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Rep. Tiernan, Robert O. [D-RI-2]

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Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 174 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution making it the sense of the Congress that the President, in accordance with the policy of the United States established by law, should continue the Office of Economic Opportunity, administering and supervising the important activities entrusted to that Office under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, and submit a revised budget request for such activities for fiscal year 1974.

United States · United States Congress · 4 April 1973

Makes it the sense of the Congress that the President should: (1) continue in operation the Office of Economic Opportunity administering and supervising the important programs and activities entrusted to that Office under the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964, utilizing fully funds appropriated by the Congress for such purposes; and (2) submit a revised budget request for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1974, requesting appropriations for the Office of Economic Opportunity and its administration of programs and activities entrusted to it under and in accordance with the provisions of the Economic Opportunity Act of 1964.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 194 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution to collect overdue debts.

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1973

Makes it the sense of Congress that it shall be the policy of the United States to require repayment of the longstanding debts which are delinquent in nature. Makes it the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury submit to the Congress within ninety days of passage of this resolution a list and report on the extent of such indebtedness on the part of foreign nations. Declares that it is the sense of Congress that the Department of the Treasury, through the appropriate departments and agencies, should, immediately after the filing of this report, begin consultations with foreign governments involved for the purpose of making arrangements for the prompt repayment of those longstanding debts which are delinquent.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 400 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution, U.S. military involvement in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 13 December 1973

Provides that any renewal of United States military involvement in Southeast Asis will constitute a gross abuse of Presidential powers raising grave questions under Article II, Section 4, of the United States Constitution.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 424 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President should evaluate the commodity requirements of the domestic economy to determine which commodities should be designated as in short supply for purposes of taxation of domestic international sales corporations.

United States · United States Congress · 4 February 1974

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the President should evaluate the commodity requirements of the domestic economy to determine which commodities should be designated as in short supply for purposes of taxation of Domestic International Sales Corporations.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 432 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should call an international conference to limit the sale of arms to the Middle East.

United States · United States Congress · 14 February 1974

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should call an international conference to limit the sale of arms to the Middle East. States that, pending an agreement on reducing arms shipments to the Middle East, the President shall withhold further economic concessions to the Soviet Union and to other arms suppliers in Europe and elsewhere.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 39 (93rd)referred

A resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to create a standing committee to be known as the Committee on the Environment.

United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1973

Establishes a Committee on Environment in the House of Representatives, consisting of 25 members. Provides that such Committee shall deal with all measures relating to the quality of the physical environment of the United States and its possessions, including: (1) water quality; (2) air quality; (3) weather modification; (4) waste disposal and management; (5) pesticides and herbicides; and (6) acoustic problems.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 529 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution for negotiations on the Turkish opium ban.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 534 (93rd)referred

A resolution for negotiations on the Turkish opium ban.

United States · United States Congress · 6 June 1974

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should (1) immediately initiate negotiations at the highest level of the Turkish Government to prevent the resumption of opium production; and (2) if such negotiations prove unfruitful, exercise the authority provided by the Congress under the Foreign Assistance Act, to terminate all assistance to the Government of Turkey.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 625 (93rd)referred

Concurrent resolution to prevent the broadcast of the death leap of Evel Knievel.

United States · United States Congress · 22 August 1974

Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Communications Commission take immediate steps to prevent the telecast of the death leap of Evel Knievel in order to preserve the safety and lives of certain impressionable youth of America.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 142 (93rd)referred

Resolution to establish a House-authorized budget.

United States · United States Congress · 18 January 1973

Directs the Committee on Appropriations, not later than sixty days after the President's annual budget message has been received at the beginning of each regular session of the Congress, to report to the House a resolution containing a House-authorized Federal budget for the ensuring fiscal year. Provides that the budget shall include: (1) the total of estimated Federal receipts from all sources; (2) the maximum amount to be provided in obligational authority in each appropriation bill or resolution and in such other legislative provisions of obligational authority as may be specified, and the estimated budget outlay related to each, including those outlays from funds provided in prior years; and (3) a table showing the relationship of total estimated receipts as shown in (1) to the aggregate of the maximum amounts to be provided in obligational authority and the aggregate of the estimated budget outlays as shown in (2). Sets forth a procedure for the adoption of such resolution by the House. Provides that a conference report on a bill or resolution carrying appropriations or otherwise providing obligational authority shall require the approval of two-thirds of those Members present and voting, a quorum being present, if the effect of the adoption of the report would be to provide an amount in excess of that contained in the House-authorized Federal budget for such year. Provides that, within fifteen calendar days after adoption of the House-authorized Federal budget, the Committee on Ways and Means is authorized and directed to report a resolution containing recommendations as to the levels of public debt and aggregate Federal revenues necessitated by figures on outlays and receipts contained in the House-authorized Federal budget. Sets forth a procedure for the adoption of such resolution.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 220 (93rd)referred

A resolution of inquiry with respect to a pending grand jury investigation in the Northern District of Texas.

United States · United States Congress · 19 February 1973

Directs the Attorney General to furnish the House of Representatives within ten days after the adoption of this resolution, with the following information: (1) the basis of the venue in the northern district of Texas of the present grand jury investigation before which Kenneth Tierney, Thomas Laffey, Matthias Reilly, Paschal Morahan, and Daniel Crawford have been summoned; (2) a listing of any other districts in which the said grand jury investigation might have been conducted, together with the basis of venue for each such district; and (3) whether the said grand jury investigation has been completed.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 341 (93rd)referred

Resolution creating a select committee to conduct an investigation of matters affecting, influencing, and pertaining to the cost and availability of food to the American consumer.

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1973

Establishes the Select Committee on the Cost and Availability of Food, to be composed of twelve Members of the House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker, to conduct a full and complete investigation of all matters affecting, influencing, and pertaining to the cost and availability of food to the American consumer. Requires the committee to report to the House as soon as practicable during the present Congress the results of its investigation and study, together with such findings, conclusions, and recommendations as it deems advisable. Grants the committee various powers to carry out the objectives of this resolution.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 460 (93rd)referred

Resolution to create a Select Committee on Aging.

United States · United States Congress · 22 June 1973

Creates a non-legislative Select Committee on Aging, consisting of fifteen members of the House of Representatives, and directs the Committee to conduct a full investigation on all matters pertaining to problems of older people, including problems of maintaining health, of assuring adequate income, of finding employment, of engaging in productive retirement activity, of securing proper housing, and when necessary, of assuring adequate care or assistance. Authorizes such committee to hold hearings and subpena witnesses and the production of records in carrying out its duties. Directs the Committee to report to the House the results of its study, together with legislative recommendations, as soon as practicable during the 93rd Congress.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 490 (93rd)referred

Resolution to amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to establish as a standing committee of the House the Committee on Energy, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 11 July 1973

Establishes as a standing committee of the House the Committee on Energy. States that the Committee on Energy shall conduct investigations and studies into the development, application, use, and control of all forms of energy and power and shall report to the House the results of each investigation and study, together with such recommendations as the committee considers advisable.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 574 (93rd)referred

Resolution to move forward toward immediate ratification of the Geneva Protocol of 1925, to request a public reevaluation of the U.S. policy which requires nerve gas stockpiles, and to require the Department of Defense to detoxify obsolete nerve gas presently stored near Denver, Colo.

United States · United States Congress · 2 October 1973

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that both the President and Congress should resolve the position of the United States on the status of herbicides and tear gas so that the Senate may move forward toward immediate ratification of the Geneva protocol of 1925. States that the Department of Defense should detoxify that amount of nerve gas stored at Rocky Mountain Arsenal in Denver which was to have been destroyed by now.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 621 (93rd)referred

Resolution to seek peace in the Middle East and to continue to support Israel's deterrent strength through transfer of Phantom aircraft and other military supplies.

United States · United States Congress · 18 October 1973

Declares it to be the sense of the House that the President, acting in accordance with the announced policy of the United States Government to maintain Israel's deterrent strength, and under existing authority, should continue to transfer to Israel the Phantom aircraft and other equipment in the quantities needed by Israel to repel the attack and to offset the military equipment and supplies furnished to the Arab States by the Soviet Union.