
L. H. Fountain
Democrat · NO-2 · House of Representatives
73 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (61)
HR 7112 — State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act Amendments of 1980
Introduced 1980-04-22 · Public Law 96-604.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6952 — Emergency Home Purchase Assistance Authority Amendments of 1979
Introduced 1980-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 6280 — A bill for the relief of Clater P. Killebrew, Junior.
Introduced 1980-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 6271 — Veterans Judicial Review Act
Introduced 1980-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 5971 — A bill for the relief of Ann Jenkins Anderson.
Introduced 1979-11-27 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3724 — A bill to provide the Secretary of Agriculture with flexibility in the imposition of marketing penalties for peanuts.
Introduced 1979-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1664 — Federal Constitutional Convention Procedures Act
Introduced 1979-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 908 — A bill for the relief of Rosario M. Stancil.
Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHJRES 143 — A joint resolution to amend the Constitution of the United States to provide for balanced Federal budgets and the elimination of the public debt of the United States.
Introduced 1979-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 17615 — A bill to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to exempt certain youth organizations, college fraternities, and sororities, and intercollegiate sports from provisions requiring that admissions and benefits be allocated without regard to gender.
Introduced 1974-12-11 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 16225 — Joint Funding Simplification Act
Introduced 1974-08-01 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 2299 passed in lieu.
Federal aid programsHR 15393 — A bill to amend the Mutual Security Act of 1954 to require that information relating to foreign travel by Members of Congress be open to public inspection and published periodically in the Congressional Record.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
CongressHR 15394 — A bill to authorize the provision of assistance to foreign countries in exchange for strategic or critical raw materials.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHR 14765 — A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide an exemption from minimum wage and overtime coverage for babysitters.
Introduced 1974-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 12720 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the tax on the amounts paid for communication services shall not apply to the amount of the State and local taxes paid for such services.
Introduced 1974-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11236 — Joint Funding Simplification Act
Introduced 1973-11-01 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Federal aid programsHR 8909 — Federal Legal Aid Corporation Act
Introduced 1973-06-21 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
LawHR 7952 — A bill to authorize the head of an executive department, a military department, an agency, or an independent establishment in the executive branch to render emergency assistance in certain circumstances.
Introduced 1973-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7148 — A bill to amend the Freedom of Information Act to require that all information be made available to Congress.
Introduced 1973-04-18 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7147 — A bill to provide that certain changes in the loan and purchase program for the 1973 peanut crop which the Department of Agriculture is contemplating shall not be made.
Introduced 1973-04-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 2835 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a rural environmental assistance program.
Introduced 1973-01-24 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Rural economic developmentHJRES 1144 — Joint resolution to designate March 16 through 23, 1975, "DeMolay Week".
Introduced 1974-09-24 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
CommemorationsHRES 1174 — Resolution in support of continued undiluted U.S. sovereignty and jurisdiction over the U.S.-owned Canal Zone on the Isthmus of Panama.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHRES 1173 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the participation of the United States in an international effort to reduce the risk of famine and to lessen human suffering.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
HRES 1172 — Resolution to condemn terrorist killings of schoolchildren in Israel.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHCONRES 540 — Concurrent resolution for negotiations on the Turkish opium ban.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHCONRES 539 — Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress regarding the annexation of the Baltic nations.
Introduced 1974-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHR 15390 — A bill to establish an office of inspector general within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Introduced 1976-09-01 · Reported to House from the Committee on Government Operations with amendment, H. Rept. 94-1573.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 14762 — A bill to establish an Office of Inspector General within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Introduced 1976-07-20 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 14761 — A bill to establish an Office of Inspector General within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare.
Introduced 1976-07-20 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 14606 — A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain mineral interests of the United States to the Farm Bureau of Halifax County, North Carolina.
Introduced 1976-06-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Mineral reservesHR 14000 — Fiscal Assistance Amendments
Introduced 1976-05-25 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Revenue sharingHR 13367 — State and Local Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1976
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Public law 94-488.
Revenue sharingHR 12991 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.
Introduced 1976-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 12925 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend the delimiting period for completing programs of education for veterans pursuing such programs at the close of such period.
Introduced 1976-03-31 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12214 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount of the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $200,000.
Introduced 1976-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 8205 — Emergency Housing Act
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 6558 — A bill to extend and revise the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1975-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Intergovernmental fiscal relationsHR 6263 — A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.
Introduced 1975-04-22 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHJRES 756 — Joint resolution to clarify and reaffirm Government purchasing policies.
Introduced 1975-12-18 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Economics and Public FinanceHRES 917 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-12-09 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHCONRES 169 — Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress concerning recognition by the European Security Conference of the Soviet Union's occupation of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Introduced 1975-03-10 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).
International AffairsHR 13997 — A bill for the relief of Rosario M. Stancil.
Introduced 1978-09-06 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 13510 — A bill for the relief of Clater P. Killebrew, Junior.
Introduced 1978-07-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 12795 — Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act
Introduced 1978-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 12293 — Supplementary Fiscal Assistance Act
Introduced 1978-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 9511 — A bill to amend chapter 49 of title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization and membership in the Armed Forces.
Introduced 1977-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Labor and EmploymentHR 8705 — A bill to provide for the payment of losses incurred as a result of the ban on the use of the chemical Tris in apparel, fabric, yarn or fiber.
Introduced 1977-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
ClaimsHR 8588 — Inspector General Act of 1978
Introduced 1977-07-27 · Public Law 95-452.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6810 — Intergovernmental Antirecession Assistance Act
Introduced 1977-05-02 · Referred to Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs.
Labor and EmploymentHR 4716 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.
Introduced 1977-03-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 4184 — A bill to reorganize the executive branch of the Government and increase its economy and efficiency by establishing Offices of Inspector General within the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor, and Transportation, and within the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Environmental Protection Agency, the General Services Administration, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, and the Veterans' Administration.
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2819 — A bill to reorganize the executive branch of the Government and increase its economy and efficiency by establishing Offices of Inspector General within the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, Labor and Transportation, and within the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Environment Protection Agency, General Services Administration, and the Veterans' Administration.
Introduced 1977-02-01 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 1004 — A resolution to designate October 7, 1978, as "National Guard Day".
Introduced 1978-06-16 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHJRES 714 — A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day".
Introduced 1978-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 943 — Resolution to maximize local nighttime radio service.
Introduced 1977-12-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Radio broadcastingHRES 808 — A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish the Committee on Internal Security.
Introduced 1977-10-04 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHRES 698 — Resolution insisting upon retention of undiluted U.S. sovereignty over the Canal Zone and the Panama Canal.
Introduced 1977-07-20 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Territories (U.S.)HR 7173 — A bill to make certain changes in the membership and operations of the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations.
Introduced 1982-09-23 · House Concurred, in Senate Amendments 007, 008, 013 , with Amendments.
Government Operations and PoliticsHJRES 604 — A joint resolution designating the month of November, 1982, as "National Diabetes Month".
Introduced 1982-09-22 · See S.J.Res.257.
HealthHCONRES 341 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that housing and home ownership are matters of the highest national priority.
Introduced 1982-05-12 · Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Housing and Community Development