
John Anton Blatnik
Democrat · MI-8 · House of Representatives
79 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (65)
HR 17558 — An Act to amend the act of May 13, 1954, relating to the Saint Lawrence Seaway Development Corporation to provide for a 7-year term of office for the Administrator, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-12-03 · Public law 93-615.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 17390 — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965.
Introduced 1974-10-16 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHR 15483 — A bill to provide for additional Federal financial participation in expenses incurred in providing benefits to Indians, Aleuts, native Hawaiians, and other aboriginal persons, under certain State public assistance programs established pursuant to the Social Security Act.
Introduced 1974-06-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 15430 — A bill to require the Foreign Claims Settlement Commission to reopen and redetermine the claims of George Radin against the Government of Italy, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-06-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 14884 — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a 2-year period.
Introduced 1974-05-20 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 14883 — An Act to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a 2-year period, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-05-20 · Public law 93-423.
Public worksHR 14798 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to recognize as service during a period of war, for purposes of veterans' benefits, service between July 1, 1958, and August 5, 1964, in the Vietnam era of operations for which the Armed Services Expeditionary Medal was awarded.
Introduced 1974-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 14799 — A bill to provide for a temporary program of special unemployment compensation in areas of high unemployment and to amend the Federal-State Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970.
Introduced 1974-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 14527 — Fish and Wildlife Coordination Act Amendments
Introduced 1974-05-01 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Environmental ProtectionHR 14333 — Medicare Long-Term Care Act
Introduced 1974-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 14046 — Emergency Motor Vehicle Size and Weight Act
Introduced 1974-04-09 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Motor vehiclesHR 14047 — Highway Beautification Act
Introduced 1974-04-09 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 12942 — Economic Adjustment Act
Introduced 1974-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHR 12857 — A bill to amend the Federal-Aid Highway Act of 1973 as it relates to the conduct of charter bus operations by grantees of Federal financial assistance.
Introduced 1974-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 12858 — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act
Introduced 1974-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
TaxationHR 12859 — Unified Transportation Assistance Act
Introduced 1974-02-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 12775 — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act
Introduced 1974-02-13 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
TaxationHR 12592 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate, in the case of any oil or gas well located outside the United States, the percentage depletion allowance and the option to deduct intangible drilling and development costs, and to deny a foreign tax credit with respect to the income derived from any such well.
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Petroleum industryHR 12589 — Energy Information Act
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
EnergyHR 12588 — Oil Shale Mining and Energy Corporation Act
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHR 12593 — A bill to impose an excess profits tax on the income of corporations engaged in the production of distribution of energy during the present energy crises.
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 12590 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for an energy conservation tax and increase in the tax on gasoline, to establish the Energy Development and Supply Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 12591 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for income averaging in the event of downward fluctuations in income.
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 12594 — A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended, to restructure the hearing process with respect to licenses to construct or operate utilization or production facilities.
Introduced 1974-02-05 · Referred to Joint Committee on Atomic Energy.
EnergyHR 12392 — A bill relating to the practice of psychology in the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1974-01-30 · Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia.
District of ColumbiaHR 12324 — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act
Introduced 1974-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
TaxationHR 12225 — Payments in Lieu of Taxes Act
Introduced 1974-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
TaxationHR 11928 — A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to establish the ratio for allocation of treatment works construction grant funds, to insure that grants may be given for other than operable units, and to clarify the requirements for development of priorities.
Introduced 1973-12-12 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 2812 passed in lieu.
Environmental ProtectionHR 10281 — A bill to amend the National Foundation on the Arts and Humanities Act of 1965 to further cultural activities by making unused railroad passenger depots available to communities for such activities.
Introduced 1973-09-13 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Arts, Culture, ReligionHR 10204 — Water Resources Development Act
Introduced 1973-09-12 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Emergency ManagementHR 10203 — Water Resources Development Act
Introduced 1973-09-12 · Public law 93-251.
Emergency ManagementHR 9737 — A bill to provide relief from shore damages attributable to high water levels in the Great Lakes, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-07-31 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Great LakesHR 8971 — Retirement Income Security for Employees Act
Introduced 1973-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 8549 — A bill to designate the Kettle River, in the State of Minnesota, as a component of the national wild and scenic rivers system.
Introduced 1973-06-08 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
RiversHR 8301 — A bill to amend section 107 of the River and Harbor Act of 1970.
Introduced 1973-05-31 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 8302 — Metric Conversion Act
Introduced 1973-05-31 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Adtronautics.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 8166 — A bill to terminate the Airlines Mutual Aid Agreement.
Introduced 1973-05-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 7690 — Disaster Preparedness and Assistance Act
Introduced 1973-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
DisastersHR 7305 — A bill to require the President to notify the Congress whenever he impounds funds, or authorizes the impounding of funds, and to provide a procedure under which the House of Representatives and the Senate may disapprove the President's action and require him to cease such impounding.
Introduced 1973-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Executive impoundment of appropriated fundsHR 7252 — A bill to enable domestic growers or canners of seasonal fruits or vegetables or of fruit juices, fruit nectars, or fruit drinks prepared from such seasonal fruits, which were packed in hermetically sealed containers and sterilized by heat, to secure an adjudication of certain claims for losses in the Court of Claims.
Introduced 1973-04-19 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
LawHR 7179 — A bill to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to impose, by regulations, certain additional restrictions upon the availability and use of Federal funds authorized for social services under the public assistance programs established by the Social Security Act.
Introduced 1973-04-18 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 6830 — A bill to amend Public Law 90-553 authorizing an additional appropriation for an International Center for Foreign Chanceries.
Introduced 1973-04-11 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 1235 passed in lieu.
International AffairsHR 6634 — A bill to amend section 451 of the Tariff Act of 1930 so as to exempt certain private aircraft entering or departing from the United States and Canada at night or on Sunday or a holiday from provisions requiring payment to the United States for overtime services of customs officers and employees and to treat snowmobiles as highway vehicles for the purposes of such section.
Introduced 1973-04-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 6124 — A bill to declare that the United States holds certain lands in trust for the Minnesota Chippewa Tribe, Minn.
Introduced 1973-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 5389 — Consumer Protection Agency Act
Introduced 1973-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
CommerceHR 5390 — Food Supplement Amendment
Introduced 1973-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 5112 — Flood Control Act
Introduced 1973-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHR 5020 — A bill to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970, to provide for minimum Federal payments for 4 additional years, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 4905 — Flood Control Act
Introduced 1973-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHR 4904 — Flood Control Act
Introduced 1973-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHR 4698 — For the relief of Herman R. Klun and Helen Klun.
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4604 — Employee Benefit Security Act
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
HR 4603 — A bill to improve the veterans' and widows' pension program under title 38, United States Code, by increasing the maximum pension rates, by increasing the maximum annual income limitations, and by taking into account cost-of-living increases in the computation of pension rates.
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4602 — Rehabilitation Act
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
HealthHR 3782 — Comprehensive Older Americans Services Amendments
Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Social WelfareHR 3783 — A bill to amend the act of June 22, 1948 (62 Stat. 568, as amended, 16 U.S.C. 577h) to make additional funds available to carry out the provisions of said act.
Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 3594 — A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, to reaffirm that such funds made available for each fiscal year to carry out the programs provided for in such act be fully obligated in said year, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3593 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a rural environmental assistance program.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Environmental ProtectionHR 3061 — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a 1-year period.
Introduced 1973-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHR 2245 — A bill to authorize a survey of the East Two Rivers between Tower, Minn., and Vermilion Lake.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
RiversHR 2246 — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations for a 1-year period.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Public law 93-46.
Public worksHR 2247 — A bill to amend the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorization for a 1 year period.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Public worksHRES 987 — Resolution to provide additional funds for the expenses of the investigation and study authorized by House Resolution 228.
Introduced 1974-03-18 · Measure passed House.
CongressHRES 285 — Resolution to provide funds for the expenses of the investigation and study authorized by House Resolution 228.
Introduced 1973-03-12 · Measure passed House, roll call #52 (372-9).
CongressHRES 228 — Resolution authorizing the Committee on Public Works to conduct studies and investigations within the jurisdiction of such committee.
Introduced 1973-02-21 · Measure passed House.
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