SMITH, NICK (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments offered by, to

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7180 [18JY]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H409 [19JA]

Courts: reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2652 [3MR]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7258 [19JY], H7411, H7462 [21JY], H7516 [24JY]

Government regulations: reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2308 [27FE], H2337 [28FE]

Articles and editorials

Gingrich and the Copperheads, Stuart Sweet, Investor's Business Daily (publication), E1878 [29SE]

What Train Wreck? James K. Glassman, Washington (DC) Post, H11575 [31OC]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Agriculture: use of remote sensing to promote better agricultural management (see H.R. 197), H169 [9JA]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 74), H2651 [3MR]

———extend discretionary spending limits (see H.R. 2295), H8725 [8SE]

Dept. of the Treasury: management of cash positions whenever the Government is unable to borrow funds to meet its needs (see H.R. 2098), H7461 [21JY]

Elections: contribution limitations for multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 2446), H9738 [29SE]

House Rules: statutory limit on the public debt (see H. Res. 138), H4511 [2MY]

Taxation: computation of the deduction for depreciation (see H.R. 199), H169 [9JA]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 2559), H11441 [30OC]

Wetlands: agricultural conversion of certain wetlands (see H.R. 198), H169 [9JA]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: price supports (see H.R. 2195), H8533 [4AU]

Appropriations: line-item veto (see H.R. 2), H159 [9JA]

Aviation: repeal increase in transportation fuels tax applicable to commercial aviation (see H.R. 752), H8597 [6SE]

Budget: balance (see H.R. 1131), H2651 [3MR]

———consideration of budget authority rescission proposals (see H.R. 678), H1611 [10FE]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 1), H161 [9JA]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (see H. Con. Res. 66), H4873 [11MY]

CCC: limit farm and export expenditures (see H.R. 2195), H8533 [4AU]

Clean Air Act: marginal area requirements relative to ozone concentrations (see H.R. 581), H399 [19JA]

Courts: product liability reform (see H.R. 10), H161 [9JA]

Crime: national policy to control crime and reform court procedures (see H.R. 3), H159 [9JA]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish (see H.R. 1756), H5690 [7JN]

Dept. of Education: abolish (see H.R. 1883), H6082 [16JN]

Dept. of Energy: abolish (see H.R. 1993), H6698 [30JN]

Dept. of HUD: abolish (see H.R. 2198), H8533 [4AU]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9), H161 [9JA]

Elections: campaign ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 2072, 2471), H9592 [27SE], H13658 [20NO]

———prohibit contributions by nonparty multicandidate political committees (see H.R. 2447), H11767 [2NO]

———protect constitutional rights of citizens to choose Senators and Representatives (see H.R. 1104), H5190 [17MY]

Employment: consolidate Federal job training programs (see H.R. 1120), H2584 [2MR]

Families and domestic relations: protect parental rights (see H.R. 1946), H14765 [13DE]

———strengthen rights of parents (see H.R. 11), H161 [9JA]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates (see H.R. 5), H242 [13JA]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 79), H4874 [11MY]

Forest Service: assure operations are free of racial, sexual, and ethnic discrimination (see H.R. 1716), H5983 [14JN]

Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 127), H13730 [28NO]

Graham, Billy and Ruth: award congressional gold medal (see H.R. 2657), H14927 [14DE]

Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund: reduce tax (see H.R. 1138), H5905 [13JN]

House of Representatives: return of excess amounts from official allowances to the Treasury for deficit reduction (see H.R. 26, 77), H1281 [6FE], H3156 [14MR]

House Rules: reform gift rules (see H. Res. 214, 250), H10147 [17OC], H11441 [30OC]

Indian Gaming Regulatory Act: amend to provide for community approval of tribal-State gambling compacts (see H.R. 1364), H4031 [30MR]

Kinsey, Alfred: determine if publications on sexual behavior are the result of any fraud or criminal wrongdoing (see H.R. 2749), H14238 [7DE]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (see H.R. 1133), H7916 [27JY]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (see H.J. Res. 2, 3, 8, 76), H162, H175 [9JA], H3733 [23MR]

———limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1618), H4873 [11MY]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H10848 [25OC]

National security: revitalize (see H.R. 7), H160 [9JA]

National Voter Registration Act: repeal (see H.R. 370), H1208 [3FE]

Patents: restore term (see H.R. 359), H468 [20JA]

Pesticides: definition and regulation of the minor use of pesticides (see H.R. 1627), H4915 [12MY]

Political action committees: influence restrictions and in-State contribution percentage requirements (see H.R. 2148), H10147 [17OC]

Public welfare programs: eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H3417 [21MR]

———reform (see H.R. 4), H159 [9JA]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (see H.R. 2668), H13658 [20NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

Solid waste: State control over transportation of municipal solid waste (see H.R. 24), H2716 [6MR]

SSI: require periodic reapplication and modify administrative criteria relative to mental impairments (see H.R. 1974), H6697 [30JN]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax liability to reduce the national debt (see H.R. 13), H163 [9JA]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (see H.R. 2060), H7699 [25JY]

———prevent reclassification of certain dues paid to tax-exempt agricultural and horticultural organizations (see H.R. 783), H1612 [10FE]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———provide farmers carryover of unused deductions and a one-time exclusion from gain for certain sales and provide health insurance deductions for self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1748), H8174 [1AU]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390), H692 [25JA]

———standards for determining employment status of independent contractors (see H.R. 1972), H6697 [30JN]

———treatment of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 1818), H8806 [12SE]

Tishomingo National Wildlife Refuge: transfer management to Oklahoma (see H.R. 1112), H2584 [2MR]

Biographies

Capra, James R., H11575 [31OC]

Druckenmiller, Stanley F., H11575 [31OC]

Hyman, Edward S., H11575 [31OC]

Langone, Kenneth G., H11575 [31OC]

Poems

``Iwo Jima,'' William H. Haddix, H2216 [24FE], E416 [23FE]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: funding for farm programs, H6258 [22JN]

———national objectives priority assignments, H6147 [20JN]

———price supports, H9653 [28SE]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1976), H7317, H7320, H7325 [20JY]

Albion College: tribute to football team, H370 [19JA]

Amtrak: authorizing appropriations and management reform (H.R. 1788), H13821 [30NO]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 115), H12138 [13NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), H13370 [20NO]

———making continuing (H.J. Res. 122), consideration (H. Res. 270), H12412 [15NO]

Bosnia and Herzegovina: U.S. military intervention, E2270 [30NO]

Budget: allocation of funds, H1222 [6FE]

———balance, H8544, H8584 [6SE], H9653, H9654, H9656, H9657, H9658, H9659 [28SE], H11467 [31OC], H11908 [8NO]

———comparison between congressional and Clinton administration proposals, H5898 [13JN], H5979, H5980 [14JN], H5990, H6026 [15JN]

———constitutional amendment to require balanced (H.J. Res. 1), H656 [25JA], H748 [26JA], H2568 [2MR], H2644 [3MR]

———deficit, H4906, H4907 [12MY], E1882 [29SE]

———extend discretionary spending limits (H.R. 2295), H8890 [13SE], H8914 [14SE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution, H14262 [12DE], H15097 [19DE], H15265, H15266 [20DE]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), H10787 [25OC], H11354 [26OC]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 2491), conference report, H13180 [17NO], H13623 [20NO], H13713, H13714, H13715, H13716, H13717 [28NO]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 122), H15137 [19DE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), H4903 [12MY], H5148 [17MY], H5276 [18MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), conference report, H6580 [29JN]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), consideration (H. Res. 149), H5115 [17MY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1996-2002 (H. Con. Res. 67), motion to instruct conferees, H5706 [8JN]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (S. 290), H2644 [3MR]

———use CBO economic assumptions to achieve a balanced Federal budget (H.J. Res. 132), H14989 [18DE]

Coast Guard: funding, H7411 [21JY]

Colleges and universities: use of compulsory student fees by any organization for public policy influence or political campaigns, E1687 [5AU]

Courts: reform civil justice system (H.R. 988), H2746, H2781 [7MR]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, H9650 [28SE], E1859 [28SE]

Defense Reutilization and Marketing Service: privatization, H6016 [15JN], E1274 [16JN]

———tribute, E2059 [26OC]

Dept. of Commerce: abolish, H7696, H7697, H7698 [25JY]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1530), H6016 [15JN], E1274 [16JN]

Dept. of Transportation: funding for Next Generation High Speed Rail Program, H7526, H7527, H7528, H7529 [24JY]

Dept. of Transportation and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2002), H7411 [21JY], H7516, H7517, H7521, H7526, H7527, H7528, H7529 [24JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2127), E1687 [5AU]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 2099), H7881 [27JY]

Detroit Red Wings (hockey team): tribute, H6318 [27JN]

Economy: national private savings rate, H2781 [7MR]

Flag Day: observance, H5980 [14JN]

Food stamps: eligibility relative to persons delinquent in child support payments, H3606 [23MR]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 1868), H6768 [11JY]

Government: downsizing, H5468, H5469 [23MY]

Government regulations: database availability among Federal agencies, H2337, H2338 [28FE]

———moratorium on regulatory rulemaking actions (H.R. 450), H2197 [24FE]

———reform regulatory process (H.R. 1022), H2337, H2338 [28FE]

House Rules: baseline budget reform, H51 [4JA]

———reform the House of Representatives (H. Res. 6), H51 [4JA]

ICC: eliminate and reform certain transportation regulations (H.R. 2539), H12260 [14NO]

Jackson, MI: anniversary of Cascades Baptist Church, E924 [2MY]

Medicare: reform, H4905 [12MY], H5115 [17MY], H5990 [15JN], H9654, H9655, H9656 [28SE]

Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms, H5684 [7JN]

———constitutional amendment to limit terms (H.J. Res. 73), H3853 [28MR], H3899, H3903 [29MR]

New Jersey Devils (hockey team): tribute, H6318 [27JN]

Parliamentary inquiry, H2745 [7MR]

Public debt: ceiling, H11467, H11574 [31OC], H11663, H11664 [1NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), H12014 [9NO], H12138 [13NO]

———ceiling (H.R. 2586), veto—motion to postpone consideration, H12154 [13NO]

———enforce debt limit and protect obligated trust funds (H.R. 2621), H12234 [14NO], H14889, H14890, H14892 [14DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3396 [21MR], H3606 [23MR]

Real property: compensation to owners of private property relative to regulatory restrictions (H.R. 925), H2495 [2MR]

Republican Party: national agenda, H1601 [10FE], H8603 [7SE], H11908 [8NO]

Rural areas: Rural Housing Insurance Fund, H7320 [20JY]

Ships and vessels: revitalize U.S.-flag merchant marine (H.R. 1350), H14076, H14077 [6DE]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H4029 [30MR]

———computation of the deduction for depreciation (H.R. 199), H2155 [23FE], H2475 [1MR]

———earned income tax credit, H5706 [8JN]

———rates, H4907 [12MY], H5706, H5740 [8JN]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4029 [30MR], H4081 [3AP], H4119, H4155, H4156, H4169, H4170 [4AP], H4190, H4222, H4241 [5AP]

Transportation: fixed guideway systems funding, H7516, H7517, H7521 [24JY]

Votes: position on missed, H7367 [20JY]

WLEN-Radio (Adrian, MI): anniversary, E1261 [15JN]

World War II: anniversary of battle of Iwo Jima, H2216 [24FE]

Remarks in House relative to

Special order: granted, H1610 [10FE], H2063 [22FE], H2391 [28FE], H2485 [1MR], H2649 [3MR], H3730 [23MR], H4102 [3AP], H4872 [11MY], H5570 [24MY], H5688 [7JN], H5903 [13JN], H6043 [15JN], H6158 [20JN], H6268 [22JN], H8902 [13SE], H9669 [28SE], H9895 [11OC], H11585 [31OC], H11766 [2NO], H11827 [7NO], H12348 [14NO], H12504 [15NO], H14001 [5DE], H15134 [19DE]

Schedules

Committee on Agriculture (House): Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities: Federal tax code relative to farmers, ranchers, and rural communities, D232 [23FE]

Committee on Finance (Senate): raising the public debt limit, D945 [28JY]

Committee on Rules (House): constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, D72 [23JA]

———continuing appropriations, D1155 [27SE]

———Dept. of Defense appropriations, D696 [7JN]

———Dept. of Transportation and related agencies appropriations, D883 [19JY]

———Federal budget, D616 [16MY]

———Personal Responsibility Act, D368 [16MR]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): legislative priorities, D28 [10JA]

———legislative priorities relative to savings and investment, D97 [26JA]

Statements

Debt Ceiling Update: by, H11576 [31OC]

Tributes

Dingell, Representative, H15198 [19DE]

Haddix, William H., H2216 [24FE], E416 [23FE]

Mauby, Russ, H1701 [14FE]