LARSON, JOHN B. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Amendments
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 4), H4863, H4864 [30JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: prohibit transfer or marketing of nonambulatory cattle, sheep, swine, horses, mules, or goats (see H.R. 1421), H6137 [2OC]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 397), H400 [14FE]
Armed Forces: increase basic pay (see H.R. 244), H650 [6MR]
Aviation: establish consumer protections for airline passengers and promote carrier competition (see H.R. 1734), H1924 [3MY]
———improve security (see H.R. 3110), H7358 [29OC]
———provide basic consumer protection standards and enhance competition between airlines (see H.R. 907), H1410 [3AP]
———require screening of passengers and property on flights be carried out by FAA employees, expand the Federal Air Marshal Program, and establish requirements for carry-on baggage (see H.R. 2895), H6260 [3OC]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H2890 [5JN]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1155), H2142 [10MY]
``Black Americans in Congress, 1870-1989'': authorizing printing (see H. Con. Res. 43), H442 [27FE]
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), H878 [13MR]
Children and youth: give highest priority to providing assistance, services, and benefits to children who lost parents or guardians in terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 228), H5704 [14SE]
China, People's Republic of: revoke authority to extend permanent normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1497), H1497 [4AP]
Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 781), H506 [28FE]
Congress: hold joint session in New York, NY (see H. Con. Res. 249), H8133 [13NO]
Connecticut River: congressional consent to interstate compact on restoration of Atlantic salmon and Connecticut River Atlantic Salmon Commission reauthorization (see H.R. 2062), H2888 [5JN]
Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H5592 [11SE]
Corps of Engineers: reform (see H.R. 1310), H1344 [29MR]
Courts: provide grants to assist State and local prosecutors and law enforcement agencies with implementing juvenile and young adult witness assistance programs (see H.R. 1226), H1188 [27MR]
———restore the Federal civil rights remedy for victims of gender-motivated violence (see H.R. 429), H412 [26FE]
Crime: establish Federal criminal penalties and civil remedies for certain violent, threatening, obstructive and destructive conduct that is intended to injure, intimidate, or interfere with plant or animal enterprises (see H.R. 2795), H6919 [16OC]
———increase penalties for using an instrumentality of interstate commerce to threaten any individual or damage or destroy property by fire or an explosive (see H.R. 3123), H6780 [12OC]
———provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 1343), H1407 [3AP]
Dept. of Defense: establish at least one Weapons of Mass Destruction Civil Support Team in each State and at least one such team under the direction of the National Guard Bureau (see H.R. 3154), H7127 [17OC]
Dept. of Energy: develop plan for magnetic fusion burning plasma experiment to accelerate scientific understanding and development of fusion as a long term energy source (see H.R. 1781), H2148 [14MY]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 28), H4112 [17JY]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: clarify compensation standards for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans suffering from certain undiagnosed illnesses (see H.R. 612), H1557 [24AP]
———enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 336), H163 [31JA]
———furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals (see H.R. 1351), H1408 [3AP]
———improve allocation of health care resources to different geographic regions in the U.S. (see H.R. 2633, 2634), H4633 [25JY]
Discrimination: protect rights and condemn attacks on Arab Americans, American Muslims, and South Asian Americans relative to terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 227), H5704 [14SE]
Diseases: expand research activities relative to Duchenne muscular dystrophy (see H.R. 717), H1116 [22MR]
———extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 2725), H6260 [3OC]
Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Education Technology Corps (see H.R. 1149), H2890 [5JN]
Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 1693), H1922 [3MY]
———increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H6918 [16OC]
———provide for teacher technology training (see H.R. 1703), H5488 [10SE]
———reduce class size through the use of fully qualified teachers (see H.R. 1036), H2142 [10MY]
Eight Mile River: designate a segment for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 182), H61 [6JA]
Election Voting Systems Standards Commission: establish (see H.R. 1165), H1112 [22MR]
Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 2692), H4948 [31JY]
EPA: establish a grant program to support research on critical infrastructure protection for water supply systems (see H.R. 3178), H8248 [15NO]
———reinstate revised drinking water standards for arsenic (see H.R. 1413), H1482 (see H.R. 1413), H1492 [4AP]
Federal contracts: ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 721), H3519 [25JN]
Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 1841), H5616 [13SE]
Firearms: require criminal background checks for sale, offer for sale, transfer, or exchange of firearms at certain events and provide additional resources for gun crime enforcement (see H.R. 2377), H3803 [28JN]
Food industry: ensure that all persons who benefit from the dairy promotion and research program contribute to the cost of the program (see H.R. 2248), H3357 [20JN]
Foreign countries: human rights violations against homosexuals, bisexuals, and transgendered individuals (see H. Con. Res. 173), H3807 [28JN]
Forests: eliminate commercial logging on public lands and facilitate the economic recovery and diversification of communities dependent on the Federal logging program (see H.R. 1494), H4541 [24JY]
Government: enhance citizen access to information and services through use of Internet-based information technology (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]
Health: support Federal funding of pluripotent stem cell research (see H. Con. Res. 17), H5126 [1AU]
Health care professionals: alleviate nursing profession shortage by inproving educational programs and partnerships and supporting additional training (see H.R. 1436), H1484 (see H.R. 1436), H1493 [4AP]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson: posthumous awarding of Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 2078), H2955 [6JN]
Hydrogen Research, Development, and Demonstration Act: reauthorize and amend (see H.R. 2174), H3201 [14JN]
Immigration: provide a mechanism for U.S. citizens, and lawful permanent residents, to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 690), H397 [14FE]
Insurance: coverage of long-term care services (see H. Con. Res. 37), H399 [14FE]
———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 602), H324 [13FE]
———provide equitable coverage of mental health, substance abuse, and chemical dependency treatment services under group and individual health coverage (see H.R. 162), H5927 [21SE]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 536), H253 [8FE]
Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Iran and Libya Sanctions Act: extend authorities (see H.R. 1954), H2677 [23MY]
Iron and steel industry: provide certain safeguards relative to the domestic steel industry (see H.R. 808), H2712 [24MY]
John P. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see H.R. 3418), H8948 [5DE]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H2711 [24MY]
———limit access to body armor by violent felons and facilitate the donation of Federal surplus body armor to State and local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 1007), H876 [13MR]
Law enforcement officers: collective bargaining rights for public safety officers employed by States or local governments (see H.R. 1475), H5928 [21SE]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 180), H4541 [24JY]
Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 2063), H2888 [5JN]
———provide public access to quality medical imaging procedures and radiation therapy procedures (see H.R. 1011), H1717 [1MY]
Medicare: clarify definition of homebound relative to home health services (see H.R. 1490), H2849 [25MY]
———coverage of screening pap smears and pelvic exams (see H.R. 1202), H3260 [19JN]
———designate certain diabetes educators as certified providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes education services (see H.R. 1645), H4113 [17JY]
———eliminate reduction in payment rates under the prospective payment system for home health services and increase payments for such services in rural areas (see H.R. 975), H5455 [6SE]
———improve outpatient vision services (see H.R. 2484), H7910 [7NO]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H3863 [10JY]
———reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R. 1400), H1482 (see H.R. 1400), H1491 [4AP]
———specify the update for physician fee schedule payments and conduct a study on replacing the use of the sustainable growth rate as a factor in such update (see H.R. 3351), H10055 [12DE]
Metacomet-Monadnock-Sunapee-Mattabesett Trail: designate for study for potential addition to the National Trails System (see H.R. 1814), H2141 [10MY]
Middle East: encourage Lebanon, Syria, and Iran to call upon Hezbollah to allow representatives of the International Red Cross to visit four abducted Israelis presently held in Lebanon (see H. Res. 99), H1926 [3MY]
Motor vehicles: provide for greater fairness in the motor vehicle franchise contract arbitration process (see H.R. 1296), H3619 [26JN] (see H.R. 1296), H5406 [5SE]
National Advisory Commission on Federal Election Standards: establish (see H.R. 430), H219 [7FE]
National Coast Guard Museum: establish (see H.R. 850), H623 [1MR]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H2890 [5JN]
National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 61), H877 [13MR]
National Rural Development Partnership: authorize (see H.R. 3473), H10055 [12DE]
National security: develop and implement a strategy for homeland security (see H.R. 1292), H6919 [16OC]
Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H8421 [27NO]
Natural resources: promote the conservation and preservation of working farms, ranches, and private forests (see H.R. 2375), H4863 [30JY]
NIH: expand and intensify research regarding Diamond-Blackfan Anemia (see H.R. 3014), H9239 [11DE]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Northern Ireland: recognize historical and political impact of 1981 Irish Republican hunger strikers on peace process (see H. Res. 132), H4353 [19JY]
NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1472), H1486 (see H.R. 1472), H1495 [4AP]
OMB: establish a Federal Chief Information Officer (see H.R. 2458), H3959 [11JY]
Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Pensions: reform (see H.R. 10), H927 [14MR]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 380), H165 [31JA]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250, 250), H3207 [18JN]
Power resources: establish a balanced energy policy that unlocks the potential of renewable energy and energy efficiency (see H.R. 2324), H3618 [26JN]
Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor: award to officers killed, injured, or involved in rescue efforts in the aftermath of terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H. Con. Res. 243), H6421 [5OC]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 1140), H1925 [3MY]
September 11th Victim Compensation Fund: expand to include individuals diagnosed with anthrax (see H.R. 3194), H7719 [1NO]
Ships and vessels: stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade (see H.R. 2901), H8181 [14NO]
Smithsonian Institution: establish National Museum of African American History and Culture (see H.R. 1718), H4541 [24JY]
Social Security: choice of benefit payment method for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 97), H2889 [5JN]
———earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 498), H741 [7MR]
———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2036), H3204 [14JN]
———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. 956), H826 [8MR] (see H.R. 1470), H1485 (see H.R. 1470), H1495 [4AP]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H3203 [14JN]
Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 1827), H2147 [14MY]
Taxation: allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1275), H1294 [28MR]
———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H4541 [24JY]
———encourage patronage of the travel, hospitality, restaurant, and entertainment industries (see H.R. 3143), H7592 [31OC]
———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see H.R. 13), H1012 [20MR]
———exclusion from gross income for foster care payments relative to certain nongovernmental placement agencies (see H.R. 586), H323 [13FE]
———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 1076), H2889 [5JN]
———extend the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1238), H3806 [28JN]
———increase individual income tax rates and deposit increased funds into the Social Security trust funds (see H.R. 2935), H5926 [21SE]
———increase limitation on contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1026), H928 [14MR]
———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1030), H928 [14MR]
———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 2884), H5615 [13SE]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 236), H167 [31JA]
———repeal limitation on the use of foreign tax credits under the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1600), H2998 [7JN]
———repeal limits on the deduction for interest on education loans and increase income threshold for the phase out of such deduction (see H.R. 436), H508 [28FE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (see H.R. 622), H393 [14FE]
———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H3002 [8JN]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 840), H5455 [6SE]
———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2023), H2999 [7JN]
———treatment of investments in Puerto Rico (see H.R. 2550), H10173 [17DE]
Telecommunications: require customer consent to the provision of wireless call location information (see H.R. 260), H3067 [12JN]
Telephones: prohibit telemarketers from interfering with a consumers caller identification service (see H.R. 90), H112 [30JA]
Terrorism: bioterrorism preparedness and response funding (see H.R. 3255), H7959 [8NO]
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (see H.R. 3448), H9239 [11DE]
———prevent, prepare for, and respond to threats (see H.R. 3555), H10963 [20DE]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2118), H3002 [8JN]
Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3203 [14JN]
Voting: establish a grant program to provide assistance to States for modernizing and enhancing voting procedures and administration (see H.R. 3295), H8565 [28NO]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 668), H444 [27FE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1829), H2182 [15MY]
National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (see H.R. 3161), H7217 [23OC]
Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 1830), H2182 [15MY]
Taxation: treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2106), H2997 [7JN]
———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1780), H2081 [9MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), H6185
AMISTAD America, Inc.: funding, H10440
Aung San Suu Kyi: anniversary of Nobel Peace Prize (H. Con. Res. 211), H8041
Aviation: Federal versus private employment status for aviation security personnel, H8314
———improve security, H6880 [16OC]
———improve security (S. 1447), conference report, H8314
———require screening of all property carried in aircraft (H.R. 3029), H6880 [16OC]
Burma: U.S. policy (H. Con. Res. 211), H8041
Children and youth: tribute to Clear Channel Communications, Inc., and the American Football Coaches Association for efforts to locate missing, kidnapped, and runaway children (H. Con. Res. 100), H2855
Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1699), H2971
Community development: promote livable communities initiatives, H2268 [16MY]
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 2586), H5778 [20SE]
———authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (S. 1438), H10074
Dept. of Labor: congressional disapproval of ergonomic regulations (S.J. Res. 6), H706
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3061), conference report, H10440
Diseases: AIDS epidemic, E1005
Education: close the achievement gap by raising the achievement levels of the lowest performing students (H.R. 1), conference report, H10107
———increase the technically trained workforce (H.R. 3130), E1913
Eight Mile River: designate a segment for study for potential addition to the Wild and Scenic Rivers System (H.R. 182), H1683
Health: provide insurance for uninsured individuals, H1706 [1MY]
John Joseph Moakley U.S. Courthouse, Boston, MA: designate (H.R. 559), H340 [14FE]
Juneteenth Independence Day: recognize historical significance (H. Con. Res. 163), H3228
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H1707 [1MY]
Moakley, John Joseph: tribute (H. Res. 157), H2928
National security: develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes, H6494, H6495, H6496, H6497 [10OC]
———develop local emergency response plans that provide a defined and unified response to terrorist attacks and other catastrophes (H.R. 3161), H7210, H7211, H7212, H7213, H7214, H7216 [23OC]
Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize, H6185
NSF: anniversary (H. Con. Res. 108), H1943
———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1472), H1943
Power resources: fuel cell power system development funding, H2551, H2552 [22MY]
———national energy policy, H2268 [16MY], H2551, H2552 [22MY]
Rival, Amanda: NCAA Division III National Track and Field Championships heptathlon winner, E1389
Taxation: provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 3090), H8122, H8124, H8125, H8126 [13NO]
———provide relief for victims of the terrorist attacks against the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.R. 2884), H5611 [13SE]
———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 622), H2295
Terrorism: condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA, H5637 [14SE], H6494 [10OC]
———condemn and respond to hijacking and crashing of commercial aircraft into the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (H.J. Res. 61), H5579
Trinity College: tribute to human rights program, E459
Veterans: prioritization of veterans programs funding relative to war on terrorism and economic recovery, H7834 [6NO]
Veterans Day: observance, H7834 [6NO]
Votes: correction, H2630 [23MY]
———position on missed, H760
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H3147 [13JN], H10153 [13DE]
Special order: granted, H5701 [14SE], H7850 [6NO], H8131 [13NO]
Tributes
Bailey, Barbara L., E1088
Dobelle, Evan, E504