BAIRD, BRIAN (a Representative from Washington)

Amendments

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), H769 [7FE]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4137, College Opportunity and Affordability Act, H7280 [29JY]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: conserve global bear populations by prohibiting the importation, exportation, and interstate trade of bear viscera and items or products containing bear viscera (see H.R. 5534), H5580 [18JN]

Antarctic Treaty: anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 345), H3186 [7MY]

Antitrust policy: amend laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems (see H.R. 5546), H4151 [19MY]

Armed Forces: establish a program of educational assistance for members who have served after September 11, 2001 (see H.R. 5740), H2948 [30AP]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the U.S. Army and direct proceeds from sales of such coins to the establishment of the National Museum of the U.S. Army (see H.R. 5714), H10300 [27SE]

———prohibit increases in fees for military health care (see H.R. 579), H6825 [22JY]

Aviation: establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights (see H.R. 5788), H2760 [24AP]

Boy Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 5872), H2552 [22AP]

Burma: condemn undemocratic constitution and scheduled referendum (see H. Con. Res. 317), H2225 [10AP]

Civil Rights Act: mint coins in commemoration of semicentennial of enactment (see H.R. 2040), H1031 [25FE]

Climate: reduce greenhouse gas emissions and protect the climate (see H.R. 1590), H7307 [29JY]

Coast Guard: recognize heritage (see H. Res. 1382), H7307 [29JY]

Commission on Comprehensive Strategies for the Placement of Natural Gas Infrastructure: establish (see H.R. 6720), H7785 [31JY]

Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 1673), H7853 [8SE]

Credit: provide for enhanced disclosure under an open end credit plan (see H.R. 5244), H1155 [27FE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Multiple Sclerosis National Surveillance System (see H.R. 5874), H4878 [3JN]

———provide for the participation of optometrists in the National Health Service Corps scholarship and loan repayment programs (see H.R. 1884), H456 [23JA]

Dept. of State: enhance diplomatic relations with foreign countries and promote domestic business interests abroad by establishing a grant program to promote international travel to the U.S. (see H.R. 3670), H2658 [23AP]

Dept. of the Treasury: permit transfer of funds to restore the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 6532), H6726 [17JY]

Diseases: provide for arthritis research and public health (see H.R. 1283), H7955 [9SE]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to purchase American-made goods and services from American-owned companies (see H. Res. 977), H4878 [3JN]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 2169), H295 [16JA]

Fire prevention: provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities and develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy (see H.R. 5541), H1889 [1AP]

Forests: expand areas of Federal land on which certain hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted (see H.R. 6787), H10300 [27SE]

Grand Coulee Dam: anniversary (see H. Res. 1374), H7164 [24JY]

Hazardous substances: ban sodium fluoroacetate (Compound 1080), collect and destroy remaining stocks, compensate for any turned in for destruction, and prohibit Government use of certain predator control devices (see H.R. 4775), H4151 [19MY]

Health: improve access to emergency medical services through medical liability reform and additional Medicare payments (see H.R. 882), H6825 [22JY]

———make antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers in the same manner as collective bargaining by labor organizations (see H.R. 971), H5580 [18JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 6444), H6341 [9JY]

———support further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus (see H. Con. Res. 163), H1539 [11MR]

Health care professionals: provide relief for the shortage of nurses (see H.R. 5924), H7165 [24JY]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2894), H1418 [6MR]

House Ethics Commission: establish (see H. Res. 1018), H1418 [6MR]

House of Representatives: limit State redistricting after an apportionment of Representatives and require such redistricting be conducted by independent commissions (see H.R. 543), H8276 [16SE]

Insurance: require health plans to cover treatment of a minor child's congenital or developmental deformity or disorder due to trauma, infection, tumor, or disease (see H.R. 1655), H7955 [9SE]

Iron and steel industry: require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the U.S. in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work (see H.R. 5935), H4322 [20MY]

Jacob Lawrence Post Office Building, Seattle, WA: designate (see H.R. 6187), H4974 [4JN]

Jordan: express sense regarding Jordanian institutions (see H. Con. Res. 276), H1221 [4MR]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 244), H943 [13FE]

Marine resources: strengthen awareness of values of coral reefs and associated ecosystems, reduce threats to coral reefs, and implement strategies for conservation of such ecosystems (see H. Con. Res. 300), H4151 [19MY]

Medicaid: restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 4054), H1702 [13MR]

Medicare: improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 5953), H3018 [1MY]

———protect and preserve access of beneficiaries in rural areas to health care providers (see H.R. 2860), H10975 [10DE]

———provide coverage for the shingles vaccine (see H.R. 5877), H2657 [23AP]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1134), H2658 [23AP]

MRSA Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 988), H994 [14FE]

National Bioenergy Partnership: establish (see H.R. 6738), H7786 [31JY]

National Brain Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 424), H1703 [13MR]

National Brain Tumor Awareness Month: establish (see H. Res. 1124), H2659 [23AP]

National Cancer Institute: make grants for the discovery and validation of biomarkers for use in risk stratification for, and early detection and screening of, ovarian cancer (see H.R. 3689), H6407 [10JY]

National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 299), H1446 [10MR]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 917), H24 [15JA]

National Guard Youth Challenge Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1202), H5045 [5JN]

National Health Care Decisions Day: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 323), H2444 [16AP]

National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute: expand, intensify, and coordinate pulmonary hypertension research activities (see H.R. 3368), H814 [7FE] (see H.R. 6568), H7854 [8SE]

National Hidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1037), H10867 [9DE]

National Nurses Week: recognize (see H. Res. 1086), H2855 [29AP]

National Osteoporosis Awareness and Prevention Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 369), H3187 [7MY]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 671), H6473 [14JY]

National Park Service: establish a National Park Centennial Fund (see H.R. 3094), H5482 [17JN]

National Public Health Week: observance (see H. Res. 1081), H2016 [4AP]

National Public Works Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1137), H2658 [23AP]

National Scleroderma Awareness Month: designate (see H. Res. 1232), H5798 [20JN]

National STD Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1131), H2553 [22AP]

Native Americans: require issuance of medals to recognize the dedication and valor of Native American Code Talkers (see H.R. 4544), H457 [23JA]

Natural gas: restore State and local participation in the siting, construction, expansion, and operation of liquefied natural gas terminals (see H.R. 2042), H2658 [23AP]

North Platte, NE: recognize as Rail Town USA (see H. Con. Res. 408), H7788 [31JY]

Pensions: allow employees of a commercial passenger airline carrier who receive payments in a bankruptcy proceeding to roll over such payments into an individual retirement plan (see H.R. 4061), H943 [13FE]

Power resources: promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 5236), H9085 [23SE]

———regulate certain transactions involving energy commodities and strengthen enforcement authorities of FERC under Natural Gas Act and Federal Power Act (see H.R. 6330), H5796 [20JN]

Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 896), H3404 [8MY]

Privacy: protect consumers by requiring reasonable security policies and procedures to protect computerized data containing personal information and require data breach notification (see H.R. 958), H295 [16JA]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see H.R. 6364), H6088 [25JN]

Recycling: require certain metal recyclers to keep records of their transactions in order to deter theft and interstate fencing of stolen copper (see H.R. 6831), H10132 [26SE]

Residential Lead-Based Paint Hazard Reduction Act: define environmental intervention blood lead level (see H.R. 3397), H3404 [8MY]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 5235), H6342 [9JY]

Shipping industry: require that fuel surcharges collected by a motor carrier, broker, or freight forwarder be passed through to the person responsible for bearing the cost of fuel (see H.R. 5977), H7809 [1AU]

Small business: reauthorize the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (see H.R. 5789), H2354 [15AP]

Social Security: ensure that trust fund receipts and disbursements are not included in a unified Federal budget and protect solvency by mandating that trust fund monies not be diverted to private accounts (see H.R. 1353), H3403 [8MY]

Surveyors: recognize contribution to society (see H. Con. Res. 223), H6826 [22JY]

Taxation: allow employees not covered by qualified retirement plans to save for retirement through automatic payroll deposit individual retirement accounts and facilitate similar savings by the self-employed (see H.R. 2167), H479 [28JA]

———increase and extend certain renewable energy and energy efficiency incentives (see H.R. 3807), H1772 [14MR]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 2020), H7058 [23JY]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 6896), H8127 [15SE]

———provide credit rate parity for all renewable resources under the electricity production credit (see H.R. 1924), H2947 [30AP]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 1333), H7790 [31JY]

Technology: authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development (see H.R. 5940), H3017 [1MY]

Television: make digital television transition and public safety funds available sooner to low-power rural stations and translators (see H.R. 5696), H4151 [19MY]

Terrorism: anniversary of bombing of Marine Corps barracks in Beirut, Lebanon (see H. Res. 1421), H8050 [11SE]

Transportation: establish Green Transportation Infrastructure Research and Technology Transfer Centers (see H.R. 5161), H1032 [25FE]

Transportation Security Administration: provide certain personnel management requirements (see H.R. 3212), H10300 [27SE]

University of Kansas: tribute to men's basketball team (see H. Res. 1096), H2356 [15AP]

Washington: expand the Alpine Lakes Wilderness and protect the watershed of the Pratt River (see H.R. 4113), H10132 [26SE]

Women: increase awareness of the existence of, and overcome, gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training (see H.R. 6314), H5728 [19JN]

Yunus, Muhammad: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1801), H7629 [30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bhutan: commemorate participation in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commend commitment to conducting parliamentary elections (see H. Res. 1307), H6176 [26JN]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 930), H349 [17JA]

Dept. of Education: provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Federal Student Loan Program (see H.R. 6698), H7784 [31JY]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 6567), H6824 [22JY]

Economy: encourage recipients of rebate checks from the economic stimulus package to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services (see H. Res. 987), H994 [14FE]

Immigration: require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for U.S. workers (see H.R. 5726), H2069 [8AP]

International Year of the Reef: recognize (see H. Res. 1112), H2442 [16AP]

Lobbying Disclosure Act: require disclosure of political intelligence activities (see H.R. 5617), H1701 [13MR]

Native Americans: restore Federal recognition to the Chinook Nation (see H.R. 6689), H7784 [31JY]

SBA: provide low-interest loans to small business concerns providing transportation services to assist them in dealing with high motor fuel prices (see H.R. 6922), H8396 [17SE]

Trade Agreement Enforcement Commission: establish (see H.R. 6540), H6726 [17JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H561 [6FE]

Letters

Federal Ocean Acidification Research and Monitoring (FOARAM) Act: Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H6264 [9JY]

———Representative Rahall, Committee on Natural Resources (House), H6264 [9JY]

Remarks

Bhutan: commemorate participation in the Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commend commitment to conducting parliamentary elections (H. Res. 1307), H7879, H7880, H7881 [9SE]

Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2008-2013 (H. Con. Res. 312), H1570 [12MR]

Bulgaria: independence anniversary (H. Res. 1383), H7878 [9SE]

Career and Technical Education Month: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 930), H1009 [25FE]

Clark College: anniversary, E1889 [24SE]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2830), H2668 [24AP]

Dept. of Education: conduct a study on providing student loan eligibility to less than half-time students and make recommendations on establishing a pilot program, H769 [7FE]

Education: funding, H1570 [12MR]

Higher Education Act: amend and extend (H.R. 4137), H769 [7FE]

International Year of the Reef: recognize (H. Res. 1112), H2510, H2511, H2512 [22AP]

Lantos, Tom: tribute (H. Res. 975), E198 [14FE]

Mental health: require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 1424), H1286 [5MR]

———require equity in the provision of mental health and substance-related disorder benefits under group health plans (H.R. 6983), H8623 [23SE]

NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program and a national undersea research program (H.R. 1834), H963 [14FE]

Oceans: establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish an ocean acidification program within NOAA (H.R. 4174), H6261, H6263, H6264, H6265 [9JY]

SBA: improve the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program and the Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) Program (H.R. 5819), H2601 [23AP]

Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act: make payments to local governments in which entitlement land is located and provide transitional payments to entities previously entitled to payments (H.R. 3058), H4923 [4JN]

Space policy: anniversary of Landsat spacecraft space-based Earth observations (H. Res. 891), H2512, H2513 [22AP]

Taxation: equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes, H2668 [24AP]

Votes: position on missed, E75 [28JA]

Washington: commend support for the needs of veterans and encourage residents of other States to pursue creative ways to show their own support for veterans (H. Res. 790), H914, H915 [13FE]

Wheeler, John A.: tribute (H. Res. 1118), H2513, H2514, H2515 [22AP]

Statements

Tribute to Tom Lantos: Don Bonker, E198 [14FE]