SMITH, NICK (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H7020 [5AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4682, H4683 [17JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5366, H5371 [29JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H789 [23FE], H942 [2MR]

Appointments

Delegation for the funeral of the late Richard M. Nixon, H2841 [28AP]

Articles and editorials

Costs Soar for Children's Disability Program—How 26 Words Cost the Taxpayers Billions in New Entitlement Payments, Bob Woodward and Benjamin Weiser, Washington (DC) Post, H319-H321 [8FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco and alcohol products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (see H.R. 3802), H287 [3FE]

Ecology and environment: permit the conversion of wetlands that are under a certain acreage (see H.R. 4347), H3055 [4MY]

Printing: use of ink made from vegetable oil in lithographic printing by the Federal Government (see H. Con. Res. 231), H1956 [23MR]

Social Security: age limit eligibility for SSI and medicaid disability benefits for children (see H.R. 3913), H865 [24FE]

———retirement age adjustment and limitations for benefits per year relative to prior contributions and income levels (see H.R. 5308), H11564 [29NO]

Taxation: credits to families with young children (see H.R. 5281), H11428 [7OC]

———deductions relative to State and local income and sales taxes (see H.R. 4420), H3344 [12MY]

———treatment of revenue loss due to State and local taxes (see H.R. 5280), H11428 [7OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Appropriations: rescind unauthorized funds contained in California earthquake relief legislation (see H.R. 3986), H1440 [16MR]

Budget: establish a Federal regulatory budget (see H.R. 3005), H4780 [21JN]

———establish Federal mandate budget and impose cost controls (see H.R. 3421), H4780 [21JN]

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]

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

Crime: create remedies for child victims of sexual exploitation (see H. Res. 281), H44 [25JA]

———mandatory life imprisonment for third conviction of individuals for certain felonies (see H.R. 93), H204 [2FE]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 5008), H9008 [21AU]

D-Day National Remembrance Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 303), H411 [9FE]

Dept. of HHS: study use of biometric devices to identify AFDC applicants (see H.R. 3727), H84 [26JA]

Ecology and environment: conservation and management of wetlands (see H.R. 1330), H1540 [17MR]

EEOC: guidelines relative to religious harassment in employment (see H. Res. 446), H4165 [26MY]

Elders, Joycelyn: call for resignation as Surgeon General (see H. Res. 545), H11565 [29NO]

Employment: consolidation of Federal assistance programs (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 140), H2582 [20AP]

Government: reduce power and reach of Federal Government (see H.R. 4585), H6104 [21JY]

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

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures (see H.R. 3698, 4550), H205 [2FE], H4654 [16JN]

———national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3698), H4654 [16JN]

House of Representatives: reform (see H.R. 3633), H358 [8FE]

Income: congressional, executive, and judicial salaries and pensions (see H.R. 212), H287 [3FE]

IRS: liability of employees in court cases (see H.R. 3261), H2368 [14AP]

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

Members of Congress: determination of official mail allowance and regulation of mass mailings and franking privilege (see H.R. 3787), H286 [3FE]

———establish a national advisory referendum on limiting of terms (see H.R. 3835), H2914 [28AP]

National Agriculture Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 317), H1088 [8MR]

National Character Counts Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 366), H3278 [11MY]

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

National Firefighters Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 411), H11201 [6OC], H11430 [7OC]

National Inventors Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 384), H5462 [30JN]

National Korean War Veterans Armistice Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 332), H1441 [16MR]

National League of Families POW/MIA: display of flag (see H.J. Res. 369), H7507 [10AU]

National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 374), H6104 [21JY]

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

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]

Printing: use of vegetable-based inks for Federal lithographic printing (see H.R. 1595), H43 [25JA]

Public housing: exclude drug or alcohol abusers from occupancy of units designated for senior citizens (see H.R. 3943), H10538 [3OC]

Real property: private property owner rights (see H.R. 3875), H3156 [5MY]

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

Service academies: imposition of additional charges or attendance fees (see H.R. 3293), H2218 [12AP]

Social Security: payments to individuals convicted of a felony (see H.R. 3251), H1541 [17MR]

———provision of disability insurance benefits for substance abuse treatment (see H.R. 3814), H996 [2MR]

SSI: modify (see H.R. 4419), H3344 [12MY]

Taxation: appropriate part of income tax revenues toward crime control (see H.R. 4592), H6454 [28JY]

———availability of the earned income tax credit and the repeal of the temporary Federal unemployment tax (see H.R. 4861), H6482 [29JY]

———economic impact of lowering the estate tax exemption (see H. Con. Res. 6), H3156 [5MY]

———gifts of publicly traded stock to private foundations (see H.R. 2418), H43 [25JA]

———home office expenses (see H.R. 2444), H4090 [25MY]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 1110), H3887 [23MY]

———substantiation requirements of charitable contributions (see H.R. 3871), H559 [22FE]

———treatment of dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural or horticultural organizations (see H.R. 3951), H1440 [16MR]

———treatment of health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 5062), H10446 [30SE]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3523), H866 [24FE]

Theodore Levin Federal Building and U.S Courthouse, Detroit, MI: designate (see H.R. 4967), H8755 [19AU]

Virginia: designate national scenic areas (see H.R. 2942), H1997 [24MR]

Water: assure the safety of public water systems (see H.R. 3392), H44 [25JA]

Lists

Character Counts Coalition: members, H955 [2MR]

Ethical principles, H898 [1MR]

Six Core Ethical Values, H955 [2MR]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: reform crop insurance program (H.R. 4217), H7014, H7020 [5AU]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4554), H4636 [16JN], H4682, H4683, H4684 [17JN]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 103), H1455 [17MR]

———deficit, H1209 [10MR]

———discretionary spending limits (H.R. 3266), H3063 [5MY]

———reform of baseline budgeting, consideration of rescissions, use of spending cuts for deficit reduction, and treatment of emergency designation in legislation (H.R. 4907), H8015 [12AU]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), H1146 [9MR], H1209, H1240 [10MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1995-99 (H. Con. Res. 218), conference report, H3147 [5MY]

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 (H. Res. 238), H975 [2MR]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures, H897 [1MR]

———national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (H.R. 3355), conference report, H7913 [11AU], H8701 [19AU], H8983 [21AU]

Dept. of Agriculture: appropriations for salaries relative to the Food Safety and Inspection Service, H4682, H4683 [17JN]

———reorganization (H.R. 3171), H9946, H9956, H9957 [28SE], E2068 [4OC]

———reorganization (H.R. 3171), consideration (H. Res. 544), H9942 [28SE]

Dept. of HUD: rental assistance for Pension Fund Program funding, H5371, H5372 [29JN]

Dept. of Labor: remove tobacco and alcohol products from Consumer Price Index calculations relative to payment of Government benefits (H.R. 3802), H168 [2FE]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4556), H4601 [16JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs, HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), H5366, H5367, H5368, H5369, H5371, H5372, H5391 [29JN]

———authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4624), conference report, E1866 [19SE]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments, H4556 [16JN]

Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), H897 [1MR], H955 [2MR]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits, H2940 [3MY]

GATT: ratification (H.R. 5110), H11437 [29NO]

Government procurement: improve process (H.R. 2238), H5045 [27JN]

Haiti: tribute to special peace delegation and support for U.S. Armed Forces (H. Con. Res. 290), H9216 [19SE]

Health: national policy to provide health care and reform insurance procedures, H6194, H6197, H6198 [25JY], H7031 [5AU], H7913 [11AU]

House of Representatives: management, administration, and auditing systems, H506 [11FE]

ICC: transfer function to the Dept. of Transportation, H4601 [16JN]

Legislative Branch of the Government: making appropriations (H.R. 4454), consideration (H. Res. 444), H4109 [26MY]

National Character Counts Week: designate (S.J. Res. 178), H7028 [5AU]

Public housing: funding, H5366, H5367, H5368, H5369 [29JN]

Public welfare programs: citizenship eligibility requirements, H4684 [17JN]

Republican Party: national agenda, H10382 [30SE]

Smith, George Neville: announcement of birth, E123 [8FE]

Space policy: space station program funding, H5391 [29JN]

SSI: disability benefits for children with learning disorders, H319 [8FE]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, H3063 [5MY]

Taxation: computation of the deduction for depreciation (H.R. 539), H6460 [29JY]

———rates, H550 [22FE], H2224 [13AP]

Votes: position on missed, H8614 [18AU], E1625 [2AU]

Remarks in House relative to

Congressional Record: revise and extend remarks, H356 [8FE], H4552 [15JN], H6697 [2AU], H10726 [4OC]

Special order: granted, H910 [1MR]

Schedules

Committee on Rules (House): Federal budget, D225 [9MR]

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

Statements

Health Care Reform: Lanny Johnson, H7031 [5AU]

Tributes

Consolino, Tony, E1219 [15JN]