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396 records where Rep. O'Neill, Thomas P., Jr. [D-MA-8] is listed as a sponsor, author, or other actor. Search with topics and years
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Authorizes the Clerk of the House to respond to a subpoena duces tecum issued in a Grand Jury Investigation pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Authorizes the Clerk of the House to respond to the subpoena issued in the case of the United States against David E. Gumaer.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Provides that each Member of the House of Representatives, the Resident Commissioner from Puerto Rico, and the Delegates from the District of Columbia, Guam, and the Virgin Islands may hire not more than two additional employees who shall be known as John W. McCormack Senior Interns in honor of the former Speaker of the House of Representatives. States that such interns may be hired for not more than two weeks during the period May 1 through May 31 of each year and shall serve within the District of Columbia. Stipulates that for this purpose each such Member, Resident Commissioner, or Delegate shall have available annually for payment of compensation to such interns a total allowance of $500, to be payable to such interns at a rate not to exceed $125 per week, out of the contingent fund of the House. Requires that no person shall be paid compensation as a John W. McCormack Senior Intern who does not have on file with the Clerk of the House of Representatives, at all times during the period of employment as such intern, an appropriate certificate that such intern is sixty years of age or older and a resident of the district which the employing Member, Commissioner, or Delegate represents.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 6 February 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides for the election of Representative Flynt as chairman of the House Committee on Standards of Official Conduct, and Representative Patman to the House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Provides for the election of the majority Party's Members to the House Committee on the Budget.
United States · United States Congress · 5 February 1975
Directs the Joint Committee on the Library to procure a bronze bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, and to cause such sculpture to be placed in a suitable location in the Capitol as determined by the Joint Committee on the Library.
United States · United States Congress · 31 January 1975
Provides for the disposal under the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 of surplus real property at not less than 25 percent of fair market value to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes where such areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from the closing of Federal facilities.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 29 January 1975
Expresses the sense of Congress that no ceiling on social security benefits be enacted.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products under the Trade Expansion Act or any other Federal law. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90 day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty tax or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 28 January 1975
Authorizes the President to designate April 24, 1975, as "National Day of Remembrance of Man's Inhumanity to Man" for remembrance of all the victims of genocide, especially those of Armenian ancestry who succumbed to the genocide perpetrated in Turkey in 1915.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products under the Trade Expansion Act or any other Federal law. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90 day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty tax or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act, the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90-day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty, tax, or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act. States that nothing in this Act shall be deemed to affect the validity of any proclamation or Executive order issued before January 16, 1975, by the President under a specified provision of the Trade Expansion Act. Declares that during the period beginning on the date of enactment of this Act and ending on June 30, 1975, the public debt limit as set forth in the Second Liberty Bond Act shall be temporarily increased to $131,000,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 27 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products under the Trade Expansion Act or any other Federal law. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90 day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty tax or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act - Extends the jurisdiction of the United States over specified ocean areas and fish for purposes of protecting the domestic fishing industry. Requires the Secretary of Commerce to conduct research in order to promote the conservation of fish originating in the United States territorial sea and contiguous fisheries zone. Authorizes the appropriation of up to $1,000,000 in any fiscal year to carry out the provisions of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Relates to the case of Common Cause against E. T. Klassen pending in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
United States · United States Congress · 23 January 1975
Designates the membership on the following standing committees of the House of Representatives: (1) the Committee on Agriculture; (2) the Committee on Armed Services; (3) the Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing; and (4) the Committee on House Administration.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Prohibits the imposition by the President of any tariff, fee or quota upon petroleum imports under the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, unless the Congress first approves such imposition by concurrent resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products under the Trade Expansion Act or any other Federal law. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90 day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty tax or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products under the Trade Expansion Act or any other Federal law. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90 day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty tax or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Declares that for 90 days following enactment of this Act the President shall have no authority to adjust imports of petroleum or petroleum products under the Trade Expansion Act or any other Federal law. Provides that in the event of a declaration of war, an attack upon the United States, or other involvement in hostilities by the Armed Forces within the 90 day period, this provision shall not thereafter apply. Provides that any action taken by the President between January 15, 1975, and the date of enactment of this Act which results in the imposition of a duty tax or fee on petroleum or petroleum products shall cease to have effect on the date of enactment. Allows a rebate of any amount paid as a tax or fee on petroleum products which was imposed by the President after January 15, 1975, and before enactment of this Act.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Provides that no new tariff, fee or other charge, no increase in existing tariffs, fees or other charges, and no new quota or other limitation on imports of crude oil or petroleum product other than those in effect on January 1, 1975, may be imposed unless: (1) such action is specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint resolution; or (2) sixty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution the specific action proposed to be taken is submitted to both Houses of the Congress. States that if such action is disapproved by either House within a thirty-day review period, no officer or agency shall have authority to take any action inconsistent with the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Provides that no new tariff, fee or other charge, no increase in existing tariffs, fees or other charges, and no new quota or other limitation on imports of crude oil or petroleum product other than those in effect on January 1, 1975, may be imposed unless: (1) such action is specifically authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this joint resolution; or (2) sixty days after the date of enactment of this joint resolution the specific action proposed to be taken is submitted to both Houses of the Congress. States that if such action is disapproved by either House within a thirty-day review period, no officer or agency shall have authority to take any action inconsistent with the provisions of this joint resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 20 January 1975
Provides for the election of members to the standing committees of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 17 January 1975
Provides that no new tariffs, fees, or quotas on imports of crude oil or petroleum products established on or after January 14, 1975, shall be effective unless authorized by law enacted after the date of enactment of this resolution.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Authorizes Members, officers, and employees of the House of Representatives to appear before courts of law when served by a subpena or other order for the production or disclosure of information. States that no papers or documents in the possession or under the control of the House of Representatives shall be produced in response thereto until the court determines such documents to be material and relevant. Authorizes the Clerk of the House to supply certified copies of such documents that the court has found to be material and relevant, except that under no circumstances shall any minutes or transcripts of executive sessions, or any evidence of witnesses in respect thereto, be disclosed or copied, nor shall the possession of said documents and papers by any Member, officer, or employee of the House be disturbed or remove from their place of file or custody under said Member, officer, or employee.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides that the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-third Congress, together with all applicable provisions of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946, as amended, the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1970, as amended, and the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974, be adopted as the Rules of the House of Representatives of the Ninety-fourth Congress. Makes specified amendments part of such rules, including the following: (1) transfers all property and records of the Committee on Internal Security to the Committee on the Judiciary, (2) requires each standing committee of the House of Representatives, except the Committee on the Budget, that has more than twenty members to establish at least four subcommittees, and (3) stipulates that reports from the Committee on Appropriations accompanying any general appropriation bill making an appropriation for any purpose shall contain a concise statement describing fully the effect of any provision of the accompanying bill which directly or indirectly changes the application of existing law.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for the payment or reimbursement of expenses incurred by staff persons accompanying Members-elect at organizational caucuses and conferences. Limits such reimbursement to one staff person.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Appoints a committee of two members of the House of Representatives to join with a Senate committee to inform the President that a quorum of each House has assembled.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Requires that a message be sent from the House of Representatives informing the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled; that Carl Albert has been elected Speaker; and W. Pat Jennings, Clerk.
United States · United States Congress · 14 January 1975
Provides for a joint session of the Congress on January 15, 1975 to receive a message from the President.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Provides that a committee of two Members of the House of Representatives be appointed to inform the President of the United States that the Congress has completed its business of the session and is ready to adjourn, unless the President has some other communication to make to them.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Authorizes the printing of 2,000 copies of the revised Rules and Manual of the House of Representatives, of which 700 copies shall be bound in leather with thumb index and distributed to officers and members of Congress by the Parliamentarian of the House.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Authorizes the printing of the Comptroller General reports notwithstanding the sine die adjournment of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 20 December 1974
Provides for the sine die adjournment of the second session of the Ninety-third Congress as of December 20, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1974
Directs certain House employees to appear as witnesses.
United States · United States Congress · 18 December 1974
Provides for the election of Otis G. Pike and Richard T. Vander Veen to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
United States · United States Congress · 16 December 1974
Provides for consideration of conference reports on the same day reported in the House of Representatives for the remainder of the second session of the Ninety-third Congress.
United States · United States Congress · 9 December 1974
Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to make grants to the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace in Stanford, California, in order to recognize the fifty years of extraordinary and selfless public service of Herbert Hoover. States that grants made under this Act may be used for the construction of a new educational building to be used by the Hoover Institution, and for the equipment of such building. Provides that no grant may be made under this Act for any fiscal year unless: (1) the Secretary determines that the total of such grants for that year will not exceed the total amount of gifts, bequests, and devises of money, securities, and other property, made after the date of enactment of this Act, for that year for the benefit of the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace; and (2) the Hoover Institution on War, Revolution, and Peace furnishes to the Secretary such information at such times and in such manner as he may require. Authorizes appropriations for grants of up to $7,000,000.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Provides for the acceptance by the House of Representatives of a portrait of Charles Abraham Halleck of the State of Indiana to be displayed in the U. S. Capitol.
United States · United States Congress · 26 November 1974
Provides for an adjournment of the House of Representatives from November 26, 1974, to December 3, 1974.
United States · United States Congress · 16 October 1974
Authorizes the repair of the Mace of the House of Representatives.
United States · United States Congress · 10 October 1974
Authorizes the Administrator of General Services to assign to the Secretary of Commerce for disposal by sale or transfer to the States, such surplus property, including buildings, fixtures, and equipment situated thereon, as is determined by the Secretary of Commerce to be required to help multistate, State, and local areas meet special needs arising from actual or threatened severe unemployment arising from actions of the Federal Government in closing Federal facilities. Provides that any such sale or transfer shall be made only if the Secretary of Commerce (1) approves the transferee's plan for preparation and utilization of the surplus property for economic development purposes, and (2) determines that transfer of the property at fair market value would discourage reuse of the property for economically productive purposes.
United States · United States Congress · 8 October 1974
States that the United States is committed to an: (1) energy pricing, import, and tax policy; (2) adoption of specific energy legislation; (3) adoption of a national energy conservation policy; (4) adoption of an energy production policy; and (5) adoption of an energy research and development program to deal with the critical economic and energy problems facing the Nation. Sets forth goals to be achieved by each policy or program. Declares that by taking the aforesaid actions, many of which can be implemented immediately by the Administration under existing legislative authority and pending amendments to the Export Administration Act, the President and the Nation can combat inflation at home, and with export control authority, and strategic reserves, bargain in cooperation with other oil consuming nations for concessions from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries for concessions to alleviate a grave international crisis.
United States · United States Congress · 30 September 1974
Emergency Jobs Act - Authorizes to be appropriated such sums as are necessary to permit the Secretary of Labor to make financial assistance available for the purpose of providing transitional employment for unemployed persons in jobs providing needed public services, and training and manpower services. Makes $1,000,000,000 available for the purposes of this Act for obligation in any twelve-month period in which the national rate of unemployment exceeds 4 1/2 percent for three consecutive months, and an additional $1,000,000,000 for every increment of one-half percent over 4 1/2 percent not to exceed a 6 percent unemployment rate.