GOODE, VIRGIL H., JR. (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2365 [9MY]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 5011, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure, H6137 [10SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]

Armed Forces: authorize the award of a Cold War service medal to members who served honorably during the Cold War era (see H.R. 3417), H110 [4FE]

———provide that military retired pay, for non-regular service, be paid without regard to age (see H.R. 4676), H3230 [5JN]

———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H3297 [10JN]

Aviation: establish a program for Federal flight deck officers (see H.R. 4635), H2608 [16MY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]

Citizenship: constitutional amendment to restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.J. Res. 59), H3928 [25JN]

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment on recitation of Pledge of Allegiance and the national motto (see H.J. Res. 108), H6130 [9SE]

Coins: specify that the reverse of the 5-cent piece shall bear an image of Monticello (see H.R. 4903), H3453 [11JN]

Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H6473 [23SE]

———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]

Congress: require the posting of the Ten Commandments in the House and Senate Chambers (see H. Con. Res. 315), H782 [7MR]

Consumers: require disclosure of terms of rental-purchase agreements (see H.R. 1701), H2945 [22MY]

Corporations: prohibit certain expatriated corporations from being eligible for the award of Federal contracts (see H.R. 4831), H4767 [16JY]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 5064), H4554 [11JY]

———product liability reform (see H.R. 1966), H2356 [9MY]

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), H4326 [27JN]

Dept. of Agriculture: take actions to promptly address the risk of fire and insect infestation on National Forest System lands (see H.R. 5214), H5789 [25JY]

Dept. of Commerce: make grants to States for advertising that promotes travel and tourism (see H.R. 3321), H688 [5MR]

Dept. of Defense: prioritize transfer of excess personal property to the Forest Service Federal Excess Personal Property Program in order to be loaned to rural fire departments (see H.R. 5421), H6418 [19SE]

Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (see H.R. 5005), H3859 [24JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve judicial review of administrative decisions (see H.R. 4018), H1156 [9AP]

Diseases: 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), H4069 [26JN]

District of Columbia: repeal law banning firearms (see H.R. 4642), H2235 [8MY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H3454 [11JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify that Christmas tree farming is agriculture (see H.R. 3486), H781 [7MR]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 93), H2608 [16MY]

———require certain family planning projects and programs provide pamphlets containing adoption center contact information (see H.R. 3006), H3928 [25JN]

———seek to reduce the financial penalties against marriage within the welfare system and support married couples in forming and sustaining healthy, loving, and productive marriages (see H. Con. Res. 316), H201 [6FE]

Federal employees: coverage of chiropractic services in any Federal health plan (see H. Con. Res. 46), H1533 [23AP]

———treatment of retirement benefits for assistant U.S. attorneys (see H.R. 1090), H6060 [4SE]

Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H5996 [26JY]

Federal Prison Industries, Inc.: eliminate Federal agency requirement to purchase products and require commercial competition for Federal contracts (see H.R. 1577), H937 [18MR]

Firefighters: provide mortgage assistance (see H.R. 3358), H79 [24JA]

Flag—U.S.: prohibit importation of foreign-made U.S. flags (see H.R. 3107), H7018 [3OC]

Foreign trade: respond to serious injury currently being experienced by the U.S. textile and apparel industry (see H.J. Res. 105), H4553 [11JY]

Government regulations: technical corrections in patent laws (see H.R. 5119), H6419 [19SE]

Health: application of antitrust laws to labor negotiations by groups of health care professionals with HMO's (see H.R. 3897), H1620 [24AP]

———expand applicability of laws preventing governmental discrimination against health care entities who refuse to perform or provide training in performing abortions (see H.R. 4691), H2946 [22MY]

———reauthorize health centers program and National Health Service Corps (see H.R. 3450), H142 [5FE]

———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H3562 [13JN]

Henry Bacon (S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 411), H5087 [22JY]

Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3928 [25JN]

House of Representatives: encourage each State to examine its statutes, practices, and procedures governing appointment and election of new Members in the event of a catastrophe (see H. Res. 559), H6777 [26SE]

Immigration: moratorium (see H.R. 2712), H1090 [20MR]

———oppose granting of amnesty to individuals who are in the U.S., or its territories, illegally (see H. Con. Res. 350), H1202 [10AP]

———secure borders against terrorists, drug traffickers, and other illegal aliens, remove illegal and criminal aliens, reduce fraud, and reform the legal immigration system (see H.R. 5013), H3927 [25JN]

James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]

Korean War Veterans Association, Inc.: grant Federal charter (see H.R. 952), H7303 [8OC]

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), H6926 [1OC]

Medal of Honor: provide for use of gold in metal content (see H.R. 1294), H1532 [23AP]

Medicaid: extend certain modifications to disproportionate share hospital allotments (see H.R. 854), H1484 [18AP]

Medicare: establish minimum geographic cost-of-practice index value for physicians' services (see H.R. 3569), H105 [29JA]

———extend a temporary increase in payment for skilled nursing facility services (see H.R. 5411), H7895 [10OC]

———provide fair payments under the hospital outpatient department prospective payment system (see H.R. 5234), H6419 [19SE]

———reform the physician payment update system through repeal of the sustainable growth rate payment update system (see H.R. 3882), H1620 [24AP]

———reimbursement for chiropractic services (see H.R. 902), H2235 [8MY]

———reimbursement for services provided to eligible veterans by certain Dept. of Veterans Affairs facilities (see H.R. 4939), H3860 [24JN]

Mental health: increase awareness of autism spectrum disorder, support programs for research and improved treatment, and improve training for health care professionals (see H. Res. 400), H1674 [25AP]

Middle East: prohibit U.S. assistance to the Palestinian Authority (see H.R. 3624), H201 [6FE]

National Center on Liver Disease Research: establish (see H.R. 5047), H6061 [4SE]

Navy: declare a national policy for naval force structure (see H.R. 5196), H6419 [19SE]

New York, NY: establish procedures and sanctions to ensure payment of unpaid parking fines by foreign countries (see H.R. 4699), H3297 [10JN]

OMB: provide that certain adjustments made to align highway spending with revenues have no force or effect (see H.R. 3900), H780 [7MR]

Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H1090 [20MR]

Pensions: provide additional protection to participants in individual account plans, promote investment advice, and prohibit certain insider trades of securities (H.R. 3762), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 540), H6419 [19SE]

Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4326 [27JN]

Pornography: constitutional amendment on real and virtual child pornography (see H.J. Res. 106), H4872 [17JY]

———support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6304 [17SE]

Postage and stamps: moratorium on postage rate increases for nonprofit organizations and certain other mailers (see H.J. Res. 98), H3601 [17JN]

Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 525), H6374 [18SE]

Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H780 [7MR]

Russia: ban on importation of U.S. poultry (see H. Con. Res. 400), H2662 [20MY]

Schools: prohibit funding to any State or local educational agency that distributes or provides postcoital emergency contraception (see H.R. 3805), H633 [27FE]

Senior citizens: modify the eligibility criteria for supplemental foods provided under the Commodity Supplemental Food Program (see H.R. 5107), H6061 [4SE]

Social Security: choice of benefit payment method relative to computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 853), H2019 [1MY]

———guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H.R. 832), H6419 [19SE]

———repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 2638), H687 [5MR]

Southeastern States: provide a framework for coordinating Federal, State, and local efforts to meet the special needs of the Southeast Crescent Region (see H.R. 3618), H36 [23JA]

States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]

Taxation: accelerate repeal of estate and generation-skipping transfer taxes and reduction in gift taxes (see H.R. 2631), H1003 [19MR]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance (see H.R. 4604), H5195 [23JY]

———clarify that church employees are eligible for the exclusion for qualified tuition reduction programs of charitable educational organizations (see H.R. 4950), H4767 [16JY]

———clarify that the parsonage allowance exclusion is limited to the fair rental value of the property (see H.R. 4156), H1284 [11AP]

———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]

———expand areas designated as renewal communities and allow nonrecognition of gain on sales of real property if the proceeds are invested in renewal and similar community businesses (see H.R. 5566), H7171 [7OC]

———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 work opportunity tax credit relative to hiring of workers in rural areas (see H.R. 3773), H523 [14FE]

———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H2235 [8MY]

———increase deduction for teacher classroom supplies and expand to include qualified professional development expenses (see H.R. 5085), H4497 [10JY]

———make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (see H. Res. 524), H6374 [18SE]

———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 5052), H6229 [11SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]

———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H1410 [17AP]

———treatment of unused nontaxable benefits under cafeteria plans and flexible spending arrangements (see H.R. 4804), H6559 [24SE]

U.N.: rescind approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. and take necessary steps to prevent establishment of that Court (see H.R. 4169), H1281 [11AP]

———tribute to President Bush for rescinding approving signature to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court on behalf of the U.S. (see H. Res. 416), H2355 [9MY]

United Kingdom: express appreciation for loyal support and leadership of Great Britain Prime Minister, Tony Blair in war on terrorism and reaffirm relationship with Great Britain (see H. Res. 549), H6778 [26SE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]

Veterans Day: issue annual commemorative postage stamp (see H. Res. 429), H5454 [24JY]

Virginia: convert a temporary Federal district judgeship to a permanent judgeship (see H.R. 4068), H1089 [20MR]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Tobacco products: replace existing tobacco program with a federally chartered corporation, compensate quota holders, provide transition assistance for producers and increase competitiveness of domestically produced tobacco (see H.R. 4753), H2607 [16MY]

Remarks

Armed Forces: assignment of personnel to assist the INS and Customs Service with border control activities, H2365, H2368 [9MY]

———authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7298 [8OC]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4546), H2365, H2368 [9MY]

Immigration: expand class of beneficiaries who may apply for adjustment of status by extending the deadline for a classification petition and a labor certification filing (H.R. 1885), concur with Senate amendment (H. Res. 365), H805 [12MR]

INS: reform, H4422 [9JY]

Lafayette, Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier, Marquis de: confer honorary U.S. citizenship (S.J. Res. 13), H4993 [22JY]

Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), complete congressional action (H. Res. 524), H6399 [19SE]