
John W. Jenrette Jr.
Democrat · SO-6 · House of Representatives
51 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (67)
HR 8403 — A bill to provide that profits that certain Government officials derive from lectures, books, articles, and movie rights relating to the affair commonly called ABSCAM be turned over to the United States.
Introduced 1980-12-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 8260 — Oil Windfall Acquisition Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 7661 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a certain portion of the Little Pee Dee River in the State of South Carolina for potential addition to the wild and scenic rivers system.
Introduced 1980-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 7323 — A bill to establish a minimum rate of duty of 45 cents per pound on imports of tobacco and tobacco products.
Introduced 1980-05-08 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 6329 — Military Selective Service Amendments of 1980
Introduced 1980-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 5324 — Employment Development Loan Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-09-18 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Labor and EmploymentHR 5020 — A bill to provide for an epidemiological study of fluorosis in certain areas where fluoride occurs naturally in drinking water systems to determine whether the presence of such fluoride presents any health problems, and if so, to what extent, and to suspend the application of the fluoride standard in such areas under the Safe Drinking Water Act pending the completion of such study, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-07-31 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 4994 — A bill to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to provide Federal financial assistance to public water systems required to remove naturally occurring fluoride from drinking water.
Introduced 1979-07-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 4699 — A bill to provide for an epidemiological study of fluorosis in certain areas where fluoride occurs naturally in drinking water systems and to suspend the application of the fluoride standard in such areas under the Safe Drinking Water Act pending the completion of such study, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-07-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 3219 — A bill for the relief of Chakrapani Sethumadhavan.
Introduced 1979-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3190 — A bill to amend the Export Trade Act to encourage increased utilization of the Act, to expand exemptions provided under the Act, to clarify United States Government policy with respect to the administration of the Act, to assist American exporters in international trade competition, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceHJRES 506 — A joint resolution designating the week beginning July 13, 1980, as "National Tourism Week".
Introduced 1980-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommerceHR 15587 — National Forest Management Act
Introduced 1976-09-16 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 15030 — A bill to provide for emergency allotment lease and transfer of tobacco allotments or quotas for 1976 in certain disaster areas in South Carolina.
Introduced 1976-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Tobacco industryHR 14402 — A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to require that the identity of the manufacturer of a prescription drug appear on the label of the package from which the drug is to be dispensed.
Introduced 1976-06-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
DrugsHR 14037 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require the U.S. Postal Service to make certain considerations prior to the closing of third- and fourth-class post offices.
Introduced 1976-05-26 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 13460 — A bill to amend chapter 67 of title 10, United States Code, to grant eligibility for retired pay to certain reservists who did not perform active duty before August 16, 1945.
Introduced 1976-04-29 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 13461 — A bill to amend the civil service retirement provisions of title 5, United States Code, to allow credit for service performed by a special agent of the Bureau of the Census who was paid on a piece price basis.
Introduced 1976-04-29 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13149 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require the U.S. Postal Service to make certain considerations prior to the closing of third-and fourth-class post offices.
Introduced 1976-04-09 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 12994 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require the U.S. Postal Service to make certain considerations prior to the closing of third- and fourth-class post offices.
Introduced 1976-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 12952 — A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States with respect to the rates of duty for palm oil.
Introduced 1976-04-01 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 12993 — Civil Rights Amendments
Introduced 1976-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 12144 — Civil Rights Amendments
Introduced 1976-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 12143 — A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to require the U.S. Postal Service to make certain considerations prior to the closing of third- and fourth-class post offices.
Introduced 1976-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 12142 — A bill to amend the Federal Advisory Committee Act to provide that the charters of agency advisory committees shall be filed with the President pro tempore of the Senate and the Speaker of the House of Representatives, rather than with the standing committees having legislative jurisdiction of the agencies to which such advisory committees report, and to expand the information required in such charters.
Introduced 1976-02-26 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Federal advisory bodiesHR 11793 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that employed individuals over age 65 not be required to contribute to the Federal Insurance Contributions Act.
Introduced 1976-02-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 11683 — A bill for the relief of Loretta Sloan.
Introduced 1976-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 11663 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1976-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 11208 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes.
Introduced 1975-12-17 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 10996 — A bill to authorize adjustments in the national marketing quota and acreage allotment for tobacco.
Introduced 1975-12-04 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
TobaccoHR 10084 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes.
Introduced 1975-10-08 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 7088 — A bill to authorize the Commodity Credit Corporation to make farm storage facility loans to producers of agricultural commodities for which price support is made available by the Corporation.
Introduced 1975-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4628 — A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to provide for the designation of the 11th of November of each year as Veterans' Day.
Introduced 1975-03-11 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 3726 — A bill to provide for the control of imported fire ants by permitting the judicious use of Mirex in coastal counties.
Introduced 1975-02-25 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 3316 — A bill to prohibit changes in the missing status classification of members of the uniformed services unless certain requirements are complied with.
Introduced 1975-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2820 — A bill to amend the Agriculture and Consumer Protection Act of 1973 to increase the loan rate and established price on cotton.
Introduced 1975-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1694 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1975-01-20 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHRES 1452 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House relative to a study by the Secretary of Agriculture on palm oil imports.
Introduced 1976-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHRES 1400 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House relative to a study by the Secretary of Agriculture on palm oil imports.
Introduced 1976-07-01 · Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 94-1748 (Part I).
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHRES 1451 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House relative to foreign palm oil development loans.
Introduced 1976-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
Finance and Financial SectorHRES 1399 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House relative to foreign palm oil development loans.
Introduced 1976-07-01 · Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture, H. Rept. 94-1747 (Part I).
Finance and Financial SectorHRES 264 — Resolution to direct the Special Subcommittee on Investigations of the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce to conduct an inquiry into certain activities of private industry and the Federal Government with respect to coal.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
EnergyHR 13411 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to establish a grant program for the purpose of establishing and operating an international agricultural trade center near the District of Columbia.
Introduced 1978-07-11 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 12521 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes.
Introduced 1978-05-03 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 12137 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes.
Introduced 1978-04-13 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11473 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a beneficiary shall (if otherwise qualified) be entitled to a prorated benefit for the month in which he (or the insured individual) dies.
Introduced 1978-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 11375 — A bill to amend the Export Trade Act to encourage increased utilization of the Act, to expand exemptions provided under the Act, to clarify United States Government policy with respect to the administration of the Act, to assist American exporters in international trade competition, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceHR 11187 — A bill to repeal the Tobacco Seed and Plant Exportation Act of 1940.
Introduced 1978-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 10633 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that certain air traffic specialists be considered as air traffic controllers for retirement and certain other purposes.
Introduced 1978-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 9813 — A bill to amend the civil service retirement provisions of title 5, United States Code, to allow credit for service performed by a special agent of the Bureau of the Census who was paid on a piece price basis.
Introduced 1977-10-28 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 9743 — A bill to amend chapter 67 of Title 10, United States Code, to grant eligibility for retired pay to certain reservists who did not perform active duty before August 16, 1945.
Introduced 1977-10-25 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 9445 — A bill to prohibit actions under certain antitrust laws against associations engaged in the export trade unless the Federal Trade Commission has given such associations a reasonable opportunity to readjust their business to comply with applicable law.
Introduced 1977-10-05 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
CommerceHR 9143 — A bill to provide for emergency allotment lease and transfer of tobacco allotments or quotas for 1977 in certain disaster areas in South Carolina.
Introduced 1977-09-15 · Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 95-628.
TobaccoHR 8351 — A bill to provide emergency assistance to producers who suffer loss of feed grain production due to disastrous drought conditions in 1977.
Introduced 1977-07-15 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 7962 — Postal Service Act
Introduced 1977-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7688 — A bill for the relief of Chakrapani Sethumadhavan.
Introduced 1977-06-08 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 7303 — Civil Rights Amendments
Introduced 1977-05-18 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 6076 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require each employed individual to file a separate income tax return regardless of marital status; to impose one tax schedule for all taxpayers; to lower the rate of taxation on estates and trusts.
Introduced 1977-04-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Income taxHR 6141 — Civil Rights Amendments
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 4403 — A bill for the relief of Loretta Sloan.
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4294 — Civil Rights Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 4293 — A bill to amend section 316(c) of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 to provide that leasing of flue-cured tobacco acreage-poundage marketing quotas after June 15 of any year be permitted only between farms on which at least 80 percent of the farm acreage allotment was planted for such year.
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
TobaccoHCONRES 409 — Concurrent resolution relating to the resolution of certain issues in United States-Cuban relations.
Introduced 1977-11-08 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International AffairsHCONRES 391 — Concurrent resolution relating to the resolution of certain issues in United States-Cuban relations.
Introduced 1977-10-28 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International AffairsHCONRES 333 — Concurrent Resolution relating to the resolution of certain issues in United States-Cuban relations.
Introduced 1977-08-05 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International AffairsHCONRES 269 — Concurrent resolution relating to the resolution of certain issues in United States-Cuban relations.
Introduced 1977-06-29 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International Affairs