
William H. Boner
Democrat · TE-5 · House of Representatives
47 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (58)
HR 7643 — Small Business Direct Expensing Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-06-24 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6322 — A bill to provide that flammability standards promulgated by the Consumer Product Safety Commission and applicable to items of children's sleepwear also shall be applicable to items of children's underwear.
Introduced 1980-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 5853 — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the annual review of immigrant student visas, for the automatic review of such a visa whenever the student is convicted of a criminal offense, and to make a nonimmigrant student who is convicted of a criminal offense subject to deportation.
Introduced 1979-11-09 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationHR 3785 — A bill to amend the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to strengthen State enforcement of railroad safety laws.
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 3784 — A bill to provide that social security benefit increases occurring after May 1979 shall not be considered in determining eligibility for, or benefits under, certain Federal housing programs.
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Measure passed House.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 3327 — A bill to amend Public Law 94-484, the Health Professions Educational Assistance Act of 1976, as amended, relating to the immigration of foreign medical graduates.
Introduced 1979-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
ImmigrationHR 3284 — Federal Protective Service Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-03-28 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Crime and Law EnforcementHR 2828 — A bill to increase from $15,000 to $30,000 the maximum amount that may be allowed by the head of a Federal agency in settlement of claims for loss of personal property incident to the service of an individual who is a member of the uniformed services or a civilian employee of the Federal Government.
Introduced 1979-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2669 — A bill for the relief of Shoo Shien Wang.
Introduced 1979-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 2366 — A bill to amend the Federal Railroad Safety Act of 1970 to authorize a State agency to issue cease and desist orders with respect to violations of such Act, and to seek enforcement of such orders in the appropriate district court of the United States.
Introduced 1979-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 1913 — A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from prescribing rules which would permit duplication of radio broadcasting station assignments on Class 1-A clear channels, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-02-08 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 1839 — A bill to amend title I of the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for the purpose of utilizing the use of the urban development action grants program to assist certain urban counties in which there are areas with special needs relating to physical and economic deterioration.
Introduced 1979-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHJRES 252 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to provide for the direct popular election of the President and Vice President of the United States.
Introduced 1979-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 658 — A resolution to express the sense of Congress that financial assistance should not be made available to students from countries with which the United States has severed diplomatic relations.
Introduced 1980-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 6923 — A bill to prohibit prisoners from being eligible for basic educational opportunity grants (BEOG).
Introduced 1982-08-04 · Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
EducationHR 6835 — A bill to provide for the establishment of a system to collect data on the geographic distribution of Federal funds.
Introduced 1982-07-22 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 4561 — Social Security Alien and Foreign Resident Limitations Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-09-23 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHR 4472 — A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for improved management of the social security trust funds and increase the return on investment to those funds.
Introduced 1981-09-15 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
Social WelfareHR 4147 — Airline Deregulation Amendments Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-07-15 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From CAB.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2248 — Small Business Direct Expensing Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHJRES 492 — A joint resolution to designate September, 1982 as "National Sewing Month".
Introduced 1982-05-25 · See S.J.Res.205.
Arts, Culture, ReligionHCONRES 76 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Army should place a plaque in Arlington National Cemetery honoring members of the United States armed forces who died during an attempt to rescue American hostages held in Iran.
Introduced 1981-02-25 · Received in the Senate, and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
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Introduced 1984-09-06 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 5754 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for rates of duty on imported bicycles and bicycle parts consistent with those rates of duty maintained by the principal exporting nations of bicycles and bicycle parts to the United States.
Introduced 1984-05-31 · Executive Comment Received From USITC.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 5106 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits payable to the former individuals may never be less than those payable to the latter.
Introduced 1984-03-13 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHR 3522 — Consumer Telecommunications and Ratepayer Protection Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-07-12 · See H.R.4102.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 3367 — A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that benefits due a deceased SSI recipient may be paid to his or her ineligible spouse, or (if the recipient was a disabled child) to his or her parent, where such spouse or parent was living with the recipient at the time of his or her death.
Introduced 1983-06-21 · Referred to Subcommittee on Public Assistance and Unemployment Compensation.
Social WelfareHR 1424 — A bill for the relief of Shoo Shien Wang.
Introduced 1983-02-10 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 1163 — A bill to repeal sections 301 through 308 of the Tax Equity and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 1982, which impose withholding on interest and dividends.
Introduced 1983-02-02 · See H.R.2973.
TaxationHR 1015 — A bill to amend section 151 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an additional exemption for disabled individuals who need assistance in the form of attendant care services or medical devices in order to be employed or whose disabilities are so severe that such assistance would not enable such individuals to be employed.
Introduced 1983-01-27 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 1016 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount allowed to be deducted each taxable year for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and elderly from $25,000 to $100,000, and to make permanent the allowance of such deduction.
Introduced 1983-01-27 · See H.R.4170.
TaxationHJRES 491 — A joint resolution to designate the month of September 1984 as "National Sewing Month".
Introduced 1984-02-27 · See S.J.Res.302.
Sports and RecreationHJRES 218 — A joint resolution to designate the month of September of 1983, as "National Sewing Month".
Introduced 1983-03-24 · Became Public Law No: 98-97.
Sports and RecreationHRES 175 — A resolution urging that improvements be made in the implementation of Federal inspection services at United States gateway and preclearance airports.
Introduced 1983-04-27 · Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
Transportation and Public WorksHCONRES 271 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should urge the Canadian government to discontinue its practice of imposing taxes on travel literature imported from the United States.
Introduced 1984-03-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHCONRES 264 — A concurrent resolution authorizing the Rotunda of the Capitol to be used for a ceremony on March 15, 1984, commemorating the anniversary of the birth of president Andrew Jackson.
Introduced 1984-02-27 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment by Voice Vote.
CongressHR 5425 — Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1986
Introduced 1986-08-14 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Social WelfareHR 4845 — Federal Government Easy Access Act
Introduced 1986-05-19 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 4290 — A bill to provide that the Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration may accept gifts and donations for construction of a space shuttle orbiter, and that such orbiter shall be named Challenger II.
Introduced 1986-03-03 · Referred to Subcommittee on Space Science Applications.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 3833 — National Conference on Cities and Towns Act
Introduced 1985-12-02 · Referred to Subcommittee on Intergovernmental Relations and Human Resources.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 2426 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits payable to the former individuals may never be less than those payable to the latter.
Introduced 1985-05-08 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHR 2226 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for rates of duty on imported bicycles and bicycle parts consistent with those rates of duty maintained by the principal exporting nations of bicycles and bicycle parts to the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1985-04-25 · Executive Comment Received From State.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1458 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to extend the deduction for expenses incurred in connection with the elimination of architectural and transportation barriers for the handicapped and elderly.
Introduced 1985-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 1021 — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for a program for the waiver of the visa requirement in the case of nonimmigrant tourists from certain countries.
Introduced 1985-02-07 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
ImmigrationHR 554 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that tax-exempt interest shall not be taken into account in the calculation determining the taxation of Social Security benefits.
Introduced 1985-01-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHJRES 642 — A joint resolution to designate the week beginning May 17, 1987, as "National Tourism Week".
Introduced 1986-05-22 · Became Public Law No: 99-394.
CommemorationsHJRES 442 — A joint resolution to prohibit the Federal Communications Commission from permitting long distance carriers to bypass local telephone exchanges.
Introduced 1985-11-05 · Referred to Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Consumer Protection and Finance.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 296 — A joint resolution to designate the week beginning on May 18, 1986, as "National Tourism Week".
Introduced 1985-05-23 · See S.J.Res 141.
CommemorationsHJRES 222 — A joint resolution to designate the month of September 1985 as "National Sewing Month".
Introduced 1985-04-01 · See S.J.Res.173.
CommemorationsHRES 156 — A resolution to amend the rules of the House of Representatives to provide for the wide-angle broadcast of the entire House Chamber on a uniform and regular basis throughout each day's proceedings.
Introduced 1985-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHR 3136 — A bill to establish certain requirements relating to the identification, treatment, and prevention of child abuse on military installations.
Introduced 1987-08-06 · Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2538 — A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Roy Acuff.
Introduced 1987-05-28 · Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Arts, Culture, ReligionHR 2493 — A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 relating to the amount of funds available for noise compatibility planning and programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1987-05-21 · See H.R.2310.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2396 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate certain provisions which presently require the rounding of automatic cost-of-living increases, so as to ensure the eligible individuals will receive the full amount of such increases.
Introduced 1987-05-13 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHR 1027 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits to the former individuals never be less than those payable to the latter.
Introduced 1987-02-05 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHR 954 — Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care Act
Introduced 1987-02-04 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
EducationHR 628 — Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act of 1987
Introduced 1987-01-21 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Social Welfare