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1. H.CON.RES.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 10/10/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/10/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2. H.RES.30 : Repealing rule XLIX of the Rules of the House of Representatives relating to the statutory limit on the public debt.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 1/9/1997)      Cosponsors (19)
Committees: House Rules
Latest Major Action: 2/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Rules and Organization of the House.

3. H.J.RES.41 : Proposing a spending limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 2/4/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 3/5/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.

4. H.R.86 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow farmers to income average over 2 years.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 1/7/1997)      Cosponsors (64)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/7/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

5. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 1/9/1997)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 1/9/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

6. H.R.798 : To prohibit the issuance of new public debt obligations after December 31, 2001.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 2/13/1997)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 2/13/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

7. H.R.1081 : To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to reduce the influence of multicandidate political committees in elections for Federal office.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 3/13/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Oversight
Latest Major Action: 3/13/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.

8. H.R.1674 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the unified credit against estate and gift taxes and to increase the amount of estate tax deferral available to owners of small businesses.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 5/20/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/20/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

9. H.R.1991 : To reform the coastwise, intercoastal, and noncontiguous trade shipping laws, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 6/19/1997)      Cosponsors (15)
Committees: House Transportation and Infrastructure; House National Security
Latest Major Action: 7/3/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

10. H.R.2037 : To amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to enforce the bipartisan budget agreement.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 6/25/1997)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Budget; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 6/25/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

11. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 6/26/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means; House Education and the Workforce; House National Security; House Government Reform and Oversight; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 8/28/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

12. H.R.3036 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt small unincorporated farm businesses from the alternative minimum tax.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 11/12/1997)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/12/1997 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

13. H.R.3082 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide prospectively for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts to allow for more control by individuals over their Social Security retirement income, and to provide other reforms relating to benefits under such title II.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 11/13/1997)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 11/24/1997 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

14. H.R.3245 : -- Private Bill; 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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 2/12/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House National Security
Latest Major Action: 9/28/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOD.

15. H.R.3276 : To amend the Federal Credit Union Act with regard to qualifications for membership in a Federal credit union.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 2/25/1998)      Cosponsors (5)
Committees: House Banking and Financial Services
Latest Major Action: 3/17/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit.

16. H.R.3560 : To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for a pilot program for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts to allow for more control by individuals over their Social Security retirement income, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 3/26/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 4/13/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

17. H.R.3711 : To amend title 11 of the United States Code to make debts to governmental units for the care and maintenance of minor children nondischargeable.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 4/22/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 4/28/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

18. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 5/7/1998)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 5/7/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

19. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 6/10/1998)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 6/20/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

20. H.R.4085 : To require congressional approval of proposed rules designated by the Congress to be significant.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 6/18/1998)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Rules
Latest Major Action: 6/24/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

21. H.R.4236 : To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1920 to limit the restriction on carriage of certain noncontainerized agricultural and bulk cargoes in coastwise trade by foreign-built freight vessels.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 7/16/1998)      Cosponsors (4)
Committees: House National Security; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 9/15/1998 House committee/subcommittee actions. Status: Executive Comment Requested from DOT.

22. H.R.4307 : To amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 and the Head Start Act to promote high-quality family literacy programs and train parents effectively to teach their children, and for other purposes.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 7/22/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Education and the Workforce
Latest Major Action: 7/22/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.

23. H.R.4399 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make permanent the income averaging rules for farmers.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 8/4/1998)      Cosponsors (20)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 8/4/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

24. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/17/1998)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/17/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

25. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

26. H.R.4637 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow an interest deduction for contingent interest on a shared appreciation mortgage.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

27. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

28. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

29. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

30. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

31. H.R.4642 : To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a 100 percent deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

32. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

33. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 9/25/1998 Referred to House committee. Status: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

34. H.R.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.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/25/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary; House Ways and Means
Latest Major Action: 10/1/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

35. H.R.4672 : To reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 10/1/1998)      Cosponsors (1)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/9/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

36. H.R.4673 : To stimulate increased domestic cruise ship opportunities for the American cruising public by temporarily reducing barriers for entry into the domestic cruise ship trade.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 10/1/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House National Security; House Transportation and Infrastructure
Latest Major Action: 10/16/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.

37. H.R.4697 : To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 10/5/1998)      Cosponsors (2)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/9/1998 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.

38. H.R.4831 : To temporarily reenact chapter 12 of title 11 of the United States Code.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 10/14/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Committees: House Judiciary
Latest Major Action: 10/20/1998 Received in the Senate.

39. H.AMDT.89 to H.R.2 Amendment, as modified, sought to limit common household pet ownership in public housing to the elderly and persons with disabilities.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 5/13/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 5/13/1997 House amendment not agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (MI) amendment (A026) Failed by voice vote.

40. H.AMDT.275 to H.R.2160 An amendment numbered 14 as printed in the Congressional Record to prohibit the use of funds in the bill to support a regional office of the Natural Resources Conservation Service.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 7/24/1997)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/24/1997 By unanimous consent, the Smith (MI) amendment was withdrawn.

41. H.AMDT.741 to H.R.2183 Amendment, as modified, provides for a prison term of up to 10 years and/or a fine not to exceed $1 million as penalties for violation of the foreign contribution ban.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 7/20/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 7/20/1998 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (MI) amendment (A011) as modified Agreed to by voice vote.

42. H.AMDT.884 to H.R.3892 Amendment allows funds provided by this bill to be used for family literacy services.
Sponsor: Rep Smith, Nick [MI-7] (introduced 9/10/1998)      Cosponsors (None)
Latest Major Action: 9/10/1998 House amendment agreed to. Status: On agreeing to the Smith (MI) amendment (A006) Agreed to by voice vote.

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