
James G. Martin
Republican · NO-9 · House of Representatives
53 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (93)
HR 8299 — A bill to amend the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to postpone certain effective dates.
Introduced 1980-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 8198 — A bill to amend section 355 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to authorize the head of any agency of the United States to retrocede to a State concurrent jurisdiction over any lands or interests therein over which the United States has previously acquired exclusive jurisdiction.
Introduced 1980-09-24 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 7849 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit certain multiyear pension plan distributions to be treated as qualifying rollover distributions.
Introduced 1980-07-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 6405 — Medical Expense Protection Act
Introduced 1980-02-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 6189 — A bill to remove the discrimination against fiscal year individuals with respect to the changes in the minimum tax on capital gains made by the Revenue Act of 1978.
Introduced 1979-12-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5205 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the number of individuals who may be shareholders in subchapter S corporations.
Introduced 1979-09-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5091 — Food Additive Safety Amendments of 1979
Introduced 1979-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 3974 — Medical Expense Tax Credit Act
Introduced 1979-05-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3778 — Food Additive Safety Amendments of 1979
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 3686 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount of the annual gift tax exclusion from $3,000 to $5,000.
Introduced 1979-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 3529 — A bill to amend section 432 of the General Education Provisions Act to prevent the use of federal controls over curriculum.
Introduced 1979-04-09 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 1710 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relative to educational activities and advertising income of nonprofit organizations.
Introduced 1979-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 17205 — A bill to limit budget outlays of the Federal Government during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1975, to $295 billion.
Introduced 1974-10-09 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 17104 — A bill to provide that Federal expenditure shall not exceed Federal revenues, except in time of war or grave national emergency declared by the Congress, and to provide for systematic reduction of the public debt.
Introduced 1974-10-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 15704 — A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972.
Introduced 1974-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12117 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the maximum credit allowable under section 41 for political contributions to $25 ($50 in the case of a joint return), and to increase the maximum deduction allowable under section 218 for such contributions to $200 ($400 in the case of a joint return).
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 12118 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to encourage greater conservation energy in environmental conditioning and the use of solar energy by providing an income tax deduction for expenditures made for more effective insulation, more efficient environmental conditioning equipment, and solar environmental conditioning apparatus in residential structures.
Introduced 1973-12-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 9637 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the monthly rates of disability and death pensions, and dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 9309 — A bill for the relief of Faiz Ur Rahman Faizi.
Introduced 1973-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 8141 — Budget Control Act
Introduced 1973-05-24 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Economics and Public FinanceHJRES 1162 — Joint resolution to limit expenditures and net lending during the fiscal year 1975 to $297 billion, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-10-11 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Economics and Public FinanceHJRES 513 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to nondiscrimination in public education.
Introduced 1973-04-17 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHCONRES 672 — Concurrent resolution to establish a target of $297 billion for budget outlays for fiscal year 1975.
Introduced 1974-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Economics and Public FinanceHCONRES 277 — Resolution relative to the recommendations of the Federal Commission on Executive Legislative, and Judicial Salaries, expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to increases in the salaries of Members and in favor of limiting other salary increases to the rate of 5.5 percent per annum.
Introduced 1973-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CongressHR 14039 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from income taxation certain organizations operated for mutual purposes and without profit for the purpose of providing reserve funds for, and insurance of shares or deposits in certain credit unions and domestic building and loan associations.
Introduced 1976-05-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14038 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to modify the charitable distribution requirements imposed upon foundations.
Introduced 1976-05-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 13463 — A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide the death penalty for certain destructive acts to airports, airplanes, and related things and places.
Introduced 1976-04-29 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Air piracyHR 11878 — A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide the death penalty for certain destructive acts to airports, airplanes, and related things and places.
Introduced 1976-02-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Air piracyHR 11364 — A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide the death penalty for certain destructive acts to airports, airplanes, and related things and places.
Introduced 1976-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Air piracyHR 10914 — 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 1975-12-01 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 9070 — A bill to further restrict the use of the congressional franking privilege during periods preceding elections.
Introduced 1975-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Postal serviceHR 5701 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to raise the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $100,000.
Introduced 1975-04-08 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5528 — A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide a more effective administration of professional standards review of health care services, to expand the professional standards review organization activity to include review of services performed by or in federally operated health care institutions, and to protect the confidentiality of medical record.
Introduced 1975-03-26 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHR 5662 — A bill to provide a penalty for the robbery or attempted robbery of any narcotic drug from any pharmacy.
Introduced 1975-04-07 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementHR 3975 — Emergency Health Insurance Extension Act
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHR 3328 — Medical Expense Tax Credit Act
Introduced 1975-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHJRES 523 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to nondiscrimination in public education.
Introduced 1975-06-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHJRES 205 — Joint resolution authorizing the President of the United States to proclaim May 20, 1975, as Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence Day.
Introduced 1975-02-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHCONRES 317 — Concurrent resolution to disapprove certain sections of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance applicable to athletic programs and grants.
Introduced 1975-06-19 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sex discriminationHCONRES 311 — Concurrent resolution to disapprove certain sections of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare regulations relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance applicable to athletic programs and grants.
Introduced 1975-06-17 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sex discriminationHCONRES 310 — Concurrent resolution to disapprove the regulations of the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare relating to nondiscrimination on the basis of sex in education programs and activities receiving or benefiting from Federal financial assistance.
Introduced 1975-06-17 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Sex discriminationHR 13719 — A bill to offset the loss in tax revenues incurred by Guam and the Virgin Islands by reason of certain Federal tax reductions.
Introduced 1978-08-02 · Vetoed by President.
Territories (U.S.)HR 13713 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 relative to educational activities and advertising income of nonprofit organizations.
Introduced 1978-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 13714 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the number of individuals who may be shareholders in subchapter S corporations.
Introduced 1978-08-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
CommerceHR 11745 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit individuals to amortize certain rehabilitation expenditures for certified historic structures which are not depreciable.
Introduced 1978-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 11653 — A bill to continue the present income tax treatment of nonqualified deferred compensation plans established by State and local governments and other employers.
Introduced 1978-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 10275 — Medical Expense Tax Credit Act
Introduced 1977-12-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 8548 — 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 1977-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 8547 — Academic Freedom Act
Introduced 1977-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 7317 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 7318 — 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 1977-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 7015 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6989 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from taxation certain associations providing reserve funds for and insuring the deposits in savings and loan associations and credit unions.
Introduced 1977-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6600 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6247 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6246 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that certain liens for taxes shall not be valid unless actually entered and recorded in the office in which the lien is filed.
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5954 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-04-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5822 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5737 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5688 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5687 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5592 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5591 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5345 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5140 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5166 — Food Additive Safety Amendments
Introduced 1977-03-17 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 4510 — A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide a more effective administration of Professional Standards Review of health care services, to expand Professional Standards Review Organization activity to include review of services performed by or in federally operated health care institutions, and to protect the confidentiality of medical records.
Introduced 1977-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHRES 1320 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that any action respecting nitrites by the Secretary of Agriculture or the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare because of any carcinogenic effect that nitrites may be represented to have should be delayed until after the completion of the study required by the Saccharin Study and Labeling Act.
Introduced 1978-08-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHRES 446 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House that no ban on saccharin should take effect without prior congressional approval.
Introduced 1977-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHRES 406 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House that no ban of saccharin should take effect without prior congressional approval.
Introduced 1977-03-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CongressHRES 408 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House that no ban on saccharin should take effect without prior congressional approval.
Introduced 1977-03-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CongressHRES 400 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House that no ban on saccharin should take effect without prior congressional approval.
Introduced 1977-03-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CongressHRES 427 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House that no ban on saccharin should take effect without prior congressional approval.
Introduced 1977-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHRES 395 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House that no ban on saccharin should take effect without prior congressional approval.
Introduced 1977-03-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and Food—
Introduced 1982-05-25 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 178 - 237 (Record Vote No: 104).
HR 7000 — Catastrophic Health Expense and Cost Constraint Act
Introduced 1982-08-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health.
HealthHR 6708 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit foreign pension plans to invest in the United States on a nontaxable basis for residential housing financing and investment purposes.
Introduced 1982-06-24 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 6380 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the disclosure of the names and addresses of persons receiving permits to produce distilled spirits for fuel use to certain State agencies for use in enforcing State laws.
Introduced 1982-05-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5734 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to allow survivors of veterans who are under 18 years of age to retain eligibility for certain dependency and indemnity payments.
Introduced 1982-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4655 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with regard to the rollover or multiyear distributions from a qualified pension plan.
Introduced 1981-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 4155 — A bill to suspend for four years the duty on double-head latch needles.
Introduced 1981-07-15 · For Further Action See H.R.6867.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 3456 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income interest earned on certain certificates of deposit in financial institutions.
Introduced 1981-05-06 · See H.R.4242.
TaxationHR 3093 — Individual Savings and Investment Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-04-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 2313 — Food Additive Safety Amendments of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-04 · Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Agriculture and FoodHR 891 — A bill to amend section 355 of the Revised Statutes of the United States to authorize the head of any agency of the United States to retrocede to a State concurrent jurisdiction over any lands or interests therein over which the United States has previously acquired exclusive jurisdiction.
Introduced 1981-01-16 · Executive Comment Received From Army.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 890 — A bill to amend the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to postpone the effective dates of "the family rental tax".
Introduced 1981-01-16 · For Further Action See H.R.4908.
TaxationHCONRES 120 — A concurrent resolution commemorating the American Red Cross upon its Centennial.
Introduced 1981-04-29 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
Social Welfare—
Introduced 1983-04-20 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1983-04-28 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Recorded Vote: 397 - 0 (Record Vote No: 74).
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Introduced 1983-04-20 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 204 - 211 (Record Vote No: 56).
HR 3976 — Central Board of Scientific Risk Assessment Act of 1983
Introduced 1983-09-22 · Clean Bill H.R.4192 Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee in Lieu.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 2176 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the disclosure of the names and addresses of persons receiving permits to produce distilled spirits for fuel use to certain State agencies for use in enforcing State laws.
Introduced 1983-03-17 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHJRES 205 — A joint resolution establishing March 20, 1984 as "Children's Day".
Introduced 1983-03-17 · Referred to Subcommittee on Census and Population.
Families