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| bill_id | congress | bill_type | bill_number | title | policy_area | introduced_date ▲ | latest_action_date | latest_action_text | origin_chamber | sponsor_name | sponsor_state | sponsor_party | sponsor_bioguide_id | cosponsor_count | summary_text | update_date | url |
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| 95-hconres-756 | 95 | hconres | 756 | A resolution expressing the concern of the Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known of Crossroads and urging the Government of the Republic of South Africa to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads and to recognize the right of the residents of Crossroads to continue to live there. | International Affairs | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 2 | Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-757 | 95 | hconres | 757 | A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to the Baltic States. | International Affairs | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | D000435 | 10 | Declares the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should take all necessary steps to bring the Baltic States question before the United Nations and to urge the United Nations to request the Soviet Union to withdraw all non-native troops, agents, colonists, and controls from the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and to return all Baltic exiles from Siberia and from prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State to do his utmost to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations by means of special radio programs and publications. Declares that the United States should not agree to the recognition of the Soviet Union's annexation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Directs the President to take steps to provide that all maps of Europe show the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as independent states. Calls for a return of self-determination to the peoples of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia through free elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-758 | 95 | hconres | 758 | A resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 15. | Congress | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Perkins, Carl Dewey [D-KY-7] | KY | D | P000230 | 0 | Makes certain technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 15 (Extends and amends expiring elementary and secondary education programs). | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hconres-759 | 95 | hconres | 759 | A resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4018, H.R. 5037, H.R. 5146, and H.R. 5289. | Congress | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Measure passed House. | House | Rep. Dingell, John D. [D-MI-16] | MI | D | D000355 | 0 | Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 4018, H.R. 5037, H.R. 5146, and H.R. 5289 (Energy legislation). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-760 | 95 | hconres | 760 | A resolution providing for the sine die adjournment of the second session Ninety-fifth Congress. | Congress | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 0 | Declares the sine die adjournment of the second session of the 95th Congress on Sunday, October 15, 1978. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-761 | 95 | hconres | 761 | A resolution to correct an omission in the conference report on H.R. 13511. | Congress | 1978-10-15 | 1978-10-15 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Ullman, Al [D-OR-2] | OR | D | U000004 | 0 | Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 13511 (a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reduce income taxes). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-754 | 95 | hconres | 754 | A resolution correcting the enrollment of H.R. 8533. | Congress | 1978-10-14 | 1978-10-14 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Brodhead, William [D-MI-17] | MI | D | B000862 | 0 | Makes corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 8533 (a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that income from certain bingo games by certain tax-exempt organizations will not be subject to tax). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-755 | 95 | hconres | 755 | A resolution authorizing corrections in the enrollment of S.1487. | Congress | 1978-10-14 | 1978-10-14 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Holtzman, Elizabeth [D-NY-16] | NY | D | H000752 | 0 | Makes corrections in the enrollment of S. 1487 (a bill to eliminate racketeering in the sale and distribution of cigarettes). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-749 | 95 | hconres | 749 | A resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 6536. | Congress | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-14 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Dellums, Ronald V. [D-CA-8] | CA | D | D000222 | 0 | Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 6536 (a bill to establish an actuarially sound basis for financing retirement benefits for policemen, firemen, teachers, and judges of the District of Columbia). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-750 | 95 | hconres | 750 | A resolution to uphold the separation of powers between the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government in the termination of treaties. | Congressional-Presidential relations | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | H000171 | 2 | Provides that, in accordance with the separation of powers under the Constitution, the President should not unilaterally take any action abrogating or affecting the validity of any of the security treaties comprising the post-World War II complex of treaties, including mutual defense treaties, without the full and explicit approval of the Congress. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-751 | 95 | hconres | 751 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Internal Revenue Service's proposed revenue procedure on private tax exempt schools. | Taxation | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 4 | Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the "Proposed Revenue Procedure on Private Tax-Exempt Schools" should not be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-752 | 95 | hconres | 752 | A resolution endorsing the concept of a commemorative stamp honoring the Revolutionary War Prison Ship Martyrs and urging the United States Postal Service to release, issue, and sell such a stamp. | Philately | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 0 | Urges the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp commemorating the Americans who died on British prisonships during the Revolutionary War because they refused to pledge allegiance to England. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-753 | 95 | hconres | 753 | A resolution endorsing the concept of a commemorative stamp honoring the Jewish holiday of Chanukah, and urging the United States Postal Service to release, issue, and sell such a stamp. | Philately | 1978-10-13 | 1978-10-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 14 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Postal Service should issue a postage stamp commemorating the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-744 | 95 | hconres | 744 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 8 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-745 | 95 | hconres | 745 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress on the proposed revenue procedure of the Internal Revenue Service relating to private tax-exempt schools. | Taxation | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Ginn, Bo [D-GA-1] | GA | D | G000226 | 0 | Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the "Proposed Revenue Procedure on Private Tax-Exempt Schools" does not represent a proper implementation of the law governing the tax-exempt status of private educational institutions and should not be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-746 | 95 | hconres | 746 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Internal Revenue Service's proposed revenue procedure on private tax-exempt schools. | Taxation | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Satterfield, David E., III [D-VA-3] | VA | D | S000070 | 0 | Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the "Proposed Revenue Procedure on Private Tax-Exempt Schools" should not be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service. | 2024-08-01T19:56:03Z | |
| 95-hconres-747 | 95 | hconres | 747 | A resolution to establish a children's day care center for the employees of Capitol Hill. | Day care | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Thompson, Frank, Jr. [D-NJ-4] | NJ | D | T000200 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that a child care center should be established on Capitol Hill for the children of employees of the Senate, the House of Representatives, the Library of Congress, and the Supreme Court. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-748 | 95 | hconres | 748 | A resolution to uphold the separation of powers between the Executive and Legislative Branches of Government in the termination of treaties. | Congressional-Presidential relations | 1978-10-12 | 1978-10-12 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Hansen, George V. [R-ID-2] | ID | R | H000171 | 20 | Provides that, in accordance with the separation of powers under the Constitution, the President should not unilaterally take any action abrogating or affecting the validity of any of the security treaties comprising the post-World War II complex of treaties, including mutual defense treaties, without the full and explicit approval of the Congress. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-742 | 95 | hconres | 742 | A resolution providing for the printing of prayers offered by Reverend Edward Gardiner Latch during the Ninety-fourth and Ninety-fifth Congresses. | Congress | 1978-10-11 | 1978-10-13 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Mahon, George H. [D-TX-19] | TX | D | M000065 | 0 | Authorizes the printing of the prayers offered by the Chaplain, the Reverend Edward Gardiner Latch, during the 94th and 95th Congresses, as a House document. Authorizes the printing of 3,000 additional copies for the use of the House of Representatives. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-743 | 95 | hconres | 743 | A resolution to oppose the implementation and enforcement by the President of a program of wage and price controls not specifically authorized by statute. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-10-11 | 1978-10-11 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Hammerschmidt, John P. [R-AR-3] | AR | R | H000124 | 0 | Declares that the Congress opposes the President's promulgation of wage, price, or other economic stabilization standards enforced by a direct or implied threat that compliance with such standards by unions, industries, or other private economic groups will be materially considered in the exercise of administrative discretion by Federal agencies. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-740 | 95 | hconres | 740 | A resolution authorizing the Clerk to make certain corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 10587. | Congress | 1978-10-10 | 1978-10-11 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Udall, Morris K. [D-AZ-2] | AZ | D | U000001 | 0 | Makes certain technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 10587 (Public Grazing Lands Improvement Act). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-741 | 95 | hconres | 741 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Internal Revenue Service's proposed procedure on private tax-exempt schools. | Taxation | 1978-10-10 | 1978-10-10 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 17 | Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the "Proposed Revenue Procedure on Private Tax-Exempt Schools" should not be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-739 | 95 | hconres | 739 | A resolution to correct an error in the enrollment of H.R. 11318, a bill to amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958. | Congress | 1978-10-06 | 1978-10-11 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Addabbo, Joseph P. [D-NY-7] | NY | D | A000052 | 0 | Makes certain technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 11318 (A bill to amend the Small Business Act and the Small Business Investment Act of 1958). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-732 | 95 | hconres | 732 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to the revenue procedure proposed by the Commissioner of IRS, establishing new guidelines for determining the tax-exempt status of private schools. | Taxation | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Barnard, Doug, Jr. [D-GA-10] | GA | D | B000153 | 0 | Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the procedure proposed by the Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service establishing new guidelines for determining the tax-exempt status of certain private schools should be withdrawn, as it is in excess of the authority of the Commissioner to administer the revenue laws and to raise revenue. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-733 | 95 | hconres | 733 | A resolution establishing the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern Program. | Congress | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | H000624 | 24 | Establishes the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern program which authorizes each Member of Congress to hire each year one senior citizen intern to serve within the District of Columbia for one of two two-week periods. Specifies that such intern shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed $300 per week. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-734 | 95 | hconres | 734 | A resolution establishing the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern Program. | Congress | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | H000624 | 8 | Establishes the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern program which authorizes each Member of Congress to hire each year one senior citizen intern to serve within the District of Columbia for one of two two-week periods. Specifies that such intern shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed $300 per week. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-735 | 95 | hconres | 735 | A resolution providing for printing additional copies of the Committee print entitled "7th Edition of the Immigration and Nationality Act with Amendments and Notes on Related Laws". | Congress | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Rodino, Peter W., Jr. [D-NJ-10] | NJ | D | R000374 | 0 | Authorizes the printing of 12,000 additional copies of a committee print entitled "7th Edition of the Immigration and Nationality Act with Amendments and Notes on Related Laws". Specifies that 9,000 copies are for the use of the House of Representatives Committee on the Judiciary and 3,000 copies for the Senate Committee on the Judiciary. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-736 | 95 | hconres | 736 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should not choose a site for the launching base for the intercontinental missile that would result in the destruction or idling of productive farmland and the displacing of farmers and ranchers from their homes and land. | Intercontinental ballistic missiles | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 18 | Declares it the sense of Congress that, in selecting a site to be used as a launching base for the MX intercontinental missile, the Secretary of Defense should exempt from consideration areas where the siting of such a missile would result in the destruction or idling of productive farmland and the displacing of farmers and ranchers from their homes and land. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 95-hconres-737 | 95 | hconres | 737 | A resolution to oppose the implementation and enforcement by the President of a program of wage and price controls not specifically authorized by statute. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Stockman, David A. [R-MI-4] | MI | R | S000935 | 18 | Declares that the Congress opposes the President's promulgation of wage, price, or other economic stabilization standards enforced by a direct or implied threat that compliance with such standards by unions, industries, or other private economic groups will be materially considered in the exercise of administrative discretion by Federal agencies. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-738 | 95 | hconres | 738 | A resolution to oppose the implementation and enforcement by the President of a program of wage and price controls not specifically authorized by statute. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-10-05 | 1978-10-05 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Stockman, David A. [R-MI-4] | MI | R | S000935 | 19 | Declares that the Congress opposes the President's promulgation of wage, price, or other economic stabilization standards enforced by a direct or implied threat that compliance with such standards by unions, industries, or other private economic groups will be materially considered in the exercise of administrative discretion by Federal agencies. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-729 | 95 | hconres | 729 | A resolution in support of the United Nations Security Council plan for the independence of Namibia. | International Affairs | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Diggs, Charles C., Jr. [D-MI-13] | MI | D | D000344 | 12 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the settlement plan for Namibia adopted by the United Nations Security Council has the greatest potential to be a peaceful, internationally acceptable settlement. Calls upon all Namibian political parties to support the settlement plan to facilitate the formation of an independent state. Calls upon the Government of the Republic of South Africa to: (1) reassess its decision to reject the proposed settlement plan; and (2) seek to resolve the remaining differences with the plan for Namibian independence. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-730 | 95 | hconres | 730 | A resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 12255. | Congress | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-11 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 0 | Makes certain technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 12255 (A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-731 | 95 | hconres | 731 | A resolution stating the sense of the Congress that the Helsinki monitoring groups should be nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. | International Affairs | 1978-10-04 | 1978-10-04 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Collins, Cardiss [D-IL-7] | IL | D | C000634 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Helsinki monitoring groups should be recommended for nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-727 | 95 | hconres | 727 | A resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 8394. | Congress | 1978-09-29 | 1978-10-02 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 8394 (National Wildlife Refuge System). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-728 | 95 | hconres | 728 | A resolution to oppose the implementation and enforcement by the President of a program of wage and price controls not specifically authorized by statute. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-09-29 | 1978-09-29 | Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs. | House | Rep. Stockman, David A. [R-MI-4] | MI | R | S000935 | 5 | Declares that the Congress opposes the President's promulgation of wage, price, or other economic stabilization standards enforced by a direct or implied threat that compliance with such standards by unions, industries, or other private economic groups will be materially considered in the exercise of administrative discretion by Federal agencies. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-725 | 95 | hconres | 725 | A resolution requesting the President to return the enrolled bill H.R. 8149 to provide customs procedural reform, and for other purposes, and providing for its reenrollment with a technical correction. | Congress | 1978-09-28 | 1978-09-30 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Vanik, Charles A. [D-OH-22] | OH | D | V000047 | 0 | Makes technical corrections in the enrollment of H.R. 8149 (Customs procedural reform). | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-726 | 95 | hconres | 726 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Secretary of Defense should not choose a site for the launching base for the intercontinental missile that would result in the destruction or idling of productive farmland and the displacing of farmers and ranchers from their homes and land. | Intercontinental ballistic missiles | 1978-09-28 | 1978-09-28 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Smith, Virginia [R-NE-3] | NE | R | S000622 | 0 | Declares it the sense of Congress that, in selecting a site to be used as a launching base for the MX intercontinental missile, the Secretary of Defense should exempt from consideration areas where the siting of such a missile would result in the destruction or idling of productive farmland and the displacing of farmers and ranchers from their homes and land. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 95-hconres-724 | 95 | hconres | 724 | A resolution disapproving a proposed revenue procedure of the Internal Revenue Service relating to Private Tax-Exempt Schools. | Taxation | 1978-09-26 | 1978-09-26 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Evans, Billy Lee [D-GA-8] | GA | D | E000233 | 0 | Declares it the sense of Congress that: (1) the usurpation by the Internal Revenue Service of Congressional authority to enact, amend, and repeal laws be denied; and (2) the proposed revenue procedure on private tax-exempt schools not be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-718 | 95 | hconres | 718 | A resolution establishing the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern Program. | Congress | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on House Administration. | House | Rep. Hillis, Elwood H. [R-IN-5] | IN | R | H000624 | 1 | Establishes the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern program which authorizes each Member of Congress to hire each year one senior citizen intern to serve within the District of Columbia for one of two two-week periods. Specifies that such intern shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed $300 per week. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-719 | 95 | hconres | 719 | A resolution commending President Carter of the United States, President Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Begin of Israel for the courageous steps they have taken to resolve the differences between Egypt and Israel and to bring about a comprehensive, just, and durable peace in the Middle East. | International Affairs | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Zablocki, Clement J. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | Z000001 | 14 | Commends President Carter, President Sadat, and Prime Minister Begin for their efforts to promote peace in the Middle East. Expresses the sense of Congress that the agreements reached at the Camp David Summit: (1) provide the basis for peace treaties among the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict; and (2) the United States should continue to pursue further direct peace talks among parties in the Middle East. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-720 | 95 | hconres | 720 | A resolution expressing the concern of the Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as Crossroads and urging the Government of the Republic of South Africa to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads and to recognize the right of the residents of Crossroads to continue to live there. | International Affairs | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 24 | Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-721 | 95 | hconres | 721 | A resolution expressing the concern of the Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as Crossroads and urging the Government of the Republic of South Africa to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads and to recognize the right of the residents of Crossroads to continue to live there. | International Affairs | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 24 | Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-722 | 95 | hconres | 722 | A resolution expressing the concern of the Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as Crossroads and urging the Government of the Republic of South Africa to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads and to recognize the right of the residents of Crossroads to continue to live there. | International Affairs | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 24 | Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-723 | 95 | hconres | 723 | A resolution expressing the concern of the Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as Crossroads and urging the Government of the Republic of South Africa to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads and to recognize the right of the residents of Crossroads to continue to live there. | International Affairs | 1978-09-20 | 1978-09-20 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 6 | Expresses the concern of Congress for the safety of the residents of the South African black community known as "Crossroads." Urges the South African Government: (1) to reconsider its plan to destroy Crossroads; and (2) to recognize the right of the residents to continue to live in Crossroads. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-714 | 95 | hconres | 714 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress relating to films and broadcasts which defame, stereotype, ridicule, demean, or degrade ethnic, racial, and religious groups. | Broadcasting | 1978-09-19 | 1978-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Fary, John G. [D-IL-5] | IL | D | F000040 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the producers and distributors of motion pictures should cease the production and distribution of films and programs which defame, stereotype, ridicule, demean, or degrade ethnic, racial, or religious groups. Calls upon the motion picture and broadcasting industries to establish adequate standards for the production of films which portray such groups. Provides that if the industries do not respond, the Congress shall formulate measures to establish and implement such standards. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-715 | 95 | hconres | 715 | A resolution commending President Carter of the United States, President Sadat of Egypt, and Prime Minister Begin of Israel for the courageous steps they have taken to resolve the differences between Egypt and Israel and to bring about a comprehensive, just, and durable peace in the Middle East. | International Affairs | 1978-09-19 | 1978-09-28 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Zablocki, Clement J. [D-WI-4] | WI | D | Z000001 | 24 | Commends President Carter, President Sadat, and Prime Minister Begin for their efforts to promote peace in the Middle East. Expresses the sense of Congress that the agreements reached at the Camp David Summit: (1) provide the basis for peace treaties among the parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict; and (2) the United States should continue to pursue further direct peace talks among parties in the Middle East. | 2025-01-14T19:00:46Z | |
| 95-hconres-716 | 95 | hconres | 716 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Baltic States. | International Affairs | 1978-09-19 | 1978-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Dornan, Robert K. [R-CA-27] | CA | R | D000435 | 14 | Declares the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should take all necessary steps to bring the Baltic States question before the United Nations and to urge the United Nations to request the Soviet Union to withdraw all non-native troops, agents, colonists, and controls from the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and to return all Baltic exiles from Siberia and from prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State to do his utmost to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations by means of special radio programs and publications. Declares that the United States should not agree to the recognition of the Soviet Union's annexation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Directs the President to take steps to provide that all maps of Europe show the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as independent states. Calls for a return of self-determination to the peoples of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia through free elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-717 | 95 | hconres | 717 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Attorney General, under the authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act, should parole into the United States Cambodian refugees currently held in camps in Thailand. | Refugees | 1978-09-19 | 1978-09-19 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should parole into the United States the Cambodian refugees currently in Thailand. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-713 | 95 | hconres | 713 | A resolution providing for a joint session of the House on Monday, September 18,1978, to receive a message from the President of the United States. | Congress | 1978-09-18 | 1978-09-18 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Brademas, John [D-IN-3] | IN | D | B000736 | 0 | Authorizes a joint session of Congress on Monday, September 18, 1978, to receive a message from the President. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-712 | 95 | hconres | 712 | A resolution to seek the resurrection of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches in Ukraine. | International Affairs | 1978-09-14 | 1978-09-14 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Roe, Robert A. [D-NJ-8] | NJ | D | R000383 | 1 | Declares the sense of Congress that the President shall take steps to: (1) call upon the Soviet Union to permit the resurrection of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches; (2) contact the officials of the Soviet Union to secure freedom of worship in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; and (3) raise the question of Stalin's liquidation of such churches in the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-711 | 95 | hconres | 711 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Internal Revenue Service's proposed revenue procedure on private tax exempt schools. | Taxation | 1978-09-13 | 1978-09-13 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. McDonald, Lawrence P. [D-GA-7] | GA | D | M000413 | 0 | Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the "Proposed Revenue Procedure on Private Tax-Exempt Schools" should not be adopted by the Internal Revenue Service. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-709 | 95 | hconres | 709 | A resolution requesting the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1978-09-11 | 1978-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Meyner, Helen S. [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000685 | 1 | Requests the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade to provide a forum for representatives of industries and labor organizations in the United States, scholars and experts in the field of foreign trade, representatives of Federal, State, and local government, and other interested persons to (1) examine and recommend methods to increase trade, (2) evaluate the recommendations made by the President's Task Force on Export Policy, and (3) assess the impact on the United States of the anticipated trade agreement of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-710 | 95 | hconres | 710 | A resolution expressing the support of the Congress for a comprehensive review of retirement income, survivor benefit, and disability benefit programs in the United States. | Old age pensions | 1978-09-11 | 1978-09-11 | Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor. | House | Rep. Rooney, Fred B. [D-PA-15] | PA | D | R000423 | 22 | Expresses the support of Congress of a comprehensive review of retirement income, survivor benefit, and disability benefit programs, as set forth in the objectives of the President's Commission on Pension Policy. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hconres-708 | 95 | hconres | 708 | A resolution to establish a Presidential commission to evaluate defensive weapons systems. | Armed Forces and National Security | 1978-09-08 | 1978-09-08 | Referred to House Committee on Armed Services. | House | Rep. Bedell, Berkley W. [D-IA-6] | IA | D | B000298 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the President establish a commission on defensive weapons systems for the purpose of comparing the Multiple Aim Point System (MAP) with alternative defensive weapons systems. | 2025-06-06T14:17:56Z | |
| 95-hconres-705 | 95 | hconres | 705 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Merit employment in the Civil Service be preserved. | Discrimination in employment | 1978-09-07 | 1978-09-07 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Collins, James M. [R-TX-3] | TX | R | C000638 | 3 | Expresses the sense of Congress that compliance with the provisions of Title VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (prohibiting employment discrimination) or any other law relating to equal employment opportunity should not result in positions being excepted from the competitive service in the Federal civil service and should be accomplished by means which do not adjust Federal civil service standards. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 95-hconres-706 | 95 | hconres | 706 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Attorney General, under the authority of the Immigration and Nationality Act, should parole into the United States Cambodian refugees currently held in camps in Thailand. | Refugees | 1978-09-07 | 1978-09-07 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 3 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should parole into the United States the Cambodian refugees currently in Thailand. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-707 | 95 | hconres | 707 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the withdrawal of Syrian troops in Lebanon. | International Affairs | 1978-09-07 | 1978-09-07 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 0 | Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the United Nations should consider the placement of a peacekeeping force in Lebanon; and (2) Syria should issue a declaration of its intent to withdraw its troops upon placement of an United Nations peacekeeping force in Lebanon. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-698 | 95 | hconres | 698 | A concurrent resolution relating to the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops. | International Affairs | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] | IL | R | D000269 | 1 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use his influence to induce the Soviet Union to withdraw all troops occupying Czechoslovakia by December 1978, and to reevaluate sales and export licenses to the Soviet Union and participating Warsaw Pact countries if such withdrawal is not effectuated. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-699 | 95 | hconres | 699 | A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Baltic States. | International Affairs | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Forsythe, Edwin B. [R-NJ-6] | NJ | R | F000286 | 0 | Declares the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should take all necessary steps to bring the Baltic States question before the United Nations and to urge the United Nations to request the Soviet Union to withdraw all Russian and non-native troops, agents, colonists, and controls from the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and to permit the return of all Baltic Exiles from Siberia and from prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State to do his utmost to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations by means of special radio programs and publications. Calls for a return of self-determination to the peoples of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia through free elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-700 | 95 | hconres | 700 | A concurrent resolution to seek the resurrection of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches in Ukraine. | International Affairs | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Pepper, Claude [D-FL-14] | FL | D | P000218 | 0 | Declares the sense of Congress that the President shall take steps to: (1) call upon the Soviet Union to permit the resurrection of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches; (2) contact the officials of the Soviet Union to secure freedom of worship in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe; and (3) raise the question of Stalin's liquidation of such churches in the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-701 | 95 | hconres | 701 | A concurrent resolution relating to refugees from Cambodia. | Refugees | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 23 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should parole into the United States the 15,000 Cambodian refugees, half to come in fiscal year 1979, and half in fiscal year 1980. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-702 | 95 | hconres | 702 | A concurrent resolution relating to refugees from Cambodia. | Refugees | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should parole into the United States the 15,000 Cambodian refugees, half to come in fiscal year 1979, and half in fiscal year 1980. | 2024-08-01T19:55:58Z | |
| 95-hconres-703 | 95 | hconres | 703 | A concurrent resolution relating to refugees from Cambodia. | Refugees | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should parole into the United States the 15,000 Cambodian refugees, half to come in fiscal year 1979, and half in fiscal year 1980. | 2024-08-01T19:55:59Z | |
| 95-hconres-704 | 95 | hconres | 704 | A concurrent resolution to effect appointment of the commission to study, investigate, and review the Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, and for other purposes. | Industrial relations | 1978-08-17 | 1978-08-17 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9] | VA | R | W000121 | 12 | Urges the prompt appointment of the National Commission on Social Security established by the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Resolves that the Congress request such Commission to study the feasibility of converting the present old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs of the Social Security Act into self-renewing investment funds which will fulfill the purpose of the present program with a substantial reduction in taxes. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-696 | 95 | hconres | 696 | A resolution providing for an adjournment of the House from August 17 to September 6, 1978. | Congress | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-17 | House agreed to Senate amendment. | House | Rep. Wright, James C., Jr. [D-TX-12] | TX | D | W000763 | 0 | (Measure passed Senate, amended) Directs the adjournment of the House from August 17, and the Senate from August 25, 26, 28, or 29, 1978, to September 6, 1978. | 2024-08-01T19:55:58Z | |
| 95-hconres-697 | 95 | hconres | 697 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-08-16 | 1978-08-16 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 24 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-695 | 95 | hconres | 695 | A resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1979. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-08-15 | 1978-08-15 | Referred to House Committee on the Budget. | House | Rep. Rousselot, John H. [R-CA-26] | CA | R | R000469 | 0 | Sets forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1979. States that the recommended level of Federal revenues is $464,148,000,000 and the appropriate level of total budget outlays is $464,148,000,000. States that the amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased is $29,500,000,000. States that the appropriate level of total new budget authority is $519,046,000. Establishes the appropriate level of the public debt at $798,300,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate level of new budget authority and the estimated budget outlays for each major functional category. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-693 | 95 | hconres | 693 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-08-14 | 1978-08-14 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 24 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-694 | 95 | hconres | 694 | A resolution relating to the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops. | International Affairs | 1978-08-14 | 1978-08-14 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] | IL | R | D000269 | 5 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use his influence to induce the Soviet Union to withdraw all troops occupying Czechoslovakia by December 1978, and to reevaluate sales and export licenses to the Soviet Union and participating Warsaw Pact countries if such withdrawal is not effectuated. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-692 | 95 | hconres | 692 | A resolution requesting the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1978-08-11 | 1978-08-11 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Meyner, Helen S. [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000685 | 2 | Requests the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade to provide a forum for representatives of industries and labor organizations in the United States, scholars and experts in the field of foreign trade, representatives of Federal, State, and local government, and other interested persons to (1) examine and recommend methods to increase trade, (2) evaluate the recommendations made by the President's Task Force on Export Policy, and (3) assess the impact on the United States of the anticipated trade agreement of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-687 | 95 | hconres | 687 | A resolution directing the Clerk of the House of Representatives to make a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 10732. | Congress | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-14 | Measure passed Senate. | House | Rep. Murphy, John M. [D-NY-17] | NY | D | M001098 | 0 | Makes a correction in the enrollment of H.R. 10732 (Fishery Conservation and Management Act authorization). | 2024-08-01T19:55:58Z | |
| 95-hconres-688 | 95 | hconres | 688 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 24 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-689 | 95 | hconres | 689 | A resolution relating to War Power. | International Affairs | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Findley, Paul [R-IL-20] | IL | R | F000123 | 5 | Requests the President to submit a report concerning the actions of United States Armed Forces in Zaire in May and June 1978 to the Speaker of the House and the President pro tempore of the Senate as required by the War Powers Resolution of 1973. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-690 | 95 | hconres | 690 | A resolution to seek the resurrection of the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches in Ukraine. | International Affairs | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Mitchell, Donald J. [R-NY-31] | NY | R | M000808 | 0 | Declares the sense of Congress that the President shall take steps to (1) call upon the Soviet Union to resurrect the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches, (2) contact the officials of the Soviet Union to secure freedom of worship in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and (3) raise the question of Stalin's liquidation of such churches in the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-691 | 95 | hconres | 691 | A resolution expressing Congressional disapproval of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment by that Government of individuals who desire to emigrate. | International Affairs | 1978-08-10 | 1978-08-10 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000393 | 1 | Expresses the disapproval of the Congress of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment of individuals, including Mrs. Ida Nudel, who desire to emigrate. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-685 | 95 | hconres | 685 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-08-09 | 1978-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 24 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:02Z | |
| 95-hconres-686 | 95 | hconres | 686 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-08-09 | 1978-08-09 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 24 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:02Z | |
| 95-hconres-682 | 95 | hconres | 682 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the relocation of Cambodian refugees. | Refugees | 1978-08-08 | 1978-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary. | House | Rep. Solarz, Stephen J. [D-NY-13] | NY | D | S000673 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Attorney General should parole into the United States the 15,000 Cambodian refugees currently in Thailand, half to come in fiscal year 1979, half in fiscal year 1980. | 2024-08-01T19:55:58Z | |
| 95-hconres-683 | 95 | hconres | 683 | A resolution revising the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal year 1979. | Economics and Public Finance | 1978-08-08 | 1978-09-23 | Senate agreed to House amendment, roll call #397 (47-7). | House | Rep. Giaimo, Robert N. [D-CT-3] | CT | D | G000151 | 0 | (Conference report filed in Senate, S. Rept. 95-1205) Sets forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1979. States that the recommended level of Federal revenues is $448,700,000,000, and the appropriate level of total budget outlays is $487,500,000,000. States that the amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased is $21,900,000,000, and that the appropriate level of total new budget authority is $555,650,000,000. Establishes the appropriate level of the public debt at $836,000,000,000. Sets forth the appropriate level of new budget authority and the estimated budget outlays for each major functional category. Sets forth the Education, Training, Employment and Social Services function at $32,900,000,000 for new budget authority and $30,300,000,000 for outlays. Sets forth the General Purpose Fiscal Assistance function at $8,800,000,000 for new budget authority and $8,800,000,000 for outlays. | 2025-01-14T18:22:18Z | |
| 95-hconres-684 | 95 | hconres | 684 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-08-08 | 1978-08-08 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 22 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:02Z | |
| 95-hconres-680 | 95 | hconres | 680 | A resolution relating to the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops. | International Affairs | 1978-08-07 | 1978-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] | IL | R | D000269 | 5 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use his influence to induce the Soviet Union to withdraw all troops occupying Czechoslovakia by December 1978, and to reevaluate sales and export licenses to the Soviet Union and participating Warsaw Pact countries if such withdrawal is not effectuated. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-681 | 95 | hconres | 681 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take such actions as are necessary to obtain the repayment by the Soviet Union in gold bars of the remainder of its World War II debt to the United States. | International Affairs | 1978-08-07 | 1978-08-07 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Rinaldo, Matthew J. [R-NJ-12] | NJ | R | R000262 | 0 | Urges the President to take the necessary actions to obtain the repayment in gold bars of the remainder of the Soviet Union's World War II debt to the United States. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-679 | 95 | hconres | 679 | A resolution to prohibit commercial fishing on the Klamath and Trinity rivers of California. | Public Lands and Natural Resources | 1978-08-03 | 1978-08-03 | Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries. | House | Rep. Leggett, Robert L. [D-CA-4] | CA | D | L000221 | 4 | Prohibits commercial fishing on the Klamath and Trinity Rivers in California until it is determined that such fishing will not have an adverse impact on the fishery resource, the subsistence rights of the Turok, Hoopa, and Karok Indians, and on the continuance of reasonable sports fishing for salmon and steelhead trout. | 2024-08-01T19:56:02Z | |
| 95-hconres-677 | 95 | hconres | 677 | A resolution in support of the Republic of China and the Mutual Defense Treaty of 1954. | International Affairs | 1978-08-02 | 1978-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Ashbrook, John M. [R-OH-17] | OH | R | A000221 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States continue to maintain diplomatic relations with the Republic of China and continue to maintain unchanged its Mutual Defense Treaty with such country. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-678 | 95 | hconres | 678 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the Baltic States. | International Affairs | 1978-08-02 | 1978-08-02 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Sarasin, Ronald A. [R-CT-5] | CT | R | S000062 | 1 | Declares the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should take all necessary steps to bring the Baltic States question before the United Nations and to urge the United Nations to request the Soviet Union to withdraw all non-native troops, agents, colonists, and controls from the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia, and to return all Baltic exiles from Siberia and from prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State to do his utmost to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations by means of special radio programs and publications. Declares that the United States should not agree to the recognition of the Soviet Union's annexation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Directs the President to take steps to provide that all maps of Europe show the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as independent states. Calls for a return of self-determination to the peoples of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia through free elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-675 | 95 | hconres | 675 | A resolution expressing Congressional disapproval of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment by that Government of individuals who desire to emigrate. | International Affairs | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000393 | 23 | Expresses the disapproval of the Congress of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment of individuals, including Mrs. Ida Nudel, who desire to emigrate. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-676 | 95 | hconres | 676 | A resolution expressing Congressional disapproval of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment by that Government of individuals who desire to emigrate. | International Affairs | 1978-08-01 | 1978-08-01 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | T000393 | 16 | Expresses the disapproval of the Congress of the denial by the Government of the Soviet Union of the right to emigrate and the harassment and imprisonment of individuals, including Mrs. Ida Nudel, who desire to emigrate. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-673 | 95 | hconres | 673 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning that Government's systematic nondelivery of international mail addressed to certain persons residing within the Soviet Union and that the United States should bring to the attention of the next Congress of the Universal Postal Union the failure of the Soviet Union to comply with certain articles of the Universal Postal Union. | Government Operations and Politics | 1978-07-28 | 1978-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-26] | NY | R | G000212 | 23 | Declares it the sense of the Congress (1) that the President should express to the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning the nondelivery of mail to persons residing within the Soviet Union and (2) that the United States should bring to the attention of the next Congress of the Universal Postal Union the failure of the Soviet Union to comply with certain articles of the Universal Postal Union. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-674 | 95 | hconres | 674 | A resolution requesting the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1978-07-28 | 1978-07-28 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Meyner, Helen S. [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000685 | 5 | Requests the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade to provide a forum for representatives of industries and labor organizations in the United States, scholars and experts in the field of foreign trade, representatives of Federal, State, and local government, and other interested persons to (1) examine and recommend methods to increase trade, (2) evaluate the recommendations made by the President's Task Force on Export Policy, and (3) assess the impact on the United States of the anticipated trade agreement of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:04Z | |
| 95-hconres-672 | 95 | hconres | 672 | A resolution relating to the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops. | International Affairs | 1978-07-27 | 1978-07-27 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] | IL | R | D000269 | 24 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use his influence to induce the Soviet Union to withdraw all troops occupying Czechoslovakia by December 1978, and to reevaluate sales and export licenses to the Soviet Union and participating Warsaw Pact countries if such withdrawal is not effectuated. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-671 | 95 | hconres | 671 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | Energy | 1978-07-26 | 1978-07-26 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Cleveland, James C. [R-NH-2] | NH | R | C000512 | 1 | Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures. | 2024-08-01T19:56:02Z | |
| 95-hconres-670 | 95 | hconres | 670 | A resolution relative to rights of Ukrainian citizens. | International Affairs | 1978-07-21 | 1978-07-21 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Minish, Joseph G. [D-NJ-11] | NJ | D | M000796 | 0 | Declares the sense of Congress that the President shall take steps to (1) call upon the Soviet Union to resurrect the Ukrainian Orthodox and Catholic Churches, (2) contact the officials of the Soviet Union to secure freedom of worship in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe, and (3) raise the question of Stalin's liquidation of such churches in the United Nations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-669 | 95 | hconres | 669 | A resolution to urge Presidential action to obtain Soviet compliance in conformity with the Helsinki Final Act. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1978-07-20 | 1978-07-20 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 2 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Government should terminate its unjust trials and incarceration of members and affiliates of the Soviet Helsinki Groups and allow these persons to pursue their lawful activities on behalf of basic human rights. Urges the President to express to the Soviet Government the adverse effects such trials will have on issues of economic, strategic, and other importance between the United States and the Soviet Union. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-668 | 95 | hconres | 668 | A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the authorization for the Oahe unit, James division, Missouri River Basin project, South Dakota should remain in effect. | Water Resources Development | 1978-07-19 | 1978-07-19 | Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs. | House | Rep. Pressler, Larry [R-SD-1] | SD | R | P000513 | 0 | Declares that the Oahe unit, James division, Missouri River Basin project, South Dakota, is a worthwhile project but that the authorized plan needs modification. Welcomes a modification plan from the State of South Dakota. Continues authorization for such project. | 2024-08-01T19:56:01Z | |
| 95-hconres-667 | 95 | hconres | 667 | A resolution relating to the occupation of Czechoslovakia by Soviet troops. | International Affairs | 1978-07-17 | 1978-07-17 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Derwinski, Edward J. [R-IL-4] | IL | R | D000269 | 0 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should use his influence to induce the Soviet Union to withdraw all troops occupying Czechoslovakia by December 1978, and to reevaluate sales and export licenses to the Soviet Union and participating Warsaw Pact countries if such withdrawal is not effectuated. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-666 | 95 | hconres | 666 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that decisions by the Civil Service Commission on applications for civil service retirement benefits should be made within 21 days. | Government Operations and Politics | 1978-07-13 | 1978-07-13 | Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. | House | Rep. Lagomarsino, Robert J. [R-CA-19] | CA | R | L000020 | 0 | Declares that decisions by the Civil Service Commission on applications for civil service retirement benefits should be made within 21 days. | 2024-08-01T19:56:00Z | |
| 95-hconres-663 | 95 | hconres | 663 | A resolution to urge Presidential action to obtain Soviet compliance in conformity with the Helsinki Final Act. | Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues | 1978-07-12 | 1978-07-12 | Referred to House Committee on International Relations. | House | Rep. Jeffords, James M. [R-VT-At Large] | VT | R | J000072 | 7 | Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Soviet Union should terminate its incarceration and trials of members of the Soviet Helsinki Groups. Urges the President to express to the Government of the Soviet Union the effect such actions may have upon economic, strategic, and other matters of mutual importance between the United States and the Soviet Union. | 2024-08-01T19:55:57Z | |
| 95-hconres-664 | 95 | hconres | 664 | A resolution requesting the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade. | Foreign Trade and International Finance | 1978-07-12 | 1978-07-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Meyner, Helen S. [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000685 | 24 | Requests the President to convene a White House Conference on Foreign Trade to provide a forum for representatives of industries and labor organizations in the United States, scholars and experts in the field of foreign trade, representatives of Federal, State, and local government, and other interested persons to (1) examine and recommend methods to increase trade, (2) evaluate the recommendations made by the President's Task Force on Export Policy, and (3) assess the impact on the United States of the anticipated trade agreement of the Multilateral Trade Negotiations. | 2024-08-01T19:56:03Z | |
| 95-hconres-665 | 95 | hconres | 665 | A resolution to effect appointment of the commission to study, investigate and review the Federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance programs, and for other purposes. | Industrial relations | 1978-07-12 | 1978-07-12 | Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Wampler, William C. [R-VA-9] | VA | R | W000121 | 24 | Urges the prompt appointment of the National Commission on Social Security established by the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Resolves that the Congress request such Commission to study the feasibility of converting the present old-age, survivors, and disability insurance programs of the Social Security Act into self-renewing investment funds which will fulfill the purpose of the present program with a substantial reduction in taxes. | 2024-08-01T19:56:03Z | |
| 95-hconres-658 | 95 | hconres | 658 | A resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that an energy conservation impact statement shall be prepared before any law is passed, any agency regulation or rulemaking is promulgated, or any Executive order is issued. | Energy | 1978-07-11 | 1978-07-11 | Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. | House | Rep. Bowen, David R. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | B000682 | 2 | Expresses the sense of Congress that it pass no law which causes a substantial increase in fuel consumption unless the Department of Energy has submitted to Congress a detailed energy conservation impact statement concerning such law. Expresses the sense of Congress that no Federal agency or component of the Executive branch issue any rule rulemaking, or order which substantially increases fuel consumption unless the Department of Energy has studied such action and issued a detailed energy conservation impact statement concerning it. | 2024-08-01T19:55:54Z |
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