JOHNSON, NANCY L. (a Representative from Connecticut)
Amendments
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H4986 [22JN], H5062 [23JN]
National security: improve security for driver's licenses and identity documents, amend immigration laws to prevent entry of terrorists, and ensure completion of certain border barriers (H.R. 418), H414 [8FE]
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2343 [20AP]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit certain late-term abortions (see H.R. 3746), H7860 [13SE]
Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 3931), H8644 [29SE]
Air pollution: reduce emissions from electric powerplants (see H.R. 1451), H1694 [17MR]
Alaska: provide additional protections for National Forest System lands (see H.R. 1155), H1023 [8MR]
American Jewish History Month: observance (see H. Con. Res. 315), H11654 [14DE]
Amo Houghton Bypass: designate a segment of Interstate 86 near Corning, NY (see H.R. 795), H586 [14FE]
Animals: support and provide financial resources for conservation programs of nations within the range of rare felid and rare canid populations (see H.R. 1707), H5915 [14JY]
———treat nonhuman primates as prohibited wildlife species under certain regulations governing illegal trade or possession of wildlife (see H.R. 1329), H2151 [19AP]
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: preserve the Arctic coastal plain as wilderness (see H.R. 567), H351 [2FE]
Armed Forces: increase death gratuity (see H.R. 292), H197 [25JA]
Asia: commend support to victims of earthquake that struck South Asia (see H. Res. 561), H12051 [16DE]
Bipartisan Commission on Medicaid: establish (see H.R. 985), H796 [17FE]
Capitol Building and Grounds: acceptance by Committee on the Library (Joint) of a bust of Sojourner Truth and display of the bust in the Capitol rotunda (see H.R. 4510), H12051 [16DE]
Children and youth: provide for programs and activities on the prevention of underage drinking (see H.R. 864), H8809 [7OC]
———revise the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 1505), H2551 [26AP]
Climate: conduct research on abrupt climate change, establish a market-driven system of greenhouse gas tradeable allowances, ensure benefits from such trading, and reduce dependence upon foreign oil (see H.R. 759), H582 [10FE]
Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 67), H2739 [28AP]
Crime: strengthen prohibitions against animal fighting (see H.R. 817), H629 [15FE]
Cuba: bar certain additional restrictions on travel and remittances (see H.R. 2617), H4072 [25MY]
Dept. of Agriculture: strengthen ability to regulate pet industry (see H.R. 2669), H11655 [14DE]
Dept. of HHS: award on a competitive basis grants to public and private entities to establish or expand teenage pregnancy prevention program (see H.R. 3555), H7558 [28JY]
———establish an Office of Men's Health (see H.R. 457), H283 [1FE]
Dept. of HUD: reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 3888), H8341 [22SE]
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. 1704), H2149 [19AP]
Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H11880 [15DE]
Developing countries: provide assistance to improve the health of newborns, children, and mothers (see H.R. 4222), H9640 [3NO]
Discrimination: prohibit on the basis of genetic information relative to insurance and employment (see H.R. 1227), H1369 [10MR]
Diseases: support bone marrow failure disease research (see H. Con. Res. 179), H8919 [18OC]
———support goal of eliminating suffering and death due to cancer (see H. Con. Res. 210), H8342 [22SE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make permanent enhanced educational savings provisions for qualified tuition programs (see H.R. 2386), H3434 [17MY]
Education: provide a grant program to support establishment and operation of Teachers Professional Development Institutes (see H.R. 2663), H4139 [26MY]
FAA: designate certain functions performed at flight service stations as inherently governmental functions (see H.R. 1474), H3113 [10MY]
Farm Security and Rural Investment Act: extend contracts for national dairy market loss payments (see H.R. 1260), H1370 [10MR]
FDA: provide for uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 4167), H9641 [3NO]
Federal employees: provide a real estate stock index investment option under the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 1578), H4356 [9JN]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2719), H4141 [26MY]
———extend authorization of appropriations for Long Island Sound (see H.R. 3963), H8643 [29SE]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 148), H1510 [15MR]
Fishery Conservation and Management Act: modify requirements for appointment and training of members of Regional Fishery Management Councils (see H.R. 1431), H11220 [7DE]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 10), H195 [25JA]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 3563), H7558 [28JY]
FTC: revise regulations regarding the ``do-not-call'' registry to prohibit politically-oriented recorded message telephone calls to telephone numbers listed on that registry (see H.R. 1950), H3695 [19MY]
Government: provide greater transparency relative to lobbying activities (see H.R. 4575), H12168 [17DE]
GSA: conveyance of certain real property (see H.R. 1429), H1693 [17MR]
Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 1709), H2149 [19AP]
———improve access to health care services and provide improved medical care by reducing the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 534), H349 [2FE]
———improve accessibility to immunizations against vaccine-preventable diseases, study Medicare and Medicaid influenza immunization usage, and amend Federal employee immunization services (see H.R. 3598), H7560 [28JY]
———provide for embryonic stem cell research (see H.R. 810), H1265 [9MR]
Health care professionals: clarify responsibilities of a pharmacy when a staff pharmacist refuses to fill a valid prescription for a drug on the basis of religious beliefs or moral convictions (see H.R. 1652), H6205 [20JY]
Higher Education Act: permit refinancing of student consolidation loans and permit student freedom to select a loan consolidator (see H.R. 1029), H847 [1MR]
Homeless: establish a grant program to provide supportive services in permanent supportive housing for chronically homeless individuals (see H.R. 1471), H1970 [13AP]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 2928), H4560 [15JN]
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. 884), H1696 [17MR]
Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: technical corrections (see H.R. 2353), H3261 [12MY]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 288), H9555 [2NO]
———authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3145), H9641 [3NO]
Iron and steel industry: urge the Dept. of Commerce and ITC to consider the impact of steel antidumping or countervailing duties on steel-consuming manufacturers and the economy when conducting sunset reviews (see H. Res. 84), H1417 [14MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 556), H413 [8FE]
Lebanon: urge withdrawal of all Syrian troops, support free and fair democratic elections, and develop democratic institutions to foster sovereign democratic rule (see H. Res. 273), H3436 [17MY]
Life Insurance Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 181), H6108 [19JY]
Linda White-Epps Post Office, Hamden, CT: designate (see H.R. 627), H1696 [17MR]
Long Island Sound Stewardship Initiative: establish (see H.R. 307), H193 [25JA]
Marshall, Thurgood: award Congressional Gold Medal posthumously (see H.R. 657), H8162 [20SE]
Medicaid: expand State long-term care partnership programs (see H.R. 3511), H7556 [28JY]
———improve access to advanced practice nurses and physician assistants (see H.R. 2716), H4141 [26MY]
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. 823), H629 [15FE]
Motor vehicles: require higher standards of automobile fuel efficiency to reduce the amount of oil used for fuel by automobiles in the U.S. by 10 percent beginning in 2016 (see H.R. 3762), H7947 [14SE]
Music and dance: recognize artistic excellence and community value of America's orchestras (see H. Con. Res. 157), H4985 [22JN]
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3005), H11655 [14DE]
National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H6651 [26JY]
National Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 483), H9047 [24OC] (see H. Res. 617), H11879 [15DE]
Native Americans: provide uniform criteria for the administrative acknowledgment and recognition of Indian tribes (see H.R. 1354), H1621 [16MR]
New England Patriots (football team): tribute (see H. Res. 86), H584 [10FE]
No Child Left Behind Act: improve (see H.R. 1506), H11035 [18NO]
O'Connor, Sandra Day: tribute (see H. Res. 357), H6108 [19JY]
Parks, Rosa: issue commemorative postage stamp (see H.R. 4343), H11220 [7DE]
Petroleum: prohibit price gouging of gasoline and diesel fuel in areas declared major disasters (see H.R. 3782), H8163 [20SE]
Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 634), H1265 [9MR]
Power reources: reduce growth of energy use and limit impact of growing energy use on the economy, environment, and national security through reductions in energy demand (see H.R. 3263), H5963 [18JY]
Power resources: reduce dependence on foreign oil through use of alternative fuels and new technology (see H.R. 4409), H11034 [18NO]
Public Health Service Act: provide liability protections for volunteer practitioners at health centers (see H.R. 1313), H1508 [15MR]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 1204), H1622 [16MR]
Public welfare programs: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 3672), H7815 [8SE]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 240), H136 [6JA]
Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H6205 [20JY]
Real estate: protect private property rights by limiting the power of eminent domain (see H.R. 3135), H5599 [30JN]
San Francisco, CA: mint coins in commemoration of the San Francisco Old Mint (see H.R. 1953), H7564 [28JY]
Schools: direct certain coeducational elementary and secondary schools to make information available on equality in athletic programs (see H.R. 595), H1371 [10MR]
Science: improve proficiency testing of clinical laboratories (see H.R. 4268), H11036 [18NO]
Securities: issue Hurricane Relief Bonds in response to Hurricanes Katrina and Rita and subsequent flooding and displacement of residents in certain federally designated disaster areas (see H.R. 3935), H8513 [28SE]
Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 147), H5914 [14JY]
Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 68), H353 [2FE]
Supreme Court: anniversary of Griswold v. Connecticut decision on the right of privacy relative to the use of contraceptives by married couples (see H. Res. 311), H4355 [9JN]
———disapprove Kelo v. New London, CT, decision on allowing local government seizure of private property (see H. Res. 340), H5435 (see H. Res. 340), H5480 [29JN]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 521), H348 [2FE]
Tariff Act: allow U.S. manufacturers that use products subject to countervailing or antidumping duty proceedings or use domestic like products to participate in those proceedings (see H.R. 4217), H11655 [14DE]
Taxation: allow a deduction for Flexible Fuel Vehicles (FFV) (see H.R. 3273), H5963 [18JY]
———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 2089), H2976 [4MY]
———allow an investment tax credit for the purchase of trucks with new diesel engine technologies (see H.R. 3301), H8644 [29SE]
———allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1120), H2103 [14AP]
———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. 994), H8342 [22SE]
———allow individuals to defer recognition of reinvested capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2121), H6205 [20JY]
———allow individuals to designate overpayments to support Hurricane Katrina relief efforts (see H.R. 3905), H8386 [27SE]
———allow look-through treatment of payments between related foreign corporations (see H.R. 1762), H2470 [21AP]
———allow look-through treatment of payments between related foreign corporations, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1762), H2551 [26AP]
———allow tax-free distributions from individual retirement accounts for charitable contributions (see H.R. 1607), H5176 [24JN]
———authorize States, localities, the District of Columbia, territories, and possessions of the U.S. to provide certain tax incentives to any person for economic development purposes (see H.R. 2471), H4144 [26MY]
———exclude benefits from income, employment taxes, and wage withholding property tax rebates, provided to volunteer firefighters and emergency medical responders (see H.R. 1405), H1692 [17MR]
———exclude from gross income the proceeds from certain company-owned life insurance (see H.R. 2251), H3196 [11MY]
———extend deduction for clean-fuel vehicle refueling property and make ethanol fuels more available to motorists (see H.R. 3274), H5963 [18JY]
———extend expensing of environmental remediation costs (see H.R. 877), H791 [17FE]
———extend the new market tax credit (see H.R. 3957), H8643 [29SE]
———make individual income tax rates for capital gains and dividends permanent (see H.R. 809), H2550 [26AP]
———make the credit for prior year minimum tax liability refundable for certain individuals and require returns with respect to certain stock options (see H.R. 3385), H6327 [21JY]
———modernize rules governing treatment of qualifying continuing care facilities (see H.R. 4608), H12049 [16DE]
———modify the rehabilitation credit and the low-income housing credit (see H.R. 659), H411 [8FE] (see H.R. 3159), H5600 [30JN]
———modify the work opportunity credit and the welfare-to-work credit (see H.R. 1272), H2150 [19AP]
———permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 1417), H6652 [26JY]
———permit consolidation of life insurance companies with other companies (see H.R. 3019), H4896 [21JN]
———provide a credit for energy-efficient appliances (see H.R. 1421), H1693 [17MR]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 986), H10161 [14NO]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 1549), H1893 [12AP]
———provide for the proper tax treatment of certain disaster mitigation payments (see H.R. 1134), H988 [7MR]
———provide tax incentives for the remediation of contaminated sites (see H.R. 4480), H11326 [8DE]
———reduce recognition period for built-in gains for S corporations (see H.R. 2239), H5915 [14JY]
———rename low-income housing credit the affordable housing credit and increase the per capita amount allowed in the determination of the State housing credit ceiling (see H.R. 2681), H4139 [26MY]
———restore, make permanent, and increase amount of exclusion from gross income for amounts received under qualified group legal services plans (see H.R. 897), H792 [17FE]
———temporarily suspend Federal excise taxes on highway motor fuels (see H.R. 3683), H7741 [7SE]
———treatment of automatic fire sprinkler systems (see H.R. 1131), H2103 [14AP]
———treatment of certain expenses of elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 2989), H10227 [15NO]
Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane material (see H.R. 310), H587 [14FE]
Telephones: facilitate nationwide availability of 2-1-1 telephone service for information and referral on health and human services (see H.R. 896), H4187 [7JN]
Tick-Borne Disorders Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 2526), H5435 (see H.R. 2526), H5480 [29JN]
Ukrainian American Veterans, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 769), H583 [10FE]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H11110 [6DE]
Utah: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 1774), H2470 [21AP]
Veterans: expand eligibility for concurrent receipt of military retired pay or combat-related compensation with service-connected disability benefits and eliminate phase-in period for such benefits (see H.R. 303), H11109 [6DE]
Victims of Crime Fund: ensure that amounts are fully obligated (see H.R. 1664), H2101 [14AP]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 1088), H981 [3MR]
Women: establish an appropriate day for commemoration of the women suffragists who fought for and won the right of women to vote in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H5914 [14JY]
World Trade Organization: expand membership in Agreement on Government Procurement and urge the People's Republic of China to enter into immediate negotiations to join that agreement (see H. Con. Res. 203), H5603 [30JN]
Year of the Museum: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 389), H7744 [7SE]
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. 1344), H1621 [16MR]
Dept. of HHS: encourage dissemination, security, confidentiality, and usefulness of health information technology (see H.R. 4157), H9361 [27OC]
———reauthorize Children's Hospitals Graduate Medical Education Program (see H.R. 1246), H1370 [10MR]
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. 3322), H5963 [18JY]
Medicare: provide for value-based purchasing in payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3617), H7611 [29JY]
Motor vehicles: require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (see H.R. 1103), H982 [3MR]
Poland: urge designation as a program country under the visa waiver program if certain requirements are satisfied (see H.R. 635), H411 [8FE]
Schaghticoke Tribal National: repeal Federal acknowledgment (see H.R. 1104), H982 [3MR]
Social Security: provide grants to promote innovative outreach and enrollment under Medicaid and State Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 3050), H5100 [23JN]
Tariff: ipconazole (see H.R. 2783), H4187 [7JN]
———Naugard 412S (see H.R. 2781), H4187 [7JN]
———omite tech (see H.R. 2784), H4187 [7JN]
———pantera technical (see H.R. 2785), H4187 [7JN]
———triacetonamine (see H.R. 2782), H4187 [7JN]
Taxation: allow a deduction for qualified long-term care insurance premiums, use of such insurance under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements, and a credit for individuals with long-term care needs (see H.R. 2682), H4139 [26MY]
———allow a tax credit for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 1397), H1692 [17MR]
———allow tax credits to holders of stem cell research bonds (see H.R. 1650), H2101 [14AP]
———encourage guaranteed lifetime income payments from annuities (see H.R. 3912), H8386 [27SE]
———exclude from gross income a portion of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 819), H629 [15FE]
———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 1345), H1621 [16MR]
———improve operation of employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 3111), H5434 (see H.R. 3111), H5479 [29JN]
———permanently extend research credit, adjust the alternative incremental credit rates, and provide an alternative simplified credit for qualified research expenses (see H.R. 1736), H2393 [20AP]
———replace recapture bond provisions of low-income housing tax credit program (see H.R. 1468), H1777 [5AP]
Telephones: prohibit use of autodialers for purposes of political solicitations (see H.R. 2294), H3197 [11MY]
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (see H.R. 938), H794 [17FE]
Remarks
Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: oil and gas exploration, H2338 [20AP]
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding, H3617 [19MY]
Bethel, CT: anniversary, E1511
Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (S. 1932), motion to instruct conferees, H11965 [16DE]
———reconciliation of the tax relief provisions of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 4297), H11238 [8DE]
———setting forth the Federal budget for 2006-2010 (H. Con. Res. 95), H1560 [16MR]
Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: tribute for demonstration project to assess quality of care of cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy (H. Res. 261), H8684 [6OC]
Courts: remove to Federal court certain State cases involving the rights of incapacitated persons (H.R. 1332), H1602 [16MR]
Crime: prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (H.R. 748), H2598 [27AP]
Dept. of HHS: Healthy Communities Access Program funding, H5062, H5063 [23JN]
Dept. of HUD: Community Development Block Grant Program funding, H1560 [16MR]
Dept. of State: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2601), H6069 [19JY]
———conduct a cost-benefit analysis to determine how best to use security assistance funding to prevent illegal immigration from Ecuador, H6069 [19JY]
Dept. of the Interior: payment in lieu of taxes program funding through reductions in National Endowment for the Arts funding, H3623 [19MY]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2361), H3617, H3623 [19MY]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3010), H5027, H5062, H5063 [23JN], H5125, H5127 [24JN]
Dominican Republic-Central America Free Trade Agreement (DR-CAFTA): implementation (H.R. 3045), H6079 [19JY], H6550 [26JY], H6909 [27JY]
Drugs: prohibit Federal payment or reimbursement for drugs prescribed for the treatment of sexual or erectile dysfunction, H5127 [24JN]
EPA: revise fuel economy test procedures and provide consumers with more accurate information about fuel economy, H2343, H2346 [20AP]
Foreign trade: enhance resources to enforce U.S. trade rights (H.R. 3283), H6447 [26JY]
Health: provide for embryonic stem cell research (H.R. 810), H3833 [24MY]
Hurricanes: provide assistance to individuals and States affected by Hurricane Katrina (H.R. 3971), H8680 [6OC]
Medicare: cost estimates for prescription drug benefit program, H699 [16FE]
———Medicare Advantage Risk Program and physician payments funding, H11965 [16DE]
———prescription drug benefit coverage, H10233 [16NO], H11116 [7DE]
———prohibit inclusion of Social Security numbers on identification cards issued to beneficiaries, H5125 [24JN]
———reform, H11338 [13DE]
Motor vehicles: require accurate fuel economy testing procedures (H.R. 1103), E354
Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), H2338, H2343, H2346 [20AP]
Public welfare programs: provide assistance to families affected by Hurricane Katrina through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 3672), H7770 [8SE]
Robert T. Matsui U.S. Courthouse, Sacramento, CA: designate (H.R. 787), H1908 [13AP]
Taxation: rates, H11965 [16DE]
Upper Housatonic Valley National Heritage Area: establish (H.R. 938), H3285
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H705 [16FE], H6103 [19JY]
Tributes
Henderson, Lyle R.C. (Skitch), E2275
Monagan, John S., E2369