US Congress Representative Christopher Smith [R]

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USHB7427Intro
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To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to clarify the longstanding authority of States to use funds made available under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to fund life-affirming services to empower pregnant women to ...
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2024-02-20
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHB7378Intro
25%
To award posthumously a Congressional Gold Medal to Frederick Douglass in recognition of his contributions to the cause of freedom, human rights, and the abolition of slavery in the United States.
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2024-02-15
To House Financial Services Committee
USHR1012Intro
25%
Condemning the treatment of Dr. Gubad Ibadoghlu by the Government of Azerbaijan and urging his immediate release, and for other purposes.
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2024-02-14
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB7248Intro
25%
To amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish a process for the qualification of nonclinical testing methods to reduce and replace the use of animals in nonclinical research, improve the predictivity of nonclinical testing methods, a...
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2024-02-09
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHR82Intro
25%
Expressing the sense of Congress regarding the need to designate Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern for engaging in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, the need to appoint a Special Envoy for Nigeri...
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2024-02-06
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 26 - 21.
USHCR27Intro
25%
Condemning Russia's unjust and arbitrary detention of Russian opposition leader Vladimir Kara-Murza who has stood up in defense of democracy, the rule of law, and free and fair elections in Russia.
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2024-02-06
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 47 - 0.
USHR965Intro
25%
Calling for the immediate release of Ryan Corbett, a United States citizen, who was wrongfully detained by the Taliban on August 10, 2022, and condemning the wrongful detention of Americans by the Taliban.
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2024-02-06
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB7217Intro
25%
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
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2024-02-06
On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 250 - 180 (Roll no. 38).
USHB7246Intro
25%
To prohibit certain persons from purchasing real estate in the United States.
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2024-02-06
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB5408Intro
25%
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update the resource limit for supplemental security income eligibility.
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2024-02-05
ASSUMING FIRST SPONSORSHIP - Mr. Davis (IL) asked unanimous consent that he may hereafter be considered as the first sponsor of H.R. 5408, a bill originally introduced by Representative Higgins (NY), for the purpose of adding cosponsors and requesting reprintings pursuant to clause 7 of rule XII. Agreed to without objection.
USHB7213Intro
25%
To amend the Public Health Service Act to enhance activities of the National Institutes of Health with respect to research on autism spectrum disorder and enhance programs relating to autism / reauthorize certain programs with respect to autism spect...
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2024-02-02
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB6918Engross
50%
To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from restricting funding for pregnancy centers.
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2024-01-22
To Senate Health, Education, Labor, And Pensions Committee
USHB3925Intro
25%
To direct the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration to establish a grant program to fund youth fishing projects.
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2024-01-18
Subcommittee Hearings Held
USHB7025Intro
25%
To extend and authorize annual appropriations for the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom through fiscal year 2026.
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2024-01-17
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHR963Intro
25%
Supporting the goals and ideals of Korean American Day.
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2024-01-12
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB6954Intro
25%
To reauthorize and amend the Nicaraguan Investment Conditionality Act of 2018 and the Reinforcing Nicaragua's Adherence to Conditions for Electoral Reform Act of 2021, and for other purposes.
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2024-01-11
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB6909Intro
25%
To ensure that goods made using or containing cobalt refined in the People's Republic of China do not enter the United States market under the presumption that the cobalt is extracted or processed with the use of child and forced labor in the Democra...
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2023-12-29
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHB6875Intro
25%
To amend the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act to make Uruguay eligible for designation as a beneficiary country under that Act, to include Uruguay in the list of foreign states whose nationals are eligible for admission into the United States as...
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2023-12-19
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB6416Intro
25%
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to impose certain tax penalties in connection with the invasion of Ukraine.
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2023-12-13
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 41 - 5.
USHB6714Intro
25%
To provide remote access to court proceedings for victims of the 1988 Bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland.
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2023-12-11
To House Judiciary Committee
USHB6668Intro
25%
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to purchase at-home tests for SARS-CoV-2 from certain foreign entities.
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2023-12-08
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB6683Intro
25%
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to increase support for physicians and other practitioners in adjusting to Medicare payment changes.
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2023-12-08
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHR915Intro
25%
Urging the Government of Ukraine to review and modify its decision to suspend adoption by foreign nationals with a view to resuming such adoptions, particularly in cases where the mutual concerns of the Governments of Ukraine and of the United States...
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2023-12-06
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB5283Engross
50%
To prohibit the use of Federal funds to provide housing to specified aliens on any land under the administrative jurisdiction of the Federal land management agencies.
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2023-12-04
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USHB5961Engross
50%
To freeze certain Iranian funds involved in the 2023 hostage deal between the United States and Iran, and for other purposes.
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2023-12-04
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USHR905Intro
25%
Commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Monroe Doctrine.
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2023-12-01
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB1103Intro
25%
To require the President to remove the extension of certain privileges, exemptions, and immunities to the Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices if Hong Kong no longer enjoys a high degree of autonomy from the People's Republic of China, and for other ...
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2023-11-29
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 39 - 0.
USHB6349Intro
25%
To prohibit or require notification with respect to certain activities of United States persons involving countries of concern, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-29
Ordered to be Reported by Voice Vote.
USHB6485Intro
25%
To ensure that organizations with religious or moral convictions are allowed to continue to provide services for children.
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2023-11-28
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHR887Intro
25%
Calling on the people of the United States to observe a weekend of prayer and reflection for the people of Israel, for all civilians caught in the crossfires of the war, and for the safe return of the hostages.
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2023-11-21
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHR875Intro
25%
Expressing support for the goals of National Adoption Day and National Adoption Month by promoting national awareness of adoption and the children awaiting families, celebrating children and families involved in adoption, and encouraging the people o...
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2023-11-17
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB6417Intro
25%
To amend the Ending Importation of Russian Oil Act to provide for a prohibition on importation of energy products produced at refineries outside the Russian Federation.
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2023-11-15
To House Ways And Means Committee
USHB1105Engross
50%
To amend the DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Act of 2000 to reauthorize the Debbie Smith DNA Backlog Grant Program, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-14
Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 246.
USHB6126Engross
50%
Making emergency supplemental appropriations to respond to the attacks in Israel for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2024, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-14
Cloture motion on the motion to proceed to the measure rendered moot in Senate.
USHR866Intro
25%
Supporting the designation of the week beginning November 13, 2023, as "National Apprenticeship Week".
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2023-11-13
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB6344Intro
25%
To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to require providers of services and health maintenance organizations under the Medicare and Medicaid programs to provide for certain policies to be in place relating to do-not-resuscitate orde...
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2023-11-10
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB6297Intro
25%
To assess the State by State impact of Federal taxation and spending.
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2023-11-08
To House Oversight and Accountability Committee
USHB6307Intro
25%
To prohibit certain actions and require reporting to defend against the economic and national security risks posed by foreign adversarial blockchain networks, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-08
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHB3448Engross
50%
To amend chapter 3081 of title 54, United States Code, to enhance the protection and preservation of America's battlefields.
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2023-11-07
[Hearing: May 15 @ 10:00 am]
To Senate Energy And Natural Resources Committee
USHB3774Engross
50%
To impose additional sanctions with respect to the importation or facilitation of the importation of petroleum products from Iran, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-07
Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 240.
USHB4175Intro
25%
To authorize the Secretary of State to provide additional assistance to Ukraine using assets confiscated from the Central Bank of the Russian Federation and other sovereign assets of the Russian Federation, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-07
Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 40 - 2.
USHR791Intro
25%
Expressing support for the designation of October 2023 as "National Down Syndrome Awareness Month".
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2023-11-03
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB6171Intro
25%
To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a refundable credit to individuals who donate certain life-saving organs.
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2023-11-03
To House Subcommittee on Health
USHB906Intro
25%
To ensure consumers have access to data relating to their motor vehicles, critical repair information, and tools, and to provide them choices for the maintenance, service, and repair of their motor vehicles, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-02
Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee by Voice Vote.
USHB3266Engross
50%
To require the Secretary of State to submit annual reports reviewing the curriculum used by the Palestinian Authority, and for other purposes.
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2023-11-02
To Senate Foreign Relations Committee
USHR798Intro
25%
Condemning the support of Hamas, Hezbollah, and other terrorist organizations at institutions of higher education, which may lead to the creation of a hostile environment for Jewish students, faculty, and staff.
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2023-11-02
The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
USHR839Intro
25%
Condemning antisemitism at institutions of higher education in the United States and encouraging college and university leaders, administrators, and faculty to speak out against antisemitism.
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2023-11-02
To House Education And The Workforce Committee
USHB6201Intro
25%
To establish and authorize funding for an Iranian Sanctions Enforcement Fund to enforce United States sanctions with respect to Iran and its proxies and pay off the United States public debt and to codify the Export Enforcement Coordination Center.
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2023-11-02
To House Foreign Affairs Committee
USHR559Intro
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Declaring it is the policy of the United States that a nuclear Islamic Republic of Iran is not acceptable.
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2023-11-01
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
USHR599Intro
25%
Urging the European Union to designate Hizballah in its entirety as a terrorist organization.
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2023-11-01
Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
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