GOSS, PORTER J. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4507, H4508 [21MY], H4573 [22MY]

Appointments

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H407 [12FE]

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H130 [8JA]

Conferee: H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

———H.R. 2417, intelligence services appropriations, H11440 [18NO]

North Atlantic Assembly, H680 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Agriculture: ensure the humane slaughter of nonambulatory livestock (see H.R. 2519), H5661 [19JN]

Animals: prohibit the intentional feeding of bears on Federal lands (see H.R. 1472), H6348 [8JY]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service (see H.R. 1714), H3684 [6MY]

———exempt certain members from requirement to pay subsistence charges while hospitalized (see H.R. 2998), H8954 [29SE]

———expand Rest and Recuperation Leave program for members serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom and Operation Enduring Freedom to include travel and transportation to the members' permanent station or home (see H. Res. 387), H10238 [30OC]

Arthur `Pappy' Kennedy Post Office Building, Orlando, FL: designate (see H.R. 1882), H7618 [24JY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9614 [16OC]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1511), H3975 [9MY]

Brigadier General (AUS-Ret.) John H. McLain Post Office, Sarasota, FL: designate (see H.R. 3068), H8174 [10SE]

Congress: establish a joint committee to review House, Senate, and joint rules and other matters assuring continuing representation and congressional operations (see H. Con. Res. 190), H4979 [4JN]

Courts: modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H4788 [2JN]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H2311 [25MR]

Dept. of the Interior: conduct study to determine the national significance of the Miami Circle and the suitability and feasibility of inclusion in Biscayne National Park (see H.R. 1361), H2131 [19MR]

Diseases: issue commemorative postage stamp to promote public awareness of Down syndrome (see H. Con. Res. 247), H9378 [8OC]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN]

Eddie Mae Steward Post Office Building, Jacksonville, FL: designate (see H.R. 1883), H7618 [24JY]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H4739 [22MY]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Florida Marlins (baseball team): tribute (see H. Res. 415), H9981 [28OC]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

Haiti: duty-free treatment of certain apparel articles relative to certification of market, political, and social reforms (see H.R. 1031), H1464 [27FE]

Health: provide individuals of health disparity populations prevention, detection, treatment, and follow-up care services for cancer and chronic diseases, and patient navigators to assist in receiving such services (see H.R. 918), H7787 [25JY]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 1800), H3352 [11AP]

Immigration: prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H12921 [8DE]

Insurance: promote health care coverage parity for individuals participating in legal recreational or transportation activities (see H.R. 1749), H9687 [17OC]

Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 857), H11651 [19NO]

Iraq: provide for recovery, restitution, and protection of cultural heritage (see H.R. 2009), H3975 [9MY]

Jamestown, VA: mint coins in commemoration of settlement anniversary (see H.R. 1914), H8906 [24SE]

Judge Edward Rodgers Post Office Building, West Palm Beach, FL: designate (see H.R. 2075), H6264 [26JN]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H4368 [20MY]

Law enforcement officers: exempt from State laws prohibiting the carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 218), H2703 [2AP]

Marine Corps: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 3277), H12922 [8DE]

Medicare: reform and provide prescription drug coverage (see H.R. 1), H5928 [25JN]

Monuments and memorials: prohibit extension or establishment of any national monument without an express act of Congress (see H.R. 2386), H5045 [5JN]

National Commission on the Modernization of the U.N.: establish (see H.R. 3079), H10457 [5NO]

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (see H.R. 1775), H3351 [11AP]

Pensions: reform (see H.R. 1776), H3763 [7MY]

Reagan, Ronald: provide for dime coins to bear likeness (see H.R. 3633), H12321 [25NO]

Roads and highways: increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

Social Security: improve benefit computation formula for certain workers affected by changes in benefit computation rules (see H.R. 63), H3452 [29AP]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H9614 [16OC]

———allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H2822 [3AP]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H6264 [26JN]

———allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 284), H1334 [25FE]

———restore equity and complete transfer of motor fuel excise taxes on motorboat and small engine fuels into the Aquatic Resources Trust Fund (see H.R. 2839), H9812 [21OC]

Terrorism: strengthen anti-terrorism investigative tools and promote information sharing (see H.R. 3179), H8949 [25SE]

University of Central Florida: tribute to varsity cheerleading team (see H. Con. Res. 214), H5174 [10JN]

Veterans: health care funding (see H.R. 2475), H5407 [16JN]

———increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H318 [5FE]

———mint coins in commemoration of veterans who became disabled for life while serving in the Armed Forces (see H.R. 2823), H10978 [6NO]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H1334 [25FE]

Wilkie D. Ferguson, Jr., U.S. Courthouse, Miami, FL: designate (see H.R. 2538), H9282 [7OC]

Winston E. Arnow Federal Building, Pensacola, FL: designate (see H.R. 1572), H5046 [5JN]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 97), H1333 [25FE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 2417), H5265 [11JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 451), H11650 [19NO]

Conference reports

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 2417), H11605-H11622 [19NO]

Factsheets

Intelligence Services Appropriations (H.R. 2417), H5880 [25JN]

Letters

Intelligence services appropriations: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H5878, H5879 [25JN]

———Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H5889 [25JN]

———Representative Hunter, Committee on Armed Services (House), H5879 [25JN]

———Representative Oxley, Committee on Financial Services (House), H5878 [25JN]

———Representative Sensenbrenner, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H5878 [25JN]

Remarks

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 975), consideration (H. Res. 147), H1981 [19MR]

Blair, Tony: award Congressional Gold Medal (H.R. 1511), H5836 [25JN]

CIA: report on electronic communications with the Office of the Vice President relative to Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, H5899 [25JN]

Colombia: U.S. policy, H6338 [8JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), H4507, H4508 [21MY], H4597 [22MY]

———report on costs for current NATO headquarters location and cost of relocation to another member country, H4508 [21MY]

———report on response to any country initiating certain legal actions against U.S. officials, H4507 [21MY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: first responders funding, H8799 [24SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2555), conference report, H8799 [24SE]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2691), H6975 [16JY]

Depts. of Transportation and the Treasury, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2989), H7855, H7856 [4SE]

Florida: highway and infrastructure funding, H7855, H7856 [4SE]

———make Everglades restoration funding contingent upon report on water quality standards compliance in Loxahatchee National Wildlife Refuge and Everglades National Park, H6975 [16JY]

Foreign trade: repeal of export controls on certain high-speed computers, H4597 [22MY]

GAO: determine extent and timeliness of intelligence information shared with U.N. weapons inspectors in Iraq, H5902, H5903 [25JN]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H5870 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), H5870, H5878, H5879, H5888, H5889, H5890, H5892, H5899, H5902, H5903 [25JN], H5946 [26JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), conference report, H11667, H11675 [20NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), consideration (H. Res. 295), H5866, H5867, H5870 [25JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 451), H11661, H11662, H11663 [20NO]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2417), motion to instruct conferees, H11434, H11436, H11439 [18NO]

———hiring and retention of minorities in the intelligence community, H5892 [25JN]

———require report on investigation of intelligence gathered and used as rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H11434, H11436, H11439 [18NO]

Iraq: possession of weapons of mass destruction, H5870 [25JN]

Nations Associations, Inc.: anniversary, E2169 [30OC]

Outer Continental Shelf: prohibit additional inventory of oil and gas resources on certain portions, H9345 [8OC]

Power resources: enhance energy conservation, research, and development and provide for security and diversity in the energy supply (H.R. 6), motion to instruct conferees, H9345 [8OC]

Terrorism: increase efficiency and effectiveness of terrorist identification classification system, H5890 [25JN]

Votes: position on missed, H121 [8JA], H3817 [8MY], H7513 [24JY], H10512 [6NO], E1438 [9JY], E1456 [11JY], E1482 [15JY]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H6345 [8JY]

Special order: granted, H5362 [12JN]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 2417, Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 451) (H. Rept. 108-384), H11650 [19NO]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2417) (H. Rept. 108-381), H11650 [19NO]

———Committee on Intelligence (Select, House) (H.R. 2417) (H. Rept. 108-163), H5550 [18JN]

Joint Inquiry Into Intelligence Community Before and After the Terrorist Attacks of September 11, 2001: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Rept. 107-792), H51 [7JA]

Rules

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), H5350-H5354 [12JN]

Statements

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H5878 [25JN]

Tributes

Meermans, Mike, H5946 [26JN], H11675 [20NO]