Records
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 102 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1977
Expresses the sense of Congress that Gunars Rode, a Latvian political prisoner, should be released from imprisonment and that the Government of the Soviet Union should allow him and other political prisoners within its borders to be released due to provisions of the United Nations Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 60 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1977
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Jr. and to place it in a suitable location in the Capitol.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 297 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 July 1977
Expresses the disapproval of Congress regarding the Federal motor vehicle safety standard transmitted to Congress on June 30, 1977.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 360 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1977
Expresses the sense of the Congress that any right to, title to, or interest in the property of the United States Government agencies in the Panama Canal Zone or any real property and improvements thereon located in the zone should not be conveyed, relinquished, or otherwise disposed of to any foreign government without specific authorization of such conveyance, relinquishment, or other disposition by any Act of Congress.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 527 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1978
Expresses the condemnation by the Congress of the March 11, 1978, attack on Israel by the Palestine Liberation Organization, and the expressed intention of the PLO to continue such attacks and to disrupt the peace efforts between Israel and Egypt. Requests the President to make the disapproval of the Congress known to governments approving the PLO attack. Expresses Congressional approval of the peace efforts between Israel and Egypt. Urges other Middle East countries to join such efforts. Declares negotiation to be the best way to bring peace to the Middle East.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 603 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 May 1978
Declares it the sense of Congress that an import fee on oil should not be imposed as a means of reducing crude oil imports.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 693 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 August 1978
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Environmental Protection Agency, the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, and the Federal courts should expedite all remaining administrative and judicial proceedings with respect to the Seabrook Nuclear Station project (New Hampshire), and that all licensing and permitting procedures for the construction and operation of nuclear generating stations should be reviewed and modified to improve the efficiency of such procedures.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 71 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 4 January 1977
Creates a Select House Committee on Population to conduct an investigation and study of: (1) the major adverse effects of current population growth throughout the world; (2) approaches which have been shown to be effective in coping with excessive population growth; and (3) means to encourage countries with excessive population growth rates to adopt methods proven to be successful in reducing population growth rates.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 98 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 January 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to remove the 25-member limit to the number of sponsors of any House of Representatives bill. Permits the addition or deletion of any Member's name as the sponsor of any legislation by a request made by a Member to the Speaker on behalf of such Member.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 158 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule X of the Rules of the House of Representatives to limit all standing committees with more than 20 employees, except the Committee on Appropriations, to no more than six subcommittees.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 166 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to prohibit voting in any committee or subcommittee by proxy.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 160 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that, insofar as applicable, the House rules which apply to standing committees shall also apply to any select, special, or ad hoc committee, commission, or other entity established by the House.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 175 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XIV of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that an accurate account of words actually spoken on the floor of the House, together with permitted supporting data be printed in the Congressional Record. Limits revisions of verbatim remarks in the Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Members to insert in the Record remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Stipulates that such insertions always be clearly distinguishable from words actually spoken on the floor.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 178 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends rule XXVII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to direct that it shall not be in order to entertain a motion to suspend the rules to consider any measure or matter unless the committee having jurisdiction over the measure or matter, by roll call vote, a majority being actually present, authorizes consideration of the measure or matter under a suspension of the rules, or if a written request has been filed with the Speaker by the chairman and ranking minority member of the committee having jurisdiction over the measure or matter, asking for its consideration under a suspension of the rules.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 172 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to require a roll call vote on demand of any committee member on any question before the committee and on every motion to report any bill or resolution of a public character.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 191 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 26 January 1977
Disapproves the recommendations of the President transmitted to Congress, pursuant to the Federal Salary Act of 1967, recommending rates of pay for: (1) the Vice President, Members of Congress and the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico; (2) specified positions in the legislative branch; (3) specified judicial personnel; (4) specified positions under the Executive Schedule; and (5) the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 323 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 February 1977
Requires the Congressional Record for the House of Representatives to contain an accurate and verbatim account of remarks actually delivered on the floor of the House together with supporting data. Limits revisions of verbatim remarks in the Record to the correction of grammatical and typographical errors which do not change the meaning, content, or substance of those remarks. Entitles Members to insert in the Records remarks not actually delivered on the floor. Stipulates that such insertions always be clearly distinguishable from verbatim remarks.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 354 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1977
Amends rule XVI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to apply the ten minutes of debate rules to a motion to recommit with instructions on the adoption of a simple resolution or conference report after the previous question has been ordered.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 412 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 March 1977
Amends rules XIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require that each committee report accompanying a public bill or joint resolution contain an evaluation of the paperwork which would be incurred in carrying out such bill or resolution including estimates of time and cost required of affected parties, a showing of whether the effect of the bill could be substantial, and an estimate of recordkeeping requirements.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 498 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1977
Declares a state of war against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 582 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 18 May 1977
Authorizes the Clerk of the House of Representatives to withhold charitable contributions from the pay of House employees for transmittal to the Combined Federal Campaign, if the employee requests the Clerk to do so.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 599 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1977
Amends the Rules of the House of Representatives to transfer the responsibility for investigating Communist and subversive organizations affecting the internal security of the United States to a standing Committee on Internal Security established by this Resolution. Confers upon such committee the responsibility for investigating all organizations within the United States aimed at overthrowing or altering the Government of the United States by force, insurrection or other unlawful means or inciting or employing violence to obstruct the authority of the Federal Government with respect to matters of internal security of the United States.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 625 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 June 1977
Declares a state of war against amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
Resolution· HRESH.Res. 706 (95th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 22 July 1977
States that this Congress should expeditiously determine the future telecommunications policy of this Nation. Requests the Federal Communications Commission to defer implementation of any further new telecommunications policies until Congress has completed its study on the matter and determined what such future policy should be.