[Congressional Record Volume 153, Number 90 (Wednesday, June 6, 2007)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1211]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 RECOGNIZING MR. WALLY BAILEY FOR HIS NATIONAL LEADERSHIP IN BUILDING 
                       SAFETY AND FIRE PROTECTION

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                           HON. JOHN BOOZMAN

                              of arkansas

                    in the house of representatives

                        Wednesday, June 6, 2007

  Mr. BOOZMAN. Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Mr. Wally 
Bailey, a resident of Fort Smith, Arkansas, and his group's recent 
visit to Capitol Hill during this year's annual recognition of Building 
Safety Week. On May 9, Mr. Bailey led a delegation of members of the 
International Code Council to meet with Congress to discuss nationally 
focused concerns in building safety and fire prevention. This year 
ICC's delegation focused specifically on a proposal to create a 
Community Building Code Administration Grant Program, and Mr. Bailey 
spoke to me persuasively of how this program would expand and support 
the quality and effectiveness of building code and fire code 
administration in underserved areas of our country.
  Mr. Bailey serves as President of the Board of Directors of the 
International Code Council, a volunteer role to which he was elected in 
national leadership of a membership association of over 42,000 building 
safety and fire prevention professionals. It is this group that 
develops the building and fire codes that are in use all across our 
country for the construction and maintenance of our residential and 
commercial buildings, including the homes and the businesses, schools, 
and places of worship we visit regularly. These codes, created and 
maintained through a voluntary consensus development process, are in 
use by over 22,000 U.S. jurisdictions, including those who govern the 
quality, safety and energy efficiency of building construction at the 
local, State and Federal levels.
  For the past three decades, Mr. Bailey has been a tireless advocate 
for building safety through superior building codes and effective 
building code administration. As the Director of Development and 
Construction for the City of Fort Smith, he supervises activities of a 
multi-disciplined department that governs codes administration, 
inspections, plan review, property maintenance, historic preservation 
and land development. As a matter of note, 2 years ago he celebrated a 
quarter century of service to the City. Since 1999, in addition to his 
work with the City of Fort Smith, Mr. Bailey has served in leadership 
positions with the ICC, culminating in his present role as President of 
the Board. Besides his being a distinguished citizen of my District, in 
my opinion, ICC's membership elected a leader who is an outstanding 
public safety professional and a truly dedicated public servant.
  I would also like to take this opportunity to recognize the rest of 
the ICC delegation who visited Capitol Hill during Building Safety Week 
2007, and thank them for their efforts to promote and defend a safe and 
sound built-environment. Those individuals include: Board Vice 
President Steven Shapiro, Board Secretary/Treasurer Adolph Zubia, 
Immediate Past President of the Board Henry Green; Board members 
Gregori Anderson, Edwin Berkel, James Brothers, John Darnall, William 
Dupler, Gerald George, Greg Johnson, Barbara Koffron, John LaTorra, 
Ronald Lynn, Doug Murdock, Ronald Piester, and James Ryan; ICC 
Government Relations Advisory Committee members Rebecca Baker, James 
Martin, Betts Nixon, Emory Rodgers, and George Wiggins; ICC Chapter 
Leaders Paul Aston, Roger Axel, Kurt Kasson, Sheila Lee, and Tina 
Rakes. Members of ICC's professional staff included its CEO Rick 
Weiland as well as Dominic Sims, David deCourcy, Sara Yerkes, James 
Tidwell, Mark Dinneen, Richard Kuchnicki, Laura Scott, Peter Feldman, 
and International Accreditation Services President Charles Ramani.

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