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).
Campaign Contribution Reform Act of 1979
1979-10-17: Text inserted in S. 832 as passed House.
A concurrent resolution relating to the situation in Poland.
1980-08-27: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Special International Security Assistance Act of 1979
1979-05-30: Measure laid on table in House, S. 1007 passed in lieu.
A joint resolution designating February 19, 1980, as "Iwo Jima Commemoration Day".
1980-02-28: Public Law 96-196.
A joint resolution to designate the week commencing with the third Monday in February of 1981 as "National Patriotism Week".
1980-09-29: Measure indefinitely postponed in House (See S. J. Res. 82 for similar provisions).
White House Conference on Small Business Act
1979-05-22: Measure laid on table in House, S. 918 passed in lieu.
A bill to amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to provide for the award of matching grants to municipalities and public agencies in the United States to enable those authorities to protect deep- draft commercial ports and land areas adjacent to those ports from fires, explosions, or other incidents causing damage in those ports, and for other purposes.
1979-07-10: Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 96-324 (Part I).
Sunset Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Administrative Rule Making Reform Act
1979-02-01: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Capital Cost Recovery Act of 1979
1979-06-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Elephant Protection Act of 1979
1980-03-12: Rereferred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
A resolution condemning the use of poison gas in Laos.
1979-10-17: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Legislative Oversight Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A concurrent resolution to establish a Special Committee on Advisory Opinions from the World Court.
1980-06-04: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income the interest on certain deposits and accounts in savings institutions.
1979-06-28: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Replacement Motor Fuels Act of 1979
1979-06-06: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide that certain cost-of-living and other increased benefits received under title II of the Social Security Act will not be considered as income for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in the food stamp program and for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in certain programs concerning surplus agricultural commodities.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
North Country National Scenic Trail Act of 1979
1979-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A resolution relating to voluntary pooling of clerk-hire funds.
1978-06-29: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.