
Harold L. Runnels
Democrat · NE-2 · House of Representatives
55 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (66)
HR 7617 — A bill to amend section 21 of the Mineral Leasing Act (41 Stat. 445), as amended (30 U.S.C. 241).
Introduced 1980-06-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHR 7195 — A bill to authorize the exchange of certain land held in trust by the United States for the Navajo Tribe, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1980-04-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansHR 6816 — An act to provide for the exchange of certain Federal coal leases in the State of New Mexico for other Federal coal leases in that State.
Introduced 1980-03-13 · Public Law 96-475.
EnergyHR 6538 — A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate oil and gas lease New Mexico 33955.
Introduced 1980-02-19 · Private Law 96-61.
Private LegislationHR 6299 — Brantley Project, Pecos River Basin, New Mexico, Reauthorization Act of 1979
Introduced 1980-01-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 5003 — A bill to declare that title to certain lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe.
Introduced 1979-07-27 · Measure laid on table in House (See S. 1730 as passed House for similar provisions).
Native AmericansHR 4689 — A bill for the relief of Donald C. Hutchinson.
Introduced 1979-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 4625 — Navajo and Hopi Settlement Amendments Act
Introduced 1979-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansHR 4058 — A bill to amend the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, as amended, to provide limited authority for negotiated sales of Federal coal and for payment of fair market value for such coal, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-05-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHR 3979 — An act to repeal and amend certain laws regulating trade between Indians and certain Federal employees.
Introduced 1979-05-07 · Public Law 96-277.
Native AmericansHR 3692 — Nuclear Waste Transportation Safety Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-04-24 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 2761 — A bill to designate the Veterans' Administration medical center in Albuquerque, New Mexico, as the "Joseph M. Montoya Veterans' Medical Center".
Introduced 1979-03-08 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2579 — A bill to transfer certain rights-of-way to the Elephant Butte Irrigation District of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2578 — Indian Resource Development Institutes Act
Introduced 1979-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansHR 2577 — A bill to amend the Geothermal Steam Act of 1970 for the purpose of enhancing the development of geothermal resources situated beneath Federal lands.
Introduced 1979-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHRES 373 — A resolution to allow the parties in the case of New Mexico v Aamodt to have access to certain records of the House of Representatives.
Introduced 1979-07-17 · Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
CongressHR 15576 — A bill to declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Lagun.
Introduced 1974-06-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
HR 11948 — Auto Insurance Rate Reduction Commission Act
Introduced 1973-12-13 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Motor vehiclesHR 9696 — A bill to establish an Office of Solar Energy Research in the Department of the Interior, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
EnergyHR 9290 — A bill to amend title 13, United States Code, to provide for the transmittal to each of the several States, in accordance with a plan and form approved by the Governor thereof, of the tabulation of total population of that State obtained in each decennial census and required for the apportionment of the legislative bodies of that State.
Introduced 1973-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 8735 — A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act by designating portions of the Chama River, N. Mex., the Gila River, N. Mex., and the San Francisco River, N. Mex. for study as potential additions to the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
Introduced 1973-06-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 8094 — A bill to direct the Secretary of Interior to redesignate the Alamogordo Reservoir, N. Mex., as Lake Sumner.
Introduced 1973-05-23 · Rereferred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 7665 — Food Supplement Amendment
Introduced 1973-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HR 7607 — A bill to establish the El Malpais-Grants National Monument in the State of New Mexico, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-05-08 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Monuments and memorialsHR 6850 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to prevent the issuance of social security numbers to aliens who are illegally in the United States, and to prohibit the payment of aid or assistance under approved State public assistance plans, or the provision of assistance in any form under any other Federal or federally aided program, to such aliens.
Introduced 1973-04-11 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 5641 — A bill to authorize the conveyance of certain lands to the New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, N. Mex..
Introduced 1973-03-14 · Public law 93-453.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 4670 — A bill to remove certain limitations on annual operation and maintenance expenditures applicable to the U.S. section of the International Boundary and Water Commission, United States and Mexico, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHR 2732 — A bill to terminate the oil import control program.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 2731 — A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to permit the mailing of lottery tickets and related matter, the broadcasting or television of lottery information, and the transportation and advertising of lottery tickets in interstate commerce, but only where the lottery is conducted by a State agency.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
LotteriesHR 2729 — A bill concerning the allocation of water pollution funds among the States in fiscal 1973 and fiscal 1974.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works.
Environmental ProtectionHR 2418 — A bill to suspend for a 2-year period the duty on crude barium sulphate.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 1677 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to make water available for a minimum recreation pool in Elephant Butte Reservoir from the San Juan-Chama unit of the Colorado River storage project
Introduced 1973-01-09 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Recreation areasHR 216 — A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968, to reenact the Federal Firearms Act, to make the use of a firearm to commit certain felonies a Federal crime where that use violates State law.
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementHJRES 1035 — Joint resolution recognizing the Gila National Forest in New Mexico as the birthplace of the wilderness concept and the 50th anniversary of wilderness preservation to be celebrated throughout 1974.
Introduced 1974-05-29 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHJRES 416 — Joint resolution establishing expenditure priorities between care for American war dead, American prisoners of war, American veterans, and the reconstruction of North Vietnam.
Introduced 1973-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Vietnamese ConflictHJRES 295 — National Priorities Act
Introduced 1973-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Vietnamese ConflictHJRES 209 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting expenditures by the Federal Government to revenues except in national emergencies.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Economics and Public FinanceHJRES 153 — A joint resolution to establish a Joint Committee on the Federal Budget.
Introduced 1973-01-09 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHJRES 112 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting expenditures by the Federal Government to revenues except in national emergencies.
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
Economics and Public FinanceHCONRES 560 — Concurrent resolution to declare the sense of Congress that Smoky Bear shall be returned on his death to his place of birth, Capitan, N. Mexico.
Introduced 1974-07-10 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
AnimalsHCONRES 564 — Concurrent resolution to declare the sense of Congress that Smokey Bear shall be returned on his death to his place of birth, Capitan, N. Mex.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Measure passed Senate.
AnimalsHCONRES 449 — Concurrent resolution to declare the sense of Congress that Smokey the Bear shall be returned to his place of birth, Capitan, N. Mex.
Introduced 1974-03-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
AnimalsHR 14305 — National Commitment to Energy Independence using Solar and Geothermal Energy Act.
Introduced 1976-06-10 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
EnergyHR 13410 — National Commitment to Energy Independence using Solar and Geothermal Energy Act
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
EnergyHR 13409 — National Commitment to Energy Independence using Solar and Geothermal Energy Act
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
EnergyHR 10342 — A bill for the relief of Alda J. Wild.
Introduced 1975-10-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 9055 — National Commitment to Energy Independence using Solar and Geothermal Energy Act
Introduced 1975-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
EnergyHR 9082 — A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of the Interior to reinstate oil and gas lease New Mexico 18302.
Introduced 1975-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Private LegislationHR 8724 — A bill authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to sell certain types of aircraft no longer needed by the Navy to persons engaged in the business of controlling or extinguishing fires in national forests.
Introduced 1975-07-17 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 8533 — A bill to declare that title to certain lands in the State of New Mexico are held in trust by the United States for the Ramah Band of the Navajo Tribe.
Introduced 1975-07-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Native AmericansHR 7853 — Broadcast License Renewal Act
Introduced 1975-06-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 5858 — A bill to revise retirement benefits for certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs and the Indian Health Service not entitled to Indian preference, provide greater opportunity for advancement and employment of Indians, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-04-10 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 4804 — A bill to declare that certain land of the United States is held by the United States in trust for the Pueblo of Laguna.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Measure laid on table in House, S. 557 passed in lieu.
Native AmericansHR 2350 — A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct, operate, and maintain the Eastern New Mexico Water Supply Project, New Mexico.
Introduced 1975-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Water Resources DevelopmentHJRES 706 — Resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting deficit spending by the Federal Government.
Introduced 1975-10-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Constitutional amendmentsHR 11631 — A bill to amend Public Laws 90-266 and 93-134 to permit the Apache Tribe of the Mescalero Reservation and its constituent groups to use funds arising from certain judgments in favor of such tribe and such groups for any purpose authorized by such tribe and approved by the Secretary of the Interior.
Introduced 1978-03-16 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Indian claimsHR 11172 — A bill to provide that only citizens and aliens lawfully admitted for permanent residence may be tenants in federally assisted housing or may receive certain other housing related benefits from the Federal Government.
Introduced 1978-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 10589 — A bill to amend Section 402(d) of the Federal Land Policy and Management Act of 1976.
Introduced 1978-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 9136 — A bill to prohibit the excessing of cabin sites and removal of cabins located at Conchas Lake, N. Mex., prior to 1966 without State approval.
Introduced 1977-09-15 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Recreation areasHR 8207 — A bill to provide that, with respect to out-of-State Indian children attending public elementary or secondary schools for whom a tuition charge is made, payments under Public Law 874, 81st Congress, may be made in the State where such children attend school, if the States involved so request.
Introduced 1977-07-11 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Native AmericansHR 7967 — A bill to exempt the Rio Grande project, New Mexico-Texas, from the acreage limitation provisions of Federal reclamation laws which limit the acreage of irrigable land which may receive irrigation benefits from, through or by means of Federal reclamation works.
Introduced 1977-06-22 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
IrrigationHR 7867 — A bill relating to the relocation of certain Hopi and Navajo Indians pursuant to the act of December 22, 1974 (Public Law 93-531).
Introduced 1977-06-17 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Indian landsHR 5603 — A bill to allow Federal employment preference to certain employees of the Bureau of Indian Affairs, and to certain employees of the Indian Health Service, who are not entitled to the benefits of, or who have been adversely affected by the application of, certain Federal laws allowing employment preference to Indians.
Introduced 1977-03-24 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 3787 — A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior to purchase and hold certain lands in trust for the Zuni Indian Tribe of New Mexico; to confer jurisdiction on the Court of Claims with respect to land claims of such tribe; and to authorize such tribe to purchase and exchange lands in the States of New Mexico and Arizona.
Introduced 1977-02-22 · Measure laid on table, S. 482 passed in lieu.
Indian claimsHR 2856 — A bill to provide that interstate ambulance service, including rates charged for such ambulance service, shall be subject to regulation by the State in which such ambulance service originates.
Introduced 1977-02-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHJRES 747 — A resolution to consent to an amendment of the constitution of the State of New Mexico to provide a method for executing leases and other contracts for the development and operation of geothermal steam and waters on lands granted or confirmed to such State.
Introduced 1978-02-22 · Public Law 95-533.
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