Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ-04)

Representative Chris Smith (R-NJ-04)
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H.R.7106 Chris Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To prohibit the closure of Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, notwithstanding the recommendations of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Commission. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.7107 Chris Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To require, as a condition of participation in the programs under title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965, public institutions of higher education to charge dependent children of members of the Armed Forces a rate of tuition equal to the rate of tuition charged to in-State residents. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.R.3202 Chris Smith 29 Cosponsors 5 points	Foreign Service Overseas Pay Equity Act of 2007 To amend the Foreign Service Act of 1980 to extend comparability pay adjustments to members of the Foreign Service assigned to posts abroad, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. Placed on the Union Calendar on Wednesday, September 24, 2008
H.RES.1480 Chris Smith 3 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Spina Bifida Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1472 Chris Smith 15 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting international health and education grant programs related to autism spectrum disorders. Referred to House committee on Monday, September 22, 2008

H.R.6303 Chris Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	To amend chapter 141 of title 10, United States Code, to include disclosures made by Department of Defense contract employees to their immediate employers in the provisions providing protections against reprisal for certain disclosures. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, June 18, 2008
H.R.5970 Chris Smith 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Belarus Democracy Reauthorization Act of 2008 To amend the Belarus Democracy Act of 2004 to reauthorize that Act, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, June 3, 2008
H.R.3320 Chris Smith 17 Cosponsors 45 points	Support for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews Act of 2007 To provide assistance for the Museum of the History of Polish Jews in Warsaw, Poland. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Monday, May 19, 2008
H.R.5722 Chris Smith 14 Cosponsors 5 points	International Megan's Law of 2008 To mandate reporting requirements for convicted sex traffickers and other sex offenders intending to engage in international travel, to provide advance notice of convicted sex offenders who intend to travel outside the United States to the government of the country of destination, to prevent entry into the United States by any foreign sex offender, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, April 28, 2008
H.R.5910 Chris Smith 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit human-animal hybrids. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 24, 2008
H.RES.1075 Chris Smith 16 Cosponsors 1 points	Condemning the Chinese Government's unwarranted violence against Tibetan protesters, the Chinese Government's use of Internet censorship and surveillance to control news of the protests, and urging compliance with Chinese criminal law and to provide information and access to all persons detained. Referred to House committee on Thursday, April 3, 2008
H.R.275 Chris Smith 8 Cosponsors 5 points	Global Online Freedom Act of 2007 To promote freedom of expression on the Internet, to protect United States businesses from coercion to participate in repression by authoritarian foreign governments, and for other purposes. Placed on the Union Calendar on Friday, February 22, 2008
H.R.5446 Chris Smith 23 Cosponsors 5 points	Global Autism Assistance Act of 2008 To establish a health and education grant program related to autism spectrum disorders, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, February 14, 2008
H.R.4196 Chris Smith 2 Cosponsors 5 points	National Public Notification of Environmental Hazards Act of 2007 To amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 to improve public notification and community relations concerning actions for the removal of environmental hazards. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, November 16, 2007
H.R.3844 Chris Smith 11 Cosponsors 5 points	Eradication of Slavery in Sudan Act of 2007 To establish the United States Commission to Monitor Slavery and its Eradication in Sudan. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, October 16, 2007
H.R.1678 Chris Smith 30 Cosponsors 30 points	Torture Victims Relief Reauthorization Act of 2007 To amend the Torture Victims Relief Act of 1998 to authorize appropriations to provide assistance for domestic and foreign programs and centers for the treatment of victims of torture, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, October 9, 2007
H.CON.RES.220 Chris Smith 1 Cosponsors 1 points	Concerning the response of the United States to forced abortion and the coercive one-child policy in the People's Republic of China, and the resulting "gendercide" of girls in that country. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 27, 2007
H.RES.679 Chris Smith 17 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding the continuing effects of the genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
H.R.3096 Chris Smith 12 Cosponsors 45 points	Vietnam Human Rights Act of 2007 To promote freedom and democracy in Vietnam. Referred to Senate committee on Wednesday, September 19, 2007
H.R.3097 Chris Smith 3 Cosponsors 5 points	To condition the transfer of personnel and functions from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, pursuant to the base closure process. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, August 14, 2007
H.R.3203 Chris Smith 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Foreign Service Global Compensation Act of 2007 To reform the compensation system of the Foreign Service of the United States, and to amend the provision relating to the death gratuity payable to surviving dependents of Foreign Service employees who die as a result of injuries sustained in the performance of duty abroad. Referred to House committee on Friday, July 27, 2007
H.CON.RES.151 Chris Smith 32 Cosponsors 6 points	Noting the disturbing pattern of killings of numerous independent journalists in Russia since 2000, and urging Russian President Vladimir Putin to authorize cooperation with outside investigators in solving those murders. Referred to Senate committee on Tuesday, June 19, 2007
H.R.2390 Chris Smith 8 Cosponsors 5 points	TEACH Act of 2007 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable tax credit for education and training expenses relating to autism spectrum disorders to increase the number of teachers with such expertise. Referred to House committee on Thursday, May 17, 2007
H.R.2228 Chris Smith 4 Cosponsors 5 points	Ethiopia Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights Advancement Act of 2007 To encourage and facilitate the consolidation of security, human rights, democracy, and economic freedom in Ethiopia. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, May 9, 2007
H.RES.243 Chris Smith 29 Cosponsors 5 points	Calling on the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam to immediately and unconditionally release Father Nguyen Van Ly, Nguyen Van Dai, Le Thi Cong Nhan, Le Quoc Quan, and other political prisoners and prisoners of conscience, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, May 2, 2007
H.RES.337 Chris Smith 4 Cosponsors 1 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of a Lyme Disease Awareness Month. Referred to House subcommittee on Thursday, April 26, 2007
H.R.1574 Chris Smith 0 Cosponsors 5 points	Safe Facilities Act To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to preserve State authority to ensure the security of chemical facilities. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, March 20, 2007
H.CON.RES.20 Chris Smith 27 Cosponsors 9 points	Calling on the Government of the United Kingdom to immediately establish a full, independent, and public judicial inquiry into the murder of Northern Ireland defense attorney Patrick Finucane, as recommended by Judge Peter Cory as part of the Weston Park Agreement, in order to move forward on the Northern Ireland peace process. Notwithstanding the Senate on Monday, March 19, 2007
H.R.1041 Chris Smith 6 Cosponsors 5 points	Veterans Health Care Full Funding Act To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide an enhanced funding process to ensure an adequate level of funding for veterans health care programs of the Department of Veterans Affairs, to establish standards of access to care for veterans seeking health care from the Department of Veterans Affairs, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, March 2, 2007
H.R.270 Chris Smith 5 Cosponsors 5 points	Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act of 2007 To authorize appropriations for fiscal years 2008 through 2010 for the Trafficking Victims Protection Act of 2000, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007
H.R.741 Chris Smith 114 Cosponsors 5 points	Lyme and Tick-Borne Disease Prevention, Education, and Research Act of 2007 To provide for the expansion of Federal efforts concerning the prevention, education, treatment, and research activities related to Lyme and other tick-borne diseases, including the establishment of a Tick-Borne Diseases Advisory Committee. Referred to House subcommittee on Friday, February 2, 2007

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H.AMDT.368 Chris Smith 0 points	An amendment to strike the last proviso in section 622 of the bill regarding the Mexico City policy on family planning assistance. No Action on
H.AMDT.602 Chris Smith 0 points	An amendment to insert a new section pertaining to the Surface Transportation Board of the Department of Transportation and the transportation of solid waste. No Action on
H.AMDT.523 Chris Smith 0 points	An amendment to increase appropriations for the National Cord Blood Stem Cell Program by $11,037,000. No Action on

H.R.1907 Jim Saxton 26 Cosponsors 0 points	Coastal and Estuarine Land Protection Act To authorize the acquisition of land and interests in land from willing sellers to improve the conservation of, and to enhance the ecological values and functions of, coastal and estuarine areas to benefit both the environment and the economies of coastal communities, and for other purposes. Read twice on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1746 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Holocaust Insurance Accountability Act of 2007 To require disclosure of Holocaust-era policies by insurers and establish a federal cause of action for claims arising out of a covered policy. House Committee on Judiciary Granted an extension for further consideration endi... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.255 Mike Ferguson 59 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the United States commitment to preservation of religious and cultural sites and condemning instances where sites are desecrated. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.5443 Ed Royce 51 Cosponsors 0 points	United States-Republic of Korea Defense Cooperation Improvement Act of 2008 To improve defense cooperation between the Republic of Korea and the United States. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.CON.RES.351 Rush Holt 51 Cosponsors 3 points	Honoring the 225th Anniversary of the Continental Congress meeting in Nassau Hall, Princeton, New Jersey, in 1783. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008

H.CON.RES.239 Jean Schmidt 45 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing and acknowledging the important role of adoption, and commending all parties involved, including birthparents who carry out an adoption plan, adoptive families, and adopted children. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6598 John Conyers 119 Cosponsors 3 points	Prevention of Equine Cruelty Act of 2008 To amend title 18, United States Code, to prohibit certain conduct relating to the use of horses for human consumption. House Committee on Agriculture Granted an extension for further consideration en... on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.6064 Lloyd Doggett 70 Cosponsors 0 points	National Silver Alert Act To encourage, enhance, and integrate Silver Alert plans throughout the United States, to authorize grants for the assistance of organizations to find missing adults, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.RES.1272 Mary Fallin 21 Cosponsors 0 points	Honoring and recognizing Alice Mary Robertson who, while a Member of Congress, became the first woman to preside over the floor of the House of Representatives. Passed/agreed to in House on Thursday, October 2, 2008
H.R.1424 Patrick Kennedy 270 Cosponsors 27 points	Paul Wellstone Mental Health and Addiction Equity Act of 2007 A bill to provide authority for the Federal Government to purchase and insure certain types of troubled assets for the purposes of providing stability to and preventing disruption in the economy and financial system and protecting taxpayers, to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide incentives for energy production and conservation, to extend certain expiring provisions, to provide individual income tax relief, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in Senate on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.2095 Jim Oberstar 94 Cosponsors 0 points	Federal Railroad Safety Improvement Act of 2007 To amend title 49, United States Code, to prevent railroad fatalities, injuries, and hazardous materials releases, to authorize the Federal Railroad Safety Administration, and for other purposes. Cleared for White House on Wednesday, October 1, 2008
H.R.1343 Gene Green 247 Cosponsors 0 points	Health Centers Renewal Act of 2007 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional authorizations of appropriations for the health centers program under section 330 of such Act, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.5265 Eliot Engel 123 Cosponsors 0 points	Paul D. Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Community Assistance, Research, and Education Amendments of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for research with respect to various forms of muscular dystrophy, including Becker, congenital, distal, Duchenne, Emery-Dreifuss facioscapulohumeral, limb-girdle, myotonic, and oculopharyngeal, muscular dystrophies. Presented to President on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6930 Jim Moran 18 Cosponsors 1 points	To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize extended benefits for certain autistic dependents of certain retirees. Referred to House subcommittee on Tuesday, September 30, 2008
H.R.6748 Nita Lowey 6 Cosponsors 3 points	To amend the Homeland Security Act of 2002 to limit the number of Urban Area Security Initiative grants awarded and to clarify the risk assessment formula to be used when making such grants, and for other purposes. Referred to House subcommittee on Monday, September 29, 2008
H.R.971 Anthony Weiner 189 Cosponsors 0 points	Community Pharmacy Fairness Act of 2007 To ensure and foster continued patient safety and quality of care by making the antitrust laws apply to negotiations between groups of independent pharmacies and health plans and health insurance issuers (including health plans under parts C and D of the Medicare Program) in the same manner as such laws apply to protected activities under the National Labor Relations Act. Placed on the Union Calendar on Sunday, September 28, 2008
H.RES.389 Donald Payne 50 Cosponsors 3 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of Malaria Awareness Day. Passed/agreed to in House on Saturday, September 27, 2008
H.R.6568 Kevin Brady 23 Cosponsors 0 points	Tom Lantos Pulmonary Hypertension Research and Education Act of 2008 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to encourage research and carry out an educational campaign with respect to pulmonary hypertension, and for other purposes. Received in the Senate on Friday, September 26, 2008
H.R.7105 Jim Saxton 1 Cosponsors 3 points	Urban Medicare-Dependent Hospitals Preservation Act of 2008 To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to preserve access to urban Medicare-dependent hospitals. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 25, 2008
H.RES.1314 Sander Levin 29 Cosponsors 0 points	Remembering the 75th anniversary of the Ukrainian Famine (Holodomor) of 1932-1933 and extending the deepest sympathies of the House of Representative to the victims, survivors, and families of this tragedy, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1361 Howard Berman 25 Cosponsors 1 points	Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should lead a high-level diplomatic effort to ensure that the Durban Review Conference serves as a forum to review implementation of commitments made at the 2001 Durban Conference to combat all forms of racism by defeating the campaign by some members of the Organization of the Islamic Conference to divert the United Nation's Durban Review Conference from a review of problems in their own and other countries by attacking Israel, promoting anti-Semitism, and undermining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.RES.1482 Thaddeus McCotter 20 Cosponsors 0 points	To condemn the efforts of the Human Rights Committee of the United Nations and the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women to pressure and coerce the democratically elected government of the Republic of Ireland to reduce or eliminate its constitutionally established abortion restrictions. Referred to House committee on Tuesday, September 23, 2008
H.R.6503 Maxine Waters 25 Cosponsors 0 points	Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program Reauthorization of 2008 To amend the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994 to reauthorize the Missing Alzheimer's Disease Patient Alert Program. Received in the Senate on Monday, September 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.411 Dave Reichert 15 Cosponsors 0 points	Raising the awareness of the need for crime prevention in communities across the country and expressing support for designation of the week of October 2, 2008, through October 4, 2008, as "Celebrate Safe Communities" Week. Referred to House committee on Thursday, September 11, 2008
H.R.2452 Tim Bishop 57 Cosponsors 0 points	Raw Sewage Overflow Community Right-to-Know Act To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to ensure that publicly owned treatment works monitor for and report sewer overflows, and for other purposes. Referred to Senate committee on Friday, August 1, 2008
H.RES.1405 John Shimkus 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Congratulating the Republic of Latvia on the 90th anniversary of its declaration of independence. Referred to House committee on Thursday, July 31, 2008
H.RES.1351 Steve Chabot 34 Cosponsors 1 points	Resolution expressing support for the United Nations/African Union Hybrid operation in Darfur (UNAMID) and calling upon United Nations Member States and the international community to contribute the resources necessary to ensure the success of UNAMID, including troops and essential tactical and utility helicopters. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.6652 Tom Latham 12 Cosponsors 3 points	Nurses' Higher Education and Loan Repayment Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a graduate degree loan repayment program for nurses who become nursing school faculty members. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.RES.1370 Howard Berman 19 Cosponsors 1 points	Resolution calling on the Government of the People's Republic of China to immediately end abuses of the human rights of its citizens, to cease repression of Tibetan and Uighur people, and to end its support for the Governments of Sudan and Burma to ensure that the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games take place in an atmosphere that honors the Olympic traditions of freedom and openness. Passed/agreed to in House on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
H.R.3890 Tom Lantos 40 Cosponsors 30 points	An act to impose sanctions on officials of the State Peace and Development Council in Burma, to amend the Burmese Freedom and Democracy Act of 2003 to prohibit the importation of gemstones and hardwoods from Burma, to promote a coordinated international effort to restore civilian democratic rule to Burma, and for other purposes. Presented to President on Friday, July 25, 2008
H.RES.1139 Neil Abercrombie 36 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the 100th anniversary of the Pearl Harbor Naval Shipyard and congratulating the men and women who provide exceptional service to our military and keep our Pacific Fleet "fit to fight". Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.CON.RES.393 Chip Pickering 16 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of "National Sudden Cardiac Arrest Awareness Month". Referred to House committee on Tuesday, July 22, 2008
H.R.5506 Albio Sires 12 Cosponsors 0 points	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 369 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive in Jersey City, New Jersey, as the "Bishop Ralph E. Brower Post Office Building". Referred to Senate subcommittee on Monday, July 21, 2008
H.R.6328 Howard Berman 12 Cosponsors 0 points	To develop a policy to address the critical needs of Iraqi refugees. House committee/subcommittee actions on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.RES.1306 Brian Bilbray 52 Cosponsors 0 points	Recognizing the dedication and honorable service of members of the National Guard who are serving or have served in Operation Jump Start. Referred to House subcommittee on Wednesday, July 16, 2008
H.R.423 Sue Myrick 28 Cosponsors 0 points	Kristen's Act Reauthorization of 2007 To authorize the Attorney General to provide grants for organizations to find missing adults. House committee/subcommittee actions on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.CON.RES.385 Ileana Ros-Lehtinen 30 Cosponsors 3 points	Condemning the attack on the AMIA Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires, Argentina, in July 1994, and for other purposes. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.CON.RES.299 Ed Markey 106 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month. Passed/agreed to in House on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.R.2493 Roy Blunt 83 Cosponsors 0 points	Boutique Fuel Reduction Act of 2007 To amend the Clean Air Act to provide for a reduction in the number of boutique fuels, and for other purposes. Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mrs on Tuesday, July 15, 2008
H.RES.1328 Todd Platts 88 Cosponsors 0 points	Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pancreatic Cancer Awareness Month. Referred to House committee on Wednesday, July 9, 2008
H.R.65 Mike McIntyre 216 Cosponsors 0 points	Lumbee Recognition Act To provide for the recognition of the Lumbee Tribe of North Carolina, and for other purposes. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders on Tuesday, July 8, 2008
H.R.3195 Steny Hoyer 253 Cosponsors 15 points	ADA Restoration Act of 2007 To restore the intent and protections of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. Read the second time on Friday, June 27, 2008
H.R.6391 Dan Burton 6 Cosponsors 3 points	National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program Improvement Act of 2008 To amend the Public Health Service Act with respect to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1308 Gus Bilirakis 24 Cosponsors 0 points	Condemning the broadcasting of incitement to violence against Americans and the United States in media based in the Middle East, and for other purposes. Referred to House committee on Thursday, June 26, 2008
H.RES.1303 Frank Wolf 44 Cosponsors 0 points	Ca