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H6600 [19JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 107), H4337 [13JN]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

Dept. of Energy: create an oil reserve for use when fuel oil prices rise sharply because of anticompetitive activity, shortage, or extreme winter weather (see H.R. 3608), H278 [9FE]

———draw down and sale of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities (see H.R. 3543), H49 [27JA]

Dept. of State: provide appropriate training and materials to all executive branch employees involved in responding to issues related to human rights, ethnic cleansing, and genocide (see H. Res. 398), H2512 [3MY]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct special resource study of the route used by George Washington and General Rochambeau during the American Revolution (see H.R. 4794), H5654 [29JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 4069), H1404 [23MR]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2906 [10MY]

———raise awareness, and create educational programs, concerning eating disorders (see H.R. 3928), H1075 [15MR]

Education for All Handicapped Children Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 399), H7577 [13SE]

Employment: provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees if the U.S. has a reciprocal agreement with the country of which the transferee is a national (see H.R. 2662), H455 [15FE]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see H.R. 4499), H3473 [19MY]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1285 [22MR]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments for the acquisition of thermal imaging cameras (see H.R. 1839), H373 [14FE]

Fish and fishing: establish a fisheries habitat protection, restoration, and enhancement program (see H.R. 4278), H2337 [13AP]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H1477 [28MR]

———prohibit application of certain restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental and multilateral organizations (see H.R. 4211), H2412 [2MY]

Health: embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H1407 [23MR]

———emphasize the importance of organ, tissue, bone marrow, and blood donation, and support National Donor Day (see H. Con. Res. 247), H254 [8FE]

Health Care Financing Administration: revise performance standards and certification process for organ procurement organizations (see H.R. 4152), H1674 [3AP] (see H.R. 4592), H4592 [15JN]

Hungary: anniversary of foundation as a state (see H. Con. Res. 297), H4036 [7JN]

Immigration: establish a system of registries for temporary agricultural workers and streamline the procedures for the admission, and extension of stay, for nonimmigrant agricultural workers (see H.R. 4548), H7212 [27JY]

———promote a fairer and more efficient means for using highly skilled workers and improve collection and use of H-1B nonimmigrant fees (see H.R. 3983), H7211 [27JY]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H1629 [30MR] (see H.R. 5180), H8062 [25SE]

Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 412), H8406 [27SE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H1164 [21MR]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H633 [1MR]

Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H7652 [14SE]

———permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 5002), H7206 [27JY]

———provide families and disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 4825), H7366 [7SE]

Medicare: coverage for surgical first assisting services of certified registered nurse first assistants (see H.R. 3911), H996 [14MR]

———coverage of Lyme disease vaccinations (see H.R. 5050), H7366 [7SE]

———coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 4149), H1674 [3AP]

———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H8200 [26SE]

———increase payment amount and establish an annual payment review process for renal dialysis services (see H.R. 5152), H7933 [20SE]

———increase proportion of charges recognized for mental health services furnished to qualified beneficiaries residing in congregate residences (see H.R. 4950), H7002 [25JY]

———protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), H997 [14MR]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 5005), H7578 [13SE] (see H.R. 5089), H7503 [12SE]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 1046), H1163 [21MR]

National Health Service Corps: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 5116), H8406 [27SE]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 420), H1407 [23MR]

National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H2411 [2MY]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: require changes in the bloodborne pathogens standard (see H.R. 5178), H8617 [2OC]

———waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7365 [7SE]

Political campaigns: require sponsors of certain election-related communications to provide information regarding their identities and sources of funds (see H.R. 4621), H4173 [9JN]

Postal Service: issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H3813 [24MY]

Poverty: establish a commission to study and make recommendations on marginal tax rates for the working poor (see H.R. 3839), H8200 [26SE]

Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H7281 [6SE]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H7365 [7SE]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7128 [26JY]

Racial relations: recognize the significant contribution the Birmingham Pledge has made in fostering racial harmony and reconciliation (see H.J. Res. 102), H4592 [15JN]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6471 [18JY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Schools: prohibit the donation of foods with minimal nutritional value before lunch in schools participating in Federal meal programs (see H.R. 1781), H1764 [4AP]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 5), H574 [29FE]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H920 [9MR]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H7652 [14SE]

———allow distilled spirits wholesalers a credit for their cost of carrying Federal excise taxes prior to the sale of the product bearing the tax (see H.R. 5128), H7871 [19SE]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see H.R. 5117), H7933 [20SE]

———clarify the definition of contribution in aid of construction (see H.R. 4308), H2338 [13AP]

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H10809 [24OC]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———reform interest allocation rules (see H.R. 2270), H2512 [3MY]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H1477 [28MR]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———repeal the targeted area limitation on the expense deduction for environmental remediation costs and extend the termination date of such deduction (see H.R. 4003), H1118 [16MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4717), H5036 [22JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 531), H11207 [26OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 4715), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H757 [8MR]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H2771 [9MY]

———treatment of contributions of computers to schools and public libraries (see H.R. 2308), H6719 [20JY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 5486), H10256 [18OC]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H931 [13MR]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Tobacco products: prohibit the importation of bidi cigarettes (see H.R. 3628), H2239 [12AP]

Treaties and agreements: authorize the President to provide regulatory credit for voluntary early action to lessen environmental impacts from greenhouse gas emissions (see H.R. 2520), H9011 [5OC]

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see H.R. 4713), H4817 [21JN]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H165 [1FE]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 2720), H997 [14MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (see H. Res. 465), H1957 [6AP]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (see H.R. 4469), H3172 [16MY] (see H.R. 4678), H4591 [15JN]

Social Security: restore Social Services Block Grant funding and the ability of States to transfer Temporary Assistance for Needy Families funds to such block grant (see H.R. 4481), H3308 [17MY]

States: increase flexibility in funding child protection programs (see H.R. 5292), H8199 [26SE]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 5339), H8468 [28SE]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 5506), H10472 [19OC]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4192), H1851 [5AP]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H920 [9MR]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: feasibility study for establishing in Connecticut and Massachusetts (see H.R. 4312), H2338 [13AP]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), consideration (H. Res. 457), H1777 [5AP]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), conference report, H9708 [11OC]

Appalachian Trail Conference (organization): anniversary, E1497 [14SE]

Appropriations: legislative process, H11678, H11680 [31OC]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H11720 [1NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 129), H12069 [11DE]

Central Connecticut State University: tribute to men's basketball team, E279 [9MR]

Children and youth: collection and dissemination of statistics on the number of newborn babies abandoned in public places (H. Res. 465), H2025 [11AP]

———improve efficiency and effectiveness of abuse and neglect courts (S. 2272), H8694 [3OC]

———protect infants who are born alive (H.R. 4292), H8160 [26SE]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3685 [24MY]

Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (H.R. 3484), H8698 [3OC]

Dept. of Energy: Clean Coal Technology Program funding, H4533 [15JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4533, H4552, H4559, H4561 [15JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5158 [26JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4101 [8JN], H11678 [31OC], H11720 [1NO], E1039 [19JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, H7821 [19SE], H11501 [29OC]

Education: funding, H11215 [26OC], H12069 [11DE]

———promote family literacy projects (H.R. 3222), H7467 [12SE]

Families and domestic relations: increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), H7297, H7309, H7311, H7314, H7317, H7318 [7SE]

———increase child support money to families leaving welfare, improve assignment, distribution and collection of certain child support, and promote marriage (H.R. 4678), motion to recommit, H7319, H7320 [7SE]

Federal aid programs: prohibit certain employment actions by religious institutions assisted by Federal grants, H7317, H7318, H7319, H7320 [7SE]

Foreign aid: international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H5985 [13JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5985 [13JY]

Foreign trade: eliminate disincentives to fair trade conditions, H9708 [11OC]

Hague Convention on Protection of Children and Co-operation in Respect of Intercountry Adoption: implementation (H.R. 2909), H6397 [18JY]

Health care facilities: guidelines for the use of therapeutic restraints, H8250 [27SE]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H846 [9MR]

Indian Health Service: funding, H4559 [15JN]

IRS: impact of technical advice memoranda on the low-income housing tax credit program, E2171 [11DE]

Legislative branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4516), veto, H11678, H11680 [31OC]

Long Island Sound: management plan implementation funding (H.R. 3313), H2722 [9MY]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2489, H2490 [3MY]

———make improvements to the Medicare+Choice program, H10816 [25OC]

———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5353, H5357 [28JN], H7854, H7856, H7857, H7858 [19SE]

———promote access to health care services in rural areas (S. 2987), H11513 [29OC]

———reform, H11513 [29OC]

———require HMO's participating in the Medicare+Choice program to commit to 3-year contracts, H11501 [29OC]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding, H4533, H4559 [15JN]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding, H4533, H4559 [15JN]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5158 [26JN]

OSHA: implementation of ergonomic regulations, H4101 [8JN], H11678 [31OC], H11720 [1NO]

Power resources: Northeast Home Heating Oil Reserve funding through reductions in the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, H4552 [15JN]

Public Health Service Act: provide certain children's health services (H.R. 4365), H8250 [27SE]

Reflexite Corp.: anniversary of founding and Employee Stock Ownership Plan, E1447 [13SE]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11252 [26OC]

———improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 652), H11215 [26OC]

Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, H7821 [19SE]

Sills, Norm: Appalachian Trail Conference (organization) Honor Roll of Volunteers award recipient, E1497 [14SE]

Social Security: make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11215, H11252 [26OC]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H309, H320, H323 [10FE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (H.R. 5506), E1916 [25OC]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H320, H323 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4084 [8JN]

———provide incentives for renewal of distressed communities and empowerment zone development, increase the number of empowerment zones, and encourage investment in new markets (H.R. 4923), H6822 [25JY]

———relief, H11215 [26OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7164 [27JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H4084 [8JN]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: feasibility study for establishing in Connecticut and Massachusetts (H.R. 4312), H9980 [17OC]

Votes: position on missed, H1450 [28MR], H7238 [6SE], H7798 [19SE]

Water pollution: restore estuary habitats through more efficient financing of projects and the enhanced coordination of Federal and non-Federal programs (S. 835), conference report, H10862 [25OC]

World Trade Organization: withdraw U.S. membership and funding (H.J. Res. 90), H4803 [21JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H4034 [7JN], H5841 [11JY], H6047 [13JY], H10806 [24OC], H11525 [29OC]

Tributes

Eads, M. Adela (Dell), E1584 [25SE], E1627 [28SE]

Haskins, Ron, E2028 [30OC]

Luckhan, Wolodymyr, E1593 [26SE]

Tomasso, Angelo, Jr., E2158 [8DE]