GOODLATTE, BOB (a Representative from Virginia)
Amendments
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (H.R. 2356), H286 [12FE]
Appointments
Conferee: H.R. 2646, Farm Security Act, H640 [28FE]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 4965), H3775 [20JN]
Armed Forces: encourage employers who employ members of the National Guard or Ready Reserve to provide a pay differential benefit and an extension of employee benefits to members on active duty (see H. Con. Res. 362), H9025 [14NO]
———reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H2608 [16MY]
Army: anniversary of the founding of the Special Forces and honor Aaron Bank for his role in the founding (see H. Con. Res. 364), H3514 [12JN]
Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 86), H1283 [11AP]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (see H.R. 5118), H4604 [15JY]
Capitol Building and Grounds: tribute to District of Columbia National Guard, National Guard Bureau, and Dept. of Defense for assistance to Capitol Police and Congress after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 378), H1533 [23AP]
———tribute to District of Columbia National Guard and Capitol Police for increased security after terrorist and anthrax attacks (see H. Con. Res. 371), H1200 [10AP]
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation National Historic Park: designate as a unit of the National Park System (see H.R. 4944), H3562 [13JN]
Chesapeake Bay: provide assistance for nutrient removal practices to States in the watershed (see H.R. 4666), H2163 [7MY]
Coin Design Advisory Committee: establish (see H.R. 5075), H4554 [11JY]
Coins: ensure continuity for the design of the 5-cent coin (see H.R. 5075), H4554 [11JY]
———specify that the reverse of the 5-cent piece shall bear an image of Monticello (see H.R. 4903), H3453 [11JN]
Computers: provide greater cybersecurity (see H.R. 3482), H79 [24JA]
Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 4689), H2354 [9MY]
———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 4623), H1769 [30AP]
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 Veterans Affairs: suspend authority to increase copayment for medication furnished on an outpatient basis for treatment of service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 2820), H105 [29JA]
Diseases: blood cancer research, information, and education funding (see H.R. 2629), H105 [29JA]
———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), H8035 [21OC]
———expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 5031), H9025 [14NO]
Drugs: respond to the illegal production, distribution, and use of methamphetamines (see H.R. 3782), H523 [14FE]
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: allow tax relief to continue as scheduled (see H. Con. Res. 312), H141 [5FE]
———make marriage penalty relief provisions permanent (see H.R. 4019), H1087 [20MR]
Eddy, Mary Baker: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 458), H6304 [17SE]
Education: increase the technically trained workforce (see H.R. 3130), H781 [7MR]
———provide student loan borrowers with a choice of lender for loan consolidation (see H.R. 3273), H655 [4MR]
Fair Debt Collection Practices Act: clarify relative to rules of civil procedure (see H.R. 3533), H5998 [26JY]
FCC: facilitate the ability of certain spectrum auction winners to pursue alternative measures to meet the public needs of wireless telecommunications consumers (see H.R. 4738), H5998 [26JY]
Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: provide greater access to affordable pharmaceuticals (see H.R. 5311), H5996 [26JY]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H3562 [13JN]
Fire prevention: reduce catastrophic wildfire threats to communities and the environment (see H.R. 5376), H6250 [12SE]
Firefighters: establish the SAFER Firefighter Grant Program (see H.R. 3992), H8023 [16OC]
First Tee (organization): tribute to programs that provide young people an opportunity to develop through golf and character education (see H. Res. 448), H4575 [12JY]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 81), H4425 [9JY]
Health: 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), H6559 [24SE]
———reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 4600), H4326 [27JN]
Higher Education Act: incorporate results from the Fed Up Initiative which identifies outdated or burdensome regulations (see H.R. 4866), H3229 [5JN]
Housing: amend and extend certain laws relating to housing and community opportunity (see H.R. 3995), H6303 [17SE]
Immigration: limit validity of driver's licenses and State identification cards issued to nonimmigrant aliens to expiration date of nonimmigrant visas (see H.R. 5322), H6304 [17SE]
———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), H9036 [19NO]
Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 5427), H6778 [26SE]
Medicare: repeal outpatient rehabilitation therapy caps (see H.R. 3834), H5998 [26JY]
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]
Moussaoui, Zacarias: permit closed circuit televising of criminal trial for victims of the terrorism attacks (see H.R. 3611), H1338 [16AP]
Navy League of the U.S.: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 416), H3453 [11JN]
Patriotism: mint coins in commemoration of the Spirit of America and to establish the Victims of September 11th Fund (see H.R. 3244), H737 [6MR]
Pledge of Allegiance: circuit court decision on inclusion of phrase ``under God'' (see H. Res. 459), H4069 [26JN]
Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (see H.R. 4935), H3561 [13JN]
Pornography: support vigorous enforcement of Federal obscenity laws (see H. Con. Res. 445), H6693 [25SE]
Public welfare programs: reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (see H.R. 4700), H2355 [9MY] (see H.R. 4737), H2511 [15MY]
Religion: defend the Ten Commandments (see H.R. 3895), H5791 [25JY]
Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: repeal Federal charter (see H.R. 3799), H1410 [17AP]
Robert J. Dole Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Wichita, KS: designate (see H.R. 4608), H2356 [9MY]
Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 1774), H9025 [14NO]
Social Security: provide greater equity and efficiency to the SSA payment system for claimant representation (see H.R. 3332), H367 [13FE]
———restrict application of windfall elimination provisions to certain individuals (see H.R. 1073), H1620 [24AP]
States: permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H1484 [18AP]
Taxation: allow penalty-free withdrawals from individual retirement plans for adoption expenses (see H.R. 3713), H230 [8FE]
———constitutional amendment on tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 96), H3291 [6JN]
———improve retirement income by taxing annuities and certain life insurance payments at capital gains rates (see H.R. 3320), H5998 [26JY]
———provide a credit to promote homeownership and community development (see H.R. 5052), H6304 [17SE]
———repeal alternative minimum tax treatment of incentive stock options to change the taxable event from the exercise of the stock option to the stock sale (see H.R. 1487), H36 [23JA]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4716), H2470 [14MY]
———treat certain motor vehicle dealer transitional assistance as an involuntary conversion (see H.R. 2374), H105 [29JA]
———treatment of forestry activities (see H.R. 1581), H5997 [26JY]
———treatment of telecommuting (see H.R. 1012), H105 [29JA]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H655 [4MR]
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), H2735 [21MY]
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
Computers: limit Internet service providers liability for content that third parties have stored or placed on their systems (see H.R. 3716), H283 [12FE]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (see H.R. 5329), H6059 [4SE]
Henry Bacon (S.S.): tribute to crew (see H. Con. Res. 411), H3037 [23MY]
House of Representatives: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Representatives (see H. Res. 430), H3037 [23MY]
Remarks
Agriculture: continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), conference report, H2036 [2MY]
———continue certain programs (H.R. 2646), motion to instruct conferees, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469 [18AP]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7193 [8OC], H7341 [9OC], H7759 [10OC]
Business and industry: enhance penalties for accounting and auditing improprieties at publicly traded companies (H.R. 5118), H4691 [16JY]
Cedar Creek Battlefield and Belle Grove Plantation National Historic Park: designate as a unit of the National Park System (H.R. 4944), H6871
Computers: limit Internet service providers liability for content that third parties have stored or placed on their systems (H.R. 3716), E141
———prevent the use of certain bank instruments for Internet gambling (H.R. 556), H6846 [1OC]
Courts: disclosure of plaintiff attorney's fees in certain class action lawsuits, H864 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), H849, H853, H863, H864, H867, H869, H870, H871, H876 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), consideration (H. Res. 367), H840, H845 [13MR]
———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 2341), motion to recommit, H884 [13MR]
———jurisdiction over certain class actions brought by local prosecutors or private attorneys general, H867 [13MR]
———prohibit moving class action claims to district court if records or documents have been knowingly altered, destroyed, or misrepresented, H876 [13MR]
———treatment of discovery orders in class action lawsuits when a party to the order withholds or destroys material, H863 [13MR]
———treatment of foreign corporations that acquire domestic corporations in corporate repatriation transactions relative to State jurisdiction in class action lawsuits, H869, H870, H871 [13MR]
Crime: prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (H.R. 4623), H3883
Dept. of Homeland Security: establish (H.R. 5005), H5834 [26JY]
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to public health pesticides (H.R. 5329), E1502
Fire prevention: encourage Federal land management agencies to reduce forest fuels that place national resources at high risk of catastrophic wildfire, and prepare a National Prescribed Fire Strategy (H. Con. Res. 352), H5037 [22JY]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (H.R. 5017), H4375, H4376, H4378 [9JY]
Forest Service: provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (H.R. 3971), H3832 [24JN]
Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 4600), H6739
Henry Bacon (S.S.): tribute to crew (H. Con. Res. 411), H7126 [7OC]
House of Representatives: division of time during debate on resolution authorizing use of Armed Forces against Iraq, H7193 [8OC]
Information services: deregulate Internet and high speed data services (H.R. 1542), H580 [27FE]
INS: replace with the Agency for Immigration Affairs (H.R. 3231), H1639 [25AP]
Pollution: implement the Stockholm Convention on Persistent Organic Pollutants and the Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants to the Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution (H.R. 4935), E1067
Public welfare programs: eligibility of certain legal immigrants for food stamps, H1463, H1464, H1465, H1466, H1467, H1468, H1469 [18AP]
———reauthorize and improve block grants to States for the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families Program (H.R. 4737), H2589 [16MY]
———State option to elect a food stamp block grant in lieu of a regular program, H2589 [16MY]
Research: computer and network security research and development and research fellowship programs funding (H.R. 3394), H210 [7FE]
Terrorism: allow offering of indemnity to companies that sell anti-terrorism technology and services to Federal, State, and local governments, H5834 [26JY]
———anniversary of terrorist attacks, E1719
Votes: position on missed, H5306
Tributes
Powell, Frank N., H3163 [5JN]