A joint resolution providing for the expression to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, of the appreciation of the people of the United States for the bequest of James Smithson to the United States, enabling the establishment of the Smithsonian Institution.
1976-07-05: Public law 94-338.
A bill to amend section 206 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act in order to authorize reimbursement for the construction of certain sewage treatment works.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
A joint resolution to establish a Compact of Permanent Union between Puerto Rico and the United States.
1976-09-22: Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A joint resolution to clarify and reaffirm Government purchasing policies.
1976-04-01: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act so as to provide for the referral, for appropriate services provided by other State agencies, of blind or disabled children who are receiving supplemental security income benefits.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Unfair Competition Act
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
Criminal Justice Reform Act
1975-01-14: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
A bill to prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from restricting the sale or manufacture of firearms or ammunition.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow an income tax credit or an income tax deduction for certain expenditures of a taxpayer relating to the thermal design of the residence of such taxpayer.
1975-01-16: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a married individual who files a separate return shall be taxed on his or her earned income at the same rate as an unmarried individual.
1975-01-15: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Family Farm Inheritance Act
1975-01-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to promote public confidence in the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of the Government of the United States.
1975-01-16: Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
A bill to provide for the appointment of additional district court judges.
1976-09-28: Reported to House from the Committee on the Judiciary with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1705.
An Act to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, to establish the National Historic Preservation Fund, and for other purposes.
1976-09-28: Public law 94-422.
Social Security Administration Act
1975-01-27: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to repeal exemptions in the antitrust laws relating to fair trade laws.
1975-01-27: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution providing for the temporary commission on the operation of the Senate.
1975-07-29: Measure passed Senate.