BAKER, RICHARD H. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1278, Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery, and Enforcement Act, 12925 [22JN], 18642 [3AU]

Articles and editorials

Taylor's Kids Go to College, Kathy Finn, 5291 [23MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Drug abuse: illegal drugs and narcotics control (see H. Res. 176), 11818 [14JN]

Education: tax deduction for savings accounts (see H.R. 1873), 6454 [13AP]

Mississippi River Interstate Pollution Phase-Out Compact: congressional consent (see H.R. 510), 265 [19JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Air Force: aircraft use for hurricane research data (see H. Con. Res. 102), 7435 [25AP]

Air pollution: clean air standards (see H.R. 3030), 16563 [27JY]

Antitrust policy: encourage small business to jointly manufacture and distribute products (see H.R. 423), 2269 [21FE]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 110), 2555 [22FE]

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: land lease (see H.R. 49), 2071 [9FE]

Armed Forces: retaining certain information in personnel files of individuals in a missing status or deceased (see H.R. 1730), 22875 [3OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 34, 268), 2072 [9FE], 8915 [11MY]

Census: exclusion of illegal aliens for purposes of congressional reapportionment (see H. Con. Res. 195), 22293 [28SE]

Children: promotion of programs that recruit elderly to provide child care services in community-based centers (see H. Con. Res. 30), 2072 [9FE]

China, People's Republic of: populace efforts toward democracy (see H. Con. Res. 134), 11605 [13JN]

Coast Guard: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 265), 8845 [10MY]

Committee on Intelligence (Joint): establish (see H.J. Res. 8), 7545 [26AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: report single-taxpayer relief bills with identity, sponsor, and revenue cost (see H. Res. 121), 5515 [5AP]

Community Foundation Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 425), 26345 [26OC]

Computer Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 287), 7649 [1MY]

Consumers: prevent abuse by credit repair organizations (see H.R. 56), 5379 [4AP]

Crime and criminals: mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm (see H.R. 2529), 11604 [13JN]

———penalties for certain mail-related offenses involving anabolic steroids (see H.R. 995), 2069 [9FE]

———procedures for preventing drug-related activity in public housing (see H.R. 1870), 7755 [2MY]

———transfer or possession of firearms by convicted drug criminal (see H.R. 2359), 9406 [16MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 15762 [21JY]

Drug abuse: implement national policy (see H.R. 3350), 24743 [16OC]

Drug Free America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 228), 5945 [11AP]

Education: promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (see H.R. 1675), 5513 [5AP]

Employee stock ownership plans: tax-free interest on certain loans (see H.R. 3364), 22291 [28SE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 2098), 16818 [28JY]

Enterprise Zone Improvements Act: enact (see H.R. 6), 10160 [24MY]

Fair Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 216), 7545 [26AP]

Farm Animal and Research Facilities Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3270), 25498 [23OC]

Federal employees: coverage under retirement system (see H.R. 2538), 16429 [26JY]

———Social Security Government pension offset (see H.R. 2538), 16429 [26JY]

Fire fighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

Fish and fisheries: cease drift-net fishing in the South Pacific (see H. Con. Res. 214), 25239 [19OC]

———prohibit importation of shrimp from country not requiring use of turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 2620), 14076 [11JY]

Franklin, Benjamin: commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

Government contractors: small business participation (see H.R. 2259), 11819 [14JN]

Great Lakes: repeal requirement that a share of certain exported commodities be preserved (see H.R. 1058), 2551 [22FE]

Guam: establish as a Commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 30034 [17NO]

Handicapped: tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 25917 [25OC]

Hazardous substances: Sec. of Agriculture study of effects of reclassification of anhydrous ammonia (see H.R. 371), 2553 [22FE]

Health: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 2800 [27FE]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 1204 [31JA]

Hong Kong: separate foreign state for immigration purposes (see H.R. 2726), 14992 [18JY]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to resolutions making continuing appropriations (see H. Res. 18), 20442 [14SE]

———amend rules relative to special interest commemorative legislation (see H. Res. 244), 23301 [4OC]

———amend rules to make legislative process more responsible, representative and deliberative (see H. Res. 61), 1397 [2FE]

Housing: allow withdrawal from individual retirement account for first-time purchase of principal residence (see H.R. 239), 3101 [1MR]

———amend laws relative to community and neighborhood development (see H.R. 3570), 27087 [3NO]

———grant basis for programs for the homeless (see H.R. 3502), 25239 [19OC]

———insurance for certain mortgages for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 812), 2902 [28FE]

INS: expand arrest authority of officers and employees (see H.R. 3333), 28595 [13NO]

Insurance: catastrophic illness coverage (see H. Con. Res. 13), 3102 [1MR]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 6883 [18AP]

Japan: sale of F-16 aircraft technology (see H. Con. Res. 81), 5273 [23MR]

Law enforcement officers: capital punishment for killing certain Federal officers (see H.R. 1197), 3099 [1MR]

Louisiana: authorize national cemeteries (see H.R. 1308), 3690 [8MR]

Medicare: delay certain premiums and benefits (see H.R. 1564), 8209 [4MY]

———delay certain premiums and establish a review commission for the Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act (see H.R. 63), 2553 [22FE]

———eliminate differential payments between urban and rural hospitals (see H. Con. Res. 125), 9407 [16MY]

———improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 1393 [2FE]

———premiums and benefits (see H.R. 2212), 8209 [4MY]

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680), 6458 [13AP]

———supplemental premium and added benefits (see H.R. 2055), 6881 [18AP]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (see H.R. 2770), 13844 [28JN]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (see H. Res. 191, 231), 13845 [28JN], 19331 [4AU]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: repeal (see H.R. 332), 4201 [15MR]

———repeal titles I and II (see H.R. 3165), 20205 [12SE]

———restore provisions in effect before enactment (see H.R. 169), 269 [19JA]

———review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]

Members of Congress: disapprove pay increases (see H.J. Res. 62), 1153 [27JA]

Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor: commission to prepare a feasibility report (see H.R. 2174), 7753 [2MY]

Narcotics: military assistance to certain law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 108), 11603 [13JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 3858 [9MR]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 15850 [24JY]

National D.A.R.E. Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), 9650 [18MY]

National Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 8453 [8MY]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Guard: civil service retirement credit for technicians (see H.R. 1400), 8710 [9MY]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 22069 [27SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 28018 [8NO]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 11605 [13JN]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 14077 [11JY]

National Red Ribbon Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 373), 19558 [6SE]

National Scleroderma Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 274), 11302 [8JN]

National Tourism Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 290), 14906 [17JY]

Outer Continental Shelf Conservation Cooperation Act: enact (see H.R. 3031), 16563 [27JY]

Pensions: cost of living adjustments for individuals receiving certain military benefits (see H.R. 1491), 19558 [6SE]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 2073 [9FE]

Pornography Victims Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3472), 30035 [17NO]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 5379 [4AP]

Power resources: tax incentives for oil and natural gas exploration (see H.R. 664), 4033 [13MR]

POW/MIA: disclosure of information by executive departments on certain individuals (see H.R. 3603), 31245 [21NO]

Presidential Commission on the Medicare Program: establish (see H.R. 169), 269 [19JA]

Religion: constitutional amendment relative to voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 297), 12180 [15JN]

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 238), 20648 [18SE]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 13623 [27JN]

Roads and highways: deny discretionary project funds to States that voluntarily reduce period of availability of interstate highway construction funds (see H.R. 1771), 5944 [11AP]

Rural Hospital Recovery Act: enact (see H.R. 1583), 7614 [27AP]

Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (see H.J. Res. 154), 3102 [1MR]

Sabine River: congressional consent to an amendment to a compact ratified by Louisiana and Texas (see H.R. 2920), 14991 [18JY]

Small business: assistance to women business enterprises (see H.R. 2351), 11819 [14JN]

———impact statement under certain economic conditions (see H.R. 2274), 11819 [14JN]

Social Security: computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 181), 2901 [28FE]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 10158 [24MY]

———eliminate mandated caps on physicians' fees and reimbursement differential between hospitals in different areas (see H.R. 148), 1748 [7FE]

———exclude from budget (see H.R. 933), 2067 [9FE]

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1205 [31JA]

———payment to hospitals based on national rate (see H.R. 1110), 4034 [13MR]

———repeal tax on cash tips (see H.R. 446), 10160 [24MY]

———retirement benefits (see H.R. 2348), 11604 [13JN]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 103 [3JA]

Soviet Union: military assistance to Nicaragua (see H. Con. Res. 68), 7546 [26AP]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 18672 [3AU]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]

Taxation: child care services (see H.R. 575), 325 [20JA]

———credit for amounts contributed to health care savings account (see H.R. 1080), 2552 [22FE]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 2121), 15850 [24JY]

———deductions relative to contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 70), 3101 [1MR]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 10444 [31MY]

———delay implementation of certain reforms relative to employer benefit plans (see H.R. 518), 2554 [22FE]

———deny tax-exempt status of organizations that perform or finance abortions (see H.R. 624), 346 [24JA]

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 719), 11604 [13JN]

———legislative accountability (see H.J. Res. 34), 2072 [9FE]

———passive loss in farming (see H.R. 1086), 7755 [2MY]

———refundable credit to parents with dependents under age 6 (see H.R. 2008), 6805 [17AP]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 2269 [21FE]

———sale of certain used automobiles (see H.R. 2041), 14475 [12JY]

Textile industry and fabrics: use of tariff revenues to support research for modernization (see H.R. 1461), 14076 [11JY]

United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 337, 350), 13622 [27JN], 14992 [18JY]

———prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 304, 308), 12934 [22JN], 14077 [11JY]

———Supreme Court ruling on desecration (see H. Res. 186), 13622 [27JN]

Veterans: receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 205 [4JA]

Lists

Louisiana State University's Phi Delta Kappa honors researchers, 5284 [23MR]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, 16456 [27JY]

Remarks by, on

Baker, LA: tribute to Charles A. Heine Memorial Park, 13859 [28JN]

Banks and banking: reform Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 1278), 12068 [15JN]

Baton Rouge, LA: tribute to Catholic High School, 15721 [20JY]

Budget: reconciliation (H.R. 3299), 22235 [28SE], 23229 [4OC]

Dept. of the Interior: making appropriations (H.R. 2788), 14425 [12JY]

Dept. of Transportation: making appropriations (H.R. 3015), 18623 [3AU]

Drug abuse: national policy, 28177 [9NO]

Energy and water development: appropriations (H.R. 2696), 13705 [28JN]

Individual retirement accounts: expansion of deduction, 22235 [28SE]

Louisiana State University: Phi Delta Kappa anniversary, 5284 [23MR]

Medicare: catastrophic illness coverage, 23229 [4OC]

———supplemental premium and additional benefits (H.R. 2770), consideration (H. Res. 191), 14989 [18JY]

Mississippi River National Heritage Corridor: commission to prepare a feasibility report (H.R. 2174), 8095 [3MY]

National Endowment for the Arts: funding guidelines, 8809 [10MY], 14425 [12JY]

National Endowment for the Humanities: funding guidelines, 14425 [12JY]

Nevada: designate certain lands as wilderness areas (S. 974), 29845 [17NO]

New Orleans, LA: student promised paid college education, 5291 [23MR]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 27981 [8NO]

Taxation: capital gains, 22235 [28SE]

U.S. flag: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration, 20938 [19SE]

Volunteers of America Week: observance, 3671 [7MR]

West Pearl River Navigation Canal: reopening, 6080 [11AP]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 3566 [7MR], 8070 [3MY], 13840 [28JN], 14692 [13JY], 20772 [19SE], 24129 [11OC]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery and Enforcement Act (H.R. 1278), D328 [7JN]

Committee on the Judiciary (House): Anabolic Steroid Restriction Act (H.R. 995), D142 [23MR]

Tributes

Anderson, Ronnie, 14703 [13JY]

Baker, Hugh L., Jr., 21764 [27SE]

Graugnard, James D., 14704 [13JY], 15090 [18JY]

La Fage, Jeffery P., 24162 [11OC]

Perez, J. Peter, 5654 [5AP]