JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1, Medicare Prescription Drug and Modernization Act, H6681 [14JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 809), H701 [13FE]

———provide freedom of choice to military personnel serving overseas (see H.R. 2062), H3973 [9MY]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H5661 [19JN]

Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 2042), H3857 [8MY]

Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 979), H1461 [27FE]

Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 1532), H4131 [14MY]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H4131 [14MY]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 770), H699 [13FE]

Armed Forces: exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8382 [17SE]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 742), H461 [12FE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9687 [17OC]

Barbara B. Kennelly Post Office Building, Hartford, CT: designate (see H.R. 2746), H6868 [15JY]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3763 [7MY]

Briggs, Harry and Eliza: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Business and industry: establish a commission to promote employee ownership (see H.R. 1778), H3351 [11AP]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: congressional disapproval of rule revising payment policies under the Medicare physician fee schedule (see H.J. Res. 3), H60 [7JA]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 412), H217 [28JA]

———issue commemorative postage stamp to recognize U.S. efforts to reunite missing children with their families and to honor the victims of abduction and murder (see H. Con. Res. 185), H4529 [21MY] (see H. Con. Res. 192), H4737 [22MY]

———prevent teen pregnancy by encouraging teens to view adolescence as a time for education and growing-up and by educating teens about the negative consequences of early sexual activity (see H. Con. Res. 91), H1955 [18MR]

———protect from exploitive child modeling (see H.R. 756), H698 [13FE]

———tribute to Operation Respect, Inc., and Peter Yarrow for anti-bullying, compassion, and tolerance programs (see H. Res. 161), H3454 [29AP]

China, People's Republic of: encourage fulfillment of commitments under international trade agreements, support the U.S. manufacturing sector, and establish monetary and financial market reforms (see H. Res. 414), H10131 [29OC]

———require Dept. of the Treasury report on exchange rate policies and impose additional tariffs on products based on the rate of currency exchange manipulation (see H.R. 3058), H8285 [16SE]

Connecticut: exempt milk hauling vehicles from Interstate System weight limitations (see H.R. 2384), H5044 [5JN]

Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 1812), H3353 [11AP]

———require equitable coverage of drugs, devices, and services under health insurance plans (see H.R. 2727), H6867 [15JY]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 21), H61 [7JA]

Courts: establish legal standards and procedures for the fair, prompt, inexpensive, and efficient resolution of personal injury claims arising out of asbestos exposure (see H.R. 1114), H1678 [6MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H4529 [21MY]

Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 1706), H3052 [9AP]

———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 1161), H1680 [6MR]

De Laine, Joseph A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Dept. of HHS: establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 1734), H3302 [10AP]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study of Coltsville, CT, for potential inclusion in the National Park System (see H.R. 437), H274 [4FE]

———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 1130), H1679 [6MR]

Dept. of Transportation: establish greenway along portion of Connecticut State Road 11 proposed for construction between Salem and Waterford, CT (see H.R. 191), H58 [7JA]

Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 94), H8176 [10SE]

Education: establish academies for teachers and students of American history and civics and a national alliance of teachers of American history and civics (see H.R. 1078), H7086 [17JY]

———oppose any changes to Title IX prohibiting gender discrimination in educational and athletic programs (see H. Res. 137), H1746 [11MR]

Employment: prevent an employer from placing a nonimmigrant who is an intracompany transferee with another employer (see H.R. 2154), H4788 [2JN]

———prohibit discrimination on the basis of affectional or sexual orientation (see H.R. 3285), H9376 [8OC]

———provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H1678 [6MR]

EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 1245), H1811 [12MR]

FDA: provide authority to require certain research into drugs used in pediatric patients (see H.R. 2857), H9478 [15OC]

Federal employees: clarify disclosures of information protected from prohibited personnel practices and require a statement of nondisclosure policies (see H.R. 3281), H10130 [29OC]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 738), H3453 [29AP]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H60 [7JA]

Foreign aid: prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 2952), H7783 [25JY]

———provide debt relief to developing countries with coral reef preservation and management programs (see H.R. 1721), H3301 [10AP]

Foreign countries: improve and promote compliance with international intellectual property obligations relative to Cuba (see H.R. 2494), H9812 [21OC]

Foreign trade: implement importation requirement system for conflict diamonds (see H.R. 1415), H2310 [25MR]

Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 2369), H5044 [5JN]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H9813 [21OC]

Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 1083), H1639 [5MR]

———improve palliative and end-of-life care provided to children with life-threatening conditions (see H.R. 3127), H10457 [5NO]

———increase Federal investment in programs that provide health care services to uninsured and low-income individuals in medically underserved areas (see H. Res. 142), H2823 [3AP]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H317 [5FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Highlands Stewardship Area: establish (see H.R. 1964), H3682 [6MY]

Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2527), H5661 [19JN]

Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 26), H1335 [25FE]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H12921 [8DE]

———establish two new categories of nonimmigrant workers (see H.R. 2899), H9282 [7OC]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 1094), H1640 [5MR]

Intermountain Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 324), H7329 [22JY]

Iraq: provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H3975 [9MY]

ITC: take certain actions relative to temporary safeguards on imports of certain steel products (see H. Con. Res. 23), H244 [29JA]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8906 [24SE]

John J. McGuirk Dept. of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic, New London, CT: designate (see H.R. 1832), H3408 [12AP]

King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 589), H5045 [5JN]

Law enforcement: assess backlog in DNA analysis of rape kit samples and improve investigation and prosecution of sexual assault cases with DNA evidence (see H.R. 1046), H1514 [4MR]

———eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9378 [8OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H1516 [4MR]

———exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H172 [27JA]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H10340 [4NO]

Medicaid: permit additional States to enter into long-term care partnerships in order to promote the use of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1406), H2269 [20MR]

———provide families of disabled children with the opportunity to purchase coverage (see H.R. 1811), H3353 [11AP]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1), H5928 [25JN]

Mental health: establish State grant program to end practice of parents giving custody of emotionally disturbed children to State agencies to obtain mental health services (see H.R. 3243), H9213 [2OC]

Motor vehicles: increase fuel economy standards for light trucks, sport utility vehicles (SUVs), and the Federal fleet, and increase weight limit of vehicles subject to fuel economy standards (see H.R. 1605), H2820 [3AP]

National Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 203), H4876 [3JN]

New Haven, CT: designate the western breakwater for the New Haven Harbor navigation project as the Charles Hervey Townshend Breakwater (see H.R. 1445), H3763 [7MY]

Northeast Interstate Dairy Compact: reauthorize (see H.R. 324), H7329 [22JY]

Pacific Northwest Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 324), H7329 [22JY]

Pearson, Levi: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3287), H9380 [10OC]

Pensions: provide special funding requirements for certain pension plans maintained by commercial passenger air carriers (see H.R. 2719), H8017 [5SE]

———reform (see H.R. 1776), H3351 [11AP]

Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1105), H1641 [5MR]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

Robinson, Jackie: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously and designate a national day of recognition (see H.R. 1900), H8905 [24SE]

Sikorsky, Igor I.: tribute (see H. Res. 331), H7454 [23JY]

Social Security: improve the administration of unemployment taxes and benefits (see H.R. 3463), H10977 [6NO]

———include additional information in account statements (see H.R. 722), H1516 [4MR]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H1902 [13MR]

Southern Dairy Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 324), H7329 [22JY]

Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1160), H2822 [3AP]

———natural cork (see H.R. 1833), H3408 [12AP]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H4529 [21MY]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 1236), H1810 [12MR]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H460 [12FE]

———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 806), H701 [13FE]

———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. 791), H6464 [9JY]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 661), H389 [11FE]

———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 496), H244 [29JA]

———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. 284), H172 [27JA]

———clarify treatment of incentive stock options and employee stock purchases (see H.R. 286), H136 [8JA]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see H.R. 767), H1812 [12MR]

———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1859), H3451 [29AP]

———exclude from gross income a percentage of lifetime annuity payments (see H.R. 2458), H5665 [19JN]

———expand bonus depreciation to expensing (see H.R. 771), H699 [13FE]

———expand depreciation benefits available to small businesses for new business investment and equipment (see H.R. 179), H58 [7JA]

———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 2815), H7329 [22JY]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H319 [5FE]

———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 2047), H8491 [23SE]

———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 2228), H4735 [22MY]

———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 737), H461 [12FE]

———provide a credit for expenditures for the maintenance of railroad tracks of certain railroads (see H.R. 876), H4205 [15MY]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H5045 [5JN]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1634), H2821 [3AP]

———provide a special depreciation allowance for property acquired during a certain period (see H.R. 683), H1334 [25FE]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H699 [13FE]

———provide incentives for the use of biodiesel as a fuel (see H.R. 3119), H9132 [1OC]

———provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 450), H2132 [19MR]

———repeal excise tax on the net investment income of tax-exempt foundations (see H.R. 199), H58 [7JA]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H324 [5FE]

———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 3610), H12308 [21NO]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 2351), H5043 [5JN]

———treatment of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 973), H3683 [6MY]

———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1824), H9478 [15OC]

———treatment of beer (see H.R. 1305), H1952 [18MR]

———treatment of certain reinvested gains by S corporations (see H.R. 1498), H2472 [27MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H1680 [6MR]

———treatment of depreciation of wireless telecommunications equipment (see H.R. 1927), H3975 [9MY]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 808), H701 [13FE]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1890), H9982 [28OC]

Television: preserve localism, promote diversity in programming, encourage competition, and prevent excessive concentration of ownership of broadcast stations (see H.R. 2052), H4978 [4JN]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team (see H. Res. 187), H3052 [9AP]

Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1796), H3352 [11AP]

Veterans: mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H10457 [5NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H4787 [2JN]

Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 944), H1395 [26FE]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: study eligibility requirements for inclusion of veterans' names and alternative means to honor ineligible veterans (see H.R. 2540), H7020 [16JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 20), H4738 [22MY]

Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 1006), H4012 [13MY]

YMCA: clarify tax status of retirement fund (see H.R. 1185), H2587 [1AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Crime: establish that certain sexual crimes against children are predicate crimes for the interception of communications (see H.R. 581), H319 [5FE]

Dept. of the Interior: provide Connecticut and Massachusetts technical and financial assistance for management of the Connecticut River (see H.R. 2479), H5407 [16JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (see H.R. 2015), H3761 [7MY]

FTC: establish a list of consumers who request not to receive telephone sales calls (see H.R. 526), H274 [4FE]

Health: provide for a national health information infrastructure and data and communication standards for health information system interoperability (see H.R. 2915), H7782 [25JY]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain visa programs to prevent unintended U.S. job losses and increase Dept. of Labor monitoring and enforcement authority over such programs (see H.R. 2849), H7615 [24JY]

Medicare: provide regulatory relief and contracting flexibility (see H.R. 810), H701 [13FE]

Social Security: improve patient safety (see H.R. 877), H1331 [25FE]

———provide permanent funding level and permit States to use Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program funds to carry out programs relative to the Social Services Block Grant (see H.R. 1858), H3451 [29AP]

Taxation: allow the use of completed contract method of accounting in the case of certain long-term naval vessel construction contracts (see H.R. 1479), H2471 [27MR]

———clarify eligibility of certain expenses for low-income housing credit (see H.R. 1928), H3635 [1MY]

———exclude from unrelated business taxable income the gain or loss on the sale or exchange of certain brownfield sites (see H.R. 3527), H11650 [19NO]

———expand incentives for construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 930), H1394 [26FE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H4204 [15MY]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H242 [29JA]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H4130 [14MY]

Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 1798), H3352 [11AP]

Chronologies

Farmington River Watershed Association history, E1835 [17SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4942, H4945 [4JN]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H3243, H3252 [10AP]

Armed Forces: performance of abortions at overseas military medical facilities, H4502 [21MY]

Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2413 [27MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): treatment of minority membership during markup of H.R. 1776, Pension Preservation and Savings Expansion Act (H. Res. 324), H7154 [18JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4502 [21MY]

Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1950), H6768 [15JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: dispense medications to veterans for prescriptions written by private practitioners (H.R. 2015), E888 [7MY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2660), H6560, H6561 [10JY]

Drugs: collect and assess scientific evidence regarding prescription drugs frequently used in federally funded health programs, H6561 [10JY]

Farmington River Watershed Association: anniversary, E1835 [17SE]

Foreign aid: authorizing appropriations for foreign assistance programs, H6768 [15JY]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1844 [13MR]

IRS: protect taxpayers and ensure accountability (H.R. 1528), H5589 [19JN]

J. Stephen Horn Post Office Building, Signal Hill, CA: designate (H.R. 2309), E1746 [9SE]

Medicare: electronic submission of claims, H6560 [10JY]

———make equitable standardize payment amounts for urban and rural inpatient hospital services, H9011 [30SE]

———privatization, H8182, H8184, H8185, H8186 [10SE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6080, H6082, H6090, H6172, H6177 [26JN]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12250, H12251, H12252, H12257, H12259 [21NO], H12847, H12848, H12850, H12852 [8DE]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), motion to instruct conferees, H6661 [14JY], H8182, H8184, H8185, H8186 [10SE]

Motor vehicles: increase corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards, H3231 [10AP]

National Aviation Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 280), E2377 [21NO]

Point of order, H6560 [10JY]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H3231, H3243, H3252 [10AP]

Public welfare programs: extend Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and certain tax and trade programs (H.R. 3146), Senate amendment, H9008, H9009, H9010, H9011 [30SE]

———extend waivers for Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program and give States the flexibility to implement alternative welfare programs, H9009, H9010 [30SE]

———increase child care programs funding, H551 [13FE]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H476, H551 [13FE]

Taxation: provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8322, H8341 [17SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3917 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4721 [22MY]

———treatment of trade adjustment assistance health insurance tax credits for workers negatively impacted by trade, H5589 [19JN]

U.N.: U.S. contribution to U.N. Population Fund relative to family planning activities in the People's Republic of China, H6768 [15JY]

University of Connecticut: tribute to women's basketball team, E738 [11AP]

———tribute to women's basketball team (H. Res. 187), H3336 [11AP]

Votes in House: condemn practice of holding votes open beyond a reasonable period of time (H. Res. 474), H12847, H12848, H12850, H12852 [8DE]

Tributes

Smith, Catherine McDermott, E1311 [20JN]