SMITH, LAMAR S. (a Representative from Texas)

Appointments

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select), H1088 [21FE]

Conferee: H.R. 2508, International Cooperation Act, H6646 [17SE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: reduction of overhead expenditures (see H. Con. Res. 96, H1474 [7MR])

Carl O. Hyde General Mail Facility, Midland, TX: designate (see H.R. 2347, H3148 [15MY])

Ecology and environment: global warming (see H.R. 3006, H5817 [24JY])

Elections: multicandidate political committee contributions for congressional elections (see H.R. 2186, H2685 [1MY])

Immigration: registration of convicted aliens released on parole and limit number of times an alien may be provided voluntary departure (see H.R. 3466, H7313 [2OC])

Texas: San Angelo Federal reclamation project irrigable acreage increase (see H.R. 3593, H8120 [21OC])

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Abortion: availability of services under federally funded programs (see H.R. 1490, H1848 [19MR])

Agriculture: prevention of crimes against farmers, researchers, and other livestock-related professions (see H.R. 2407, H3279 [20MY])

Appropriations: constitutional amendment on line-item veto (see H.J. Res. 5, H684 [23JA])

Arctic National Wildlife Refuge: lease lands for oil and gas exploration and development (see H.R. 759, H824 [30JA])

Armed Forces: penalty-free withdrawals from retirement plans by members called to active duty during Operation Desert Shield (see H.R. 1016, H1326 [28FE])

Bankruptcy: priority for the payment of claims for retiree health benefits in liquidation cases (see H.R. 3619, H9494 [6NO])

———treatment of debtor's income-producing real property (see H.R. 2867, H5979 [29JY])

Basketball Centennial Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 372, H11115 [23NO])

Birds: conservation of exotic wild species (see H.R. 2540, H6317 [1AU])

Boy Scouts of America: anniversary (see H.J. Res. 207, H2471 [23AP])

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 143, H2137 [10AP]; H.J. Res. 248, H2901 [8MY]; H.J. Res. 290, H5298 [9JY])

———establish and evaluate performance standards and goals for expenditures (see H.R. 1800, H2769 [2MY])

———Presidential power to reduce authority (see H.R. 78, H993 [6FE])

———reform process (see H.R. 298, H78 [4JA])

———spending level increase guidelines (see H.R. 2241, H2811 [7MY])

Capital punishment: constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 1400, H1669 [12MR])

———establish constitutional procedures for imposition (see H.R. 639, H713 [28JA])

Children: avoid prolonged foster care for abandoned babies where adoption is available (see H.R. 2362, H3149 [15MY])

Christopher Columbus Fellowship Foundation: establish (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])

Coins and coinage: mint in commemoration of the quincentenary of the discovery of America by Christopher Columbus (see H.R. 500, H1025 [19FE])

Colleges and universities: sexual assaults on campuses (see H.R. 2363, H6457 [11SE])

Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (Select): establish (see H. Res. 12, H62 [3JA])

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 166, H6318 [1AU])

Communications: development of broadband infrastructure and availability of emergency technologies (see H.R. 2546, H4015 [5JN])

Congress: applicability of laws relative to employment conditions and rights of employees (see H.R. 3734, H9579 [7NO])

———require disclosure of information (see H.R. 3532, H8189 [22OC])

———require three-fifths majority vote in both houses to increase taxes (see H.R. 3146, H6193 [31JY])

Contracts: arbitration of disputes (see H.R. 3122, H6879 [25SE])

Copyrights: digital audio recordings (see H.R. 3204, H11891 [26NO])

Courts: clarify remedial jurisdiction of inferior Federal courts (see H.R. 640, H696 [24JA])

———restore authority to naturalize persons as citizens (see H.R. 3049, H5909 [25JY])

———standards for product liability actions (see H.R. 3030, H5908 [25JY])

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 1400, H1669 [12MR])

———penalties for flight to avoid child support arrearages (see H.R. 1241, H2016 [21MR])

———registration of all convicted child abusers with the National Crime Information Center (see H.R. 2553, H5515 [16JY])

Crime Prevention Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 303, H6603 [16SE])

Dutch-American Heritage Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 177, H8663 [29OC])

Earth Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 144, H2181 [11AP])

Economy: incentives for work, savings, and investments (see H.R. 3130, H6675 [17SE])

Education: promote the teaching of civics and character values in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 2125, H5211 [26JN])

Education Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 104, H1418 [5MR])

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (see H.R. 1270, H2180 [11AP])

———restore certain political rights to workers (see H.R. 2915, H5513 [16JY])

EPA: regulation of permits for hazardous waste facilities (see H.R. 177, H556 [17JA])

Fair Labor Standards Act: exempt certain individuals involved in model garment programs (see H.R. 623, H3037 [14MY])

Federal Aviation Act: amend relative to bankruptcy transportation plans (see H.R. 66, H1849 [19MR])

Federal Employees Recognition Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 97, H1162 [26FE])

Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund: exempt receipts from the calculation of the budget (see H.R. 1528, H2686 [1MY])

Financial institutions: limit liability on holdings in violation of certain environmental laws (see H.R. 1450, H5050 [25JN])

Fire fighters: enact a fire service bill of rights (see H.R. 2448, H3806 [3JN])

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 83, H892 [5FE])

Foreign aid: assistance for transition from communism to democracy (see H.R. 1080, H2470 [23AP])

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2448, H3806 [3JN])

Freedom of religion: protect (see H.R. 2797, H5210 [26JN])

Gambling: prohibit sports gambling under State law (see H.R. 74, H6879 [25SE])

German-American Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 180, H3281 [20MY])

Government: elimination of waste (see H.R. 3816, H10932 [22NO])

———greater accountability for foreign travel (see H.R. 461, H7551 [7OC])

Government regulation: procedures for assessment of impact on seizure of private property (see H.R. 1572, H2812 [7MY])

Health: assess paperwork burden imposed on providers and beneficiaries of health care services (see H.R. 2625, H6386 [2AU])

Health care facilities: exempt from antitrust laws, certain activities entered into by hospitals in low population areas (see H.R. 2406, H3279 [20MY])

Health care professionals: excessive physician regulations under medicare (see H.R. 2695, H7199 [1OC])

———incentives for physicians to practice in rural areas (see H.R. 2230, H2810 [7MY])

———increase number of individuals serving in clinical laboratories serving rural areas (see H.R. 2405, H3279 [20MY])

———requirements relative to training in family medicine (see H.R. 2231, H2810 [7MY])

House of Representatives: establish Commission on Congressional Reform (see H. Res. 26, H9044 [1NO])

———require three-fifths majority vote on passage of legislation increasing revenues (see H. Res. 141, H2903 [8MY])

Hussein, Saddam: prosecution for war crimes (see H. Con. Res. 81, H1418 [5MR])

Immigration: admission of certain nonimmigrants (see H.R. 3048, H5909 [25JY])

———document fraud (see H.R. 3438, H7198 [1OC])

———enforcement of employer sanctions (see H.R. 3440, H7198 [1OC])

———law enforcement (see H.R. 3439, H7198 [1OC])

Israel: Arab boycott (see H. Con. Res. 118, H2770 [2MY])

Jewish Heritage Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 134, H2137 [10AP])

Karate Kids Just Say No to Drugs Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 135, H1079 [20FE])

Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 255, H5342 [10JY])

Labor: repeal Davis-Bacon Act (see H.R. 1755, H2178 [11AP])

Medicare: due process protections to institutions subject to State certifications (see H.R. 2240, H3739 [30MY])

Middle East: congressional approval of military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (see H. Con. Res. 13, H84 [4JA])

———demonstrations of community support for troops in the Persian Gulf (see H.J. Res. 174, H3281 [20MY])

———Iraqi environmental terrorism of crude oil dumping in the Persian Gulf (see H. Con. Res. 55, H994 [6FE]; H. Con. Res. 57, H1081 [20FE])

———success of multinational military action against Iraq (see H. Res. 95, H1326 [28FE])

National Accessible Housing Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 326, H7551 [7OC])

National Adoption Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 364, H10366 [18NO])

National Biomedical Research Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 316, H6540 [12SE])

National Desert Storm Reservists Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 231, H2469 [23AP])

National Ellis Island Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 130, H1024 [19FE])

National forests: protect persons involved in a lawful hunt (see H.R. 371, H1138 [21FE])

National Foster Care Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 154, H2109 [9AP])

National Girls and Women in Sports Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 30, H782 [29JA])

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 153, H5433 [11JY])

National Ice Hockey Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 361, H8920 [31OC])

National Job Skills Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 291, H11289 [25NO])

National Military Families Recognition Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 215, H2178 [11AP])

National Minority Organ Donor Encouragement Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 229, H5267 [27JN])

National observances: establish a commission to advise the President (see H.R. 1882, H2373 [17AP])

National Red Ribbon Week for a Drug-Free America: designate (see H.J. Res. 340, H8102 [17OC])

National Walk For Health and Fitness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 170, H2263 [16AP])

Newspapers: establish tax credits for using recycled newsprint (see H.R. 507, H386 [11JA])

Nuclear energy: standardize plant designs and improve the licensing and regulatory process (see H.R. 1184, H2769 [2MY])

Older Americans Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 51, H2783 [6MY])

``Our American Government'': print a revised edition as a House Document (see H. Con. Res. 172, H4867 [20JN])

Postal Service: establish commission to investigate (see H. Res. 194, H5911 [25JY])

POW/MIA: disclosure of information concerning U.S. personnel classified after 1940 (see H.R. 1147, H2537 [24AP])

Prayer: constitutional amendment on voluntary school prayer (see H.J. Res. 240, H2685 [1MY])

Public Pension Equity Restoration Act: enact (see H.R. 1348, H2016 [21MR])

Raye, Martha: support awarding of Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 100, H6139 [30JY])

Real property: tax treatment under the limitations on losses from passive activities (see H.R. 1414, H1757 [13MR])

Recycling: State opportunities for citizens' participation (see H.R. 945, H2375 [17AP])

Religious Freedom Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 325, H6799 [24SE])

Retired Enlisted Association, Inc.: grant charter (see H.R. 1509, H1912 [20MR])

Savings and loan associations: investigation and prosecution of criminal activity (see H. Res. 107, H6195 [31JY])

Social Security: earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 967, H1023 [19FE])

———payment for physicians' services (see H.R. 3070, H10269 [14NO])

Space policy: development of commercial space activities (see H.R. 3848, H10841 [21NO])

———encourage the development of a commercial space industry (see H.R. 3153, H7314 [2OC])

States: taxation of nonresidents pension income (see H.R. 431, H2565 [25AP]; H.R. 1531, H2902 [8MY])

Taxation: allow first-time home buyers to make withdrawals from personal individual retirement accounts without penalty (see H.R. 519, H1281 [27FE])

———capital gains (see H.R. 3128, H7649 [8OC])

———clarify that customer based, market share, and any similar intangible items are amortizable (see H.R. 1456, H2565 [25AP])

———codifying the depreciable life of semiconductor manufacturing equipment (see H.R. 3273, H6384 [2AU])

———energy investment credit for solar and geothermal energy (see H.R. 1652, H2085 [22MR])

———health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1248, H1414 [5MR])

———importation of crude oil and refined petroleum products (see H.R. 706, H2108 [9AP])

———increase amount of exemption for children under age 18 (see H.R. 1277, H1415 [5MR])

———indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 246, H993 [6FE])

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 1406, H2087 [22MR])

———investment tax credit for vehicles fueled by clean-burning substances (see H.R. 1497, H2394 [18AP])

———reduce social security and capital gains taxes (see H.R. 960, H1475 [7MR])

———relief for families and incentives for economic growth (see H.R. 3744, H9580 [7NO])

———repeal certain limitations on the one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of principal residence (see H.R. 1287, H1455 [6MR])

———repeal excise tax on luxury items (see H.R. 2598, H5341 [10JY])

———standing mileage rate deduction for charitable use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 1506, H2262 [16AP])

———targeted jobs credit (see H.R. 565, H10931 [22NO])

———treatment of a charitable organization operating an amateur athletic event (see H.R. 2464, H12063 [3JA])

———treatment of amounts received by cooperative telephone companies indirectly from their members (see H.R. 1860, H2538 [24AP])

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 310, H2375 [17AP])

———treatment of contributions to candidates for election to the House of Representatives (see H.R. 913, H2470 [23AP])

———treatment of contributions to education savings accounts (see H.R. 34, H54 [3JA])

———treatment of deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 8, H1418 [5MR])

———withholding of income tax from wages paid for agricultural labor (see H.R. 924, H3037 [14MY])

U.N.: repeal General Assembly Resolution 3379 (see H.J. Res. 195, H2137 [10AP])

Veterans: allow disability compensation concurrently with retirement pay (see H.R. 303, H713 [28JA])

———award Purple Heart to former POW of World War I, World War II, and the Korean War for injuries received during captivity (see H.R. 2248, H8102 [17OC])

———hospice care for terminally ill individuals (see H.R. 2199, H4016 [5JN])

Wetlands: conservation and management (see H.R. 1330, H6385 [2AU])

World Population Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 261, H3623 [23MY])

Year of Reconciliation Between American Indians and Non-Indians: designate (see H.J. Res. 358, H10932 [22NO])

Year of the Gulf of Mexico: designate (see H.J. Res. 327, H7801 [10OC])

Letters

Members' check cashing at House bank: by, E3429 [17OC]

Remarks by, on

Boy Scouts: Eagle Scout Award recipient, E4017 [22NO]

Budget: reduction of overhead expenditures, E1320 [18AP]

———reduction of overhead expenditures (H. Con. Res. 96), E868 [8MR]

Carl O. Hyde General Mail Facility, Midland, TX: designate (H.R. 2347), E1798 [16MY]

Courts: restore authority to naturalize persons as citizens (H.R. 3049), H9625 [12NO]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3371), H7871 [16OC], H8015, H8022 [17OC]

———penalties for providing material assistance to terrorists, H8022 [17OC]

Ecology and environment: global warming (H.R. 3006), H5748 [24JY]

Elections: multicandidate political committee contributions for congressional elections (H.R. 2186), E1543 [1MY]

Employment: entitle family leave involving a birth, adoption, or serious health condition with protection of benefits (H.R. 2), H9732, H9734 [13NO]

House of Representatives: Members' check cashing at House bank, H7556 [8OC], E3428 [17OC]

Immigration: special status for aliens serving in the Armed Forces (S. 296), H6550, H6551 [16SE]

Middle East: military action to enforce U.N. Security Council resolution against Iraq (H.J. Res. 77), H484 [12JA]

San Antonio, TX: designation as an America 2000 community, E3622 [31OC]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H1020 [19FE]

Testimonies

Committee on House Administration: Campaign Finance Reform, D507 [30AP]

Committee on Rules: National Policy to Control Crime and Reform Court Procedures (H.R. 3371), D1237 [10OC]

Tributes

Ferrari, Victor J., E524 [19FE]

O'Leary, David E., E4017 [22NO]