SMITH, NICK (a Representative from Michigan)

Amendments

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H343 [10FE], H401 [15FE]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5038 [22JN], H5104 [26JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4676 [19JN]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5945, H5959 [12JY]

Articles and editorials

Entitlement Reform the Way To Go, by, Roll Call (publication), H3123 [16MY]

Green Bill in the House, Washington (DC) Post, H2946 [11MY]

One Thing I Would Change About Congress . . . Entitlement Reform the Way To Go, by, Roll Call (publication), H516 [29FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 3660), H922 [9MR]

Agriculture: prohibit products containing dry ultra-filtered milk or casein from being labeled domestic natural cheese (see H.R. 4652), H4484 [14JN]

Budget: ensure on-budget surplus is used to reduce the public debt (see H.R. 3695), H510 [16FE]

China, Republic of: congratulations on elections and reaffirmation of U.S. commitment to security and democracy (see H. Con. Res. 292), H1477 [28MR]

Courts: legal definition of human life relative to presence of brain wave activity and spontaneous cardiac activity (see H. Con. Res. 305), H2341 [13AP]

Dept. of Energy: extend public comment period on proposed rules on clothes washers, air conditioners, and heat pumps (see H.R. 5613), H11879 [13NO]

Education: establish and expand programs relating to science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (see H.R. 4271, 4272), H2336 [13AP]

EPA: ensure changes to the rule on water quality standards total maximum daily load program are subjected to public and congressional review (see H.R. 4922), H7991 [21SE]

FCC: prohibit from establishing rules authorizing the operation of new, low power FM radio stations (see H.R. 3439), H575 [29FE]

FDA: clarify certain responsibilities relative to importation of drugs into the U.S. (see H.R. 3240), H2607 [4MY]

Federal Water Pollution Control Act: improve implementation (see H.R. 4502), H5657 [29JN]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards (see H.R. 1168), H1406 [23MR]

Firearms: prohibit funding to give or withhold a preference to a seller of firearms or ammunition relative to an agreement on enhanced safety of handguns and pistols (see H.R. 4257), H3813 [24MY]

Foreign policy: defend fundamental human rights to family, conscience, and life in international negotiations (see H. Res. 521), H4485 [14JN]

Friedman, Milton: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4672), H8200 [26SE]

Great Lakes: prohibit vessels from discharging ballast water that contains nonindigenous aquatic species and treat such water, and its sediments, using the most effective and efficient methods available (see H.R. 4191), H1851 [5AP]

Health: allow access to drugs and medical devices recommended and provided by health care practitioners that are not approved by the FDA (see H.R. 2635), H2967 [11MY]

Immigration: ensure no alien is removed, denied benefits, or otherwise deprived of liberty, based on evidence that is kept secret from the alien (see H.R. 2121), H6777 [24JY]

Lumber industry: promote open and competitive trade of softwood lumber between the U.S. and Canada (see H. Con. Res. 252), H1959 [6AP]

Marshall Islands: name the Army missile range at Kwajalein Atoll for former President Ronald Reagan (see H.R. 3554), H455 [15FE]

Medicaid: establish a new prospective payment system for federally qualified health centers and rural health clinics (see H.R. 2341), H9505 [6OC]

Middle East: condemn current level of violence between Israelis and Palestinians (see H. Con. Res. 426), H9900 [12OC]

Olympic games: mint commemorative coins to support the 2002 Salt Lake Olympic Winter Games and U.S. Olympic Committee programs (see H.R. 3679), H2905 [10MY]

Oscar G. Johnson Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Facility, Iron Mountain, MI: designate (see H.R. 5520), H12045 [7DE]

Pipelines: improve safety and environmental protection (see H.R. 4849), H7366 [7SE]

Pope, Edmond: demand release from Russian prison for humanitarian reasons (see H. Con. Res. 364), H6052 [13JY] (see H. Con. Res. 404), H7871 [19SE]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 2250), H5436 [28JN]

Public debt: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax return for deficit reduction (see H.R. 5349), H8551 [29SE]

Reagan, Ronald and Nancy: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3591), H253 [8FE]

Schulz, Charles M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3642), H341 [10FE]

Smithsonian Institution: mint coins in commemoration of the National Museum of the American Indian (see H.R. 4259), H7723 [18SE]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———constitutional amendment to require a two-thirds majority on the passage of legislation increasing taxes (see H.J. Res. 94), H1957 [6AP]

———encourage stronger mathematics and science programs at elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4273), H2336 [13AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H2013 [10AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (see H.R. 4717), H5036 [22JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of self-employment tax relative to certain farm rental income (see H.R. 1044), H219 [7FE]

Television: ensure local service to small, rural markets by satellite providers (see H.R. 3615), H339 [10FE]

Vatican City: U.N. status of the Holy See (see H. Con. Res. 253), H922 [9MR]

Vietnam Veterans Memorial: place a plaque to honor those veterans who died after their service, but as a direct result of that service (see H.R. 3293), H1675 [3AP]

Water pollution: exempt discharges from certain silviculture activities from permit requirements of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 3625), H2512 [3MY]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (see H.R. 4884), H6598 [19JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (see H.R. 5372), H8735 [3OC]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 4065), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4718), H5036 [22JN] (see H.R. 5409), H9504 [6OC] (see H.R. 5539, 5540), H11193 [25OC]

Census: limit penalties for refusing or neglecting to answer decennial census questions beyond those necessary for enumeration of the population (see H.R. 4158), H1674 [3AP]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow commodity producers to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop (see H.R. 4523), H3649 [23MY]

———increase number of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans and payments are available (see H.R. 4524), H3649 [23MY]

Ecology and environment: grant States final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system (see H.R. 5638), H11954 [4DE]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders (see H.R. 4128), H1588 [29MR] (see H.R. 4146), H1628 [30MR]

Jackson, MI: require the Postal Service to convey real property containing a post office building (see H.R. 5221), H7932 [20SE]

Medicare: provide off-budget treatment for the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3640), H341 [10FE]

NSF: authorizing appropriations (see H.R. 4491), H3412 [18MY] (see H.R. 4500), H3474 [19MY] (see H.R. 4901), H6717 [20JY]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 3599), H254 [8FE]

———provide a transition for railroad workers (see H.R. 5387), H8799 [4OC]

———reduce the public debt by the amount of net surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (see H.R. 4694), H4783 [20JN]

Taxation: treatment of travel expenses of State legislators (see H.R. 3550), H49 [27JA]

Letters

Bureau of Economic Analysis funding: Robert Shapiro, Dept. of Commerce, H5104 [26JN]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H1419 [28MR], H2413 [3MY]

Remarks

Aemisegger, Christopher: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1002 [14JN]

Agriculture: enhance dairy markets through dairy product mandatory reporting (S. 2773), E1977 [28OC]

———international asparagus competitiveness grant and harvester funding, H5547 [29JN]

———National Plant Genome Initiative funding, H7897 [20SE]

———price supports for sugar, H5570 [29JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3819 [25MY]

Agriculture, rural development, FDA, and related agencies programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4461), H5538, H5539, H5540, H5547, H5570, H5577, H5595, H5596 [29JN], H5694, H5696, H5702 [10JY], H5782 [11JY]

Appropriations: making emergency supplemental appropriations (H.R. 3908), H1578 [29MR], H1593 [30MR]

Baker, Aaron: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1010 [14JN]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (H.R. 2415), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 624), H9831 [12OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4718), H5102 [26JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5540), H11702 [31OC]

Budget: balance, H95 [1FE], H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736, H1737, H1738, H1739 [4AP]

———deficit, H10 [27JA], H138 [1FE], H1733, H1734, H1735, H1736, H1737, H1738, H1739 [4AP]

———ensure solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H258, H260 [9FE], H516 [29FE]

———establish 2-year cycle, H516 [29FE], H3088, H3122, H3123, H3125 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), H3102, H3122, H3123, H3125 [16MY]

———improve and strengthen budget process (H.R. 853), consideration (H. Res. 499), H3088 [16MY]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7797 [19SE]

———provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt and to decrease the statutory debt limit (H.R. 5173), H7686 [18SE]

———require that certain surplus amounts be used for paying down the national debt, H52 [31JA], H169 [2FE], H260 [9FE]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), H1310, H1311 [23MR]

———setting forth the Federal budget for 2001-2005 (H. Con. Res. 290), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 474), H2244 [13AP]

———treatment of any budget surpluses, H95, H138 [1FE], H10879 [25OC]

Bureau of Economic Analysis: funding, H5072 [23JN]

CCC: limit purchase of raw or refined sugar from sugarcane or sugar beets, H5570 [29JN]

Census: limit decennial census questionnaires to requesting only information required by the Constitution, H1418 [28MR], H1680 [4AP]

Coastal zones: use of offshore oil and gas revenues to fund State and local conservation programs of coastal States (H.R. 701), H2946 [11MY]

Cole (U.S.S.): terrorist attack on Navy destroyer in Yemen (H. Res. 631), H10076 [18OC]

Committee on Science (House): release of report on plant genome science, H2016 [11AP]

———tribute to Subcommittee on Basic Research, H9454 [6OC], E1723 [6OC]

Computers: networking and information technology research and development funding (H.R. 2086), H394, H401, H402 [15FE]

Dept. of Agriculture: Market Access Program funding, H5702 [10JY]

———Office of Natural Resources and the Environment funding relative to proposed EPA rules on water quality total maximum daily load, H5577 [29JN]

Dept. of Commerce: economic and statistical analysis programs funding through reductions in Dept. of State educational and cultural exchange programs, H5104, H5105 [26JN]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities, prescribing personnel strengths, and military construction (H.R. 4205), conference report, H9655 [11OC]

Dept. of HUD: Housing Opportunities for Persons With AIDS Program funding through reductions in NSF funding, H4753 [20JN]

Depts. of Commerce, Justice, and State, the Judiciary, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4690), H5065 [23JN], H5104, H5105, H5157 [26JN]

———making appropriations (H.R. 4690), amendment process, H5072 [23JN]

Depts. of Labor, HHS, and Education, and related agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4577), H4293 [13JN]

Depts. of Veterans Affairs and HUD, and sundry independent agencies: making appropriations (H.R. 4635), H4619 [19JN], H4753 [20JN]

Education: national policy to improve system, H7220, H7221 [6SE]

Elections: Presidential election results, H11870 [13NO]

Emergency services: authorizing appropriations for State and local emergency responders, H9655 [11OC]

———firefighting and emergency medical services funding, H1578 [29MR], H1593 [30MR]

FDA: assessment of allergenicity of genetically engineered foods, H5595, H5596 [29JN]

———prohibit funding for research, development, and approval of any drug for chemical inducement of abortion, H5694 [10JY]

FEMA: make grants to fire departments to improve public safety against fire and fire-related hazards, H9655 [11OC]

Florida: disputed results in Presidential election, H11870 [13NO]

Food: require labels on food that contains, or is produced with, a genetically engineered material, H5782 [11JY]

Forbes, Malcolm S., Jr. (Steve): withdrawal from Presidential campaign, H258, H260 [9FE]

Foreign aid: plant biotechnology research and development funding, H5945, H5946 [12JY]

Foreign operations, export financing, and related programs: making appropriations (H.R. 4811), H5945, H5946 [12JY]

Geological Survey: participation in the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development Program, H401, H402 [15FE]

Jankowski, Rachel: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E995 [14JN]

Johnston, Beth Ann: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E998 [14JN]

Knowles, Curtis J.: Athens, MI, Bob Ling Memorial Service Award recipient, E1296 [21JY]

McFeters, Courtnay: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1004 [14JN]

Medicare: coverage of outpatient prescription drugs, H9455 [6OC]

Michigan State University: tribute to men's basketball team, H1680 [4AP]

Miller, Robert B., Jr.: Scene Magazine Man of the Year award recipient, E356 [21MR]

NASA: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1654), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 574), H7600 [14SE]

National Academy of Sciences: genetically-engineered foods study funding, H5538, H5539, H5540 [29JN]

Northrup, Joseph: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1005 [14JN]

NSF: funding, H4619 [19JN]

Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: U.S.-European Union Group on Biotechnology funding relative to agricultural biotechnology products approval process, H5157 [26JN]

Patent and Trademark Office: funding through reductions in Bureau of Economic Analysis, Bureau of the Census, and the Educational and Cultural Exchange Program, H5065 [23JN]

Poenicke, Andrew: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E997 [14JN]

Political campaigns: assessment of Presidential candidates, H11835 [3NO]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 4844), H6780 [25JY], H7340, H7342, H7344 [7SE]

Rhee, Jhoon Goo: selection by the National Immigrant Forum and INS as one of the most famous U.S. immigrants, E537 [11AP]

Science: biotechnology research and development funding, H7939 [21SE]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, H3052, H3058 [16MY], H11871-H11873 [13NO]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H10 [27JA], H95, H138 [1FE], H169 [2FE], H2347 [2MY], H8747 [4OC], H9894-H9897 [12OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10464-H10468 [19OC], H10536 [24OC], H10813, H10879 [25OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11710-H11714 [31OC]

———create personalized retirement accounts, H936 [14MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H602, H620, H621 [1MR]

———ensure solvency, H1680 [4AP], H2378 [2MY], H2657 [9MY], H3531 [23MY], H7220, H7221 [6SE], H8894 [5OC], H9512 [10OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11835 [3NO], H11871-H11873 [13NO]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), H4710 [20JN], H5100 [26JN]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, and protect surpluses (H.R. 3206), H5088 [26JN], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC]

———reduce payroll taxes, H10233-H10238 [18OC]

———reform, H2415 [3MY], H2738 [9MY]

———use of trust funds' surplus to pay down national debt, H2738 [9MY]

States: regulate transactions at pawn shops and prohibit the imposition of usurious interest rates on loans to consumers (H. Con. Res. 312), H5181 [27JN]

Taxation: rates, H6362 [18JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7168 [27JY]

———require certain political organizations to report information to the IRS (H.R. 4762), H5289 [27JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 7), H1419 [28MR]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations (H.R. 1550), consideration of Senate amendment (H. Res. 655), H11325 [26OC]

VanWormer, Matthew: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E999 [14JN]

Votes: position on missed, H6564 [19JY], H7133 [27JY]

Walter, Abby: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E996 [14JN]

William S. Broomfield Post Office Building, Royal Oak, MI: designate (H.R. 4884), H7223 [6SE]

Ziegler, Sarah: LeGrand Smith Scholarship winner, E1006 [14JN]

Remarks in House relative to

Leave of absence: granted, H3918 [6JN], H8059 [25SE]

Special order: granted, H163 [1FE], H277 [9FE], H2398 [2MY], H5082 [23JN], H8797 [4OC], H10806 [24OC], H11192 [25OC], H11617 [30OC], H11840 [3NO]

Tributes

Barrett, Representative Bill, H11708 [31OC]

Chenoweth-Hage, Representative, H9457 [6OC]

Clay, Representative, H11431 [27OC]

Katz, David, E1508 [18SE]

Smith, Ruth, E969 [9JN]