BAKER, RICHARD H. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: S. 543, Comprehensive Deposit Insurance Reform and Taxpayer Protection Act, H11039 [23NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (see H.R. 3337, H6601 [16SE])

Financial institutions: improve the qualified thrift lender test (see H.R. 1718, H2177 [11AP])

Livingston Parish, LA: convey certain lands (see H.R. 2808, H5266 [27JN])

Social Security: termination of disabled adult child's benefits upon marriage (see H.R. 2365, H3149 [15MY])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1490, H2953 [9MY])

———parental notification requirements (see H.R. 1397, H1850 [19MR])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Air Force Association: establish a memorial in the District of Columbia area (see H.R. 3627, H10842 [21NO])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H6139 [30JY])

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])

Armed Forces: campus recruiting (see H.R. 1651, H2109 [9AP])

———credit for tuition payments made during period of call to active duty (see H.R. 1165, H1787 [18MR])

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1078 [20FE])

———tribute to Reserve components called to active duty during the Persian Gulf Conflict (see H. Res. 184, H6603 [16SE])

Boats: fees for recreational vessels (see H.R. 534, E3989 [22NO])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H993 [6FE])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

Capital punishment: imposition for certain killings of Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1421, H1757 [13MR])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

Civil Rights Act: restore and strengthen laws that ban discrimination in employment (see H.R. 1375, H1668 [12MR])

Coins: mint in commemoration of James Madison (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

———mint in commemoration of the Bill of Rights (see H.R. 2673, H4611 [18JN])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1281 [27FE])

Columbus, Christopher: honorary citizenship (see H.J. Res. 152, H1280 [27FE])

Committee on Intelligence (Select): reduction in size (see H. Res. 125, H4016 [5JN])

Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9579 [7NO])

———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H9701 [12NO])

Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 1400) (see H.R. 1400, H5745 [23JY])

———penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H5050 [25JN])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H5651 [18JY])

Disaster Assistance Act: enact (see H.R. 2536, H10723 [20NO])

Eastern European nations: termination of application of certain provisions of the Trade Act to Czechoslovakia and Hungary (see H.R. 1724, H2902 [8MY])

Economic Recovery Tax Act: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 315, H5979 [29JY])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H6318 [1AU])

Education: improve (see H.R. 2460, H3623 [23MY])

El Salvador: investigation of downing of U.S. Army helicopter (see H. Con. Res. 73, H1162 [26FE])

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 3770, H11114 [23NO])

Employment: restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H5513 [16JY])

FAA: publish flight charts for visual flight routes (see H.R. 3243, H6382 [2AU])

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify application (see H.R. 1237, H2180 [11AP])

Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement benefits to certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 793, H2812 [7MY])

Financial institutions: enhance competition and enforcement of capital standards for insured depository institutions (see H.R. 192, H59 [3JA])

———limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H1774 [14MR])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Firearms: prohibit possession by a person convicted of a drug crime (see H.R. 1133, H1278 [27FE])

Fish: relief for shrimp fishermen required to use turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 1478, H1848 [19MR])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE])

———display by U.S. citizens in support of Armed Forces in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 44, H1026 [19FE])

Food: remove certain pesticides from supply and establish EPA negligible risk standard (see H.R. 3216, H6879 [25SE])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H2470 [23AP])

Forests: protection and management in Washington, Oregon, and California (see H.R. 2463, H5596 [17JY])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3739 [30MY])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10543 [19NO])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2087 [22MR])

GSA: availability of nonlethal surplus property for humanitarian relief purposes (see H.R. 919, H1081 [20FE])

Guam, Commonwealth of: establish (see H.R. 98, H3624 [23MY])

Gulf of Mexico: protection of environment (see H.R. 3777, H10268 [14NO])

Health: assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H9614 [8NO])

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3923, H11288 [25NO])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H10269 [14NO])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

House of Representatives: establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H1672 [12MR])

House Rules: amend relative to economic impact statements for legislation increasing taxes or fees on the maritime industry (see H. Res. 315, H11890 [26NO])

Immigration: exclusion of immigrants infected with the HIV virus (see H.R. 2049, H2535 [24AP])

Income: treatment of Federal pay relative to garnishment and similar legal fees (see H.R. 643, H2188 [15AP])

Infant Mortality Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 194, H2538 [24AP])

Interstate compacts: consent of Congress to amend a compact between Louisiana and Texas relative to the Sabine River (see H.R. 2005, H2468 [23AP])

Japan: operation and regulation of capital and securities markets (see H.R. 3283, H11892 [26NO])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5516 [16JY])

Kuwait: involvement of U.S. small businesses in rebuilding (see H. Con. Res. 95, H1474 [7MR])

Labor unions: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H7199 [1OC])

Language and languages: recognize English as official U.S. language (see H.R. 123, H5341 [10JY])

Mental Illness Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 156, H5342 [10JY])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H84 [4JA])

———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H1457 [6MR])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

Military Order of the World Wars: grant charter (see H.R. 3071, H6675 [17SE])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H10269 [14NO])

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 198, H8102 [17OC])

National Arbor Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 66, H892 [5FE])

National Campus Crime and Security Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 142, H4867 [20JN])

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 183, H3150 [15MY])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H713 [28JA])

National Former Prisoner of War Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 87, H1081 [20FE])

National Guard: civilian employees may not be required to wear military uniforms while performing civilian service (see H.R. 609, H1080 [20FE])

National Gymnastics Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 273, H6676 [17SE])

National Hero Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 185, H2263 [16AP])

National Hunting and Fishing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 225, H2374 [17AP])

National Invent America Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 287, H7726 [9OC])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H5818 [24JY])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 68, H782 [29JA])

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 140, H5211 [26JN])

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 233, H6318 [1AU])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H7815 [11OC])

National School Breakfast Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 98, H1162 [26FE])

Native Americans: Federal relationship with the Jena Band of Choctaws (see H.R. 3607, H8187 [22OC])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H3739 [30MY])

Pornography: protection of children and other victims (see H.R. 1768, H2188 [15AP])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

Powell, Colin L.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1225, H6138 [30JY])

Power resources: encourage cost effective energy conservation and efficiency (see H.R. 1543, H2181 [11AP])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2686 [1MY])

President: annual report to Congress on national energy and environmental strategy (see H.R. 138, H993 [6FE])

Public Health Service: employment of officials at Gillis W. Long Hansen's Disease Center (see H.R. 2462, H3623 [23MY])

———establish a Substance Abuse Treatment Corps (see H.R. 2027, H2469 [23AP])

Real property: compensate owners for diminution of value resulting from Federal action (see H.R. 2185, H3625 [23MY])

———tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H2016 [21MR])

Red River Waterway: designate lock and dam 1 as the Lindy Claiborne Boggs lock and dam (see H.R. 508, H825 [30JA])

Refuse disposal: protect the used oil recycling system and establish used oil management standards (see H.R. 1411, H5211 [26JN])

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding (see H.R. 3867, H10930 [22NO])

Roads and highways: motor carrier transportation (see H.R. 1064, H1136 [21FE])

Schwarzkopf, H. Norman, Jr.: authorize appointment to the grade of General of the Army (see H.R. 1225, H6138 [30JY])

———award a Congressional Gold Medal and produce bronze duplicates for public sale (see H.R. 1296, H1671 [12MR])

Ships and vessels: fees for a person engaged in carriage of goods or passengers by vessel for hire (see H.R. 4032, H11888 [26NO])

———remedy injury to shipbuilding and repair industry (see H.R. 2709, H4866 [20JN])

Small business: assistance to loan recipients affected by military service in Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 902, H990 [6FE])

———encourage joint manufacturing and distribution of products (see H.R. 1278, H1416 [5MR])

Social Security: benefit formula computation rules (see H.R. 917, H990 [6FE])

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 85, H1670 [12MR])

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 234, H993 [6FE]; H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———expand tax exemption for certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 1771, H10842 [21NO])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H7981 [16OC])

———remove limitation on amount of outside income individuals may earn while receiving benefits (see H.R. 249, H196 [10JA])

Solid waste: application of certain requirements and sanctions to Federal facilities (see H.R. 2194, H2767 [2MY])

States: regulation of surface transportation rates by certain motor and air carriers (see H.R. 3221, H7314 [2OC])

Student loans: deferral during professional internships (see H.R. 179, H993 [6FE])

Tariff: N,N-ethylenebis (5,6-dibromo-2,3-norbornanedicarboximide (see H.R. 1840, H5050 [25JN])

———1,2-dibromo-4-(1,2-dibromoethyl)cyclohexane (see H.R. 1841, H5211 [26JN])

———tetrabromocyclooctane (see H.R. 1842, H5211 [26JN])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 519, H892 [5FE])

———application of employer Social Security taxes to employees' cash tips (see H.R. 1472, H4550 [13JN])

———capital gains (see H.R. 3128, H6192 [31JY])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2399 [22AP])

———credits for increasing research activities (see H.R. 1618, H7725 [9OC])

———deduction for interest on educational loans (see H.R. 747, H5596 [17JY])

———deductions for decommissioning costs of nuclear powerplants (see H.R. 2012, H2468 [23AP])

———employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2410, H3370 [21MY])

———exclusion for employee educational assistance (see H.R. 127, H4098 [6JN])

———extension of small business tax provisions (see H.R. 3487, H8919 [31OC])

———income tax credit for amounts contributed to a health care savings account (see H.R. 702, H781 [29JA])

———increase amount of the exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H2686 [1MY])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H4284 [11JN])

———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497, H5300 [9JY])

———permanently extend qualified mortgage bonds (see H.R. 1067, H8496 [24OC])

———prohibit the retroactive application of Dept. of the Treasury regulations (see H.R. 1545, H6138 [30JY])

———reinstate investment tax credit and reduce capital gains taxes (see H.R. 2359, H8496 [24OC])

———repeal certain limitations on the one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287, H1455 [6MR])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H6386 [2AU])

———small issue bonds (see H.R. 602, H782 [29JA]; H.R. 1186, H3037 [14MY])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H4099 [6JN])

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 3841, H10841 [21NO])

———treatment of long-term care (see H.R. 415, H11891 [26NO])

Textile industry and fabrics: use tariff revenues from imports of machinery to support modernization of textile machinery industry (see H.R. 713, H823 [30JA])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H3370 [21MY]; H.R. 304, H6798 [24SE])

———award Purple Heart to former prisoners of war of World War I, World War II, and the Korean war for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H7862 [15OC])

———benefit eligibility for incompetent veterans relative to dependent status (see H.R. 1473, H5211 [26JN])

———disability compensation for service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3, H529 [16JA])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H1472 [7MR])

World War II: contributions of the people of Guam and Hawaii (see H. Res. 293, H10931 [22NO])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Yugoslavia: repression of self-determination (see H. Res. 205, H6458 [11SE])

Biographies

James R. Moffett, E4202 [26NO]

Lists

Baton Rouge Salutes the Troops Parade organizers, E775 [6MR]

Remarks by, on

A.M.E., Inc.: tribute, E3920 [19NO]

Baltimore, MD: tribute to the East Baton Rouge Recreation and Park Commission, E4194 [26NO]

Baton Rouge, LA: community support for troops in the Persian Gulf, E775 [6MR]

———Episcopal High School recipient of Dept. of Education's Excellence in Education Award, E3147 [25SE]

———St. Joseph's Academy recipient of Dept. of Education's Excellence in Education Award, E3142 [25SE]

Coins: mint commemorative coin for 200th anniversary of White House (H.R. 3337), H11452, H11453 [26NO]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H8198 [23OC]

Financial institutions: bank fees, H9069 [4NO]

———exempt certain nonprofit organizations from Federal deposit insurance limit, H9085, H9086 [4NO]

———improve supervision and regulation of FNMA, Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp., Student Loan Marketing Association, and Farm Credit System (H.R. 2900), H6845, H6846, H6847 [25SE]

———improve the qualified thrift lender test (H.R. 1718), E4234 [18DE]

———interstate branching system, H9064 [4NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 3768), H10763 [21NO], E4240 [18DE]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), H8678, H8776 [30OC], H8897 [31OC], H8937, H8938, H8939 [1NO], H9064, H9069, H9085, H9086 [4NO]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 266), H8803 [31OC]

———recapitalize the Federal deposit insurance fund and reform the regulatory and service systems (H.R. 6), motion to recommit, H9115 [4NO]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), E4232, E4234 [18DE]

———reform deposit insurance system (S. 543), conference report, H11809 [26NO]

FNMA and Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp.: Dept. of HUD guidelines on whether a financial institution has been discriminatory in lending practices, H6845, H6846, H6847 [25SE]

Housing: regulation of financial programs for Government-sponsored enterprises, H6845, H6846, H6847 [25SE]

Insurance: revise national flood insurance program (H.R. 1236), H2637 [1MY]

Johnson, Drew M.: national poster child of Muscular Dystrophy Association, E2211 [13JN]

Louisiana State University: tribute to baseball team, E2186 [13JN]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq, H348 [11JA]

———U.S. military presence (S. Con. Res. 2), H573 [18JA]

Resolution Trust Corp.: funding, H1680 [13MR]

———funding (H.R. 1221), H1637 [12MR]

———funding (H.R. 1315), H1637 [12MR]

Small Business Week: observance, H2893 [8MY]

Tangipahoa Parish, LA: tribute to Jewell Sumner High School students, E3035 [12SE]

Welborn, J. Doug: election as East Baton Rouge Parish, LA, Clerk of the Court, E4021 [22NO]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H6537 [12SE], H6877 [25SE], H10542 [19NO], H10928 [22NO]

Special order: granted, H506 [14JA]

Testimonies

Committee on Rules: Least-Cost Resolution of Insured Depository Institutions (H.R. 2094), D1413 [12NO]

Tributes

Bowman, George S., Jr., E1321 [18AP]

Moffett, James R., E4202 [26NO]