
David F. Emery
Republican · MA-1 · House of Representatives
51 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (69)
HR 8122 — A bill to provide for the conveyance to the State of Maine of certain lands located in such State.
Introduced 1980-09-16 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 7919 — Maine Indian Claims Settlement Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-08-01 · Public Law 96-420.
Native AmericansHR 7669 — A bill relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for that portion of the Acadia National Park as lies within the town of Isle au Haut, Maine.
Introduced 1980-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 5748 — A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to modify the system of accountability and responsibility for property of the United States issued to the National Guard.
Introduced 1979-10-31 · Public Law 96-328.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 5564 — A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to limit the amount of contributions to political committees advocating the election of unannounced candidates for Federal office.
Introduced 1979-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 5117 — Synthetic Fuels Development Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
EnergyHR 4224 — A bill to authorize the Camp Fire Girls of Cundys Harbor, Maine to erect a monument on Maine Avenue in the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1979-05-24 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Arts, Culture, ReligionHR 2685 — A bill to modify the project at Royal River, Yarmouth, Maine, and relating to the Federal share of the maintenance costs of the project.
Introduced 1979-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2600 — A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, with respect to accountability and responsibility for United States property issued to the National Guard.
Introduced 1979-03-05 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2485 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for a lower rate of duty for certain fish netting and fish nets.
Introduced 1979-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1211 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for a lower rate of duty for certain fish netting and fish nets.
Introduced 1979-01-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHJRES 272 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to provide that a Member of the House of Representatives shall have a 4-year term.
Introduced 1979-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
CongressHRES 618 — A resolution to express opposition to a proposed import fee on crude oil.
Introduced 1980-03-24 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHCONRES 411 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that efficient wood-burning heating systems should be made eligible for the residential energy credit.
Introduced 1980-08-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 15408 — A bill to amend the Commercial Fisheries Research Development Act of 1964 in order to amend the formula for calculating yearly apportionments to the States of funds available under such act.
Introduced 1976-09-02 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 14536 — A bill to amend title V of the Housing Act of 1949 to allow certain property held by the United States under such title to be subject to certain taxation by appropriate State and local entities.
Introduced 1976-06-24 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
TaxationHR 12753 — A bill for the relief of William F. Mussenden, sole surviving descendant of the owners of the firm of Larrabee and Allen of Bath, Maine.
Introduced 1976-03-23 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 12737 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to authorize a presumption of service connection for cause of death in certain cases involving veterans who had been rated permanently and totally disabled due to service-connected disability for at least 1 year immediately preceding death.
Introduced 1976-03-23 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12418 — A bill to amend the Department of Transportation Act in order to provide for a Secretary of the Coast Guard.
Introduced 1976-03-11 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 12284 — A bill to repeal the recently enacted provisions authorizing increases in the salaries of Senators and Representatives.
Introduced 1976-03-03 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CongressHR 12285 — Synthetic Fuels Research and Demonstration Act
Introduced 1976-03-03 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Power resourcesHR 11612 — Synthetic Fuels Research and Demonstration Act
Introduced 1976-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Power resourcesHR 8497 — Methanol Fuel Act
Introduced 1975-09-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
MethanolHR 8047 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct inequities in the determination of rates of basic pay in conversions to the General Schedule of employees and positions subject to prevailing rate pay schedules.
Introduced 1975-06-19 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7655 — Methanol Fuel Act
Introduced 1975-06-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
MethanolHR 7231 — A bill to amend the Federal Non-nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 1974 for the purpose of authorizing research, development, and demonstration in the field of ground propulsion systems.
Introduced 1975-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 6310 — Oil Import Control and Energy Conservation Act
Introduced 1975-04-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Power resourcesHR 13481 — A bill to name the post office and Federal building in Portland, Maine, the "Federick G. Payne Building".
Introduced 1978-07-14 · Public Law 95-522.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13241 — Alcohol Fuel Act
Introduced 1978-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 13242 — Alcohol Fuel Act
Introduced 1978-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 12864 — A bill to amend the Fishery Conservation and Management Act of 1976 in order to improve the procedures relating to the approval of fishery management plans, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-05-25 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 12487 — A bill to amend title 32, United States Code with respect to accountability and responsibility for United States property issued to the National Guard.
Introduced 1978-05-02 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 10431 — A bill to modify the project at Royal River, Yarmouth, Maine, relating to the Federal share of the maintenance costs of the project.
Introduced 1978-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
DredgingHR 10430 — A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, so as to make unlawful the taking of certain equipment from federally documented vessels, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 10432 — A bill to amend the tariff schedules of the United States to provide for a lower rate of duty for certain fish netting and fish nets.
Introduced 1978-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 8029 — Alcohol Fuel Act
Introduced 1977-06-27 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 5556 — A bill for the relief of Dermot Nicholas Killian.
Introduced 1977-03-23 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 5007 — Synthetic Fuels Research and Demonstration Act
Introduced 1977-03-14 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
EnergyHR 3336 — A bill to apply to all vessels entering the U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone the same design, construction, cargo, and other related standards which apply, under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, to vessels documented under the laws of the United States or which enter the navigable waters of the United States.
Introduced 1977-02-09 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2427 — A bill to apply to all vessels entering the U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone the same design, construction, cargo, and other related standards which apply, under the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972, to vessels documented under the laws of the United States or which enter the navigable waters of the United States.
Introduced 1977-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2048 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide for a lower rate of duty for certain fish netting and fish nets.
Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 2047 — A bill to amend the Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act of 1964 in order to amend the formula for calculating yearly apportionments to the States of funds available under such Act.
Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHJRES 478 — Joint resolution to encourage formation of an international organization for the conservation of whales.
Introduced 1977-05-23 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Marine mammal protectionHJRES 479 — Joint resolution to encourage formation of an international organization for the conservation of whales.
Introduced 1977-05-23 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Marine mammal protectionHJRES 385 — Joint resolution relating to the establishment of an international organization for the protection of whales and other cetaceans.
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Marine mammal protectionHRES 1026 — A resolution calling on the Department of State to investigate allegations that the provisions of the Biological Weapons Convention of 1972 are being violated by a principle signatory to that Convention.
Introduced 1978-02-15 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHRES 126 — Resolution disapproving the increase in executive, legislative, and judicial salaries proposed by the President.
Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
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Introduced 1982-07-28 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-07-15 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-07-27 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Division Vote: 66 - 140.
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Introduced 1982-07-15 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-05-06 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 6664 — Small Business Access to Trade Remedies Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-06-23 · Referred to Subcommittee on Trade.
CommerceHR 5759 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a limited exclusion from gross income for per diem received by certain State legislators ineligible for the special deduction with respect to living expenses.
Introduced 1982-03-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5668 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make independent entities eligible to receive funds under the disabled veterans' outreach program and to allow the Secretary of Labor to station disabled veterans' outreach program specialists at various locations.
Introduced 1982-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 5593 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Veterans' Administration to provide outpatient contract podiatric services without a requirement of referral from a medical doctor.
Introduced 1982-02-24 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 5467 — A bill for the relief of Margaret D. Howe.
Introduced 1982-02-04 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 5314 — A bill to allow the Coast Guard to use certain funds appropriated to the Coast Guard for acquisition, construction and improvement by the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 1982, either for acquisition, construction, and improvement or for any operating expenses of the Coast Guard.
Introduced 1982-01-25 · Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 4855 — A bill relating to the establishment of a permanent boundary for that portion of the Acadia National Park as lies within the town of Isle au Haut, Maine.
Introduced 1981-10-28 · For Further Action See S.1777.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 4757 — A bill to require all security and protective functions at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, located at Kittery, Maine, to be performed by United States Government personnel.
Introduced 1981-10-15 · Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4595 — A bill for the relief of the Grace Baptist Church, Portland, Maine.
Introduced 1981-09-24 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4349 — A bill to direct the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating to cause the vessel Jason Collins to be documented as a vessel of the United States so as to be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade.
Introduced 1981-07-30 · Referred to Subcommittee on Merchant Marine.
Private LegislationHR 4249 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the residential energy credit for certain wood burning stoves.
Introduced 1981-07-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 2790 — Veterans Education and Training Program Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-24 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 1310 — A bill to amend title I of the Social Security Act to increase the applicable exempt amount under the earnings test, in the case of any individual, by the amount of any State, and local real property taxes which such individual must pay.
Introduced 1981-01-27 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHJRES 569 — A joint resolution redesignating the Saint Croix Island National Monument in the State of Maine as the "Saint Croix Island International Historic Site".
Introduced 1982-08-11 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHRES 524 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the community service employment program under title V of the Older Americans Act of 1965 should not be terminated or weakened.
Introduced 1982-07-14 · Referred to Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Labor and EmploymentHRES 392 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should take all possible actions to insure adequate funding for the work-study, college student, financial assistance program based on campus.
Introduced 1982-03-16 · Referred to Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
EducationHCONRES 281 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the promulgation of regulations regarding the management and storage of hazardous wastes.
Introduced 1982-03-04 · Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Environmental Protection