Committee System Reorganization Amendments
1976-10-01: Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
A resolution honoring Mike Mansfield of Montana.
1976-09-17: Measure passed Senate, amended.
A resolution relating to the murders of Orlando Letelier and Ronni Karpen Moffitt.
1976-10-01: Measure passed Senate.
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating the 7 calendar days commencing on April 30 of each year as "National Beta Sigma Phi Week".
1976-04-01: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and the Vice President of the United States.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution to establish a Joint Congressional Task Force on Federal Small Business Impact.
1975-09-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
A joint resolution to provide for quarterly adjustments in the support price for milk.
1976-02-04: Motion to override veto failed of passage in Senate, roll call #27 (37-51).
Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
1975-03-20: Provisions inserted in H.R. 25.
A bill to prevent the estate tax law from operating to encourage or to require the destruction of open lands and historic places, by amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that real property which is farmland, woodland, or open land and forms part of an estate may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open land (rather than at its fair market value), and to provide that real property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places may be valued, for estate tax purposes at its value for its existing use and to provide for the revocation of such lower valuation and and recapture of unpaid tax with interest in appropriate circumstances.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Government in the Sunshine Act
1976-09-13: Public law 94-409.
An Act to amend the Public Health Service Act and related health laws to revise and extend the health revenue sharing program, the family planning programs, the community mental health centers program, the program for migrant health centers and community health centers, the National Health Service Corps program, and the programs for assistance for nurse training, and for other purposes.
1975-07-29: Public law 94-63.
A bill to amend the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to require the Congressional Office of the Budget to prepare fiscal notes for bills and joint resolutions.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
Consumer Protection Act
1975-11-06: Measure passed House, amended, in lieu of H.R. 7575.
A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 90 percent of the parity price therefor.
1975-01-21: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
A bill to prohibit the shipment in interstate commerce of dogs intended to be used to fight other dogs for purposes of sport, wagering, or entertainment.
1975-01-16: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Emergency Natural Gas Act
1975-01-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
A bill to provide a priority system for certain agricultural uses of natural gas.
1975-01-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Social Security Administration Act
1975-01-27: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce the rate of interest on emergency loans made under such subtitle and to authorize additional funds for the current fiscal year to expedite the processing of emergency loans to farmers and ranchers who suffered losses as a result of the recent blizzard in the midwestern part of the United States.
1975-01-27: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Full Employment and Job Development Act
1975-01-29: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.