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1. H.CON.RES.59 : Concerning the return of or compensation for wrongly confiscated foreign properties in formerly Communist countries and by certain foreign financial institutions.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/9/1997)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/9/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

2. H.CON.RES.152 : Expressing the sense of the Congress that all parties to the multiparty peace talks regarding Northern Ireland should condemn violence and fully integrate internationally recognized human rights standards and adequately address outstanding human rights violations as part of the peace process.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 9/17/1997)      Cosponsors (35)
Committees: House International Relations; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/19/1998 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

3. H.CON.RES.179 : Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the human rights situation in the Republic of Turkey in light of that country's desire to host the next summit meeting of the heads of state or government of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/28/1997)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/9/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

4. H.CON.RES.237 : Voicing concern about the serious limitations on human rights and civil liberties in Belarus, including lack of compliance with Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) commitments, and urging the President to take these into consideration in his determination of most-favored-nation (MFN) status for Belarus.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 3/5/1998)      Cosponsors (7)
Committees: House International Relations; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/22/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.

5. H.CON.RES.304 : Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the culpability of Slobodan Milosevic for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in the former Yugoslavia, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/21/1998)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 9/14/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 369 - 1, 1 Present (Roll No. 427).

6. H.RES.364 : Urging the introduction and passage of a resolution on the human rights situation in the People's Republic of China at the 54th Session of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 2/12/1998)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution, as amended Agreed to by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 397 - 0 (Roll No. 54).

7. H.RES.561 : Concerning the crisis in Kosovo and calling for NATO agreement to take direct and decisive action against those forces attacking civilian populations in Kosovo.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/1/1998)      Cosponsors (21)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/1/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

8. H.RES.562 : Concerning properties wrongfully expropriated by formerly totalitarian governments.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/1/1998)      Cosponsors (9)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/13/1998 Passed/agreed to in House. Status: On motion to suspend the rules and agree to the resolution Agreed to by voice vote.

9. H.J.RES.132 : Commending the veterans of service in the Army who fought in the Battle of the Bulge during World War II, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/8/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 10/8/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.

10. H.R.559 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list of diseases presumed to be service-connected for certain radiation-exposed veterans.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 2/4/1997)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 10/15/1998 Received in the Senate.

11. H.R.581 : To amend Public Law 104-208 to provide that the President may make funds appropriated for population planning and other population assistance available on March 1, 1997, subject to restrictions on assistance to foreign organizations that perform or actively promote abortions.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 2/4/1997)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House International Relations; House Appropriations
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 18.

12. H.R.925 : To prohibit the Department of Defense from allowing defense contractors to recoup merger-related restructuring costs from the taxpayers.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 3/5/1997)      Cosponsors (42)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 4/15/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.

13. H.R.1253 : To authorize appropriations for the Department of State and related agencies for the fiscal years 1998 and 1999, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/9/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 4/10/1997 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

14. H.R.1398 : To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for the establishment of a program for research and training with respect to Parkinson's disease.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/17/1997)      Cosponsors (42)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

15. H.R.1399 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a presumption of service connection for injuries classified as cold weather injuries which occur in veterans who while engaged in military operations had sustained exposure to cold weather.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/17/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

16. H.R.1426 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a presumption of service connection for injuries classified as cold weather injuries which occur in veterans who while engaged in military operations had sustained exposure to cold weather.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 4/23/1997)      Cosponsors (10)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 4/29/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

17. H.R.1634 : To set forth certain principles that should be adhered to by any United States national conducting an industrial cooperation project in the People's Republic of China or Tibet.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 5/15/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 5/22/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

18. H.R.1748 : To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to ban the transmission of unsolicited advertisements by electronic mail, and to require that sender identification information be included with electronic mail messages.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 5/22/1997)      Cosponsors (28)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 6/2/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection.

19. H.R.2195 : To provide for certain measures to increase monitoring of products of the People's Republic of China that are made with forced labor.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/17/1997)      Cosponsors (27)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House International Relations; Senate Finance
House Reports: 105-366 Part 1
Latest Major Action: 11/6/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

20. H.R.2220 : To amend title 38, United States Code, to reinstate eligibility for dependency and indemnity compensation for certain surviving spouses of veterans.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/22/1997)      Cosponsors (3)
Committees: House Veterans' Affairs
Latest Major Action: 7/23/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.

21. H.R.2492 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude certain severance payments from gross income and to allow a refundable credit for job training expenses of older long-time employees who are laid off.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 9/17/1997)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

22. H.R.2531 : To provide for increased international broadcasting activities to China.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 9/23/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Asia and the Pacific.

23. H.R.2671 : To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to assure payment for ultrasonic nebulizers as items of durable medical equipment under the Medicare Program.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/9/1997)      Cosponsors (16)
Committees: House Commerce; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/27/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

24. H.R.2677 : To impose certain sanctions on countries that do not prohibit child labor.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/21/1997)      Cosponsors (8)
Committees: House International Relations; House Ways and Means; House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 11/14/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Domestic and International Monetary Policy.

25. H.R.2678 : To impose certain sanctions on countries that do not prohibit child labor.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/21/1997)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House International Relations; House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 2/12/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee (Amended) by Voice Vote.

26. H.R.2918 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the deduction allowed for meals and entertainment expenses.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 11/7/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

27. H.R.2919 : To establish grant programs and provide other forms of Federal assistance to pregnant women, children in need of adoptive families, and individuals and families adopting children.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 11/7/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce; House National Security; House Banking and Financial Services; House Ways and Means; House Commerce; House Government Reform and Oversight; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 12/10/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families.

28. H.R.2968 : To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to take no further action on proposed regulation relating to the use of chlorofluorocarbons in metered-dose inhalers.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 11/8/1997)      Cosponsors (26)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 11/20/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

29. H.R.3037 : To clarify that unmarried children of Vietnamese reeducation camp internees are eligible for refugee status under the Orderly Departure Program.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 11/13/1997)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary; Senate Foreign Relations
Latest Major Action: 11/13/1997 Referred to Senate committee. Status: Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

30. H.R.3161 : To fully implement the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and to provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 2/4/1998)      Cosponsors (39)
Committees: House Judiciary; House International Relations; House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 2/11/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

31. H.R.3795 : To establish a program to provide for a reduction in the incidence and prevalence of Lyme disease.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 5/5/1998)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House Commerce; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 6/10/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

32. H.R.4066 : To prohibit States from imposing a family cap under the program of temporary assistance to needy families.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 6/16/1998)      Cosponsors (11)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/19/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

33. H.R.4308 : To fully implement the Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman, or Degrading Treatment or Punishment.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/22/1998)      Cosponsors (24)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 7/31/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.

34. H.R.4309 : To provide a comprehensive program of support for victims of torture.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/22/1998)      Cosponsors (30)
Committees: House International Relations; House Commerce
House Reports: 105-709 Part 1
Latest Major Action: Became Public Law No: 105-320 [GPO: Text, PDF]

35. H.R.4349 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for an exception from penalty tax and exclusion from income for certain amounts withdrawn from certain retirement plans for qualified long-term care insurance and a credit for taxpayers with certain persons requiring custodial care in their households.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/29/1998)      Cosponsors (6)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 7/29/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

36. H.R.4506 : To provide for United States support for developmental alternatives for underage child workers.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 8/6/1998)      Cosponsors (14)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/9/1998 Received in the Senate.

37. H.R.4725 : To provide surveillance and research to better understand the prevalence and pattern of autism and other pervasive developmental disabilities so that effective treatment and prevention strategies can be implemented.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/7/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Commerce
Latest Major Action: 10/20/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.

38. H.R.4805 : To require reports on travel of Executive branch officers and employees to international conferences, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/11/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/14/1998 Received in the Senate.

39. H.R.4827 : To amend the Fair Housing Act to provide an exemption for restrictions on the occupancy of group homes by persons convicted of certain crimes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/13/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/19/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

40. H.R.4874 : To prohibit the provision of defense services and training under the Arms Export Control Act or any other Act to foreign countries that are prohibited from receiving international military education and training or any other military assistance or arms transfers.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 10/21/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House International Relations
Latest Major Action: 10/21/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.

41. H.AMDT.133 to H.R.1757 Amendment increases the authorization for Radio Free Asia by $40 million in order to provide for 24-hour broadcasting.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 6/4/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1997 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A005) Agreed to by recorded vote: 354 - 72 (Roll no. 182).

42. H.AMDT.144 to H.R.1757 Amendment requires the President to report to Congress on any border closure or economic or commercial blockade by any newly independent state of the former Soviet Union that impedes the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 6/4/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1997 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A016) Agreed to by recorded vote: 425 - 0, 1 Present (Roll no. 190).

43. H.AMDT.156 to H.R.1757 Amendment prohibits population planning assistance to any foreign organization until the organization certifies that it will not perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered or in cases of rape or incest; certifies that it will not engage in any activity to alter the laws or policies of any foreign country concerning the circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited; and prohibits any funds to the United Nations Population Fund unless the President certifies that it has terminated all activities in the People's Republic of China or during the 12 months preceding such certification there have been no coerced abortions associated with the family planning policies of the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 6/4/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 6/11/1997 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A028) Agreed to by recorded vote: 234 - 193 (Roll no. 194).

44. H.AMDT.318 to H.R.2159 Amendment prohibits population planning assistance to any foreign organization until the organization certifies that it will not perform abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered or in cases of rape or incest; certifies that it will not engage in any activity to alter the laws or policies of any foreign country concerning the circumstances under which abortion is permitted, regulated, or prohibited; and prohibits any funds to the United Nations Population Fund unless the President certifies that it has terminated all activities in the People's Republic of China or during the 12 months preceding such certification there have been no coerced abortions associated with the family planning policies of the People's Republic of China.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 9/4/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/4/1997 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A017) Agreed to by recorded vote: 234 - 191 (Roll no. 363).

45. H.AMDT.400 to H.R.2267 An amendment, printed as amendment No. 54 in the Congressional Record of September 23, 1997, to prohibit funding from being used for the State Department to make or carry out any contract authorizing any private entity to assess a charge or fee upon U.S. citizens for information about U.S. passports.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 9/26/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/26/1997 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A027) Agreed to by voice vote.

46. H.AMDT.735 to H.R.4104 An amendment to prohibit any funds to be used to require any contract to include a term for coverage of abortifacients.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Christopher H. [NJ-4] (introduced 7/16/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/16/1998 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (NJ) amendment (A014) Failed by recorded vote: 198 - 222 (Roll No. 292).

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