Representative Brian Baird (D-WA-03)

Representative Brian Baird (D-WA-03)
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H.R.6689 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Chinook Nation Restoration Act To restore Federal recognition to the Chinook Nation, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6698 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Preventing Student Loan Discrimination Act To provide for nondiscrimination by eligible lenders in the Robert T. Stafford Federal Student Loan Program. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1307 Brian Baird 42 Cosponsors 1 points	Commemorating the Kingdom of Bhutan's participation in the 2008 Smithsonian Folklife Festival and commending the people and the Government of the Kingdom of Bhutan for their commitment to holding elections and broadening political participation. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.407 Brian Baird 1 Cosponsors 13 points	Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area Study Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study to determine the feasibility of establishing the Columbia-Pacific National Heritage Area in the States of Washington and Oregon, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5726 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to require prospective employers of H-1B nonimmigrants to participate in an educational, training, or mentorship program for United States workers. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 28, 2008

H.RES.1112 Brian Baird 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Recognizing 2008 as the International Year of the Reef. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, April 22, 2008
H.R.5617 Brian Baird 2 Cosponsors 5 points	Political Intelligence Disclosure Act To amend the Lobbying Disclosure Act of 1995 to require the disclosure of political intelligence activities. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 14, 2008
H.RES.930 Brian Baird 29 Cosponsors 5 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "Career and Technical Education Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, February 25, 2008
H.RES.790 Brian Baird 8 Cosponsors 8 points	Commending the people of the State of Washington for showing their support for the needs of the State of Washington's veterans and encouraging residents of other States to pursue creative ways to show their own support for veterans. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.RES.987 Brian Baird 108 Cosponsors 1 points	Encouraging Americans to join others across the country in using their rebate checks to invest in renewable energy and energy-efficient products and services in order to save money, stimulate the economy, and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.J.RES.56 Brian Baird 1 Cosponsors 5 points	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to temporarily fill mass vacancies in the House of Representatives and the Senate and to preserve the right of the people to elect their Representatives and Senators in Congress. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, January 14, 2008
H.R.4362 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To clarify the temporary suspension of duty on 9, 10-Anthracenedione. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
H.R.4363 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on 9, 10-Anthracenedione, 2 pentyl-. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
H.R.4364 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain magnesium peroxide. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, December 11, 2007
H.R.3163 Brian Baird 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Healthy Americans Act To provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
H.R.3187 Brian Baird 29 Cosponsors 5 points	Meth Mouth Correctional Costs and Reentry Support Act To amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to understand and comprehensively address the inmate oral health problems associated with methamphetamine use, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 10, 2007
H.RES.575 Brian Baird 89 Cosponsors 5 points	Commending the people and the Government of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan for their continued committment to holding elections and broadening political participation, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 5, 2007
H.R.1769 Brian Baird 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Endangered Salmon Predation Prevention Act To amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to reduce predation on endangered Columbia River salmon, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, August 2, 2007
H.R.2341 Brian Baird 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Stop Trading on Congressional Knowledge Act To prohibit securities and commodities trading based on nonpublic information relating to Congress, and to require additional reporting by Members and employees of Congress of securities transaction, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 26, 2007
H.RES.503 Brian Baird 3 Cosponsors 1 points	Commending the Middle East Investment Initiative. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.RES.504 Brian Baird 14 Cosponsors 1 points	Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet for 72 hours before consideration by the House, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 20, 2007
H.R.1067 Brian Baird 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To establish a Federal coordination and planning process for advanced research instrumentation and facilities. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 5, 2007
H.R.2487 Brian Baird 2 Cosponsors 5 points	To provide for an additional place of holding court in the western district of Washington. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 24, 2007
H.R.747 Brian Baird 5 Cosponsors 5 points	National Foreign Language Coordination Act To establish a National Foreign Language Coordination Council. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, May 18, 2007
H.R.1867 Brian Baird 21 Cosponsors 25 points	National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2007 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008, 2009, and 2010 for the National Science Foundation, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Monday, May 7, 2007
H.R.1984 Brian Baird 10 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend title 23, United States Code, to clarify that the Buy America provision applies to an entire bridge project. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 23, 2007
H.R.1496 Brian Baird 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Beating Infections through Research and Development Act of 2007 To provide incentives for pharmaceutical companies, biotechnology companies, and medical device companies to invest in research and development with respect to antibiotic drugs, antivirals, diagnostic tests, and vaccines that may be used to identify, treat, or prevent serious and life-threatening infectious diseases. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 20, 2007
H.R.1731 Brian Baird 47 Cosponsors 5 points	National Park Centennial Act To eliminate the annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog in the national parks, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, April 6, 2007
H.R.1765 Brian Baird 3 Cosponsors 5 points	Access to Language Education Act To provide for the establishment of two nationally distributed video programming channels providing language instruction. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 30, 2007
H.R.1068 Brian Baird 1 Cosponsors 30 points	To amend the High-Performance Computing Act of 1991. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, March 13, 2007
H.R.60 Brian Baird 59 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the deduction of State and local general sales taxes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, January 4, 2007

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H.AMDT.870

Brian Baird

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An amendment numbered 7 printed in House Report 110-407 to direct the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to examine the lists of groups the members of which are presumed to be socially disadvantaged under the Small Disadvantaged Business program under section 8(a) of the Small Business Act and to consider whether the list should be updated to include additional groups.

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H.AMDT.948

Brian Baird

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An amendment numbered 19 printed in House Report 110-523 to direct the Secretary of Education to conduct a study on the costs and benefits of making student aid available to less than half-time students. The Secretary would then make recommendations on how to best design a demonstration loan program targeted for less than half-time students.

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H.R.6787 Greg Walden 7 Cosponsors 0 points	Healthy Forests Restoration Amendments Act of 2008 To amend Healthy Forests Restoration Act of 2003 to expand the areas of Federal land on which hazardous fuel reduction projects may be conducted under that Act. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, October 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.408 Adrian Smith 28 Cosponsors 3 points	Recognizing North Platte, Nebraska, as "Rail Town USA". Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.223 Chris Van Hollen 51 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring professional surveyors and recognizing their contributions to society. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 27 points	Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.2095 Jim Oberstar 94 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Cleared for White House on Wednesday, October 1, 2008

H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.971 Anthony Weiner 189 Cosponsors 0 points	Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Sunday, September 28, 2008
H.R.6568 Kevin Brady 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.758 Rosa DeLauro 222 Cosponsors 0 points	Breast Cancer Patient Protection Act of 2007 To require that health plans provide coverage for a minimum hospital stay for mastectomies, lumpectomies, and lymph node dissection for the treatment of breast cancer and coverage for secondary consultations. Received in the Senate on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.988 Jim Matheson 88 Cosponsors 4 points	Designating the month of March 2008 as "MRSA Awareness Month". Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1421 Walter Jones 44 Cosponsors 1 points	Solemnly commemorating the 25th anniversary of the tragic October 1983 terrorist bombing of the United States Marine Corps Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon and remembering those who lost their lives and those who were injured. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.1497 Earl Blumenauer 67 Cosponsors 0 points	Legal Timber Protection Act To amend the Lacey Act Amendments of 1981 to extend its protections to plants illegally harvested outside of the United States, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.671 Steve Israel 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.R.2831 George Miller 92 Cosponsors 0 points	Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2007 To amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990, and the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to clarify that a discriminatory compensation decision or other practice that is unlawful under such Acts occurs each time compensation is paid pursuant to the discriminatory compensation decision or other practice, and for other purposes. Senate committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.CON.RES.163 Heather Wilson 104 Cosponsors 0 points	Expressing the sense of Congress in support of further research and activities to increase public awareness, professional education, diagnosis, and treatment of Dandy-Walker syndrome and hydrocephalus. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.RES.1374 Cathy McMorris Rodgers 8 Cosponsors 3 points	Commemorating the 75th anniversary of the Grand Coulee Dam and recognizing its critical role in the national and economic security of the United States and the contributions of hydroelectric power to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions. Passed/agreed to in House on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.R.2452 Tim Bishop 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.R.5788 Peter DeFazio 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Halting Airplane Noise to Give Us Peace Act of 2008 To amend title 49, United States Code, to establish prohibitions against voice communications using a mobile communications device on commercial airline flights, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6720 Tim Bishop 10 Cosponsors 3 points	Natural Gas Strategy Act To establish the Commission on Comprehensive Strategies for the Placement of Natural Gas Infrastructure, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.R.6738 Jay Inslee 10 Cosponsors 3 points	The National Bioenergy Partnership Act To establish a National Bioenergy Partnership. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1382 Jim Oberstar 12 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring the heritage of the Coast Guard. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.896 Joe Baca 119 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the need to pursue research into the causes, a treatment, and an eventual cure for primary lateral sclerosis, supporting the goals and ideals of Primary Lateral Sclerosis Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.3094 Raul Grijalva 29 Cosponsors 0 points	National Park Centennial Fund Act To establish in the Treasury of the United States a fund which shall be known as the National Park Centennial Fund, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Tuesday, July 29, 2008
H.RES.1202 Tom Davis 66 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a National Guard Youth Challenge Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.5546 John Conyers 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Credit Card Fair Fee Act of 2008 To amend the antitrust laws to ensure competitive market-based rates and terms for merchants' access to electronic payment systems. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.R.3227 Doc Hastings 5 Cosponsors 0 points	To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to allow stocking fish in certain lakes in the North Cascades National Park, Ross Lake National Recreation Area, and Lake Chelan National Recreation Area. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.6314 Eddie Bernice Johnson 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Fulfilling the Potential of Women in Academic Science and Engineering Act of 2008 To increase awareness of the existence of and to overcome gender bias in academic science and engineering through research and training, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, July 14, 2008
H.R.4174 Tom Allen 17 Cosponsors 15 points	Federal Ocean Acidification Research And Monitoring Act of 2007 To establish an interagency committee to develop an ocean acidification research and monitoring plan and to establish an ocean acidification program within the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Received in the Senate on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.5541 Nick Rahall 56 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Land Assistance, Management and Enhancement Act To provide a supplemental funding source for catastrophic emergency wildland fire suppression activities on Department of the Interior and National Forest System lands, to require the Secretary of the Interior and the Secretary of Agriculture to develop a cohesive wildland fire management strategy, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, July 10, 2008
H.R.6444 Debbie Wasserman Schultz 23 Cosponsors 3 points	Healthy Americans Act To provide affordable, guaranteed private health coverage that will make Americans healthier and can never be taken away. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 6 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.R.3546 Hank Johnson 57 Cosponsors 24 points	To authorize the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program at fiscal year 2006 levels through 2012. Received in the Senate on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.5935 Peter Visclosky 33 Cosponsors 0 points	American Steel First Act of 2008 To require certain Federal agencies to use iron and steel produced in the United States in carrying out projects for the construction, alteration, or repair of a public building or public work, and for other purposes. House committee/subcommittee actions on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.R.2818 Ed Perlmutter 134 Cosponsors 0 points	To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of epilepsy centers of excellence in the Veterans Health Administration of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Received in the Senate on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6364 Norm Dicks 6 Cosponsors 3 points	Puget Sound Recovery Act of 2008 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide assistance for programs and activities to protect the water quality of Puget Sound, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 25, 2008
H.R.6330 Bart Stupak 66 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevent Unfair Manipulation of Prices Act of 2008 To provide for regulation of certain transactions involving energy commodities, to strengthen the enforcement authorities of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission under the Natural Gas Act and the Federal Power Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Friday, June 20, 2008
H.R.161 Jay Inslee 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Bainbridge Island Japanese American Monument Act of 2007 To adjust the boundary of the Minidoka Internment National Monument to include the Nidoto Nai Yoni Memorial in Bainbridge Island, Washington, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.359 Hilda Solis 68 Cosponsors 0 points	Cesar Estrada Chavez Study Act To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study of sites associated with the life of Cesar Estarada Chavez and the farm labor movement. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.886 Rick Larsen 6 Cosponsors 0 points	Wild Sky Wilderness Act of 2007 To enhance ecosystem protection and the range of outdoor opportunities protected by statute in the Skykomish River valley of the State of Washington by designating certain lower-elevation Federal lands as wilderness, and for other purposes. Senate floor actions on Wednesday, June 11, 2008
H.R.5940 Bart Gordon 30 Cosponsors 18 points	National Nanotechnology Initiative Amendments Act of 2008 To authorize activities for support of nanotechnology research and development, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, June 6, 2008
H.R.3058 Peter DeFazio 43 Cosponsors 9 points	Public Land Communities Transition Assistance Act of 2007 To amend chapter 69 of title 31, United States Code, to provide full payments under such chapter to units of general local government in which entitlement land is located, to provide transitional payments during fiscal years 2008 through 2012 to those States and counties previously entitled to payments under the Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Determination Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Failed of passage/not agreed to in House on Thursday, June 5, 2008
H.R.5924 Robert Wexler 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Emergency Nursing Supply Relief Act To provide relief for the shortage of nurses in the United States, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.CON.RES.300 Madeleine Bordallo 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the necessity for the United States to maintain its significant leadership role in improving the health and promoting the resiliency of coral reef ecosystems, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, May 22, 2008
H.RES.1137 Jim Oberstar 30 Cosponsors 4 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Public Works Week, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.RES.1124 Janice Schakowsky 108 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that there should be established a National Brain Tumor Awareness Month, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 21, 2008
H.R.2894 Dutch Ruppersberger 296 Cosponsors 0 points	Star-Spangled Banner and War of 1812 Bicentennial Commemorative Coin Act To require the Secretary of the Treas