SMITH, PETER (a Representative from Vermont)

Amendments offered by, to

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 28241 [9NO]

Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8672 [9MY]

Appointments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), 5360 [4AP]

Conferee: H.R. 2461, Dept. of Defense appropriations, 20955 [20SE]

———H.R. 3299, budget reconciliation, 25093 [18OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: protection of appointed judges (see H.R. 2839), 13961 [29JN]

Civil Rights Act: amend relative to prima facie violations (see H.R. 3157), 19328 [4AU]

Education: critical languages and area studies program (see H.R. 3258), 20204 [12SE]

———demonstration program for educational performance agreements for school restructuring (see H.R. 3347), 21589 [26SE]

National Morgan Horse Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 388), 18672 [3AU]

Ozone: restrict chlorofluorocarbon use (see H.R. 3257), 20204 [12SE]

Taxation: oil spill damages and cleanup (see H.R. 2223), 8072 [3MY]

Vocational education: national demonstration program for educational performance agreement (see H.R. 2874), 14474 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Aeronautics: Essential Air Service Program (see H. Con. Res. 3), 2800 [27FE]

———prohibit seating discrimination against blind (see H.R. 563), 5515 [5AP]

———prohibit smoking on certain scheduled passenger flights (see H.R. 160), 1687 [6FE]

Air pollution: amend provisions relative to acid deposition (see H.R. 1470), 4488 [16MR]

American Heritage Trust: establish (see H.R. 876), 1686 [6FE]

Banks and banking: extend period for issuing mortgage bonds and credit certificates (see H.R. 1200), 5172 [22MR]

Birth control: extend family planning program (see H.R. 930), 7614 [27AP]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 268), 8915 [11MY]

———expeditious consideration by Congress of Presidential proposals rescinding budget authority (see H.R. 962), 2618 [23FE]

———Presidential authority to reduce (see H.R. 3271), 24235 [12OC]

Chaney, Goodman, and Schwerner Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 141), 12494 [20JN]

Chemicals: reduce threat of catastrophic accidents (see H.R. 2585), 26497 [30OC]

China, People's Republic of: readjust immigration status of certain nationals (see H.R. 2712), 13962 [29JN]

Civil liberties: constitutional amendment relative to equal rights for men and women (see H.J. Res. 1), 7437 [25AP]

Civil Rights Act: amend (see H.R. 2598), 19332 [4AU]

Clean Air Act: national air quality standards (see H.R. 2323), 8914 [11MY]

Coast Guard: commemorative bicentennial medals (see H.R. 509), 1398 [2FE]

Coins and coinage: modernize (see H.R. 505), 9651 [18MY]

Colleges: disclosure of campus security policies and crime statistics (see H.R. 3344), 24235 [12OC]

Committee on Hunger (House, Select): establish (see H. Res. 20), 348 [24JA]

Committee on Narcotics Abuse and Control: establish (see H. Res. 247), 21499 [25SE]

———permanent status (see H. Res. 216), 16565 [27JY]

Congress: procedure for expedited consideration of legislation submitted by the President (see H. Con. Res. 45), 1747 [7FE]

Container industry: refund value for certain beverage containers (see H.R. 586), 2269 [21FE]

Crime and criminals: mandatory minimum sentence for unlawful possession of a firearm (see H.R. 2529), 20205 [12SE]

———penalties for use of semiautomatic firearm or short-barrelled shotgun during a crime of violence or drug trafficking crime (see H.R. 1654), 6458 [13AP]

———transfer or possession of firearms by convicted drug criminal (see H.R. 2359), 10503 [1JN]

Day care: mortgage financing for residential small centers (see H.R. 2330), 10051 [23MY]

———provide (see H.R. 1840), 6330 [12AP]

Deaf Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 140), 5172 [22MR]

Decade of the Brain: designate (see H.J. Res. 174), 9140 [15MY]

Dept. of the Treasury: issuance of Drug War Bonds (see H.R. 2972), 22744 [2OC]

Developing countries: eradicate the worst aspects of poverty (see H.R. 594), 1153 [27JA]

———restructuring of external debt relative to preservation of tropical ecosystems (see H.R. 1704), 9483 [17MY]

Doherty, Joseph P.: application for political asylum (see H. Con. Res. 62), 25917 [25OC]

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 338), 16429 [26JY]

Ecology: environmental education and training (see H.R. 3684), 29605 [16NO]

———sale of chemicals which deplete ozone layer (see H.R. 1112), 10443 [31MY]

Education: adult literacy (see H.R. 3123), 27087 [3NO]

———Federal funding for special education (see H. Con. Res. 85), 5515 [5AP]

———improved collection of defaulted student loans (see H.R. 2043), 6881 [18AP]

———promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (see H.R. 1675), 5513 [5AP]

———treatment of family assets relative to determination of student aid needs (see H.R. 1581), 5270 [23MR]

———youth service programs (see H. Res. 95), 9652 [18MY]

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 173), 5339 [3AP]

82d Airborne Division Association, Inc.: charter (see H.R. 82), 7544 [26AP]

El Salvador: encourage a negotiated settlement to the civil war (see H. Con. Res. 213), 24234 [12OC]

Election campaigns: tax deduction for contributions (see H.R. 2751), 16565 [27JY]

Elections: national voter registration procedures (see H.R. 2190), 13962 [29JN]

Employee stock ownership plans: tax-free interest on certain loans (see H.R. 3364), 22291 [28SE]

Employment: elimination of discriminatory wage practices (see H.R. 41), 7544 [26AP]

EPA: data on toxic chemical emissions (see H.R. 1457), 4200 [15MR]

———increase number of criminal investigators (see H.R. 2561), 14017 [10JY]

Exxon Corp.: obligation to clean up Alaskan oil spill caused by company tanker (see H. Con. Res. 175), 22069 [27SE]

Family Living Wage Act: enact (see H.R. 1104), 2617 [23FE]

Farms: estate tax valuation (see H.R. 2336), 10243 [25MY]

FCC: postpone effective date of certain financial syndication rules (see H.R. 2836), 29605 [16NO]

Federal employees: extend certain civil service retirement provisions to INS, Customs Service, and IRS law enforcement officers (see H.R. 1083), 22068 [27SE]

———participation in political process (see H.R. 20), 5274 [23MR]

Firefighters: bill of rights (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

Fire Safety at Home Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 346), 22744 [2OC]

Firearms: amend provisions relative to semiautomatic assault weapons and large capacity ammunition feeding devices (see H.R. 1190), 5379 [4AP]

Fish and fisheries: ban importation of shrimp from countries whose fishing practices endanger sea turtles (see H.R. 3442), 24130 [11OC]

———prohibit importation of shrimp from country not requiring use of turtle excluder devices (see H.R. 2620), 14076 [11JY]

Food: prescribe nutrition labeling (see H.R. 3562), 27808 [7NO]

Foreign trade: control the international ivory market to protect elephants (see H.R. 2172), 12494 [20JN]

Forests and forestry: tropical forest resources (see H.J. Res. 271), 13847 [28JN]

Franklin, Benjamin: bicentennial of death commemorative coin (see H.R. 3056), 19333 [4AU]

———commemorative coin (see H.R. 3587), 26962 [2NO]

GAO: investigation on conditions of displaced Nicaraguans and Salvadorans (see H.R. 45), 14475 [12JY]

Global Warming Prevention Act: enact (see H.R. 1078), 14076 [11JY]

Groundwater: authorizing research (see H.R. 37), 1152 [27JA]

Guam: establish as a commonwealth (see H.R. 98), 28335 [9NO]

Handicapped: discrimination prohibition (see H.R. 2273), 8709 [9MY]

———tax credits for small businesses for costs of public accommodations for the disabled (see H.R. 3500), 26345 [26OC]

Health: restrictions relative to family planning programs (see H.R. 720), 12493 [20JN]

Holidays: commission to advise President on proposals for national observances (see H.R. 746), 22875 [3OC]

House of Representatives: amend rules relative to special interest commemorative legislation (see H. Res. 244), 23301 [4OC]

———recycling paper used in operation (see H. Res. 104), 6884 [18AP]

Housing: demonstration mortgage programs for moderate-income first-time homebuying families (see H.R. 1170), 7614 [27AP]

Income: adjust minimum wage and increase earned income tax credit (see H.R. 2637), 11817 [14JN]

———congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 401), 1748 [7FE]

Insurance: deduction for health insurance of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 694), 11603 [13JN]

Interstate commerce: destruction or injury of property (see H.R. 1515), 27808 [7NO]

Interstitial Cystitis Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 291), 28336 [9NO]

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 136), 6458 [13AP]

Job Training Partnership Act: improve delivery of services to hard-to-serve youth and adults (see H.R. 2803), 13960 [29JN]

Little League Baseball: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 123), 26497 [30OC]

Low-Income Housing Preservation Act: enact (see H.R. 1057), 20205 [12SE]

Medicare: improve health services in rural areas (see H.R. 762), 6458 [13AP]

———mammography coverage (see H.R. 3701), 30408 [20NO]

———regional referral center classification of hospitals (see H.R. 680), 1748 [7FE]

Medicare Catastrophic Coverage Act: review by Congress (see H. Res. 169), 11603 [13JN]

Medicare/medicaid: use of payments as collateral for hospitals (see H.R. 3284), 28846 [14NO]

Members of Congress: elimination of exceptions that permit personal use of excess campaign funds (see H.R. 40), 1152 [27JA]

———pay adjustment (see H.J. Res. 88), 326 [20JA]

———soliciting campaign contributions relative to other Members (see H.R. 83), 28017 [8NO]

Milk: modify price support program (see H.R. 2228), 8206 [4MY]

Minorities: admission of students to institutions of higher education (see H. Con. Res. 147), 11301 [8JN]

Mount Rushmore National Memorial: commemorative anniversary coin (see H.R. 1028), 12181 [15JN]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 117), 4113 [14MR]

National Alcohol and Drug Treatment Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 217), 16565 [27JY]

National Board for Professional Teaching Standards: Federal assistance (see H.R. 3717), 30034 [17NO]

National Children's Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 132), 8074 [3MY]

National Cooperative Innovation and Commercialization Act: enact (see H.R. 1024), 12181 [15JN]

National Day of Remembrance for Victims of the U.S.S. Iowa: designate (see H.J. Res. 247), 7755 [2MY]

National Day To Commemorate the Bastille Day Bicentennial: designate (see H.J. Res. 298), 12283 [19JN]

National Domestic Violence Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 320), 20206 [12SE]

National Family Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 126), 11819 [14JN]

National Health Care Food Service Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 141), 22292 [28SE]

National Historically Black Colleges Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 399), 20206 [12SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 122), 26590 [31OC]

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 194), 11605 [13JN]

National Hostage Awareness Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 400), 20775 [19SE]

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 195), 6333 [12AP]

National Law Enforcement Training Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 273), 11605 [13JN]

National Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 277), 13279 [23JN]

National parks: inclusion of certain Shenandoah Valley Civil War sites (see H.R. 3513), 26345 [26OC]

National Pledge of Allegiance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 253), 15160 [19JY]

National POW/MIA Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 178), 13962 [29JN]

National Quality Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 204), 18673 [3AU]

National Visiting Nurse Association Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255), 27809 [7NO]

National Women and Girls in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 82), 1153 [27JA]

Natural resources: national policy for the conservation of biological diversity (see H.R. 1268), 3243 [2MR]

Nepal: blockade by India (see H. Con. Res. 115), 11244 [7JN]

Nobel Prizes: recognition for preservation of the world environment (see H. Res. 193), 22745 [2OC]

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 60), 1748 [7FE]

Peace Corps: drape a U.S. flag over the caskets of deceased volunteers (see H.R. 3475), 26877 [1NO]

———training and educational benefits (see H.R. 985), 2068 [9FE]

Pepper, Claude: commemorative postage stamp (see H. Con. Res. 149), 30409 [20NO]

Petroleum: excise taxes on gasoline and diesel fuel (see H. Res. 41), 2555 [22FE]

———opposition to import fee on crude oil (see H. Res. 17), 1153 [27JA]

Plastics: promote development of degradable products (see H.R. 683), 18672 [3AU]

Postal Service: budget treatment (see H.R. 982), 3101 [1MR]

Power resources: effectiveness of State energy conservation programs (see H.R. 711), 7544 [26AP]

Professional Medical Liability Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2858), 20205 [12SE]

Public utilities: bankruptcy and reorganization guidelines (see H.R. 681), 1150 [27JA]

Recycled materials: tax on the sale of paper products not containing an amount of recovered materials as specified by EPA (see H.R. 1691), 31245 [21NO]

Recycling of waste products: development of recyclable consumer plastics (see H.R. 3105), 30408 [20NO]

———encourage scientific research and development of technologies (see H.R. 500), 1153 [27JA]

———percentage requirements for producers and importers of newsprint (see H.R. 3483), 26345 [26OC]

Research: tax incentive (see H.R. 1416), 14017 [10JY]

Rural areas: economic development needs (see H. Con. Res. 140), 16565 [27JY]

———expand homeownership opportunities for low- and moderate-income families (see H.R. 2388), 14475 [12JY]

———improve development (see H.R. 3530), 26344 [26OC]

Rushdie, Salman: denouncing death sentence by Ayatollah Khomeini (see H.J. Res. 154), 2618 [23FE]

Social Security: coverage of social worker services in rural health clinics (see H.R. 1176), 7649 [1MY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 2460), 10158 [24MY]

———improve quality of services to individuals with mental retardation (see H.R. 854), 5515 [5AP]

———payment reductions to hospitals under medicare part A (see H. Con. Res. 40), 1205 [31JA]

———work incentives relative to disability benefits (see H.R. 8), 6331 [12AP]

South Africa: grant asylum to those who refuse to serve in the South African armed forces in support of apartheid (see H. Con. Res. 67), 29071 [15NO]

Statehood: 100th anniversary commemorative coins for certain (see H.R. 1553), 19332 [4AU]

Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act: emergency supplemental appropriations (see H.J. Res. 31), 5086 [21MR]

Take Pride in the Flag Day: designate (see H. Res. 189), 13622 [27JN]

Taxation: assessment of retail dealer occupational taxes (see H.R. 2285), 25146 [18OC]

———deduction for educational loans (see H.R. 747), 1204 [31JA]

———deductions relative to contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 70), 1687 [6FE]

———deductions relative to hazardous substance cleanup costs (see H.R. 1935), 8074 [3MY]

———deductions relative to interest paid on debt secured by a home (see H. Con. Res. 37), 2902 [28FE]

———expand earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3367), 22291 [28SE]

———limit ability of taxpayers to deduct cost of oil cleanups and hazardous substance spills (see H.R. 2532), 10502 [1JN]

———low-income housing credit (see H.R. 2319), 12936 [22JN]

———repeal nondiscrimination rules relative to employee benefit plans (see H.R. 634), 4990 [20MR]

Television: prohibit encryption of broadcast programming produced with Federal subsidization (see H.R. 2667), 19332 [4AU]

———right of State and local agencies to regulate cable rates (see H.R. 2222), 20648 [18SE]

Tongass National Forest, AK: designate certain lands as wilderness (see H.R. 987), 7755 [2MY]

Tuna: labeling requirements (see H.R. 2926), 26877 [1NO]

U.S. flag: prohibit desecration (see H. Res. 185), 12935 [22JN]

United Airlines: tribute to volunteers assisting in rescue operations for flight 232 (see H.J. Res. 379), 16564 [27JY]

Veterans: dire emergency appropriations for medical care (see H.J. Res. 272), 9482 [17MY]

———receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and without deductions from either (see H.R. 303), 11243 [7JN]

VISTA: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 228), 29070 [15NO]

Vocational Education Act: grants for technical education (see H.R. 22), 2269 [21FE]

———improve programs (see H.R. 2329), 8915 [11MY]

Vocational-Technical Education Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 367), 24744 [16OC]

Water: manufacturing and labeling standards for certain plumbing products (see H.R. 1185), 30035 [17NO]

Wilderness Act: anniversary of National Wilderness Preservation System (see H.J. Res. 163), 11243 [7JN]

World Food Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 267), 21217 [21SE]

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 248), 7435 [25AP]

Youth: program to encourage college students to serve as mentors for the disadvantaged (see H.R. 2614), 16429 [26JY]

Youth Opportunities Unlimited Program: establish (see H.R. 2803), 13960 [29JN]

Letters

Freedom of choice, 8810 [10MY]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, 4480 [16MR]

Remarks by, on

Abortion: pro choice versus right to life, 8810 [10MY]

Alaska: oil spill, 7727 [2MY]

Bennington, VT: observance of Capstone Day in commemoration of the Revolutionary War, 28358 [9NO]

Drug abuse: narcotics traffic, 20100 [12SE]

Education: Federal funding for special education (H. Con. Res. 85), 5488 [5AP]

———promoting excellence by recognizing and rewarding schools, teachers, and students (H.R. 1675), 5507 [5AP]

———restructure local school districts, 22776 [3OC]

El Salvador: civil war, 30071 [17NO]

Income: disapproving increases in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries (H.J. Res. 129), 1718 [7FE]

Journal: question of approval, 9454 [17MY], 15097 [19JY]

Minimum wage: adjust (H.R. 2), 5156 [22MR]

———adjust (H.R. 2), consideration (H. Res. 111), 5139 [22MR]

———adjust (H.R. 2), veto, 11773 [14JN]

———adjust (H.R. 2710), 26812 [1NO]

National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreement: establish (H.R. 2874), 14375 [12JY]

Nicaragua: assist free and fair national elections (H.R. 3385), 23285 [4OC]

Oil pollution: limitations on liability (H.R. 1465), 26793 [1NO], 28241 [9NO]

Taxation: capital gains, 21770 [27SE]

VA: hospital funding, 9461 [17MY]

Vermont: new distillery, 3834 [8MR]

Veterans: funding for health care, 9480 [17MY]

Vocational Education Act: extend authority (H.R. 7), 8625, 8672, 8674, 8675 [9MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, 8843 [10MY], 25912 [25OC]

Special order: granted, 14473 [12JY]

Remarks in Senate relative to

Environmental and Energy Study Conference: election of executive committee, 14360 [12JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Assault weapons: Chiefs of Police Association of Vermont, 26886 [1NO]

Tributes

Keeton, Morris T., 21400 [22SE]

Smith, Nicole, 8868 [10MY]