JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)

Amendments

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6820, H6900 [8SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit interference by the government with a woman's right to choose to bear a child or terminate a pregnancy (see H.R. 3719), H304 [3FE]

Agriculture: establish regional dairy marketing areas to stabilize the price of milk and support the income of dairy producers (see H.R. 4597), H4286 [16JN]

Animal Welfare Act: improve care and treatment standards for certain dogs (see H.R. 3484), H434 [10FE]

Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 5055), H7234 [15SE]

———reimburse members who participated in the Rest and Recuperation Leave program for travel expenses incurred by or on behalf of such members before the program was expanded to include domestic travel (see H.R. 3731), H304 [3FE]

Assault weapons: extend ban on production of assault weapons (see H.R. 3831), H632 [25FE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H2266 [21AP]

Boston Red Sox (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 854), H9745 [16NO]

Budget: reform procedures, provide budget discipline, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3925), H1010 [10MR]

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (see H.R. 3598), H1643 [29MR]

Children and youth: improve protections of children and hold States accountable for the orderly and timely placement of children across State lines (see H.R. 4504), H3780 [3JN]

———provide States with incentives, flexibility, and funds to develop welfare services that meet needs of children and families and enhance prospects for safe and permanent living arrangements (see H.R. 4856), H5982 [19JY]

Climate: conduct scientific research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits to consumers from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 4067), H1739 [30MR]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously to crew (see H.R. 525), H2154 [2AP]

Correctional institutions: prohibit use of Federal funds for certain amenities and personal comforts for inmates in Federal prisons (see H.R. 2296), H3230 [18MY]

Courts: ensure Federal Tort Claims Act protections for the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children and give U.S. district courts jurisdiction over competing State custody determinations (see H.R. 4347), H3230 [18MY]

Crime: provide Federal assistance to States and local jurisdictions to prosecute hate crimes (see H.R. 4204), H2371 [22AP]

Dept. of Justice: reauthorize grant program for reentry of offenders into the community and establish a task force on Federal programs and activities relating to the reentry of offenders into the community (see H.R. 4676), H6707 [22JY]

Dept. of the Treasury: extend Terrorism Risk Insurance Program (see H.R. 4634), H5471 [9JY]

Drugs: establish an electronic system for practitioner monitoring of the dispensing of certain controlled substances (see H.R. 3015), H1117 [16MR]

Employment: extend trade adjustment assistance to service workers (see H.R. 4090), H1790 [31MR]

EPA: authorize use of funds for nonpoint source management programs for projects and activities relative to development and implementation of phase II of storm water program (see H.R. 3528), H1117 [16MR]

FCC: disapprove ruling on media ownership rules (see H.J. Res. 72), H701 [26FE]

Federal aid programs: ensure that the Direct Loan Program is a competitive alternative to the Federal Family Education Loan Program for schools and students (see H.R. 4370), H3964 [14JN]

Federal employees: amend the definition of a law enforcement officer to include certain positions relative to retirement benefits (see H.R. 2442), H2154 [2AP]

Firearms: regulation of transfers at gun shows (see H.R. 3832), H632 [25FE]

Girl Scouts: anniversary (see H. Res. 560), H1072 [11MR]

Hazardous substances: require engine coolant and antifreeze to contain a bittering agent so as to render it unpalatable (see H.R. 1563), H10000 [18NO]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services and education programs that reduce unintended pregnancy, infection with sexually transmitted disease, and number of abortions (see H.R. 4192), H2265 [21AP]

———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 4682), H4926 (see H.R. 4682), H5070 [24JN]

Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 2711), H3781 [3JN]

Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 4866), H7138 [14SE]

———establish grant program to address the goal of ending chronic homelessness (see H.R. 4057), H1739 [30MR]

Immigration: treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 3361), H1593 [25MR]

Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3802), H2919 [12MY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

King, Martin Luther, Jr., and Coretta Scott: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2680), H7735 [28SE]

Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 4876), H6127 [20JY]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H434 [10FE]

Medicare: establish demonstration program to offset costs of electronic prescribing systems of health care providers (see H.R. 4805), H5470 [9JY]

Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in the State of Chihuahua, Mexico, and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Res. 466), H393 [4FE]

National Manufacturing Week: support goals (see H. Res. 516), H701 [26FE]

Native Americans: provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes (see H.R. 4213), H2372 [22AP]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 375), H575 [24FE]

New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 512), H303 [3FE]

SBA: establish funding priorities for women's business centers (see H.R. 4376), H3093 [17MY]

———modify the women's business center program (see H.R. 4853), H5982 [19JY]

Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 4994), H6704 [22JY]

Skykomish River: designate certain Federal lands as wilderness and a portion of such lands for management as a backcountry wilderness management area (see H.R. 5083), H7233 [15SE]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

SSI: extend for refugees, asylees, and certain other humanitarian immigrants (see H.R. 4035), H1592 [25MR]

Taxation: allow a credit for expenditures to remediate contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H3719 [2JN]

———allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H871 [4MR]

———allow a tax credit for certain education and training expenses (see H.R. 4392), H3390 [19MY]

———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), H2373 [22AP]

———expand work opportunity credit to include trade adjustment assistance as a targeted group (see H.R. 3678), H1323 [18MR]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (see H.R. 4227), H2482 [28AP]

———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 4796), H5470 [9JY]

———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 5378), H9962 [17NO]

———permanently extend the increased standard deduction and certain income tax rate bracket expansions for married taxpayers filing joint returns (see H.R. 4181), H2264 [21AP]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (see H.R. 4520), H3784 [4JN]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 2839), H872 [4MR]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see H.R. 2265), H7138 [14SE]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H304 [3FE]

Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on human services (see H.R. 3111), H575 [24FE]

Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 1615), H6997 [9SE]

Unemployment: provide for a temporary enhanced unemployment benefits program (see H.R. 3295), H1011 [10MR]

University of Connecticut: tribute to men's and women's basketball teams (see H. Res. 599), H2199 [20AP]

World Trade Organization: resolve disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes (see H. Res. 705), H5655 [13JY]

World War II: honor contribution of women, symbolized by ``Rosie the Riveter'', who served on the homefront (see H. Con. Res. 413), H2548 [4MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Connecticut: designate a segment of the Farmington River and Salmon Brook for study for potential addition to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System (see H.R. 4070), H1739 [30MR]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Payment Program (see H.R. 4578), H4170 [15JN]

Immigration: make aliens ineligible to receive visas and exclude aliens from admission into the U.S. for nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 4644), H4765 [22JN]

Native Americans: provide grants to local governments to assist in the participation of certain decisions related to Indian groups and Indian tribes (see H.R. 3838), H632 [25FE]

Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 3956), H1071 [11MR] (see H. Res. 525), H515 [11FE]

Taxation: treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H5908 [15JY]

Remarks

Business and industry: coordinate Federal manufacturing research and development, strengthen manufacturing innovation and education programs, and expand outreach programs for small and medium-sized manufacturers (H.R. 3598), H5443 [9JY]

Dept. of HHS: information technology funding, H6820 [8SE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5262 [7JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6820 [8SE]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5025), H7206 [15SE]

Education: recognize contributions of military-impacted schools, teachers, administration, and staff for their role in the education of military children (H. Res. 598), H2505 [4MY]

Employment: impact of the outsourcing of jobs to foreign countries on the economy, H4396 [17JN]

ERISA: amortization hiatus for the 20 percent of multiemployer pension plans with the largest net investment losses, H2126 [2AP]

———provide for security of multiemployer pension plans, H2126 [2AP]

Medicare: prescription drug discount card program implementation, H3578, H3579, H3580, H3581, H3583 [1JN], H8006, H8007 [4OC]

———reform and provide prescription drug coverage (H.R. 1), conference report, H1761 [31MR], H2065 [2AP], H2298 [22AP], H8006, H8007 [4OC]

NIST: Manufacturing Extension Partnership Program funding, H5262 [7JY], H5443 [9JY]

OPM: prohibit use of funds to allow the offering or administering health savings accounts or health reimbursement accounts as part of the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, H7206 [15SE]

Pensions: change the 30-year treasury bond rate to a composite corporate rate (H.R. 3108), conference report, H2126 [2AP]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4589), H4668 [22JN]

———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 5149), H7789 [29SE]

Taxation: end certain abusive tax practices and provide tax relief and simplification (H.R. 1308), conference report, H7532 [23SE]

———extend alternative minimum tax relief and index such relief for inflation (H.R. 4227), H2578 [5MY]

———increase child tax credit (H.R. 4359), H3463 [20MY]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), H4396 [17JN]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8719 [7OC]

———remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), motion to instruct conferees, H7756 [29SE]

———repeal foreign sales corporation/extraterritorial income (FSC/ETI) tax program and replace with corporate rate deduction for domestic manufacturers, H4396 [17JN]

U.S.-Australia Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4759), H5704 [14JY]

U.S.-Morocco Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 4842), H6636 [22JY]

World Trade Organization: resolve disparate treatment of direct and indirect taxes (H. Res. 705), H5674 [14JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1737 [30MR], H6553 [21JY]

Tributes

Cheel, Helen Snell, E806 [11MY]

Oros, William, E1072 [8JN]

Whitake, Arline, E27 [21JA]