Representative Chris Smith, Republican from New Jersey

Chris Smith

Sponsored Legislation

Chris Smith has sponsored 935 bills and cosponsored 7,617 bills across 45 years in Congress. Rep. Smith's top legislative focus is International Affairs, followed by Health. See how this shapes their voting record and committee assignments.
HR 7807
To authorize the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission of the United States to process claims against the Government of Honduras related to the expropriation of property of United States persons.
In Committee
HR 7482
LymeX Authorization Act
In Committee
HR 7457
Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026
In Committee
HR 7055
Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2026
In Committee
HR 6930
Protecting Military Readiness from Offshore Wind Industrialization Interference Act
In Committee
HR 6765
Safe Passages Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 6042
LANDED Act
In Committee
HRES 860
Commending President Trump for Redesignating Nigeria a Country of Particular Concern due to Nigeria's engagement in and tolerating systematic, ongoing, and egregious violations of religious freedom, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HRES 755
Expressing support for the goals and ideas of "National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" and "World Hydrocephalus Day".
In Committee
HR 5491
Nelson Wells Jr. and Dawn Michelle Hunt Unjustly Detained in Communist China Act
In Committee
HR 5303
FREEDOM for Gao Zhisheng and All Political Prisoners Act
In Committee
HR 5250
To provide for the foreign assistance authority of the Department of State, and for other purposes.
Active
HRES 689
Expressing the opposition of the House of Representatives to the Chinese Communist Party's "stolen valor" historical revisionism with regards to Allied Victory in Asia, commemorating the contributions made by the Republic of China to Allied Victory, and acknowledging the postwar contributions of the Government of Japan to peace and stability in the Indo-Pacific.
In Committee
Amendment 78
House Amendment 78
Not Agreed to (209-224)
HR 5160
Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 4829
Transnational Repression Policy Act
In Committee
HR 4830
Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 4732
Orphanage Trafficking Prevention and Protection Act
In Committee
HRES 586
Recognizing and applauding President Trump for brokering a peace agreement between Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting diplomatic and economic efforts to achieve lasting peace in the region.
In Committee
HR 4348
To reauthorize the Kay Hagan Tick Act, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HRES 559
Recognizing the urgent need for peace, stability, and reconciliation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) and supporting diplomatic, economic, and humanitarian efforts to achieve lasting peace in the region.
In Committee
HR 4113
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
In Committee
HRES 479
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives on the urgent need to appoint a Special Envoy for Sudan to address the ongoing conflict and humanitarian crisis and to advance United States national security interests.
In Committee
HR 3737
Tiananmen Massacre Transparency and Accountability Act
In Committee
HJRES 98
Life Month Resolution
In Committee
HR 3225
Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 3201
Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 3122
Vietnam Human Rights Act
In Committee
HR 2961
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
In Committee
HCONRES 27
Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
In Committee
HR 2796
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 2661
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act
In Committee
HR 2522
To designate the area between the intersections of 18th Street Northwest and Church Street Northwest, and 18th Street Northwest and P Street Northwest, in the District of Columbia as "Jimmy Lai Way", and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 2521
American Family FAFSA Opportunity Act of 2025
In Committee
HJRES 82
Disapproving the action of the District of Columbia Council in approving the Insurance Regulation Amendment Act of 2024.
In Committee
HR 2310
COBALT Supply Chain Act
In Committee
HR 2226
Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 2170
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, VA Clinic, and for other purposes.
Passed
HR 2097
Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act
In Committee
HR 2161
Human-Animal Chimera Prohibition Act of 2025
In Committee
HRES 220
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, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 1744
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 1503
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 1504
China Trade Relations Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 1144
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2025
Active
HR 7
No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2025
In Committee
HR 10555
LANDED Act
In Committee
HR 9997
To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Toms River, New Jersey, the Leonard G. 'Bud' Lomell, Jr. VA Clinic, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 9850
No Funding or Enforcement of Censorship Abroad Act
In Committee
HRES 1479
Expressing support for the goals and ideas of "National Hydrocephalus Awareness Month" and "World Hydrocephalus Day".
In Committee
HR 9681
HOTEL Act of 2024
In Committee
HRES 1427
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable William J. Pascrell, Jr.
Active
HR 9423
Sami’s Law
In Committee
HRES 1311
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
In Committee
HR 8720
Religious Freedom and Fairness Act
In Committee
HR 8365
Sean and David Goldman Act Amendments
In Committee
HRES 1221
Marking the 35th anniversary of the Tiananmen Square massacre and condemning the ongoing and often brutal suppression of human rights and basic freedoms by the Government of the People's Republic of China and Chinese Communist Party, including in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 8366
To extend authorities to impose sanctions under certain laws relating to Hong Kong, Tibet, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
In Committee
HR 8329
Belarus Democracy, Human Rights, and Sovereignty Act of 2024
In Committee
HRES 1172
Expressing the profound sorrow of the House of Representatives on the death of the Honorable Donald M. Payne, Jr.
Active
HR 8124
Uyghur Genocide Accountability and Sanctions Act of 2024
In Committee
HR 8125
To designate the area between the intersections of 18th Street Northwest and Church Street Northwest, and 18th Street Northwest and P Street Northwest, in the District of Columbia as "Jimmy Lai Way", and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 8082
Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development Act
In Committee
HR 7981
Stop China’s Exploitation of Congolese Children and Adult Forced Labor through Cobalt Mining Act
Active
HR 7427
Let Pregnancy Centers Serve Act of 2024
In Committee
HR 7213
Autism CARES Act of 2024
Passed
HR 7122
Stop Support for UNRWA Act of 2024
Active
HR 7025
United States Commission on International Religious Freedom Reauthorization Act of 2024
Active
HR 6954
Restoring Sovereignty and Human Rights in Nicaragua Act of 2024
In Committee
HR 6909
COBALT Supply Chain Act
In Committee
HRES 915
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 can be substantially addressed.
Active
HR 5965
To amend the State Department Basic Authorities Act of 1956 to provide for an exemption of reimbursement for certain travel to return to the United States, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 5856
Frederick Douglass Trafficking Victims Prevention and Protection Reauthorization Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 5686
Preventing Ethnic Cleansing and Atrocities in Nagorno-Karabakh Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 5415
Safeguarding Endangered Children, Unaccompanied and at Risk of Exploitation Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 4659
Cambodia Democracy and Human Rights Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 4443
Countering China’s Exploitation of Strategic Metals and Minerals and Child and Forced Labor in the Democratic Republic of the Congo Act
In Committee
HRES 546
Celebrating the historic anniversary of the June 24, 2022, decision of the Supreme Court of the United States in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization.
In Committee
HR 3827
Protect Our Workers Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 3654
Transnational Repression Policy Act
In Committee
HRES 428
Calling for the immediate extradition or rendering to the United States of convicted felons William Morales, Joanne Chesimard, and all other fugitives from justice who are receiving safe harbor in Cuba in order to escape prosecution or confinement for criminal offenses committed in the United States.
In Committee
HR 3536
Walter Patterson and Werner Foerster Justice and Extradition Act
In Committee
HCONRES 41
Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.
In Committee
HR 3172
Vietnam Human Rights Act
In Committee
HR 2854
To require the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development to submit a report on progress relating to malaria reduction, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 2449
Taiwan Protection and National Resilience Act of 2023
In Committee
Amendment 166
House Amendment 166
Agreed to (244-189)
Amendment 130
House Amendment 130
Agreed to by Voice Vote
HR 1688
Social Security Cost of Living Increase Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 1519
Compensation for the Victims of State Misrepresentations to the World Health Organization Act of 2023
In Committee
HRES 175
Recognizing the rise of cardiovascular disease as the world's leading cause of preventable death and disability and as the global public health crisis of this generation and supporting the recognition of February 2023 as "American Heart Month".
In Committee
HR 1154
Stop Forced Organ Harvesting Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 1056
To require the Comptroller General to conduct a study to assess certain environmental review processes with regard to offshore wind projects, and for other purposes.
In Committee
HR 1103
Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office (HKETO) Certification Act
Active
HR 956
No Drilling in the North Atlantic Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 681
READ Act Reauthorization Act of 2023
Active
HRES 82
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 Nigeria and the Lake Chad region, and for other purposes.
Active
HR 638
China Trade Relations Act of 2023
In Committee
HR 620
Alzheimer’s Accountability and Investment Act
Active
HR 609
Education, Achievement, and Opportunity Act
In Committee
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