BAIRD, BRIAN (a Representative from Washington)
Amendments
Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), H3282 [17MY]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 820, Coast Guard appropriations, H8766 [4OC]
———H.R. 4205, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction, H7134 [27JY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H7870 [19SE]
Animals: prohibit import, export, sale, or possession of bear viscera (see H.R. 2166), H9011 [5OC]
Architect of the Capitol: establish the position of Director of Fire Safety and Protection (see H.R. 4366), H6052 [13JY]
Armed Forces: enhance benefits for active and retired military personnel (see H.R. 4030), H2771 [9MY]
———restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3573), H922 [9MR]
Belarus: human rights violations and democracy efforts (see H. Con. Res. 304), H2239 [12AP]
Business and industry: include expansion of business development by disabled individuals among the public policy goals of State and local development companies (see H.R. 4983), H7128 [26JY]
Capital punishment: reduce the risk that innocent persons may be executed (see H.R. 4167), H4036 [7JN]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalyn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4289), H6599 [19JY]
Children and youth: provide benefits for children of women Vietnam veterans who suffer from certain types of birth defects (see H.R. 4488), H3412 [18MY]
———support mentoring programs (see H. Res. 552), H6052 [13JY]
Coast Guard: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 372), H6600 [19JY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (see H.R. 701), H510 [16FE]
Comprehensive AIDS Resources Act: revise and extend programs to provide access to health care and support services to individuals and families with HIV and AIDS (see H.R. 4807), H5843 [11JY]
Computers: encourage broadband technology deployment to rural areas (see H.R. 5069), H7208 [27JY]
———improve Internet security and protect against cyberterrorism (see H. Con. Res. 285), H2906 [10MY]
Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 534), H574 [29FE]
———ensure public accountability, efficient delivery of services, reasonable cost savings, and prevention of unwarranted expenses (see H.R. 3766), H998 [14MR]
———provide simplified criteria for determining whether an individual is an employee or an independent contractor and limit retroactive employment tax reclassifications (see H.R. 1525), H1413 [27MR]
———require Federal agencies to follow certain procedures relative to the bundling of procurement contract requirements (see H.R. 4890), H6599 [19JY]
Corps of Engineers: conduct studies and carry out ecosystem restoration within Puget Sound and adjacent waters in Washington (see H.R. 3882), H920 [9MR]
Correctional institutions: prohibit operation by private contractors and require persons convicted of Federal offenses be housed in facilities managed and maintained by Federal employees (see H.R. 979), H1629 [30MR]
Crime: prevent identity fraud in consumer credit transactions and credit reports (see H.R. 4311), H4784 [20JN]
Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]
Dept. of HHS: provide State grants for dental health programs for children (see H.R. 4821), H5842 [11JY]
Dept. of Justice: establish the Violence Against Women Office (see H.R. 4848), H7366 [7SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (see H.R. 3193), H2340 [13AP]
Disabled: improve service systems for individuals with developmental disabilities (see H.R. 4920), H7003 [25JY]
Diseases: international tuberculosis control (see H.R. 4057), H1284 [22MR]
Domestic Volunteer Service Act: establish National Youth Technology Corps Program (see H.R. 2934), H342 [10FE]
Drug abuse: combat methamphetamine production and abuse (see H.R. 2613), H3649 [23MY]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]
———penalties for operating methamphetamine laboratories and increased funding to combat methamphetamine production, trafficking, and abuse (see H.R. 2987), H3813 [24MY]
Drunken driving: national standard to prohibit the operation of motor vehicles by intoxicated individuals (see H.R. 1595), H8406 [27SE]
Education: establish a national teaching fellowship program to encourage individuals to enter, and remain, in the field of teaching at public schools (see H.R. 4143), H3869 [25MY]
———improve and refocus civic education (see H.R. 3195), H373 [14FE]
———increase amount of loan forgiveness for teachers (see H.R. 3880), H1958 [6AP]
———qualify public defenders for student loan forgiveness under the Federal Perkins Loan Program (see H.R. 4290), H2337 [13AP]
Fair Labor Standards Act: prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see H.R. 3540), H998 [14MR]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 110), H1958 [6AP]
Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see H.R. 460), H5737 [10JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5247), H9635 [10OC]
Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (see H.R. 2814), H1477 [28MR]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs funding (see H.R. 3634), H3649 [23MY]
Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 5328), H8552 [29SE]
Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports and the Olympic games (see H.R. 3575), H3869 [25MY]
Gonzalez-Brotons, Elian: reunite with father (see H. Con. Res. 240), H90 [31JA]
Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction: compliance (see H. Con. Res. 293), H1405 [23MR]
Health: assure coverage of emergency services under group health plans and health insurance (see H.R. 904), H5240 [27JN]
———embryonic stem cell research funding (see H. Res. 414), H6720 [20JY]
———minority health programs (see H.R. 3250), H4817 [21JN]
———prohibit health insurance and employment discrimination on the basis of genetic information (see H.R. 2457), H10809 [24OC]
———provide programs for the treatment of mental illness (see H.R. 5091), H9767 [11OC]
Health care facilities: modify qualifications for community mental health centers and postpone application of Medicare prospective payment system to partial hospitalization services (see H.R. 5055), H7208 [27JY]
Higgins, Andrew Jackson and family: award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]
Higgins Industries: award Congressional Gold Medal to World War II-era employees (see H.R. 4384), H4485 [14JN]
Hispanic Americans: prevent suicide among Latina adolescents (see H.R. 4439; H. Con. Res. 325), H2966 [11MY]
Immigration: protection of battered immigrant women (see H.R. 3083), H209 [2FE]
Individuals With Disabilities Education Act: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4055), H2411 [2MY]
———use of local funds to provide additional funding for Elementary and Secondary Education Act programs (see H.R. 5096), H9635 [10OC]
Insurance: make the same health insurance options afforded to executive and judicial branch employees available to Federal annuitants, legislative branch employees, and Armed Forces members and retirees (see H.R. 4277), H6719 [20JY]
———require health plans to provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for certain breast cancer treatments (see H.R. 116), H4035 [7JN]
Law enforcement officers: clarify procedures and conditions for the award of matching grants for the purchase of armor vests (see H.R. 4033), H2341 [13AP]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H3649 [23MY]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H1406 [23MR]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see H.R. 1495), H1588 [29MR]
———coverage of self-administered drugs that, when used as a replacement for covered drugs, result in overall cost savings to the program (see H.R. 4375), H8200 [26SE]
———coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see H.R. 2870), H4484 [14JN]
———expand and make permanent the demonstration project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R. 1413), H1958 [6AP]
———graduate medical education payments (see H.R. 4239), H3309 [17MY]
———improve geographic fairness in Medicare+Choice payments and hospital payments (see H.R. 5070), H7208 [27JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H3813 [24MY]
Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H10473 [19OC]
———prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority if a Palestinian state is declared unilaterally (see H.R. 4976), H7503 [12SE]
Mining and mineral resources: ensure receipt of a fair return for the extraction of locatable minerals on public domain lands (see H.R. 394), H1477 [28MR]
———reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 395), H1477 [28MR]
Navajo Code Talkers: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4527), H8736 [3OC]
NIST: establish electronic commerce extension program to ensure that small businesses participate fully in the electronic commerce revolution (see H.R. 4429), H4036 [7JN]
Nuclear weapons: remove from hair-trigger alert (see H. Con. Res. 177), H2607 [4MY]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]
Petroleum: suspend exports of Alaskan North Slope crude oil pending an economic assessment of foreign crude oil supplies and demands (see H.R. 4007), H1118 [16MR]
Pipelines: improve safety (see H.R. 3558), H342 [10FE]
———improve safety, public awareness, and environmental protection of pipeline transportation (see H.R. 4792), H5654 [29JN]
———improve safety and environmental protection (see H.R. 4849), H6051 [13JY]
Postage and stamps: modify rates relative to reduced-rate mail matter (see H.R. 4636), H7723 [18SE]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 3842), H7211 [27JY]
———issue a semipostal in order to afford the public a convenient way to contribute to funding for the establishment of the World War II Memorial (see H.R. 4492), H5169 [26JN]
Power resources: ensure the energy self-sufficiency of the U.S. (see H.R. 5585), H11782 [1NO]
Product safety: promote new and revised toxicological tests that protect human, animal, and environmental health while reducing need for animal testing (see H.R. 4281), H4220 [12JN]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H11195 [25OC]
Public welfare programs: repeal certain restrictions on food stamp eligibility and increase Federal support for emergency food assistance programs (see H.R. 3192), H7502 [12SE]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H7003 [25JY]
Rural areas: provide funds for automatic external defibrillators and the training of individuals in advanced cardiac life support (see H.R. 4953), H7002 [25JY]
SBA: conduct a pilot program to raise awareness about telecommuting among small business employers (see H.R. 3500), H1588 [29MR]
———establish a New Market Venture Capital Program (see H.R. 4530), H3812 [24MY]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Small business: reauthorize assistance programs (see H.R. 3843), H756 [8MR]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H3926 [6JN]
Social Security: improve coverage of low-income children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 827), H922 [9MR]
Taxation: allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H5656 [29JN]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H4174 [9JN]
———avoid duplicate reporting of information on political activities of certain State and local political organizations (see H.R. 5277), H8406 [27SE]
———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H2512 [3MY]
———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H10036 [17OC]
———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 802), H922 [9MR]
———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H10473 [19OC]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H2122 [11AP]
———repeal percentage depletion allowance for certain hardrock mines (see H.R. 397), H1477 [28MR]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the FEC (see H.R. 3688), H2906 [10MY]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4168), H1762 [4AP]
———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H7723 [18SE]
———treatment of scholarships received under the National Health Corps Scholarship Program and the F. Edward Hebert Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship and Financial Assistance Program (see H.R. 1414), H5436 [28JN]
———treatment of volunteer firefighter savings account contributions (see H.R. 1870), H1406 [23MR]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H4818 [21JN]
Veterans: establish a comprehensive program for the testing and treatment of the Hepatitis C virus (see H.R. 5132), H10473 [19OC]
———health care funding (see H. Con. Res. 225), H922 [9MR]
———increase size of the estate an incompetent veteran may have without being subject to suspension of benefits while under institutional care by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4935), H8469 [28SE]
———mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]
Volunteer workers: extend appropriations for programs under the National and Community Service Act and the Domestic Volunteer Service Act (see H.R. 4740), H9635 [10OC]
Voting Rights Act: clarify intent of Congress (see H.R. 4961), H10473 [19OC]
William Kenzo Nakamura U.S. Courthouse, Seattle, WA: designate (see H.R. 5302), H8200 [26SE]
Women: provide Federal contracting assistance to small business concerns owned and controlled by women (see H.R. 4897), H6599 [19JY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Justice: pilot program to establish methamphetamine incident response and training teams for drug emergency areas (see H.R. 3675), H509 [16FE]
Education: establish a direct loan program for certain part-time students to improve job skills (see H.R. 4287), H2337 [13AP]
Remarks
Animals: provide for a system of sanctuaries for chimpanzees that are no longer needed in research conducted by the Public Health Service (H.R. 3514), H10553 [24OC]
Centralia College: anniversary, H2169 [12AP]
Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), motion to instruct conferees, E1571
Health: protection of enrollees in managed care plans and HMO's, H11478, H11482 [28OC]
Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H2320 [13AP], H3624 [23MY], H11478, H11482 [28OC]
———make more competitive and efficient and provide for a prescription drug benefit (H.R. 4680), H5366 [28JN]
Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (H.R. 3312), H10631 [24OC]
Microsoft Corp.: application of antitrust laws, H2094 [11AP]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H2066 [11AP]
San Rafael Western Legacy District: designate certain areas as wilderness study areas, H3949, H3950 [7JN]
———establish (H.R. 3605), H3949, H3950 [7JN]
Schools: postcoital emergency contraception distribution funding, E1571
Taxation: equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes (S. 893), H10633 [24OC]
———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2066 [11AP]
———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS, H2066 [11AP]
Teacher Appreciation Week: observance, E705
Votes: position on missed, H1183
Washington: anniversary of volcanic eruption of Mount St. Helens, H3401 [18MY]
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H370 [14FE], H452 [15FE], H507 [16FE]
Special order: granted, H2120 [11AP], H2236 [12AP], H2334 [13AP], H3411 [18MY], H3647 [23MY]
Tributes
Boyer, Carol, E705
Davis, Timothy, E705
Holmberg, Mary, E705
Lazelle, Steve, E705
Simonsen, George, E705
Van Fleet, Jim, E705
Weeks, Henri, E705