Trade Agreements Act of 1979
1979-06-19: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act and the Clean Air Act Amendments of 1977 to delay for one year certain provisions relating to areas which fail to meet national ambient air quality standards.
1979-05-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to extend the applicability of the prevented planting and disaster payment provisions of such Act to the 1980 and 1981 crops of rice, cotton, feed grains, and wheat.
1979-06-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
A resolution deploring the politicization of the Mid-Decade Women's Conference and urging the U.S. delegation to oppose any politically-motivated resolutions at the Conference.
1980-06-26: Measure passed Senate, amended.
A resolution disapproving the proposed deferral of budget authority for EPA grants for waste.
1980-06-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to authorize the President to designate any country which is a member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries as eligible for the tariff preferences extended to developing countries under title V of such Act if the President determines that such designation is in the national economic interest and the Congress does not disapprove the designation.
1979-05-03: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week", and for other purposes.
1980-09-19: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (See H.J. Res. 551 as pass Senate for similar provisions).
Federal Firearms Law Reform Act of 1979
1979-10-05: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Federal Mine Safety and Health Amendments Act of 1977 to provide that the provisions of such Act shall not apply to stone mining operations or to sand and gravel mining operations.
1979-03-12: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A joint resolution designating the joint reunion of American and Japanese veterans on the island of Iwo Jima on June 11, 1980, as a National Historic Event.
1980-04-02: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that it offer its congratulations to Americans who participated in the 2nd Olympic Winter Games for the Physically Handicapped in Geilo, Norway.
1980-04-29: Measure passed Senate.
Patent Law Amendments of 1979
1980-03-20: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
A bill to amend title VII of the Social Security Act to provide that benefit checks shall be mailed for delivery on the day preceding a Saturday, Sunday, or legal public holiday, and to amend section 3020 of title 38, United States Code, relating to the time of delivery of benefit checks paid under laws administered by the Veterans' Administration.
1977-01-31: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A joint resolution designating April 13 through April 19 as "Days of Remembrance of Victims of the Holocaust."
1980-04-10: Public Law 96-233.
Family Welfare Improvement Act
1979-06-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that any employee who is a member of a religion or sect historically holding conscientious objection to joining or financially supporting a labor organization shall not be required to do so.
1979-08-03: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A joint resolution to authorize the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to erect a memorial.
1980-07-01: Public Law 96-297.
A joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim the third Friday in October of each year as "American Enterprise Day".
1979-06-14: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A Bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reinstate the nonbusiness deduction for State and local taxes on gasoline and other motor fuels.
1979-01-18: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974.
1978-04-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.