GOODLATTE, BOB (a Representative from Virginia)

Amendments

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8882 [8OC]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 4200, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H7701 [28SE]

———H.R. 4520, Jumpstart Our Business Strength (JOBS) Act, H7777 [29SE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: ensure that women seeking an abortion are fully informed relative to pain experienced by the unborn child (see H.R. 4420), H7329 [21SE]

Agriculture: provide emergency agriculture assistance (see H.R. 5226), H8407 [6OC]

Annan, Kofi A.: call for resignation as Secretary General of the U.N. due to allegations of fraud and mismanagement of the U.N. Oil for Food Program (see H. Res. 869), H10926 [6DE]

Arlington, VA: support construction of the Pentagon 9/11 Memorial (see H.R. 5046), H6996 [9SE]

Armed Forces: improve the readiness of State defense forces and increase military coordination for homeland security between States and the Dept. of Defense (see H.R. 2797), H872 [4MR]

Aviation: provide liability protection to nonprofit volunteer pilot organizations flying for public benefit and to the pilots and staff of such organizations (see H.R. 1084), H3016 [13MY]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H304 [3FE]

Birds: mint coins celebrating recovery and restoration of the American bald eagle and noting the importance of the designation of the American bald eagle as an endangered species (see H.R. 4116), H3720 [2JN]

Budget: reform Federal budget procedures, impose spending safeguards, combat waste, fraud, and abuse, and account for accurate Government agency costs (see H.R. 3800), H2728 [6MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2005-2009 (S. Con. Res. 95), revise (see H. Res. 709), H5330 [7JY]

Business and industry: permit biomedical research corporations to engage in certain equity financings without incurring limitations on net operating loss carryforwards and certain built-in losses (see H.R. 2968), H2658 [5MY]

———require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (see H.R. 3574), H516 [11FE]

China, People's Republic of: improve protection of intellectual property rights (see H. Res. 576), H2484 [28AP]

Contracts: require certain Federal service contractors to participate in a pilot program for employment eligibility confirmation (see H.R. 4064), H7945 [30SE]

Courts: ensure judicial decisions on the meaning of U.S. laws are not based on foreign judgments, laws, or pronouncements unless they inform an understanding of the original meaning of the laws (see H. Res. 568), H1229 [17MR]

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

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: restrict the performance of eye surgery at a facility, or under a contract with the Dept., to only licensed medical doctors and licensed doctors of osteopathy (see H.R. 3473), H3094 [17MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 106), H7945 [30SE]

FCC: ruling in response to complaints regarding broadcast of program material containing indecent language (see H. Res. 482), H90 [21JA]

FDA: uniform food safety warning notification requirements (see H.R. 2699), H7575 [23SE]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (see H.R. 4571), H4170 [15JN]

Hong Kong: support freedom (see H. Res. 667), H5196 [6JY]

Immigration: establish deportability and inadmissability of aliens who possess certain consular identification cards who are unlawfully present in the U.S. and use such a card for a Federal identification-related requirement (see H.R. 4440), H4647 [21JN]

Immigration and Nationality Act: amend relative to certain H-1B and L nonimmigrants (see H.R. 4166), H2153 [2AP]

Israel: support construction of security fence and condemn U.N. General Assembly for requesting the International Court of Justice to rule on legality of the security fence (see H. Con. Res. 371), H927 [9MR]

Law enforcement: protect crime victims' rights, eliminate backlog of collected DNA samples, and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 5107), H7945 [30SE]

———protect vulnerable persons from drug trafficking (see H.R. 4547), H7735 [28SE]

Martha Pennino Post Office Building, Reston, VA: designate (see H.R. 5133), H7574 [23SE]

Medicare: coverage of medically necessary dental procedures (see H.R. 2182), H2658 [5MY]

———permit the Dept. of HHS to enter into direct negotiations to promote the best prices for beneficiaries (see H.R. 3707), H831 [3MR]

———repeal reduction in payment for certain items of durable medical equipment (see H.R. 4491), H7234 [15SE]

Members of Congress: nullify recent pay increases and eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 31), H89 [21JA]

Mental health: provide for research on, and services for individuals with, post-abortion depression and psychosis (see H.R. 4543), H4287 [16JN]

Mexico: disapprove U.S.-Mexico Social Security totalization agreement (see H. Res. 720), H9963 [17NO]

National Adoption Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 864), H10079 [19NO]

National Computer Security Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Con. Res. 502), H9963 [17NO]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (see H.R. 10), H8038 [4OC]

NSF: establish a National Windstorm Impact Reduction Program (see H.R. 3980), H2816 [11MY]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish an Assistant U.S. Trade Representative for Intellectual Property Rights (see H.R. 5117), H7329 [21SE]

Political campaigns: repeal disclosure requirement for certain electioneering communication disbursements and prohibit making such disbursements by corporations and labor organizations (see H.R. 3801), H2200 [20AP]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (see H.J. Res. 84), H304 [3FE]

Social Security: repeal Government pension offset and windfall elimination provisions (see H.R. 594), H36 [20JA]

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

Supreme Court: anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education decision (see H. Con. Res. 414), H2548 [4MY]

———base decisions on U.S. Constitution and laws, not laws of any foreign country, international law, or agreement not made under U.S. authority (see H. Res. 446), H1011 [10MR]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H700 [26FE]

Taxation: allow a deduction for premiums for high deductible health plans required relative to health savings accounts (see H.R. 3901), H2266 [21AP]

———allow a deduction for premiums on mortgage insurance (see H.R. 1336), H9963 [17NO]

———allow a tax credit for certain education and training expenses (see H.R. 4392), H6707 [22JY]

———allow individuals to designate refunds to provide catastrophic health coverage to individuals who do not otherwise have health coverage (see H.R. 1608), H393 [4FE]

———modify the alternative minimum tax on individuals by permitting the deduction for State and local taxes and adjust exemption amounts for inflation (see H.R. 4629), H6128 [20JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 434), H6899 [8SE]

———treatment of lifetime income payments from annuities and similiar payments of life insurance proceeds at dates later than death (see H.R. 4849), H9745 [16NO]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (see H.R. 3717), H516 [11FE]

———protect privacy rights of subscribers to wireless communication services (see H.R. 3558), H7580 [24SE]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Res. 757), H6998 [9SE]

———mint coins to commemorate events related to the attack at the Pentagon (see H.R. 5046), H6996 [9SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: establish a voluntary program for the provision of country of origin labeling information on certain agricultural commodities (see H.R. 4576), H4170 [15JN]

Computers: discourage spyware (see H.R. 4661), H4893 [23JN]

Immigration: waive numerical limitation on certain nonimmigrants if a petitioning employer employed such a nonimmigrant during a certain period (see H.R. 4041), H1592 [25MR]

Letters

Allow State use of Oxford Research Station lands, improvements, equipment, and resource materials: Representative Tom Davis, Committee on Government Reform (House), H8140 [5OC]

———by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H8140 [5OC]

American Jobs Creation Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4434 [17JN]

Child Nutrition and WIC Reauthorization Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H4931 [24JN]

Healthy Forest Youth Conservation Corps Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H7676 [28SE]

Limit transfer of certain CCC funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs: several agricultural organizations, H10906 [6DE]

———several organizations, H10906 [6DE]

Paperwork and Regulatory Improvements Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H3151 [18MY]

Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act: by, Committee on Agriculture (House), H8379 [6OC]

Poems

``Lost Vigilance,'' Cordell A. Dickey, E913 [19MY]

Remarks

Agricultural Adjustment Act: remove requirement that processors be members of an agency administering a marketing order applicable to pears (H.R. 2984), H8131, H8132 [5OC]

Agriculture: ensure an abundant and affordable supply of fruits and vegetables and other specialty crops by enhancing competitiveness of U.S.-grown specialty crops (H.R. 3242), H8380 [6OC]

———provide crop and livestock disaster assistance to agricultural producers, H8306 [6OC]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4766), H5554, H5579, H5587, H5597 [13JY]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (S. 1920), H215 [28JA]

———permanently reenact chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H215 [28JA]

Birmingham, AL: anniversary of Sixteenth Street Baptist Church bombing (H. Res. 389), H8249 [6OC]

Business and industry: require mandatory expensing of stock options granted to executive officers (H.R. 3574), H6008 [20JY]

CCC: limit transfer of certain funds between conservation programs for technical assistance for the programs (S. 2856), H10906, H10909 [6DE]

Computers: discourage spyware (H.R. 4661), H8250, H8251 [6OC], E1235 [24JN]

———protect Internet users from unknowing transmission of their personally identifiable information through spyware programs (H.R. 2929), H8088 [5OC]

Copper Creek Records (business): anniversary, E1494 [22JY]

Courts: exclude manufacturers or sellers of meat from downed animals from protection against frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H967, H968 [10MR]

———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), H961, H967, H968 [10MR]

———require proper labeling of genetically altered food to qualify for immunity from frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products, H961 [10MR]

Crime: protect unborn victims of violence (H.R. 1997), H657 [26FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H5587 [13JY]

———prohibit funding for credits or credit guarantees for sale of U.S. agricultural commodities to Iraq, H5597 [13JY]

———sell or exchange certain lands in the Ozark-St. Francis and Ouachita National Forests and use funds to acquire, construct, or improve administrative sites (S. 33), H8139 [5OC]

Dept. of HHS: Community Services Block Grant Program funding, H6817 [8SE]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (H.R. 775), H4730 [22JN]

Dept. of the Interior: prohibit funding to kill or assist others in killing bison in Yellowstone National Park, H4437 [17JN]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4568), H4256 [16JN], H4437 [17JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 5006), H6817 [8SE]

Disasters: making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), H8306 [6OC]

———making emergency supplemental appropriations for relief for States impacted by hurricanes and tropical storms (H.R. 5212), consideration (H. Res. 819), H8281 [6OC]

Federal Rules of Civil Procedure: improve attorney accountability (H.R. 4571), H7111 [14SE]

Foreign policy: assess status of the war on terrorism, H6911 [9SE]

Forest Service: ensure that dependents of employees stationed in Puerto Rico receive a high-quality elementary and secondary education (H.R. 5042), H8138 [5OC]

Granville County, NC: allow State use of Oxford Research Station lands, improvements, equipment, and resource materials (H.R. 2119), H8140, H8141 [5OC]

House of Representatives: require States to hold special elections to fill vacancies in the House not later than 21 days after the vacancy is announced in extraordinary circumstances (H.R. 2844), H3676 [2JN]

Hunger: encourage support of U.S. hunger relief organizations (H. Res. 261), H8133, H8134 [5OC]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (H. Res. 481), H8136, H8137 [5OC]

Lexington, VA: tribute to Stonewall Jackson Hospital, E856 [14MY]

Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act: modify termination date for mandatory price reporting (S. 2965), H9869 [17NO]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment on appointment of individuals to fill House of Representatives vacancies (H.J. Res. 83), H3676 [2JN]

Memorial Day: observance, E912 [19MY], E1043 [4JN]

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (H.R. 1775), E1750 [30SE]

National Farm Safety and Health Week: support goals and purposes (H. Con. Res. 494), H7390, H7391 [22SE]

National forests: prohibit funding for implementing Forest Service rules revisions relative to National Forest System Planning for Land and Resource Management Plans, H4256 [16JN]

National security: reform the intelligence community and enhance terrorism prevention and prosecution, border security, and international cooperation and coordination (H.R. 10), H8883, H8884 [8OC]

———require pretrial detention of suspected terrorists and post-trial supervision of convicted terrorists, H8883, H8884 [8OC]

Parliamentary inquiry, H5574 [13JY]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to patent fees (H.R. 1561), H798 [3MR]

Pennsylvania: conveyance of certain National Forest System lands and improvements (H.R. 3514), H8113, H8114 [5OC]

Point of order, H4230, H4238 [16JN], H5579 [13JY], H5840 [15JY]

Reagan, Ronald: tribute (H. Res. 664), H3804 [8JN]

Salem (VA) Times-Register: anniversary, E890 [18MY]

Taxation: remove impediments to make manufacturing, service, and high-technology businesses more competitive and productive (H.R. 4520), conference report, H8715 [7OC]

Telecommunications: increase penalties for violations by television and radio broadcasters of the prohibitions against transmission of obscene, indecent, and profane language (H.R. 3717), H1027 [11MR]

Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (H. Res. 757), H6911 [9SE]

Tobacco products: terminate Federal tobacco quota and price support programs and compensate tobacco quota holders and active tobacco producers adversely affected by termination of such programs, H8715 [7OC]

Votes: position on missed, H4554 [18JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H2655 [5MY], H4644 [21JN]

Reports filed

Specialty Crops Competitiveness Act: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 3242) (H. Rept. 108-750), H8407 [6OC]

Tributes

Bereuter, Representative, H5554 [13JY]

Lalush, Michael V., E1043 [4JN]

Litwiller, Roger W., E1825 [7OC]

Ogonowski, John, H5554 [13JY]