
John W. Wydler
Republican · NE-5 · House of Representatives
63 years in office
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Sponsored Legislation (103)
HR 1289 — Emergency Public Interest Protection Act
Introduced 1973-01-03 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 8104 — Toxic Chemical and Hazardous Waste Research and Development Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-09-10 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Environmental ProtectionHR 6961 — Emergency Evacuation Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-03-27 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Armed Forces and National SecurityHR 6925 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to make Inauguration Day a legal public holiday.
Introduced 1980-03-25 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 6745 — Radiation Control Act of 1979
Introduced 1980-03-06 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
HealthHR 6570 — Low Level Radioactive Waste Burial Act of 1980
Introduced 1980-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Environmental ProtectionHR 5802 — A bill relating to purchases and sales of gold by the United States.
Introduced 1979-11-02 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Finance and Financial SectorHR 4982 — National Energy Development Act of 1979
Introduced 1979-07-26 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
EnergyHR 3901 — A bill to provide that the proceeds of any windfall profits tax on domestic oil production shall be used to reduce the national debt.
Introduced 1979-05-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 2990 — Federal Acquisition Reform Act
Introduced 1979-03-14 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2291 — A bill to extend for four fiscal years the authorizations of appropriations for the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1979-02-21 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 2254 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for income tax purposes of expenses incurred by an individual for transportation to and from work.
Introduced 1979-02-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHRES 645 — A resolution expressing the support of the Congress and the American people for Ambassador Diego Asencio who is being held hostage in Columbia.
Introduced 1980-04-22 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHRES 641 — A resolution expressing the support of the Congress and the American people for Ambassador Diego Asencio who is being held hostage in Columbia.
Introduced 1980-04-17 · Measure passed House.
International AffairsHCONRES 83 — A concurrent resolution relative to the rights of Romanian citizens.
Introduced 1979-03-21 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 17112 — A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that State and local governments may regulate aircraft noise.
Introduced 1974-10-07 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Environmental ProtectionHR 17113 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income $500 of interest on savings in the case of an individual taxpayer.
Introduced 1974-10-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 17020 — 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 1974-10-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14732 — Emergency Gasoline Tax Reduction Act
Introduced 1974-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
GasolineHR 14733 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 so as to reduce by 8 percent the amount of individual income tax withheld at the source.
Introduced 1974-05-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14578 — Special Unemployment Compensation Act
Introduced 1974-05-02 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 11637 — A bill to establish a Department of Health.
Introduced 1973-11-28 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 11683 — Energy Research Reorganization Act
Introduced 1973-11-29 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
EnergyHR 8656 — 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 1973-06-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 7120 — Offshore Oil Safety Act
Introduced 1973-04-17 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Petroleum industryHR 6289 — A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to permit the holding of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York at a suitable site in Nassau County in lieu of Mineola.
Introduced 1973-03-28 · Referred to House Committee on Judiciary.
LawHR 5374 — A bill to repeal the bread tax on 1973 wheat crop.
Introduced 1973-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Agriculture and FoodHR 3182 — School Bus Safety Act
Introduced 1973-01-29 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
EducationHR 2485 — A bill to amend title 45, United States Code, in order to provide that a State may act in the case of labor disputes involving a railroad industry primarily engaged in intrastate operations.
Introduced 1973-01-18 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 1458 — A bill to authorize certain changes to be made in the F-14 aircraft procurement program.
Introduced 1973-01-06 · Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Government Operations and PoliticsHRES 1357 — Resolution expressing the sense of the House regarding the halt of U.S. economic and military assistance to Turkey until all Turkish Armed Forces have been withdrawn from Cyprus.
Introduced 1974-09-11 · Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
International AffairsHCONRES 627 — Concurrent resolution establishing a Joint Committee on Aging.
Introduced 1974-08-22 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHR 15863 — A bill for the relief of the survivors of Brian Murray.
Introduced 1976-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Private LegislationHR 15812 — A bill to provide for grants and technical assistance for the construction or acquisition by certain State and local authorities for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
Introduced 1976-09-30 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 15707 — A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 for the purpose of prohibiting the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development from requiring, as a condition of receiving a community development grant pursuant to title I of such act, additional housing for low-or moderate-income persons in a community which has a significant number of residents who receive governmental assistance and for whom adequate housing is presently available.
Introduced 1976-09-27 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
Housing and Community DevelopmentHR 15496 — A bill to provide for grants and technical assistance for the construction or acquisition by certain State and local authorities of facilities for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
Introduced 1976-09-09 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 15497 — A bill to reduce unemployment by providing that unemployment insurance funds may be used pursuant to State laws establishing programs for payments to employers who hire the unemployed.
Introduced 1976-09-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 15352 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for income tax purposes of expenses incurred by an individual for transportation to and from work.
Introduced 1976-08-31 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 15156 — A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present).
Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 15158 — A bill to provide for grants and technical assistance for the construction or acquisition by certain State and local authorities of facilities for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 15157 — A bill to provide for the monthly publication of a Consumer Price Index for the Aged and Other Social Security Beneficiaries, which shall be used in the provision of the cost-of-living benefit increase authorized by title II of the Social Security Act.
Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 14925 — Small Business Growth and Job Creation Act
Introduced 1976-07-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 14775 — A bill to provide for grants and technical assistance for the construction or acquisition by certain State and local authorities of facilities for the use or disposal of sewage sludge.
Introduced 1976-07-20 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Environmental ProtectionHR 13963 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount of the estate tax exemption from $60,000 to $200,000.
Introduced 1976-05-21 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 13385 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1976-04-28 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 13249 — A bill to reduce unemployment by providing that unemployment insurance funds may be used pursuant to State laws establishing programs for payments to employers who hire the unemployed.
Introduced 1976-04-13 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 12727 — A bill to reduce unemployment by providing that unemployment insurance funds may be used pursuant to State laws establishing programs for payments to employers who hire the unemployed.
Introduced 1976-03-23 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Labor and EmploymentHR 12603 — Antidiscrimination Act
Introduced 1976-03-17 · Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 11745 — A bill to prohibit certain civil supersonic aircraft from, landing at, or taking off from, John F. Kennedy International Airport.
Introduced 1976-02-05 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11122 — A bill to amend section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code to divide the Eastern Judicial District of New York into two divisions.
Introduced 1975-12-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 10887 — A bill to amend section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code to divide the Eastern Judicial District of New York into two divisions.
Introduced 1975-11-20 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 10663 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to authorize a tax credit for certain expenses of providing higher education.
Introduced 1975-11-10 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EducationHR 10453 — A bill to extend and revise the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1975-10-30 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Revenue sharingHR 10281 — Municipal Bond Holders' Insurance Corporation Act
Introduced 1975-10-21 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
Government securitiesHR 10068 — Social Security Rights Act
Introduced 1975-10-07 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 9377 — A bill to extend and revise the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1975-09-04 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Intergovernmental fiscal relationsHR 8769 — Consumer Representation Act
Introduced 1975-07-18 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 8244 — A bill to extend and revise the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Revenue sharingHR 8245 — A bill to extend and revise the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Intergovernmental fiscal relationsHR 8246 — A bill to extend and revise the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
Introduced 1975-06-25 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Revenue sharingHR 7858 — Presidential Science and Technology Advisory Organization Act
Introduced 1975-06-12 · Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
Executive reorganizationHR 4037 — A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for the establishment of a special cost-of-living pay schedule containing increased pay rates for Federal employees in heavily populated cities and metropolitan areas to offset the increased cost of living, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1975-02-27 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 2264 — A bill to repeal the earnings limitation of the Social Security Act.
Introduced 1975-01-28 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHR 1180 — Airport Noise Curfew Act
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
NoiseHR 1179 — A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to provide that State and local governments may regulate aircraft noise.
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
NoiseHR 1183 — Consumer Protection Act
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
CommerceHR 1181 — A bill to allow a credit against Federal income taxes or a payment from the U.S. Treasury for State and local and real property taxes or an equivalent portion of rent paid on their residences by individuals who have attained age 65.
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 1182 — Offshore Oil Safety Act
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
EnergyHR 1178 — A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to permit the holding of Federal District Court for the Eastern District of New York at a suitable site in Nassau County in lieu of Mineola.
Introduced 1975-01-14 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHJRES 860 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to neighborhood schools.
Introduced 1976-03-11 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Constitutional amendmentsHCONRES 786 — A resolution calling upon the President to establish a strike force for medicare and medicaid review to investigate and audit the operations of the medicare and medicaid programs.
Introduced 1976-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHCONRES 762 — A resolution calling upon the President to establish a strike force for medicare and medicaid review to investigate and audit the operations of the medicare and medicaid programs.
Introduced 1976-09-20 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHCONRES 787 — A resolution calling upon the President to establish a strike force for medicare and medicaid review to investigate and audit the operations of the medicare and medicaid programs.
Introduced 1976-10-01 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social WelfareHCONRES 712 — Resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should take the initiative in seeking the establishment by the United Nations of an international policy imposing on the governments of countries in which international terrorists seek sanctuary with hostages a duty to make every reasonable effort to free those hostages.
Introduced 1976-08-10 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International AffairsHR 14186 — Two Step Budget Process Act
Introduced 1978-09-27 · Referred to House Committee on Rules.
CongressHR 12581 — A bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans under the New York City Seasonal Financing Act of 1975 for a period of three years.
Introduced 1978-05-04 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 12582 — A bill to prevent Federal enforcement of racial quotas.
Introduced 1978-05-04 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority IssuesHR 12086 — A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to authorize United States international air carriers to carry domestic traffic between United States cities on flights operated in foreign air transportation.
Introduced 1978-04-12 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 11781 — A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to move the place for holding court for the District Court for the Eastern District of New York to Brooklyn and Hempstead, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 11339 — A bill to extend the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to make loans under the New York City Seasonal Financing Act of 1975 for a period of three years.
Introduced 1978-03-07 · Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Economics and Public FinanceHR 11264 — A bill to amend section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code to divide the eastern judicial district of New York into two divisions.
Introduced 1978-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 11196 — A bill to amend title 28, United States Code, to move the place for holding court for the district court of the Eastern District of New York to Brooklyn and Hempstead, and for other purposes.
Introduced 1978-02-28 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 10991 — A bill to amend title 28 of the United States Code to provide that United States District Court for Eastern District of New York shall also be held at Town of Hempstead.
Introduced 1978-02-15 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 10749 — Federal Acquisition Act
Introduced 1978-02-02 · Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 10591 — A bill to encourage home ownership by amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for certain contributions to an individual housing account.
Introduced 1978-01-26 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 10095 — Tax Reduction Act
Introduced 1977-11-15 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 7296 — A bill to designate the new Terminal Radar Approach Control Federal Building in Hempstead, Long Island, N.Y., as the Charles A. Lindbergh Federal Building.
Introduced 1977-05-18 · Public Law 95-525.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 7322 — A bill to authorize the operator of any airport to prohibit the operation of certain types of aircraft at the airport in order to control and abate aircraft noise resulting from the operation of the airport.
Introduced 1977-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Commercial aircraftHR 7321 — A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 relating to control and abatement of aircraft noise and sonic boom.
Introduced 1977-05-19 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Transportation and Public WorksHR 6176 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to authorize a tax credit for certain expenses of providing higher education.
Introduced 1977-04-06 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 5382 — A bill to amend section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code to divide the eastern judicial district of New York into two divisions.
Introduced 1977-03-22 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 4871 — Consumer Communications Reform Act
Introduced 1977-03-10 · Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 4787 — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for income tax purposes of expenses incurred by an individual for transportation to and from work.
Introduced 1977-03-09 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
TaxationHR 4335 — A bill to incorporate the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II.
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Government Operations and PoliticsHR 3802 — Aircraft Noise Reduction Act
Introduced 1977-02-22 · Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
NoiseHR 3707 — A bill to amend section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code to divide the eastern judicial district of New York into two divisions.
Introduced 1977-02-17 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 2234 — A bill to amend section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code to divide the Eastern Judicial District of New York in two divisions.
Introduced 1977-01-19 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
LawHR 1380 — A bill to repeal the earnings limitation of the Social Security Act.
Introduced 1977-01-04 · Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social WelfareHJRES 1001 — A resolution to designate May 21, 1979 as "Firefighters' Memorial Sunday".
Introduced 1978-06-15 · Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
CommemorationsHJRES 299 — Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to neighborhood schools.
Introduced 1977-03-02 · Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Busing (School integration)HCONRES 655 — A resolution relative to the rights of Rumanian citizens.
Introduced 1978-06-28 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International AffairsHCONRES 641 — A resolution relative to the rights of Romanian citizens.
Introduced 1978-06-09 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International AffairsHCONRES 304 — Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with the respect to the Baltic States.
Introduced 1977-07-21 · Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
International Affairs