
Mendel J. Davis
Democrat · SO-1 · House of Representatives
55 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (60)
HR 7501 — A bill to amend section 316 of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 with respect to certain solicitations for contributions.
Introduced 1980-06-05 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6160 — A bill for the relief of Lieutenant General Devol Brett.
Introduced 1979-12-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 6011 — A bill for the relief of William H. Koss.
Introduced 1979-12-03 · Private Law 96-112.
Private LegislationHR 5867 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to charter the nuclear ship Savannah to Patriots Point Development Authority, an agency of the State of South Carolina.
Introduced 1979-11-13 · Measure laid on table in House (See S. 1863 as passed House for similar provisions).
Transportation and Public WorksHR 5866 — A bill to designate certain areas located in the Francis Marion National Forest, South Carolina, as wilderness areas.
Introduced 1979-11-13 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHJRES 527 — A joint resolution designating the week beginning April 5, 1981, as "National Vegetable Garden Week".
Introduced 1980-03-31 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Agriculture and FoodHR 15590 — Health Care Insurance Act
Introduced 1974-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 14586 — A bill to direct the U.S. Civil Service Commission to conduct a study with respect to certain Federal employees.
Introduced 1974-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13766 — Economic Opportunity Amendments
Introduced 1974-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Social WelfareHR 12457 — A bill to require passport applicants to swear to an oath of allegiance to the United States as a condition precedent to being granted a passport.
Introduced 1974-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
ImmigrationHR 9958 — A bill to authorize the disposal of metallurgical grade chromite from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile.
Introduced 1973-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Strategic materialsHR 9801 — A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to provide for the procurement and retention of judge advocates and law specialist officers for the Armed Forces.
Introduced 1973-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Armed ervices.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 9756 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 44, 45) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1973-08-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 7793 — A bill to amend the Communication Act of 1934 to direct the Federal Communication Commission to require the establishment nationally of an emergency telephone call referral system using the telephone number 911 for such calls.
Introduced 1973-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 5027 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code, to liberalize the provisions relating to payment of disability and death pension.
Introduced 1973-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2275 — A bill to require that certain textile products bear a label containing cleaning instructions.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2273 — Kidney Disease Treatment and Prevention Act
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 2274 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HCONRES 652 — Concurrent resolution to provide for the designation of November 8, 1974, as "National Trauma Day".
Introduced 1974-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
CommemorationsHCONRES 182 — Concurrent resolution expressing a sense of moral outrage in the Congress over deliberate violations by the North Vietnamese government and the Vietcong of the Geneva Convention relative to the Treatment of Prisoners of War in regards to abuse of U.S. prisoners, and the deliberate refusal to account for missing U.S. servicemen, and expressing the sense of the Congress that no aid of any kind should be extended to the North Vietnamese government by any branch of the U.S. Government.
Introduced 1973-04-11 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Vietnamese ConflictHR 15312 — A bill to repeal titles XV and XVI of the Public Health Service Act.
Introduced 1976-08-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 15028 — A bill to provide for emergency allotment lease and transfer of tobacco allotments or quotas for 1976 in certain disaster areas in South Carolina.
Introduced 1976-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
TobaccoHR 14352 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that amounts received under certain conditional scholarship or student loan programs will be exempt from taxation.
Introduced 1976-06-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14351 — A bill to amend the antitrust laws to provide that the refusal of nonprofit blood banks and of hospitals and physicians to obtain blood and blood plasma from other blood banks shall not be deemed to be acts in restraint of trade.
Introduced 1976-06-14 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceHR 14350 — A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, as amended, to require that the label of drug containers, as dispensed to the patient, bear the established or trade name, the quantity and strength of the drug dispensed.
Introduced 1976-06-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Drug law and legislationHR 13587 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to repeal the special tariff treatment accorded to articles assembled abroad with components produced in the United States.
Introduced 1976-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 12496 — A bill to abolish the U.S. Postal Service, to repeal the Postal Reorganization Act, to reenact the former provisions of title 39, United States Code.
Introduced 1976-03-15 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 11681 — A bill for the relief of William H. Koss.
Introduced 1976-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 11661 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1976-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 10623 — A bill for the relief of Marguerite A. Ferri.
Introduced 1975-11-06 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 10486 — A bill to amend the Military Selective Service Act in order to reinstate for 10 years the induction authority under that act; to require 36 months of service in the Armed Forces of each person so inducted; and to make female persons liable for registration, induction, and service under such Act.
Introduced 1975-10-31 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 10375 — A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to make individuals eligible for medical care in facilities of the uniformed services for injuries incurred during inactive- duty training and travel to and from such training.
Introduced 1975-10-28 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 10485 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to prohibit the maintenance of local offices by executive agencies.
Introduced 1975-10-31 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 9322 — 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 1975-09-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 8700 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to double the amount which may be earned by an individual without suffering deductions from his or her benefits thereunder in the case of an individual who is receiving old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefits and whose spouse is disabled.
Introduced 1975-07-17 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 8699 — A bill to provide recomputation of the retired pay of persons who served as sergeant major of the Marine Corps before December 16, 1967.
Introduced 1975-07-17 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 8741 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Commerce to transfer the N. S. Savannah to Patriot's Point Development Authority, an agency of the State of South Carolina.
Introduced 1975-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Nuclear shipsHR 8363 — A bill for the relief of Donald N. Yates, Jr., Carolyn B. Yates, Guy Kevin Yates, Sena Hansen Yates, and Michelle Lyn Yates.
Introduced 1975-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 8260 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow an itemized deductions for State and local vehicle registration fees paid or accrued.
Introduced 1975-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Motor vehiclesHR 5240 — A bill to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies for the construction of public elementary and secondary schools.
Introduced 1975-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 4372 — A bill to amend title 37 of the United States Code in order to provide incentives for lawyers to enter and remain in the Armed Forces.
Introduced 1975-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4132 — A bill to provide financial assistance to local educational agencies for the construction of public elementary and secondary schools.
Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHCONRES 187 — Concurrent resolution relating to the establishment of the Naval and Maritime Museum in Charleston, S. C.
Introduced 1975-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHCONRES 110 — Concurrent resolution to provide for the designation of May 1-8, 1975, as "National Trauma Week".
Introduced 1975-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHR 14412 — A bill for the relief of James D. and Blanche V. Benton.
Introduced 1978-10-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 14003 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act with respect to the payment, under the medicare program, of services of physicians rendered in a teaching hospital.
Introduced 1978-09-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 11807 — Farm Stabilization Act
Introduced 1978-04-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 10708 — A bill for the relief of Donald N. Yates, Junior, Carolyn B. Yates, Guy K. Yates, Sean H. Yates, and Michelle L. Yates.
Introduced 1978-02-01 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 10420 — Emergency Farm Act
Introduced 1978-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 8595 — A bill for the relief of William H. Koss.
Introduced 1977-07-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 8211 — A bill for the relief of certain employees of the Department of the Navy.
Introduced 1977-07-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 8199 — A bill to amend title 37 of the United States Code to provide incentives for attorneys to enter and remain in the Armed Forces.
Introduced 1977-07-11 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 8198 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to repeal the special tariff treatment accorded to articles assembled abroad with components produced in the United States.
Introduced 1977-07-11 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 7043 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1977-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 5750 — A bill for the relief of Hardy King and Herbert Ravenel, Jr.
Introduced 1977-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4815 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1977-03-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 4543 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1977-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 2685 — A bill to provide recomputation of the retired pay of persons who served as sergeant major of the Marine Corps before December 16, 1967.
Introduced 1977-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2686 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to make certain changes in the retired serviceman's family protection plan and the survivor benefit plan as authorized by chapter 73 of that title.
Introduced 1977-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHJRES 809 — A resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 18, 1978, as "Education Day, U.S.A.".
Introduced 1978-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Commemorations