
William C. Wampler
Republican · VI-9 · House of Representatives
73 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (110)
HR 8312 — Biological Organisms Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 7757 — A bill to provide grants to the 1890 land grant colleges, including Tuskegee Institute, in the purchase of equipment and land, and the planning, construction, alteration or renovation of buildings to strengthen their capacity to conduct food and agricultural research.
Introduced 1980-07-02 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6581 — Agriculture Protection Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6521 — National Science Council Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-02-13 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 4853 — Animal Biological Products Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
AnimalsHR 3819 — A bill for the relief of Granwel Aquino Esteban.
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 3812 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 3640 — Preretirement Education Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-04-10 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
EducationHR 3166 — Department of Agriculture Restoration Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Agriculture and FoodHR 2982 — A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1979-03-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 2588 — Department of Agriculture Restoration Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-03-01 · Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
Agriculture and FoodHR 783 — A bill to amend title 23, United States Code, relating to energy impacted public roads.
Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 784 — A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations of appropriations contained in such Act.
Introduced 1979-01-15 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHJRES 604 — A joint resolution designating October 19, 1980 through October 25, 1980, as "Appalachian Coal Awareness Week".
Introduced 1980-08-27 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHJRES 312 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to public prayer.
Introduced 1979-04-30 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Arts, Culture, ReligionHR 17137 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income $1,000 of interest on savings in the case of an individual taxpayer.
Introduced 1974-10-08 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 16299 — Railroad Retirement Act
Introduced 1974-08-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Labor and EmploymentHR 14145 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period which is presently a prerequisite of eligibility for disability insurance benefits or the disability freeze.
Introduced 1974-04-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 13684 — A bill to amend title XI of the Social Security Act to repeal the recently added provision for the establishment of Professional Standards Review Organizations to review services covered under the medicare and medicaid programs.
Introduced 1974-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
HealthHR 13683 — A bill to repeal the Emergency Daylight Saving Time Energy Conservation Act of 1973.
Introduced 1974-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Science, Technology, CommunicationsHR 13211 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide for cost-of-living increases in compensation, dependency, and indemnity compensation, and pension payments.
Introduced 1974-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 12759 — A bill to amend the Federal Salary Act of 1967.
Introduced 1974-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11095 — Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act
Introduced 1973-10-24 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Rural affairs legislationHR 7930 — A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act with respect to custom slaughtering.
Introduced 1973-05-17 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
MeatHR 6473 — A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension will not have the amount of such pension reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
Introduced 1973-04-02 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs..
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4885 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to stabilize and "freeze" as of January 1, 1973, the Veterans' Administration Schedule for Rating Disabilities, 1945 edition, and the extensions thereto.
Introduced 1973-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 4133 — A bill to provide for annual authorization of appropriations to the U.S. Postal Service.
Introduced 1973-02-07 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2465 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual may become entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits, subject to the existing actuarial reductions, at age 50, whether or not disabled.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 2464 — A bill to provide for the establishment and operation of a research center at Blacksburg, Va..
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 15183 — A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize reduced fare transportation on space-available basis for elderly persons, young persons, and handicapped persons.
Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 15309 — A bill for the relief of Granwel Aquino Esteban.
Introduced 1976-08-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 13383 — A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a 13-year delimiting period for the pursuit of educational programs by veterans; to entitle certain veterans to 45 months of educational assistance.
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 13092 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1976-04-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 12860 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the exemption for purposes of the Federal estate tax, to increase the estate tax marital deduction, and to provide an alternate method of valuing certain real property for estate tax purposes.
Introduced 1976-03-29 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 11744 — National Agricultural Research Policy Act
Introduced 1976-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 11743 — National Agricultural Research Policy Act
Introduced 1976-02-05 · Referred to Senate Committee on Agriculture and Forestry.
Agriculture and FoodHR 11339 — National Agricultural Research Policy Act
Introduced 1975-12-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 9906 — National Coal Policy Act
Introduced 1975-09-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
EnergyHR 8901 — World War I Pension Act
Introduced 1975-07-24 · Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 6984 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual may become entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits, subject to the existing actuarial reduction, at age 50 whether or not disabled.
Introduced 1975-05-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 5189 — Family Farm Inheritance Act
Introduced 1975-03-19 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5190 — A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include certain cities and counties in the State of Virginia.
Introduced 1975-03-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 4811 — A bill to limit the jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the United States and of the district courts to enter any judgment, decree, or order, denying or restricting, as unconstitutional, voluntary prayer in any public school.
Introduced 1975-03-12 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
JurisdictionHR 4258 — Black Lung Benefits Reform Act
Introduced 1975-03-04 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
MinersHR 3564 — A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act with respect to custom slaughtering.
Introduced 1975-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 14287 — A bill to amend the Act of September 3, 1974, to waive the assessment of marketing quota penalties on certain 1975 crop Maryland Type 32 tobacco.
Introduced 1978-10-11 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
TobaccoHR 14318 — Animal Biological Products Act
Introduced 1978-10-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
AnimalsHR 13899 — A bill to delay any action which may be taken by the Secretary of Agriculture respecting nitrites used as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have.
Introduced 1978-08-16 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 13942 — A bill to delay any action which may be taken by the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare respecting nitrites used as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have.
Introduced 1978-08-17 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Agriculture and FoodHR 13941 — A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act with respect to employers shall apply to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Introduced 1978-08-17 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 13543 — A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-07-19 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 13556 — A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act with respect to employers shall apply to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Introduced 1978-07-20 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 13028 — A bill to direct the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-06-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 12886 — Federal Biological Control Organisms Act
Introduced 1978-05-25 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Biological pest controlHR 12853 — A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the requirements of such Act with respect to employers shall apply to the Occupational Safety and Health Administration.
Introduced 1978-05-24 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Labor and EmploymentHR 12189 — Federal Biological Control Organisms Act
Introduced 1978-04-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Biological pest controlHR 12023 — Water Resources Research Act
Introduced 1978-04-11 · Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 12022 — A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act for the purpose of directing the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to request the National Academy of Science to conduct a study concerning standardizing certain tests for determining potential carcinogenicity.
Introduced 1978-04-11 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 11671 — A bill to designate a certain Federal building in Big Stone Gap, Virginia, the "C. Bascom Slemp Building".
Introduced 1978-03-20 · Public Law 95-542.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11047 — A bill to establish a new Assistant Secretary of Agriculture who shall be responsible for agricultural research activities conducted by the United States Department of Agriculture.
Introduced 1978-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 6451 — National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
Introduced 1977-04-20 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 4394 — National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 3044 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that any fully insured individual may qualify for disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze if he has 40 quarters of coverage, regardless of when such quarters were earned, even if he does not have 20 quarters of coverage during the 40-quarter period immediately preceding his disability.
Introduced 1977-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 3042 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
Introduced 1977-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 3043 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual may become entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits, subject to the existing actuarial reduction, at age 50 whether or not disabled.
Introduced 1977-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 3041 — Rural Health Care Delivery Improvement Act
Introduced 1977-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 2880 — A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to establish a program designed to provide continued employment opportunities for older Americans.
Introduced 1977-02-01 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Age and employmentHR 2878 — A bill making appropriations to carry out title IX of the Older Americans Act of 1965 during fiscal year 1978.
Introduced 1977-02-01 · Referred to House Committee on Appropriations.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 2879 — A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize the Commissioner on Aging to make grants for preretirement education programs.
Introduced 1977-02-01 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Age and employmentHR 2562 — A bill for the relief of Granwel Aquino Esteban.
Introduced 1977-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 78 — National Agricultural Research Policy Act
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HR 79 — National Agricultural Research Policy Act
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
HCONRES 704 — A concurrent resolution to effect appointment of the commission to study, investigate, and review the Federal old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-08-17 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Industrial relationsHCONRES 643 — A resolution to effect appointment of the commission to study, investigate and review the Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-06-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHCONRES 665 — A resolution to effect appointment of the commission to study, investigate and review the Federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance programs, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-07-12 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Industrial relationsHCONRES 460 — A resolution to inspire the President and the Secretary of Agriculture to use existing law to achieve parity for farmers and ranchers.
Introduced 1978-01-25 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
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Introduced 1982-09-23 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-09-23 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-09-09 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
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Introduced 1982-08-10 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Recorded Vote: 181 - 120 (Record Vote No: 256).
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Introduced 1982-06-22 · Amendment Failed of Passage in Committee of Whole by Division Vote: 13 - 34.
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Introduced 1981-10-22 · Amendment Passed in Committee of the Whole by Voice Vote.
HR 7051 — Cooperative State Forestry Research and Extension Amendments of 1982
Introduced 1982-08-19 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Public Lands and Natural ResourcesHR 6679 — An act to authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to assess civil penalties with respect to violations of certain Acts relating to the prevention of the introduction and dissemination into the United States of plant pests, plant diseases, and livestock and poultry diseases, to increase the amount of criminal fines which may be imposed with respect to violations of such Acts, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1982-06-23 · Became Public Law No: 97-461.
AnimalsHR 6678 — A bill to clarify and extend the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to collect fees to cover United States Government costs incident to the issuance of phytosanitary certificates with regard to plants and plant products intended for exportation and for the testing, certification, inspection and quarantine of import and export animals and certain products and materials.
Introduced 1982-06-23 · Forwarded by Subcommittee to Full Committee.
AnimalsHR 6404 — Emergency Dairy Adjustment Act of 1982
Introduced 1982-05-18 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6362 — A bill to recover costs incurred by the Department in the administration of the promotion program for wool, including costs incurred for the conduct of the wool referendum.
Introduced 1982-05-12 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 6205 — A bill to provide that the lake referred to as the North Fork Pound River Lake in Wise County, Virginia, shall hereafter be known as Chant B. Kelly Lake.
Introduced 1982-04-28 · Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
Water Resources DevelopmentHR 6062 — Meat, Poultry, and Egg Products Inspection Amendments of 1981
Introduced 1982-04-01 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5935 — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act.
Introduced 1982-03-23 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5939 — A bill for the relief of Arturo Beverly.
Introduced 1982-03-23 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 5934 — A bill to delay for two months (until October 1, 1982) the effective date of the recently-enacted amendments to title II of the Social Security Act which generally eliminate child's insurance benefits in the case of children over age 18 who are in college; and to extend (through September 1982) the period within which a child must have been already enrolled at the college level in order to fall within the special exception permitting continued payment of such benefits.
Introduced 1982-03-23 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Social WelfareHR 5455 — A bill to amend the Act of July 2, 1962, to authorize intrastate quarantines under extraordinary emergency conditions.
Introduced 1982-02-03 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture.
AnimalsHR 5456 — A bill to amend the Plant Quarantine Act of August 20, 1912, as amended, to eliminate certain unnecessary regulatory requirements.
Introduced 1982-02-03 · Became Public Law No: 97-432.
Agriculture and FoodHR 5268 — A bill entitled the: "Federal Meat Inspection Act Amendments of 1981".
Introduced 1981-12-16 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3385 — A bill to amend section 110(b) of the Agricultural Act of 1949 to eliminate the requirement that the Secretary of Agriculture waive interest on loans made on 1980 and 1981 crops of wheat and feed grains placed in the farmer-held grain reserve program.
Introduced 1981-05-01 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3389 — Cotton-Tobacco-Warehouse User Fee Act of 1981
Introduced 1981-05-01 · For Further Action See H.R.3838.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3388 — A bill to increase the interest rates for loans made or insured under the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act of water and waste disposal, and essential community facilities.
Introduced 1981-05-01 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3387 — A bill to amend the Rural Electrification Act of 1936 to remove provision for the special 2 percent interest rate for insured loans.
Introduced 1981-05-01 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
EnergyHR 3391 — A bill to amend the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act and the Small Business Act.
Introduced 1981-05-01 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3386 — A bill to amend the United States Grain Standards Act to require that fees charged for official inspection and weighing services cover costs to the Federal Grain Inspection Service including administrative and supervisory costs, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-05-01 · For Further Action See H.R.3838.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3390 — A bill to amend the Housing Act of 1949 to make discretionary the power of the Secretary of Agriculture to provide interest credit subsidy to low and moderate income borrowers, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-05-01 · Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 3354 — A bill to amend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act.
Introduced 1981-04-30 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Environmental ProtectionHR 2561 — National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Amendments of 1981
Introduced 1981-03-17 · For Further Action See H.R.3603.
Agriculture and FoodHR 1238 — A bill for the relief of Granwel Aquino Esteban, his spouse and family.
Introduced 1981-01-22 · Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 638 — National Science Council Act of 1980
Introduced 1981-01-05 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From Justice.
Environmental ProtectionHR 23 — A bill to extend and amend title XIV of the Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 for five years; and for other purposes.
Introduced 1981-01-05 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
Agriculture and FoodHJRES 126 — A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States with respect to public prayer.
Introduced 1981-01-22 · Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHRES 478 — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to changes in the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 proposed in the President's budget for fiscal year 1983.
Introduced 1982-05-21 · Referred to Subcommittee on Commerce, Transportation and Tourism.
Labor and EmploymentHRES 234 — A resolution commending the Cultural Laureate Program.
Introduced 1981-09-30 · Referred to Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.
Arts, Culture, Religion