    [Congressional Record Index (1998)]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]

    BAKER, RICHARD H. (a Representative from Louisiana)
      Amendments
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3192 [13MY], H3195 [13MY]
      Appointments
        Conferee:  H.R. 2400, Building Efficient Surface Transportation and
            Equity Act, H2034 [1AP]
      Bills and resolutions cosponsored
        Arlington National Cemetery:  enact into law eligibility
            requirements for interment, (see H.R. 3211), H495 [12FE]
        Armed Forces:  establish demonstration project relative to
            enrollment of certain beneficiaries in the Federal Employees
            Health Benefits Program, (see H.R. 1766), H2236 [22AP]
        Bosnia and Herzegovina:  prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds
            for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date, (see
            H.R. 4056), H4549 [11JN]
        CERCLA:  clarify liability for certain recycling transactions, (see
            H.R. 2733), H3105 [12MY]
        Children and youth:  ensure parental access to educational
            information and curriculum, (see H.R. 3189), H2931 [6MY]
        Children's Development Commission:  establish, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        China, Republic of:  participation in the World Health Organization,
            (see H. Con. Res. 219), H3015 [7MY]
        ------ participation in WHO, (see H.J. Res. 126), H6186 [22JY]
        Coastal zones:  use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State
            and local conservation programs of coastal States, (see H.R.
            4717), H10010 [7OC]
        Community Reinvestment Act:  exempt certain depository institutions
            from requirements, (see H.R. 4445), H7411 [6AU]
        Computers:  develop a national strategy to resolve the year 2000
            problem and ensure that critical public and private services are
            not disrupted, (see H.R. 3968), H3971 [22MY]
        ------ installation of filtering or blocking programs in schools and
            libraries with Internet access, (see H.R. 3177), H2237 [22AP]
        ------ prohibit gambling on the Internet, (see H.R. 2380), H241
            [3FE]
        Consumers:  require additional disclosures of the terms of rental-
            purchase agreements, (see H.R. 2019), H578 [24FE]
        Credit:  repeal pending changes in the interest rates applicable to
            Federal family education loans, (see H.R. 3291), H692 [2MR]
        Credit unions:  clarify laws relative to field of membership of
            Federal credit unions, (see H.R. 3265), H679 [26FE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  make grants to establish additional rural
            enterprise communities, (see H.R. 4071), H6698 [29JY]
        Dept. of Defense:  allow military health care system beneficiaries
            the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits
            Program, (see H.R. 3613), H1854 [31MR]
        Dept. of HHS:  disapprove rule submitted on surety bond requirements
            for home health care providers under Medicare and Medicaid, (see
            H.J. Res. 123), H7495 [9SE]
        Dept. of HUD:  insure mortgages for the acquisition, construction,
            or rehabilitation of child care facilities, (see H.R. 3637),
            H2052 [1AP]
        ------ modernize requirements and establish consensus process for
            development, revision, and interpretation of safety standards
            for manufactured home construction, (see H.R. 3634), H3247
            [13MY]
        Dept. of the Treasury:  develop and implement a strategy to combat
            money laundering and other financial crimes, (see H.R. 4005),
            H4240 [5JN]
        Dept. of Veterans Affairs:  establish certain presumptions of
            service connection for Persian Gulf Conflict veterans, (see H.R.
            4036), H10353 [9OC]
        Drugs:  conform penalties for methamphetamine to penalties involving
            similar amounts of cocaine base, (see H.R. 3898), H3488 [19MY]
        Edison, Thomas A.:  mint coins in commemoration of sesquicentennial
            of birth, (see H.R. 678), H2236 [22AP]
        Education:  spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars
            on children's classrooms, (see H.R. 3248), H577 [24FE]
        Fair Housing Act:  amend, (see H.R. 3206), H678 [26FE]
        FDA:  proposal to designate the use of chlorofluorocarbons in
            metered-dose inhalers as nonessential, (see H.R. 2968), H5957
            [20JY]
        Federal Prison Industries:  eliminate Federal agency requirement to
            purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal
            contracts, (see H.R. 2758), H631 [25FE]
        Financial institutions:  address year 2000 computer problems and
            extend examination parity to the OTS Director and the National
            Credit Union Administration, (see H.R. 3116), H99 [28JA]
        ------ provide framework for the affiliation of banks, securities
            firms, and other financial service providers, (see H.R. 4870),
            H11695 [20OC]
        Ford, Gerald R. and Betty:  award Congressional Gold Medal, (see
            H.R. 3506), H3014 [7MY]
        Health:  application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by
            groups of health care professionals with HMO's, (see H.R. 4277),
            H7690 [14SE]
        ------ importance of mammograms and biopsies in the prevention of
            breast cancer, (see H. Res. 565), H9274 [1OC]
        Housing:  access to affordable housing and expansion of
            homeownership opportunities, (see H. Con. Res. 208), H631 [25FE]
        ------ expand homeownership, (see H.R. 3899), H3488 [19MY]
        Kosovo:  presence of U.S. Armed Forces for peacekeeping purposes,
            (see H. Con. Res. 343), H10076 [8OC]
        Library of Congress:  mint coins in commemoration of bicentennial,
            (see H.R. 3790), H6880 [31JY]
        Medicaid:  coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment services
            for certain women screened under federally funded programs, (see
            H.R. 3779), H4325 [9JN]
        Medicare:  allow beneficiaries to enter into private contracts for
            services, (see H.R. 2497), H386 [5FE]
        ------ delay implementation of interim payment system to home health
            agencies for home health services, (see H.R. 4339), H7585 [10SE]
        Members of Congress:  follow the examples of self-sacrifice and
            devotion to character displayed by Jacob J. Chestnut and John M.
            Gibson of the Capitol Police, (see H. Con. Res. 317), H7915
            [16SE]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field,
            (see H.R. 4604), H8083 [18SE]
        Mining and mineral resources:  ratification of payments made under
            preexisting onshore and offshore royalty-in-kind programs, (see
            H.R. 3962), H7584 [10SE]
        Pensions:  exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund
            from the Federal budget, (see H.R. 107), H2119 [21AP]
        Postal Service:  prevent increase in postage rates, (see H. Res.
            452), H4165 [4JN]
        Small business:  liability requirements for remediation of dry
            cleaning solvents, (see H.R. 1711), H100 [28JA]
        Taxation:  allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators,
            (see H.R. 1242), H64 [27JA]
        ------ change basis for determination of refinery limitation on oil
            depletion deduction, (see H.R. 3917), H3624 [20MY]
        ------ constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations,
            (see H.J. Res. 111), H677 [26FE]
        ------ designate renewal communities, (see H.R. 3865), H4712 [17JN]
        ------ increase State cap on private activity bonds, (see H.R. 979),
            H4629 [16JN]
        ------ permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain
            organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services,
            (see H.R. 2613), H4325 [9JN]
        ------ provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small
            employers and self-employed individuals, (see H.R. 3870), H4550
            [11JN]
        ------ repeal motor fuel excise taxes which remain in general fund
            of the Treasury on railroads and inland waterway transportation,
            (see H.R. 4332), H6453 [24JY]
        ------ treatment of estate taxes on family-owned farm businesses,
            (see H.R. 4587), H7914 [16SE]
        ------ treatment of individual investment accounts, (see H.R. 3497),
            H1298 [18MR]
        Telephones:  strengthen and expand the procedures for preventing the
            slamming of interstate telephone service subscribers, (see H.R.
            3749), H4056 [3JN], (see H.R. 3888), H4056 [3JN]
        Veterans:  determination of active military service for certain
            merchant mariners who served during World War II, (see H.R.
            1126), H3624 [20MY]
      Bills and resolutions introduced
        Credit unions:  continuance of membership in Federal credit unions,
            (see H.R. 3413), H1020 [10MR]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage, (see H.R. 3318), H850 [4MR]
        Securities:  judicial review of adoption of accounting principles
            applicable to issuers of federally-registered securities, (see
            H.R. 3165), H385 [5FE]
      Remarks
        Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs:
            making appropriations (H.R. 4101), H5084 [24JN]
        Clinton, President:  impeachment (H. Res. 611), H11941 [18DE]
        Dept. of Agriculture:  regulate loans to certain processors of
            sugarcane and sugar beets, H5084 [24JN]
        Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies:
             making appropriations (H.R. 4194), H5817 [17JY]
        Financial institutions:  increase competition in the financial
            services sector (H.R. 10), H3197 [13MY], H3201 [13MY], H3213
            [13MY]
        ------ limit the percentage of gross annual revenue financial
            holding companies can derive from nonfinancial activities, H3213
            [13MY]
        ------ modify insurance requirements for smaller banks, prohibit
            sale of unitary thrifts to commercial enterprises, and allow
            operating subsidiaries to offer certain new financial services,
            H3197 [13MY], H3201 [13MY]
        Hazardous substances:  require one-call notification system to
            protect natural gas and hazardous liquid pipelines from
            excavation damage (H.R. 3318), E283<bullet> [4MR]
        Housing:  deregulate public housing and rental assistance programs
            and increase community control over such programs, H5817 [17JY]
        Minerals Management Service:  grant Louisiana and its lessees a
            credit in the payment of Federal offshore royalties to
            compensate for oil and gas drainage in the West Delta Field
            (H.R. 4604), E1805<bullet> [25SE]
        Securities:  judicial review of adoption of accounting principles
            applicable to issuers of federally-registered securities (H.R.
            3165), E120<bullet> [5FE]
        Senegal:  tribute to delegation visiting Baker, LA, E83<bullet>
            [3FE]
      Tributes
        Moak, David M., E947<bullet> [22MY]
        Ndong, Paul, E83<bullet> [3FE]