DUNN, JENNIFER (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2524 [22MY]
Appointments
Committee on Economics (Joint), H1693 [1MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Afghanistan: provide educational and health care assistance to women and children (see H.R. 3330), H8337 [16NO]
Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 179), H112 [30JA]
Aviation: provide assistance for aircraft manufacturing industry employees who are separated from employment due to terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 3045), H6379 [4OC]
———provide assistance for employees who are separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions or security measures (see H.R. 2946), H6057 [25SE]
———provide economic relief to general aviation small businesses that have suffered economic injury as a result of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3007), H6702 [11OC]
———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (see H.R. 3029), H6458 [9OC]
Budget: establish 2-year cycle (see H.R. 981), H875 [13MR]
Capital punishment: ensure that defendants in capital cases have adequate counsel and allow those convicted to have a reasonable opportunity to present new evidence of innocence (see H.R. 912), H2334 [17MY]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 718), H398 [14FE]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H7960 [8NO]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to passengers and crew of United Airlines flight 93 in the aftermath of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2917), H8843 [4DE]
Credit unions: limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 760), H4352 [19JY]
Cuba: assist internal opposition and further help the Cuban people to regain their freedom (see H.R. 1271), H2712 [24MY]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H7723 [5NO]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H5333 [2AU]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make tax benefits permanent (see H.R. 2316), H4780 [27JY]
Ecuador: condemn kidnapping and murder of individuals by terrorists and support U.S. efforts to combat such terrorism (see H. Con. Res. 89), H1558 [24AP]
Education: improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 611), H1295 [28MR]
Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 1982), H2709 [24MY]
———provide for work authorization for nonimmigrant spouses of intracompany transferees and reduce the time they must be continuously employed before applying for admission to the U.S. (see H.R. 2278), H3464 [21JN]
FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 1832), H2183 [15MY]
Fish and fishing: efforts to rehabilitate salmon stocks in the Pacific Northwest (see H.R. 1157), H1060 [21MR]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 36), H2388 [21MY]
———encourage displaying of the flag in response to hijacking and crashing of aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 225), H5616 [13SE]
Foreign trade: export controls on certain high-speed computers (see H.R. 1553), H2998 [7JN]
———extend trade authorities procedures with respect to reciprocal trade agreements (see H.R. 2149), H3149 [13JN]
Gambling: expand and modernize the prohibition against interstate gambling (see H.R. 3215), H9078 [6DE]
———protect amateur athletics and combat illegal sports gambling (see H.R. 641), H1013 [20MR]
Government regulations: require peer review of scientific support data (see H.R. 281), H1190 [27MR]
Harbors: repeal harbor maintenance tax and authorize appropriations for activities formerly funded with Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund revenues (see H.R. 2737), H5334 [2AU]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 2315), H4353 [19JY]
———provide programs for the prevention, treatment, and rehabilitation of stroke (see H.R. 3431), H9077 [6DE]
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. 792), H506 [28FE]
Israel: relocate U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 30), H324 [13FE]
Law enforcement officers: tribute for efforts in battling the use and production of methamphetamine (see H. Res. 114), H1487 (see H. Res. 114), H1499 [4AP]
Medicaid: provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 600), H650 [6MR]
Medicare: coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1759), H2021 [8MY]
———coverage of oral anticancer drugs (see H.R. 1624), H3151 [13JN]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H1861 [2MY]
———delay the deadline for Medicare+Choice organizations to report plan information, including information on adjusted community rates (see H.R. 1993), H2710 [24MY]
———improve payments and regulation under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 3584), H10964 [20DE]
———provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 2768), H5335 [2AU] (see H.R. 3391), H8842 [4DE]
Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, postpartum depression and psychosis (see H.R. 2380), H3803 [28JN]
National Importance of Health Care Coverage Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 271), H8843 [4DE]
Pensions: provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see H.R. 2269), H5456 [6SE]
———reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1444), H1484 (see H.R. 1444), H1494 [4AP] (see H.R. 2360), H3802 [28JN]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1489 [4AP]
Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 7), H166 [31JA]
Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H508 [28FE]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H2847 [25MY]
———ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 3323), H8843 [4DE]
———ensure solvency (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5338 [2AU]
———modify the deadline for compliance with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (see H.R. 1975), H2679 [23MY]
Taxation: allow a credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by Amtrak (see H.R. 2329), H3711 [27JN]
———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 322), H224 [7FE]
———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR]
———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H6918 [16OC]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1598), H1657 [26AP]
———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. 1987), H2710 [24MY]
———allow expanded penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for unemployed employees of air carriers or manufacturers of aircrafts or aircraft parts or components (see H.R. 2968), H6056 [25SE]
———allow tax credit to businesses who employ members of the military reserves and a comparable credit to self-employed military reserve participants (see H.R. 394), H218 [7FE]
———clarify application of the excise tax imposed on bows and arrows (see H.R. 2001), H2710 [24MY]
———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 1317), H3713 [27JN]
———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 2695), H5705 [14SE]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 41), H1115 [22MR]
———encourage and accelerate the nationwide production, retail sale, and consumer use of new motor vehicles that are powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1864), H2280 [16MY]
———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 658), H395 [14FE]
———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1182), H1113 [22MR]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from biomass (see H.R. 1657), H2680 [23MY]
———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 876), H1717 [1MY]
———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 1514), H1498 [4AP]
———improve electric reliability, enhance transmission infrastructure, and facilitate access to the electric transmission grid (see H.R. 1459), H3961 [11JY]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 267), H109 [30JA]
———permanently extend research credit and adjust the alternative incremental credit rates (see H.R. 41), H224 [7FE]
———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 43), H26 [3JA]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H1296 [28MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 826), H622 [1MR]
———provide credit for medical research relative to developing vaccines against widespread diseases and assure such vaccines are affordable and widely distributed (see H.R. 1504), H1497 [4AP]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 1412), H1482 (see H.R. 1412), H1492 [4AP]
———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]
———rates (see H.R. 3), H650 [6MR]
———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and earned income tax credit and allow nonrefundable credits against certain tax liability (see H.R. 6), H952 [15MR]
———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 2794), H5336 [2AU]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 330), H163 [31JA]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H64 [6JA]
———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H1658 [26AP]
———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 1024), H1605 [25AP]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H5332 [2AU]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H6458 [9OC]
———treatment of active financing income earned overseas by financial services firms (see H.R. 1357), H1408 [3AP]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H929 [14MR]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1344 [29MR]
———treatment of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 984), H875 [13MR]
———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1438), H3203 [14JN]
———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2350), H3712 [27JN]
———treatment of certain medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1524), H1498 [4AP]
———treatment of computers and Internet access provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 1835), H2335 [17MY]
———treatment of crops destroyed by casualty (see H.R. 2354), H6137 [2OC]
———treatment of depreciation of computers and other technological equipment, software, and certain auction-acquired telecommunications licenses (see H.R. 2981), H6135 [2OC]
———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 1268), H1294 [28MR]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H6380 [4OC]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2889 [5JN]
———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1267), H1294 [28MR]
———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 661), H1013 [20MR]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: reauthorize (see H.R. 3008), H6259 [3OC]
United Mine Workers of America: provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3567), H10964 [20DE]
Veterans: increase minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for surviving spouses age 62 and older (see H.R. 548), H325 [13FE]
———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 65), H223 (see H.R. 303), H224 [7FE]
Washington: tribute to firefighters who lost their lives fighting the Thirtymile Fire in the Cascade Mountains (see H. Res. 201), H4216 [18JY]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H1489 [4AP]
``Women in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 66), H955 [15MR]
World War II: preserve certain Federal court actions relative to Japanese companies compensating former prisoners of war used as slave labor (see H.R. 1198), H3863 [10JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Education: increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies (see H.R. 1231), H1188 [27MR]
Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1023), H928 [14MR]
Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 1798), H2140 [10MY]
———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 1089), H959 [19MR]
———provide for equitable reimbursement rates to Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 2549), H4215 [18JY]
Pipelines: improve safety and community access to information (see H.R. 2749), H5334 [2AU]
Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H4633 [25JY]
———allow a tax credit for incremental hydropower for additional generating capacity and increased efficiency at existing at FERC-licensed dams (see H.R. 1677), H1860 [2MY]
———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see H.R. 824), H622 [1MR]
———clarify rules relative to lessee construction allowances and to contributions to the capital of retailers (see H.R. 1303), H1344 [29MR]
———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and terminate the minimum tax preference for incentive stock options (see H.R. 2383), H3803 [28JN]
———provide a credit for qualified energy management devices (see H.R. 1797), H2140 [10MY]
———repeal disallowance of marital deduction where spouse is not a U.S. citizen relative to estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 3575), H10964 [20DE]
———repeal estate and gift taxes (see H.R. 8), H926 [14MR]
———treatment of bonds issued to acquire renewable resources on land subject to conservation easement (see H.R. 1711), H1923 [3MY]
———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see H.R. 744), H441 [27FE]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1604 [25AP]
Remarks
AID: South Asian Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance funding through reductions in Andean Counterdrug Initiative funding, H4450 [24JY]
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H8294 [16NO]
Aviation: preserve the continued viability of the U.S. air transportation system (H.R. 2926), H5902 [21SE]
Community service: provide incentives for communities and individuals to serve the poor and others in need and enhance ability of low-income individuals to build assets (H.R. 7), H4253 [19JY]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2500), H4180 [18JY]
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), H2524, H2525 [22MY]
———increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies, H2524, H2525 [22MY]
———increase use of school resource officers by local educational agencies (H.R. 1231), E456
Federal aid programs: provide for emergency unemployment compensation program and emergency health coverage assistance, H7230, H7270 [24OC]
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2506), H4450 [24JY]
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's (H.R. 2563), H5204 [2AU]
Incentive Grants for Local Delinquency Prevention Programs Act: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1023), E356
Medicare: provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (H.R. 3391), H8794 [4DE]
Nobel Prize: recognition of Lee Hartwell for physiology and medicine, E2127
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: prohibit funding to initiate World Trade Organization proceedings challenging policies in developing countries relative to HIV/AIDS pharmaceuticals, H4180 [18JY]
Pensions: increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts and 401(k) plans, H1789 [2MY]
———reform (H.R. 10), H1789 [2MY]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H5045 [1AU]
Social Security: ensure entitled entities comply with certain regulations providing for the electronic exchange of health information (H.R. 3323), H8777 [4DE]
Taxation: phase out estate and gift taxes, H2830 [25MY]
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H1433, H1437, H1455
———phase out estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 111), H1420 [4AP]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H7270 [24OC], H8170 [14NO]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), consideration (H. Res. 270), H7230 [24OC]
———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3529), H10853 [19DE]
———rates (H.R. 1836), H2220 [16MY]
———rates (H.R. 1836), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 153), H2830 [25MY]
———reduce marriage tax penalty by adjusting rate brackets, standard deductions, and the earned income tax credit and increase child credits (H.R. 6), H1305 [29MR]
———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (H.R. 744), E221
Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5517 [11SE]
———economic impact of hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5902 [21SE]
Trade Adjustment Assistance Program: extend assistance to workers who lost jobs as a result of terrorist attacks, H8956 [6DE]
———reauthorize (H.R. 3008), H8956 [6DE]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority (H.R. 3005), H9000 [6DE]
Vietnam: full accounting of POW/MIA, H4646 [26JY]
———make normal trade relations status contingent upon free emigration policies (H.J. Res. 55), H4646 [26JY]
———normal trade relations status (H.J. Res. 51), H5432 [6SE]
Votes: position on missed, H601
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H7527 [30OC]