BAKER, WILLIAM P. (a Representative from California)

Amendments offered by, to

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5298 [28JN]

Ecology and environment: research and development of environmental technology (H.R. 3870), H6227, H6228 [26JY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 820, National Competitiveness Act, H5814 [19JY]

Articles and editorials

Demography and Technology Time Bomb, Thomas M. Loarie, Wall Street Journal, E228 [23FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Health: ensure equal coverage of children under family class enrollment plans in health care reform (see H.R. 4829), H6252 [26JY]

Taxation: apply exclusion of gain from sale of a principal residence relative to catastrophic illness (see H.R. 5207), H11199 [6OC]

———tax credits for businesses with telecommuting centers or employees working in home offices (see H.R. 3923), H911 [1MR]

———treatment of retirement savings deductions and individual retirement account deductions for nonemployed spouses (see H.R. 4215), H2366 [14AP]

Transportation: temporarily direct fuel tax revenues to highway trust fund, and apply toward disaster area transportation needs (see H.R. 3755), H156 [1FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H10446 [30SE]

Airline industry: mandatory retirement age for pilots (see H.R. 1532), H2582 [20AP]

Armed Forces: provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retired members (see H.R. 635), H2252 [13AP]

Armenia: conflict with Azerbaijan relating to the Nagorno Karabagh area (see H. Con. Res. 247), H6381 [27JY]

Bankruptcy: debtor obligations under unexpired leases of personal property (see H.R. 4474), H9224 [19SE]

Budget: deficit (see H.R. 4057), H1997 [24MR]

California: declare state of emergency on Federal lands due to wildfires (see H.R. 4742), H6699 [2AU]

Capital punishment: use of racially based quotas to determine sentencing (see H. Con. Res. 270), H7299 [9AU]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 148, 166), H4091 [25MY], H9087 [12SE]

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H8755 [19AU]

Clean Air Act: provide State flexibility for automobile inspection and maintenance programs (see H.R. 3146), H44 [25JA]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3888 [23MY]

Colleges and universities: guidelines for overtime compensation for certain community college employees (see H.R. 3658), H4343 [10JN]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (see H. Res. 238), H411 [9FE]

Committees of the House: commence hearings into President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see H. Res. 437), H3964 [24MY]

Congressional Budget Act: require a three-fifths vote in the House of Representatives to waive any point of order (see H.R. 1105), H9569 [22SE]

Correctional institutions: prison overcrowding remedies (see H.R. 3895), H864 [24FE]

Cost of Government Day: designate (see H. Res. 480), H5761 [14JY]

Courts: admissibility of certain evidence (see H.R. 4830), H9351 [20SE]

———death penalty sentencing for kidnappings which result in the death of a minor (see H.R. 3936), H995 [2MR]

———remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 193), H7992 [11AU]

———State truth-in-sentencing laws and funding for additional spaces in State correctional programs (see H.R. 3584), H84 [26JA]

Crime: establish system to identify criminals and mentally incompetent persons regarding purchase of firearms (see H.R. 3125), H4166 [26MY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008, 5134), H9008 [21AU], H11429 [7OC]

———provide postage for information mailings of active abduction investigations (see H.R. 3940), H4390 [13JN]

———treatment of hardcore juvenile offenders (see H.R. 4491), H4090 [25MY]

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 363), H5463 [30JN]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1957 [23MR]

Dept. of Energy: retirement incentive for certain employees of national laboratories in California (see H.R. 4417), H3344 [12MY]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H205 [2FE]

Drugs: allow licensed veterinarians to order the extra-label use of drugs in animals (see H.R. 1423), H680 [23FE]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H10446 [30SE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H9087 [12SE]

Financial Accounting Standards Board: accounting standards (see H. Con. Res. 98), H866 [24FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H9903 [27SE]

Forest Service: distribution of timber sales receipts relative to forests affected by protection of the California spotted owl (see H.R. 3928), H6200 [25JY]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H681 [23FE]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269; H. Res. 546), H5871 [19JY], H9600 [23SE]

Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H6550 [1AU]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

———composition and labeling of dietary supplements (see H.R. 509), H680 [23FE]

———designation of obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women in Federal health care programs (see H. Res. 234), H6699 [2AU]

———Federal standards for malpractice claims (see H.R. 4791), H5870 [19JY]

———inclusion of medical technology advancement in health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 485), H6550 [1AU]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 4550), H4219 [8JN]

Higher Education Accumulation Program: establish to allow tax deductible donations (see H.R. 3897), H2368 [14AP]

House of Representatives: prohibit consideration of health care legislation in violation of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act (see H. Res. 530), H9224 [19SE]

———public access to health care reform process (see H. Res. 363), H544 [11FE]

———reform (see H.R. 3633), H358 [8FE]

Immigration and Nationality Act: improve immigration laws (see H.R. 3860), H500 [10FE]

Israel: anniversary of the reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 239), H3345 [12MY]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H1898 [22MR]

Land Remote Sensing Policy Act: revise (see H.R. 4818), H6155 [22JY]

Medicare: extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H9903 [27SE]

Members of Congress: establish a national advisory referendum on limiting of terms (see H.R. 3835), H1541 [17MR]

———require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H1541 [17MR]

Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H3223 [10MY]

National Apollo Anniversary Observance: designate (see H.J. Res. 353), H2367 [14AP]

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 311), H1997 [24MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Crime Victims' Rights Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 342), H2839 [26AP]

National Family Caregivers Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 90), H3156 [5MY]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Good Teen Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 326), H9569 [22SE]

National Hispanic Business Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 397), H9158 [13SE]

National Incest and Sexual Abuse Healing Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 403), H8696 [18AU]

National Inventors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), H5462 [30JN]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H5463 [30JN]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7507 [10AU]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10373 [29SE]

National Men's Health Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 209), H3223 [10MY]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 138), H1067 [7MR]

National Random Acts of Kindness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 357), H2506 [19AP]

National Walking Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 276), H2219 [12AP]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2583 [20AP]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9087 [12SE]

Postal Service: prohibit penalization for use of private express services for certain letters and packets (see H.R. 3796), H286 [3FE]

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 424), H11200 [6OC]

Public Health Service: breast and cervical cancer information (see H.R. 2293), H9087 [12SE]

Public welfare programs: reform (see H.R. 4473, 4566; H. Res. 525), H3887 [23MY], H4343 [10JN], H10446 [30SE]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H3156 [5MY]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]

Securities: reform private enforcement of Federal securities laws (see H.R. 417), H4165 [26MY]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H7195 [8AU]

Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H2218 [12AP]

Small Family Farm Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), H1781 [21MR]

Social Security: determination of disability benefits relative to drug trafficking enterprises and ability to engage in gainful activities (see H.R. 3929), H1254 [10MR]

———provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 4136), H1995 [24MR]

———taxation of benefits (see H.R. 2959), H680 [23FE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (see H.R. 1864), H3521 [17MY]

Special Olympics World Games: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 3879), H1997 [24MR]

Taxation: casualty loss deduction for disaster losses relative to adjusted gross income floor (see H.R. 3811), H3156 [5MY]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 539), H11428 [7OC]

———deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H5655 [13JY]

———deduction for contribution to a Medisave account (see H.R. 3333), H1781 [21MR]

———deduction for earthquake insurance premiums (see H.R. 3756), H11200 [6OC]

———deduction of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4356), H3155 [5MY]

———employer credit for providing mammography screening for employees (see H.R. 250), H9158 [13SE]

———penalty-free withdrawals from certain retirement plans for repair or replacement of disaster-damaged property (see H.R. 4027), H1323 [11MR]

———penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans for disaster-related expenses (see H.R. 3762), H1440 [16MR]

———treatment of business meals and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 3227), H11429 [7OC]

———treatment of Federal estate and gift taxes and the tax on generation-skipping transfers (see H.R. 2717), H4883 [22JN]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9569 [22SE]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3523), H9569 [22SE]

———treatment of retirement savings (see H.R. 169), H3279 [11MY]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H3280 [11MY]

U.S. Botanic Garden: mint coins in commemoration of 175th anniversary (see H.R. 4135), H4091 [25MY]

Veterans: benefits for Philippine service in World War II (see H.R. 35), H2218 [12AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H287 [3FE]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9223 [19SE]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H157 [1FE]

Weapons: prohibit arms sales to countries that are participating in the boycott of Israel (see H.R. 3656), H1323 [11MR]

White House Conference on Tourism: convene (see H. Con. Res. 110), H6455 [28JY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H8696 [18AU]

Yugoslavia: U.S. recognition of Macedonia (see H. Con. Res. 210), H1541 [17MR]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

California: designate certain desert lands as wilderness (S. 21), H10704 [4OC]

———establish Death Valley and Joshua Tree National Parks and Mojave National Monument (S. 21), H10704 [4OC]

Poems

``Peace Prayer,'' Joanne Bluer, E402 [10MR]

Remarks by, on

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2477 [19AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced, H1076 [8MR]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1378 [16MR]

———discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), H3382 [17MY]

Clinton, President: evaluation of foreign policy objectives, H4100 [26MY]

Contra Costa County, CA: tribute to Postal Service food drive, E1059 [24MY]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H8763 [20AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), motion to instruct conferees, H2610 [21AP], H5625, H5626 [13JY]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2438, H2445 [19AP]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4301), H3559 [18MY]

Dept. of Education: budget, H5299, H5300 [28JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5157 [27JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4606), H5299, H5300 [28JN]

Ecology and environment: research and development of environmental technology (H.R. 3870), H6227, H6228 [26JY]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H7977 [11AU]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H818, H841 [24FE], H1022, H1025 [3MR]

———regulation of private schools and home-schooling parents, H818, H841 [24FE]

———require local school districts to compile statistics of children of illegal immigrants, H1022, H1025 [3MR]

EPA: awarding of Green Tech grants, H6227, H6228 [26JY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11533 [29NO]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H9229 [20SE]

Health: effect on small business of mandated benefits coverage, H567 [23FE]

———ensure equal coverage of children under family class enrollment plans in health care reform (H.R. 4829), E1561 [26JY]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H1793 [22MR], H3696 [19MY], H7912 [11AU], E228 [23FE]

House of Representatives: installation of additional elevators in the Longworth House Office Building, H4127 [26MY]

Illegal aliens: prohibit participation in certain Federal benefits programs, H5625, H5626 [13JY]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4454), H4127 [26MY]

Lobbyists: disclosure of activities to influence the Federal Government (S. 349), conference report, H10292 [29SE]

Parliamentary inquiry, H1024 [3MR]

Political parties: partisan views relative to religion, H4949, H4950, H4951, H4953, H4954 [23JN]

Public welfare programs: reform, H4733 [21JN]

States: funding for prisons relative to sentencing guidelines, H2438, H2445 [19AP]

Taxation: tax credits for businesses with telecommuting centers or employees working in home offices (H.R. 3923), E285 [1MR]

U.N.: U.S. role in peacekeeping operations, H5157 [27JN]

Votes: position on missed, H442 [10FE]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (H.R. 3392), H9839 [27SE]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H677 [23FE], H910 [1MR], H1252 [10MR], H3963 [24MY], H6155 [22JY], H6251 [26JY], H8503 [16AU]

Special order: granted, H910 [1MR]

Tributes

Bluer, Joanne, E402 [10MR]

Chiao, Leroy, E1546 [22JY]

Strong, Gary E., E1736 [16AU]