SMITH, ADRIAN (a Representative from Nebraska)

Addresses

Reading of U.S. Constitution, H163 [9JA]

Appointments

U.S. Coast Guard Academy Board of Visitors, H1052 [13FE]

Bills and resolutions cosponsored

Abortion: prohibit a health care practitioner from failing to exercise the proper degree of care in the case of a child who survives an abortion or attempted abortion (see H.R. 3504), H5980 [15SE]

——— protect pain-capable unborn children (see H.R. 36), H190 [9JA]

ATF: prevent reclassification of certain ammunition as armor piercing (see H.R. 2019), H4003 [9JN]

——— prohibit from requiring disclosure of race or ethnicity in the transfer of a firearm (see H.R. 1739), H2773 [30AP]

Bearss, Edwin C.: award Congressional Gold Medal (see H.R. 2059), H2496 [28AP]

Boys Town (organization): mint coins in commemoration of anniversary (see H.R. 893), H981 [11FE]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced (see H.J. Res. 2), H226 [12JA]

——— establish biennial cycle (see H.R. 1610), H2032 [25MR]

Bureau of the Census: make participation in the American Community Survey voluntary, except with respect to certain basic questions (see H.R. 2255), H6893 [7OC]

Civil rights: award a Congressional Gold Medal to participants in Bloody Sunday, Turnaround Tuesday, or the Selma to Montgomery Voting Rights March, which served as a catalyst for the Voting Rights Act (see H.R. 431), H668 [30JA]

Contraceptives: prohibit Federal family planning grants from being awarded to any entity that performs abortions (see H.R. 217), H226 [12JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: repeal certain changes relative to Standard Reinsurance Agreements with private companies that administer Federal crop insurance (see H.R. 3845), H8155 [5NO]

——— repeal country of origin labeling requirements for beef, pork, and chicken (see H.R. 2393), H3308 [18MY]

Dept. of Energy: issue long-term Federal excess uranium inventory management plan (see H.R. 2544), H4004 [9JN]

Dept. of HHS: reauthorize program for early detection, diagnosis, and treatment for deaf and hard-of-hearing newborns (see H.R. 1344), H5404 [22JY]

Dept. of Homeland Security: accept additional documentation when considering the application for veterans status of an individual who performed service as a coastwise merchant seaman during World War II (see H.R. 1288), H5849 [8SE]

Dept. of Labor: preserve the companionship services exemption for minimum wage and overtime pay and the live-in domestic services exemption for overtime pay under the Fair Labor Standards Act (see H.R. 3860), H7346 [29OC]

Dept. of the Treasury: report on debt levels, proposed debt reduction measures, and impact of increasing the debt ceiling and provide public access to such information (see H.R. 3442), H6139 [17SE]

Dept. of Transportation: extend the positive train control system implementation deadline (see H.R. 3651), H6976 [9OC]

——— prohibit funding to State or local governments for any program to check helmet usage or create checkpoints for motorcycle riders (see H.R. 1861), H2656 [29AP]

District of Columbia: disapprove law on reproductive health non-discrimination (see H.J. Res. 43), H2420 [22AP]

Employment: allow private sector employers to offer employees the choice between cash wages and compensatory time for overtime hours worked (see H.R. 465), H4957 [8JY]

EPA: disapprove rule on carbon pollution emission guidelines for existing electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 72), H7391 [2NO]

——— disapprove rule on standards of performance for greenhouse gas emissions from new, modified, and reconstructed electric utility generating units (see H.J. Res. 71), H7391 [2NO]

——— improve establishment of any lower ground-level ozone standards (see H.R. 1388), H3879 [3JN]

——— provide comprehensive assessment of scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends (see H.R. 21), H2499 [28AP]

——— provide comprehensive assessment of scientific and technical research on implications of the use of mid-level ethanol blends, cosponsorship withdrawn (see H.R. 21), H2795 [1MY]

FAA: issue or revise regulations with respect to the medical certification of certain small aircraft pilots (see H.R. 1086), H1902 [24MR]

FDA: establish Federal labeling standards for food with genetically modified ingredients and natural foods (see H.R. 1599), H2315 [17AP]

Federal agencies and departments: provide that major rules of the executive branch shall have no force or effect unless a joint resolution of approval is enacted into law (see H.R. 427), H478 [21JA]

Federal aid programs: prevent concurrent receipt of unemployment benefits and Social Security disability insurance (see H.R. 918), H1033 [12FE]

Financial institutions: provide regulatory relief to community financial institutions (see H.R. 1233), H3879 [3JN]

——— require regulatory agencies to take risk profiles and business models of institutions into account when taking regulatory actions (see H.R. 2896), H5469 [23JY]

Firearms: permit States to provide reciprocal treatment for carrying of certain concealed firearms by nonresidents (see H.R. 986), H4774 [25JN]

——— prohibit Federal issuance or enforcement of a new restriction or prohibition on the manufacture, importation, or sale of certain ammunition (see H.R. 1180), H1626 [10MR]

——— revise various laws that interfere with the right of people to obtain and use firearms for all lawful purposes (see H.R. 2710), H4135 [10JN]

Flag—U.S.: constitutional amendment to prohibit desecration (see H.J. Res. 9), H3215 [14MY]

FRS: require an audit of the Board of Governors and Federal Reserve banks (see H.R. 24), H360 [13JA]

Health: protect rights of conscience relative to requirements for coverage of specific items and services and prohibit certain abortion-related discrimination in government activities (see H.R. 940), H1034 [12FE]

Human rights: express that those who commit or support targeted atrocities against Christians and other ethnic and religious minorities are committing ‘‘war crimes’’, ‘‘crimes against humanity’’, and ‘‘genocide’’ (see H. Con. Res. 75), H6750 [30SE]

Immigration: require enactment of a joint resolution approving the number of refugees who may be admitted in any fiscal year (see H.R. 3573), H8282 [17NO]

——— require that supplemental certifications and background investigations be completed prior to the admission of certain aliens as refugees (see H.R. 4038), H8362 [18NO]

Iran: disapprove agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (see H. Res. 367), H5291 [16JY]

——— use parts of fines levied against companies that do business with Iran to establish a fund to pay claims to Americans held hostage in Iran and their families identified in a certain court case (see H.R. 3338), H5765 [29JY]

IRS: prohibit modification of the standard for determining whether an organization is operated exclusively for the promotion of social welfare (see H.R. 599), H867 [9FE]

Israel: promote trade and commercial enhancement with the U.S. and discourage other U.S. trading partners from engaging in economic discrimination against Israel (see H.R. 825), H2656 [29AP]

Labor unions: protect the free choice of individual employees relative to participation in labor organizations (see H.R. 612), H661 [28JA]

Local Radio Freedom Act: support (see H. Con. Res. 17), H1526 [2MR]

Medicare: apply budget neutrality on a State-specific basis in the calculation of hospital wage index floor for non-rural areas (see H.R. 1479), H4957 [8JY]

——— ensure more timely access to home health services for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1342), H1807 [19MR]

——— improve integrity (see H.R. 1021), H1112 [24FE]

Motor vehicles: exempt certain class A driver’s license holders in the agriculture industry from requirement to obtain a hazardous material endorsement when operating certain service vehicles (see H.R. 1267), H2310 [16AP]

National Firearms Registration and Transfer Record: provide an amnesty period during which veterans and their families can register certain firearms (see H.R. 1316), H1612 [4MR]

NLRB: clarify membership criteria for collective bargaining units, timing of elections of labor organizations, and employer participation in union election process (see H.R. 1768), H2773 [30AP]

——— clarify treatment of two or more employers as joint employers (see H.R. 3459), H6976 [9OC]

——— disapprove rule relative to representation case procedures (see H.J. Res. 29), H1502 [27FE]

Office of the Special Inspector General for Monitoring the Affordable Care Act: establish (see H.R. 2400), H3879 [3JN]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: modify definition of full-time employee relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 30), H36 [6JA]

——— modify definition of small employer relative to employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 1624), H4774 [25JN]

——— notify individuals if personal and private information of those enrolling in exchanges is known to have been acquired or accessed as a result of a breach of security (see H.R. 555), H867 [9FE]

——— repeal annual fee on health insurance providers (see H.R. 928), H1033 [12FE]

——— repeal provisions providing for the Independent Payment Advisory Board (see H.R. 1190), H1524 [2MR]

——— repeal the employer health insurance mandate (see H.R. 248), H534 [22JA]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: provide for a moratorium on Federal funding relative to provision of abortion services (see H.R. 3134), H5330 [21JY]

Recreational vehicles: study proposed vehicle handling requirements for recreational off-highway vehicles and prohibit adoption of such requirements prior to completion of the study (see H.R. 999), H2356 [21AP]

Religion: ensure organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to provide child welfare services (see H.R. 1299), H1612 [4MR]

SSA: prohibit use of determinations to consider an individual to be adjudicated as mentally defective relative to the sale or transfer of firearms (see H.R. 3516), H6074 [16SE]

Tariff: eliminate on technological goods providing educational value for children (see H.R. 1063), H2356 [21AP]

——— increase the maximum value of articles that may be imported duty-free by one person on one day (see H.R. 978), H1618 [4MR]

——— make certain luggage and travel articles eligible for duty-free treatment under the Generalized System of Preferences (see H.R. 681), H755 [3FE]

Taxation: exempt certain stock of real estate investment trusts from the tax on foreign investment in U.S. real property interests (see H.R. 2128), H3759 [2JN]

——— make members of health care sharing ministries eligible to establish health savings accounts (see H.R. 1752), H4546 [19JN]

——— make permanent the moratorium on Internet access taxation and multiple and discriminatory taxes on electronic commerce (see H.R. 235), H2499 [28AP]

——— modify incentives for production of biodiesel (see H.R. 4181), H9206 [9DE]

——— permanently extend increased expensing limitations for depreciable business assets (see H.R. 636), H858 [5FE]

——— permanently extend the subpart F exemption for active financing income (see H.R. 961), H5293 [16JY]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (see H.R. 1105), H1723 [17MR]

——— repeal excise tax on indoor tanning services (see H.R. 2698), H9080 [8DE]

——— repeal excise tax on medical devices (see H.R. 160), H41 [6JA]

Terrorism: better secure U.S. international borders and prevent terrorists from entering the U.S. by allowing suspension of certain countries from the Visa Waiver Program and enhancing intelligence assessments (see H.R. 158), H9026 [7DE]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska (see H.R. 404), H412 [16JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (see H.R. 170), H42 [6JA]

EPA: expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (see H.R. 1736), H2152 [13AP]

FAA: use enplanement numbers that preceded enactment of certain pilot regulations to calculate Airport Improvement Program apportionments (see H.R. 853), H917 [10FE]

Medicare: remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (see H.R. 169), H42 [6JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt certain individuals covered under a terminated qualified plan funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program from individual health insurance mandate (see H.R. 954), H1035 [12FE]

Postal Service: cap rural post office closures and consolidations and establish closure and consolidation guidelines (see H.R. 1885), H2307 [16AP]

Taxation: provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (see H.R. 3095), H5290 [16JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal (see H.R. 171), H42 [6JA]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.J. Res. 59), H4861 [7JY]

Constitutional authority statements

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska (H.R. 404), H412 [16JA]

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services: delay enforcement of physician supervision regulations for critical access hospitals pending completion of analysis of impact of such regulations (H.R. 170), H48 [6JA]

EPA: expand ethanol waiver for the Reid vapor pressure limitations of motor vehicle fuels (H.R. 1736), H2153 [13AP]

FAA: use enplanement numbers that preceded enactment of certain pilot regulations to calculate Airport Improvement Program apportionments (H.R. 853), H918 [10FE]

Medicare: remove the physician certification requirement for inpatient critical access hospital services (H.R. 169), H48 [6JA]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: exempt certain individuals covered under a terminated qualified plan funded through the Consumer Operated and Oriented Plan program from individual health insurance mandate (H.R. 954), H1037 [12FE]

Postal Service: cap rural post office closures and consolidations and establish closure and consolidation guidelines (H.R. 1885), H2310 [16AP]

Taxation: provide exclusion for assistance provided to certain veterinary student loan repayment or forgiveness program participants (H.R. 3095), H5292 [16JY]

Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: repeal (H.R. 171), H48 [6JA]

Water: disapprove rule submitted by the Corps of Engineers and EPA relative to the definition of ‘‘waters of the U.S.’’ under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.J. Res. 59), H4862 [7JY]

Designated Speaker pro tempore

House of Representatives, H2317 [20AP], H6797 [6OC]

Pledge of Allegiance

House of Representatives, H2317 [20AP]

Remarks

African Growth and Opportunity Act: extend, H4213 [11JN]

Appropriations: making consolidated appropriations, H9428 [17DE]

Bureau of Reclamation: authorize early repayment of obligations within the Northport Irrigation District in Nebraska (H.R. 404), H3586 [1JN]

Congress: approve permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline (H.R. 3), H173 [9JA]

Dept. of Homeland Security: reauthorize trade facilitation and trade enforcement functions and activities, H9291 [11DE]

Depts. of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and related agencies: making appropriations for military construction and veterans’ services (H.R. 2029), Senate amendment, H9428 [17DE]

Foreign trade: establish congressional trade negotiating objectives and enhanced consultation requirements for trade negotiations and provide for consideration of trade agreements, H4266 [12JN]

Generalized System of Preferences: extend, H4213 [11JN]

Haiti: extend preferential duty treatment program, H4213 [11JN]

Iran: approve agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3461), H5964 [11SE]

——— suspend authority of the President to grant relief from sanctions pursuant to agreement with Iran relative to its nuclear program (H.R. 3460), H5964 [11SE]

IRS: provide for a right to administrative appeal relative to adverse determinations of tax-exempt status of certain organizations (H.R. 1314), Senate amendment, H4266 [12JN]

McPherson, Donald: Congressional Gold Medal recipient, E745• [19MY]

National Agriculture Week: observance, H1792 [19MR]

National parks and recreation areas: limit acquisition of federally protected lands as national parks, H4876 [8JY]

National Rural Health Day: observance, H8400 [19NO]

Nepal: tribute to U.S. Marines killed in helicopter crash while supporting earthquake relief efforts, H3490 [20MY]

Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act: liquidation of CoOpportunity Health exchange, H686 [2FE]

Supreme Court: decision in Shelby County v. Holder relative to constitutionality of preclearance of attempts to change voting qualifications or prerequisites to voting, E984• [25JN]

Taxation: extend certain expiring provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, H9428 [17DE]

——— improve process for determining whether organizations are 501(c)4 tax-exempt (H.R. 1295), Senate amendment, H4213 [11JN]

——— permanently extend and expand deduction for charitable contributions of food inventory (H.R. 644), conference report, H9291 [11DE]

——— repeal estate and generation-skipping taxes (H.R. 1105), H2275, H2276, H2281 [16AP]

Votes: correction, H3899• [4JN]

——— position on missed, E272• [27FE]

Water: prevent finalization by the EPA or Corps of Engineers of proposed guidance on identification of waters protected by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (H.R. 1732), H3257 [18MY]

Tributes

Businga, Penny, E984• [25JN]

Frye, Curt, E1013• [8JY]

Lukasiewicz, Dustin R., H3401 [20MY]

Ritter, Arlene, E1099• [22JY]

Williams, Gary, E386• [23MR]