SMITH, ADAM (a Representative from Washington)
Articles and editorials
Lao Exiles Demand Freedom for Imprisoned Comrades, Agence France Presse (news service), E2136
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Animals: ensure that all dogs and cats used by research facilities are obtained legally (see H.R. 4039), H2945 [22MY]
Armed Forces: reduce the age for receipt of military retired pay for non-regular service (see H.R. 3831), H1155 [9AP]
Army: close the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation and establish a joint congressional task force to assess the education and training needs for Latin American military personnel (see H.R. 1810), H2608 [16MY]
Budget: extend pay-as-you-go requirement (see H.R. 5502), H9128 [22NO]
Bush, President: address issues of neighborhood crime prevention and community policing and support Federal participation in National Night Out (see H. Res. 437), H3292 [6JN]
Carter, Jimmy and Rosalynn: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 399), H105 [29JA]
Chicago, IL: expand aviation capacity, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3479), H3162 [4JN]
Children and youth: enhance operation of the AMBER Alert communications plan to expedite the recovery of abducted children (see H.R. 5317), H6374 [18SE]
———improve academic and social outcomes for students by providing productive activities during after-school hours (see H.R. 1822), H1154 [9AP]
———improve access to books (see H.R. 116), H3514 [12JN]
China, People's Republic of: anniversary of inauguration of Sino-American relations and commend President Bush for advancing such relations (see H. Con. Res. 365), H1090 [20MR]
———persecution of Falun Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 447), H7172 [7OC]
Computers: amend copyright laws relative to royalty fees for webcasting (see H.R. 5285), H5995 [26JY]
———set a certain duration for the base contract of the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (see H.R. 5647), H8021 [16OC]
Credit unions: limitations on certain member business loans (see H.R. 760), H561 [26FE]
Crime: establish penalties for aggravated identity theft (see H.R. 5588), H7737 [9OC]
———make grants to train sexual assault nurse examiners and other personnel handling sexual assault cases, establish minimum standards for forensic evidence collection, and carry out crime scene DNA analysis (see H.R. 2874), H3292 [6JN]
Dept. of HUD: assist States, tribal governments, and Native Hawaiian organizations with land use planning to promote improved quality of life, regionalism, sustainable economic development, and environmental stewardship (see H.R. 1433), H6693 [25SE]
Dept. of the Interior: conduct study on the inclusion of Eagledale Ferry Dock in the National Park System (see H.R. 3747), H366 [13FE]
———implement final rule to phase out snowmobile use in Yellowstone National Park, John D. Rockefeller, Jr., Memorial Parkway, and Grand Teton National Park, and snowplane use in Grand Teton National Park (see H.R. 5044), H4324 [27JN]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide guaranteed adequate level of funding for veterans health care (see H.R. 5250), H6230 [11SE]
Developing countries: increase assistance for the poorest people in developing countries under microenterprise assistance programs (see H.R. 4073), H2164 [7MY]
———reauthorize microenterprise assistance programs and expand sustainable poverty-focused microenterprise programs by implementing improved poverty measurement methods (see H.R. 4209), H1533 [23AP]
Ecology and environment: ensure recovery of biological diversity, strengthen protection of wildlife, and provide certain assurances to local governments and individuals relative to economic development efforts (see H.R. 4579), H1619 [24AP]
Education: improve access to printed instructional materials used by blind or other print-disabled persons in elementary and secondary schools (see H.R. 4582), H1619 [24AP]
Employment: provide for private-sector-led Community Workforce Partnerships (see H.R. 4104), H2235 [8MY]
EPA: establish greenhouse gas inventory, registry, and information system (see H.R. 4611), H3297 [10JN]
FAA: provide equitable pay to air traffic managers, supervisors, and specialists at both regional and headquarters locations (see H.R. 5251), H6560 [24SE]
FDA: grant authority to regulate tobacco (see H.R. 1097), H2471 [14MY]
Federal employees: make certain service performed as an employee of a nonappropriated fund instrumentality creditable for retirement purposes (see H.R. 2355), H6229 [11SE]
Federal Water Pollution Control Act: clarify that fill material cannot be comprised of waste (see H.R. 4683), H6060 [4SE]
Financial institutions: prohibit financial holding companies and national banks from engaging, directly or indirectly, in real estate brokerage or real estate management activities (see H.R. 3424), H1091 [20MR]
Firefighters: facilitate reciprocal agreements with foreign countries for the sharing of personnel to fight wildfires (see H.R. 5017), H4326 [27JN]
Food: require foods containing known allergens to bear labeling that states that fact and the names of the allergens (see H.R. 4704), H5195 [23JY] (see H.R. 5747), H9023 [14NO]
Foreign policy: impose sanctions on the PLO, or the Palestinian Authority, if the President determines that these entities have not complied with certain commitments (see H.R. 1795), H367 [13FE]
Forest Service: protection of certain roadless areas (see H.R. 4865), H3228 [5JN]
———provide for an independent investigation of firefighter deaths caused by wildfire entrapment or burnover (see H.R. 3971), H931 [14MR]
Fort Clatsop National Memorial: expand (see H.R. 2643), H524 [14FE]
Health: reduce adolescent pregnancy, HIV rates, and other sexually transmitted diseases (see H.R. 3469), H1674 [25AP]
Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4531), H6303 [17SE]
House of Representatives: use of content labeling for Internet web sites of Representatives (see H. Res. 430), H3037 [23MY]
Human rights: condemn the practice of execution by stoning (see H. Con. Res. 351), H2608 [16MY]
Interstate commerce: prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption (see H.R. 3781), H834 [12MR]
———prohibit transport of horses for the purpose of slaughter or horse flesh for human consumption, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 3781), H7019 [3OC]
James V. Hansen Federal Building, Ogden, UT: designate (see H.R. 5611), H7893 [10OC]
King, Martin Luther, Jr.: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 1184), H4425 [9JY]
Law enforcement: community policing programs (see H.R. 2009), H1090 [20MR]
———provide grants for law enforcement training and equipment to combat methamphetamine labs (see H.R. 4027), H1087 [20MR]
Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 3794), H3454 [11JN]
Marine mammals: reaffirm opposition to commercial and lethal scientific whaling and provide protection for and conservation of the world's whale populations to prevent trade in whale meat (see H. Con. Res. 180), H285 [12FE]
Medicaid: allow States to expand family planning coverage to certain women (see H.R. 2777), H1284 [11AP]
———increase Federal medical assistance percentage to help States finance increases in enrollment (see H.R. 3414), H6926 [1OC]
Medicare: coverage for rehabilitation services provided by State vocational rehabilitation agencies to older, blind individuals (see H.R. 2674), H227 [7FE]
———coverage of medical nutrition therapy services for beneficiaries with cardiovascular diseases (see H.R. 2117), H3859 [24JN]
———increase the payment amount for inpatient hospital services and freeze the reduction in payments to hospitals for indirect costs of medical education (see H.R. 1556), H833 [12MR]
———protect patients by limiting the number of mandatory overtime hours a nurse may be required to work by certain service providers (see H.R. 3238), H2511 [15MY]
Mining and mineral resources: reclamation of abandoned hardrock mines (see H.R. 4078), H2512 [15MY]
Motor vehicles: impose a mandatory fuel surcharge for transportation provided by certain motor carriers (see H.R. 2161), H1769 [30AP]
Mount Rainier National Park: boundary adjustment (see H.R. 5512), H6983 [2OC]
National Correctional Officers and Employees Week: designate (see H. Con. Res. 390), H2108 [6MY]
National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 512), H6256 [13SE]
———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 513), H6256 [13SE]
National Sea Grant College Program Act: reauthorize (see H.R. 3389), H1155 [9AP]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: establish (see H. Con. Res. 486), H7172 [7OC]
Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see H.R. 250), H737 [6MR]
Recycling: require refund values for beverage containers and provide resources for State pollution prevention and recycling programs (see H.R. 1667), H367 [13FE]
Roads and highways: amend length and weight limitations for vehicles operating on Federal-aid highways (see H.R. 3132), H6559 [24SE]
Rural areas: establish demonstration programs to address the shortages of health care professionals (see H.R. 5113), H4574 [12JY]
Sid Morrison Post Office Building, Zillah, WA: designate (see H.R. 5116), H5998 [26JY]
Skykomish River: enhance ecosystem protection and outdoor opportunities by designating certain Federal lands as wilderness (see H.R. 4844), H3036 [23MY]
Small business: issue postage stamp in commemoration of small business concerns (see H. Con. Res. 480), H6559 [24SE]
Social Security: permit qualifying States to use unspent State Children's Health Insurance Program allotments to expand health coverage under that program or for Medicaid expenditures (see H.R. 5662), H8021 [16OC]
States: establish standards for programs for the issuance of drivers' licenses and identification cards (see H.R. 4633), H2662 [20MY]
———permit individuals to operate commercial motor vehicles within State borders after meeting minimum standards (see H.R. 2466), H2471 [14MY]
Stem Cell Research Board: establish (see H.R. 4011), H5998 [26JY]
Taxation: allow use of principal repayments to issue additional mortgages and modify price limitations under the mortgage revenue bond program and change income limit for housing credit program (see H.R. 951), H937 [18MR]
———exempt certain U.S. international ports from the harbor maintenance tax (see H.R. 5199), H5452 [24JY]
———reinstate Superfund and oil spill excise taxes and extend leaking underground storage tank taxes (see H.R. 4060), H8023 [16OC]
———treatment of income from land sold to a government agency or a nonprofit organization for conservation purposes (see H.R. 2290), H1155 [9AP]
———treatment of information technology job training expenses (see H.R. 1769), H367 [13FE]
Terrorism: anniversary of terrorist attacks (see H. Con. Res. 464), H6229 [11SE]
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities (see H.R. 3670), H1155 [9AP]
Traficant, Representative: expulsion from the House of Representatives (see H. Res. 387), H1485 [18AP]
Transportation Equity Act for the 21st Century: provide highway infrastructure investment at the guaranteed funding level (see H.R. 3694), H367 [13FE]
U.N.: provide for permanent guidelines for voluntary U.S. contributions to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 5293), H5996 [26JY]
———restore a voluntary U.S. contribution to the U.N. Population Fund (see H.R. 3916), H1156 [9AP]
Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 5403), H6373 [18SE]
———verify military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II to determine benefits eligibility (see H.R. 491), H1532 [23AP]
Wildlife: prohibit interstate and foreign commerce of certain wild animals for use as pets (see H.R. 5226), H6777 [26SE]
Women: constitutional amendment to ensure equal rights (see H.J. Res. 40), H907 [13MR]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Armed Forces: allow eligible members under the Montgomery GI Bill to transfer educational assistance entitlement to dependents (see H.R. 4213), H1283 [11AP]
———extend time limitation for use of eligiblity and entitlement to educational assistance under the Montgomery GI Bill (see H.R. 4214), H1283 [11AP]
Crime: prevent identity theft and mitigate the harm to victimized individuals (see H.R. 5424), H6418 [19SE]
Medicare: improve the provision of items and services to beneficiaries in rural areas (see H.R. 4850), H3037 [23MY]
Remarks
Andean Trade Preference Act: extend and expand (H.R. 3009), H2169 [8MY]
———extend and expand (H.R. 3009), conference report, H5972 [26JY]
Armed Forces: authorize use against Iraq (H.J. Res. 114), H7335 [9OC]
Budget: setting forth the Federal budget for 2003-2007 (H. Con. Res. 353), H1068
Taxation: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (H.R. 2143), H3259
Trade Act: amend to consolidate and improve trade adjustment assistance programs and provide community-based economic development assistance for trade-affected communities, H2169 [8MY]
Treaties and agreements: extend trade negotiating and trade agreement implementing authority, H5972 [26JY]
U.S. Congressional Forum on Laos: tribute to participants, E2136
Remarks in House relative to
Special order: granted, H3597 [17JN]
Tributes
Jackson, Mark W., E1757