BAESLER, SCOTTY (a Representative from Kentucky)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Agriculture: increase emphasis on and disseminate results of agricultural research projects relative to precision agriculture (see H.R. 725), H7528 [17SE]

———make regulatory correction relative to methyl bromide under the Montreal Protocol (see H.R. 2609), H9866 [31OC]

Airlines: provide protection for airline employees who provide certain air safety information (see H.R. 915), H6918 [4SE]

———require use of child safety restraint systems (see H.R. 754), H5569 [22JY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determining status of certain missing members (see H.R. 409), H5177 [11JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H154 [9JA]

———reform process and enforce the bipartisan balanced budget agreement (see H.R. 2003), H4836 [26JN]

CERCLA: clarify liability for certain recycling transactions (see H.R. 2733), H9558 [24OC]

Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]

Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6918 [4SE]

Death and dying: recognize suicide as a national problem (see H. Res. 212), H10957 [13NO]

Disasters: provide for hazard mitigation, relief, and insurance against natural disasters (see H.R. 230), H6918 [4SE]

Diseases: payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H1989 [29AP]

———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1260), H5401 [16JY]

Ecology and environment: expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products (see H.R. 1636), H2784 [15MY]

———expand public's right to know about toxic chemical use and release in their communities and disclose toxins in children's consumer products, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1636), H4647 [25JN]

Edison, Thomas A.: mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial of birth (see H.R. 678), H6706 [31JY]

EPA: prohibit establishment of new standards for ozone or particulate matter before existing standards have been attained (see H.R. 1984), H5664 [23JY]

FAA: foreign repair station rules (see H.R. 145), H3865 [17JN]

Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1262 [20MR]

Federal employees: delays in retirement cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Con. Res. 13), H1112 [18MR]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: development, clearance, and use of certain devices (see H.R. 1710), H4836 [26JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H1262 [20MR]

Foreign trade: European Union obligations relative to U.S. meat and pork exporting facilities (see H.R. 723), H1542 [15AP]

Hazardous substances: transportation regulations relative to agriculture (see H.R. 1619), H5778 [24JY]

Health: apply group health plan portability requirements to students covered under college-sponsored health plans (see H.R. 1281), H1893 [24AP]

———develop and implement research strategies to prevent birth defects (see H.R. 1114), H6918 [4SE]

———prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H1112 [18MR]

———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 135), H4086 [19JN]

———revise and extend bone marrow donation and transplantation program (see H.R. 2202), H9502 [23OC]

———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H3170 [21MY]

Insurance: coverage of reconstructive breast surgery resulting from mastectomies (see H.R. 164), H3169 [21MY]

———prohibit use of genetic information in determining coverage or premiums (see H.R. 306), H8928 [21OC]

Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2709), H9801 [30OC]

IRS: restructure (see H.R. 2292), H9039 [22OC]

Law enforcement: establish matching grant program to help local governments purchase armor vests for officers (see H.R. 2829), H10172 [6NO]

Medicare: coverage of diabetes outpatient self-management training services and blood-testing strips (see H.R. 58), H407 [10FE]

———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1375), H1704 [17AP]

———hospice care reform (see H.R. 521), H1611 [16AP]

———improve preventive care benefits (see H.R. 15), H1706 [17AP]

———protection of beneficiaries relative to enrollment in managed care plans and HMO's (see H.R. 66), H589 [13FE]

———provide coverage through qualified provider-sponsored organizations (see H.R. 475), H3203 [22MY]

———reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192), H6918 [4SE]

Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]

Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H6963 [5SE]

Occupational Safety and Health Act: establish peer review of standards (see H.R. 2661), H8832 [9OC]

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2183, 2777), H8438 [6OC], H9800 [30OC]

Railway Labor Act: applicability to U.S. air carriers and flight crews during operations outside the U.S. (see H.R. 991), H9039 [22OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: posthumous awarding of Medal of Honor (see H.R. 2263), H5825 [25JY]

Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H768 [5MR]

Small business: liability requirements for remediation of dry cleaning solvents (see H.R. 1711), H9801 [30OC]

Taxation: credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1134), H6798 [3SE]

———extend incentives for alcohol used as a fuel as part of any extension of fuel tax rates (see H.R. 2489), H9730 [29OC]

———restore the deduction for two-earner married couples (see H.R. 2593), H9865 [31OC]

———treatment of certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 2113), H6798 [3SE]

———treatment of employer-provided and graduate level educational assistance (see H.R. 127), H2680 [14MY]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 1369), H6918 [4SE]

Textile industry and fabrics: ensure competitiveness of industry (see H.R. 1504), H2090 [30AP]

Timber: treatment of certain activities as noncounteravailable (see H.R. 1526), H2156 [1MY]

Tobacco products: prohibit regulation of tobacco-sponsored advertising used by professional motor sports associations (see H.R. 410), H152 [9JA]

———strengthen State efforts to limit access to minors (see H.R. 2034), H4645 [25JN]

Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1261 [20MR]

———reauthorize highway construction and surface transportation funding (see H.R. 674), H452 [11FE]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H9865 [31OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 1366), H1704 [17AP]

———ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 1366), consideration (see H. Res. 259, 272), H8438 [6OC], H8928 [21OC]

Tobacco products: establish Federal authority to regulate tobacco and other products containing nicotine (see H.R. 516), H282 [4FE]

Remarks

Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5695 [24JY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5695 [24JY]

Floods: disaster assistance to Kentucky, E571 [21MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), E1656 [4SE]

India: allocation of foreign aid, E1656 [4SE]

Nicholasville, KY: tribute to East Jessamine Middle School, E890 [8MY]

Tobacco products: tobacco industry liability settlement relative to health risks and marketing and manufacturing practices, H8043-H8047 [26SE]