
Joseph A. LeFante
Democrat · NE-14 · House of Representatives
49 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (15)
HR 10223 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $750 in all cases the amount of the lump-sum death payment thereunder.
Introduced 1977-12-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 9098 — Small Business Economic Policy and Advocacy Reorganization Act
Introduced 1977-09-14 · Referred to House Committee on Small Business.
CommerceHR 8870 — A bill to provide that public works projects of the Army Corps of Engineers in areas of high unemployment shall utilize not less than 40 percent local workers.
Introduced 1977-08-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Public worksHR 8869 — Department of Health Act
Introduced 1977-08-05 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 8692 — National Domestic Development Bank Act
Introduced 1977-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Finance and Financial SectorHR 6493 — A bill to establish requirements for notification of Congress before the closure of, or significant reduction in force at, any military installation is carried out.
Introduced 1977-04-21 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 6081 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a credit for certain expenses paid by him in connection with his education or training, or the education or training of his spouse or any of his dependents, at an institution of higher education or a vocational school.
Introduced 1977-04-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6082 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a credit for certain expenses paid by him in connection with his education or training, or the education or training of his spouse or any of his dependents, at an institution of higher education or a vocational school.
Introduced 1977-04-05 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5284 — A bill to amend the United States Housing Act of 1937, and the National Housing Act, to provide that future social security benefit increases shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for admission to or occupancy of low-rent public housing or the rent which an individual or family must pay for such housing, and that such increases shall also be disregarded in determining eligibility for (and the amount of) other Federal housing subsidies.
Introduced 1977-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 4445 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1977-03-03 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 4201 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to include as creditable service for purposes of the civil service retirement system certain periods of service by individuals before the date they were employed by the Panama Canal Company or the Panama Railroad Company.
Introduced 1977-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 461 — A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals who are physically disabled because of such disability.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Discrimination in employmentHR 14 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer a credit for certain expenses paid by him in connection with his education or training, or the education or training of his spouse or any of his dependents, at an institution of higher education or a vocational school.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHRES 955 — A resolution designating January 22 as "Ukrainian Independence Day".
Introduced 1978-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHCONRES 112 — Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the killing of three priests and four nuns at the Musami mission in Rhodesia was an unwarranted and atrocious act of violence.
Introduced 1977-02-09 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International Affairs