
Frank E. Denholm
Democrat · SO-1 · House of Representatives
55 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (43)
HR 17646 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to authorize the transmission, without cost to the sender, of letter mail to the President or Vice President of the United States, to Federal executive departments and agencies, or to Members of Congress.
Introduced 1974-12-16 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 17264 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to establish a trust fund to be used to fund the research programs of the National Cancer Institute.
Introduced 1974-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 17262 — Emergency Dairy, Livestock, and Poultry Act
Introduced 1974-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 17263 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the excise tax on cigarettes.
Introduced 1974-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14801 — A bill expanding the definition of the word "person" as used in the Constitution and the laws of the United States.
Introduced 1974-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 14492 — A bill to amend the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act to provide for a national highway speed limit of 65 miles per hour.
Introduced 1974-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Motor vehiclesHR 14422 — A bill directing the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct comprehensive, nationwide study of the effects of railroad abandonment, to develop an effective policy to assure an adequate, economic system for the transportation of freight with emphasis on branch line facilities in the movement of agricultural commodities, and prohibiting the Interstate Commerce Commission from authorizing any further abandonment's of railway freight facilities for a period of three years after enactment of this Act.
Introduced 1974-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 13768 — A bill to repeal that portion of the Emergency Highway Energy Conservation Act establishes a national maximum speed limit.
Introduced 1974-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 13132 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to permit payments made to farmers in the case of 1974 and 1975 crops of wheat, feed grain, and cotton to reflect changes during the calendar years 1973 and 1974, respectively, in prices paid by farmers for production items, interest, taxes, and wage rates.
Introduced 1974-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 13133 — A bill to amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide for daylight saving time for the period beginning May 31 through Labor Day annually, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 12940 — A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to extend for 1 fiscal year the authority for grants for 2-year medical schools intending to become schools capable of granting medical degrees.
Introduced 1974-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 12676 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide tax relief for motor transport carriers.
Introduced 1974-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 12133 — A bill to impose an excess profits tax on the income of corporations during the periods of national energy emergency and to establish an energy trust fund to develop new energy sources improve utilization of present sources, develop means for energy conservation, and to promote effective economic techniques for preserving the environment in the United States.
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 12132 — A bill to amend the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, to eliminate price controls of petroleum products.
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Economic stabilizationHR 12134 — A bill to increase the natural resources depletion allowance for income tax purposes on oil and gas wells, coal and lignite deposits in the United States.
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 11582 — A bill to amend the Clean Air Act in order to exempt motor vehicles purchased by persons residing in certain rural areas from certain emission control requirements.
Introduced 1973-11-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Motor vehiclesHR 10887 — A bill to amend the Economic Stabilization Act of 1970, to exempt stabilization of the price of agricultural commodities and certain other items from its provisions.
Introduced 1973-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Economic stabilizationHR 9959 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to restrict the authority for inspection of income tax returns by Federal agencies.
Introduced 1973-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 9471 — A bill to amend Public Law 92-181 (85 Stat. (383) relating to credit eligibility for public utility cooperatives serving producers of food, fiber, and other agricultural products.
Introduced 1973-07-23 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 8460 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to relieve employers of 15 or fewer employees from the requirement of paying or depositing certain employment taxes more often than once each year.
Introduced 1973-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 8229 — A bill to declare that certain federally owned land is held by the United States in trust for the Sisseton-Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Indian Reservation in North and South Dakota.
Introduced 1973-05-30 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 1412 passed in lieu.
HR 8230 — A bill to authorize the Sisseton and Wahpeton Sioux Tribe of the Lake Traverse Reservation to consolidate its landholdings in North Dakota and South Dakota, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-05-30 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 1411 passed in lieu.
HR 8052 — A bill to provide for the continued sale of gasoline to independent retail marketers.
Introduced 1973-05-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
GasolineHR 7752 — A bill expanding the definition of the word "person" as used in the Constitution and the law of the United States.
Introduced 1973-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 7632 — A bill to amend the Uniform Time Act of 1966 to provide for daylight saving time for the period beginning May 31 through Labor Day annually.
Introduced 1973-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 7631 — A bill directing the Secretary of the Department of Transportation to conduct a comprehensive, nationwide study of the effects of railroad abandonments to develop an effective policy to assure an adequate, economic system for the transportation of freight with emphasis on branch line facilities in the movement of agricultural commodities and prohibiting the Interstate Commerce Commission from authorizing any further abandonments of railway freight facilities until 6 months after the study has been completed.
Introduced 1973-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 7459 — A bill to establish a special commission of inquiry to investigate alleged criminal irregular, or wrongful, conduct in the presidential election campaign of 1972, and to publish recommendations and reports to safeguard the election process and procedures relating thereto.
Introduced 1973-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 5759 — A bill for the relief of Morena Stolsmark.
Introduced 1973-03-15 · Private Law 93-67.
Private LegislationHR 5683 — A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, to establish a Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund to provide adequate funds for rural electric and telephone systems through insured and guaranteed loans at interest rates which will allow them to achieve the objectives of the Act.
Introduced 1973-03-15 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 394 passed in lieu.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4615 — 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 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3615 — 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.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3614 — 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.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3613 — A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 85 percent of the parity price.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3616 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a water bank program.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 2972 — 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.
Introduced 1973-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2276 — 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 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1731 — A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 and the Consolidated Farmers Home Administration Act of 1961.
Introduced 1973-01-11 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1489 — A bill to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act and the Water Bank Act.
Introduced 1973-01-09 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Conservation of natural resourcesHJRES 949 — Joint resolution to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide for the designation of the 11th day of November of each year as "Veterans Day".
Introduced 1974-03-25 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 948 — Joint resolution to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide for the designation of the 30th day of May of each as "Memorial Day".
Introduced 1974-03-25 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 402 — Joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States providing for a limitation of annual appropriations to achieve national fiscal responsibility.
Introduced 1973-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Economics and Public FinanceHCONRES 218 — Concurrent resolution to express the support of Congress on participation in the Symposium on Management and Utilization of Remote Sensing Data to be held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, October 29 to November 2, 1973.
Introduced 1973-05-15 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHCONRES 217 — Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding a Member's right to hold office if he or she fails to be recorded on 75 percent of 300 consecutive votes.
Introduced 1973-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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