
James C. Cleveland
Republican · NE-2 · House of Representatives
63 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (101)
HR 8338 — A bill to designate the facility known as the Northeastern Forest Experiment Station in Durham, New Hampshire, as the "Louis C. Wyman Forest Experiment Station".
Introduced 1980-11-13 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6501 — A bill for the relief of David Allen Moorhead.
Introduced 1980-02-12 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 5772 — A bill to amend section 421 of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to permit the use of funds for the purchase of band instruments.
Introduced 1979-11-01 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 4113 — A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide an additional allotment of funds to certain States, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-05-16 · Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 3786 — A bill to authorize a study to develop small hydroelectric projects for rural areas or communities.
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
EnergyHRES 681 — A resolution amending rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit the number of subcommittees of standing committees of the House and to limit the number of subcommittees on which members may serve.
Introduced 1980-05-22 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHR 16505 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1974-08-21 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 15715 — A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to permit donations of surplus supplies and equipment to older Americans.
Introduced 1974-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Social WelfareHR 15269 — A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to permit donations of surplus supplies and equipment to older Americans.
Introduced 1974-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Social WelfareHR 15070 — A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to authorize a grant program for research and development of alternative fuels for motor vehicles.
Introduced 1974-05-29 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Motor vehiclesHR 14962 — A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to authorize a grant program for research and development of alternative fuels for motor vehicles.
Introduced 1974-05-22 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Motor vehiclesHR 14963 — A bill to amend section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1974-05-22 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 14541 — A bill to amend section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1974-05-01 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 14373 — A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to authorize a grant program for research and development of guidelines to conserve energy by reducing air drag on trucks.
Introduced 1974-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Motor vehiclesHR 13910 — A bill to amend section 203 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1974-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 13911 — A bill to amend section 206 of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to authorize the payment of interest on certain reimbursements.
Introduced 1974-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 13796 — A bill to amend the Small Business Act to provide for loans to small business concerns affected by the agency shortage.
Introduced 1974-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
CommerceHR 13797 — A bill to amend title 23 of the United States Code to authorize a grant program for research and development of alternative fuels for motor vehicles.
Introduced 1974-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Motor vehiclesHR 13130 — A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to permit the transportation, mailing, and broadcasting of advertising, information, and materials concerning lotteries authorized by law and conducted by a State, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LotteriesHR 11641 — A bill to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds utilize the best practicable technology for the conservation and use of energy.
Introduced 1973-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11508 — A bill to prohibit the use of currency in amounts in excess of $25 with respect to the making of certain political contributions or expenditures.
Introduced 1973-11-15 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11507 — Fair Labor Standards Amendments
Introduced 1973-11-15 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 11298 — A bill to amend the Walsh-Healey Act and the Contract Work Hours and Safety Standards Act to change the workday for employees who are employed under contracts subject to those acts from 8 to 10 hours per day.
Introduced 1973-11-06 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11299 — A bill to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds utilize the best practicable technology for the conservation and use of energy.
Introduced 1973-11-06 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Crime and Law EnforcementHR 9174 — A bill to encourage consideration of nonstructural alternatives to flood damage prevention.
Introduced 1973-07-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Emergency ManagementHR 6309 — A bill to require States to pass along to public assistance recipients who are entitled to social security benefits the 1972 increase in such benefits, either by disregarding it in determining their need for assistance or otherwise.
Introduced 1973-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means..
Social WelfareHR 6308 — A bill to repeal the bread tax on the 1973 wheat crop.
Introduced 1973-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture..
Agriculture and FoodHR 6312 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a credit against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents.
Introduced 1973-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means..
EducationHR 6311 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a credit against income tax to individuals for certain expenses incurred in providing higher education.
Introduced 1973-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means..
EducationHR 6310 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that employees receiving lump sums from tax- free pension or annuity plans on account of separation from employment shall not be taxed at the time of distribution to the extent that an equivalent amount is reinvested in another plan.
Introduced 1973-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means..
HR 4612 — A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to acquire certain lands and interests therein adjacent to the exterior boundaries of the White Mountain National Forest in the State of New Hampshire for addition to the national forest system.
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 4575 — For the relief of Filippo Sardo.
Introduced 1973-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4175 — For the relief of Manuel H. Silva.
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Private Law 93-42.
Private LegislationHR 3940 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to certain charitable contributions.
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3941 — A bill to amend section 4940 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to change the name of the amount imposed thereby on certain investment income from "excise tax" to "service charge", and to reduce such amount from 4 to 1 1/2 percent.
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHJRES 1100 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relating to the ratification of treaties.
Introduced 1974-07-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
International AffairsHRES 199 — Resolution to amend rule XI of the House of Representatives.
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHR 14346 — A bill for the relief of John C. Shurtleff.
Introduced 1976-06-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 12900 — A bill to amend the project for flood control and other purposes in the Merrimack River Basin.
Introduced 1976-03-30 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Public worksHR 12378 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Introduced 1976-03-09 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12120 — A bill to amend section 111 of title 23, United States Code, to permit the sale of State lottery tickets on Interstate System rights-of-way.
Introduced 1976-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
GamblingHR 11818 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Introduced 1976-02-10 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 11748 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Introduced 1976-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 11817 — A bill to amend the act of August 31, 1964, to authorize the addition of certain lands to the Saint-Gaudens National Historic Site in the State of New Hampshire.
Introduced 1976-02-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 11749 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Introduced 1976-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 11222 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Introduced 1975-12-17 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 11135 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes.
Introduced 1975-12-12 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 10256 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to remove the time limitation within which programs of education for veterans must be completed.
Introduced 1975-10-21 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 10282 — A bill for the relief of Andre Duchesneau.
Introduced 1975-10-21 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 9929 — A bill to amend titles 18 and 39 of the United States Code to permit certain lottery information now permitted to be published in newspapers to be published in magazines as well.
Introduced 1975-09-30 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 9779 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that when an adverse decision is made on a claim for benefits thereunder, the claimant shall have the right to reconsideration, including an informal conference and a statement of the case, prior to hearing; to impose time limits and make other improvements in the procedures for determining such claims; and to regularize the appointment of administrative law judges hearing such claims.
Introduced 1975-09-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Administrative procedureHR 9713 — A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964 to provide that the presence in a household of an otherwise able-bodied adult person shall not make such household ineligible for food stamps if such person is or has been mentally ill and is regularly participating in a treatment and rehabilitation program.
Introduced 1975-09-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 9360 — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to permit adoption of more than two children.
Introduced 1975-09-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationHR 9204 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to permit the use of lands of the forest reserves created from the public domain for commercial outdoor recreation.
Introduced 1975-08-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Outdoor recreationHR 9153 — A bill granting the consent of Congress to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate Sewage Waste Disposal Facilities Compact.
Introduced 1975-07-31 · Public law 94-403.
Environmental ProtectionHR 8907 — A bill for the relief of Yong Won Lee.
Introduced 1975-07-24 · Private Law 94-28.
Private LegislationHR 8376 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-07-08 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 8192 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment for any emergency inpatient hospital services furnished in Canada or Mexico to individuals entitled to hospital insurance benefits.
Introduced 1975-06-24 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 8099 — Broadcast License Renewal Act
Introduced 1975-06-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 7417 — A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to provide for Federal reimbursement to States for unemployment insurance benefits paid to workers who are eligible for adjustment assistance benefits under such act, and to repeal the provisions of law which reduce certain tax credits for employers in any State which does not enter into, or fulfill its commitments under, a Federal-State agreement regarding the administration of worker adjustment assistance benefits.
Introduced 1975-05-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 7418 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-05-22 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 7080 — A bill to insure that certain buildings financed with Federal funds utilize the best practicable technology for the conservation and use of energy.
Introduced 1975-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6991 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 6821 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-05-08 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 5841 — A bill to amend section 111 of title 23, United States Code, to permit the sale of State lottery tickets on Interstate System rights-of-way.
Introduced 1975-04-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 5287 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 4840 — A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to permit donations of surplus supplies and equipment to older Americans.
Introduced 1975-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Social WelfareHR 4841 — A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to permit donations of surplus supplies and equipment to States and local public recreation agencies.
Introduced 1975-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
RecreationHR 4664 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide income tax incentives to improve the economics of recycling waste paper.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Environmental ProtectionHR 4665 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide reasonable and necessary income tax incentives to encourage the utilization of recycled solid waste materials and to offset existing income tax advantages which promote depletion of virgin natural resources.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3760 — A bill to repeal the earnings limitation of the Social Security Act.
Introduced 1975-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 3761 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 3762 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 2175 — A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for State certification.
Introduced 1975-01-28 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 1802 — Rice Act
Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHJRES 815 — Joint resolution to authorize the President of the United State to designate National Ski Week.
Introduced 1976-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHJRES 732 — Joint resolution to authorize the President of the United States to designate National Ski Week.
Introduced 1975-11-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHJRES 763 — Joint resolution to authorize the President of the United States to designate National Ski Week.
Introduced 1975-12-19 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
HJRES 676 — Joint resolution to designate October 24 of each year as National Sarah Joseph Hale Day.
Introduced 1975-09-30 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHJRES 702 — Joint resolution to authorize the President of the United States to designate National Ski Week.
Introduced 1975-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHJRES 599 — Joint resolution to authorize the President of the United States to designate National Ski Week.
Introduced 1975-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
HR 13003 — A bill to provide that certain rules which relate to firearms and which are proposed by or for the bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms shall be subject to public comment for not less than 120 days and to veto by either House of Congress.
Introduced 1978-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Crime and Law EnforcementHR 12113 — A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act relating to clean lakes.
Introduced 1978-04-13 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 10945 — A bill granting the consent of Congress to an amendment to the New Hampshire-Vermont Interstate School Compact.
Introduced 1978-02-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 9700 — A bill authorizing a study to develop small hydroelectric projects for rural areas or communities.
Introduced 1977-10-20 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Hydroelectric powerHR 9080 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act and chapters 2 and 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit ministers and their employers to enter into voluntary agreements for the treatment of such ministers as employed persons.
Introduced 1977-09-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 6594 — A bill to amend section 111 of title 23, United States Code, to permit the sale of State lottery tickets on Interstate System right-of-way.
Introduced 1977-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
LotteriesHR 6593 — A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Development Act of 1970 relating to a minimum annual apportionment for each State for general aviation airport development.
Introduced 1977-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 5615 — A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to provide for Federal reimbursement to States for unemployment insurance benefits paid to workers who are eligible for adjustment assistance benefits under such act, and to repeal the provisions of law which reduce certain tax credits for employers in any State which does not enter into, or fulfill its commitments under, a Federal-State agreement regarding the administration of worker adjustment assistance benefits.
Introduced 1977-03-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 4541 — A bill to require the distribution of pinpoint disaster assistance for elementary and secondary school facilities destroyed or seriously damaged between January 2, 1968, and October 1, 1978.
Introduced 1977-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHJRES 1108 — A joint resolution to authorize the President to proclaim the last Friday of April each year as "National Arbor Day".
Introduced 1978-08-09 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 308 — Resolution to amend rule X of the Rules of the House.
Introduced 1977-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHRES 309 — Resolution to amend rule X of the Rules of the House.
Introduced 1977-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHCONRES 744 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 684 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-08-08 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 688 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 671 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 686 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-08-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 697 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-08-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 685 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-08-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHCONRES 693 — A resolution expressing the sense of Congress that all remaining proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project should be expedited and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Introduced 1978-08-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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