SMITH, ADAM (a Representative from Washington)
Bills and resolutions cosponsored
Alcoholic beverages: tribute to American craft brewers (see H. Res. 753), H2175 [4MY]
Armed Forces: allow members and reservists to transfer certain educational assistance entitlement to dependents (see H.R. 3625), H155 [1FE]
———prohibit certain demonstrations at cemeteries under the control of the National Cemetery Administration and at Arlington National Cemetery (see H.R. 5037), H1743 [25AP]
Army: extend authority to accept and expend funds contributed by non-Federal public entities to expedite the processing of permits (see H.R. 4826), H508 [1MR]
Bono: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipient (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Children and youth: improve the Jacob Wetterling Crimes Against Children and Sexually Violent Offender Registration Program (see H.R. 2423), H4134 [15JN]
Committees of the House: establish a select committee to investigate the awarding and carrying out of contracts to conduct activities in Afghanistan and Iraq and to fight the war on terrorism (see H. Res. 116), H1060 [15MR]
Congressional Gold Medal: award posthumously to United Airlines Flight 93 passengers recognizing the heroic efforts (see H.R. 5159), H2586 [11MY]
Crime: improve prosecution of individuals falsely claiming receipt of military medals, awards, and honors (see H.R. 3352), H2102 [3MY]
Dalai Lama: award a Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 4562), H4555 [26JN]
Dept. of Defense: establish procedures for consideration of applications for award of the Purple Heart to certain POW (see H.R. 2369), H1130 [16MR]
Dept. of Education: establish and maintain public website with a database of available scholarships, fellowships, and financial assistance programs in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (see H.R. 5139), H1678 [6AP]
———establish sustainability programs at institutions of higher education (see H.R. 3284), H2706 (see H.R. 3284), H2758 [17MY]
Dept. of HHS: authorize appropriations for the health centers program (see H.R. 5201), H2503 [10MY]
Dept. of Transportation: report to Congress on proposed changes to policies that prohibit foreign interests from exercising control over economic and security decisions of U.S. airlines (see H.R. 4542), H26 [31JA]
Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance military and veterans' life insurance programs (see H.R. 2747), H4680 [27JN]
———take certain actions to mitigate effects of the breach of data security (see H.R. 5487), H3306 (see H.R. 5487), H3359 [25MY]
Disasters: require Federal, State, and local agencies to comply with public health, environmental, and environmental justice laws and regulations (see H. Res. 477), H26 [31JA]
Diseases: increase assistance to countries for the prevention, treatment, and control of tuberculosis (see H.R. 5022), H1453 [4AP]
———support efforts to increase childhood cancer awareness (see H. Res. 323), H156 [1FE]
Ethiopia: encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom (see H.R. 5680), H5047 [11JY]
FAA: replace Administrator's arbitrary authority to impose wages and working conditions with neutral binding arbitration in the case of an impasse in labor-management negotiations (see H.R. 4755), H973 [14MR]
Financial Literacy Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 737), H1321 [29MR]
Firefighters: recognize and honor contributions throughout U.S. history (see H. Res. 764), H1682 [6AP]
Foreign aid: encouraging accelerated removal of agricultural subsidies of industrialized countries to alleviate poverty and promote growth, health, and stability in the economies of African countries (see H. Res. 461), H4328 [20JN]
———prohibit application of restrictive eligibility requirements to foreign nongovernmental organizations based on provision of certain health services (see H.R. 4465), H155 [1FE]
Foreign Assistance Act: improve voluntary family planning programs in developing countries (see H.R. 4188), H1563 [5AP]
Foreign trade: extend certain trade preferences to least-developed countries (see H.R. 886), H25 [31JA]
Fur Product Labeling Act: require labeling of all fur products regardless of value (see H.R. 4904), H1853 [26AP]
Gates, Bill and Melinda: Time (publication) Person of the Year award recipients (see H. Res. 638), H451 [28FE]
Government: require more rigorous requirements relative to ethics and lobbying (see H.R. 4682), H153 [1FE]
Health: development of microbicides to prevent the transmission of HIV and other diseases (see H.R. 3854), H333 [15FE]
House Rules: require that legislation and conference reports be available on the Internet prior to consideration by the House (see H. Res. 688), H1854 [26AP]
Human Rights Day: observance (see H. Res. 820), H3788 [12JN]
Human Rights Week: observance (see H. Res. 820), H3788 [12JN]
Immigration: treatment of unaccompanied alien children (see H.R. 1172), H1742 [25AP]
Iraq: commend and support Radio Al Mahaba, Iraq's first and only radio station for women (see H. Res. 784), H2103 [3MY]
———declare U.S. policy to not maintain a long-term or permanent military presence (see H. Con. Res. 197), H1453 [4AP]
King, Coretta Scott: tribute (see H. Res. 655), H156 [1FE]
Medicare: ensure access to durable medical equipment (see H.R. 3559), H1130 [16MR]
———extend initial enrollment period for prescription drug benefits, waive penalties for late enrollment, allow prescription drug plan enrollment changes once a year, and limit drug formulary changes (see H.R. 5116), H1677 [6AP]
———preserve beneficiary access to community cancer care (see H.R. 4098), H1743 [25AP]
———provide extended and additional protection to beneficiaries enrolled in prescription drug benefit plans (see H.R. 3861), H26 [31JA]
Mexico: convey sympathy to families of young women murdered in Chihuahua and encourage increased U.S. involvement in bringing an end to these crimes (see H. Con. Res. 90), H973 [14MR]
Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 2429), H26 [31JA]
NAACP: anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 335), H275 [14FE]
National Association of State Veterans Homes: tribute (see H. Con. Res. 347), H1981 [2MY]
National Guard: commend members, fully fund equipment needs, and request consultation by the Dept. of Defense with Congress and the States prior to proposing force structure changes (see H. Res. 665), H275 [14FE]
National Internet Safety Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 800), H3497 [7JN]
National Methamphetamine Prevention Week: establish (see H. Res. 556), H226 [8FE]
National parks and recreation areas: eliminate annual operating deficit and maintenance backlog (see H.R. 1124), H25 [31JA]
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (see H.R. 4954), H972 [14MR]
National Security Agency: require Dept. of Justice to submit documents on Presidential authorization of electronic surveillance of certain U.S. citizens without court-approved warrants (see H. Res. 643), H26 [31JA]
National Youth Sports Week: establish (see H. Res. 826), H3643 [8JN]
NSF: establish scholarship program to increase number of mathematics and science teachers (see H.R. 5141), H1678 [6AP]
———establish scholarship program to increase number of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics undergraduate students (see H.R. 5142), H1678 [6AP]
Office of the U.S. Trade Representative: establish Chief Trade Prosecutor to ensure compliance with trade agreements and to protect U.S. manufacturers against unfair trade practices (see H.R. 4186), H1320 [29MR]
Olympic games: tribute to citizens of Italy, the Torino Olympic Organizing Committee, the International Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Committee, the U.S. Olympic Team, and athletes from around the world (see H. Res. 697), H1453 [4AP]
Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 745), H1744 [25AP]
Power resources: protect consumers from price-gouging of gasoline and other fuels during energy emergencies (see H.R. 3936), H1917 [27AP]
Puerto Rico: provide for a federally sanctioned self-determination process (see H.R. 4867), H1681 [6AP]
Radio: preserve local radio broadcast emergency and other services and require the FCC to conduct rulemaking for that purpose (see H.R. 998), H1680 [6AP]
SBA: permit business concerns owned by venture capital operating companies to participate in the Small Business Innovation Research Program (see H.R. 2943), H225 [8FE]
School Bus Safety Week: support goals and ideals (see H. Res. 498), H2834 (see H. Res. 498), H2891 [18MY]
Taxation: expand workplace health incentives by equalizing the tax consequences of employee athletic facility use (see H.R. 1634), H4917 [29JN]
———extend financing of the Superfund program by reinstating certain excise taxes (see H.R. 3584), H2586 [11MY]
———extend period of limitation to file claims for refunds on account of disability determinations by the Dept. of Veterans Affairs (see H.R. 4727), H1981 [2MY]
———limit development or implementation of a return-free tax system (see H.R. 5114), H1917 [27AP]
———make permanent the 15-year depreciation recovery period for restaurant property improvements and extend to new restaurant construction (see H.R. 920), H3308 (see H.R. 920), H3361 [25MY]
———treat certain amounts paid for exercise equipment and physical fitness programs as amounts paid for medical care (see H.R. 5479), H3306 (see H.R. 5479), H3359 [25MY]
Terrorism: reduce threat of terrorists acquiring shoulder-fired missiles (see H.R. 5333), H2706 (see H.R. 5333), H2758 [17MY]
Thailand: anniversary of ascension to throne of King Bhumibol Adulyadej (see H. Con. Res. 409), H3227 [24MY]
Transportation Security Administration: prohibit removal of any item from the current list of items prohibited from being carried aboard a passenger aircraft (see H.R. 4452), H26 [31JA]
Ukraine: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 1053), H645 [7MR]
Universal Service Administration Co.: exempt from Antideficiency Act accounting rules to improve administration of, and prevent increases in, contributions to the Universal Service Fund (see H.R. 2533), H4220 [19JN]
Veterans: recognize military service of certain Philippine nationals during World War II and allow receipt of Dept. of Veterans Affairs benefits (see H.R. 4574), H2586 [11MY]
Vietnam: normal trade relations status (see H.R. 5602), H3908 [13JN]
Women: reduce preterm labor, delivery, and risk of pregnancy-related deaths and complications due to pregnancy, and reduce infant mortality caused by prematurity (see H.R. 2861), H155 [1FE]
Remarks
Dept. of Defense: making appropriations (H.R. 5631), E1253
———National Defense University program funding, E1253
National security: improve maritime and cargo security through enhanced layered defenses (H.R. 4954), H2118
Native Americans: hold certain lands in trust for the Puyallup Tribe (S. 1382), E789
Taxation: allow deduction for qualified timber gains, H4457
———increase exclusion equivalent of the unified credit allowed against the estate tax and repeal sunset provision for the estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 5638), H4457
Terrorism: commend those who have taken part, and declare that the U.S. will prevail, in the Global War on Terror and complete mission to create a sovereign and free Iraq (H. Res. 861), H4076 [15JN]
Votes: position on missed, E930
Tributes
Michaels, Jack, E1319