Nick Smith

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HR 5195 — To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.

HR 4767 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to triple the amount of the credit allowed for basic research.

HR 4651 — To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology outside the United States to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment, and for other purposes.

HR 4165 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide tax incentives to encourage the use of biodiesel as fuel.

HR 4074 — To amend section 1105 of title 31, United States Code, to require the President to include the estimated unfunded liabilities of all Federal programs in annual budget submissions.

HR 4075 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of capital losses which may offset ordinary income.

HR 4030 — Congressional Medal for Outstanding Contributions in Math and Science Education Act of 2004

HR 3540 — To extend for an additional year the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 3472 — To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.

HR 3055 — Social Security Solvency Act of 2003

HR 3060 — Tax Simplification Act of 2003

HR 2692 — United States Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2003

HR 2608 — National Earthquake Hazards Reduction Program Reauthorization Act of 2004

HR 2447 — To establish a Federal interagency task force to promote the benefits, safety, and potential uses of agricultural biotechnology to improve human and animal nutrition, increase crop productivity, and improve agricultural sustainability while ensuring the safety of food and the environment.

HR 1654 — Legislative Oversight of Significant Regulations Act of 2003

HR 1339 — Neutral Cost Recovery Act of 2003

HR 1079 — Neutral Cost Recovery Act for Small Business

HRES 125 — Recognizing the thousands of Freemasons in every State in the Nation and honoring them for their many contributions to the Nation throughout its history.

HCONRES 474 — Expressing the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not give any Federal agency the power to postpone the date of Federal elections.

HCONRES 160 — Expressing the sense of Congress that the United Nations should remove the economic sanctions against Iraq completely and without condition.

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HR 5734 — Retirement Security Act

HR 5714 — National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002

HR 5467 — To reauthorize the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families for 2 years.

HR 5384 — To amend the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 to eliminate any confusion regarding the applicability of the payment quantity limitations to the transition payment required as part of national dairy market loss payments.

HR 4664 — National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2002

HR 4548 — To amend the Federal Fire Prevention and Control Act of 1974 with respect to firefighter assistance.

HR 3965 — To authorize the establishment of a Center for Plant Disease Control in the Department of Agriculture.

HR 3598 — Universal Military Training and Service Act of 2001

HR 3400 — Networking and Information Technology Research Advancement Act

HR 3344 — To direct the National Science Foundation to identify opportunities for collaboration with other Federal agencies, to increase the utilization of existing technologies, and to give priority to the development of new research areas to assist in the detection of, prevention of, and improved response to potential terrorist acts.

HR 3199 — Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 2001

HR 3071 — Capital Gains Tax Fairness Act of 2001

HR 3042 — Neutral Cost Recovery Act of 2001

HR 2914 — To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 2533 — PAC Limitation Act of 2001

HR 2532 — To provide for the establishment of regional plant genome and gene expression research and development centers.

HR 2508 — Plant Pathogen Genome Act of 2001

HR 2437 — To deem hospitals in Hillsdale County, Michigan, as being located in the Kalamazoo-Battle Creek, Michigan, Metropolitan Statistical Area for purposes of reimbursement under the Medicare Program.

HR 2089 — To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to continue for the 2001 crop year the eligibility of producers for loan deficiency payments when the producers, although not eligible to obtain a marketing assistance loan, produce a contract commodity.

HR 2050 — To authorize the National Science Foundation to undertake certain activities in support of research on learning.

HR 2051 — To authorize the National Science Foundation to establish regional centers for the purpose of plant genome and gene expression research and development and international research partnerships for the advancement of plant biotechnology in the developing world.

HR 2046 — Coastal Shipping Competition Act

HR 2049 — To authorize the National Science Foundation to undertake certain activities in support of research on learning.

HR 2004 — To provide for the establishment of a Department of Agriculture research program to enhance and develop the nitrogen-fixing ability of legumes and other commercial crops.

HR 1914 — To extend for 4 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 1915 — Gas Affordability Act of 2001

HR 1833 — Gas Tax Fairness Act of 2001

HR 1834 — To require the Department of Energy to study potential regulatory improvements that may help alleviate high fuel prices.

HR 1790 — To reauthorize the tree loss assistance program to compensate orchardists and tree farmers who plant trees for commercial purposes but lose the trees as a result of a natural disaster.

HR 1521 — To amend the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for sequestration of Federal spending in excess of 18 percent of gross domestic product.

HR 1138 — To amend section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that no permit shall be required for animal feeding operations within the boundaries of a State if the State has established and is implementing a nutrient management program for those animal feeding operations.

HR 256 — To extend for 11 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 188 — To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.

HJRES 99 — Proposing a spending limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

HCONRES 258 — Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should work to improve cooperation and eliminate duplication in the area of food safety inspection, and for other purposes.

HCONRES 108 — Honoring the National Science Foundation for 50 years of service to the Nation.

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HR 5638 — To amend section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide that States have the final authority to establish guidelines to determine which animal feeding operations are classified as concentrated animal feeding operations for purposes of the national pollutant discharge elimination system.

HR 5539 — To extend for 9 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 5540 — Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act of 2000

HR 5409 — To extend for 9 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 5387 — Railroad Retirement Reform Act of 2000

HR 5372 — Dairy Market Enhancement Act of 2000

HR 5221 — To require the United States Postal Service to convey certain real property containing a post-office building in Jackson, Michigan, to the City of Jackson, Michigan.

HR 4901 — National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2000

HR 4718 — To extend for 3 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 4694 — Social Security and Medicare Surplus Protection Act of 2000

HR 4524 — To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to increase the number of farmers eligible for nonrecourse marketing assistance loans or loan deficiency payments and the amount of production for which such loans and payments are available.

HR 4523 — To amend the Agricultural Market Transition Act to permit a producer to lock in a loan deficiency payment rate for a portion of a crop.

HR 4491 — National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2000

HR 4500 — National Science Foundation Authorization Act of 2000

HR 4158 — To limit the penalty that may be assessed under section 221 of title 13, United States Code, for not answering decennial census questions beyond those necessary for an enumeration of the population.

HR 4146 — Help Emergency Responders Operate Act

HR 4128 — Help Emergency Responders Operate Act

HR 4065 — To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 3640 — To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to take the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Medicare Program off budget.

HR 3599 — Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2000

HR 3550 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction in determining adjusted gross income for travel expenses of State legislators away from home.

HR 3258 — Parental Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Amendment of 1999

HR 3206 — Social Security Solvency Act of 1999

HR 2942 — To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 2920 — To permanently reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code, relating to family farmers.

HR 2866 — PAC Limitation Act of 1999

HR 2716 — To provide supplemental market loss payments for farm owners and producers for certain 1999 crops.

HR 1550 — Fire Administration Authorization Act of 2000

HR 1184 — Earthquake Hazards Reduction Authorization Act of 1999

HR 808 — To extend for 3 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 706 — To extend for 6 additional months the period for which chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code is reenacted.

HR 419 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to all families with young children, and for other purposes.

HR 420 — Social Security Surplus Protection Act of 1999

HR 273 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat lands which are contiguous to a principal residence and which were farmed for 5 years before the sale of the principal residence as part of such residence.

HJRES 74 — Proposing a spending limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

HRES 20 — Repealing rule XXIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.

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HR 5281 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a tax credit to all families with young children, and for other purposes.

HR 5308 — Social Security Payment Equity Act of 1994

HR 5280 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for State and local general sales taxes and to compensate for the resulting revenue loss by providing that only 89 percent of the amount of all State and local taxes shall be allowed as a deduction.

HR 4420 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for State and local general sales taxes and to compensate for the resulting revenue loss by providing that only 75 percent of the amount of all State and local taxes shall be allowed as a deduction.

HR 4347 — Down To Earth Tiny Wetland Act of 1994

HR 3913 — To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to terminate the eligibility of children under 16 years of age for supplemental security income benefits by reason of disability, and preserve the eligibility of such disabled children for medicaid benefits.

HR 3802 — To provide that cost-of-living adjustments to payments made under Federal law shall be determined using a new price index which does not take into account tobacco products and distilled spirits.

HR 3457 — To provide that cost-of-living adjustments to payments made under the Federal law shall be determined using a new price index which does not take into account tobacco products.

HR 3091 — To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide for allocations of authorizations of budget authority to authorizing committees of the House of Representatives and the Senate.

HR 3027 — Health Care Tax Equity Act of 1993

HR 2634 — To encourage the use of remote sensing to promote better agricultural management in the United States.

HR 1946 — To declare the Federal Center in Battle Creek, Michigan, to be excess Federal property and to transfer control of the center from the Administrator of General Services to the Secretary of Defense.

HR 1914 — PAC Limitation Act of 1993

HR 539 — Investment Tax Incentive Act of 1993

HCONRES 231 — Vegetable-based Ink Federal Printing Resolution of 1994

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HR 4006 — Coastal Shipping Competition Act of 1996

HR 3758 — Social Security Solvency Act of 1996

HR 3783 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers to income average over 2 years.

HR 3340 — Flood Map Correction Act

HR 2990 — Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 1996

HR 2897 — To increase the public debt limit, to protect the social security trust funds and other federal trust funds and accounts invested in public debt obligations, and for other purposes.

HR 2896 — Balanced Budget Act of 1995

HR 2920 — Balanced Budget Act of 1995

HR 2559 — Health Care Tax Equity Act of 1995

HR 2446 — PAC Limitation Act of 1995

HR 2295 — Discretionary Spending Reduction and Control Act of 1995

HR 2098 — To amend title 31, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to manage the cash position of the United States Government whenever it is unable to borrow sufficient funds to meet its needs.

HR 197 — To encourage the use of remote sensing to promote better agricultural management in the United States.

HR 199 — Neutral Cost Recovery Act of 1995

HR 198 — Down To Earth Tiny Wetland Act of 1995

HJRES 74 — Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

HRES 413 — Recognizing the importance of a nationally designated "Character Counts Week" and of the character development of young people to the present and future of the United States, and encouraging community, school, and youth organizations to integrate the "six core elements of character" articulated in the Aspen Declaration into programs for students and children.

HRES 138 — Repealing rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.

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HR 4831 — To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.

HR 4672 — To reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.

HR 4644 — To permit farmers the option of declaring the taxable year in which production flexibility contract payments and crop insurance payments are included in gross income.

HR 4640 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that disposition of property produced by a qualified family-owned business does not trigger additional estate tax.

HR 4636 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand the types of crop payments for which a farmer may defer inclusion in income until the next taxable year.

HR 4642 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 100 percent deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.

HR 4697 — To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.

HR 4673 — Cruise America Act of 1998

HR 4596 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide that certain farming-related section 1231 gains and losses shall not be taken into account in determining whether a taxpayer is eligible for the earned income credit.

HR 4638 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for the cost of groceries purchased by employees and prepared into meals by employers for the convenience of employers.

HR 4643 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat lands which are contiguous to a principal residence and which were farmed for 5 years before the sale of the principal residence as part of such residence.

HR 4639 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to treat income from certain leases as income from rental real estate activities in which the taxpayer actively participates.

HR 4641 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to defer certain prepaid farm expenses incurred by reason of a change in business operations attributable to the enactment of the Agricultural Market Transition Act.

HR 4637 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an interest deduction for contingent interest on a shared appreciation mortgage.

HR 4645 — To extend permanently chapter 12 of title 11, United States Code, and to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to facilitate the bankruptcy and debt restructuring process relating to farmers.

HR 4399 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the income averaging rules for farmers.

HR 4307 — Family Literacy Improvement Act of 1998

HR 4236 — Shipping Relief for Agriculture Act of 1998

HR 4085 — Significant Regulation Oversight Act of 1998

HR 4033 — To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require investment of the Social Security trust funds in marketable securities, and for other purposes.

HR 3822 — To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require investment of the Social Security trust funds in marketable securities, and for other purposes.

HR 3711 — Parental Responsibility and Taxpayer Protection Amendment of 1998

HR 3560 — Social Security Solvency Pilot Program Act of 1998

HR 3276 — Credit Union Membership Protection Act

HR 3245 — To waive time limitations specified by law in order to allow the Medal of Honor to be awarded to Chester G. Theissen, of East Leroy, Michigan, for acts of valor during the Korean conflict.

HR 3082 — Social Security Solvency Act of 1997

HR 3036 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt small unincorporated farm businesses from the alternative minimum tax.

HR 2037 — Budget Enforcement Act of 1997

HR 2099 — To provide that cost-of-living adjustments to payments made under Federal law and to Federal tax benefits shall be determined using a new price index.

HR 1991 — Coastal Shipping Competition Act

HR 1674 — Death Tax and Legal Fee Relief Act of 1997

HR 1081 — PAC Limitation Act of 1997

HR 798 — Balanced Budget Act of 1997

HR 442 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude from gross income up to $500,000 of gain on the sale of a principle residence and up to $500,000 of gain on the sale of farmland.

HR 86 — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers to income average over 2 years.

HJRES 41 — Proposing a spending limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.

HRES 30 — Repealing rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.

HCONRES 348 — Urging the President and Chile to engage in negotiations to conclude a free trade agreement between the United States and Chile, in the absence of fast track authority.