Records
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 15 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Establishes the Claude Pepper Senior Citizen Congressional Intern program which authorizes each Member of Congress to hire each year one senior citizen intern to serve within the District of Columbia for one of two two-week periods. Specifies that such intern shall be compensated at a rate not to exceed $300 per week.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 74 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 14 March 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President call upon the Soviet Union permit free speech and free emigration by all its citizens.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 3 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 15 January 1979
Declares it the sense of Congress that "Our American Merchant Marine March" as written and composed by Earl W. Clark shall be recognized as the official march of the American merchant marine.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 108 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 23 April 1979
Encourages the executive branch to conclude a Convention for the Establishment of a South Pacific Regional Fisheries Organization, by whatever diplomatic means are necessary, including the involvement of the highest levels of the United States Government.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 122 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 17 May 1979
Calls upon the government of Great Britain to end human rights violations and promote self-determination for Ireland.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 107 (96th)passed
United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1979
Sets forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 1980. States that: (1) the recommended level of Federal revenues is $507,800,000,000, and the amount by which the aggregate level of Federal revenues should be decreased is zero; (2) the appropriate level of total new budget authority is $608,418,000,000; (3) the appropriate level of total budget outlays is $532,730,000,000; (4) the amount of the deficit in the budget which is appropriate in the light of economic conditions and all other relevant factors is $24,930,000,000; and (5) the appropriate level of the public debt is $888,800,000,000, and the amount by which the statutory limit on such debt should accordingly be increased is $58,800,000,000. Specifies the appropriate levels of new budget authority and the estimated budget outlays for each major functional category. Revises the second concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1979.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 132 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 31 May 1979
Expresses the sense of the Congress that Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty should: (1) reinstate its broadcasts in the Uighur language to the Soviet Union; and (2) set aside any further planned reductions of services in foreign languages.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 134 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1979
Declares the sense of the Congress that the President and the Secretary of State should take all necessary steps to bring the Baltic States question before the United Nation and the 1980 Madrid Conference on the Helsinki Agreements to urge both such bodies to request the Soviet Union: (1) to withdraw all non-native troops, agents, colonists, and controls from the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia; and (2) to return all Baltic exiles from Siberia and from prisons and labor camps in the Soviet Union. Requires the Secretary of State to do his utmost to bring the matter of the Baltic States to the attention of all nations by means of special radio programs and publications. Declares that the United States should not agree to the recognition of the Soviet Union's annexation of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia. Directs the President to take steps to provide that all maps of Europe show the Republics of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia as independent states. Calls for a return of self-determination to the peoples of Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia through free elections conducted under the auspices of the United Nations.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 155 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 27 June 1979
Expresses the sense of the Senate that the President should call upon Paraguay to apprehend and extradite Josef Mengele to stand trial in the Federal Republic of Germany.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 158 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 10 July 1979
Declares it the sense of Congress that the Postmaster General and the Citizens Stamp Advisory Committee should give favorable consideration to the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of Americans of Italian descent and the 250th anniversary of the birth of Philip Mazzei on December 25, 1980, or as soon as possible thereafter. States that the Postmaster General and the Committee should honor other foreign-born contributors to the revolutionary cause, from countries which have not yet been commemorated, prior to the conclusion of the American Bicentennial celebration in 1983.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 53 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 February 1979
Endorses U.S. efforts at the Law of the Sea Conference to establish a regime to protect and encourage marine scientific research.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 180 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the Soviet Union should, with regard to the 1980 summer Olympics: (1) permit full participation by athletes, spectators, and journalists; (2) issue visas, admission tickets, and hotel reservations on a nondiscriminatory basis; (3) not interfere with news coverage; and (4) not prevent or punish its citizens for communicating with participants.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 190 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 20 September 1979
Welcomes Pope John Paul II to the United States.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 212 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 13 November 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should terminate all military training of Iranian personnel pursuant to sales under the Arms Export Control Act.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 218 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 29 November 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that the President should inform Iran that the United States will initiate military operations against Iran unless the hostages held in the U.S. Embassy in Tehran are released by a certain day. Declares that the President should order U.S. Armed Forces into areas adjacent to Iran for appropriate action.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 225 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 12 December 1979
Expresses the sense of Congress that social security benefits should remain exempt from all taxation.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 80 (96th)reported
United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1979
Authorizes the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol. Authorizes appropriations not to exceed $25,000 for such purpose
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 269 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980
Urges the President to: (1) notify the Soviet Union that the United States will terminate the Agreement on Maritime Matters, unless Soviet troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan; and (2) refuse the Soviets permission to enter U.S. ports, until such troops are withdrawn.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 267 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 30 January 1980
Expresses appreciation to Canada for: (1) its historic close relations and cooperation with the United States in conducting foreign policy; (2) its support for U.S. efforts to obtain the safe release of the hostages in Iran; and (3) its efforts to protect and arrange the safe departure of certain U.S. citizens from Iran.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 273 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1980
Urges the President to transmit the advance notice required to terminate the Governing International Fishery Agreement between the Soviet Union and the United States, unless Soviet troops are withdrawn from Afghanistan by February 20, 1980.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 281 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1980
Declares February 26, 1980, as a national day of prayer, meditation, and unity if the hostages being held in Iran are not released by February 25, 1980.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 306 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1980
Expresses the sense of the Congress that U.S. foreign policy should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength with specified principles and goals.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 344 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 21 May 1980
Expresses the opposition of Congress to the imposition of any withholding tax on interest-bearing bank accounts and on dividend income.
Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 361 (96th)referred
United States · United States Congress · 11 June 1980
Expresses the sense of Congress that the provisions of law requiring twice a year cost of living adjustments for Federal civil service and military retirees should not be changed.