BALDACCI, JOHN ELIAS (a Representative from Maine)
Amendments
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3038 [23MY]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Agriculture: assist small farms with modernization to increase profitability and competitiveness (see H.R. 4479), H2235 [8MY]
———provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5383), H7895 [10OC]
Amtrak: make loan guarantees (see H.R. 5024), H4068 [26JN]
Animal Welfare Act: strengthen enforcement of animal fighting provisions (see H.R. 5268), H6061 [4SE]
Animals: ensure use of certain antibiotic drugs in agriculture does not compromise human health by contributing to the development of antibiotic resistance (see H.R. 3804), H8023 [16OC]
Armed Forces: provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H8546 [12NO]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3230 [5JN]
———require congressional authority to authorize use against Iraq (see H.J. Res. 109), H6130 [9SE]
Bankruptcy: protect family farmers and family fishermen (see H.R. 5348), H6374 [18SE]
Barry, John: recognize as first flag officer of the U.S. Navy (see H.J. Res. 6), H3826 [21JN]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Business and industry: express support for U.S. forestry, lumber, wood, paper, and allied product industries and encourage protection from unfair trade practices of the People's Republic of China (see H. Res. 557), H6984 [2OC]
Children and youth: provide access to early care and education so the families can work and children can receive quality custodial care (see H.R. 3524), H737 [6MR]
———provide for a national media campaign to reduce and prevent underage drinking (see H.R. 1509), H7303 [8OC]
———provide grants to State child welfare systems and authorize loan forgiveness to child welfare workers (see H.R. 1371), H2164 [7MY]
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Awareness Month: designate (see H. Con. Res. 197), H3161 [4JN]
Colleges and universities: provide for fire sprinkler systems in public and private college and university housing and dormitories (see H.R. 2145), H2945 [22MY]
Computers: penalties for individuals who use false or misleading domain names to attract children to Internet sites not appropriate for children (see H.R. 4658), H2472 [14MY]
Contraceptives: establish a public education and awareness program relative to emergency contraception (see H.R. 3887), H1155 [9AP]
Crime: make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H2471 [14MY]
Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H1003 [19MR]
Dept. of Education: establish a competitive demonstration grant program to provide funds for local educational agencies to experiment with ways to alleviate the substitute teacher shortage (see H.R. 3688), H6983 [2OC]
Dept. of HHS: establish an Office on Men's Health (see H.R. 632), H6559 [24SE]
———establish an Office on Women's Health (see H.R. 1784), H1154 [9AP]
———support research on ovarian cancer screening tests and encourage coverage of effective techniques by health care programs and plans (see H. Con. Res. 385), H3038 [23MY]
Dept. of HUD: grants to States to supplement assistance for the preservation of affordable housing for low-income families (see H.R. 425), H932 [14MR]
———permit public housing agencies to transfer unused low-income rental assistance amounts to the HOME Program or for eligible Capital Fund public housing activities (see H.R. 4205), H5998 [26JY]
———provide for renewal of project-based assisted housing contracts at reimbursement levels that are sufficient to sustain operations (see H.R. 3737), H365 [13FE]
Dept. of National Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 4660), H3292 [6JN]
Dept. of Transportation: require consideration of sulfur or carbon emissions reductions and make renewable fuel projects eligible under the Congestion Mitigation and Air Quality Improvement Program (see H.R. 2088), H6251 [12SE]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: allow for substitution of parties in claims for benefits when the applicant for such benefits dies while the claim is pending (see H.R. 3733), H781 [7MR]
———improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H3161 [4JN]
———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]
———provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6251 [12SE]
———provide U.S. flags for placement on grave sites of Medal of Honor recipients (see H. Con. Res. 284), H142 [5FE]
———recalculate retirement annuities for certain health care professionals performing part-time services (see H.R. 4972), H4425 [9JY]
———suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H3229 [5JN]
Disabled: importance of recruiting and retaining direct support professionals to ensure the proper care of individuals with developmental disabilities (see H. Con. Res. 477), H7019 [3OC]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H932 [14MR]
———expand and coordinate activities of NIH and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention relative to cancer survivorship research and programs (see H.R. 4963), H6172 [10SE]
Ecology and environment: provide assistance for redevelopment of brownfield sites (see H.R. 4894), H3775 [20JN]
Education: establish a pilot program to encourage certification of teachers in low-income, low-performing public elementary and secondary schools by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (see H.R. 4599), H6060 [4SE]
———extend student loan forgiveness to adult education instructors (see H.R. 4123), H2235 [8MY]
———improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
———provide educational opportunities for all students in State public school systems (see H.R. 5346), H6129 [9SE]
———provide for the purchase of textbooks and establishment of the Textbook Recycling Program (see H.R. 4951), H6085 [5SE]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H2662 [20MY]
———increase communication and cooperation with small communities relative to environmental regulations (see H.R. 187), H5453 [24JY]
ERISA: provide for improved disclosure, diversification, account access, and accountability under individual account plans (see H.R. 3657), H285 [12FE]
Families and domestic relations: provide coverage of domestic violence screening and treatment under Maternal and Child Health Program, Medicaid, and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 4032), H1410 [17AP]
FDA: establish authority for the imposition of civil penalties for certain direct-to-consumer advertisements (see H.R. 4833), H3036 [23MY]
Federal aid programs: provide housing assistance to domestic violence victims (see H.R. 3752), H366 [13FE]
Federal employees: clarify computation of annuities for air traffic controllers relative to law enforcement officers and firefighters (see H.R. 4957), H4326 [27JN]
———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 3915), H1156 [9AP]
———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H3859 [24JN]
Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act: amend relative to firefighter assistance (see H.R. 4548), H6251 [12SE]
Federal firefighters: establish presumptive disability benefits for certain diseases and disabilities (see H.R. 2163), H4574 [12JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: amend relative to the development of products for rare diseases (see H.R. 4014), H4425 [9JY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H2019 [1MY]
Fire prevention: reduce threat of wildfires in the wildland-urban interface, support community and private wildfire control efforts, and return receipts generated from hazardous fuels reduction projects to the Treasury (see H.R. 5358), H6304 [17SE]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H4553 [11JY]
Flag—U.S.: provide Capitol-flown flags to the families of deceased law enforcement officers, firefighters, emergency medical technicians, and other rescue workers (see H.R. 3968), H1091 [20MR]
Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material (see H.R. 4814), H3454 [11JN]
Foreign policy: support aspirations of the Tibetan people to safeguard their distinct identity (see H.R. 1779), H932 [14MR]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
FTC: deem the nondisclosure of employer-owned life insurance coverage of employees an unfair trade practice (see H.R. 4551), H2019 [1MY]
———regulation of unfair or deceptive practices by sports agents in the signing of contracts with student athletes (see H.R. 4701), H4605 [15JY]
Health: establish a program to assist family caregivers in accessing affordable and high-quality respite care (see H.R. 5241), H5993 [26JY]
———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H. Con. Res. 99), H3721 [19JN]
———provide grants for public access defibrillation programs and public access defibrillation demonstration projects (see H.R. 3462), H2101 [2MY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H651 [28FE]
———reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
Higher Education Act: establish a scholarship program to encourage and support students who have contributed substantial public services (see H.R. 2487), H737 [6MR]
———incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3928 [25JN]
Hospitals: provide emergency contraceptives to women who are survivors of sexual assault (see H.R. 4113), H3601 [17JN]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H3601 [17JN]
Immigration: establish nonimmigrant classes for border commuter students (see H.R. 4967), H5087 [22JY]
Insurance: coverage of screening mammography (see H.R. 292), H1201 [10AP]
Iron and steel industry: remedy certain injurious effects of steel imports by protecting benefits of steelworkers and retirees and strengthening the U.S. steel industry (see H.R. 4646), H3775 [20JN]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H5087 [22JY]
Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H3229 [5JN]
Law enforcement officers: exclude availability pay for criminal investigators from the limitation on premium pay and modify levels of special pay for Federal officers in certain cities (see H.R. 4763), H7019 [3OC]
Mammography Quality Standards Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 4888), H4425 [9JY]
Medicaid: increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H1003 [19MR]
Medicare: coverage of cholesterol and blood lipid screening (see H.R. 3278), H2511 [15MY]
———coverage of oral drugs to reduce serum phosphate levels in patients with end stage renal disease (see H.R. 3246), H2164 [7MY]
———establish voluntary outpatient prescription drug coverage program and modernize and reform payments and the regulatory structure (see H.R. 5019), H4068 [26JN]
———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H6417 [19SE]
———improve fee-for-services reimbursement rates in rural States (see H.R. 2483), H2101 [2MY]
———increase payments for ambulance services in rural areas, determine rural areas based on population density, and require the use of recent data in determining payment adjustments (see H.R. 3545), H1484 [18AP]
———provide coverage for kidney disease education services (see H.R. 3770), H4931 [18JY]
———repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H2235 [8MY]
Medicare/Medicaid: conduct studies on comparative effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of prescription drugs that account for high levels of expenditures or use by individuals (see H.R. 4832), H3036 [23MY]
Mental health: increase number of well-trained mental health service professionals providing clinical mental health care to children and adolescents (see H.R. 5078), H4424 [9JY]
———provide assistance to train teachers of children with autism spectrum disorders (see H.R. 4728), H3514 [12JN]
———provide for equal insurance coverage of benefits unless comparable limitations are imposed on medical and surgical benefits (see H.R. 4066), H1202 [10AP]
Museum and Library Services Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3784), H932 [14MR]
National and Community Service Act: establish the Right of Passage Community Service Program (see H.R. 4803), H3563 [13JN]
National Community Health Center Week: establish (see H. Con. Res. 418), H4498 [10JY]
National Drought Council: establish (see H.R. 4754), H3161 [4JN]
National Farmers Union: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 462), H6085 [5SE]
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences: authorize development of research centers focusing on environmental factors related to women's health and disease prevention (see H.R. 183), H937 [18MR]
National Kids Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 423), H3825 [21JN]
National Office for Combating Terrorism: establish (see H.R. 4660), H3292 [6JN]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1091 [20MR]
National security: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for homeland security and establish an Office of Homeland Security within the Executive Office of the President (see H.R. 3639), H737 [6MR]
———provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (see H.R. 3825), H937 [18MR] (see H.R. 4598), H1673 [25AP]
Native Americans: clarify citizenship eligibility for certain members of the Tohono O'odham Nation of Arizona (see H.R. 2348), H2356 [9MY]
———protect sacred Native American Federal lands from significant damage (see H.R. 5155), H4930 [18JY]
NATO: recommend integration of Slovak Republic (see H. Res. 253), H2735 [21MY]
Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 5196), H6130 [9SE]
NIH: provide for Alzheimer's disease research and demonstration grants (see H.R. 4606), H4553 [11JY]
Organ donors: allow leave for individuals who provide living organ donations (see H.R. 4008), H1620 [24AP]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H6983 [2OC]
Pensions: ensure that individual account retirement plans protect workers by limiting the amount of employer stock each worker may hold and encouraging diversification of investment of plan assets (see H.R. 3640), H285 [12FE]
Pharmaceuticals: importation of certain prescription drugs (see H.R. 5186), H5194 [23JY]
———permit commercial importation of prescription drugs from Canada (see H.R. 4614), H2356 [9MY]
Presidential Records Act: establish procedures for the consideration of claims of constitutionality based privilege against disclosure of Presidential records (see H.R. 4187), H1533 [23AP]
Public lands: designate certain national parks, wild and scenic rivers, and wilderness areas in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming (see H.R. 488), H3774 [20JN]
Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H4767 [16JY]
Sewage disposal: combined sewer overflow control programs (see H. Con. Res. 403), H3162 [4JN]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
———provide emergency assistance to certain small business concerns that have suffered economic harm from drought (see H.R. 5197), H6130 [9SE]
Social Security: improve benefits for aged survivors, disabled survivors, and divorced spouses (see H.R. 4671), H2472 [14MY]
———improve coverage of certain pregnant women, infants, and children under State Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R. 3675), H140 [5FE]
———provide miscellaneous enhancements in benefits for women (see H.R. 4069), H2472 [14MY]
States: provide incentives to apply certain waivers to use Federal funds to provide affordable employer-based health insurance coverage for uninsured small business workers (see H.R. 4021), H1087 [20MR]
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), H6693 [25SE]
Tariff: impose tariff-rate quotas on certain casein and milk protein concentrates (see H.R. 1786), H6374 [18SE]
Taxation: allow a refundable credit for expenditures for renewable energy property (see H.R. 2179), H3668 [18JN]
———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 3131), H36 [23JA]
———encourage more responsible corporate governance (see H.R. 5088), H5195 [23JY]
———expand renewable resources production tax credit to include additional forms of renewable energy and expand investment tax credit to include equipment used to produce electricity from renewable resources (see H.R. 4668), H3860 [24JN]
———extend the transportation fringe benefit to bicycle commuters (see H.R. 1265), H907 [13MR]
———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H5791 [25JY]
———prevent corporations from avoiding the U.S. income tax by reincorporating in a foreign country (see H.R. 3884), H2945 [22MY]
———prevent corporations from exploiting tax treaties to evade U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4993), H4326 [27JN]
———provide a credit for teachers and principals who work in certain low income schools (see H.R. 3889), H1091 [20MR]
———require child support delinquent parents to include their unpaid obligation in gross income, and allow custodial parents a deduction for unpaid child support (see H.R. 5130), H4765 [16JY]
———treatment of depreciation of potato storage facilities (see H.R. 4718), H4767 [16JY]
———treatment of private activity bonds for water and sewage facilities (see H.R. 2207), H3562 [13JN]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
———mint coins to commemorate events related to the attacks on the World Trade Center, Pentagon, and Somerset County, PA (see H.R. 3980), H931 [14MR]
———provide for a congressional medal to be awarded by the President to civilians killed or wounded in terrorist attacks (see H.R. 3544), H2511 [15MY]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H110 [4FE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H226 [7FE]
U.N.: enhance capability to rapidly respond to emerging crises (see H.R. 938), H3037 [23MY]
Veterans: improve benefits for former POWs (see H.R. 3430), H5087 [22JY]
———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———provide housing loan benefits for the purchase of residential cooperative apartment units (see H.R. 1808), H3229 [5JN]
Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]
Violence Against Women Act: expand legal assistance to victims of dating violence (see H.R. 3193), H6060 [4SE]
Water: authorize appropriations for State water pollution control revolving funds (see H.R. 3930), H3038 [23MY]
———establish marine and freshwater research, development, and demonstration programs to control and eradicate invasive species, educate the public, and restore ecosystems (see H.R. 5395), H6373 [18SE]
———establish national ballast water management program to prevent introduction of invasive species and improve prevention and treatment research and technology (see H.R. 5396), H6373 [18SE]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide grants to States for programs to financially assist veterans who experience certain emergencies (see H.R. 5112), H4574 [12JY]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (see H.R. 4834), H3036 [23MY]
Taxation: provide credits for hiring workers retrained in trade adjustment assistance programs (see H.R. 3768), H523 [14FE]
Trade Act: amend the trade adjustment assistance program to clarify the eligibility requirements for adversely affected workers engaged in self-employment assistance activities (see H.R. 4550), H1532 [23AP]
Unemployment: provide a Federal payment, or reimbursement, to States for special unemployment assistance to individuals participating in qualified worker training programs (see H.R. 4994), H3825 [21JN]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2053
Appropriations: making supplemental appropriations for further recovery from and response to terrorist attacks (H.R. 4775), H3029
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7757 [10OC]
Arts and humanities: National Endowment for the Arts and National Endowment for the Humanities funding through reductions in Dept. of the Interior funding, H4804 [17JY]
Corporations: economic impact of mismanagement, deception, and violations of public trust, H4680 [16JY]
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5861
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5093), H4804 [17JY]
Food industry: improve public health and food safety through enhanced enforcement (H.R. 4834), E923
Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H4544 [11JY]
———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps and establish Healthy Communities Access Program to coordinate services for uninsured and underinsured (S. 1533), H7947
Health care professionals: improve access to physicians in medically underserved areas by extending and increasing foreign country residency requirement waivers for foreign medical graduates (H.R. 4858), E1153
Horatio King Post Office Building, Paris Hill, ME: designate (S. 970), H119
Maine: tribute to ``Celebrating the Women of L/A'' event, E400
Medicare: treatment of certain counties relative to reimbursement rates, H3029
National security: provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities, H5861
———provide for the sharing of homeland security information by Federal intelligence and law enforcement agencies with State and local entities (H.R. 4598), H3940 [26JN]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H443 [13FE]
———increase hard money contribution limits applicable to House candidates, H443 [13FE]
Small business: facilitate compliance with certain Federal paperwork requirements and establish a task force to streamline certain requirements (H.R. 327), Senate amendments, H3628 [18JN]
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3261
———provide credits for hiring workers retrained in trade adjustment assistance programs (H.R. 3768), E176
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1677
———improve the ability of the U.S. to prepare for and respond to a biological threat or attack (H.R. 3448), conference report, H2856
Trade Act: amend the trade adjustment assistance program to clarify the eligibility requirements for adversely affected workers engaged in self-employment assistance activities (H.R. 4550), E611
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (H.R. 3694), H2412
Votes: position on missed, H4521 [11JY], E696
Remarks in House relative to
Leave of absence: granted, H557 [26FE], H1671 [25AP]
Subpoena Notices
Penobscot County Superior Court of Maine, H2394 [14MY]