
James Abdnor
Republican · South Dakota · Senate
53 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (250)
HR 8429 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to provide to the State of South Dakota funds for the development and implementation of plans for the mitigation of economic losses to the State which have occurred as a result of the taking of land within South Dakota for the Missouri River Basin project, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1980-12-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 7632 — A bill to rescind the agricultural commodity export embargo to the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.
Introduced 1980-06-20 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 6381 — A bill to amend the Milwaukee Railroad Restructuring Act to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to order directed service over certain lines of the Milwaukee Railroad located in the State of South Dakota.
Introduced 1980-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 6320 — A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds for the WEB water system.
Introduced 1980-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 6264 — A bill to authorize future appropriations to State Home facilities.
Introduced 1980-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 6263 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for and promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes.
Introduced 1980-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
TaxationHR 5545 — A bill to establish a procedure for acquisition and installation of works of art in public buildings.
Introduced 1979-10-11 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 5522 — A bill to prohibit the leasing of space for new departments, agencies, and instrumentalities of the United States within the greater Washington, D. C., metropolitan area.
Introduced 1979-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 5301 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Black Hills National Forest, South Dakota, as the Harney Peak Wilderness.
Introduced 1979-09-17 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 5206 — A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to make certain modifications in provisions relating to automobile emission control devices and fuel additives, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-09-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 5109 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Grass Rope Unit of the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 5006 — A bill to provide assistance to rural water systems in achieving compliance with title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 4901 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income $1,000 of interest received by an individual during any taxable year.
Introduced 1979-07-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 4815 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to facilitate the production of alcohol fuels.
Introduced 1979-07-17 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 4502 — A bill to authorize modernization and improvement of the Belle Fourche project and to integrate the project into the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program.
Introduced 1979-06-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 4292 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1979-06-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 4026 — A bill to extend for an additional year the program of Federal financial assistance under title V of the Railroad Revitalization and Regulatory Reform Act of 1976, and to provide that such financial assistance may be available for rail transportation of coal to regions or States which can use coal in greater quantities to meet the resource needs of powerplants and other industrial fuel users.
Introduced 1979-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 3460 — A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide long-term care services in certain rural hospitals.
Introduced 1979-04-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHR 3237 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase to $6,000 the exclusion from taxable gifts for gifts made during a calendar year by a donor to a person.
Introduced 1979-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 2864 — A bill for the relief of the Black Hills Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Introduced 1979-03-13 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 659 passed in lieu.
Private LegislationHR 2803 — A bill to authorize construction of the Gregory pumped-storage hydro-electric dam and reservoir.
Introduced 1979-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
EnergyHR 2802 — A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to relocate the water supply intake facility at Springfield, South Dakota.
Introduced 1979-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 2674 — A bill pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted land on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Introduced 1979-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansHR 2675 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to require that veterans receiving care from the Veterans' Administration for non-service-connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under workers' compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2100 — A bill to repeal the carryover basis provisions added by the Tax Reform Act of 1976.
Introduced 1979-02-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHJRES 17 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons.
Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHRES 383 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the European Economic Community to cease reimbursing exporters for subsidizing the production of wheat for export from the countries which are members of the European Economic Community.
Introduced 1979-07-23 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 15482 — A bill to establish the Great Prairie Lakes National Recreation Area in the States of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska.
Introduced 1974-06-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Recreation areasHR 15332 — Livestock Producers and Feeders Act
Introduced 1974-06-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
LivestockHR 15333 — A bill to prohibit the importation into the United States of any fresh, chilled, or frozen cattle meat during a 180-day period.
Introduced 1974-06-12 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
MeatHR 13654 — A bill to provide for the compensation of innocent persons killed or injured or whose property was damaged in the course of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak.
Introduced 1974-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 13655 — A bill to provide for the compensation of innocent persons killed or injured or whose property was damaged in the course of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak.
Introduced 1974-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 13100 — A bill to provide for the compensation of innocent persons killed or injured or whose property was damaged in the course of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak., and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-02-27 · Rereferred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 12977 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend for 2 fiscal years the authority for grants for 2-year medical schools intending to become schools capable of granting medical degrees.
Introduced 1974-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 12693 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the rates of disability compensation for disabled veterans and the rates of dependency and indemnity compensation.
Introduced 1974-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 11609 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the tax on the amounts paid for communication services shall not apply to the amount of the State and local taxes paid for such services.
Introduced 1973-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 10411 — A bill authorizing the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Little White River, S. Dak. (Rosebud site).
Introduced 1973-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
DamsHR 10410 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain a larger and adequate spillway, and to improve the upstream slope protection of Belle Fourche Dam, Belle Fourche project, Belle Fourche, S. Dak., and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
DamsHR 9540 — A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery near the Fort Randall Dam, S. Dak..
Introduced 1973-07-25 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 8411 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Pollock-Herreid unit, South Dakota pumping division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, S.D.
Introduced 1973-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Water conservationHR 8221 — A bill to amend the Flood Control Act of June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented to provide for emergency bank stabilization works in that reach of the Missouri River between Fort Randall and Sioux City, Iowa.
Introduced 1973-05-30 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Emergency ManagementHR 7936 — A bill to declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for the United Sioux Tribes of South Dakota Development Corporation.
Introduced 1973-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 7937 — A bill to repeal the recently added limitation on Federal payments to States for skilled nursing home and intermediate care facility services under the medicaid program.
Introduced 1973-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 7686 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to continue operation of the Agricultural Research Service field station at Newell, S. Dak.
Introduced 1973-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 6476 — A bill for the relief of Harold C. and Vera L. Adler, doing business as the Adler Construction Company.
Introduced 1973-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 6415 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1973-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HR 4593 — A bill to provide for the distribution of funds appropriated to pay a judgement in favor of the Cheyenne River Sioux Tribe in Indian Claims Commission docket No. 114.
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 3904 — Federal Act to Control Expenditures and Upgrade Priorities
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 3774 — A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt employers of 15 or less employees from its provisions.
Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHJRES 400 — Joint resolution to honor American war dead in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia by flying the flag at half staff for 30 days after the last American prisoners has returned from Southeast Asia.
Introduced 1973-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Vietnamese ConflictHJRES 285 — Joint resolution to honor American war dead in Vietnam by flying the flag at half staff from February 27 to March 27, 1973.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Vietnamese ConflictHRES 836 — Resolution disapproving the recommendations of the President with respect to the rates of pay of Federal officials transmitted to the Congress in the appendix to the budget for the fiscal year 1975, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 15583 — A bill for the relief of Duane G. Wegner.
Introduced 1976-09-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 15566 — A bill to amend section 8(b) of the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with respect to the election of county and local committees.
Introduced 1976-09-15 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 15063 — A bill for the relief of Song Chan Ki.
Introduced 1976-08-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 15025 — A bill to amend the Rivers and Harbors Act, approved June 28, 1938, as amended and supplemented, to provide bank stabilization works on the Missouri River between Fort Randall Dam and Sioux City, Iowa.
Introduced 1976-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Public worksHR 13570 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the nature of services provided by any post office facility may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the patrons of the facility.
Introduced 1976-05-05 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 13142 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the nature of services provided by any post office facility may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the patrons of the facility.
Introduced 1976-04-09 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 12915 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to repeal the recently added requirement that each State's approved medicaid plan include the State's consent to certain suits.
Introduced 1976-03-31 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHR 12864 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that the nature of services provide by any post office facility may not be changed without the approval of a majority of the patrons of the facility.
Introduced 1976-03-30 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 12781 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the limitations with respect to direct loans to veterans to $29,000.
Introduced 1976-03-25 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12456 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide for a ten percent increase in vocational and educational assistance benefits, and to entitle veterans to 45 months of educational assistance regardless of the types of educational programs being pursued.
Introduced 1976-03-11 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12237 — A bill to amend the act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with States or Territories for the education, medical attention, relief of distress, and social welfare of Indians, and for other purposes," approved April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596; 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.).
Introduced 1976-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Native AmericansHR 12072 — A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that Boys State, Boys Nation, Girls State, and Girls Nation conferences conducted by the American Legion shall not be subject to title IX of such Act.
Introduced 1976-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sex discriminationHR 11220 — Indian Postsecondary Educational Assistance Act
Introduced 1975-12-17 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Native AmericansHR 10944 — A bill to amend chapter 37 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for continuation of the direct loan revolving fund.
Introduced 1975-12-02 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 11053 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes.
Introduced 1975-12-09 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 9776 — A bill to amend section 3(d) (2)(B) of the act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) to provide for local educational agencies having property of insufficient assessed evaluation.
Introduced 1975-09-23 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 9692 — A bill to amend section 3 (d) (2) (B) of the act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, 81st Congress) to provide for local educational agencies having property of insufficient assessed valuation.
Introduced 1975-09-18 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Federal aid programsHR 7873 — A bill to provide for the establishment of a national cemetery near the Fort Randall Dam., S. Dak.
Introduced 1975-06-12 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Cemeteries and funeralsHR 6220 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to allow certain increases in the per annum full-pay scale for certain personnel of the Department of Medicine and Surgery of the Veterans' Administration; to make a career in the Department of Medicine and Surgery more attractive.
Introduced 1975-04-22 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 6349 — A bill to amend section 103 of title 23, United States Code, to require the capital cities of the States to be connected to the Interstate System.
Introduced 1975-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 4887 — A bill to amend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to provide additional temporary financial assistance to owners of livestocks for the purpose of maintaining small farmers and ranchers and thereby preserving a competitive livestock production system.
Introduced 1975-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4733 — A bill to provide for the issuance during 1976 of $2 bills bearing the likeness of Mount Rushmore National Memorial.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
MoneyHR 4734 — A bill to amend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to provide additional temporary financial assistance to owners of livestock for the purpose of maintaining small farmers and ranchers and thereby preserving a competitive livestock production system.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3915 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the exemption for purposes of the Federal estate tax, to increase the estate tax marital deduction, and to provide an alternate method of valuing certain real property for estate tax purposes.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3914 — A bill to provide for the compensation of innocent persons killed or injured or whose property was damaged in the course of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
IndemnityHR 3821 — A bill to amend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to provide additional temporary financial assistance to owners of livestock for the purpose of maintaining small farmers and ranchers and thereby preserving a competitive livestock production system.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3822 — A bill to provide for the establishment of the Jerry Pettis National Conservation Area of the California Desert and to provide for the immediate and future protection, development, and administration of such public lands.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 3571 — A bill to establish the Great Prairie Lakes National Recreation Area in the States of South Dakota, and Nebraska, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-02-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Recreation areasHR 3613 — A bill authorizing the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Little White River, SD, (Rosebud site).
Introduced 1975-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 3570 — A bill to amend the Emergency Livestock Credit Act of 1974 to provide additional temporary financial assistance to owners of livestock for the purpose of maintaining small farmers and ranchers and thereby preserving a competitive livestock production system.
Introduced 1975-02-24 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3383 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Pollock-Herreid unit, South Dakota pumping division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program, South Dakota.
Introduced 1975-02-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public worksHR 3189 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow farmers to defer certain payments received for losses to crops caused by natural disasters until the taxable year in which the income from the crops have been reported.
Introduced 1975-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 2167 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1975-01-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 1228 — A bill to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 747 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons.
Introduced 1975-12-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Constitutional amendmentsHCONRES 510 — Concurrent resolution to encourage teachers, students, parents, and associates of our Nation's schools to participate and declare a day in the spring of 1976 as a Community Cleanup Day as a Bicentennial gift to our Nation.
Introduced 1975-12-15 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHCONRES 460 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-10-23 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 384 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-09-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 415 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-10-03 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Architecture and the disabledHCONRES 394 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-09-11 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Physically handicappedHCONRES 385 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-09-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 387 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-09-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 386 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-09-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 284 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 283 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 285 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DisabledHCONRES 243 — Concurrent resolution to promote and encourage the removal of architectural barriers to the access of handicapped persons to public facilities and buildings.
Introduced 1975-04-21 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Architecture and the disabledHR 14358 — A bill to provide assistance to rural water systems in achieving compliance with title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-10-13 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 13820 — A bill to establish the Great Prairie Lakes National Recreation Area in the States of South Dakota, North Dakota, and Nebraska, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Recreation areasHR 13752 — A bill to provide assistance to rural water systems in achieving compliance with title XIV of the Public Health Service Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-08-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 13162 — Economic Recovery Act
Introduced 1978-06-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 12892 — A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to relocate the water supply intake facility at Springfield, South Dakota.
Introduced 1978-05-31 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 12239 — Beef Act
Introduced 1978-04-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Agriculture and FoodHR 11178 — A bill to authorize construction of the Gregory pumped-storage hydroelectric dam and reservoir.
Introduced 1978-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 10712 — A bill to name a certain Federal building in Huron, South Dakota, the Hubert H. Humphrey Building.
Introduced 1978-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 10290 — A bill to authorize modernization and improvement of the Belle Fourche project and to integrate the project into the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin program.
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Irrigation districtsHR 9875 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to supply hydroelectric pumping energy at the Missouri Basin project pumping rate to irrigation projects in the Missouri River Basin which are constructed, operated, and maintained by irrigation districts organized under State law.
Introduced 1977-11-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHR 9228 — A bill for the relief of Black Hills Area Council of the Boy Scouts of America.
Introduced 1977-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 9029 — A bill to allow injunctions to be issued against the Commodity Credit Corporation.
Introduced 1977-09-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
InjunctionsHR 8122 — A bill to require research into the comprehensive and various uses of grain or grain products, and wood and other forest products in the development and use of fuels.
Introduced 1977-06-30 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
EnergyHR 7127 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny tax exemption to any otherwise tax-exempt organization which invests in farm real property.
Introduced 1977-05-12 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6570 — A bill to make loans available to cattle ranchers for the purpose of refinancing certain existing debt obligations of such ranchers.
Introduced 1977-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 6464 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny tax exemption to any otherwise tax-exempt organization which invests in farm real property.
Introduced 1977-04-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6233 — A bill to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies located in whole or in part within an area in which an emergency exists.
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 5132 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt certain agricultural aircraft from the aircraft use tax, to provide for the refund of the gasoline tax to the agricultural aircraft operator.
Introduced 1977-03-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5041 — Emergency Feed Act
Introduced 1977-03-15 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 5042 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1977-03-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 4789 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny tax exemption to any otherwise tax-exempt organization which invests in farm real property.
Introduced 1977-03-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 4538 — A bill to amend section 906, title 38, United States Code, to allow a deceased veteran's estate to receive in cash the amount it costs the U.S. Government to provide a headstone or a marker.
Introduced 1977-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Monuments and memorialsHR 4249 — Emergency Feed Act
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 3213 — A bill for the relief of Doctor Alejandro Adajar.
Introduced 1977-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 2664 — A bill to amend the Indian Claims Act of August 13, 1946.
Introduced 1977-01-31 · Measure laid on table, S. 838 passed in lieu.
Indian claimsHR 2665 — A bill to allow Federal employment preference to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and to certain employees of the Indian Health Service, who are not entitled to the benefits of, or who have been adversely affected by the application of, certain Federal laws allowing employment preference to Indians.
Introduced 1977-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2663 — A bill to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies located in whole or in part within an area in which an emergency exists.
Introduced 1977-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 724 — A bill to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
SalariesHR 124 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 122 — A bill to prohibit travel at Government expense outside the United States by Members of Congress who have been defeated, or who have resigned, or retired.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
CongressHR 125 — A bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act authorizing the Secretary of the Interior to arrange with States or territories for the education, medical attention, relief of distress, and social welfare of Indians, and for other purposes", approved April 16, 1934 (48 Stat. 596; 25 U.S.C. 452 et seq.).
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Native AmericansHR 123 — A bill to provide for the compensation of innocent persons killed or injured or whose property was damaged in the course of the occupation of Wounded Knee, S. Dak.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Crime and Law EnforcementHJRES 204 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States for the protection of unborn children and other persons.
Introduced 1977-01-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
AbortionHRES 910 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Introduced 1977-11-04 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 862 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Introduced 1977-10-25 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 882 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Introduced 1977-10-31 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 886 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Introduced 1977-11-01 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 863 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Introduced 1977-10-25 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 840 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to a reorganization of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Introduced 1977-10-18 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHCONRES 199 — Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to expenditure of Department of the Army funds to promote the upgrading of less than honorable discharges.
Introduced 1977-04-21 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
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Introduced 1982-06-21 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-12-16 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-12-14 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-03-22 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-12-14 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-12-14 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-11-18 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-09-17 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-05-21 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-05-21 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 50-45. Record Vote No: 133.
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Introduced 1982-09-30 ·
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Introduced 1982-09-30 ·
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Introduced 1982-05-26 ·
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Introduced 1982-05-26 ·
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Introduced 1982-05-26 ·
S 3067 — A bill to limit the use of appropriated funds to increase the pay of Members of Congress, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1982-12-02 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
CongressS 2916 — Treasury, Postal Service, and General Government Appropriations Act, 1983
Introduced 1982-09-16 · Star Print ordered S. 2916 and the accompanying Senate Report 97-547.
Economics and Public FinanceS 2494 — Water Resources Research Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-05-05 · Passed Senate with an amendment by Voice Vote.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1692 — National Harbors Improvement and Maintenance Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-10-01 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 418.
Transportation and Public WorksS 1553 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to proceed with the development of the WEB pipeline, to provide for the study of South Dakota water projects to be developed in lieu of the Oahe and Pollock-Herreid irrigation projects, and to make available Missouri Basin pumping power to projects authorized by the Flood Control Act of 1944 to receive such power.
Introduced 1981-07-30 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Ordered favorably reported H.R. 4347 in lieu of this measure.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1525 — A bill to direct the Army Corps of Engineers to undertake certain studies affecting waters within the States of South Dakota, Montana, and Nebraska.
Introduced 1981-07-28 · Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1527 — Coal Pipeline Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-07-28 · Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
EnergyS 1493 — A bill to deauthorize several projects within the jurisdiction of the Army Corps of Engineers.
Introduced 1981-07-16 · Became Public Law No: 97-128.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1437 — A bill to authorize the construction of a project for pumped-storage hydropower development and other purposes at Fort Randall Dam-Lake Francis Case, South Dakota.
Introduced 1981-06-25 · Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
EnergyS 1095 — National Water Resources Research and Planning Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-05-04 · Committee on Environment and Public Works. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 2494 ordered to be reported.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 933 — A bill to authorize rehabilitation of the Belle Fourche Irrigation Project, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-04-08 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 575 — A bill for the relief of Samuel Bo-Wen Huang, Mei-Sue Huang, Shu-Yuan Huang, and Hui-Li Huang.
Introduced 1981-02-26 · Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 545 — A bill to authorize a study of the feasibility of Federal development of the water resources of the Little White River Unit located on the Rosebud Sioux Indian Reservation, South Dakota.
Introduced 1981-02-24 · Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 407 — A bill to authorize a study of the feasibility of Federal development of the water resources of the I'Santi Unit of the Missouri River Basin located on the Flandreau Santee Sioux Reservation, South Dakota.
Introduced 1981-02-05 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department; OMB.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 251 — Prisoner of War Benefits Amendments Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-01-23 · Committee on Veterans requested executive comment from VA.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 143 — A bill for the relief of Bharat Persaud.
Introduced 1981-01-19 · Committee on Judiciary. Indefinitely postponed.
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Introduced 1983-03-09 · Ordered to be printed. SP 493
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Introduced 1984-10-04 · SP 7026 ruled non-germane by Yea-Nay Vote. 36-60. Record Vote No: 280.
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Introduced 1984-10-03 · Amendment SP 6982 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-10-03 · Amendment SP 6947 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-09-21 · Amendment SP 4389 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-09-17 ·
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Introduced 1984-08-09 ·
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Introduced 1984-08-08 · Amendment SP 3642 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-07-25 · Amendment SP 3417 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-07-25 · Amendment SP 3403 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-07-24 · Amendment SP 3387 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-07-24 · Amendment SP 3388 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-06-13 · Proposed amendment SP 3201 withdrawn in Senate.
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Introduced 1984-06-18 · Amendment SP 3236 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-06-13 · Amendment SP 3200 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-06-06 · Amendment SP 3153 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1984-05-24 · Referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Introduced 1984-04-12 · Proposed amendment SP 2981 withdrawn in Senate.
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Introduced 1984-03-29 ·
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Introduced 1983-11-18 · Amendment SP 2661 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-11-11 · Amendment SP 2589 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-11-11 · Amendment SP 2588 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-11-10 · Amendment SP 2567 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-10-21 · Amendment SP 2407 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-10-07 · Amendment SP 2317 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-07-20 · Amendment SP 1528 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-06-13 · Amendment SP 1379 not agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 44-55. Record Vote No: 136.
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Introduced 1983-06-13 · Amendment SP 1378 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 97-0. Record Vote No: 135.
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Introduced 1983-03-09 · Proposed amendment SP 493 withdrawn in Senate.
S 2861 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make available the Pick-Sloan Missouri basin program pumping power to the Hilltop and Gray Goose irrigation projects.
Introduced 1984-07-25 · Committee on Energy and Natural Resources requested executive comment from Interior Department, Energy Department, OMB.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 2853 — Treasury, Postal Service and General Government Appropriations Act, 1985
Introduced 1984-07-17 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Economics and Public FinanceS 2833 — A bill to limit to the national median family income the amount of farm loss which may be deducted against nonfarm income by high income taxpayers in competition with full-time, family-sized farm operators.
Introduced 1984-06-29 · Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Agriculture Department.
TaxationS 2822 — A bill to amend section 483 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that such section shall not apply to certain sales and exchanges of real property located in the United States used as a farm or in a closely held business.
Introduced 1984-06-28 · Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department, Agriculture Department.
TaxationS 2663 — An Act pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted land on the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1984-05-10 · Became Public Law No: 98-513.
Native AmericansS 2544 — A bill to amend section 3056 of title 18, United States Code, to update the authorities of the United States Secret Service, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1984-04-09 · Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 2516 — Deficit Reduction Act
Introduced 1984-04-02 · Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977 with instructions that if one committee reports, the other committee has thirty days of continuous session to report or be discharged.
Economics and Public FinanceS 2378 — Impact Aid Authorization Act of 1984
Introduced 1984-02-29 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
EducationS 2189 — Central South Dakota Water Supply System Act of 1984
Introduced 1983-11-18 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 2176 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Lake Andes-Wagner Unit, South Dakota Pumping Division, Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, South Dakota.
Introduced 1983-11-18 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1739 — Water Resources Development Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-08-03 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 973.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1646 — An original bill making appropriations for the Treasury Department, the United States Postal Service, the Executive Office of the President, and certain Independent Agencies, for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1984, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1983-07-20 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Economics and Public FinanceS 1607 — A bill for the relief of Yi Tak Chiu, Selina Kwong-Yim Chiu and Ling Chung Chiu.
Introduced 1983-07-12 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.
Private LegislationS 1289 — An original bill to establish an obligation ceiling for the civil work construction program of the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
Introduced 1983-05-16 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Unanimous Consent.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1274 — A bill for the relief of Martin Navarro.
Introduced 1983-05-12 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.
Private LegislationS 947 — Water Resources Development Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-03-24 · Committee on Environment and Public Works. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 1739 ordered to be reported.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 684 — Water Resources Research Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-03-03 · Became Public Law No: 98-242.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 448 — A bill to authorize rehabilitation of the Belle Fourche irrigation project, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1983-02-03 · Became Public Law No: 98-157.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 398 — Agricultural Export Recovery Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-02-02 · Committee on Agriculture. Ordered reported an original bill (S.822) in lieu of this measure.
Agriculture and FoodS 113 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the highway use tax on heavy trucks and to increase the tax on diesel fuel used in heavy trucks.
Introduced 1983-01-26 · Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB, Treasury Department.
TaxationS 67 — A bill for the relief of Yeshwant Gopal Phadke and Shailaja Yeshwant Phadke.
Introduced 1983-01-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration and Refugee Policy.
Private LegislationSJRES 299 — A joint resolution to designate November 1984 as "National Diabetes Month".
Introduced 1984-05-21 · Became Public Law No: 98-518.
HealthSJRES 121 — A joint resolution to designate November 1983 as "National Diabetes Month".
Introduced 1983-06-23 · Became Public Law No: 98-145.
HealthSRES 150 — A resolution authorizing the printing of additional copies of the Joint Committee print entitled "Changing Economics of Agriculture: Challenge and Preparation for the 1980's."
Introduced 1983-05-18 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-10-16 · Motion to table the motion to concur with an amendment (SP 3476) agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-10-02 · SP 3141 ruled out of order by the chair.
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Introduced 1986-09-27 ·
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Introduced 1986-10-03 · Amendment SP 3159 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-09-27 · Amendment agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-09-24 · Motion to table SP 2898 agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 71-26. Record Vote No: 290.
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Introduced 1986-09-24 · SP 2899 fell when SP 2898 tabled.
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Introduced 1986-08-07 · Amendment SP 2643 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-08-01 · Amendment SP 2264 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-08-01 · Amendment SP 2266 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-07-31 ·
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Introduced 1986-06-19 ·
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Introduced 1986-06-06 · Amendment SP 2041 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-06-06 · Motion to table the motion to appeal the ruling of the chair agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 46-44. Record Vote No: 121.
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Introduced 1986-03-14 · Amendment SP 1676 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-03-11 ·
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Introduced 1986-03-26 · Amendment SP 1710 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-03-14 · Amendment SP 1679 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1986-03-11 ·
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Introduced 1985-12-09 · Amendment SP 1361 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1985-11-22 ·
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Introduced 1985-11-22 ·
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Introduced 1985-11-19 ·
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Introduced 1985-11-22 · Amendment SP 1109 agreed to in Senate by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1985-11-20 · Amendment SP 1067 , as modified, agreed to in Senate by Yea-Nay Vote. 95-1. Record Vote No: 322.
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Introduced 1985-11-19 ·
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Introduced 1985-11-19 ·