GOODLATTE, BOB (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283, H2292 [13AP]
Appointments
Conferee: S. 1692, Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act, H3830 [25MY]
Herbert H. Bateman funeral attendees, H7631 [14SE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H1477 [28MR]
Agriculture: require licensing and inspection of warehouses and authorize the issuance of electronic warehouse receipts for all commodities to increase efficiency (see H.R. 5169), H7577 [13SE]
American Folklife Center: collect video and audio recordings of personal histories and testimonials of U.S. war veterans (see H.R. 5212), H8406 [27SE]
Armstrong, Lance: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 5258), H9011 [5OC]
Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H11781 [1NO]
Birds: prohibit interstate movement of live birds, for the purpose of fighting, to States in which animal fighting is lawful (see H.R. 1275), H2340 [13AP]
Boy Scouts: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 384), H7503 [12SE]
Business and industry: impose a temporary moratorium on the elimination of the existing ``pooling of interests'' method of accounting for business mergers and acquisitions (see H.R. 5365), H8735 [3OC]
Chincoteague National Wildlife Refuge: designate visitors center as the Herbert H. Bateman Educational and Administrative Center (see H.R. 5388), H8799 [4OC]
Clean Air Act: methyl bromide phaseout schedule (see H.R. 4215), H11813 [2NO]
Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial electronic mail (see H.R. 3113), H1477 [28MR]
———require schools and libraries to install and use Internet filtering or blocking technology to be eligible for Federal funds for computers (see H.R. 4600), H11207 [26OC]
———support Internet safety awareness (see H. Res. 575), H7502 [12SE]
Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H7212 [27JY]
———product liability reform (see H.R. 1577), H7652 [14SE]
Crime: mandatory minimum sentencing for online child molesters (see H.R. 4076), H11446 [27OC]
Dept. of Commerce: establish certain procedures for exports of satellites and related items to the People's Republic of China (see H.R. 4417), H2905 [10MY]
Dept. of Defense: adjustment of composite theoretical performance levels of high performance computers (see H.R. 3680), H633 [1MR]
Dept. of Justice: establish Bureau of Immigration Services and the Bureau of Immigration Enforcement (see H.R. 3918), H4485 [14JN]
Diseases: increased support and funding to combat juvenile diabetes (see H. Con. Res. 321), H8469 [28SE]
Drugs: combat manufacture, traffic, import, and export of methamphetamine (see H.R. 4248), H2238 [12AP]
EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H6776 [24JY]
Fair Credit Reporting Act: exempt certain investigative reports from the definition of consumer reports (see H.R. 3408), H757 [8MR]
FCC: clarify service obligations of noncommercial educational broadcast stations (see H.R. 4201), H2607 [4MY]
———follow normal rulemaking procedures in establishing additional requirements for noncommercial educational television broadcasters (see H.R. 3525), H48 [27JA]
———prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H511 [16FE]
Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see H.R. 4467), H10257 [18OC]
Federal employees: establish program under which current and former employees may obtain long-term care insurance (see H.R. 1111), H50 [27JA]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H3474 [19MY]
FERC: hydroelectric projects licensing reform (see H.R. 2335), H1119 [16MR]
Financial institutions: allow payment of Financing Corporation interest obligations from excess deposit insurance fund reserves (see H.R. 4082), H3813 [24MY]
Fire prevention: development of a strategy by Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place natural resources at a high risk of catastrophic wildfire (see H. Con. Res. 406), H7996 [22SE]
Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 407), H4674 [19JN]
———prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H5037 [22JN]
———protect right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 1178), H7871 [19SE]
Government regulations: technical corrections in copyright laws (see H.R. 5107), H7503 [12SE]
Housing: expand protections for especially vulnerable consumers against abusive mortgage lending practices and streamline the framework regulating mortgage originations (see H.R. 4213), H11207 [26OC]
Immigration: improve and permanently authorize the Visa Waiver Pilot Program (see H.R. 3767), H630 [1MR]
———increase number of temporary visas for skilled workers and expand education and training opportunities for U.S. students and workers (see H.R. 3814), H631 [1MR]
———prevent fraud and abuse in the granting of H-1B nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 4227), H2121 [11AP]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (see H.R. 2420), H5737 [10JY]
Jamestown 400th Commemoration Commission: establish (see H.R. 4907), H7212 [27JY]
Joel T. Broyhill Postal Building, Merrifield, VA: designate (see H.R. 3699), H572 [29FE]
Joseph L. Fisher Post Office, Arlington, VA: designate (see H.R. 3701), H572 [29FE]
Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (see H.R. 4710), H4816 [21JN]
Madison, James: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 396), H8201 [26SE]
Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]
Medicaid: assure preservation of safety net hospitals through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hospital Program (see H.R. 3710), H11928 [14NO]
———State funding for disproportionate share hospitals (see H.R. 3698), H10473 [19OC]
Medicare: coverage of medical nutrition therapy services (see H.R. 1187), H1629 [30MR]
———require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthesia services (see H.R. 632), H6599 [19JY]
———revise inflation update factor used in making payments to prospective payment system hospitals (see H.R. 3580), H6719 [20JY]
———revise the calculation of base payment rates for the prospective payment system for home health services (see H.R. 5163), H8201 [26SE]
Medicare/Medicaid: waive certain nurse aide training requirements (see H.R. 4547), H10257 [18OC]
National School Lunch Act: ensure an adequate level of commodity purchases under the school lunch program (see H.R. 3614), H339 [10FE]
Occupational Safety and Health Act: waive applicability to employment performed in an employee's residence (see H.R. 3530), H48 [27JA]
———waive applicability to employment performed with an electronic device in the employee's residence (see H.R. 3518), H50 [27JA]
Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H7211 [27JY]
Owen B. Pickett U.S. Customhouse, Norfolk, VA: designate (see H.R. 5284), H8061 [25SE]
Political campaigns: prohibition against political fundraising activities in Federal buildings (see H.R. 4845), H11207 [26OC]
Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H5956 [12JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]
Pope John Paul II: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3544), H2607 [4MY]
Public utilities: facilitate competition in electric power industry (see H.R. 4971), H9011 [5OC]
Puerto Rico: recognize entry into a permanent union with the U.S., based on a delegation of Government powers to the U.S., and guarantee citizenship rights (see H.R. 4751), H9767 [11OC]
Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6600 [19JY]
———protection of train employees (see H.R. 3091), H90 [31JA]
Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]
Rohna (H.M.T.): tribute to crew who lost their lives during World War II (see H. Con. Res. 408), H9011 [5OC]
Santa Rosa and San Jacinto Mountains National Monument: establish (see H.R. 3676), H5241 [27JN]
Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (see H.R. 2366), H373 [14FE]
Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H8062 [25SE]
Social Security: improve the payment system for representation of claimants (see H.R. 4633), H6599 [19JY]
Taxation: accurately codify the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 1092), H9900 [12OC]
———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H7003 [25JY]
———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H7211 [27JY]
———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]
———establish nexus requirements for State and local taxation of mobile telecommunication services (see H.R. 4391), H3813 [24MY]
———exempt State and local political committees from certain notification and reporting requirements applicable to political organizations (see H.R. 5265), H8469 [28SE]
———incentives to ensure timely and equitable access to the Internet over current and future generations of broadband capability (see H.R. 4728), H6719 [20JY]
———increase annual limitation on nondeductible contributions and adjust for inflation the amount of deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1322), H7578 [13SE]
———make permanent the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (see H.R. 3709), H572 [29FE]
———prohibit the use of Presidential Election Campaign Fund for Presidential nominating conventions (see H.R. 5146), H8799 [4OC]
———provide relief for payment of asbestos-related claims (see H.R. 4543), H7212 [27JY]
———repeal excise tax on telephone use and other communications services (see H.R. 3916), H3049 [15MY]
———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see H.R. 3594), H342 [10FE]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]
———treatment of computer software (see H.R. 4184), H6355 [17JY]
———treatment of computers and computer equipment (see H.R. 4279), H2337 [13AP]
———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see H.R. 4274), H3173 [16MY]
———treatment of flexible spending arrangements relative to long-term care insurance (see H.R. 3872), H2607 [4MY]
———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 614), H574 [29FE]
———treatment of policyholder dividends of mutual life insurance companies and policyholder surplus accounts (see H.R. 3905), H4592 [15JN]
Telecommunications: promote deployment of advanced services and competition by relieving unnecessary burdens on the two percent local exchange carriers (see H.R. 3850), H7211 [27JY]
Telephones: protect consumers against slamming and cramming and provide jurisdiction over deceptive trade practices to the FTC (see H.R. 2727), H212 [3FE]
Trucking industry: support freeze on longer combination vehicles and current Federal limitations on truck size and weight (see H. Con. Res. 306), H11621 [30OC]
Veterans: mint coins in commemoration and use proceeds of surcharges imposed on the sale of such coins to fund the transport of veterans to and from Dept. of Veterans Affairs hospitals (see H.R. 5397), H9010 [5OC]
Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H342 [10FE]
Volunteer firefighters: remove civil liability barriers surrounding donating fire equipment to volunteer fire companies (see H.R. 4736), H5084 [23JN]
Voting: prohibit States from determining that a ballot submitted by an absent uniformed services voter was improperly or fraudulently cast unless the State finds clear and convincing evidence of fraud (see H.R. 5642), H12532 [15DE]
Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2905 [10MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]
Letters
Internet Nondiscrimination Act: James S. Gilmore III, Governor of Virginia, H2790 [10MY]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 3660), H1795
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5767 [11JY]
American Freedom Train: anniversary, H1482 [29MR]
Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 624), H9828 [12OC]
Bateman, Herbert H.: tribute (H. Res. 573), H7434 [12SE]
China, People's Republic of: permanent normal trade relations upon accession to the World Trade Organization (H.R. 4444), H3700 [24MY]
Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2941 [11MY]
Computers: prohibit gambling on the Internet (H.R. 3125), H6057, H6061, H6062, H6065, H6066, H6067 [17JY]
———support Internet safety awareness (H. Res. 575), H9538 [10OC]
Dept. of Agriculture: convey certain National Forest System lands in Texas to the New Waverly Gulf Coast Trades Center (H.R. 4285), H7192 [27JY]
———emphasize use of nonlethal methods of predator control for livestock protection at small farms and ranches, H5767 [11JY]
———establish an electronic filing and retrieval system to improve public access to certain information (S. 777), H1973, H1975 [10AP]
Dept. of Justice: State and local law enforcement agencies funding to combat child pornography and exploitation on the Internet, H5046 [23JN]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4578), H4448, H4470 [14JN]
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations, H11287, H11291
———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5046, H5061 [23JN]
District of Columbia: making appropriations (H.R. 4942), H7051 [26JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 4942), conference report, H11287, H11291
———prohibit needle exchange programs funding, H7051 [26JY]
Elections: Presidential election results, H11941 [4DE]
FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (H.R. 3439), H2306 [13AP]
Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11941 [4DE]
Food stamps: provide for a national standard of interoperability and portability for electronic benefit transfer systems (S. 1733), H63, H64 [31JA]
Forest Service: watershed improvement and fish and wildlife protection programs funding through reductions in Timber Sales Management Program, H4448, H4470 [14JN]
Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (H.R. 1304), H5642 [29JN]
Health care professionals: ensure rights to choose whether to join a labor organization, H5642 [29JN]
Law enforcement: authorize appropriations for the prosecution of obscenity cases (H.R. 4710), H6942 [25JY]
Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5061 [23JN]
Public lands: restore stability to payments made to States and counties containing certain Federal lands used for the benefit of public schools and roads (H.R. 2389), H9607, H9612, H9614 [10OC]
Small business: protect from litigation excesses and limit product liability of non-manufacturer product sellers (H.R. 2366), H468 [16FE]
Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H73, H74 [31JA]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), H2790, H2804, H2807, H2816 [10MY]
———extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 3709), motion to recommit, H2819, H2820 [10MY]
———prohibit the imposition of access fees on Internet service providers (H.R. 1291), H3061
———State tax treatment of Internet and interactive computer service commerce, H2816 [10MY]
Technology: modify accounting system used in reviewing certain mergers and acquisitions, E343
Television: authorize loan guarantees to facilitate access to local television broadcast signals in unserved and underserved areas, H11287, H11291
———ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (H.R. 3615), H2283, H2289, H2292, H2300 [13AP], E109
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service: funding, H5767 [11JY]
U.S. Grain Standards Act: extend authority to collect fees, authorize appropriations, and improve administration (H.R. 4788), H9606 [10OC]
Washington and Lee University: tribute to Republican Mock Convention, E62
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H11943 [4DE]
Tributes
Bateman, Herbert H., H9510
Bliley, Representative, H9510
Pickett, Representative, H9510
Rowe, John and Mary Jayne, H1482 [29MR]
Schulz, Charles M., E264