Ed Bethune
Republican · AR-2 · House of Representatives
47 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (40)
HR 8314 — A bill for the relief of Ove Norqvist Hansen.
Introduced 1980-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 7342 — Federal Lending Oversight and Control Act
Introduced 1980-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 6378 — A bill for the relief of Hanife Frantz.
Introduced 1980-01-30 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 6241 — Federal Credit Restraint Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-01-22 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 5534 — Balanced Budget Congressional Pay Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-10-11 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CongressHR 2875 — A bill to exempt loans and mortgages insured under title I or II of the National Housing Act from usury provisions of State constitution or statutes.
Introduced 1979-03-14 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHCONRES 356 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should exercise his authority to restore the peaceful and orderly processing under the immigration laws of Cuban nationals who recently arrived in the United States and to remove, in accordance with law, from the United States those Cuban nationals who participate in acts of destruction or violence at the sites of such processings.
Introduced 1980-06-05 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Immigration—
Introduced 1982-07-22 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 232 - 181 (Record Vote No: 202).
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Introduced 1981-10-22 · Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.
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Introduced 1981-07-16 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 6408 — A bill to amend section 6003 of title 18 of the United States Code to make discretionary the issuance of certain compulsion orders in connection with civil cases and to provide for opportunity for a hearing before such issuance.
Introduced 1982-05-19 · Referred to Subcommittee on Courts, Civil Liberties, and the Administration of Justice.
LawHR 5109 — A bill to provide for the inclusion of certain items within the unified budget, effective with respect to the fiscal year 1983 budget.
Introduced 1981-12-03 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 5110 — A bill to establish a Commission on the Budget Process to make recommendations to Congress and the President to improve and reform the budget process.
Introduced 1981-12-03 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 2773 — A bill to transfer to the Secretary of Agriculture certain functions relating to fish research.
Introduced 1981-03-23 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Interior.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2185 — A bill for the relief of Hanife Frantz.
Introduced 1981-02-25 · Became Private Law No: 97-9.
Private LegislationHRES 248 — A resolution to prohibit the utilization by House caucuses of House office space, clerk-hire allowances, allowances for official expenses, and outside contributions.
Introduced 1981-10-20 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
CongressHCONRES 424 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress concerning bilateral negotiations on chemical weapons.
Introduced 1982-10-01 · Executive Comment Requested from Arms Control & Disarm Agcy, State, DOD.
Armed Forces and National Security—
Introduced 1984-05-17 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 247 - 179 (Record Vote No: 151).
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Introduced 1984-03-01 ·
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Introduced 1984-02-08 · Amendment Withdrawn in Committee of the Whole.
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Introduced 1984-03-01 ·
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Introduced 1983-08-03 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Division Vote: 45 - 2.
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Introduced 1983-06-15 · Point of Order Sustained Against Amendment in Committee of the Whole.
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Introduced 1983-06-15 · Amendment Passed (Amended) in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 256 - 161 (Record Vote No: 197).
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Introduced 1983-05-11 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 175 - 234 (Record Vote No: 105).
HR 6114 — Federal Election Campaign Act Amendments of 1984
Introduced 1984-08-09 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Labor and EmploymentHR 5909 — Public School Civil Rights Act of 1984
Introduced 1984-06-21 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 5848 — A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to prohibit the consideration of the age of housing in determining area eligibility and project selection under the urban development action grant program.
Introduced 1984-06-14 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 5671 — A bill to increase revenues to counties from receipts from the national forests, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1984-05-17 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 4943 — Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Solvency Act of 1984
Introduced 1984-02-27 · For Further Action See H.R.3050.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4893 — Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1983
Introduced 1984-02-22 · For Further Action See S.2125.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 4766 — A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to provide that certain large electric utility rate increases may not take effect for one year.
Introduced 1984-02-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Energy Conservation and Power.
EnergyHR 3422 — A bill relating to the naming of certain locks, dams, and reservoirs on the Arkansas River, Arkansas.
Introduced 1983-06-28 · Similar Provisions Included in H.R.3678.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 2917 — Arkansas Wilderness Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-05-05 · For Further Action See S.2125.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2571 — Flatside Wilderness Act
Introduced 1983-04-18 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2469 — A bill to prohibit the production of lethal binary chemical munitions by the United States and to call on the President to continue and intensify recently begun efforts in the Committee on Disarmament with the governments of the Soviet Union and other countries to achieve an agreement establishing a mutual and verifiable ban on the production and stockpiling of such munitions.
Introduced 1983-04-12 · Executive Comment Requested from Arms Control & Disarm Agcy, State, DOD.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 1988 — A bill to authorize the flood control project on Fourche Bayou in Saline and Pulaski Counties, Arkansas.
Introduced 1983-03-09 · See H.R.3678.
Emergency ManagementHJRES 471 — A joint resolution to designate the week beginning April 29, 1984, as "American Indian Week".
Introduced 1984-02-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Native AmericansHJRES 267 — A joint resolution calling for a worldwide ban on chemical weapons.
Introduced 1983-05-12 · Executive Comment Requested from Arms Control & Disarm Agcy, State, DOD.
International AffairsHCONRES 292 — A concurrent resolution condemning Iraq for its use of chemical weapons and Iran for its human rights violations.
Introduced 1984-04-12 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Rights and International Organizations.
International Affairs