BAKER, RICHARD H. (a Representative from Louisiana)

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 3210, Terrorism Risk Protection Act, H5962 [26JY]

———H.R. 3763, Corporate and Auditing Accountability, Responsibility, and Transparency Act, H4847 [17JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H4350 [8JY]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H8041 [24OC]

Armed Forces: provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H3230 [5JN]

Aviation: amend certain laws relative to airport project streamlining (see H.R. 4481), H1770 [30AP]

———establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2735 [21MY]

———recognize heroism and courage of airline flight attendants (see H. Con. Res. 401), H2608 [16MY]

Boggs, Lindy: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 439), H4553 [11JY]

Breast Cancer Awareness Month: support (see H. Con. Res. 502), H7738 [9OC]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (see H.R. 5118), H4767 [16JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (see H.R. 3763), H523 [14FE]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: authorize grants for mosquito control programs to prevent mosquito-borne diseases (see H.R. 4793), H3562 [13JN]

Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity (see H.R. 3479), H2356 [9MY]

Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6304 [17SE]

Coast Guard: require that the Sea Marshal Program be carried out in U.S. ports considered to be most vulnerable to terrorist attack and authorize additional personnel and funds for such program (see H.R. 3432), H37 [23JA]

Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H2101 [2MY]

Dept. of Energy: authorizing appropriations for the Office of Science (see H.R. 5270), H6374 [18SE]

Dept. of HHS: make grants to nonprofit tax-exempt organizations for the purchase of ultrasound equipment to provide free examinations to pregnant women needing such services (see H.R. 3686), H141 [5FE]

Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship, withdrawn (see H.R. 1433), H8024 [16OC]

———reauthorize the HOPE VI Program for revitalization of severely distressed public housing (see H.R. 5499), H6927 [1OC]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: increase amounts available to State approving agencies to evaluate the qualifications of educational institutions to provide courses under department-administered education programs (see H.R. 3731), H365 [13FE]

———terminate requirement that disability compensation be reduced by payments received under Dept. of Defense separation programs (see H.R. 4842), H3036 [23MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H201 [6FE]

———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1156 [9AP]

Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H6060 [4SE]

———provide grants for training of realtime court reporters and closed captioners to meet the requirements for closed captioning set forth in the Telecommunications Act (see H.R. 2527), H1284 [11AP]

———tribute to Catholic schools (see H. Res. 335), H105 [29JA]

Israel: express solidarity in the fight against terrorism (see H. Res. 392), H2101 [2MY]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6418 [19SE]

Law enforcement officers: adjust certain U.S. Park Police and Secret Service pension benefits as a result of the conversion to a new salary schedule (see H.R. 1887), H1090 [20MR]

Louisiana: provide economic disaster assistance to rice producers (see H.R. 5446), H7019 [3OC]

Medicare: standardize payment amounts for inpatient hospital services (see H.R. 1609), H687 [5MR]

Members of Congress: render previous service of individuals expelled from Congress as noncreditable for purposes of determining eligibility for retirement and disability benefits (see H.R. 4672), H6473 [23SE]

National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to the etiology of breast cancer (see H.R. 1723), H1283 [11AP]

National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]

Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight: provide funding in the same manner as other financial institutions' regulatory agencies (see H.R. 5696), H8035 [21OC]

Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6778 [26SE]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]

Pipelines: improve safey (see H.R. 3609), H1091 [20MR]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]

Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H7895 [10OC]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6303 [17SE]

Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 5573), H7303 [8OC]

Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]

SEC: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 3764), H523 [14FE]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 4483), H6060 [4SE]

Tariff: primisulfuron (see H.R. 4259), H3454 [11JN]

———provide duty-free benefits for certain products produced within qualifying industrial zones in Turkey and Israel (see H.R. 5002), H6374 [18SE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for amounts paid for health insurance and prescription drug costs of individuals (see H.R. 1127), H655 [4MR]

———clarify the exemption from tax for small property and casualty insurance companies (see H.R. 1908), H3928 [25JN]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———exclude Dept. of Defense student loan repayments by members of the uniformed services from taxable gross income (see H.R. 4555), H6172 [10SE]

———extend benefits to services performed in a combat zone to services performed in response to terrorist attacks (see H.R. 4152), H2019 [1MY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6303 [17SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2714), H1284 [11AP] (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of bonds guaranteed by Federal home loan banks (see H.R. 5670), H8022 [16OC]

———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 831), H2100 [2MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]

———provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism (see H.R. 4647), H2356 [9MY]

Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]

U.S. Military Academy: bicentennial (see H.J. Res. 83), H634 [27FE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]

Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Education: expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 3785), H561 [26FE]

Livingston Parish, LA: repeal the reservation of mineral rights made by the U.S. when certain lands were conveyed (see H.R. 3896), H780 [7MR]

National Guard Challenge Program: revise matching funds requirements for participating States (see H.R. 4595), H1673 [25AP]

Tariff: chromate(3-), bis[3-(hydroxy-.kappa.O)-4-[[2-(hydroxy-.kappa.O)-1-naphthal enyl]]azo-.kappa.N1]-7-nitro-1-naphthalenesulfonato(3-)]-,tri sodium (see H.R. 4173), H1282 [11AP]

———9,10-anthracenedione, 1,5-dihydroxy-4-nitro-8-(phenylamino)-and 9,10-anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-nitro-5-(phenylamino)- mixture (see H.R. 4174), H1282 [11AP]

———9,10-anthracenedione, 1,8-dihydroxy-4-nitro-5-(phenylamino)- and 9,10-anthracenedione, 1,5-diaminochloro-4,8-dihydroxy- mixture (see H.R. 4172), H1282 [11AP]

———9,10-anthracenedione, 1,8-bis(phenylthio)- (see H.R. 4171), H1282 [11AP]

Poems

``Day Liberty Cried,'' Scott Rogers, E1703 [30SE]

Remarks

Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4687, H4691 [16JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), H1550, H1572, H1586 [24AP]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), conference report, H5463 [25JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to instruct conferees, H4842, H4844 [17JY]

———protect investors by improving the accuracy and reliability of corporate disclosures pursuant to securities laws (H.R. 3763), motion to recommit, H1591 [24AP]

———provide for enhanced corporate responsibility under securities laws, H1591 [24AP]

Federal Bureau of Audits: establish to conduct audits of financial statements submitted by reporting issuers, H1572 [24AP]

Financial institutions: reform the Federal deposit insurance system (H.R. 3717), E951 [5JN]

Insurance: ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), conference report, H8804 [14NO]

———ensure the continued financial capacity of insurers to provide coverage for risks from terrorism (H.R. 3210), motion to instruct conferees, H6135 [10SE]

Public Health Service: tribute to Disaster Mortuary Operational Response Team, E38 [29JA]

SEC: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3764), H3907 [25JN]

Terrorism: provide satisfaction of judgements from frozen assets of terrorists, terrorist organizations, and State sponsors of terrorism, H6135 [10SE]

Tributes

Vittoria, Cathy, E907 [24MY]