DUNN, JENNIFER (a Representative from Washington)

Appointments

Committee on Economics (Joint), H1305 [25FE]

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H407 [12FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abraham Lincoln (U.S.S.): tribute to Navy and Marine Corps crew (see H. Res. 211), H3571 [30AP]

Afghanistan: commend women for participation in Government and civil society, encourage inclusion in the economic and political life, and advocate protection of women's rights in Afghanistan Constitution (see H. Res. 393), H9983 [28OC]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1714), H3408 [12AP]

———encourage families of active-duty members to display the Blue Star Banner or the Gold Star and request the media to recognize importance of the Blue Star Banner (see H. Con. Res. 109), H2270 [20MR]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8906 [24SE]

Aviation: assist employees separated from employment due to reductions in service by air carriers and airport closures caused by terrorist actions, security measures, or a military conflict with Iraq (see H.R. 1553), H2702 [2AP]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H12921 [8DE]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H2704 [2AP]

BLM: provide permanent funding for the payment in lieu of taxes program (see H.R. 1005), H1463 [27FE]

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

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 child abduction (see H.R. 1104), H1903 [13MR]

China, Republic of: negotiation of a free trade agreement (see H. Con. Res. 98), H3305 [10AP]

Corrie, Rachel: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 111), H2823 [3AP]

Courts: increase annual salaries of justices and judges (see H.R. 2118), H8382 [17SE]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H10457 [5NO]

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

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H9813 [21OC]

Dept. of Justice: provide funds to northern border States to reimburse county and municipal governments for costs associated with certain criminal activities (see H.R. 1238), H5714 [23JN]

Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 192), H392 [11FE]

Diseases: extend issuance of special postage stamps to fund breast cancer research (see H.R. 1385), H8017 [5SE]

Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 834), H10130 [29OC]

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

Endangered Species Act: require the Dept. of the Interior to give greater weight to scientific or commercial data that is empirical or has been field-tested or peer-reviewed (see H.R. 1662), H3454 [29AP]

FCC: allocate additional spectrum for unlicensed use by wireless broadband devices and ensure interference protection for Dept. of Defense systems within that spectrum (see H.R. 340), H392 [11FE] (see H.R. 363), H170 [27JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H6602 [10JY]

FERC: provide for alternative conditions and alternative fishways in hydroelectric dam licenses (see H.R. 1013), H1903 [13MR]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

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

Health care professionals: establish demonstration programs to encourage physicians to practice in rural settings (see H.R. 3512), H11391 (see H.R. 3512), H11514 [18NO]

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

Iraq: establish program to foster private U.S. investment in Iraqi schools and hospitals through adopt-a-school and adopt-a-hospital initiatives (see H. Res. 455), H12312 [21NO]

———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), H10457 [5NO]

Japan: urge honoring of commitments under the Market-Oriented Sector-Selective (MOSS) Agreement on Medical Equipment and Pharmaceuticals (see H. Con. Res. 324), H12922 [8DE]

Land use: improve relationships between Federal land managers and gateway communities to support compatible land management of both Federal and adjacent lands (see H.R. 1014), H6603 [10JY]

Law enforcement: 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), H9615 [16OC]

———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 3092), H9131 [1OC]

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

Medicare: allow beneficiaries direct access to physical therapists without a physician referral (see H.R. 792), H8284 [16SE]

———consolidate and restate Federal laws relative to social health maintenance organization projects, make such projects permanent, and require a study on ways to expand such projects (see H.R. 983), H2312 [25MR]

———coverage of more frequent hemodialysis treatments (see H.R. 1004), H1463 [27FE]

———improve patient access to, and utilization of, the colorectal cancer screening benefit (see H.R. 1422), H2310 [25MR]

———provide for expeditious coverage of new medical technology (see H.R. 941), H1395 [26FE]

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

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

———waive late enrollment penalty and provide a special Part B enrollment period for certain military retirees (see H.R. 2361), H5043 [5JN]

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. 1746), H8222 [15SE]

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

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12309 [21NO]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H10130 [29OC]

Shriver, Sargent: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 299), H10458 [5NO]

Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 822), H702 [13FE]

Social Security: earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R. 173), H2472 [27MR]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals and prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers (see H.R. 2971), H7950 [4SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H1746 [11MR]

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

———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), H2864 [7AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H6465 [9JY]

———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), H1812 [12MR]

———apply excise tax to hepatitis A vaccines (see H.R. 1674), H3305 [10AP]

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

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 50), H6869 [15JY]

———encourage and accelerate production, sale, and use of new motor vehicles powered by alternative fuels or other advanced motor vehicle technologies (see H.R. 1054), H1955 [18MR]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see H.R. 767), H699 [13FE]

———exempt certain sightseeing flights from taxes on air transportation (see H.R. 573), H1516 [4MR]

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

———expand S corporation eligibility for banks (see H.R. 714), H8284 [16SE]

———extension of the credit for producing electricity from wind (see H.R. 570), H463 [12FE]

———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 463), H3571 [30AP]

———permit churches and other houses of worship to engage in political campaigns (see H.R. 235), H5366 [12JN]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 839), H1682 [6MR]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see H.R. 571), H3453 [29AP]

———provide collegiate housing and infrastructure grants (see H.R. 1523), H6465 [9JY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (see H.R. 2), H1681 [6MR]

———reduce capital gains rates and index the basis of certain assets (see H.R. 44), H53 [7JA]

———repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in the general fund of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation (see H.R. 578), H2312 [25MR]

———repeal occupational taxes on manufacturers, distributors, and sellers of beer, wine, and distilled spirits (see H.R. 786), H700 [13FE]

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

———treatment of certain commercial power takeoff vehicles (see H.R. 1513), H3763 [7MY]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H6869 [15JY]

———treatment of certain mobile machinery (see H.R. 3246), H9213 [2OC]

———treatment of certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance (see H.R. 870), H1682 [6MR]

———treatment of commercial aviation fuel during hostilities with Iraq (see H.R. 1380), H2268 [20MR]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 1155), H7225 [21JY]

———treatment of distilled spirits (see H.R. 2950), H7783 [25JY]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 2096), H7840 [3SE]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1669), H2938 [8AP]

———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 808), H2586 [1AP]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see H.R. 1890), H3570 [30AP]

Telecommunications: equitably distribute universal service support throughout rural areas (see H.R. 1582), H10130 [29OC]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: establish an alternative trigger for determining if an extended benefit period is in effect for a State for purposes of certain benefits (see H.R. 3487), H11159 [14NO]

United Mine Workers of America: protect health benefits of retired miners and provide additional sources of revenue to the Combined Benefit Fund and Benefit Plan (see H.R. 3586), H12307 [21NO]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H2822 [3AP]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H7839 [3SE]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H391 [11FE]

Workforce Investment Act: establish a Personal Reemployment Accounts grant program to assist Americans in returning to work (see H.R. 444), H1682 [6MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H53 [7JA]

Medicare: determination of payment amounts for new clinical diagnostic laboratory tests (see H.R. 569), H319 [5FE]

———expand coverage of certain self-injected biologicals (see H.R. 980), H1461 [27FE]

———increase minimum percentage increase under the Medicare+Choice program (see H.R. 2033), H3856 [8MY]

Mount Rainier National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 265), H135 [8JA]

Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 449), H242 [29JA]

Taxation: provide incentives to small businesses to provide health insurance to their employees (see H.R. 450), H242 [29JA]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1310), H1952 [18MR]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 2185), H4527 [21MY] (see H.R. 3270), H9375 [8OC]

Remarks

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children, H2406 [27MR], H3063 [10AP]

———prevent child abduction, H3063 [10AP]

———prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2406 [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), H7152 [18JY]

Crime: eliminate sexual exploitation of children (S. 151), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 188), H3063 [10AP]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 8), H5492, H5493, H5494, H5496, H5497, H5498, H5499, H5504, H5509, H5511 [18JN]

Homeland Security Act: technical corrections (H.R. 1416), H5730 [24JN]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), H6082 [26JN], H11658 [20NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H12249 [21NO]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 2473), H5718 [24JN]

National security: enhance research, development, procurement, and use of biomedical countermeasures to respond to public health threats (H.R. 2122), H6937 [16JY]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4), H543, H544, H545 [13FE]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), H1976 [19MR]

———end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), motion to instruct conferees, H8931, H8932, H8934 [25SE]

———increase refundability of child tax credit, clarify eligibility of Armed Forces pay for such credit, and accelerate marriage penalty relief in earned income tax credit, H8931, H8932, H8934 [25SE]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (H.R. 7), H8318 [17SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3915 [9MY]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), conference report, H4719 [22MY]

———tax-exempt bond financing for forest conservation in Washington, H1976 [19MR], H8318 [17SE]

———treatment of amounts contributed to medical savings accounts and unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (H.R. 2596), H5999 [26JN]

Temporary Extended Unemployment Compensation Act: extend (S. 23), H76, H77, H78, H79, H81, H82 [8JA]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7475 [24JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7508 [24JY]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (H.R. 2185), H4613, H4614, H4615, H4616, H4618, H4620 [22MY]

Votes: position on missed, E1569 [23JY]