Resolved, that paragraph 7(b) of rule XXV of the Standing Rules of the Senate is amended to read as follows: "(b) each meeting of a standing, select, or special committee of the Senate, or any subcommittee thereof, including meetings to conduct hearings, shall be open to the public, except that a portion or portions of any such meeting may be closed to the public if the committee or subcommittee, as the case may be, determines by record vote of a majority of the members of the committee or subcommittee present that the matters to be discussed or the testimony to be taken at such portion or portions.
1975-11-05: Measure passed Senate, amended, roll call #470 (86-0).
Resolved, that section 4 of Senate Resolution Numbered 267, Ninety-third Congress, agreed to March 1, 1974, is amended by striking out "$415,000" and inserting in lieu thereof "$431,000".
1975-01-27: Measure passed Senate.
A resolution relating to discrimination in international commerce.
1975-03-06: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
A resolution relative to the referral of messages concerning the budget.
1975-01-30: Referred jointly to Senate Committees on Appropriations; and the Budget.
A resolution disapproving the proposed deferral of budget authority.
1975-04-24: Measure passed Senate, roll call #149 (77-7).
A resolution calling on the President to promote negotiations for a Test Ban Treaty.
1975-05-20: Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
A resolution concerning abuses in nursing homes.
1975-03-13: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Resolution establishing a timetable for Senate consideration of and action on legislative proposals relating to continuing congressional oversight of government intelligence and other surveillance activities.
1975-07-31: Measure passed Senate.
Resolution relating to proposed rules of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
1975-08-01: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Resolution to express concern over attempts to expel Israel from the United Nations.
1975-07-18: Measure passed Senate.
A resolution relating to an action of the United Nations concerning Zionism.
1975-10-28: Measure passed Senate.
Resolution relating to Angola.
1976-02-25: Placed on calendar in Senate under "Subjects on the Table".
A resolution honoring the Honorable Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr., and expressing gratitude for his contributions to the enhancement of life in America.
1976-01-26: Measure passed Senate.
A resolution authorizing the printing of additional copies of the Senate report entitled "Fraud and Abuse Among Clinical Laboratories".
1976-06-10: Measure passed Senate.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating September 17 as "Constitution Day".
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution to prohibit for a period of 60 days the imposition of tariffs, fees, and quotas on oil imports and the lifting of all price controls on domestic oil, and to thereafter require the submission to, and the right of approval of the Congress of any such action within 30 days.
1975-02-20: Measure placed on calender in Senate under "Subjects on the Table".
Designation of the Philip A. Hart Office Building.
1976-08-30: Measure passed Senate, amended.
A joint resolution to require the submission and approval by the Congress of fees on oil imports.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A resolution honoring Mike Mansfield of Montana.
1976-09-17: Measure passed Senate, amended.
An original concurrent resolution urging that the International Olympic Committee move or cancel the 1980 Summer Olympics, that no United States team participate in Olympic Games held in Moscow, that the United States Government intensify its efforts to win international support for a boycott of Olympic Games held in Moscow, and for other purposes.
1980-01-29: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (Similar provisions inserted in H.Con.Res. 249 as passed Senate).