DUNN, JENNIFER (a Representative from Washington)

Articles and editorials

Animals and Research Part 1—Unlocking the Secrets of Genetic Disease Through Animal Research, Joseph W. Eschbach, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, E744 [17MY]

Animals and Research Part 2—Animals Benefit From Research, Patrick R. Gavin, Seattle (WA) Post-Intelligencer, E745 [17MY]

Businesswomen in the Mainstream, Economic Reform Today (publication), E193 [29FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 2966), H48 [27JA] (see H.R. 3573), H511 [16FE]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (see H.R. 4601), H4120 [8JN] (see H.R. 5173), H7650 [14SE]

Children and youth: recognize importance and support goals and ideas of National Youth Day (see H. Con. Res. 375), H6470 [18JY]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1407 [23MR]

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), H6719 [20JY]

Courts: give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 5456), H9899 [12OC]

Croatia: elections (see H. Con. Res. 251), H2412 [2MY]

Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 4537), H3813 [24MY]

DEA: funding to assist State and local efforts to clean up methamphetamine laboratories (see H.R. 4468), H3474 [19MY]

Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H633 [1MR]

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: create incentives for private sector research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 3812), H7503 [12SE]

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

Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H5436 [28JN]

———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H373 [14FE]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (see H.R. 4182), H2341 [13AP]

Families and domestic relations: issue special postage stamps to fund domestic violence programs (see H.R. 4659), H4484 [14JN]

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

FCC: follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H165 [1FE]

———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H1477 [28MR]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2129), H3474 [19MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]

Financial institutions: promote openness, transparency, and efficiency in international government procurement through capacity building and third-party procurement monitoring (see H.R. 3116), H997 [14MR]

Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]

GAO: require report to Congress on agency regulatory actions (see H.R. 3669), H3173 [16MY]

Glacier National Park: Going-to-the-Sun Road rehabilitation funding (see H.R. 4521), H3649 [23MY]

Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H3813 [24MY]

Immigration: 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), H1076 [15MR]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 49), H1629 [30MR]

Korean War: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 86), H511 [16FE]

Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H5036 [22JN]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicare: coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 4571), H7212 [27JY]

———ensure adequacy of digital mammography payments (see H.R. 5172), H7933 [20SE]

———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H4591 [15JN]

———improve the manner in which new medical technologies are made available to beneficiaries (see H.R. 4395), H4592 [15JN]

———provide more equitable payments for direct graduate medical education (see H.R. 5005), H8406 [27SE]

———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3869 [25MY]

National forests: return of fair and reasonable fees for use and occupancy of land under the recreation residence program (see H.R. 3327), H511 [16FE]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H509 [16FE]

OSHA: require public comment, and a sound scientific basis, for proposed ergonomics regulations (see H. Con. Res. 260), H758 [8MR]

Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 4747), H6719 [20JY]

Pipelines: improve safety (see H.R. 3558), H90 [31JA]

———improve safety and environmental protection (see H.R. 4849), H6051 [13JY]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H3049 [15MY]

Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H7578 [13SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6719 [20JY]

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

Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5436 [28JN]

Ships and vessels: revitalize international competitiveness of U.S.-flag merchant marine (see H.R. 3225), H2122 [11AP]

Social Security: extend availability of State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments (see H.R. 4393), H2654 [8MY]

Tariff: steam or other vapor generating boilers used in nuclear facilities (see H.R. 3875), H4174 [9JN]

Taxation: allow credit against income tax for research to develop vaccines against widespread diseases and ensure that such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 5219), H7932 [20SE]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4174 [9JN]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 4383), H4174 [9JN]

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

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H5436 [28JN]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5040), H7207 [27JY]

———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 1194), H5169 [26JN]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from certain renewable resources to include landfill gas (see H.R. 3466), H8062 [25SE]

———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H7652 [14SE]

———prevent evasion of excise taxes on cigarettes (see H.R. 4598), H6052 [13JY]

———prohibit certain allocations of S corporation stock held by an employee stock ownership plan (see H.R. 3082), H7211 [27JY]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H4175 [9JN]

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

———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H4592 [15JN]

———recycling and remanufacturing equipment credit (see H.R. 2953), H4174 [9JN]

———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H997 [14MR]

———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]

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

———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 certain franchise operation property (see H.R. 2451), H1764 [4AP]

———treatment of charitable donation of food by businesses and farmers (see H.R. 1325), H342 [10FE]

———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3173 [16MY]

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

———treatment of individual retirement accounts relative to charitable contributions (see H.R. 1311), H2340 [13AP]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H1629 [30MR]

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), H997 [14MR]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H3413 [18MY]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (see H.R. 5302), H8200 [26SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

China, Republic of: accession to the World Trade Organization (see H. Con. Res. 262), H641 [2MR]

Education: increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies (see H.R. 3827), H641 [2MR]

House of Representatives: foster a productive and collegial partnership with President-elect George W. Bush (see H. Res. 677), H12532 [15DE]

Medicare: provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 4968), H7127 [26JY]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 4379), H2605 [4MY]

———treat State developmental disabilities endowment programs as tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 4074), H1405 [23MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see H.R. 4719), H5036 [22JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H167 [2FE]

Remarks

Budget: establish 2-year cycle, H3125 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3125 [16MY]

China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3673 [24MY]

China, Republic of: observance of National Day, E1698 [6OC]

Dept. of Justice: transfer of appropriations from other Federal departments and agencies to fund litigation against tobacco industry, E1062 [20JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), E1062 [20JN]

Disasters: authorize predisaster mitigation programs, streamline the administration of disaster relief, and control the costs of disaster assistance (H.R. 707), H9568 [10OC]

Education: increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies (H.R. 3827), E222 [2MR]

House of Representatives: foster a productive and collegial partnership with President-elect George W. Bush (H. Res. 677), H12503 [15DE]

Income: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H844 [9MR]

Medicaid: coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services for certain women screened under federally funded programs (H.R. 1070), H2127 [12AP]

Medicare: make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5353 [28JN]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H1289 [23MR]

———economic impact of increasing oil prices, H1289 [23MR]

Pipelines: improve safety (H.R. 3558), E791 [19MY]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal, H168 [2FE]

———award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 3591), H1654 [3AP]

SBA: improve the certified development company program (H.R. 2614), conference report, H11246 [26OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H594 [1MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), Senate amendment, H1445 [28MR]

———make corrections in Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program relative to the Balanced Budget Act, H11246 [26OC]

Taxation: allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (H. 4379), E633 [4MY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H295 [10FE]

———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2800 [10MY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H3933 [7JN], H4132, H4151 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7322 [7SE]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (H.R. 4719), E1091 [23JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 7), H1482 [29MR]

Votes: position on missed, E1062 [20JN]

Washington Association for Biomedical Research: Research! America (organization) Award for Exceptional Contributions as Volunteer Advocates for Medical Research recipient, E744 [17MY]

William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (H.R. 5302), E2036 [31OC]

Women: reauthorize Federal programs to prevent violence against women (H.R. 1248), H8098 [26SE]

———tribute to women-owned businesses, E193 [29FE]

Wood, Patty: Research! America (organization) Award for Exceptional Contributions as Volunteer Advocates for Medical Research recipient, E744 [17MY]