BAIRD, BRIAN (a Representative from Washington)

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

AID: establish the Health Technology Program (see H.R. 3560), H12288 [3NO]

Alpine Lakes Wilderness: expand to designate the Middle Fork Snoqualmie River and Pratt River as wild and scenic (see H.R. 1769), H4063 [26MR]

American Dental Association: anniversary (see H. Res. 204), H5000 [29AP]

Animals: issue a Multinational Species Conservation Funds Semipostal Stamp (see H.R. 1454), H10070 [29SE]

———prohibit certain conduct relative to the use of horses for human consumption (see H.R. 503), H1045 [4FE]

Antarctic Treaty: anniversary of signing (see H. Con. Res. 51), H8101 [14JY]

Arizona: withdraw Tusayan Ranger District and BLM-managed Federal land in the vicinity of Kanab Creek and in House Rock Valley from location, entry, and patent under mining laws (see H.R. 644), H7023 [18JN]

Armed Forces: authorize members to designate anyone as the person authorized to direct disposition of the remains of the member if the member dies while on active duty (see H.R. 1633), H6744 [12JN]

———enhance readiness by replacing current ``Don't Ask, Don't Tell'' policy concerning homosexuality with a policy of nondiscrimination on the basis of sexual orientation (see H.R. 1283), H3402 [12MR]

———mint coins in commemoration of the establishment of the Medal of Honor (see H.R. 1209), H3835 [24MR]

———provide for forgiveness of certain overpayments of retired pay paid to deceased retired members following their death (see H.R. 613), H4583 [21AP]

———provide vouchers for postal benefits for personal correspondence and small parcels to members serving or hospitalized overseas, and make such vouchers transferable (see H.R. 707), H4129 [30MR]

———reduce sexual assault and domestic violence involving members and their families and partners (see H.R. 840), H8495 [21JY]

Budget: reinstitute and update the pay-as-you-go requirement of budget neutrality on new tax and mandatory spending legislation, enforced by the threat of annual, automatic sequestration (see H.R. 2920), H6971 [17JN]

Chicago, IL: encourage selection by the International Olympic Committee to host 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

China: authorize assistance to small- and medium-sized U.S. businesses to promote exports (see H.R. 2310), H6155 [3JN]

———support detained human rights activists Huang Qi and Tan Zuoren relative to investigation of the role poor construction and corruption played in death of children in school collapses during Sichuan earthquake (see H. Res. 877), H12141 [29OC]

Chula Vista, CA: tribute to Chula Vista Park View Little League baseball team (see H. Res. 725), H9550 [15SE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (see H.R. 12), H28 [6JA]

Consumers: protect from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels (see H.R. 2129), H4839 [27AP]

Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: ratification (see H. Res. 22), H2603 [23FE]

Corps of Engineers: extend the authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the evaluation of certain permits (see H.R. 4165), H13521 [3DE]

Correctional institutions: permit targeted interference with mobile radio services within prison facilities (see H.R. 560), H1045 [4FE]

Cousteau, Jacques-Yves: tribute (see H. Res. 518), H6306 [8JN]

Cuba: lift travel restrictions (see H.R. 874), H4129 [30MR]

Defense of Marriage Act: repeal and ensure respect for State regulation of marriage (see H.R. 3567), H12588 [6NO]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide loans to support conversion of energy generation or heating and cooling systems to use of renewable biomass and installation of necessary equipment (see H.R. 4227), H13627 (see H.R. 4227), H14371 [8DE]

Dept. of Education: establish a partnership with National Park Service to provide educational opportunities for students and teachers (see H.R. 2081), H4732 [23AP]

———establish and administer an awards program recognizing excellence exhibited by public school system employees providing services to students in pre-kindergarten through higher education (see H.R. 2377), H12044 [28OC]

———establish the Grants for College Access and Completion Program (see H.R. 3259), H13069 [17NO]

Dept. of Energy: designate National Environmental Research Parks (see H.R. 2729), H6807 [15JN]

———ensure consideration of water intensity in energy research, development, and demonstration programs to help guarantee efficient, reliable, and sustainable delivery of energy and water resources (see H.R. 3598), H13386 [1DE]

Dept. of HHS: establish a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee (see H.R. 1179), H8100 [14JY]

———establish permanent national surveillance systems for multiple sclerosis, Parkinson's disease, and other neurological diseases and disorders (see H.R. 1362), H9207 [30JY]

Dept. of State: provide assistance to eradicate trafficking in children in eligible countries through implementation of Child Protection Compacts (see H.R. 2737), H11111 [7OC]

Dept. of the Interior: continue stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area (see H.R. 2430), H5665 [14MY]

———designate certain lands in Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming as wilderness, wild and scenic rivers, wildland recovery areas, and biological connecting corridors (see H.R. 980), H5485 [12MY]

Dept. of the Navy: redesignate as the Dept. of the Navy and Marine Corps (see H.R. 24), H3055 [5MR]

Dept. of Transportation: implement pilot program to establish truck parking facilities (see H.R. 2156), H13002 [16NO]

Developing countries: provide debt relief to developing countries that take action to protect forests and coral reefs and associated coastal marine ecosystems (see H.R. 52), H9491 [14SE]

Discrimination: clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the compensation decision or other practice (see H.R. 11), H27 [6JA]

Diseases: establish Centers for Disease Control and Prevention national screening program and allow States to provide medical assistance for individuals with colorectal cancer or polyps (see H.R. 1189), H13002 [16NO]

———identify causes and cure, expand data collection, and study access to and quality of care for people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis (see H.R. 930), H9807 [22SE]

———increase awareness of risks of breast cancer in young women and provide support for young women diagnosed with breast cancer (see H.R. 1740), H8809 [24JY]

———reauthorize and enhance programs to increase awareness and knowledge with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 2941), H9807 [22SE]

———require group and individual health insurance coverage and group health plans to cover oral cancer drugs on terms no less favorable than coverage provided for intravenously administered anticancer medications (see H.R. 2366), H9999 [25SE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 213), H9206 [30JY]

Education: encourage teaching of U.S. Constitution to high school students in their senior year (see H. Res. 686), H9283 [31JY]

———increase assessment accuracy to better measure student achievement and provide States with greater flexibility on assessment design (see H.R. 655), H485 [22JA]

Employment: prohibit discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation or gender identity (see H.R. 3017), H9807 [22SE]

EPA: award grants for electronic waste reduction research, development, and demonstration projects (see H.R. 1580), H3640 [18MR]

Father's Day: observance (see H. Res. 539), H6743 [12JN]

Federal employees: provide benefits to domestic partners (see H.R. 2517), H7250 [24JN]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: preserve effectiveness of medically important antibiotics used in treatment of human and animal diseases (see H.R. 1549), H7837 [8JY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 1310), H4130 [30MR]

Financial institutions: advance the ability of credit unions to promote small business growth and economic development opportunities (see H.R. 3380), H11384 [14OC]

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. 1404), H3835 [24MR]

Fish and Wildlife Act: establish additional prohibitions on shooting wildlife from aircraft (see H.R. 3381), H9055 [29JY]

Forests: expand areas of Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted and add protection of infrastructure in rural communities (see H.R. 4233), H13628 (see H.R. 4233), H14371 [8DE]

FRS: reform manner in which GAO audits the FRS Board of Governors and the manner in which such audits are reported (see H.R. 1207), H8009 [10JY]

FTC: prescribe rules to protect consumers from unfair and deceptive acts and practices in connection with primary and secondary ticket sales (see H.R. 2669), H8356 [17JY]

Georgia: express condolences to families of victims of storms and floods, honor emergency responders, and support FEMA efforts to respond to needs of those affected by floods (see H. Res. 765), H9899 [23SE]

Girl Scouts: mint coins in commemoration of centennial of establishment (see H.R. 621), H8008 [10JY]

Health: expand access to preventive health care services that help reduce unintended pregnancy, reduce the number of abortions, and improve access to women's health care (see H.R. 463), H922 [3FE]

———permit Federal funding for syringe exchange programs to reduce transmission of bloodborne pathogens, including HIV and viral hepatitis (see H.R. 179), H7740 [7JY]

———require group and individual insurer coverage of individuals participating in approved cancer clinical trials (see H.R. 716), H8025 [13JY]

———understand and comprehensively address oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use (see H.R. 1671), H4525 [2AP]

Health care professionals: increase number of primary care physicians and primary care providers and improve patient access to primary care services (see H.R. 2350), H9442 [10SE]

High-Performance Building Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 492), H6267 [4JN]

History: mint coins in commemoration of the bicentennial of the writing of the ``Star-Spangled Banner'' and the War of 1812 (see H.R. 2097), H7947 [9JY]

House of Representatives: permit donation of used computer equipment to public schools (see H.R. 181), H2603 [23FE]

Immigration: allow U.S. citizens and lawful permanent residents to sponsor their permanent partners for U.S. residence (see H.R. 1024), H3402 [12MR]

———reform by securing borders, clarifying and enforcing existing laws, and enabling a practical employer verification program (see H.R. 3308), H12198 [2NO]

———reform policies relative to family-sponsored immigrants and reduce the number of such immigrants (see H.R. 878), H8025 [13JY]

Insurance: cover screening mammography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) for women over 40 and for women at high risk for breast cancer if diagnostic mammography is covered (see H.R. 995), H7085 [19JN]

———further competition in the insurance industry (see H.R. 1583), H3640 [18MR]

———require coverage of minimum hospital stays for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection relative to breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations (see H.R. 1691), H6015 [21MY]

———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. 1339), H9397 [9SE]

John `Bud' Hawk Post Office, Rollingbay, WA: designate (see H.R. 955), H1157 [10FE]

Jordan: anniversary of relations with U.S. and accession to the throne of King Abdullah II (see H. Res. 833), H12198 [2NO]

Kentucky: tribute to volunteers for efforts in responding to ice storm (see H. Res. 214), H3528 [17MR]

Labor unions: establish efficient system to enable employees to form, join, or assist labor organizations and provide for mandatory injunctions for unfair labor practices during organizing efforts (see H.R. 1409), H3144 [10MR]

Lakewood, WA: express condolences to families of slain police officers (see H. Res. 939), H13386 [1DE]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 49), H9731 [17SE]

Madagascar: condemn illegal extraction of natural resources (see H. Res. 839), H11740 [23OC]

McCourt, Frank: tribute (see H. Res. 743), H9962 [24SE]

Medicaid: permit States the option to provide coverage for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see H.R. 1616), H13069 [17NO]

———restore and protect access to discount drug prices for university-based and safety-net clinics (see H.R. 398), H1045 [4FE]

Medicare: improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 902), H1043 [4FE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill vacancies in the Senate and House of Representatives (see H.J. Res. 53), H5891 [20MY]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 156), H33 [6JA]

Mental Health Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 437), H5713 [18MY]

Middle East: commend efforts to teach the history of both Israelis and Palestinians to students in Israel and the West Bank to foster mutual understanding, respect, and tolerance (see H. Res. 511), H6265 [4JN]

Mitchell, George J.: support appointment as Special Envoy for Middle East Peace (see H. Res. 130), H1608 [13FE]

NASA: award Congressional Gold Medal to Neil A. Armstrong, Edwin E. (Buzz) Aldrin, Michael Collins, and John Glenn (see H.R. 2245), H8025 [13JY]

National Boating Day: observance (see H. Res. 410), H6267 [4JN]

National Chemistry Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 793), H11168 [8OC]

National Engineers Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 117), H1044 [4FE]

National Guard: provide for employment and reemployment rights for certain individuals ordered to full-time service (see H.R. 1879), H12044 [28OC]

National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 727), H9808 [22SE]

National Pipeline Safety Day: designate (see H. Res. 484), H6013 [21MY]

National Women's History Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 211), H3055 [5MR]

Native Americans: provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina (see H.R. 31), H602 [27JA]

NOAA: establish Salmon Stronghold Partnership program (see H.R. 2055), H9738 [21SE]

Nobel Prize: recognition of President Obama for peace (see H. Res. 864), H14446 [9DE]

Nuclear weapons: support a national day of remembrance for workers of the U.S. nuclear weapons program (see H. Res. 790), H11112 [7OC]

Oceans: adopt national policies and pursue international agreements to prevent ocean acidification, and study its impacts and effects on marine ecosystems and coastal economies (see H. Res. 989), H15502 [16DE]

Oil Pollution Act: amend the Oil Pollution Research and Development Program (see H.R. 2693), H6154 [3JN]

Olympic Day: observance (see H. Res. 538), H6973 [17JN]

Oregon: anniversary of statehood (see H. Res. 170), H3056 [5MR]

Palmer, Arnold: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1243), H4397 [1AP]

Peru: cease hostile activity against indigenous peoples and engage in dialogue to address ongoing political conflict between state authorities and indigenous peoples (see H. Res. 574), H8303 [16JY]

Pi Day: designate (see H. Res. 224), H3104 [9MR]

Postal Service: allow payment of share of contributions for annuitants' health benefits out of the Postal Service Retiree Health Benefits Fund (see H.R. 22), H3145 [10MR]

———modify procedures for closure or consolidation of post offices (see H.R. 658), H7023 [18JN]

Power resources: enhance research, development, and demonstration of solar energy technologies (see H.R. 3585), H10070 [29SE]

———promote use of certain materials harvested from public lands in the production of renewable fuel (see H.R. 1190), H3438 [16MR]

Public lands: designate certain portions of the red rock canyons of the Colorado Plateau and the Basin and Range Deserts in Utah as wilderness (see H.R. 1925), H4521 [2AP]

Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 2499), H5791 [19MY]

Puget Sound: provide assistance for programs and activities to protect water quality (see H.R. 4029), H12456 [5NO]

Radioactive substances: prohibit importation of certain low-level radioactive waste into the U.S. (see H.R. 515), H3078 [6MR]

Real Salt Lake (soccer team): tribute (see H. Res. 942), H13466 [2DE]

Ronald Reagan Centennial Commission: establish (see H.R. 131), H1045 [4FE]

Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: include bullying and harassment prevention programs (see H.R. 2262), H11581 [21OC]

Safe Drinking Water Act: repeal exemption for hydraulic fracturing (see H.R. 2766), H8708 [23JY]

Safety: express importance of swimming lessons and recognize danger of drowning among minority children (see H. Res. 57), H4064 [26MR]

Ships and vessels: establish requirements to ensure the security and safety of passengers and crew on cruise vessels (see H.R. 1485), H7741 [7JY]

———promote secure ferry transportation (see H.R. 2172), H5063 [30AP]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 235), H6266 [4JN]

Suzuki, Ichiro: tribute (see H. Res. 750), H9730 [17SE]

Taxation: allow deduction equal to fair market value for charitable contributions of literary, musical, artistic, or scholarly compositions created by the donor (see H.R. 1126), H6076 [2JN]

———expand credit for renewable electricity production to include electricity produced from biomass for on-site use (see H.R. 622), H4583 [21AP]

———extend and modify the railroad track maintenance credit (see H.R. 1132), H13002 [16NO]

———impose a tax on transactions in oil futures and options and deposit the revenues from the tax into the Highway Trust Fund (see H.R. 3379), H9055 [29JY]

———increase standard mileage rate for charitable purposes to equal the rate for business purposes (see H.R. 345), H3338 [11MR]

———make permanent the rate reduction for qualified timber gains (see H.R. 2543), H7250 [24JN]

———make permanent the special rule for contributions of qualified conservation contributions (see H.R. 1831), H13386 [1DE]

———repeal withholding tax on Federal, State, and local government contracts (see H.R. 275), H6155 [3JN]

———treat automatic fire sprinkler systems as 5-year property for purposes of depreciation (see H.R. 1194), H9281 [31JY]

Tay-Sachs Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 692), H9731 [17SE]

Technology: authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development (see H.R. 554), H380 [15JA]

Tiller, George: condemn murder, express condolences to family, and reject intolerance and the use of violence as a response to a difference in beliefs (see H. Res. 505), H6265 [4JN]

Uganda: develop a strategy to support efforts to protect civilians and eliminate threat posed by the Lord's Resistance Army and authorize funds for relief, reconstruction, and transitional justice (see H.R. 2478), H9807 [22SE]

University of Washington: tribute to women's softball team (see H. Res. 517), H6306 [8JN]

Washington (State): anniversary of Pig War crisis on San Juan Island (see H. Res. 652), H8302 [16JY]

———honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (see H. Res. 627), H8008 [10JY]

Water: require a national primary drinking water regulation for perchlorate (see H.R. 3206), H9808 [22SE]

Water Research and Development Initiative: implement (see H.R. 1145), H4583 [21AP]

Wildlife: prevent introduction and establishment of nonnative invasive wildlife species that negatively impact the economy, environment, or human or animal health (see H.R. 669), H6155 [3JN]

Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP): award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2014), H5892 [20MY]

World War II: award Congressional Gold Medal to the 100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Regimental Combat Team, U.S. Army (see H.R. 347), H4524 [2AP]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Congress: prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress and require additional reporting of securities transaction by Members and employees (see H.R. 682), H525 [26JA]

Dept. of Commerce: establish a National Harmful Algal Bloom and Hypoxia Program (see H.R. 3650), H9998 [25SE]

Dept. of Energy: establish a social and behavioral sciences research program (see H.R. 3247), H8355 [17JY]

Diseases: expand research, prevention, and awareness activities relative to pulmonary fibrosis (see H.R. 1079), H1605 [13FE]

Health care professionals: reform the medical malpractice and liability system (see H.R. 3459), H9276 [31JY]

House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 554), H6972 [17JN]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to temporarily fill mass vacancies in Congress and preserve the people's right to elect their Representatives and Senators (see H.J. Res. 52), H5891 [20MY]

Native Americans: restore Federal recognition to the Chinook Nation (see H.R. 2576), H6009 [21MY] (see H.R. 3084), H7703 [26JN]

Oceans: develop and coordinate interagency ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish ocean acidification program within NOAA (see H.R. 14), H28 [6JA]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (see H.R. 1736), H4061 [26MR]

Taxation: make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes (see H.R. 16), H28 [6JA]

Letters

International Science and Technology Cooperation Act: Representative Berman, Committee on Foreign Affairs (House), H6272 [8JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H6272 [8JN]

STEM Education Coordination Act: Representative George Miller, Committee on Education and Labor (House), H6273 [8JN]

———Representative Gordon, Committee on Science and Technology (House), H6273 [8JN]

Remarks

American Battlefield Protection Act: establish battlefield acquisition grant program to acquire and protect nationally significant battlefields and associated sites of the Revolutionary War and the War of 1812 (H.R. 146), Senate amendments, H3978 [25MR]

Coast Guard: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 3619), consideration (H. Res. 853), H11626 [22OC]

Depts. of the Interior and Agriculture: designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities, H3978 [25MR]

———designate certain wilderness areas, wild and scenic rivers, trails, and national heritage areas, and authorize certain programs and activities (S. 22), H3281, H3285 [11MR]

Fish and fishing: strengthen enforcement mechanisms to stop illegal, unreported, and unregulated fishing (H.R. 1080), H9754 [22SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (H.R. 3962), H12225 [3NO]

High-Performance Building Week: support goals and ideals (H. Res. 492), H6275, H6276, H6277 [8JN]

House of Representatives: moment of silence in tribute to Dewey Smith, H5375 [7MY]

NOAA: establish a coordinated national ocean exploration program and a national undersea research program, H3978 [25MR]

———tribute to Aquarius undersea laboratory, H3978 [25MR]

Oceans: develop and coordinate interagency ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and establish ocean acidification program within NOAA, H3285 [11MR]

Office of Science and Technology Policy: establish a committee to identify and coordinate international science and technology cooperation (H.R. 1736), H6270, H6271, H6272 [8JN]

———establish committee with responsibility to coordinate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics education activities and programs of all Federal agencies (H.R. 1709), H6272, H6273, H6274 [8JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H12241 [3NO]

Taxation: equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes, H11626 [22OC]

U.N.: condemn Human Rights Council report alleging Israeli war crimes and crimes against humanity relative to operations in the Gaza Strip (H. Res. 867), H12237, H12241 [3NO]

Votes: position on missed, E70 [13JA]

Washington (State): honor citizen-soldiers, including the 81st Brigade Combat Team (Heavy) of the Washington Army National Guard and Air National Guard (H. Res. 627), H11312 [14OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H5396 [7MY]

Tributes

Smith, Dewey, H5375 [7MY]