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
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
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
———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
———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
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
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
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
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
———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
———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
Votes: position on missed, H1450
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
Haskins, Ron, E2028
Luckhan, Wolodymyr, E1593
Tomasso, Angelo, Jr., E2158