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Rep. Bailey, Wendell [R-MO-8]

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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 45 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the leaders of the United States, Mexico and Canada should participate in a North American summit meeting for purposes of establishing a common economic bond of mutual cooperation and coordination in dealing with issues involving our three countries.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the leaders of the United States, Mexico, and Canada should meet to discuss North American economic development, trading relationships, specific problems, and cooperation and reciprocal negotiations in the joint development of solutions to these problems.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 44 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should reverse its policy of manipulating the discount rate to cause increased interest rates which result in higher unemployment and economic dislocations.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should reverse its present policy of adjusting the discount rate to cause increased interest rates and should instead pursue a policy of stable interest rates at lower affordable levels.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 47 (97th)open

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should seek through appropriate international means the apprehension, trail and punishment of those responsible for the takeover of the United States Embassy in Teheran and the subsequent holding of American hostages.

United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1981

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should seek, through diplomatic means, the punishment of all persons involved in the seizure of the U.S. embassy in Tehran and in the holding of American hostages in that embassy. Authorizes the President to suspend implementation of the agreement which secured the release of the hostages if the President determines such punishment has not been satisfactorily effected.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 43 (97th)passed

A resolution commending former President Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, former Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher, and the Algerian negotiators for their efforts in securing the safe release of the 52 American hostages from Iran, and President Reagan for designating former President Carter to greet the freed hostages.

United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1981

Commends former President Jimmy Carter, former Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and former Deputy Secretary of State Warren Christopher for their success in securing the release of the American hostages held in Iran. Conveys appreciation to the Algerian negotiators for the role they played in resolving the hostage crises. Pays tribute to the eight servicemen killed in the April 1980 effort to rescue the American hostages. Commends President Reagan for designating former President Carter to officially greet the freed hostages.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 342 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress with respect to ongoing investigations of foreign trade practices involving steel mill products.

United States · United States Congress · 12 May 1982

Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) the President should direct the appropriate agencies to pursue vigorously and conclude promptly the countervailing duty and antidumping investigations being conducted under the Tariff Act of 1930 and the Trade Act of 1974 concerning foreign trade practices involving carbon steel mill products and specialty steel mill products; and (2) the Congress should consider legislation to strengthen U.S. trade laws if necessary.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 366 (97th)referred

A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that legislation should be passed in order to make the Government Printing Office more cost-effective and efficient.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1982

Expresses the sense of Congress that legislation should be proposed and enacted to: (1) establish parity between the compensation of Government Printing Office (GPO) employees and the compensation of other Federal employees performing similar work; (2) fix the wages of GPO employees in accordance with the prevailing wage rate system applicable to executive branch employees; and (3) strengthen the Public Printer's ability to manage without infringing on the oversight responsibilities of the Joint Committee on Printing.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 297 (97th)open

A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the United States and the Soviet Union should engage in substantial, equitable, and verifiable reductions of their nuclear weapons in a manner which would contribute to peace and stability.

United States · United States Congress · 29 March 1982

Declares that the United States should propose to the Soviet Union: (1) a long-term, mutual, and verifiable nuclear forces freeze at equal and sharply reduced levels of forces; and (2) practical measures to reduce the danger of an accidental nuclear war and to prevent the use of nuclear weapons by third parties. States that the United States and the Soviet Union should channel their resources away from nuclear armaments and towards fighting poverty, hunger, and disease. Declares that the United States should continue to work for balanced arms reductions.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 98 (97th)referred

A resolution limiting the aggregate of all expense resolution authorization levels for the standing and select committees of the House of Representatives to 90 percent of the aggregate expenditure levels of such committees for the second sessions of the 96th Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981

Limits the aggregate amount of all expense resolution authorization levels for the committees of the House of Representatives for the first session of the 97th Congress to no more than 90 percent of the aggregate expenditure levels of such committees for the second session of the 96th Congress.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 264 (97th)referred

A resolution requiring reports for foreign travel by Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives and prompt publication of such reports in the Congressional Record.

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981

Requires any Member, officer, or employee of the House of Representatives who authorizes foreign travel by any other such person to submit an advance report and a postreturn report to the Clerk of the House. Directs that such reports be available for public inspection and published in the Congressional Record.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 100 (97th)open

Committee Improvement Amendments of 1981

United States · United States Congress · 4 March 1981

Committee Improvement Amendments of 1981 - Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require each standing committee, not later than 60 days after the Congress convenes, to submit an oversight agenda to the Committee on Government Operations. Directs such committee to hold hearings at which the chairman and ranking minority member of each standing committee shall testify on the oversight accomplishments of the preceding Congress and the proposed oversight agenda for the new Congress. Requires the Committee on Government Operations, not later than 90 days after the Congress convenes, to report to the House an oversight agenda resolution which incorporates such agendas of all standing committees, and additional recommendations of the committee. Directs the House to complete action on such resolution not later than 90 days after the Congress convenes, to report to the House an oversight agenda resolution which incorporates such agendas of all standing committees, and additional recommendations of the committee. Directs the House to complete action on such resolution not later than 180 days after the Congress convenes. Directs the Speaker of the House to initially refer each bill, resolution, or other matter to one committee of principal jurisdiction. Eliminates the authority of the Speaker to refer any such matter to two or more committees for concurrent consideration. Requires the membership of each committee, select committee, and conference committee (and each subcommittee, task force, or subunit thereof) to reflect the ratio of majority to minority Members. Provides that such ratio be reflected for standing committees at the beginning of each Congress, and for select and conference committees at the time of appointment. Prohibits any standing committee to establish more than six subcommittees, and any Member to serve at any one time on more than four subcommittees. Defines subcommittee as any subunit of a standing committee established for a period of more than six months. Prohibits the vote by any member of any committee or subcommittee to be cast by proxy. Provides that a majority of members of each committee or subcommittee shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of any business. Prohibits the House to consider any primary expense resolution until the Committee on House Administration has reported and the House has adopted a resolution establishing committee staff personnel ceilings for that year. Requires such committee to specify in any primary or supplemental expense resolution the number of staff positions authorized therein. Authorizes the House to consider any supplemental expense resolution in excess of such ceiling by a vote of two-thirds of the Members present.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 265 (97th)open

A resolution relating to the management of United States assets.

United States · United States Congress · 5 November 1981

Declares that it is the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the United States must manage its assets in a manner more prudent and beneficial to the interests of the American people; (2) all executive branch agencies should inventory their assets, estimate the approximate value of each asset, and identify the uses to which each asset is put; (3) the President should then identify which assets are surplus to Federal needs and should be candidates for liquidation; (4) the President should submit recommendations to Congress on any legislative and administrative revisions that may be needed to carry out such a program of liquidation in an orderly manner; (5) the receipts of this program should be used only to restrain and ultimately reduce the national debt; and (6) the Comptroller General should investigate and recommend to Congress and each agency improved processes for managing Federal assets, estimating their value, and liquidating those which are unneeded.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 362 (97th)referred

A resolution limiting the amount provided in expense resolutions for committees of the House of Representatives for the second session of the Ninety-seventh Congress to the amount actually spent under such resolutions for the first session of the Ninety-seventh Congress.

United States · United States Congress · 10 February 1982

Limits amounts provided in House Committee expense resolutions for the second session of the Ninety-seventh Congress to the total amounts expended under such resolutions for the first session.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 402 (97th)referred

A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that neither House of the Congress should recess or adjourn for a period of more than three days at a time until such time as the Congress completes action on the first concurrent resolution on the budget.

United States · United States Congress · 18 March 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that neither House of Congress should recess or adjourn for a period of more than three days at a time until congressional action is completed on the first concurrent budget resolution for FY 1983.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 426 (97th)referred

A resolution acclaiming and supporting Democracy in El Salvador.

United States · United States Congress · 1 April 1982

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States should acclaim and support the demonstration of the people of El Salvador in favor of democracy.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 514 (97th)passed

A resolution commemorating July 1, 1982, which is the twenty-fifth anniversary of the beginning of the International Geophysical Year and reaffirming the commitment of the House of Representatives to international cooperation in the sciences.

United States · United States Congress · 23 June 1982

Commemorates July 1, 1982, the 25th anniversary of the beginning of the International Geophysical Year. Reaffirms the commitment of the House of Representatives to a new era of international cooperation in all the sciences.