A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union, and for other purposes.
1980-02-19: Measure passed Senate, roll call #42 (91-0).
A joint resolution designating July 18, 1980 as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day".
1980-07-21: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
A bill entitled "Tax Credit for the Elderly Improvement Amendments of 1979".
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue annually a proclamation designating the first Sunday of September following Labor Day of each year as "National Grandparents Day".
1979-09-06: Public Law 96-62.
Sunset Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive Congresses in which Senators and Representatives may serve.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution calling on the Governors of the 50 States to cooperate voluntarily in standardizing truck weight and length limits to 80,000 pounds and 60 feet respectively to encourage striking truckers to go back to work.
1979-06-26: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
White House Conference on Small Business Act
1979-05-22: Measure laid on table in House (Similar provisions inserted in S. 918 as passed House).
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the term of imprisonment for certain offenses relating to carrying or using firearms, to eliminate eligibility for parole with respect to such term, and to require that such term be served before and consecutively to any related sentence of imprisonment.
1979-02-28: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to improve the communications and other operations of nuclear reactors during emergencies.
1979-04-05: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1979
1979-04-24: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to deny Federal retirement annuities to individuals convicted of any felony, and for other purposes.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A joint resolution authorizing the President to impose on the Iranian Government a $50,000,000 fine, payable from blocked Iranian assets, for each day that United States citizens held hostage or otherwise illegally detained in Iran continue to be held hostage or so detained beyond a date designated by the President.
1980-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating December 7, 1979, "National Unity Day".
1979-11-27: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should call upon the Secretary General of the United Nations to convene immediately an emergency session of the General Assembly, or should use other appropriate fora, to deal with the refugee crisis in Southeast Asia.
1979-06-18: Measure passed House, roll call #249 (336-0).
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution designating February 19, 1980, as "Iwo Jima Commemoration Day".
1980-02-28: Public Law 96-196.
A concurrent resolution disapproving certain regulations submitted to the Congress on April 3, 1980, with respect to the arts in education program authorized under sections 321, 322, and 323 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965.
1980-05-15: Measure passed Senate.
A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim May 1, 1980, "National Bicycling Day".
1980-03-28: Public Law 96-218.
Jobs Creation Act
1977-01-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.