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Who Did What in the Second Session of the 8Sth Congress
This is the majority of the broadcast legislation introduced in the second session of the 85th Congress along with the names of senators and congressmen who sponsored the bills. Except where otherwise indicated, the legislator introduced just one piece of legislation:
Anti-Pay
-Tv Bills
Sports Antitrust Legislation
Excise Tax 1
Repeal Bills
House
Senate
House
Senate
House
Senate
Beainer (R-Ind.)
Langer (R-N.D. I
Cellar 1 D-X.Y. )
Hennings (D
Bray (R-Ind.)
Douglas ( D-Ill. j
Brav (R-Ind.l
Mansfield (D
Dooley (R-N.Y.)
Mo.), (co-spon
Collier (R-lll.)
Mansfield (D
Burdick (R-N.D.)
Mont. 1
Harris (D-Ark.)
sored by 49
Machrowicz (D
Mont.)
Dingell (2) (D
Thurmond ( D
Keating (R-N.Y.)
fellow senators)
Mich.)
Mich.)
S.C.)
Miller (R-N.Y.)
Mason (R-IU.)
Hemphill (D-S.C.)
Thye (R-Minn.)
Rogers ( D-Colo.)
Price (2) (D-Ill.)
Lane (D-Mass.)
Walter (D-Pa.l
Morrison (D-La.)
Lennon (D-N.C.)
Mack (D-Ill.)
Madden (D-Ind.)
Morano (R-Conn.)
Moore (R-W.Va.)
Morrison (D-La. 1
Nimtz (R-Ind.)
O'Konski (R-Wis.i
Powell (D-N.Y.l
Rogers (R-Mass.)
Santangelo (D
N.Y.)
Springer (R-Ill.)
Radvvon (R-N.Y.)
Code of Ethics and Conduct — In Office Legislation
House
Senate
Bennett (D-Fla.)
Bush (R-Conn.l
Celler (D-N.Y.)
Case (R-N.J.)
Cramer (R-Fla.)
Javits (2) (R-N.Y.)
Derounian (R-N.Y.)
Magnuson (D-Wash.)
Dooley (R-N.Y.)
Neuberger (D-Ore.)
Harris (D-Ark.)
Proxmier (D-Wis.)
Keating (2) (R-N.Y.)
Moulder (D-Mo.)
Reuss (D-Wis.)
Tewes (2) (R-Wis.i
Wolverton (R-N.J.)
Miscellaneous Legislation
House
Senate
(a) Abernathv (D-Miss.)
(li
Bricker ( R-Ohio)
(b) Baker (R-Tenn.)
(h)
Butler (R-Ohio)
(c-d) Boggs (D-La.)
(m)
Morse (D-Ore.)
(e) Celler (D-N.Y.)
(ni
O'Mahonev (D-Wyo.)
(f) Hays (D-Ark.)
(o)
Magnuson (D-Wash.)
(g) Hosmer (R-Calif.)
(h) Hyde (R-Md.l
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(i) Johnson (R-Wis.)
(j) O'Brien ( D-N.Y. i
(k) Thompson (D-N.J.)
(c) Udall (D-Ariz.)
(g) Wright (D-Tex.)
(p) Blatnik (D-Minn.)
(a) bill amending Fair Labor Standards Act.
(b) bill amending Internal Revnue Code permitting taxpayer to treat useful life of new property as period equalling one half of useful life.
(c) bill to speed up use of tv facilities in education.
(d) bill to amend Communications Act to improve certain broadcast facilities.
(e) bill amending Clayton Act requiring prior notification of corporate mergers and acquisitions.
(f) bill which, in amending election laws, would exempt broadcasters from libel for defamatory statements made by candidates on stations; would eliminate present equal-time provision.
(g) bill outlawing subliminal perception advertising, (h) bill amending Administrative Procedures Act.
(i)
(J) (k)
(1)
(m)
(n) (o)
(P)
bill to prohibit public utilities from deducting advertising and lobbying expenditures.
bill allowing additional credit for advertising expenses, bill amending U.S. Code applying to copyright, providing for selective deposit of recordings of copyrighted works in Congressional library.
proposal for establishment of intercontinental network linking U.S. with Mexico and South America.
resolution calling for seven-man Senate Committee to study independent agencies operations, bill prohibiting issuance of tv licenses to airlines, bill to amend Communications Act allowing mergers of U.S. firms providing radio and cable service, subject to FCC approval.
bill to label cigarette packages for tar and nicotine content and empower FTC to inspect all cigarettes.
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