SMITH, LAMAR S. (a Representative from Texas)

Amendments offered by, to

Immigration: admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2440 [19MR]

Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 2202, Immigration in the National Interest Act, H10195 [11SE]

———H.R. 3230, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and personnel strengths, H7762 [17JY]

———H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget, H8329 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

Misanthrope's Corner, Florence King, National Review (publication), H7494 [12JY]

Not a Very Good Idea, William J. Bennett, Washington (DC) Post, H7494 [12JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by

Budget: require use of generational accounting information on Presidential and CBO budget submissions (see H.R. 3076), H2223 [13MR]

Business and industry: ensure congressional approval of compliance costs relative to Government regulations (see H.R. 3277), H3649 [18AP]

Education: express disapproval of the National Center for History in the Schools standards for teaching U.S. and world history (see H. Res. 348), H913 [25JA]

Public welfare programs: modify laws relative to public assistance and benefits for aliens (see H.R. 4335), H12193 [30SE]

Taxation: use of individual retirement accounts for post-secondary education or job retraining expenses (see H.R. 4334), H12193 [30SE]

Television: reservation of time for family-oriented programming (see H. Res. 484), H8029 [18JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced by, as cosponsor

Agriculture: Federal assistance to livestock producers adversely affected by drought conditions (see H.R. 3449), H5647 [29MY]

Budget: reform process (see H.R. 4285), H12173 [28SE]

———require President's budget submission to Congress include a balanced budget plan (see H.R. 3379), H4503 [7MY]

Congress: constitutional amendment to require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue (see H.J. Res. 159), H1225 [1FE]

Contracts: allow choice of arbitration as a means of settling disputes (see H.R. 3422), H4800 [9MY]

———prohibit discrimination in awarding Federal contracts on the basis of labor policies (see H.R. 3095), H2315 [14MR]

Courts: payment of the costs of court-appointed attorneys in certain criminal cases (see H.R. 3027), H1774 [6MR]

———provide that proceedings against a judge be held in a circuit other than the circuit within which the judge serves (see H.R. 3026), H1774 [6MR]

Crime: clarify Federal jurisdiction over offenses relative to religious property damage (see H.R. 3525), H6286 [12JN]

Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 4149), H11047 [24SE]

Dept. of Defense: repeal certain limitations on the operation of depots (see H.R. 2852), H330 [5JA]

———restore missing person status to certain civilian and contractor employees (see H.R. 4000), H9923 [2AU]

Endangered species: protect private property rights relative to economic losses from critical habitat designations (see H.R. 3862), H8094 [22JY]

FDA: approval process and development of new drugs and biological products (see H.R. 3199), H6006 [6JN]

———facilitate the development and approval process for medical devices (see H.R. 3201), H9925 [2AU]

Federal aid programs: deny community development block grants to States that allow recovery of damages for injuries suffered in the commission of a felony (see H.R. 3736), H7106 [27JN]

Federal employees: establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see H.R. 2306), H4902 [10MY]

George Bush School of Government and Public Service: funding (see H.R. 3803), H7532 [12JY]

Government regulations: require reasonable notice to businesses of changes made to regulations imposed by Federal agencies, H3819 [24AP]

Health: application of antitrust laws to health care providers networks (see H.R. 2925), H1223 [1FE]

———designate obstetrician-gynecologists as primary care providers for women under Federal health care regulations (see H. Res. 30), H3388 [15AP]

Health care professionals: exempt from liability for negligence relative to services performed for low-income individuals (see H.R. 2938), H1224 [1FE]

Housing: prohibit certain rental housing managers from banning household pets for elderly residents (see H.R. 1619), H3387 [15AP]

IRS: recognize qualified delivery services in addition to the Postal Service for purposes of timely filing of tax documents (see H.R. 3086), H2315 [14MR]

Labor unions: ensure that employees paying mandatory dues may object to the use of their dues for noncollective-bargaining activities (see H.R. 3580), H10040 [4SE]

Lobbyists: prohibit use of funds by Federal agencies to lobby for or against any legislative proposal (see H.R. 3078), H2224 [13MR]

Madison, James: mint coins in commemoration of 250th anniversary of birth (see H.R. 1684), H1775 [6MR]

Major League Baseball: mint coins in commemoration of anniversary of league integration (see H.R. 4148), H11528 [27SE]

Marriage: define and protect institution (see H.R. 3396), H5754 [30MY]

Medicare: coverage of blood-testing strips for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1074), H3387 [15AP]

———diabetes outpatient self-management training services (see H.R. 1073), H3387 [15AP]

———improve health services to rural areas (see H.R. 3753), H9706 [1AU]

———require health maintenance organizations to provided out-of-network services to enrollees (see H.R. 2757), H91 [3JA]

Motor vehicles: average fuel economy standards for automobiles (see H.R. 2200), H10040 [4SE]

National Institute of Biomedical Imaging: establish (see H.R. 4196), H11394 [26SE]

National security: national missile defense system (see H.R. 3144), H5174 [15MY]

———policy (see H. Con. Res. 100), H9926 [2AU]

Natural gas: enhance safety, training, research, and development in the propane gas industry (see H.R. 1514), H3231 [29MR]

Permanent Performance Review Commission: establish (see H.R. 3982), H9922 [2AU]

Railroads: hours of service of employees (see H.R. 3413), H11230 [25SE]

Roads and highways: construction funding (see H.R. 3775), H7260 [10JY]

Small business: reform regulatory process (see H.R. 3798), H7474 [11JY]

Social Security: medicare reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 3142), H6415 [13JN]

———submit Board of Trustees report to Congress on Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H. Con. Res. 169), H5380 [21MY]

Taxation: application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 4072), H12175 [28SE]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic homes for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H4646 [8MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 784), H774 [23JA]

———tax credit for investment in the revitalization of communities (see H.R. 2138), H4110 [25AP]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2778), H1226 [1FE]

Terrorism: condemn terrorist activities in Israel (see H. Con. Res. 149), H1985 [7MR]

Conference reports

Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act (H.R. 2202), H10842-H10907 [24SE]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H339 [22JA]

Remarks by, on

Agriculture: immigrant worker program requirements, H2614, H2617, H2623 [21MR]

Appropriations: making omnibus consolidated (H.R. 4278), H12099, H12104 [28SE]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), H7757 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9383 [31JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 495), H9401 [31JY]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 1997-2002 (H. Con. Res. 178), consideration (H. Res. 435), H5193 [16MY]

Clinton, President: State of the Union Message, H777 [24JA]

Committees of the House: permission to meet while the House is in session, H2333 [19MR]

Dept. of HHS: family planning programs funding, H7352 [11JY]

Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3662), H6575 [19JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State and the Judiciary: making appropriations (H.R. 3814), H8164 [23JY]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 3755), H7352 [11JY]

Employment: nonimmigrant worker regulations relative to protection of U.S. workers, H2638 [21MR]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), H8785 [30JY]

Endangered species: critical habitat designation for marbled murrelet in northern California, H6575 [19JN]

Endangered Species Act: reauthorize (H.R. 2275), H2883, H2884, H2885 [27MR]

Families and domestic relations: child abuse prevention (S. 919), H11152 [25SE]

George Bush School of Government and Public Service: funding (H.R. 3803), H10468 [17SE]

Health care professionals: extend authorized period of stay in U.S. for certain nurses (S. 2197), H12293 [4OC]

———extend nonimmigrant nurse program, H2628 [21MR]

House of Representatives: legislative program, H341 [22JA]

Immigration: admission of HIV-infected individuals, H11083 [25SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security, H8164 [23JY], H12099, H12104 [28SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H2378, H2379, H2382, H2384, H2385, H2392, H2396, H2444, H2449, H2457 [19MR], H2497, H2499, H2504, H2519, H2520, H2527, H2529, H2533 [20MR], H2590, H2592, H2593, H2596, H2597, H2598, H2599, H2600, H2614, H2617, H2623, H2628, H2638 [21MR], H7757 [17JY], H10189 [11SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), conference report, H11079, H11080, H11083, H11087, H11089 [25SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 528), H11073 [25SE]

———admission policies reform, treatment of criminal aliens, alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), motion to instruct conferees, H10190 [11SE]

———funding for programs relative to review of worldwide levels, H2519, H2520 [20MR]

———limits on admission of legal immigrants, H2590, H2592, H2593, H2596, H2597, H2598, H2599, H2600 [21MR]

———permanently bar entry into the U.S. for anyone who is caught entering the country illegally, H2457 [19MR]

———reform admission policies, treatment of criminal aliens and alien smuggling, documentation requirements, and border security (H.R. 2202), H930 [30JA]

———refugee admittance limitations, H2527, H2529 [20MR]

INS: Investigations Division staffing positions, H2497, H2499, H2504 [20MR]

International law: provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes (H.R. 3680), H8620, H8621 [29JY]

Marriage: define and protect institution (H.R. 3396), H7494 [12JY]

———recognition of same-sex marriage, H7494 [12JY]

Native Americans: jurisdiction over land claims of the Pueblo of Isleta Indian Tribes (H.R. 740), H8619 [29JY]

Petroleum: dependence on foreign sources, H2876 [27MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7757 [17JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H9383 [31JY]

Refugees: Targeted Refugee Assistance Program funds distribution, H2533 [20MR]

Taxation: rates, H97 [4JA], H339 [22JA]

Terrorism: improve U.S. ability to respond to terrorist threats (S. 735), conference report, H3617 [18AP]

White House Travel Office: relief of individuals terminated from employment (H.R. 2937), H2334 [19MR]

Reports filed

Criminal Penalties Under the Geneva Conventions for Certain War Crimes: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3680) (H. Rept. 104-698), H8374 [24JY]

Relief of Individuals Terminated From White House Travel Office: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2937) (H. Rept. 104-484), H2320 [18MR]

Relief of Lloyd B. Gamble: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1009) (H. Rept. 104-546), H4396 [1MY]

Relief of Rocco A. Trecosta: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 2765) (H. Rept. 104-547), H4396 [1MY]

Texts of

H.R. 3680, provide criminal penalties under the Geneva Conventions for certain war crimes, H8620 [29JY]