
Robert O. Tiernan
Democrat · RH-2 · House of Representatives
59 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (112)
HR 17252 — A bill to direct the National Bureau of Standards to prepare building insulation standards.
Introduced 1974-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
EnergyHR 16807 — Internal Revenue Commission Act
Introduced 1974-09-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 16516 — Internal Revenue Commission Act
Introduced 1974-08-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 16517 — Internal Revenue Commission Act
Introduced 1974-08-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 16531 — A bill to amend the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964 to provide for a national program for the elderly and poor to be known as Project Fuel.
Introduced 1974-08-21 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Social WelfareHR 16490 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide financial assistance for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries.
Introduced 1974-08-20 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 16432 — A bill to amend the Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 to provide that the Federal Energy Administration conduct a national media campaign promoting increased residential insulation.
Introduced 1974-08-14 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
EnergyHR 16433 — A bill to direct the National Bureau of Standards to prepare building insulation standards.
Introduced 1974-08-14 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
EnergyHR 16449 — A bill to establish a fuel stamp program which will provide fuel stamps to certain low-income elderly households to help meet fuel costs incurred by such households.
Introduced 1974-08-15 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHR 16313 — National Energy Resources Improvement Act
Introduced 1974-08-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
EnergyHR 16297 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide financial assistance for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries.
Introduced 1974-08-06 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 16174 — A bill to amend section 2 of the Foreign Gifts and Decorations Act of 1966 with respect to the definition of the term "person" as used in such act.
Introduced 1974-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHR 16140 — A bill to establish a fuel stamp program which will provide fuel stamps to certain low-income elderly households to help meet fuel costs incurred by such households.
Introduced 1974-07-25 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHR 16175 — Nonreturnable Beverage Container Prohibition Act
Introduced 1974-07-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 16020 — A bill to direct the National Bureau of Standards to prepare building insulation standards.
Introduced 1974-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 16018 — A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit public utilities from increasing any rate or change for electric energy, by means of any fuel adjustment clause in a wholesale rate schedule in order to reflect any increased fuel cost.
Introduced 1974-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HR 16001 — A bill to authorize an experimental program to provide for care for elderly individuals in their own homes.
Introduced 1974-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 16002 — Meetinghouse Preservation Act
Introduced 1974-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
American Revolution BicentennialHR 15940 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to liberalize the conditions under which post-hospital home health services may be provided under part A thereof, and home health services may be provided under part B thereof.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 16019 — A bill to establish an economic zone contiguous to the territorial sea of the United States.
Introduced 1974-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 16003 — Travel Agents Registration Act
Introduced 1974-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
TravelHR 15941 — A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the establishment of a Nursing Home Affairs Advisory Council.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 15937 — A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to require any nursing home, which provides services under any State program approved under such title, to submit to the State agency administering such program an annual report on the costs incurred in the operation of such nursing home.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 15944 — Comprehensive Medicare Reform Act
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 15943 — Social Security Amendments
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 15942 — A bill to provide for a Federal income tax credit for the cost of certain motor vehicles sold in the State of California.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 15938 — A bill to amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that a recipient of disability insurance benefits under title II of such Act must wait for 24 months before becoming eligible for coverage under medicare.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 15939 — A bill to limit the medicare inpatient hospital deductible.
Introduced 1974-07-16 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 15851 — A bill to amend the Federal Boat Safety Act of 1971 in order to increase the Federal Government's share of the costs of State boat safety programs during fiscal year 1975 and thereafter, and to increase the authorization for appropriations for such programs.
Introduced 1974-07-10 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Sports and RecreationHR 15712 — A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to prohibit public utilities from increasing any rate or charge for electric energy, by means of any fuel adjustment clause in a wholesale rate schedule, in order to reflect any increased fuel cost.
Introduced 1974-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HR 15670 — A bill to provide for the reimbursement of regulated public utility companies engaged in the sale of electric power at the retail level for any amount expended for residual fuel oil which is more than $7.50 a barrel.
Introduced 1974-06-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Petroleum industryHR 15542 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide financial assistance for the establishment and maintenance of State veterans' cemeteries.
Introduced 1974-06-20 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 15541 — A bill to prohibit the military departments from using dogs in connection with any research or other activities relating to biological or chemical warfare agents.
Introduced 1974-06-20 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
AnimalsHR 14934 — Arthritis Prevention, Treatment, and Rehabilitation Act
Introduced 1974-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 14793 — Internal Revenue Commission Act
Introduced 1974-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 14601 — Elderly Transit Fare Reduction Act
Introduced 1974-05-06 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Social WelfareHR 14431 — Special Unemployment Compensation Act
Introduced 1974-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 14185 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide service pension to certain veterans of World War I and pension to the widows of such veterans.
Introduced 1974-04-10 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 13680 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the credit for foreign taxes shall not be allowed in the case of taxes paid to a foreign country with respect to the income derived from any oil or gas well located in a foreign country, and to eliminate the percentage depletion allowance in the case of any such well.
Introduced 1974-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Petroleum industryHR 13739 — Petroleum Industry Antitrust Act
Introduced 1974-03-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Petroleum industryHR 13679 — Wheat Export Marketing Control Act
Introduced 1974-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 13476 — Public Service Employment Act
Introduced 1974-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 13477 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that increases in monthly insurance benefits thereunder (whether occurring by reason of increases in the cost of living or enacted by law) shall not be considered as annual income for purposes of certain other benefit programs.
Introduced 1974-03-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 13429 — A bill to protect the environment and conserve natural resources by stimulating the use of recycled or recyclable materials by effecting rate changes in the movement of these materials by common carrier.
Introduced 1974-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 13298 — National Resource and Energy Conservation Act
Introduced 1974-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 13299 — A bill to protect the environment and conserve natural resources by stimulating the use of recycled or recyclable materials by effecting rate changes in the movement of these materials by common carrier.
Introduced 1974-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 13180 — Wheat Export Marketing Control Act
Introduced 1974-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 12893 — Meetinghouse Preservation Act
Introduced 1974-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
American Revolution BicentennialHR 12938 — A bill to protect the environment and conserve natural resources by stimulating the use of recycled or recyclable materials by effecting rate changes in the movement of these materials by common carrier.
Introduced 1974-02-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 12937 — Natural Resource and Energy Conservation Act
Introduced 1974-02-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 12894 — Internal Revenue Commission Act
Introduced 1974-02-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 12819 — A bill to prohibit the sale of "Saturday Night Special" handguns in the United States.
Introduced 1974-02-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Crime and Law EnforcementHR 12758 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the credit for foreign taxes shall not be allowed in the case of taxes paid to a foreign country with respect to the income derived from any oil or gas well located in a foreign country, and to eliminate the percentage depletion allowance in the case of any such well.
Introduced 1974-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Petroleum industryHR 12537 — National Resource and Energy Conservation Act
Introduced 1974-02-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 12536 — A bill to protect the environment and conserve natural resources by stimulating the use of recycled or recyclable materials by effecting rate changes in the movement of these materials by common carrier, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1974-02-04 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 12538 — A bill to impose an excess profits tax for a temporary period on the income of major corporations engaged in the production or distribution of oil or natural gas.
Introduced 1974-02-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Petroleum industryHR 12372 — Internal Revenue Commission Act
Introduced 1974-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Independent regulatory commissionsHR 11960 — A bill to amend section 64 of the Bankruptcy Act to increase the maximum amount of wages and commissions accorded a priority over other debts of a bankrupt, and to clarify the definitions of wages accorded such priority.
Introduced 1973-12-13 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
HR 12067 — A bill to limit the exportation of raw materials from the United States whenever any domestic person or the United States establishes and operates a plan for the allocation of such raw materials.
Introduced 1973-12-20 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHR 11849 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-12-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11878 — Resource Conservation and Recycling Incentives Act
Introduced 1973-12-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 11877 — A bill to authorize the disposal of silver from the national stockpile.
Introduced 1973-12-10 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Strategic materialsHR 11879 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-12-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11737 — A bill for the relief of James E. Eldridge.
Introduced 1973-11-30 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 11706 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-11-30 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11652 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11412 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-11-12 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 10960 — A bill to prohibit discriminatory employment practices with respect to physically handicapped persons.
Introduced 1973-10-16 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
HR 10998 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-10-17 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 10842 — A bill to amend title VII of the Older Americans Act relating to the nutrition program for the elderly to provide authorization of appropriations, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-10-10 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Social WelfareHR 10733 — A bill limiting exports of copper, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-10-03 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 10734 — Carpool Service Act
Introduced 1973-10-03 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 10695 — Technology Resources Survey and Applications Act
Introduced 1973-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Astronautics.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 10184 — A bill to authorize the disposal of approximately 258,700 short tons of copper from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile and limit exports of copper and copper scrap.
Introduced 1973-09-11 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Strategic materialsHR 9990 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of veterans' benefits for burial and funeral expense allowances from the present $250 to $750.
Introduced 1973-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 9909 — Retirement Benefit Fund Act
Introduced 1973-08-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 9629 — A bill to authorize the disposal of approximately 258,700 short tons of copper from the national stockpile and the supplemental stockpile and limit exports of copper and copper scrap.
Introduced 1973-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 9460 — A bill providing for the distribution of seeds and plants for home gardens.
Introduced 1973-07-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 8868 — A bill to establish an arbitration board to settle disputes between supervisory organization and the U.S. Postal Service.
Introduced 1973-06-20 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 8444 — Community Economic Adjustment Assistance Act
Introduced 1973-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 8445 — Federal Employees Emergency Assistance Act
Introduced 1973-06-06 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7359 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a basic $5,000 exemption from income tax, in the case of an individual or a married couple, for amounts received as annuities, pensions, or other retirement benefits.
Introduced 1973-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HR 6281 — A bill to establish a Commission on Fuels and Energy to recommend programs and policies intended to insure, through maximum use of indigenous resources, that the U.S. requirements for low-cost energy be met, and to reconcile environmental quality requirements with future energy needs.
Introduced 1973-03-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
EnergyHR 5309 — Consumers' Information and Counsel Act
Introduced 1973-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
CommerceHR 5310 — A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for loan assistance to certain cable television systems.
Introduced 1973-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 4998 — National Energy Resources Improvement Act
Introduced 1973-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
EnergyHR 4878 — Travel Agents Registration Act
Introduced 1973-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
TravelHR 3517 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a credit against the individual income tax for tuition paid for the elementary or secondary education of dependents.
Introduced 1973-01-31 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EducationHR 2741 — A bill to amend the Interstate Commerce Act, with respect to recovery of a reasonable attorney's fee in case of successful maintenance of an action for recovery of damages sustained in transportation of property.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2737 — A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to permit the recomputation of retired pay of certain members and former members of the Armed Forces.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 2740 — A bill to make rules respecting military hostilities in the absence of a declaration of war.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Congressional-executive relationsHR 2746 — A bill to provide compensation to U.S. commercial fishing vessel owners for damages incurred by them as a result of an action of a vessel operated by a foreign government or a citizen of a foreign government.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Fishing boatsHR 2742 — Public Broadcasting Financing Act
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 2749 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from income tax retirement annuities and pensions paid by the United States to its employees.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2744 — National Institute of Advertising, Marketing, and Society Act
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 2739 — A bill to amend the Lead-Based Paint Poisoning Prevention Act to permit grants thereunder to be made to a State agency in any case where local agencies are prevented by State law from receiving and expending such grants.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Banking and Currency.
HealthHR 2743 — A bill to amend part 1 of the Interstate Commerce Act to require the installation of sanitation devices in railroad cars to prevent the discharge from such cars of sewage.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 2747 — A bill to provide for the retirement of certain employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Secret Service.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2751 — A bill to permit officers and employees of the Federal Government to elect coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2750 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction to tenants of houses or apartments for their proportionate share of the taxes and interest paid by their landlords.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 2745 — A bill to provide certain amounts of broadcast time for candidates for President and Vice President of the United States.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2772 — For the relief of Maria D'Arpino.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 2738 — A bill to provide for the crediting of certain past employment by certain persons subject to the National Guard Technicians Act of 1968.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 2752 — Travel Agents Registration Act
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
TravelHR 2748 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, relating to qualifications for appointment and retention in the civil service.
Introduced 1973-01-23 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 1243 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to correct certain inequities in the crediting of National Guard technician service in connection with civil service retirement, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 1244 — A bill to suspend for a 3-year period the duty on fair stained and better India ruby mica films first or second quality.
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Trade and International FinanceHJRES 989 — Joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the month of May 1974, as National Arthritis Month.
Introduced 1974-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
CommemorationsHJRES 821 — Joint resolution to express the sense of Congress that a White House Conference on the Handicapped be called by the President of the United States.
Introduced 1973-11-08 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
DisabledHRES 1200 — Resolution providing for television and radio coverage of proceedings in the Chamber of the House of Representatives on any resolution to impeach the President of the United States.
Introduced 1974-06-26 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
ImpeachmentsHCONRES 483 — Concurrent resolution to request the Internal Revenue Service to re-evaluate the present tax deduction for the business use of automobiles.
Introduced 1974-04-25 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Motor vehiclesHCONRES 506 — Concurrent resolution to request the Internal Revenue Service to reevaluate the present tax deduction for the business use of automobiles.
Introduced 1974-05-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Motor vehicles