SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H. (a Representative from New Jersey)

Addresses

Situation of Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo: Bujar Bukoshi, E515 [22MR]

Amendments offered by, to

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2536 [20AP]

States: limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), H9936 [28SE]

Appointments

Delegation for the funeral of the late Dean A. Gallo, H11541 [29NO]

Articles and editorials

Child of War—The Diary of Zlata Filipovic, Newsweek (publication), E399-E401 [10MR]

Forced Abortion in China, Robert D. Novak, Washington (DC) Post, H3891 [24MY]

Rescued—Baby Shower Is Held for Three Saved From Death by Abortion, Richard Szczepanowski, Catholic Standard (publication), H3129 [5MY]

RU-486—Sunny Rhetoric vs. Bloody Reality, Charmaine Crouse Yoest, Wall Street Journal, E1123 [26MY]

Tomorrow, You Could Be in Prison—Humble Origins of an Underground Chinese Faith, Stan De Boe, Faith and Freedom (publication), E265 [24FE]

Tragedy of Errors—The Reno Justice Department and Child Pornography, Thomas L. Jipping, E1415-E1417 [1JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Haiti: establish congressional commission to assess U.S. policy options (see H. Con. Res. 264), H5462 [30JN]

Refuse disposal: State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (see H.R. 4661, 4662), H5315 [28JN]

———State control of transportation and disposal of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 4859), H6482 [29JY]

Veterans: add bronchioloalveolar carcinoma to the list of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 4156), H1995 [24MR]

———specialized services to disabled veterans (see H.R. 4428), H3356 [16MY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports for peanuts (see H.R. 3846), H2219 [12AP]

———tribute to U.S. rice industry (see H.J. Res. 405), H11429 [7OC]

Air pollution: reduction of work-related vehicle trips in ozone nonattainment areas (see H.R. 4589), H4959 [23JN]

Alcohol Awareness Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 335), H2220 [12AP]

American Revolution: study of battlefields (see H.R. 4257), H5761 [14JY]

Armed Forces: procedures for determination and classification of missing or deceased status (see H.R. 291), H2507 [19AP]

Bankruptcy: treatment of condominium or cooperative ownership unit membership association fees (see H.R. 1583), H3279 [11MY]

Budget: discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 3266), H680 [23FE]

China, People's Republic of: most-favored-nation status (see H.R. 4590; H.J. Res. 373), H4293 [9JN], H4653 [16JN]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (see H. Con. Res. 166), H5548 [12JY]

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (see H. Con. Res. 286), H8755 [19AU]

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from U.S. budget (see H.R. 1056), H5547 [12JY]

Civil Service Retirement System: count service in certain Federal-State cooperative agricultural programs (see H.R. 3490), H2219 [12AP]

Coins: mint in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the World War II peace accords (see H.R. 3820), H3755 [19MY]

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House): investigation of House Post Office activity relative to violations of House Rules or embezzlement of public funds by Members of Congress (see H. Res. 238), H358 [8FE]

Committees of the House: commence hearings into President and Hillary Rodham Clinton's involvement in Whitewater Estates development and Madison Guaranty (see H. Res. 437), H3964 [24MY]

Commodore John Barry Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 383), H5170 [27JN]

Constitution Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 390), H5870 [19JY]

Copyrights: fee exemptions for performance or broadcast of certain musical works and establishment of court-annexed arbitration process for fee disputes (see H.R. 4936), H11201 [6OC]

Crime: antiracketeering laws (see H.R. 4824), H6200 [25JY]

———penalties for child endangerment and abuse in U.S. special maritime and territorial jurisdictions (see H.R. 3366), H44 [25JA]

———protection from sexual predators (H.R. 3990), consideration (see H. Res. 524), H8595 [17AU]

———registration of persons convicted of sex offenses against children (see H.R. 3256), H288 [3FE]

Cuba: condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees (see H. Con. Res. 279), H7074 [5AU]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H1957 [23MR]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to verify identity of AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H4091 [25MY]

Dept. of HUD: assistance program eligibility for organizations that promote prejudice or bias based on race, religion, or ethnicity (see H.R. 4036), H1781 [21MR]

———supportive housing for low-income senior citizens (see H. Con. Res. 253), H5171 [27JN]

Dept. of Justice: interpretation of child protection statutes (see H. Res. 481), H5761 [14JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction of medical facilities (see H.R. 4425), H3356 [16MY]

———staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (see H.R. 4013), H1322 [11MR]

Disasters: establish a commission to improve the Federal emergency management system (see H.R. 3397), H2219 [12AP]

Diseases: disclosure of HIV status of newborn infants to the legal guardians (see H.R. 4507), H5548 [12JY]

Ecology and environment: authorize EPA loan program to States for voluntary environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 3844), H5547 [12JY]

———require EPA to establish State programs of voluntary environmental cleanup programs (see H.R. 3843), H5547 [12JY]

Education and Sharing Day, U.S.A.: designate (see H.J. Res. 329), H1541 [17MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4221 [8JN]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H9600 [23SE]

Explosives: Federal permit requirements for distribution or receipt of explosives (see H.R. 4345), H3055 [4MY]

Federal aid programs: administration of funds for homeless assistance in part by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H. Res. 127), H84 [26JA]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see H.R. 4514), H6550 [1AU]

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act: amend relative to minor use pesticides (see H.R. 967), H205 [2FE]

Foreign aid: prohibit to countries that restrict the delivery of U.S. humanitarian assistance to other countries (see H.R. 4142), H1995 [24MR]

Forests: restraints upon clearcutting (see H.R. 1164), H10727 [4OC]

GATT: establish a working party on trade and worker rights and labor standards (see H.R. 4271), H4958 [23JN]

Greek Independence Day—A National Day of Celebration of Greek and American Democracy: designate (see H.J. Res. 310), H1323 [11MR]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces (see H. Con. Res. 269), H9088 [12SE]

Health: ability of Members to strike employer mandates from health care reform legislation (see H. Res. 424), H3755 [19MY]

———application of antitrust laws for certain activities of providers of health care services (see H.R. 3486), H2252 [13AP]

———budgetary treatment of national health care reform (see H. Con. Res. 201), H204 [2FE]

———employment impact of national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3882), H679 [23FE]

———funding for WIC food programs in any national health care plan (see H. Con. Res. 233), H4166 [26MY]

———managed care system reform proposal (see H.R. 4527), H5548 [12JY]

———require direct patient or insurer billing of diagnostic, laboratory, or other ancillary health services (see H.R. 3939), H3681 [18MY]

Health care facilities: permit the issuance of tax-exempt bonds by certain organizations providing rescue and emergency medical services (see H.R. 1767), H2583 [20AP]

Helsinki Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 393), H6200 [25JY]

Homeless: require assistance funds contain an apportionment for homeless veterans (see H. Res. 503), H6549 [1AU]

Hunting and trapping: prohibit steel jaw leghold traps (see H.R. 3526), H680 [23FE]

Interactive Entertainment Rating Commission: establish (see H.R. 3785), H1440 [16MR]

Ireland, Northern: appointment of a special envoy (see H. Con. Res. 49), H6156 [22JY]

Irish-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 401), H9762 [26SE]

Iron Overload Diseases Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 358), H9351 [20SE]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H2398 [18AP]

Jewish War Veterans: issue commemorative postage stamp honoring anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 199), H296 [7FE]

Meat, Poultry, and Eggs Inspection Agency: establish (see H.R. 3751), H6763 [3AU]

Medicare: coverage of anesthesia services provided by certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 4291), H3356 [16MY]

———coverage of betaseron treatment for multiple sclerosis (see H.R. 4610), H6550 [1AU]

———extend issuance period for select policies (see H.R. 5082), H11201 [6OC]

———nutritional counseling provided under the supervision of a registered dietitian (see H.R. 1047), H43 [25JA]

Members of Congress: require participation in health care reform package (see H. Res. 255), H296 [7FE]

Mitchell, John: relief (see H.R. 3017), H3156 [5MY]

Monuments and memorials: mint commemorative coins for the Vietnam Women's Memorial (see H.R. 2467), H2398 [18AP]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H5463 [30JN]

National Endowment for the Arts: distribution of funds (see H.R. 3488), H288 [3FE]

National Family Literacy Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 413), H11201 [6OC]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H5872 [19JY]

National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial: mint commemorative coins (see H.R. 4074), H6550 [1AU]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H4654 [16JN]

National Mammography Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 418), H10728 [4OC]

National Penny Charity Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 415), H10446 [30SE]

National Police Survivors Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 344), H3156 [5MY]

National Slovak-American Heritage Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 287), H6483 [29JY]

NATO: assist transition of certain countries to NATO membership (see H.R. 4210), H3522 [17MY]

Navy: ship maintenance contracting (see H.R. 3303), H44 [25JA]

Panama: negotiation of a new agreement relative to the presence of U.S. Armed Forces and the Panama Canal (see H. Con. Res. 17), H2583 [20AP]

Parents' Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 398), H9441 [21SE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: compensation for veterans and increased research relative to illnesses attributed to service during conflict (see H.R. 4386), H4390 [13JN]

Radioactive substances: international ban on ocean dumping of low-level nuclear waste (see H. Con. Res. 177), H1059 [3MR]

Religion: condemn speech by a senior representative of the Nation of Islam (see H. Res. 343), H545 [11FE]

———protect free exercise (see H. Res. 519), H8052 [12AU]

Roads and highways: conversion of signs to metric units (see H.R. 3766), H3964 [24MY]

Romania: efforts to alleviate suffering of children infected with AIDS (see H. Con. Res. 288), H8755 [19AU]

Rushdie, Salman: condemn death sentence imposed by Iran (see H. Con. Res. 249), H6483 [29JY]

Schneerson, Menachem Mendel: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4497), H5872 [19JY]

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H2368 [14AP]

Servicemen's Readjustment Act: commemorate 50th anniversary (see H.J. Res. 378), H5316 [28JN]

Shenandoah Valley National Battlefield Commission: establish (see H.R. 746), H43 [25JA]

Skelton, Richard (Red): award the Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2012), H2218 [12AP]

Small-Town Sunday: designate (see H.J. Res. 184), H11429 [7OC]

Social Security: allow full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age (see H.R. 2537), H1540 [17MR]

———ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 2512), H2994 [3MY]

States: establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to released convicted sex offenders (see H.R. 4902), H6983 [4AU]

———health care reform prerogatives (see H. Con. Res. 277), H6983 [4AU]

Tariff: self-folding telescopic shaft collapsible umbrellas (see H.R. 4023), H1323 [11MR]

Taxation: credit against estate tax for transfers of real property for conservation purposes (see H.R. 3373), H44 [25JA]

———credit for care of elderly low-income relatives (see H.R. 4195), H5547 [12JY]

———deductibility of expenses incurred in connection with the business use of the home (see H.R. 3407), H2838 [26AP]

———exclusion for amounts received under group legal services (see H.R. 326), H2994 [3MY]

———treatment of certain bargain sales (see H.R. 3374), H44 [25JA]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H9600 [23SE]

Telephones: treatment of 800 numbers (see H.R. 4802), H10727 [4OC]

Television: require new television sets to have built-in circuitry to allow viewers to block the display of programs rated violent (see H.R. 2888), H2838 [26AP]

Terrorism: condemn attacks relative to Middle East peace agreements (see H. Res. 496), H7075 [5AU]

Time for the National Observance of the Fiftieth Anniversary of World War II: designate (see H.J. Res. 315), H3280 [11MY]

Tobacco products: labeling for packaging and restrictions on advertising (see H.R. 3614), H2583 [20AP]

Trees: designate the oak as the national arboreal emblem (see H.J. Res. 233), H205 [2FE]

U.S. Peace Tax Fund: establish to receive tax payments to be spent for nonmilitary purposes from taxpayers conscientiously opposed to war (see H.R. 2019), H4553 [15JN]

Veterans: designate certain service of members of the merchant marine during World War II as active service (see H.R. 1783), H865 [24FE]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3023), H2398 [18AP]

———Government positions preference eligibility for Persian Gulf veterans (see H.R. 476), H5872 [19JY]

———reform and simplify health care system (see H.R. 4788), H5870 [19JY]

Vietnam: human rights and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 152), H996 [2MR]

———U.S. policy to encourage liberty (see H.R. 4343), H3055 [4MY]

Vietnam Human Rights Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 333), H2914 [28AP]

Warsaw Ghetto Uprising: commemorate anniversary (see H.J. Res. 388), H6104 [21JY]

Washington, George: mint coins in commemoration of boyhood home (see H.R. 5049), H9569 [22SE]

World War II: commendation to individuals exposed to mustard agents (see H.R. 1055), H4220 [8JN]

Year of Gospel Music: designate (see H.J. Res. 297), H5548 [12JY]

Year of the Grandparent: designate (see H.J. Res. 355), H5548 [12JY]

Yugoslavia: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians in former Kosovo Province (see H. Con. Res. 251), H8596 [17AU]

———lifting of sanctions on Serbia and Montenegro relative to improvements in Kosovo (see H.R. 4115), H3345 [12MY]

Descriptions

State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4661), H5459 [30JN]

Lists

Imprisoned, detained, or persecuted Catholics, Protestants, and Buddhists in the People's Republic of China and Tibet, H7229-H7232 [9AU]

Messages

St. Patrick's Day Message of Peace and Justice: Several Senators and Representatives, E483 [17MR]

Motions offered by

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), consideration (H. Res. 331), H862 [24FE]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (S. 636), H1511, H1518 [17MR]

Poems

``Armenian Genocide'', H2489 [19AP]

Remarks by, on

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 281), E1465 [14JY]

Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2488 [19AP]

China, People's Republic of: forced abortion policies, H3891 [24MY]

———human rights, E349 [3MR]

———human rights violations, H299 [8FE]

———most-favored-nation status, E264 [24FE], E392-E394 [9MR], E1120 [26MY]

———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 373), H7228 [9AU]

———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 373), consideration (H. Res. 509), H7218 [9AU]

———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), H7239 [9AU]

———most-favored-nation status (H.R. 4590), consideration (H. Res. 509), H7218 [9AU]

China, Republic of: U.N. membership (H. Con. Res. 166), E1463 [14JY]

Christiani, Alfredo: tribute to efforts toward peace and national reconciliation in El Salvador (H. Con. Res. 286), H10591 [3OC]

Contracts: revise and streamline Federal procurement and acquisition laws (S. 1587), conference report, H9246 [20SE]

Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation, H2537 [20AP]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 517), H7950 [11AU]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 4092), H2537 [20AP]

Cuba: condemn the sinking of ship containing refugees (H. Con. Res. 279), H10580, H10588 [3OC]

Days, Drew: potential nomination to the Supreme Court, H2226 [13AP]

Dept. of State, USIA, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2333), conference report, H2887 [28AP]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: authorize construction of medical facilities (H.R. 4425), H3801 [23MY]

———staffing guidelines for the Veterans Health Administration and establish health care delivery programs (H.R. 4013), H2713 [26AP]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5127, H5137, H5163 [27JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10406 [30SE]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment, H5163 [27JN]

Energy and water development: making appropriations (H.R. 4506), H4434 [14JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4426), H4038, H4073 [25MY]

Foreign trade: administration of export controls (H.R. 5108), H10577 [3OC]

Freedom House (organization): tribute, E1465 [14JY]

Gallo, Dean A.: tribute (H. Res. 587), H11540 [29NO]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11529 [29NO]

Haiti: presence of U.S. Armed Forces, H6553 [2AU], H10380 [30SE]

———presence of U.S. Armed Forces (H.J. Res. 416), H10981, H10982, H10983 [5OC], H11079 [6OC]

———tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9214 [19SE]

Health: treatment of pharmaceutical RU-486, E1123 [26MY]

Health care facilities: access to clinic entrances (H.R. 796), H1348 [16MR], H1450 [17MR]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), H1510, H1511, H1513, H1515, H1519 [17MR]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), conference report, H3128 [5MY]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), request conference with the Senate (H. Res. 374), H1502 [17MR]

———access to clinic entrances (S. 636), waiving points of order against conference report (H. Res. 417), H3119, H3120, H3122 [5MY]

Hines, IL: construction of facility at the Hines Veterans Hospital (H.R. 1617), H2375 [18AP]

International Conference on Population and Development: U.S. role, E1840 [13SE], E2237 [8OC]

Iran: human rights violations against minority religious groups, E929 [13MY]

Ireland, Northern: appointment of a special envoy (H. Con. Res. 49), E483 [17MR]

———peace efforts, E483 [17MR]

———peace efforts (H. Res. 561), H10831 [4OC]

Merchant marine industry: authorize appropriations for certain maritime programs and revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 4003), consideration (H. Res. 500), H6571 [2AU]

Mexico: elections (H. Con. Res. 250), H7125 [8AU]

National Endowment for Democracy: funding, H5137 [27JN]

New Jersey: solid waste disposal, H9936 [28SE]

Persian Gulf Conflict: veterans' health care (H.R. 2535), E83 [2FE]

Population: voluntary family planning assistance, H4073 [25MY]

Princeton University: funding for the Tokamak fusion reactor at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory, H4434 [14JN]

Radio Free Asia: funding, H5127 [27JN]

Refuse disposal: restrictions on local government flow control authority, H10317 [29SE]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4661), H5457-H5459 [30JN], E1362 [29JN]

———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10303, H10317, H10320 [29SE]

States: establish registration, tracking, and community notification procedures relative to released convicted sex offenders, H6560 [2AU]

———limit out-of-State solid waste disposal (H.R. 4779), H9936 [28SE]

U.S. Labor Attache Corps: tribute (H. Con. Res. 257), H10589 [3OC]

Veterans: extend and expand medical services (H.R. 3313), H11227 [7OC]

Yugoslavia: civil liberties violations against ethnic Albanians in former Kosovo Province, E515 [22MR], E866 [5MY]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H203 [2FE], H285 [3FE], H862 [24FE], H1056 [3MR], H1156 [9MR], H1252 [10MR], H1539 [17MR], H1897 [22MR], H2581 [20AP], H3153 [5MY], H3343 [12MY], H4720 [17JN], H5315 [28JN], H5460 [30JN], H5759 [14JY], H6481 [29JY], H9156 [13SE]

Special order: granted, H5460 [30JN]

Schedules

Committee on Energy and Commerce (House): Subcommittee on Health and the Environment: administration's health care reform proposals relative to women's health issues, D28 [26JA]

Committee on Foreign Affairs (House): Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs: Haiti, D888 [27JY]

Committee on Rules (House): authorization for the use of forces and military operations in Haiti, D1218 [5OC]

———limit out-of-State solid waste disposal, D1142 [27SE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, D332 [24MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): Subcommittee on Trade: U.S.-China trade relations, D154 [24FE]

Statements

National Prayer Breakfast: Mother Teresa, E103-E105 [3FE]

Testimonies

Human Rights Abuses in Kosovo: Alush A. Gashi, E866 [5MY]

Tributes

Alvarado, Tina, E1608 [29JY]

Constance, Joe, E732 [20AP]

Filipovic, Zlata, E399 [10MR]

Gallo, Representative, H11187 [6OC]

Hughes, Representative, H11187 [6OC]

Martin, Rita, E2247 [8OC]

Mother Teresa, E103 [3FE]