SMITH, LINDA (a Representative from Washington)
Articles and editorials
Viability and the Law, David Brown, Washington (DC) Post, H1207 [20MR]
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 929), H766 [5MR]
African Americans: official apology for those who suffered as slaves (see H. Con. Res. 96), H3797 [12JN]
Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs (see H.R. 1438), H1890 [24AP]
American Heritage Rivers Initiative: terminate further development and implementation (see H.R. 1842), H7119 [9SE]
Armed Forces: require separate basic training for male and female recruits, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 1559), H3661 [10JN]
Bosnia and Herzegovina: prohibit use of appropriated Federal funds for the deployment of Armed Forces after a certain date (see H.R. 1172), H2091 [30AP]
Budget: reform resolution procedure and direct repayment of the public debt (see H.R. 2191), H5486 [17JY]
Business and industry: improve and expand employee health care programs (see H.R. 1515), H2155 [1MY]
Children and youth: child labor provisions relative to the operation of automobiles and trucks (see H.R. 2327), H7601 [18SE]
Civil rights: prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, national origin, or sex in Federal actions (see H.R. 1909), H3864 [17JN]
Computers: use, sale, and export of encryption products for privacy and security (see H.R. 695), H1611 [16AP]
Congress: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue and a balanced budget (see H.J. Res. 52), H523 [12FE]
Copyrights: amend laws relative to certain exemptions (see H.R. 789), H587 [13FE]
Courts: access relative to Federal agency actions and State laws (see H.R. 1534), H6707 [31JY]
———moratorium on certain class action lawsuits (see H.R. 1283), H1893 [24AP]
Credit unions: clarify laws relative to field of membership of Federal credit unions (see H.R. 1151), H3204 [22MY]
Death and dying: prohibit Federal funding for assisted suicide, euthanasia, or mercy killing (see H.R. 1003), H887 [11MR]
Dept. of Defense: allow military health care system beneficiaries the option to enroll in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 76), H1261 [20MR]
Dept. of the Treasury: treatment of partnership distributions to limited partners (see H.R. 1247), H1543 [15AP]
Diseases: efforts to prevent transmission of HIV (see H.R. 1062), H1017 [13MR]
———payments to individuals with blood-clotting disorders who contracted HIV due to contaminated blood products (see H.R. 1023), H5297 [15JY]
———research programs for Parkinson's disease (see H.R. 1398), H5177 [11JY]
Drug abuse: national policy to combat the distribution, sale, and use of illegal drugs by young people (see H. Res. 267), H8833 [9OC]
Education: ensure that funding is not used to promote the teaching or use of regional or group dialects (see H.R. 1203), H7119 [9SE]
———role in character development and teaching of moral values (see H. Con. Res. 127), H8834 [9OC]
———spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (see H. Res. 139), H7119 [9SE]
English language: declare as official language of U.S. (see H.R. 123), H1018 [13MR]
European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (see H. Con. Res. 117; H. Res. 191), H5487 [17JY], H5491 [21JY]
Executive Office of the President: failure to faithfully execute laws (see H. Res. 220), H6917 [4SE]
Fair Housing Act: amend (see H.R. 589), H1262 [20MR]
Federal, Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act: authorize compounding of certain drugs and devices (see H.R. 1060), H1542 [15AP]
Federal employees: access to hearing care services by audiologists (see H.R. 176), H3568 [5JN]
Firearms: allow State concealed handgun carrying licenses to be valid in all States (see H.R. 339), H4913 [8JY]
Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 54), H588 [13FE]
Freedom of religion: constitutional amendment on protection (see H.J. Res. 78), H2445 [8MY]
Government regulations: reduce Federal paperwork burden (see H.R. 852), H804 [6MR]
Hazardous substances: clarify listing of unique chemical substances (see H.R. 659), H524 [12FE]
Health: prohibit restriction of certain medical communications between health care providers and their patients (see H.R. 586), H804 [6MR]
———standardize relationships between group health plans and health insurers relative to enrollees, health professionals, and providers (see H.R. 1415), H3170 [21MY]
Hope, Bob: confer honorary Armed Forces veteran status (see H.J. Res. 75), H2785 [15MY]
House of Representatives: require that excess amounts from Members' official allowances be applied to deficit reduction (see H.R. 80), H669 [26FE]
Hudson and Mohawk Rivers National Historical Park: establish (see H.R. 545), H284 [4FE]
Immigration: admittance of temporary and seasonal agricultural workers (see H.R. 2377), H8055 [26SE]
———arrival and departure requirements for Canadian citizens relative to automated entry and exit control systems (see H.R. 2481), H8929 [21OC]
Iran: impose sanctions on foreign persons who transfer items contributing to efforts to acquire, develop, or produce ballistic missiles (see H.R. 2930), H10418 [8NO]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (see H.R. 1226), H1392 [9AP]
———restructure and reform (see H.R. 2676), H9801 [30OC]
Israel: anniversary of reunification of Jerusalem (see H. Con. Res. 60), H2091 [30AP]
Land use: require local approval of railroad rights-of-way designations for interim use as trails (see H.R. 2438), H8300 [1OC]
Law enforcement officers: exemption from State laws prohibiting carrying of concealed handguns (see H.R. 339), H4913 [8JY]
``Little Rock Nine'': award Congressional Gold Medals (see H.R. 2560), H9730 [29OC]
Medicare: reimbursement to Military Health Services System (see H.R. 192, 414), H1261 [20MR]
Mother Teresa: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1650), H2873 [16MY]
Motor vehicles: titling and registration requirements relative to salvage, nonrepairable, and rebuilt vehicles (see H.R. 1839), H6798 [3SE]
National cemeteries: penalties for theft and malicious vandalism (see H.R. 1532), H4087 [19JN]
National Council on the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H4913 [8JY]
National Endowment for the Arts: abolish (see H.R. 122), H4913 [8JY]
National forests: manage public domain lands in a manner to reduce carbon dioxide (see H. Con. Res. 151), H7199 [10SE]
National Mammography Day: support goals (see H. Res. 235), H7600 [18SE]
Navy Combat Action Ribbon: retroactive awarding to certain individuals (see H.R. 543), H283 [4FE]
Office of Religious Persecution Monitoring: establish (see H.R. 1685, 2431), H3797 [12JN], H8727 [8OC]
Oregon: prohibit taxation of compensation of Washington residents for services as Federal employees at a Columbia River hydroelectric facility (see H.R. 874), H700 [27FE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits (see H.R. 493), H244 [21JA]
———require worker approval for use of labor organization dues and fees for political activities (see H.R. 2608), H8437 [6OC]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (see H.R. 901), H701 [27FE]
Religion: protect certain charitable contributions (see H.R. 2604), H8320 [2OC]
Securities: limit the conduct of securities class actions under State law (see H.R. 1689), H9865 [31OC]
Ships and vessels: support requirements that vessels operating between U.S. ports be built, owned, and operated by U.S. citizens (see H. Con. Res. 65), H5401 [16JY]
Sinatra, Francis A.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 279), H1715 [21AP]
Social Security: ensure integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 857), H699 [27FE]
Sports: eliminate professional league rules prohibiting public ownership of teams (see H.R. 590), H590 [13FE]
Taxation: allow individuals to designate percentage of their tax overpayments or to make contributions for units of the National Park System (see H.R. 755), H586 [13FE]
———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 2456), H7261 [11SE]
———application of the alternative minimum tax to installment sales of farm property (see H.R. 426), H629 [25FE]
———capital gains rates (see H.R. 14), H2156 [1MY]
———constitutional amendment relative to certain tax limitations (see H.J. Res. 62), H889 [11MR]
———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (see H.R. 1145), H1258 [20MR]
———deductions for business use of the home (see H.R. 955), H1040 [17MR]
———exempt certain small businesses from use of electronic fund transfer system for depository taxes (see H.R. 722), H522 [12FE]
———extend research and development tax credit (see H.R. 947), H767 [5MR]
———provide a nonrefundable tax credit for police officers who purchase armor vests (see H.R. 1410), H7365 [16SE]
———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see H.R. 902), H708 [3MR]
———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 2490), H8300 [1OC]
———treatment of computer software exports (see H.R. 143), H589 [13FE]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (see H.R. 2373), H8055 [26SE]
Transportation: provide off-budget treatment for certain transportation trust funds (see H.R. 4), H1440 [10AP]
Volunteer workers: grant immunity from personal civil liability during work on behalf of governmental entities or nonprofit organizations (see H.R. 911), H2157 [1MY]
Bills and resolutions introduced
China, People's Republic of: cease practice of harvesting and transplanting organs for profit from executed prisoners (see H. Con. Res. 180), H9729 [29OC]
House of Representatives: terminate certain entitlements of former Speakers of the House (see H.R. 1768), H3273 [3JN]
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion of acquisition of private mineral interests (see H.R. 1659), H2874 [16MY]
Political campaigns: prohibit use of soft money and require written authorization for use of salary withholdings for political activities (see H.R. 2147), H5131 [10JY]
Press releases
Partial-Birth Abortions: National Right to Life Committee, Inc., H1207 [20MR]
Remarks
Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 1122), H1207 [20MR]
Agriculture: prohibit coverage of tobacco by Federal crop insurance programs, H5564 [22JY], H5692 [24JY]
Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2160), H5564 [22JY], H5692, H5711 [24JY]
BIA: prohibit recognition of new Indian trust lands until binding agreements are reached by tribes on State and local sales taxes, H5233
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 1998-2002 (H. Con. Res. 84), H3001 [20MY]
China, People's Republic of: cease practice of harvesting and transplanting organs for profit from executed prisoners (H. Con. Res. 180), H9846 [31OC]
———most-favored-nation status (H.J. Res. 79), H4255 [24JN]
China, Republic of: cooperation with the U.S. relative to the development and acquisition of defensive military articles (H.R. 2386), H10156
Dept. of Agriculture: reduce loan rate for peanut quotas, H5711 [24JY]
Dept. of Defense: B-2 stealth bomber funding, H5949 [29JY]
———making appropriations (H.R. 2266), H5949 [29JY]
Dept. of Justice: launching of formal inquiries and prosecutions relative to illegal trafficking of human organs, H9479 [23OC]
Dept. of the Interior and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2107), H5233
Dept. of the Treasury, Postal Service, Executive Office of the President, and independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 2378), motion to instruct conferees, H7760, H7761, H7763, H7765, H7768 [24SE]
Education: spending of a greater percentage of Federal tax dollars on children's classrooms (H. Res. 139), H9572 [28OC]
Employment: provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), H1149 [19MR]
———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 1), consideration (H. Res. 99), H1122 [19MR]
European Commission: handling of the Boeing/McDonnell Douglas merger (H. Res. 191), H5519 [22JY]
Foreign aid: international family planning programs (H.J. Res. 36), H549
———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion, H8510 [7OC]
———international family planning programs restrictions relative to abortion (H.R. 581), H549
Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 2159), motion to instruct conferees, H8510 [7OC]
IRS: impose criminal penalties for unauthorized inspection of tax return information (H.R. 1226), H1410 [10AP], H1510 [15AP]
———restructure, H9043 [23OC]
Members of Congress: constitutional amendment to limit terms, E243
———deny cost-of-living adjustments, H7761, H7763, H7765 [24SE]
Mount St. Helens National Volcanic Monument: expeditious completion of acquisition of private mineral interests (H.R. 1659), E966
National Center for Missing and Exploited Children: funding, H7760, H7761 [24SE]
National Sea Grant College Program: reauthorization (H.R. 437), H3878 [18JN]
Parliamentary inquiry, H7760 [24SE]
Political campaigns: ethics reform and contribution limits, H7739 [24SE]
Political ethics: campaign contributions by tobacco interests, H5564 [22JY]
Real property: preserve Federal sovereignty of certain public lands and preserve certain State and private property rights (H.R. 901), H8551 [7OC]
Taxation: constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (H.J. Res. 62), H1510 [15AP]
———deductibility of health insurance costs for self-employed individuals and the business use of the home, and clarification of contractor/employee status (H.R. 1145), E558
———reinstate aviation excise taxes relative to Airport and Airway Trust Fund expenditures (H.R. 668), E341
———require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes, H1410 [10AP]
———State authority to tax compensation paid to certain employees (H.R. 1953), H5856 [28JY]
———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 2646), H9061 [23OC]
U.S. Man and Biosphere Program: congressional oversight, H8551 [7OC]
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H1434 [10AP], H1538 [15AP], H1609 [16AP], H3859 [17JN], H5566 [22JY], H5824 [25JY], H8316 [2OC], H8726 [8OC], H9035 [22OC], H9728 [29OC], H9863 [31OC]
Resolutions by organizations
Tribute to National Grange (organization): by, E1294