
James O. Eastland
Democrat · Mississippi · Senate
85 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (129)
S 4097 — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to provide for the protection of United States probation officers.
Introduced 1974-10-08 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 3977 — A bill for the relief of Patrick AndreTasselin and his wife Fabienne Francoise Tasselin.
Introduced 1974-09-10 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 4013 — A bill to amend the Act incorporating The American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein.
Introduced 1974-09-17 · Public law 93-557.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 3966 — A bill to promote the expedient completion of certain projects for the reconstruction of highways on the National System of Interstate and Defense Highways.
Introduced 1974-09-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksS 3805 — A bill relating to the compensation of certain employees of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate.
Introduced 1974-07-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on Rules and Administration.
CongressS 3774 — A bill for the relief of Au Yeung, Sui Cheung.
Introduced 1974-07-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3564 — A bill to authorize the financing of parkways from the Highway Trust Fund.
Introduced 1974-06-03 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksS 3461 — A bill for the relief of Kwan Do Sun.
Introduced 1974-05-09 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3371 — A bill to amend the Forest Pest Control Act of June 25, 1947.
Introduced 1974-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 3231 — A bill to provide indemnity payment to poultry and egg producers and processors.
Introduced 1974-03-26 · Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 93-1034.
Agriculture and FoodS 3075 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938.
Introduced 1974-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
S 3001 — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to the production of false documents or papers of the United States, and the use of false information in obtaining official documents and papers of the United States, involving an element of identification.
Introduced 1974-02-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 2933 — A bill to provide greater security for the U.S. passport.
Introduced 1974-01-31 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
ImmigrationS 2584 — A bill to extend the life of the June 5, 1972 Grand Jury of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1973-10-16 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
LawS 2585 — A bill to extend the life of the June 5, 1972 Grand Jury of the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1973-10-16 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
LawS 2593 — A bill for the relief of Ioan Gheorghe Iacob.
Introduced 1973-10-18 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2594 — A bill for the relief of Jan Sejna.
Introduced 1973-10-18 · Private Law 93-105.
Private LegislationS 2314 — A bill for the relief of Jiri Emanuel Huebner.
Introduced 1973-08-01 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2150 — 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 1973-07-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
S 1728 — A bill to increase benefits provided to American civilian internees in Southeast Asia.
Introduced 1973-05-08 · House agreed to conference report.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 1552 — A bill to establish the official residence of the Chief Justice of the United States by private gift to the United States.
Introduced 1973-04-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
LawS 1551 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to rice and peanuts.
Introduced 1973-04-12 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
S 1300 — Heroin Trafficking Act
Introduced 1973-03-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Narcotic law and legislationS 1193 — A bill for the relief of Oscar H. Barnett.
Introduced 1973-03-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Private LegislationS 978 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceS 911 — A bill to provide for a mandatory life sentence in certain cases involving the unlawful distribution of certain narcotic drugs.
Introduced 1973-02-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 524 — A bill for the relief of Jin Suk Park.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 525 — A bill for the relief of Mr. and Mrs. Wilson Yue.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 258 — A bill to amend chapter 84 of title 18 of the United States Code relating to the assaulting, injuring, or killing of police officers and firemen.
Introduced 1973-01-09 · Referred to Senate Committee on Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementSJRES 192 — A joint resolution to grant the status of permanent residence to Ivy May Glockner, formerly Ivy May Richmond nee Pond.
Introduced 1974-02-27 · Private Law 93-95.
Private LegislationSJRES 134 — An original joint resolution to prohibit any reduction in the number of employees of the Forest Service during the current fiscal year.
Introduced 1973-07-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesSRES 356 — A resolution providing permission for Senator John V. Tunney to appear as a witness in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1974-07-11 · Measure passed Senate.
Private LegislationSRES 354 — Resolution to authorize Senator James O. Eastland as Chairman of the Ccommittee on the Judiciary, to provide copies of certain materials of the committee with respect to the case of United States against Reinecke.
Introduced 1974-06-27 · Measure passed Senate.
Private LegislationSRES 358 — Resolution reported authorizing supplemental expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1974-07-11 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 357 — Resolution to authorize Peter Stockett, Junior, Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Committee on the Judiciary, and Floyd M. Riddick, Parliamentarian of the Senate, to appear as witnesses in the case of United States versus Reinecke.
Introduced 1974-07-11 · Measure passed Senate.
Private LegislationSRES 338 — A resolution to authorize Peter Stockett, Junior, Chief Counsel and Staff Director of the Committee on the Judiciary, to provide an affidavit with respect to the case of United States against Reinecke.
Introduced 1974-06-12 · Measure passed Senate.
Private LegislationSRES 403 — An original resolution authorizing supplemental expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for an inquiry and investigation relating to administrative practice and procedure.
Introduced 1974-09-17 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 359 — Resolution reported increasing the limitation on expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1974-07-11 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 311 — Resolved, that the Committee on the Judiciary is authorized to expend from the contingent fund of the Senate, during the 93d Congress, $10,000.000 in addition to the amounts.
Introduced 1974-04-24 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 255 — Resolves, that in holding hearings, reporting such hearings, and making investigations as authorized by sections 134(a) and 136 of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended.
Introduced 1974-01-30 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 180 — A resolution to John C. Stennis Day.
Introduced 1973-10-09 · Measure passed Senate.
CommemorationsSRES 56 — A resolution authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for inquiries and investigations.
Introduced 1973-01-31 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSCONRES 116 — Resolution authorizing the printing of additional copies of Senate Hearings on the Mari-Huana-Hashish Epidemic and its impact on U.S. security.
Introduced 1974-10-03 · Measure passed House.
CongressSRES 103 — A resolution authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for routine purposes.
Introduced 1973-04-18 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSCONRES 64 — Resolves by the Senate (the House of Representatives concurring), that there be printed with an illustration as a Senate document a compilation of materials eulogizing the late J. Edgar Hoover.
Introduced 1974-01-24 · Measure passed House.
CongressSCONRES 125 — A concurrent resolution favoring the suspension of deportation of Carlos Marquez de la Plata-Montalvo.
Introduced 1974-12-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationSCONRES 38 — A concurrent resolution favoring the suspension of deportation of certain aliens.
Introduced 1973-06-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationSCONRES 11 — A concurrent resolution to express a national policy with respect to support of the U.S. fishing industry.
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Senate agreed to House amendments.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 3763 — A bill for the relief of Isaias Berrones Reyes.
Introduced 1976-08-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3683 — A bill for the relief of Dr. Juan Bautista Lopez Ruiz.
Introduced 1976-07-21 · Private Law 94-136.
Private LegislationS 3702 — A bill for the relief of Vojislav S. Bozic, Constantin A. Krylov, Abdurachman G. Kunta, Fatima S. Kunta, Nikolai I. Ozolins, Eugen E. Posdeeff, and Tatiana M. Wassiliew.
Introduced 1976-07-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3682 — A bill for the relief of Dr. Oscar J. Briseno.
Introduced 1976-07-21 · Private Law 94-135.
Private LegislationS 3717 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to add the State of Mississippi to that list of States which are authorized to modify their social security coverage agreements so as to provide coverage thereunder for individuals in certain policemen's or firemen's positions.
Introduced 1976-08-03 · Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Social WelfareS 3618 — School Desegregation Standards and Assistance Act
Introduced 1976-06-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.
EducationS 3421 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 45) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1976-05-12 · Reported to Senate from the Committee on the Judiciary, S. Rept. 94-1195.
CommerceS 3332 — A bill for the relief of Joseph Spears Buchanan, Jr.
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3255 — A bill for the relief of Lai-Fung Wong.
Introduced 1976-04-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3153 — A bill to amend sections 1331 and 1332 of title 28, United States Code, to raise the amount in controversy required to establish Federal jurisdiction.
Introduced 1976-03-16 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
LawS 3074 — Immigration and Nationality Act Amendments
Introduced 1976-03-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationS 2774 — A bill to extend the Federal Tort Claims Act to members of the National Guard when engaged in training duty under Federal law.
Introduced 1975-12-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Armed Forces and National SecurityS 2590 — A bill for the relief of Margret Chun.
Introduced 1975-10-30 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2447 — A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to make it clear that Members of Congress may not, for purposes of State income tax laws, be treated as residents of any State other than the State from which they were elected.
Introduced 1975-10-02 · Vetoed by President, S. Doc. 94-245.
CongressS 2412 — A bill to provide for holding terms of the district court of the United States for the eastern division of the Northern District of Mississippi in Corinth, Mississippi.
Introduced 1975-09-25 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawS 2260 — Rice Production Act
Introduced 1975-07-31 · Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 8529 passed with similar provisions.
Agriculture and FoodS 2034 — Livestock Marketing Reform Act
Introduced 1975-06-26 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 2009 — A bill to amend the Federal Seed Act (53 Stat. 1275), as amended.
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Plant protectionS 1850 — A bill for the relief of Jin Suk Park.
Introduced 1975-06-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1448 — A bill for the relief of M. Sgt. Charles H. Boyles, United States Air Force.
Introduced 1975-04-17 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1418 — A bill to authorize the position of crier-clerk within the judicial branch of the Government of the United States, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-04-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
LawS 1419 — A bill to provide greater security for the U.S. passport.
Introduced 1975-04-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
CitizenshipS 1238 — A bill for the relief of Oscar H. Barnett.
Introduced 1975-03-19 · Referred to Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Private LegislationS 1230 — A bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended.
Introduced 1975-03-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1224 — A bill to amend the Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Act, as amended.
Introduced 1975-03-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Water Resources DevelopmentS 1179 — A bill for the relief of Kwan Do Sun.
Introduced 1975-03-13 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 978 — A bill to authorize the financing of parkways from the Highway Trust Fund, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-03-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksS 866 — An Act for the relief of Patrick Andre Tasselin.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Private Law 94-114.
Private LegislationS 706 — A bill to amend Public Law 92181 (85 Stat. 583) relating to credit eligibility for public utility cooperatives serving producers of food, fiber, and other agricultural products.
Introduced 1975-02-18 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 555 — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Introduced 1975-02-05 · Public law 94-68.
Agriculture and FoodS 533 — A bill for the relief of Jiri Emanuel Huebner.
Introduced 1975-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 441 — A bill to amend the Forest Pest Control Act of June 25, 1947.
Introduced 1975-01-28 · Public law 94-40.
PestsS 299 — A bill for the relief of Sui Cheung Au Yeung, his wife Kam-Ying Au Yeung Chan, and their child Ray Au Yeung.
Introduced 1975-01-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationSJRES 151 — A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating July 2, 1976, as an official holiday.
Introduced 1975-12-15 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsSRES 467 — A resolution reported relating to the History of the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1976-06-15 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
Government publicationsSRES 497 — A resolution authorizing supplemental expenditures for the Committee on the Judiciary for inquiry and investigation relating to internal security.
Introduced 1976-07-29 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 375 — A resolution reported authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1976-01-30 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 330 — An original resolution reported authorizing supplemental expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1975-12-15 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 298 — Resolution reported authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1975-11-10 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 72 — A resolution reported authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary.
Introduced 1975-02-07 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressS 3395 — A bill for the relief of Jan Kutina.
Introduced 1978-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3361 — A bill for the relief of Mr. Danilo Zamora-Miranda and Mrs. Nidia de los Angeles Oliverio de Zamora.
Introduced 1978-08-01 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 3151 — Department of Justice Appropriation Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979
Introduced 1978-05-25 · Public Law 95-624.
Economics and Public FinanceS 3020 — A bill to provide for the conveyance to the Holmes County School District of all the right, title, and interest of the United States in and to a certain tract of land in Holmes County, Mississippi.
Introduced 1978-05-02 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 2980 — A bill to facilitate the work of the U.S. Department of Agriculture; to protect the confidentiality of information furnished to the Department by individuals, establishments and enterprises and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-04-25 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
S 2765 — A bill to eliminate the right to a jury trial in certain tax actions against the United States.
Introduced 1978-03-20 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
TaxationS 2687 — A bill for the relief of Dr. Allan Joseph Cawley.
Introduced 1978-03-08 · Private Law 95-145.
Private LegislationS 2639 — A bill for the relief of Mrs. Kerry Ann Wilson and her son Jason John Wilson.
Introduced 1978-03-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2548 — Office of Energy Security Act
Introduced 1978-02-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
EnergyS 2509 — A bill for the relief of Rodolfo N. Arriola.
Introduced 1978-02-07 · Private Law 95-143.
Private LegislationS 2379 — An Act for the relief of Jesusa Navarro Romero and Antonio Angeles Romero.
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Private Law 95-142.
Private LegislationS 2275 — Freedom in Livestock Marketing Act
Introduced 1977-11-02 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodS 2252 — Alien Adjustment and Employment Act
Introduced 1977-10-28 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationS 2180 — A bill for the relief of certain aliens.
Introduced 1977-10-06 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2102 — A bill for the relief of Charles F. McKellar, Jr.
Introduced 1977-09-15 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 2094 — A bill to amend the jurisdiction of the Federal courts in diversity of citizenship cases.
Introduced 1977-09-14 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
LawS 2149 — A bill to create the district court for the Northern Mariana Islands, implementing article IV of the Covenant to Establish a Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands in Political Union with the United States of America.
Introduced 1977-09-27 · Public Law 95-157.
LawS 2089 — An original bill to establish within the Department of Justice the position of Associate Attorney General.
Introduced 1977-09-14 · Public Law 95-139.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 2117 — A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide for an exclusive remedy against the United States in suits based upon act Acts or omissions of United States employees.
Introduced 1977-09-21 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 2013 — Explosive Materials Taggant Act
Introduced 1977-08-04 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementS 1496 — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to make a crime the willful destruction or interference with the Trans-Alaska Pipeline System.
Introduced 1977-05-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
EnergyS 1462 — A bill relating to the Emergency Run-Off Retardation and Soil-Erosion Prevention Program.
Introduced 1977-05-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodS 1400 — A bill for the relief of Margret Chun.
Introduced 1977-04-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1398 — A bill for the relief of Jin Suk Park.
Introduced 1977-04-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1399 — A bill for the relief of Kwan Do Sun.
Introduced 1977-04-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1413 — A bill for the relief of Isaias Berrones Reyes.
Introduced 1977-04-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1075 — A bill for the relief of Joseph Spears Buchanan, Jr.
Introduced 1977-03-22 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationS 1096 — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to the production of false documents or papers of the United States, and the use of false information in obtaining official documents and papers of the United States, involving an element of identification.
Introduced 1977-03-23 · Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Public recordsS 983 — A bill to authorize channel clearing on the Yazoo River in Mississippi.
Introduced 1977-03-11 · Referred to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Transportation and Public WorksS 837 — A bill granting the consent of Congress to the Mississippi-Louisiana Bridge Construction Compact.
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 3662 passed in lieu.
Government Operations and PoliticsS 764 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to convey the interest of the United States in certain lands in Adams County, Miss., notwithstanding a limitation in the Color-of-Title Act (45 Stat. 1069, as amended; 43 U.S.C. 1068).
Introduced 1977-02-24 · Referred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesS 662 — A bill to provide for holding terms of the District Court of the United States for the Eastern Division of the Northern District of Mississippi in Corinth, Mississippi.
Introduced 1977-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawSRES 467 — A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 3151.
Introduced 1978-05-25 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 428 — A resolution to authorize reimbursement of U.S. Marshal Service for service of committee subpoenas.
Introduced 1978-04-05 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 398 — Authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for inquiries and investigations.
Introduced 1978-02-10 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 287 — A resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 2149.
Introduced 1977-10-06 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 280 — A resolution commending Courtney C. Pace for 35 years of faithful and outstanding service to the United States Senate.
Introduced 1977-10-04 · Measure passed Senate.
Congressional tributesSRES 163 — An original resolution waiving section 402(a) of the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 with respect to the consideration of S. 11, a bill to provide for the appointment of additional district court judges.
Introduced 1977-05-03 · Measure passed Senate.
CongressSRES 170 — An original resolution authorizing additional expenditures by the Committee on the Judiciary for inquiries and investigations.
Introduced 1977-05-12 · Measure passed Senate, amended.
CongressSRES 65 — A resolution authorizing additional committee expenditures.
Introduced 1977-02-02 · Measure passed Senate.
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