
James Abourezk
Democrat · South Dakota · Senate
55 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (224)
S 3984 — A bill to designate the birthday of "Susan B. Anthony" as a legal public holiday.
Introduced 1974-09-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 3925 — A bill to amend section 5532 of title 5, United States Code, relating to reduction of retired or retirement pay of retired officers of the uniformed services who are employed by the Federal Government.
Introduced 1974-08-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 3764 — A bill to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974.
Introduced 1974-07-15 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
S 3716 — International Science and Technology Act
Introduced 1974-06-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsS 3724 — Navajo-Hopi Development Act
Introduced 1974-06-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
S 3674 — A bill to provide for thorough health and sanitation inspection of all livestock products imported into the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-06-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
LivestockS 3621 — A bill to amend section 3732 of the Revised Statues relating to contracts and purchases on behalf of the United States in the absence of authorization by law or appropriations therefor.
Introduced 1974-06-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 3691 — Energy Materials Allocation Act
Introduced 1974-06-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyS 3553 — Energy Import Act
Introduced 1974-05-30 · Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceS 3552 — A bill providing for the reacquisition of jurisdiction by Indian tribes and by the United States over criminal offenses and civil matters in Indian country.
Introduced 1974-05-30 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
S 3484 — A bill to establish, within the Department of the Interior, the Earth Resources Observation Administration.
Introduced 1974-05-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Science.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 3583 — Petroleum Price Rollback and Control Act
Introduced 1974-06-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyS 3064 — A bill to amend section 111(a) of title 38, United States Code, relating to the payment of travel expenses for persons traveling to and from Veterans' Administration facilities.
Introduced 1974-02-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 3036 — Foreign Dairy Quality Act
Introduced 1974-02-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3090 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to deny a deduction for the depletion of any mine, well, or timber located on or within lands belonging to the United States.
Introduced 1974-03-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2936 — A bill for the relief of Jack George Makari.
Introduced 1974-02-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3063 — A bill to repeal the depletion allowance on mineral production on lands owned by the U.S. Government.
Introduced 1974-02-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2997 — A bill for the relief of Peter John.
Introduced 1974-02-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2856 — A bill for the relief of Maurice Y. Murad.
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2899 — Interfuel Competition Act
Introduced 1974-01-28 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceS 2855 — A bill for the relief of Mahmond Abdullah Naji.
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2656 — A bill for the relief of Daniel Alberto Ibarra and Marta Susana Bernadi de Ibarra.
Introduced 1973-11-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2583 — Emergency Rural Housing Act
Introduced 1973-10-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentS 2165 — Petroleum Industry Antitrust Act
Introduced 1973-07-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Petroleum industryS 2190 — Emergency Rural Housing Act
Introduced 1973-07-16 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentS 1844 — American Folklife Preservation Act
Introduced 1973-05-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Arts, Culture, ReligionS 1786 — National Indian Goals and Progress Act
Introduced 1973-05-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
S 1577 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Pollock-Herreid unit, South Dakota pumping division, Missouri River Basin project, South Dakota.
Introduced 1973-04-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
RiversS 1349 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out all rural housing programs of the Farmers Home Administration.
Introduced 1973-03-22 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentS 932 — A bill to discourage experimentation on animals by elementary and secondary school children.
Introduced 1973-02-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
AnimalsS 428 — An Act for the relief of Ernest Edward Scofield (Ernesto Espino).
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Private Law 93-70.
Private LegislationSJRES 174 — A joint resolution to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to provide an equitable formula for the distribution of grain cars.
Introduced 1973-11-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksSJRES 133 — Joint resolution to provide for the establishment of the American Indian Policy Review Commission.
Introduced 1973-07-16 · Public law 93-580.
SJRES 96 — A joint resolution designating June 3 through June 9 as "Custodian Engineers Week, 1973".
Introduced 1973-04-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
CommemorationsSJRES 113 — A joint resolution to direct the Interstate Commerce Commission to adopt a moratorium on railroad abandonments.
Introduced 1973-05-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksSRES 182 — A resolution to establish a temporary select committee of the Senate to consider the character and fitness of any individual or individuals nominated under the 25th amendment to fill the present vacancy in the Office of the Vice-Presidential nominee.
Introduced 1973-10-10 · Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Government Operations and PoliticsSRES 104 — A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Secretary of State shall not renegotiate the present North Pacific Fur Seal Convention.
Introduced 1973-04-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
AnimalsSCONRES 24 — A concurrent resolution to endorse the Remote Sensing Symposium to be held in October and November.
Introduced 1973-05-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on Aeronautical and Space Science.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsS 3891 — Farm Training Adjustment Program
Introduced 1976-10-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3854 — A bill entitled "Separation of Powers Defense Act of 1976."
Introduced 1976-09-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CongressS 3850 — Indian Controlled Postsecondary Educational Institution Assistance Act
Introduced 1976-09-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 3751 — A bill making further appropriations for foreign assistance and related programs for the transition quarter ending September 30, 1976.
Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to Senate Committee on Appropriations.
International AffairsS 3778 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to provide for increased benefits with regard to disaster relief for any farmer who plants wheat, feed grains, cotton, or rice in excess of his or her allotments for the commodity.
Introduced 1976-08-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3777 — Indian Child Welfare Act
Introduced 1976-08-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 3695 — Professional and Technical Assistance to Exporting Act
Introduced 1976-07-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceS 3694 — A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture from assessing additional charges against farmers and stockmen for livestock feed furnished them under section 407 of the Agricultural Act of 1949 in connection with any natural disaster which occurred in 1975.
Introduced 1976-07-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3623 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to adjust the rates of duty on jade.
Introduced 1976-06-25 · Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceS 3667 — A bill for the relief of Song Chan Ki.
Introduced 1976-07-19 · Private Law 94-141.
Private LegislationS 3697 — Emergency Livestock Replacement Act
Introduced 1976-07-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3555 — Voluntary Standards and Certification Act
Introduced 1976-06-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Commerce.
CommerceS 3534 — A bill to amend section 142 of title 13 and section 411 (a) of title 7, United States Code, to prevent a change in the definition of a farm prior to June 30, 1976, to relieve the Secretary of Commerce of the responsibility for taking censuses of agriculture every 5th year, and to require the Agricultural Stabilization and Conservation Service within the Department of Agriculture to collect comparable information using sampling methods.
Introduced 1976-06-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3402 — Special Lebanon Relief Act
Introduced 1976-05-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
International AffairsS 3400 — A bill for the relief of Duane G. Wegner.
Introduced 1976-05-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3353 — A bill to authorize the Court of Claims to review the Sioux Black Hills claim on the merits, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1976-04-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3274 — Grand Jury Reform Act
Introduced 1976-04-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
LawS 3176 — A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exempt, under certain circumstances, from the registration requirements of such Act persons who recruit, solicit, hire, furnish, or transport combine machine operating crews or sheep shearers.
Introduced 1976-03-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
Agriculture and FoodS 2899 — Postal Reorganization Act Amendments
Introduced 1976-01-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceS 2900 — A bill to liquidate the liability of the United States for the massacre of Sioux Indian men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890.
Introduced 1976-01-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Native AmericansS 2848 — A bill for the relief of Badr Ahmed Awadh.
Introduced 1976-01-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2941 — A bill to provide emergency, humanitarian assistance and relief to the people of Lebanon, and to amend the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961.
Introduced 1976-02-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
International AffairsS 2779 — A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to provide for nonunanimous verdicts in the trial of civil actions.
Introduced 1975-12-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
LawS 2780 — A bill to amend the Indian Claims Commission Act of August 13, 1946.
Introduced 1975-12-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2731 — Separation of Powers Revitalization Act
Introduced 1975-12-02 · Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
CongressS 2758 — 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 1975-12-09 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
RiversS 2773 — A bill to amend the Dwight D. Eisenhower Memorial Bicentennial Civic Center Act.
Introduced 1975-12-11 · Placed on calendar in Senate under Subjects on the Table.
Community centersS 2753 — A bill to amend section 5532 of title 5, United States Code, relating to the reduction of retired or retirement pay of retired officers of the uniformed services who are employed by the Federal Government.
Introduced 1975-12-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 2634 — Indian Postsecondary Educational Assistance Act
Introduced 1975-11-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2471 — A bill to provide for certain payments to be made to State or local governments by the Secretary of the Interior based upon the amount of certain public lands within the boundaries of such State or locality.
Introduced 1975-10-03 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Intergovernmental relationsS 2493 — 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 1975-10-08 · Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
Public worksS 2362 — A bill relating to certain business transactions carried out within the exterior boundaries of Indian reservations.
Introduced 1975-09-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2252 — A bill to amend section 402 of title 23, United States Code, relating to highway safety programs.
Introduced 1975-07-31 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Accident preventionS 2251 — A bill to amend the Water Resources Development Act of 1974 relating to the project to provide bank stabilization works for the protection of the Sacred Heart Hospital in Yankton, S. Dak.
Introduced 1975-07-31 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 2180 — A bill to amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to revise the allocation formula for assistance under such title, and to provide increased authorizations to carry out programs under such title.
Introduced 1975-07-25 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentS 2163 — Solar Energy Equipment Loan Act
Introduced 1975-07-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
EnergyS 2169 — A bill to amend the definition of "rural area" in the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and title V of the Housing Act of 1949 in order to permit towns of thirty thousand or less inhabitants to be considered rural areas for purposes of those acts.
Introduced 1975-07-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Rural affairs legislationS 2040 — Judicial Salary Act
Introduced 1975-06-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
LawS 2073 — A bill to authorize the American Indian Policy Review Commission to accept voluntary contributions of services and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-07-09 · Public law 94-80.
Postal serviceS 1933 — A bill to repeal section 3306 of title 5, United States Code, to eliminate the requirement of apportionment of appointments in the departmental service in the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1975-06-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
District of ColumbiaS 1854 — 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 1975-06-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksS 1851 — Smaller Communities Act
Introduced 1975-06-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations.
Housing and Community DevelopmentS 1815 — Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act
Introduced 1975-05-22 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Constitutional amendmentsS 1726 — A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act to establish an independent corporation to carry out the purposes of such Act, to provide for more extensive commodity coverage under such Act.
Introduced 1975-05-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 1684 — Vietnam and Cambodia Refugee Resettlement Assistance Act
Introduced 1975-05-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
RefugeesS 1678 — Administrative Rulemaking Control Act
Introduced 1975-05-07 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 1618 — American Folklife Preservation Act
Introduced 1975-05-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Arts, Culture, ReligionS 1458 — Family Farm Antitrust Act
Introduced 1975-04-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceS 1328 — A bill providing for the reacquisition of jurisdiction by Indian tribes and by the United States over criminal offenses and civil matters in Indian country.
Introduced 1975-03-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 1327 — An Act to declare that certain submarginal land of the United States shall be held in trust for certain Indian tribes and be made a part of the reservations of said Indians, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-03-26 · Public law 94-114.
Native AmericansS 1263 — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to offenses committed within Indian country.
Introduced 1975-03-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
JurisdictionS 1167 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to maintain and extend rural mail delivery service, to be called the Uniform Mail Delivery Act.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceS 1147 — A bill to liquidate the liability of the United States for the massacre of Sioux Indian men, women, and children at Wounded Knee on December 29, 1890.
Introduced 1975-03-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Native AmericansS 1146 — A bill to provide for the employment of unemployed individuals to carry out an intensified forest improvement program in South Dakota, Nebraska Wyoming, Colorado, and Kansas.
Introduced 1975-03-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
S 1002 — Indian Trust Counsel Authority Act
Introduced 1975-03-07 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 812 — Livestock Producers Emergency Loan Relief Act
Introduced 1975-02-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 756 — Petroleum Industry Antitrust Act
Introduced 1975-02-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceS 813 — A bill authorizing the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Little White River, South Dakota (Rosebud site).
Introduced 1975-02-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 550 — A bill for the relief of Dhanesh Deally, his wife Edalin, and their two children Andrew and Angela.
Introduced 1975-02-03 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 412 — A bill to amend subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce the rate of interest on emergency loans made under such subtitle and to authorize additional funds for the current fiscal year to expedite the processing of emergency loans to farmers and ranchers who suffered losses as a result of the recent blizzard in the midwestern part of the United States.
Introduced 1975-01-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 490 — A bill to amend Section 111(a) of title 38, United States Code, relating to the payment of travel expenses of persons traveling to and from Veterans Administration facilities.
Introduced 1975-01-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 489 — Interfuel Competition Act
Introduced 1975-01-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceSJRES 216 — A joint resolution urging an investigation of the death of Orlando Letelier.
Introduced 1976-09-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
International AffairsSRES 272 — A resolution relating to the farmer elected community committee man system of the Department of Agriculture.
Introduced 1975-10-01 · Measure passed Senate.
Agriculture and FoodSRES 248 — A resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority.
Introduced 1975-09-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Economics and Public FinanceSRES 385 — A resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority relating to the Youth Conservation Corps.
Introduced 1976-02-06 · Measure passed Senate.
Economics and Public FinanceSRES 279 — Resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority relating to mutual and self-help housing grants.
Introduced 1975-10-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentSRES 276 — A resolution to authorize K. Kirke Kickingbird, General Counsel of the American Indian Policy Review Commission, to appear and testify in the case of the National Tribal Chairmen's Association, et al. v. James G. Abourezk, et al.
Introduced 1975-10-07 · Measure passed Senate.
Private LegislationSRES 250 — A resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority.
Introduced 1975-09-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Economics and Public FinanceSRES 200 — A resolution relating to rural post offices.
Introduced 1975-06-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal facilitiesSRES 278 — Resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority relating to rural housing for domestic farm labor grants.
Introduced 1975-10-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Economics and Public FinanceSRES 277 — Resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority relating to rural water and waste disposal grants.
Introduced 1975-10-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Economics and Public FinanceSRES 293 — A resolution affirming support for the people of Lebanon.
Introduced 1975-11-04 · Measure passed Senate.
International AffairsSRES 249 — A resolution disapproving the deferral of certain budget authority.
Introduced 1975-09-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Congressional-Presidential relationsSRES 205 — Resolution to disapprove a deferral of budget authority for Youth Conservation Corps.
Introduced 1975-07-10 · Measure passed Senate.
Congressional-Presidential relationsSCONRES 131 — A concurrent resolution relating to increases in social security benefits.
Introduced 1976-07-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Social WelfareSCONRES 102 — A concurrent resolution relating to the level of price support on certain agricultural commodities.
Introduced 1976-03-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 3610 — Lake Traverse Indian Reservation Recognition Act
Introduced 1978-10-13 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian landsS 3609 — A Bill to authorize the Blackfeet and Gros Ventre Tribes of Indians to file in the Court of Claims any claims against the United States for damages for delay in payment for lands claimed to be taken in violation of the United States Constitution, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-10-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Indian claimsS 3553 — A Bill to provide for a study of the Crow Creek Village archeological site, Buffalo County, South Dakota, by the Secretary of the Interior, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-10-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 3398 — A bill pertaining to the inheritance of trust or restricted land on the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation, North Dakota and South Dakota.
Introduced 1978-08-11 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 3525 — A bill for the relief of Paul Sakwa.
Introduced 1978-09-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
Private LegislationS 3399 — A bill to repeal laws and provisions in Title 25 of the United States Code made obsolete by the President's Reorganization Plan No. 3 of 1950 and to repeal other obsolete laws and language in Title 25 to facilitate the Title 25 codification project of the United States Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced 1978-08-11 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 3405 — Grand Jury Reform Act
Introduced 1978-08-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 3294 — A bill to require the Secretary of the Interior to study the area near the Rocky Gorge Reservoir, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-07-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Environmental ProtectionS 3295 — Rocky Gorge National Environmental Center Act
Introduced 1978-07-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionS 3292 — A bill to provide for deauthorizing the initial stage of the Oahe Unit, James Division, Missouri River Basin Project, South Dakota.
Introduced 1978-07-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 3070 — A bill for the relief of Valentin Mendoza.
Introduced 1978-05-15 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3069 — A bill to provide that members of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe may request the Secretary of the Interior to acquire certain lands, and to provide that the Tribe shall have a preference right to purchase certain lands held in trust by the United States for tribal members.
Introduced 1978-05-15 · Public Law 95-398.
Indian landsS 2924 — A bill to amend the payment formula for grain sorghum and barley for the 1977 crop of such commodities.
Introduced 1978-04-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
S 2923 — A bill for the relief of Romeo K. Aboo.
Introduced 1978-04-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2876 — A bill to provide for increases in appropriations ceilings for development ceilings, land acquisition for boundary changes in certain units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-04-11 · Reported to Senate from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources with amendment, S. Rept. 95-811.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2830 — Federal Employee Protection Act
Introduced 1978-04-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 2925 — Reclamation Lands Opportunity Act
Introduced 1978-04-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Reclamation of landS 2833 — A bill to amend, improve, and clarify the Farmer-to-Consumer Direct Marketing Act of 1976.
Introduced 1978-04-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodS 2773 — Indian Trust Information Protection Act
Introduced 1978-03-21 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2736 — Farmer-Sponsored Agricultural Production and Stabilization Act
Introduced 1978-03-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
S 2712 — Indian Program Evaluation and Needs Assessment Act
Introduced 1978-03-09 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2654 — A bill to designate a segment of the Dolores River in the State of Colorado as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2650 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by increasing the appropriation authorizations therein and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2667 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Canyonlands National Park, Utah, as wilderness.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2662 — Potomac Heritage National Scenic Trail Act
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2658 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Skagit River in Washington as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2666 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Buffalo National River, Arkansas, as wilderness.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2652 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Bruneau River, Idaho, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2663 — Oregon National Historic Trail Act
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2659 — A bill to establish National Historic Trails as a new category of trails within the National Trails System, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2655 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating a segment of the Rio Grande in Texas as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2651 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating certain rivers for study as potential additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2656 — A bill to designate a segment of the Pere Marquette River in the State of Michigan as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2660 — Continental Divide National Scenic Trail Act
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2664 — Lewis and Clark National Historic Trail Act
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2668 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Capitol Reef National Park, Utah, as wilderness.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2665 — A bill to designate certain lands in the Arches National Park, Utah, as wilderness.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2592 — A bill to change the boundaries of Wind Cave National Park, South Dakota, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-02-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2653 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to designate a segment of the Delaware River, New York and Pennsylvania, as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2657 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating the Salmon River in Idaho as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2661 — North Country National Scenic Trail Act
Introduced 1978-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2502 — Tribal-State Compact Act
Introduced 1978-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2460 — A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Introduced 1978-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2406 — A bill for the relief of Sophia Sanchez.
Introduced 1978-01-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2443 — A bill to provide for congressional review of proposed changes in postal services.
Introduced 1978-01-27 · Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 2432 — A bill for the relief of George Boulos Boutros and Pierre Philip Boutros.
Introduced 1978-01-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2407 — A bill for the relief of Teresa Dolores Goday.
Introduced 1978-01-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2364 — Emergency Farm Act
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
CattleS 2375 — A bill to establish an administrative procedure and guidelines to be followed by the Department of the Interior in its decision to acknowledge the existence of certain Indian tribes.
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2372 — A bill to amend the Indian Self-Determination and Education Assistance Act.
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 2294 — A bill for the relief of Joselyn Buccat Lalley and Jodelyn Buccat Lalley.
Introduced 1977-11-04 · Private Law 95-121.
Private LegislationS 2341 — Emergency Farm Act
Introduced 1977-12-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
S 2186 — A bill for the relief of Ana B. Pardo.
Introduced 1977-10-10 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2077 — A bill to designate the Kent State National Historic Site.
Introduced 1977-09-09 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 1995 — A bill to grant admission to the United States to certain nationals of Chile and the spouses, children, and parents of such nationals.
Introduced 1977-08-03 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationS 1792 — A bill to amend the Administrative Conference Act.
Introduced 1977-06-30 · Public law 95-293.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 1720 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter 11, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1977-06-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative procedureS 1789 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to contract with the Middle Rio Grande Conservancy District of New Mexico for the payment of operation and maintenance charges on certain Pueblo Indian lands.
Introduced 1977-06-30 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian landsS 1721 — A bill to amend chapter 5, subchapter 11, of title 5, United States Code, to provide for improved administrative procedures.
Introduced 1977-06-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Administrative procedureS 1636 — A bill to amend the American Folklife Preservation Act to extend the authorization of appropriation contained in such Act.
Introduced 1977-06-07 · Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
Arts, Culture, ReligionS 1576 — A bill to amend the Indian Financing Act of 1974 by revising the appropriations authorization for the Indian business development program.
Introduced 1977-05-20 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansS 1546 — A bill to establish Admiralty Island National Preserve in the State of Alaska.
Introduced 1977-05-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 1506 — A bill for the relief of Sana Hassan.
Introduced 1977-05-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1545 — Water Resources Development Act
Introduced 1977-05-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1577 — A bill to authorize appropriations for the Indian Claims Commission for fiscal year 1978; to facilitate the transfer of cases from the Indian Claims Commission to the U.S. Court of Claims.
Introduced 1977-05-20 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian claimsS 1449 — Grand Jury Reform Act
Introduced 1977-05-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 1377 — An Act to amend the statute of limitations provisions in section 2415 of title 28, United States Code, relating to claims by the United States on behalf of Indians.
Introduced 1977-04-25 · Public Law 95-103.
Native AmericansS 1332 — A bill to designate certain lands as wilderness.
Introduced 1977-04-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 1215 — Tribally Controlled Community College Assistance Act of 1978
Introduced 1977-04-01 · Public Law 95-471.
Education of IndiansS 1214 — Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978
Introduced 1977-04-01 · Public Law 95-608.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 1196 — A bill for the relief of Alfred Feghali.
Introduced 1977-03-31 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1200 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide additional programs of assistance for health personnel training programs.
Introduced 1977-03-31 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
S 1216 — A bill relating to the distribution of certain funds appropriated to pay a judgment in favor of the Delaware Tribe of Indians in Indian Claims Commission docket numbered 298.
Introduced 1977-04-01 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Indian claimsS 1168 — A bill to amend the Act entitled "An Act to provide for certain payments to be made to local governments by the Secretary of the Interior based upon the amount of certain public lands within the boundaries of such locality," approved October 30, 1976.
Introduced 1977-03-29 · Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 1079 — A bill for the relief of Russell Warren Howe.
Introduced 1977-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1039 — A bill for the relief of Jack George Makari.
Introduced 1977-03-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 996 — A bill for the relief of Vera Polgar Steiner.
Introduced 1977-03-15 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 994 — A bill to amend the Pennsylvania Avenue Development Corporation Act of 1972 to authorize appropriations and borrowings from the U.S. Treasury to complete implementation of the development plan for Pennsylvania Avenue between the Capitol and the White House.
Introduced 1977-03-15 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Housing and Community DevelopmentS 840 — Family Farm Antitrust Act
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Family farmsS 839 — A bill authorizing the construction of a dam and reservoir on the Little White River, S. Dak.--Rosebud site.
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 825 — Voluntary Standards and Accreditation Act
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceS 759 — A bill for the relief of Badr Ahmed Awadh.
Introduced 1977-02-22 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 760 — A bill for the relief of Duane G. Wegner.
Introduced 1977-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 838 — An Act to amend the Indian Claims Commission Act of August 13, 1946, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Public Law 95-243.
Indian claimsS 371 — Farm Training Adjustment Program
Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
S 372 — Emergency Livestock Replacement Act
Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
S 323 — A bill to amend subtitle C of the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to reduce the rate of interest on emergency loans made under such subtitle, to increase the term of such loans.
Introduced 1977-01-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
S 322 — A bill to authorize, under certain circumstances, payments to producers of certain agricultural commodities who are unable to plant all or a portion of their allotment for such commodities or who are unable to harvest more than one-third of their allotments for such commodities, because of a natural disaster or condition beyond the control of such producers.
Introduced 1977-01-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry (Subsequently: Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).
S 236 — A bill to amend the Veterans' Education and Employment Assistance Act of 1976.
Introduced 1977-01-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 120 — Drought Assistance Amendment
Introduced 1977-01-10 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works (Subsequently: Environment and Public Works).
Emergency ManagementSJRES 67 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to the proposal and the enactment of laws by popular vote of the people of the United States.
Introduced 1977-07-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Constitutional amendmentsSJRES 102 — Joint resolution American Indians Religious Freedom
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Public Law 95-341.
Religious libertySRES 575 — A Resolution authorizing supplemental expenditures by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced 1978-10-03 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSJRES 10 — A joint resolution to extend the period of time in which the American Indian Policy Review Commission must submit its final report and to increase the authorization of appropriations for such Commission.
Introduced 1977-01-14 · Public law 95-5.
Native AmericansSRES 574 — A Resolution waiving section 402 (a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of S.857, a bill to amend the Act of September 30, 1950 (Public Law 874, Eighty-first Congress) to provide education programs for Native Hawaiians, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-10-03 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 538 — A resolution authorizing the reprinting of the committee print entitled "Colonization of the West Bank Territories by Israel".
Introduced 1978-08-11 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 544 — A resolution waiving section 402 (a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of H.R. 11092, a bill to amend the Act of December 22, 1974 (88 Stat 1712) relating to the Navajo and Hopi Indian Relocation Commission.
Introduced 1978-08-22 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 508 — A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to consideration of S.3153, a bill to settle Indian land claims within the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-07-11 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 420 — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, relating to the Lebanese crisis.
Introduced 1978-03-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
International military forcesSRES 422 — A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate with respect to United Nations Security Council Resolution 425, relating to the Lebanese crisis.
Introduced 1978-03-21 · Ordered to lie over under the rule.
International military forcesSRES 405 — A resolution to make the Select Committee on Indian Affairs a permanent committee of the Senate.
Introduced 1978-02-27 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 368 — Resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced 1978-01-27 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 270 — A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 785, a bill conveying 2,700 acres to the Paiute and Shoshone Tribes of the Fallon Indian reservation.
Introduced 1977-09-27 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 274 — An original resolution reported relating to the consideration of S. 1582.
Introduced 1977-09-29 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 208 — Resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 660.
Introduced 1977-06-27 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 210 — Resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 4585.
Introduced 1977-06-27 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 209 — Resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of H.R. 4992.
Introduced 1977-06-27 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 135 — A resolution concerning recommendations of the American Indian Policy Review Commission.
Introduced 1977-04-01 · Referred to Senate Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Native AmericansSRES 102 — A resolution authorizing expenditures by the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
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