Smith Receives Ways and Means Subcommittee Assignments
WASHINGTON, DC - Congressman Adrian Smith (R-NE) today announced he will serve on the Ways and Means Subcommittees on Trade, Social Security, and Human Resources during the 112th Congress. Smith was named to the full committee in December.
The jurisdiction of the Subcommittee on Trade includes customs and customs administration (including tariff and import fee structure); commodity agreements and reciprocal trade agreements; budget authorizations for the customs revenue functions of the Department of Homeland Security, the U.S. International Trade Commission, and the U.S. Trade Representative; and special trade-related problems involving market access, export policy and promotion, and bilateral trade relations including trade with developing nations.
The Social Security Subcommittee has oversight of issues which relate to Social Security, the Federal Old-Age, Survivors' and Disability Insurance System, the Railroad Retirement System, and employment taxes and trust fund operations relating to those systems.
The Human Resources Subcommittee has jurisdiction over public assistance provisions of the Social Security Act, including Temporary Assistance for Needy Families, child care, foster care, adoption, and low-income energy assistance.
"I'm excited for the opportunity these assignments present. There are many challenges ahead as the committee works to encourage our nation's economic growth and job creation. We will work to reform the tax code to be simpler and fairer while strengthening Social Security and Medicare. My work on the Trade Subcommittee will also provide the opportunity to actively promote access for our nation's agriculture producers and manufacturers to markets in Asia, South America, and throughout the world," Smith said.
The Committee on Ways and Means is the oldest committee of the United States Congress and has jurisdiction over trade, Social Security and Medicare, and is the chief tax-writing committee in the House of Representatives.