SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H. (a Representative from New Jersey)
Addresses
Situation of Ethnic Albanians in Kosovo: Bujar Bukoshi, E515
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
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
Tomorrow, You Could Be in Prison—Humble Origins of an Underground Chinese Faith, Stan De Boe, Faith and Freedom (publication), E265
Tragedy of Errors—The Reno Justice Department and Child Pornography, Thomas L. Jipping, E1415
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
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
Remarks by, on
Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 281), E1465
Armenians: anniversary of genocide, H2488
China, People's Republic of: forced abortion policies, H3891 [24MY]
———human rights, E349
———human rights violations, H299 [8FE]
———most-favored-nation status, E264
———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
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
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
Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 4603), H5127, H5137
Education: authorizing appropriations for certain programs (H.R. 6), conference report, H10406
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
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
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
Iran: human rights violations against minority religious groups, E929
Ireland, Northern: appointment of a special envoy (H. Con. Res. 49), E483
———peace efforts, E483
———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
New Jersey: solid waste disposal, H9936 [28SE]
Persian Gulf Conflict: veterans' health care (H.R. 2535), E83
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
———State control of municipal solid waste transportation and disposal (H.R. 4683), H10303, H10317, H10320
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
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
Testimonies
Human Rights Abuses in Kosovo: Alush A. Gashi, E866
Tributes
Alvarado, Tina, E1608
Constance, Joe, E732
Filipovic, Zlata, E399
Gallo, Representative, H11187
Hughes, Representative, H11187
Martin, Rita, E2247
Mother Teresa, E103