
Ed Jones
Democrat · TE-8 · House of Representatives
57 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (111)
HR 7991 — Rural Telephone Bank Amendment Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-08-21 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 7548 — Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1980
Introduced 1980-06-11 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 1465 passed in lieu.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6732 — Special Areas Soil Conservation Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 5983 — A bill to provide for conservation loans for the purposes of maintaining and improving the productivity of farmland.
Introduced 1979-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4782 — Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1979
Introduced 1979-07-13 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4119 — Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-05-16 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 1125 passed in lieu.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4043 — A bill to direct the Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of modifying the Mississippi River project at Tiptonville, Tennessee.
Introduced 1979-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Emergency ManagementHR 3882 — Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-05-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 3683 — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Introduced 1979-04-24 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 985 passed in lieu.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3157 — Government Economy and Spending Reform Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 2114 — Conservation Volunteers Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-02-13 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHRES 188 — A resolution noting the retirement of Joel W. Solomon, and expressing gratitude for his contributions as a public servant.
Introduced 1979-03-28 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Private LegislationHR 15644 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase from $750 to $1,500 the personal income tax exemptions of a taxpayer.
Introduced 1974-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 15723 — A bill to provide for protection of franchised dealers in petroleum products.
Introduced 1974-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Petroleum industryHR 14295 — A bill to amend section 501 (c) (12) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 (relating to the taxation of telephone cooperatives).
Introduced 1974-04-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 12001 — Egg Research and Consumer Information Act
Introduced 1973-12-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 12000 — Egg Research and Consumer Information Act
Introduced 1973-12-18 · Public law 93-428.
Agriculture and FoodHR 10547 — A bill to amend the Packers and Stockyards Act of 1921, as amended, so as to more adequately cover the egg industry, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-09-26 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 9718 — Footwear Articles Import Relief Trade Act
Introduced 1973-07-31 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 9299 — A bill to provide a penalty for the robbery or attempted robbery of any narcotic drug from any pharmacy.
Introduced 1973-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Narcotic law and legislationHR 8087 — A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to peanuts.
Introduced 1973-05-23 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 3822 — A bill to amend the Federal Trade Commission Act (15 U.S.C. 41 et seq.) to provide that under certain circumstances exclusive territorial arrangements shall not be deemed unlawful.
Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 3823 — A bill to amend titles 37 and 38, United States Code, to encourage persons to join and remain in the Reserves and National Guard by providing full-time coverage under Servicemen's Group Life Insurance for such members and certain members of the Retired Reserve up to age 60, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 3824 — A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 85 percentum of the parity price therefor.
Introduced 1973-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3657 — A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 85 percent of the parity price therefor.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3656 — A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 85 percent of the parity price therefor.
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2850 — A bill to provide price support for milk at not less than 85 percent of the parity price therefore.
Introduced 1973-01-24 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2344 — A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out a rural environmental assistance program.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Rural affairs legislationHRES 1414 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Secretary of Agriculture should set the dairy support level at 90 percent of parity for the remainder of the 1974-1975 marketing year.
Introduced 1974-10-07 · Reported to House from the Committee on Agriculture with amendment, H. Rept. 93-1550.
Agriculture and FoodHR 15362 — Palm Oil and Palm Oil Products Inspection and Identification Act
Introduced 1976-08-31 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 14667 — A bill to amend sections 3 and 5 of the Forest and Rangeland Renewable Resources Planning Act of 1974 (88 Stat. 476) and the 12th undesignated paragraph under the heading "Surveying the Public Lands" in the act of June 4, 1976, 1987 (30 State. 35, as amended).
Introduced 1976-07-01 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 13168 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1976-04-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 12665 — 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 1976-03-18 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 10968 — A bill to authorize additional levee protection in Lauderdale County, Tenn.
Introduced 1975-12-03 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Public worksHR 10721 — A bill to amend the authorization for the West Tennessee Tributaries project.
Introduced 1975-11-12 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 9668 — A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to require that States having agreements entered into thereunder will continue to make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
Introduced 1975-09-17 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 5086 — A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide penalties for persons who obtain or attempt to obtain narcotics or other controlled substances from a retail pharmacy by force and violence.
Introduced 1975-03-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Crime and Law EnforcementHRES 1106 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1976-03-24 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 1000 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1976-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 1002 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1976-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 1003 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1976-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 884 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-11-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 885 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-11-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 886 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-11-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 883 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-11-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 901 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-12-03 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHRES 762 — Resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation, designating the week beginning April 4, 1976, as National Rural Health Week.
Introduced 1975-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHR 14300 — A bill to remove the Obion and Forked Deer Rivers in Tennessee from the list of navigable streams of the United States.
Introduced 1978-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 12910 — A bill to extend the Commodity Exchange Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-05-31 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Finance and Financial SectorHR 12636 — Farm Production Protection Act
Introduced 1978-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 12151 — Agricultural Credit Act
Introduced 1978-04-17 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 12058 — Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act
Introduced 1978-04-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 11666 — Agricultural Credit Act
Introduced 1978-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 11504 — Agricultural Credit Act of 1978
Introduced 1978-03-13 · Public Law 95-334.
HR 11505 — Agricultural Credit Act
Introduced 1978-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 10769 — A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936, as amended, to provide for the financing of telecommunication facilities for cable television and other broadband services in small towns and rural areas.
Introduced 1978-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 9704 — An Act to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1977-10-20 · Public Law 95-181.
HR 9213 — Farm Production Protection Act
Introduced 1977-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 8315 — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Introduced 1977-07-14 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 8150 — Agricultural Water Quality Act
Introduced 1977-06-30 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 7702 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.
Introduced 1977-06-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 7112 — Farm Production Protection Act
Introduced 1977-05-11 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 7111 — Farm Production Protection Act
Introduced 1977-05-11 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 6198 — Farm Production Protection Act
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 5192 — Emergency Feed Act
Introduced 1977-03-17 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 4678 — Emergency Feed Act
Introduced 1977-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 4295 — Emergency Feed Act
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 4194 — A bill to amend the Federal Crop Insurance Act.
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HRES 1241 — A resolution expressing the condolences of the House on the death of Representative Allen.
Introduced 1978-06-19 · Measure passed House.
Congressional tributesHRES 1043 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that emergency action should be taken by the President and the Secretary of Agriculture to bolster the farm economy.
Introduced 1978-02-23 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Agriculture and Food—
Introduced 1981-10-22 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1981-10-22 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 5831 — A bill to provide lending limits for fiscal years 1983, 1984, and 1985 for programs under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Introduced 1982-03-15 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 784.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5447 — Futures Trading Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-02-03 · Became Public Law No: 97-444.
Finance and Financial SectorHR 4017 — A bill to modify the Mud Lake feature of the flood control project for the Western Tennessee tributaries, Tennessee and Kentucky.
Introduced 1981-06-25 · Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 4018 — A bill to designate the building known as the Big Sandy Post Office in Big Sandy, Tennessee, as the "Laverne Gearhiser Post Office Building".
Introduced 1981-06-25 · Referred to Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 3199 — Government Economy and Spending Reform Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-04-09 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislative Process.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 3020 — A bill to ensure necessary funds for the implementation of the Federal Crop Insurance Act of 1980.
Introduced 1981-04-06 · Other Measure S.730 Passed House in Lieu.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2547 — Government Economy and Spending Reform Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Legislative Process.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2546 — A bill to direct the Corps of Engineers to study the feasibility of modifying the Mississippi River project at Tiptonville, Tennessee.
Introduced 1981-03-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Emergency ManagementHR 2455 — National Endowment for Soil and Water Conservation Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-11 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Environmental ProtectionHR 2262 — Soil Conservation Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-03 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1723 — Rural Telephone Bank Amendment Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-02-05 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHCONRES 369 — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress endorsing the National Endowment for soil and water conservation.
Introduced 1982-06-24 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4052 — A bill to provide disaster assistance to agricultural producers and ranchers.
Introduced 1983-09-30 · Placed on Union Calendar No: 288.
Emergency ManagementHR 3457 — Soil Conservation Act of 1984
Introduced 1983-06-29 · Other Measure S.663 (Amended) Passed House in Lieu.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3359 — A bill for the relief of Emmanuel A.H. Pangilinan, Ana Amalia L. Pangilinan, and John Alfred A.L. Pangilinan.
Introduced 1983-06-16 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3050 — Rural Electrification and Telephone Revolving Fund Self-Sufficiency Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-05-18 · Subcommittee on Agricultural Credit. Hearings held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1190 — Emergency Agricultural Credit Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-02-02 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 130.
Agriculture and Food—
Introduced 1986-07-16 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 5635 — Farm Credit Act Amendments of 1986
Introduced 1986-10-02 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5497 — Farm Credit System Borrower Interest Rate Relief Act of 1986
Introduced 1986-09-10 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From FCA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3413 — A bill for the relief of Jacqueline Yian Barbee.
Introduced 1985-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 2107 — Agricultural Credit and Rural Development Act of 1985
Introduced 1985-04-18 · See H.R.2100.
Agriculture and FoodHRES 229 — A resolution dismissing the election contest against Ben Blaz.
Introduced 1985-07-23 · Resolution Agreed to in House by Voice Vote.
Government Operations and Politics—
Introduced 1988-09-23 · Amendment Passed House.
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Introduced 1988-09-23 · Amendment Passed House.
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Introduced 1988-05-10 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1988-04-19 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1988-04-19 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1987-10-06 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 322 - 94 (Record Vote No: 346).
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Introduced 1987-10-06 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1987-10-22 · Amendment Passed House.
HR 5325 — Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988
Introduced 1988-09-16 · Became Public Law No: 100-546.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3594 — A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize a joint study of market volatility.
Introduced 1987-11-02 · Favorable Executive Comment Received From Commodity Futures Trading Comm.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3371 — Rural Economy Act of 1987
Introduced 1987-09-30 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1800 — Rural Area Revitalization Act of 1987
Introduced 1987-03-25 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1298 — Agricultural Trade Financing Act of 1987
Introduced 1987-02-26 · See H.R.3030.
Agriculture and FoodHR 929 — A bill disapproving the proposed deferral of budget authority for the temporary emergency food assistance program under the Department of Agriculture (Deferral No. D87-33).
Introduced 1987-02-03 · Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Agriculture and FoodHCONRES 296 — A concurrent resolution authorizing printing of the House of Representatives Election Law Guidebook, 1988.
Introduced 1988-05-10 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
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