Christopher H. Smith
U.S. Representative (R) for New Jersey, 73 years old.
- businessman
- B.S. Trenton State College (1975)
SMITH, Christopher Henry, a Representative from New Jersey; born in Rahway, Union County, N.J., March 4, 1953; graduated from St. Mary's High School, Perth Amboy, N.J., 1971; B.S., Trenton State College, Ewing, N.J., 1975; attended Worcester College, Worcester, England, 1974; businessman, family sporting goods company; nonprofit executive; unsuccessful candidate for election to the Ninety-sixth Congress in 1978; elected as a Republican to the Ninety-seventh and to the twenty-two succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1981-present); chair, Committee on Veterans Affairs (One Hundred Seventh and One Hundred Eighth Congresses).
Source: U.S. Congress Bioguide / public-record corporate filings.
Public financial disclosure
Self-reported on House Form A — values are disclosed as ranges, not exact dollars.
- Liabilities
- $0–$0
- Form
- Amendment Report 2022
- Filed
- May 2023
- Assets (sum of disclosed-range floors → ceilings)
- $0 – $0
- Liabilities
- $0 – $0
For the per-asset itemization (Schedule A on House Form A; Part 3 on Senate EFD) and for liability counterparties, see the original filing. The numbers above are summed from the disclosed dollar bands the politician filed; bands are intentionally fuzzy because the disclosure system uses ranges, not exact figures.
Disclosed trades · 0
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Oversight committees · 3
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Recent legislative activity · 40 bills
20 sponsored, 20 cosponsored in the 119th Congress. Color-coded by sector — yellow chips mark bills that overlap a sector this politician has actually traded in.
- To establish a Venezuela Restoration Fund, and for other purposes.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
- Stem Cell Therapeutic and Research Reauthorization Act of 2025Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 48 - 0.
- Supporting the designation of the month of May as "Lyme and Tick-borne Disease Awareness Month".Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Metastatic Breast Cancer Access to Care ActReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- Title IX Clarification Act of 2026Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- To direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to establish a list of covered providers that complete annual training on the prevention of suicide among veterans and to make such list available to veterans.Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- Expressing support for law enforcement officers.Received in the Senate.
- Honoring mothers, and recognizing the significance of motherhood and the impact mothers have on raising the next generation, on the occasion of Mother's Day.Referred to the House Committee on Education and Workforce.
- Officer John Barnes and Chief Michael Ansbro Public Safety Officers’ Benefits Program Expansion Act of 2026Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should prioritize securing the release of Pastor Jin Mingri, Pastor Gao Quanfu and his wife Pang Yu, Dr. Gulshan Abbas, and Jimmy Lai detained by the People's Republic of China during future engagements with Chinese President Xi Jinping.Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Dismemberment Abortion Ban Act of 2026Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- Kayleigh’s Law Act of 2026Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- FISH Act of 2025Ordered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute by Unanimous Consent.
- Safeguarding Women from Chemical Abortion ActReferred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- Expressing support for the work of open water lifeguards as first responders and emergency response providers.Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- Securing Local Communities Input in Broadband Development ActReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- MATCH ActOrdered to be Reported in the Nature of a Substitute (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 36 - 8.
- LymeX Authorization ActReferred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- Nigeria Religious Freedom and Accountability Act of 2026Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on the Judiciary, 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.
- Calling for the return of abducted Ukrainian children before finalizing any peace agreement to end the war against Ukraine.Referred to the House Committee on Foreign Affairs.