GOSS, PORTER J. (a Representative from Florida)

Amendments

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4839 [23JN]

Appointments

Committee To Escort Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai Into the House Chamber, H3965 [15JN]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Animals: assist in conservation of marine turtles and nesting habitats in foreign countries (see H.R. 3378), H2266 [21AP]

Armed Forces: restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services (see H.R. 3474), H3821 [8JN]

Crime: protect children from criminal recidivists (see H.R. 4150), H2152 [2AP]

Dept. of Homeland Security: make grants to first responders (see H.R. 3266), H4580 [18JN]

Diseases: expand research on inflammatory bowel disease (see H.R. 290), H6557 [21JY]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: repeal sunset on expansion of the adoption credit and adoption assistance programs (see H.R. 1057), H1791 [31MR]

Elections: assert that terrorists will never cause the date of a Presidential election to be postponed and that no individual or agency will have the authority to postpone a Presidential election (see H. Res. 728), H6127 [20JY]

Florida: commend resiliency of residents and work of individuals who have assisted with hurricane recovery efforts (see H. Res. 784), H7442 [22SE]

Haiti: expand certain preferential trade treatment (see H.R. 4889), H6556 [21JY]

Health: increase supply of pancreatic islet cells for research and coordinate efforts and information on transplantation (see H.R. 3858), H927 [9MR]

Immigration: adjust status of certain foreign agricultural workers, reform H-2A worker program, provide a stable, legal agricultural workforce, and extend basic legal protections and better working conditions to more workers (see H.R. 3142), H3094 [17MY]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H1116 [16MR]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (see H. Res. 557), H1072 [11MR]

Joe Skeen Federal Building, Roswell, NM: designate (see H.R. 3734), H127 [27JA]

Lieutenant General James V. Edmundson Post Office Building, Longboat Key, FL: designate (see H.R. 4847), H5908 [15JY]

NOAA: commend for dedication and hard work during Hurricanes Charley and Frances (see H. Con. Res. 488), H6997 [9SE]

Sergeant First Class Paul Ray Smith Post Office Building, Holiday, FL: designate (see H.R. 4380), H4171 [15JN]

Social Security: authorize waivers of certain waiting periods for benefits based on disability in cases in which such waiting period would cause undue hardship to terminally ill beneficiaries (see H.R. 2598), H3440 (see H.R. 2598), H3540 [20MY]

Space policy: mint coins in commemoration of the anniversaries of NASA and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (see H.R. 4881), H6555 [21JY]

Specialist Eric Ramirez Post Office, Mascotte, FL: designate (see H.R. 5027), H6998 [9SE]

Tampa Bay Lightning (hockey team): tribute (see H. Res. 668), H3964 [14JN]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for the purchase of private health insurance and establish State health insurance safety-net programs (see H.R. 583), H1322 [18MR]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1608), H1011 [10MR]

———allow withdrawals from individual retirement plans without penalty by individuals within natural disaster areas determined by the President occurring in 2004 (see H.R. 5094), H7233 [15SE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 25), H2815 [11MY]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 1117), H1322 [18MR]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for a one-year open season under that plan (see H.R. 3763), H391 [4FE]

Women: establish programs to increase awareness and knowledge of women and health care providers with respect to gynecologic cancers (see H.R. 3438), H575 [24FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4548), H3963 [14JN]

———improve the organization and operation of the intelligence community (see H.R. 4584), H4286 [16JN]

Letters

Assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq: by, Committee on Intelligence (House, Select), S9504-S9506 [22SE]

Resignation from the House of Representatives, H7542 [23SE]

Remarks

CIA: report on intelligence community progress in utilizing open source intelligence, H4867 [23JN]

———require Director to report to Congress on weapons of mass destruction in Pakistan, H4852 [23JN]

Courts: prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (H.R. 339), H868 [4MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 4200), consideration (H. Res. 648), H3248 [19MY]

Dept. of Justice: National Drug Intelligence Center funding, H4839, H4840 [23JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4754), H5351 [8JY]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5005), H6729 [7SE]

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: exempt bookstores and libraries from orders requiring the production of any tangible things for certain foreign intelligence investigations, H5351 [8JY]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H275 [3FE]

Intelligence services: assess validity of pre-war analysis concerning rationale for use of Armed Forces in Iraq, H1162 [17MR]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), H4824, H4826, H4828, H4833, H4839, H4840, H4847, H4851, H4852, H4867, H4868, H4869, H4870 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), corrections in engrossment, H4880 [23JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4548), motion to recommit, H4878 [23JN]

———counterterrorism operations funding, H4878 [23JN]

———support for employees, H4851 [23JN]

Iraq: affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), H1162, H1171 [17MR]

———affirm value of liberation of the Iraqi people and commend service of the U.S. Armed Forces and Coalition forces on anniversary of Operation Iraqi Freedom (H. Res. 557), consideration (H. Res. 561), H1131 [17MR]

———condemn abuse of enemy POW by U.S. military personnel, investigate and take corrective action against those involved, and reaffirm support for those serving honorably in Iraq (H. Res. 627), consideration (H. Res. 628), H2668 [6MY]

Johnson, Charles W., III: tribute (H. Res. 651), H3398 [20MY]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (H.J. Res. 83), consideration (H. Res. 657), H3621 [2JN]

National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the U.S.: extend date for submittal of final report and provide additional funding (S. 2136), H785 [3MR]

National security: role of apprehension, detention, and interrogation of terrorists in the successful prosecution of the global war on terror, H4847 [23JN]

POW: request release of documents about the treatment of prisoners or detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, H4868, H4869, H4870 [23JN]

Votes: position on missed, H358 [4FE], H1395 [24MR], H2332 [22AP], H2949 [13MY], E357 [11MR], E1614 [14SE]

Remarks in House relative to

CIA: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, H7449, H7530 [23SE]

Tribute, H4773, H4828, H4831, H4878 [23JN]

Remarks in Senate relative to

CIA: nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, S8813, S8817 [7SE], S9396 [21SE], S9471, S9476-S9487 [22SE], S9604, S9605 [23SE]

———nomination to be Director of Central Intelligence, unanimous-consent agreement, S9468 [21SE], S9514 [22SE]

Reports

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) Activities During the 107th Congress, S9497-S9500 [22SE]

Reports filed

Executive Office of the President and Other Executive Departments' Documents Relative To Disclosure of Identity and Employment of Valerie Plame: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H. Res. 499) (H. Rept. 108-413), H303 [3FE]

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Committee on Intelligence (House, Select) (H.R. 4548) (H. Rept. 108-558), H4646 [21JN]

Nomination To Be Director of Central Intelligence: Committee on Intelligence (Senate, Select), S9441 [21SE]

Resignations

Committee on Intelligence (House, Select): chairmanship, H6874 [8SE]

House of Representatives, H7542 [23SE]

Statements

Intelligence Services Appropriations: Executive Office of the President, H4825 [23JN]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5395 [8JY]