SMITH, LAMAR S. (a Representative from Texas)

Addresses

U.S. Policy on Use of Armed Forces Against Iraq: J.N. Mattis, Marine Corps, H2259 [20MR]

Amendments

Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2429 [27MR]

Analyses

Child Abduction Prevention Act (H.R. 1104): Smith of Texas Amendment on Preventing Trafficking in Child Pornography, Sexually Explicit Depictions of Minors, and Using Child Pornography to Facilitate Crimes Against Children, H2434 [27MR]

Appointments

Committee on Homeland Security (House, Select), H407 [12FE]

Conferee: H.R. 6, Energy Policy Act, H7954 [5SE]

———H.R. 1588, Dept. of Defense appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths, H6907 [16JY]

———H.R. 1904, Healthy Forests Restoration Act, H10469 [6NO]

———S. 151, Child Abduction Prevention Act, H2443 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit partial-birth abortions (see H.R. 760), H698 [13FE]

Antitrust policy: encourage standards development organizations to develop and promulgate voluntary consensus standards (see H.R. 1086), H1640 [5MR]

Armstrong, Lance: tribute (see H. Res. 350), H7839 [3SE]

Aznar, Jose M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2131), H9687 [17OC]

Bankruptcy: amend laws (see H.R. 975), H1955 [18MR]

Children and youth: prevent child abduction (see H.R. 1104), H1641 [5MR]

Citizenship: codify oath of allegiance (see H.R. 3191), H11392 (see H.R. 3191), H11516 [18NO]

———restrict citizenship of individuals based solely on birth in the U.S. (see H.R. 1567), H8905 [24SE]

Columbia (space shuttle): award Presidential Medal of Freedom posthumously to crew (see H. Res. 49), H324 [5FE]

Computers: regulate the transmission of unsolicited commercial e-mail (see H.R. 2214), H5929 [25JN]

Courts: allow judges to whom certain multidistrict litigation cases are transferred to retain jurisdiction (see H.R. 1768), H3351 [11AP]

———expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (see H.R. 1115), H1678 [6MR]

———modify jurisdiction of Federal courts, inferior to the Supreme Court, over certain cases and controversies involving the Pledge of Allegiance (see H.R. 2028), H3856 [8MY]

———prevent frivolous lawsuits against manufacturers, distributors, or sellers of food or non-alcoholic beverage products that comply with applicable statutory and regulatory requirements (see H.R. 339), H1954 [18MR]

Crime: disapprove certain sentencing guideline amendments (see H.R. 881), H1332 [25FE]

———prohibit taking minors across State lines to avoid State laws requiring parental notification of abortions (see H.R. 1755), H3303 [10AP]

Cruz, Celia: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 3109), H11702 [20NO]

DEA: anniversary (see H. Res. 412), H9812 [21OC]

DeBakey, Michael E.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2868), H7616 [24JY]

Dept. of State: eliminate the diversity immigrant program (see H.R. 775), H700 [13FE]

District of Columbia: restore right to keep and bear arms (see H.R. 3193), H8949 [25SE]

Dr. Caesar A.W. Clark, Sr. Post Office Building, Dallas, TX: designate (see H.R. 1740), H3302 [10AP]

Drugs: prohibit opening, maintaining, managing, controlling, renting, leasing, making available for use, or profiting from any place for the purpose of manufacturing, distributing, or using any controlled substance (see H.R. 718), H460 [12FE]

Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: make repeal of estate taxes permanent (see H.R. 8), H5364 [12JN] (see H.R. 57), H1396 [26FE]

Employment: provide compensatory time for private sector employees (see H.R. 1119), H4739 [22MY]

Families and domestic relations: constitutional amendment relative to definition of marriage (see H.J. Res. 56), H12312 [21NO]

FCC: provide for punishment of certain profane broadcasts (see H.R. 3687), H12919 [8DE]

Financial institutions: encourage a strong community-based banking system (see H.R. 2341), H4977 [4JN]

Firearms: prohibit lawsuits against weapons manufacturers, distributors, dealers, or importers (see H.R. 1036), H1464 [27FE]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 4), H4788 [2JN]

Franklin, Benjamin: mint coins in commemoration of tercentenary of birth (see H.R. 3204), H12921 [8DE]

Gambling: prohibit gambling on high school and college sports (see H.R. 1451), H2401 [26MR]

Government regulations: eliminate effect on constitutionally protected expression of religion by State and local officials resulting from threat of potential litigants seeking damages and attorney's fees (see H.R. 3609), H12308 [21NO]

Grand Excursion of 1854: support anniversary celebrations (see H. Con. Res. 44), H705 [13FE]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (see H.R. 5), H392 [11FE]

Height, Dorothy I.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 1821), H3353 [11AP]

Hunting and trapping: commend Hunters for the Hungry programs and efforts of such programs to decrease hunger and help feed those in need (see H. Res. 481), H12920 [8DE]

Immigration: bar admission and facilitate removal of alien terrorists and their supporters, drug traffickers, and other illegal or criminal aliens and reform the visa and legal immigration systems (see H.R. 3522), H12922 [8DE]

———discourage States from issuing an identification card or driver's license to an illegal alien (see H.R. 3052), H8081 [9SE]

———enhance Federal, State, and local enforcement of immigration laws (see H.R. 2671), H7020 [16JY]

———prohibit Federal agencies from accepting foreign issued identification other than passports (see H.R. 687), H1516 [4MR]

Information services: prohibit misappropriation of certain databases (see H.R. 3261), H9375 [8OC]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 391), H5089 [9JN]

Languages: repeal Executive order on providing access to Federal programs and activities for persons with limited English proficiency (see H.R. 300), H172 [27JA]

Law enforcement: eliminate backlog of DNA samples collected from crime scenes and offenders and expand and improve the use of DNA collection and analysis in criminal investigations (see H.R. 3214), H9129 [1OC]

Law enforcement officers: adjust percentage differentials payable to Federal law enforcement officers in certain high-cost areas (see H.R. 466), H5408 [16JN]

Lehman, Jeffrey S.: tribute (see H. Res. 426), H10237 [30OC]

Marshall, John: mint coins in commemoration (see H.R. 2768), H10978 [6NO]

Michael E. DeBakey Dept. of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX: designate (see H.R. 91), H4738 [22MY]

Monuments and memorials: establish a memorial to the victims of terrorist attacks on the U.S. (see H.R. 911), H8175 [10SE]

National emblems: designate the oak tree as the national tree (see H.R. 1775), H3351 [11AP]

Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act: reauthorize Matching Grant Program for School Security (see H.R. 2685), H8017 [5SE]

Pope John Paul II: award Presidential Medal of Freedom (see H. Con. Res. 313), H9981 [28OC]

Power resources: establish and implement competitive, environmentally sound, and job creating oil and gas leasing program for the Coastal Plain (see H.R. 39), H1516 [4MR]

Public welfare programs: require identification used to obtain Federal public benefits meet restrictions ensuring that it is secure and verifiable (see H.R. 502), H244 [29JA]

Roads and highways: designate the La Entrada al Pacifico Corridor as a high priority corridor on the National Highway System (see H.R. 3240), H11149 [12NO]

———increase minimum State allocations provided for use in carrying out certain highway programs (see H.R. 2208), H4734 [22MY]

Robertson, George I.M.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 3263), H9688 [17OC]

Roosevelt, Theodore: mint coins in commemoration of the centenary of receiving the Nobel Peace Prize (see H.R. 2404), H11359 [17NO]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (see H.R. 234), H134 [8JA] (see H.R. 534), H318 [5FE]

SEC: require enhanced disclosures of employee stock options and require study on economic impact of broad-based employee stock option plans (see H.R. 1372), H2268 [20MR]

Small business: improve access and choice relative to employee health care (see H.R. 660), H389 [11FE]

Social Security: exclude from creditable wages income earned by aliens for services illegally performed in the U.S. or derived from an illegal trade or business (see H.R. 1631), H3454 [29AP]

Southwest Research Institute: commend work in discovering cause of the Columbia (space shuttle) disaster (see H. Res. 467), H12310 [21NO]

Syria: halt support for terrorism, end occupation of Lebanon, stop development of weapons of mass destruction, and cease illegal importation of Iraqi oil (see H.R. 1828), H5367 [12JN]

Tax Reform Action Commission: establish (see H.R. 3215), H9129 [1OC]

Taxation: allow a deduction for State and local sales taxes in lieu of State and local income taxes (see H.R. 720), H1746 [11MR]

———allow a U.S. independent film and television production wage credit (see H.R. 715), H460 [12FE]

———allow credit for production of oil and gas from domestic marginal wells and extend credit for alternative fuels (see H.R. 503), H244 [29JA]

———allow Federal civilian and military retirees to pay health insurance premiums on a pretax basis and allow a deduction for TRICARE supplemental premiums (see H.R. 1231), H6264 [26JN]

———eligibility of veterans for mortgage revenue bond financing (see H.R. 1742), H4012 [13MY]

———encourage investing of foreign earnings within the U.S. for productive business purposes (see H.R. 767), H1335 [25FE]

———encourage the development of a cost effective commercial space transportation industry (see H.R. 2358), H5089 [9JN]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see H.R. 2133), H9812 [21OC]

———permanently extend research credit (see H.R. 428), H1908 [17MR]

———provide a tax credit for broadband Internet access (see H.R. 768), H2312 [25MR]

———provide incentives for charitable contributions by individuals and businesses (see H.R. 7), H3760 (see H.R. 7), H3762 [7MY]

———regulate certain State taxation of interstate commerce (see H.R. 3220), H9129 [1OC]

———repeal Internal Revenue Code and replace with a flat tax (see H.R. 1783), H3351 [11AP]

———treatment of commercial aviation fuel during hostilities with Iraq (see H.R. 1380), H2268 [20MR]

Terrorism: enhance public safety through pretrial detention and postrelease supervision of terrorists (see H.R. 3040), H8081 [9SE]

———increase criminal penalties relative to terrorist murders and deny Federal benefits to terrorists (see H.R. 2934), H8284 [16SE]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses and provide for an open season under that plan (see H.R. 548), H8381 [17SE]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H3052 [9AP]

Vietnamese Conflict: tribute to POW and call for full accounting of unaccounted members of the Armed Forces (see H. Res. 62), H391 [11FE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Copyrights: enhance criminal enforcement of copyright laws, educate the public about the application of copyright law to the Internet, and clarify authority to seize unauthorized copyrighted works (see H.R. 2517), H5661 [19JN]

———replace copyright arbitration royalty panels with a Copyright Royalty Judge (see H.R. 1417), H2310 [25MR]

Crime: amend laws relative to false communications about certain criminal violations (see H.R. 1678), H2938 [8AP]

———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children (see H.R. 1161), H1680 [6MR]

E-Government Act: amend relative to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference (see H.R. 1303), H1952 [18MR]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (see H.R. 1302), H1952 [18MR]

Law enforcement: conduct study on effectiveness of ballistic imaging technology and evaluate its effectiveness as a law enforcement tool (see H.R. 2436), H5266 [11JN]

———prevent and punish counterfeiting of copyrighted copies and phonorecords (see H.R. 3632), H12309 [21NO]

National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals and raise awareness and encourage education about safety on the Internet (see H. Con. Res. 219), H5366 [12JN]

National Inventors' Day: designate (see H. Con. Res. 33), H391 [11FE]

Patents: amend certain laws relative to patent fees (see H.R. 1561), H2702 [2AP]

Research: promote among universities, the public sector, and private enterprise (see H.R. 2391), H5088 [9JN]

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (see H. Res. 279), H5408 [16JN]

State Justice Institute: reauthorize (see H.R. 2714), H6706 [14JY]

States: restore Federal remedies for violations of intellectual property rights by States (see H.R. 2344), H5042 [5JN]

Terrorism: strengthen ability to remove terrorist criminals, add flexibility relative to places where aliens may be removed, and provide sufficient authority to Federal officials to remove certain aliens (see H.R. 3106), H8380 [17SE]

Remarks

Abortion: prohibit late-term abortions except to avert serious long-term physical health consequences for the mother, H9153 [2OC]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (H.R. 760), H4938 [4JN]

———prohibit partial-birth abortions (S. 3), conference report, H9153 [2OC]

Appropriations: making continuing (H.J. Res. 2), conference report, H670 [13FE]

———making omnibus consolidated appropriations, H670 [13FE]

Armed Forces: change requirements for naturalization to citizenship through service, H8366, H8368 [17SE]

———support members engaging in military action in Iraq, H2258 [20MR]

Associated Press (news service): accuracy of story on U.S.-Mexico border security, H10346 [5NO]

Children and youth: prevent child abduction (H.R. 1104), H2433 [27MR]

Courts: expand Federal diversity jurisdiction to allow consideration of certain interstate class actions and provide additional protections to plaintiff class members (H.R. 1115), H5284 [12JN]

Crime: eliminate sexual exploitation of children (S. 151), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 188), H3064 [10AP]

———prevent trafficking in child pornography, condemn activities relating to sexually explicit visual depictions of minors, and prevent the use of child pornography to facilitate crimes against children, H2433 [27MR]

Dept. of Defense: authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), conference report, H11005 [7NO]

———authorizing appropriations for military activities and prescribing personnel strengths (H.R. 1588), motion to instruct conferees, H8366, H8368 [17SE]

———making appropriations (H.R. 2658), conference reports, E1931 [30SE]

Dept. of HHS: promulgate regulations for the reimportation of prescription drugs (H.R. 2427), H7610 [24JY]

E-Government Act: amend relative to rulemaking authority of the Judicial Conference (H.R. 1303), H9222 [7OC]

Financial institutions: prohibit offer of credit to a financial institution examiner (S. 1947), H12866 [8DE]

Health: reduce the excessive burden the liability system places on the health care delivery system (H.R. 5), H1835 [13MR]

Immigration: extend basic pilot employment verification system (H.R. 2359), H9898 [28OC]

———extend basic pilot employment verification system (S. 1685), H11585 [19NO]

———prohibit acceptance of consular-issued identification cards, H5554 [19JN]

Lake/Flato Architects Inc.: American Institute of Architects Architecture Firm Award recipient, E2471 [8DE]

National Inventors' Day: designate (H. Con. Res. 33), E201 [12FE]

National Nanotechnology Research and Development Program: establish (H.R. 766), H3719 [7MY]

News media: encourage fair and unbiased reporting, H9739 [21OC]

———objective reporting, H9987 [29OC]

San Antonio Spurs (basketball team): tribute (H. Res. 279), H5644 [19JN]

Science: prohibit the cloning of humans (H.R. 534), H1422 [27FE]

Supreme Court: decision on computer generated child pornography, H3064 [10AP]

Taxation: extend the moratorium on the taxation of Internet and interactive computer service commerce (H.R. 49), H8299 [17SE]

———provide incentives for economic recovery (H.R. 2), H3932 [9MY]

U.S.-Chile Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2738), H7502 [24JY]

U.S.-Singapore Free Trade Agreement: implementation (H.R. 2739), H7502 [24JY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H11005 [7NO]

Texts of

S. 1947, Preserving Independence of Financial Institution Examinations Act, H12866 [8DE]

Tributes

Combest, Representative, H4233 [19MY]