
Jack E. Hightower
Democrat · TE-13 · House of Representatives
51 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (39)
HR 8295 — Child Care Agency Tax Amendments of 1980
Introduced 1980-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 8144 — A bill for the relief of the Wesley United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas.
Introduced 1980-09-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 7506 — Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-06-05 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7414 — A bill to designate the building known as the Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, as the "J. Marvin Jones Federal Building".
Introduced 1980-05-21 · Public Law 96-394.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6251 — Emergency Embargo Protection Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-01-22 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5813 — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of nonimmigrant alien students who knowingly participated in a violent political demonstration or otherwise participated in activities inconsistent with the terms of their admittance to the United States.
Introduced 1979-11-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
ImmigrationHR 5602 — Bread Labeling Act
Introduced 1979-10-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 455 — Emergency Food and Fiber Supply Stabilization Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 14533 — A bill for the relief of Sem Escamilla Carbajal, his wife, MaElena Villegas de Escamilla, and their children, Berenice Escamilla, Oralia, Noemi Escamilla Villegas, MaElena Escamilla, Elias Roboam, Efrain Josue, Cinda Euridice, Dennis Dean, and Eunice Penelope.
Introduced 1976-06-23 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 14194 — Regulatory Agency Evaluation and Elimination Act
Introduced 1976-06-04 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 13652 — A bill for the relief of Mrs. Estrelita L. Cabuco, her husband, Benjamin B. Cabuco, Jr., and their children, Thomas Oliver Cabuco, and Marites Cabuco.
Introduced 1976-05-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 13590 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit certain officers discharged from the Army to reenlist in the Army.
Introduced 1976-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12683 — A bill to amend the Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act of 1963 to exempt contractors of workers engaged in custom cutting or combine operations in connection with the harvesting of grains and contractors of workers engaged in the shearing of sheep.
Introduced 1976-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Agriculture and FoodHR 10985 — A bill for the relief of Doctor Reynaldo P. Perez, his wife, Raquel Perez, and their child Marie Freinde Perez.
Introduced 1975-12-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 8234 — A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act, 1921, as amended and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Livestock industryHR 8209 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for purposes of the estate tax for transfers to nonprofit cemetery companies.
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Cemeteries and funeralsHR 4655 — A bill for the relief of Senior Master Sergeant Dale A. Wade, United States Air Force.
Introduced 1975-03-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3375 — A bill for the relief of Antoinette L. M. Smith.
Introduced 1975-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 2405 — A bill for the relief of Chis Gus Yiantsou.
Introduced 1975-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 13872 — Bread Labeling Act
Introduced 1978-08-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Baked productsHR 13668 — A bill to redesignate the Federal Building and United States Courthouse in Amarillo, Texas, the "Marvin Jones Federal Building".
Introduced 1978-08-01 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 12615 — A bill to amend the payment formula for grain sorghum and barley the 1977 crop of such commodities.
Introduced 1978-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 11731 — Emergency Food and Agriculture Act
Introduced 1978-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Social WelfareHR 11250 — Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments
Introduced 1978-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Agricultural laborHR 11148 — Emergency Food and Agriculture Act
Introduced 1978-02-24 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 10765 — Emergency Food and Agriculture Act
Introduced 1978-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 4291 — A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to make available to certain widows and widowers who have remarried but whose remarriage has terminated certain widows' and widowers' benefits.
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Labor and EmploymentHR 930 — Regulatory Agency Review and Elimination Act
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Independent regulatory commissions—
Introduced 1982-09-09 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-06-11 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 233 - 122 (Record Vote No: 74).
HR 6495 — A bill to provide for the consideration of certain applications for rural housing assistance under title V of the Housing Act of 1949.
Introduced 1982-05-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 6494 — A bill to provide that the area of Canyon, in the State of Texas, shall be considered to be a rural area for purposes of title V of the Housing Act of 1949.
Introduced 1982-05-26 · Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 3962 — A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to restrict the jurisdiction of the United States over the discharge of dredged or fill material to those discharges which are into navigable waters, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-06-18 · Committee Hearings Held.
Environmental ProtectionHR 316 — Limitation on Government Recordkeeping Requirements and Actions Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-01-05 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 317 — A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the deportation of nonimmigrant alien students who knowingly participated in a violent political demonstration or otherwise participated in activities inconsistent with the terms of their admittance to the United States.
Introduced 1981-01-05 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.
ImmigrationHR 4369 — A bill for the relief of Dorothy Nell Williams.
Introduced 1983-11-12 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4315 — A bill for the relief of Louis C. Stas.
Introduced 1983-11-03 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3598 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Army, acting through the Chief of Engineers, to construct a project for flood protection for Lake Wichita and Holliday Creek, Texas.
Introduced 1983-07-19 · Executive Comment Requested from Army, OMB.
Emergency Management