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To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate

Act Details

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate was, as a bill, a proposal (now, a piece of legislation) introduced on 2005-03-14 in the House of Commons and Senate respectively of the 109 United States Congress by William Marshall Thomas in relation with: Commerce, Economics and public finance, Energy, Environmental protection, Excise tax, Gasoline, Government trust funds, Oil pollution, Petroleum storage, Pollution taxes, Tax rates, Taxation, Transportation and public works, Underground storage, Water pollution control.

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate became law (1) in the United States on 2005-03-31. It was referred to the following Committee(s): (2)

House Ways and Means (HSWM)

Sponsor

William Marshall Thomas, Republican, Representative from California, district 21

The proposal had the following cosponsors:

Neil Abercrombie, Democrat, Representative, from Hawaii, district 1
Gary Leonard Ackerman, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 5
Robert Aderholt, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 4
Thomas Allen, Representative, from Maine, district 1
Robert Ernest Andrews, Democrat, Representative, from New Jersey, district 1
Joe Baca, Representative, from California, district 42
Spencer T. Bachus, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 6
Brian Baird, Representative, from Washington, district 3
Tammy Baldwin, Senator, from Wisconsin, district 2
John Barrow, Representative, from Georgia, district 12
Roscoe Gardner Bartlett, Republican, Representative, from Maryland, district 6
Melissa Bean, Representative, from Illinois, district 8
Xavier Becerra, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 30
Shelley Berkley, Representative, from Nevada, district 1
Howard Lawrence Berman, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 26
Robert Marion Berry, Democrat, Representative, from Arkansas, district 1
Michael Bilirakis, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 9
Sanford Dixon Bishop, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 2
Timothy Bishop, Representative, from New York, district 1
Marsha Blackburn, Representative, from Tennessee, district 7
Earl Blumenauer, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 3
Sherwood Louis Boehlert, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 23
Jo Bonner, Representative, from Alabama, district 1
Mack Bono, Representative, from California, district 44
Madeleine Bordallo, Representative
Dan Boren, Representative, from Oklahoma, district 2
Leonard L. Boswell, Democrat, Representative, from Iowa, district 3
Frederick C. Boucher, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 9
F. Allen Boyd, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 2
Jeb Bradley, Representative, from New Hampshire, district 1
Robert Brady, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 1
Corrine Brown, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 3
Sherrod Brown, Democrat, Senator, from Ohio, district 13
Michael Burgess, Representative, from Texas, district 26
Dan Burton, Representative, from Indiana, district 6
G Butterfield, Representative, from North Carolina, district 1
Ken Calvert, Republican, Representative, from California, district 43
Dave Camp, Representative, from Michigan, district 4
Lois Capps, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 22
Michael Everett Capuano, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 8
Benjamin Louis Cardin, Democrat, Senator, from Maryland, district 3
Dennis A. Cardoza, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 18
Russ Carnahan, Democrat, Representative, from Missouri, district 3
Julia May Carson, Democrat, Representative, from Indiana, district 10
Ed Case, Democrat, Representative, from Hawaii, district 2
A. B. (ben) Chandler, Democrat, Representative, from Kentucky, district 6
Donna Marie Christensen, Democrat, Delegate
Wm Clay, Representative, from Missouri, district 1
Emanuel Cleaver, Democrat, Representative, from Missouri, district 5
James Enos Clyburn, Democrat, Representative, from South Carolina, district 6
Howard Coble, Republican, Representative, from North Carolina, district 6
John Conyers, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 14
Jim Cooper, Representative, from Tennessee, district 5
Jim Costa, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 20
Jerry Francis Costello, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 12
Robert E. (bud) Cramer, Democrat, Representative, from Alabama, district 5
Joseph Crowley, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 7
Henry Cuellar, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 28
Elijah Eugene Cummings, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 7
Artur Davis, Democrat, Representative, from Alabama, district 7
Danny K. Davis, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 7
Geoffrey C. (geoff) Davis, Republican, Representative, from Kentucky, district 4
Jim Davis, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 11
Jo Ann Davis, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 1
Lincoln Davis, Democrat, Representative, from Tennessee, district 4
Susan A. Davis, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 53
Tom Davis, Representative, from Virginia, district 11
John Nathan Deal, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 9
Peter Anthony Defazio, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 4
Diana Degette, Democrat, Representative, from Colorado, district 1
Bill Delahunt, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 10
Rosa L. Delauro, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 3
Charles W. Dent, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 15
Lincoln Diaz-balart, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 21
Norman Devalois Dicks, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 6
John David Dingell, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 16
Lloyd Alton Doggett, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 10
John Taylor Doolittle, Republican, Representative, from California, district 4
Michael F. Doyle, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 18
Thelma D. Drake, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 2
David Timothy Dreier, Republican, Representative, from California, district 28
Thomas Chester (chet) Edwards, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 11
Vernon James Ehlers, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 3
Rahm Emanuel, Representative, from Illinois, district 5
Eliot Lance Engel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 17
Philip Sheridan English, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 21
Anna Georges Eshoo, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 14
Bobby R. Etheridge, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 2
Lane Allen Evans, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 17
Robert Terry Everett, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 2
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, Democrat, Delegate
Sam Farr, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 17
Chaka Fattah, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 2
Bob Filner, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 50
Mark A. Foley, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 16
J. Randy Forbes, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 4
Harold Eugene Ford, Democrat, Representative, from Tennessee, district 9
Jeff Fortenberry, Republican, Representative, from Nebraska, district 1
Luis Fortuno, Representative
Vito John Fossella, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 13
Barney Frank, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 4
Trent Franks, Republican, Representative, from Arizona, district 2
Rodney P. Frelinghuysen, Republican, Representative, from New Jersey, district 11
Jim Gerlach, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 6
Jim Gibbons, Representative, from Nevada, district 2
Wayne Thomas Gilchrest, Republican, Representative, from Maryland, district 1
Paul Eugene Gillmor, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 5
Phil Gingrey, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 11
Charles A. Gonzalez, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 20
Virgil H. Goode, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 5
Barton Jennings Gordon, Democrat, Representative, from Tennessee, district 6
Al Green, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 9
Raymond Eugene (gene) Green, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 29
Raul Grijalva, Representative, from Arizona, district 7
Luis Gutierrez, Representative, from Illinois, district 4
Ralph Moody Hall, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 4
Jane L. Harman, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 36
Katherine Harris, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 13
Melissa A. Hart, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 4
Alcee Lamar Hastings, Democrat, Representative, from Florida, district 23
John D. Hayworth, Republican, Representative, from Arizona, district 6
Joel M. Hefley, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 5
Sandlin Herseth, Representative, from South Dakota
Brian Higgins, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 27
Maurice Dunlea Hinchey, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 26
Ruben Hinojosa, Representative, from Texas, district 15
David Lee Hobson, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 7
Peter Hoekstra, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 2
Thomas Timothy (tim) Holden, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 6
Rush Holt, Democrat, Representative, from New Jersey, district 12
Michael Honda, Representative, from California, district 15
Darlene Hooley, Democrat, Representative, from Oregon, district 5
John Nathan Hostettler, Republican, Representative, from Indiana, district 8
Steny Hamilton Hoyer, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 5
Kenny Hulshof, Republican, Representative, from Missouri, district 9
Duncan Lee Hunter, Republican, Representative, from California, district 52
Henry John Hyde, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 6
Jay Robert Inslee, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 1
Steve Israel, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 2
Darrell Issa, Republican, Representative, from California, district 49
Jesse Jackson, Representative, from Illinois, district 2
Lee Jackson, Representative, from Texas, district 18
William Jennings Jefferson, Democrat, Representative, from Louisiana, district 2
Eddie Bernice Johnson, Democrat, Representative, from Texas, district 30
Nancy Lee Johnson, Republican, Representative, from Connecticut, district 6
Sam Johnson, Republican, Representative, from Texas, district 3
Timothy Johnson, Representative, from Illinois, district 15
Stephanie Tubbs Jones, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 11
Walter Beaman Jones, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 3
Paul Kanjorski, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 11
Marcia Carolyn (marcy) Kaptur, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 9
Sue W. Kelly, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 19
Mark Kennedy, Republican, Representative, from Minnesota, district 2
Patrick Kennedy, Representative, from Rhode Island, district 1
Dale Kildee, Representative, from Michigan, district 9
Carolyn Kilpatrick, Representative, from Michigan, district 15
Ron Kind, Democrat, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 3
Peter T. King, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 3
Jack Kingston, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 1
Mark Steven Kirk, Republican, Senator, from Illinois, district 10
Joe Knollenberg, Representative, from Michigan, district 11
Dennis Kucinich, Representative, from Ohio, district 10
Ray H. Lahood, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 18
James Langevin, Democrat, Representative, from Rhode Island, district 2
Tom Lantos, Representative, from California, district 12
Richard Ray (rick) Larsen, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 2
John B. Larson, Democrat, Representative, from Connecticut, district 1
Barbara Lee, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 9
Sander Martin Levin, Democrat, Representative, from Michigan, district 12
John R. Lewis, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 5
Ron Lewis, Republican, Representative, from Kentucky, district 2
John Linder, Representative, from Georgia, district 11
Daniel Lipinski, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 3
Zoe Lofgren, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 16
Nita M. Lowey, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 18
Stephen F. Lynch, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 9
Carolyn Bosher Maloney, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 14
Edward John Markey, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 7
Jim Marshall, Representative, from Georgia, district 8
James David (jim) Matheson, Democrat, Representative, from Utah, district 2
Doris Matsui, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 5
Carolyn Mccarthy, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 4
Betty Mccollum, Democrat, Representative, from Minnesota, district 4
Thaddeus McCotter, Representative, from Michigan, district 11
Jim McCrery, Representative, from Louisiana, district 4
Jim McDermott, Representative, from Washington, district 7
James P. Mcgovern, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 3
John McHugh, Representative, from New York, district 24
Mike Mcintyre, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 7
Howard P. (buck) Mckeon, Republican, Representative, from California, district 25
Cynthia Ann Mckinney, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 4
Michael Robert Mcnulty, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 21
Martin Thomas Meehan, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 5
Kendrick Meek, Representative, from Florida, district 17
Gregory W. Meeks, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 6
Charlie Melancon, Representative, from Louisiana, district 3
Robert Menendez, Democrat, Senator, from New Jersey, district 13
Michael H. Michaud, Democrat, Representative, from Maine, district 2
Juanita Millender-mcdonald, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 37
Brad Miller, Representative, from North Carolina, district 13
Candice S. Miller, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 10
George Miller, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 7
Jefferson B. (jeff) Miller, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 1
Alan Mollohan, Representative, from West Virginia, district 1
Dennis Moore, Representative, from Kansas, district 3
Gwendolynne S. (gwen) Moore, Democrat, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 4
James P. Moran, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 8
Timothy Murphy, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 18
John Murtha, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 12
Jerrold Lewis Nadler, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 8
Grace Flores Napolitano, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 34
Richard Edmund Neal, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 2
Robert William Ney, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 18
Eleanor Holmes Norton, Democrat, Delegate, from Washington DC
Charles W. Norwood, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 10
Devin Nunes, Republican, Representative, from California, district 21
James Oberstar, Representative, from Minnesota, district 8
David Obey, Representative, from Wisconsin, district 7
John Olver, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 1
Solomon Ortiz, Representative, from Texas, district 27
Major Robert Odell Owens, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 11
Frank Pallone, Democrat, Representative, from New Jersey, district 6
Bill Pascrell, Representative, from New Jersey, district 8
Ed Pastor, Democrat, Representative, from Arizona, district 2
Donald Payne, Representative, from New Jersey, district 10
Nancy Pelosi, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 8
Collin Clark Peterson, Democrat, Representative, from Minnesota, district 7
John Peterson, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 5
Joseph R. Pitts, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 16
Earl Pomeroy, Representative, from North Dakota
Jon C. Porter, Republican, Representative, from Nevada, district 3
David Eugene Price, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 4
Tom Price, Republican, Representative, from Georgia, district 6
Deborah D. Pryce, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 15
Nick Joe Rahall, Democrat, Representative, from West Virginia, district 3
James (jim) Ramstad, Republican, Representative, from Minnesota, district 3
David G. Reichert, Republican, Representative, from Washington, district 8
Silvestre Reyes, Representative, from Texas, district 16
Thomas M. Reynolds, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 27
Mike Dennis Rogers, Republican, Representative, from Alabama, district 3
Mike Rogers, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 8
Ileana Ros-lehtinen, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 18
Mike Ross, Representative, from Arkansas, district 4
Steven Rothman, Representative, from New Jersey, district 9
Lucille Roybal-allard, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 33
C. A. (dutch) Ruppersberger, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 2
Bobby L. Rush, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 1
Timothy J. Ryan, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 17
Martin Olav Sabo, Democrat, Representative, from Minnesota, district 5
John Salazar, Representative, from Colorado, district 3
Linda Sanchez, Representative, from California, district 39
Loretta Sanchez, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 46
Jim Saxton, Representative, from New Jersey, district 3
Janice D. Schakowsky, Democrat, Representative, from Illinois, district 9
Adam Schiff, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 29
Allyson Y. Schwartz, Democrat, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 13
John J. H. (joe) Schwarz, Republican, Representative, from Michigan, district 7
David Scott, Democrat, Representative, from Georgia, district 13
Robert C. Scott, Democrat, Representative, from Virginia, district 3
Jose Serrano, Representative, from New York, district 16
Eugene Clay Shaw, Republican, Representative, from Florida, district 22
Christopher H. Shays, Republican, Representative, from Connecticut, district 4
Brad Sherman, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 24
John M. Shimkus, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 20
Robert (rob) Simmons, Republican, Representative, from Connecticut, district 2
Ike Skelton, Representative, from Missouri, district 4
Louise Mcintosh Slaughter, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 28
Adam Smith, Democrat, Representative, from Washington, district 9
Vic Snyder, Representative, from Arkansas, district 2
Hilda L. Solis, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 32
Mark Souder, Representative, from Indiana, district 4
John Spratt, Representative, from South Carolina, district 5
Fortney Stark, Representative, from California, district 13
Cliff Stearns, Representative, from Florida, district 6
Ted Strickland, Democrat, Representative, from Ohio, district 6
Bart Stupak, Representative, from Michigan, district 1
John E. Sweeney, Republican, Representative, from New York, district 22
Thomas G. Tancredo, Republican, Representative, from Colorado, district 6
John Tanner, Representative, from Tennessee, district 8
Ellen Tauscher, Representative, from California, district 10
Gene Taylor, Representative, from Mississippi, district 5
Lee Raymond Terry, Republican, Representative, from Nebraska, district 2
William Marshall Thomas, Republican, Representative, from California, district 21
Bennie Thompson, Democrat, Representative, from Mississippi, district 2
Mike Thompson, Representative, from California, district 1
Patrick (pat) Tiberi, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 12
John F. Tierney, Democrat, Representative, from Massachusetts, district 6
Edolphus Towns, Representative, from New York, district 10
Michael R. Turner, Republican, Representative, from Ohio, district 3
Mark Udall, Senator, from Colorado, district 2
Tom Udall, Senator, from New Mexico, district 3
Hollen Van, Representative, from Maryland, district 8
Nydia Velazquez, Representative, from New York, district 12
Peter Visclosky, Democrat, Representative, from Indiana, district 1
James Joseph Walsh, Democrat, Representative, from New York, district 25
Schultz Wasserman, Representative, from Florida, district 20
Maxine Waters, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 35
Diane Watson, Representative, from California, district 33
Melvin L. Watt, Democrat, Representative, from North Carolina, district 12
Henry Arnold Waxman, Democrat, Representative, from California, district 29
Anthony Weiner, Representative, from New York, district 9
Wayne Curtis (curt) Weldon, Republican, Representative, from Pennsylvania, district 7
Gerald C. (jerry) Weller, Republican, Representative, from Illinois, district 11
Robert Wexler, Representative, from Florida, district 19
Addison Graves (joe) Wilson, Republican, Representative, from South Carolina, district 2
Frank Rudolph Wolf, Republican, Representative, from Virginia, district 10
Lynn Woolsey, Representative, from California, district 6
David Wu, Representative, from Oregon, district 1
Albert Russell Wynn, Democrat, Representative, from Maryland, district 4
C Young, Representative, from Florida, district 10

Act Overview

• Number: 1270 (3)
• Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate (4)
• Date First Introduced: 2005-03-14
• Sponsor Name: William Marshall Thomas
• Assignment Process: See Committe Assignments (5)
• Latest Major Activity/Action: Enacted
• Date Enacted (signed, in general (6), by President): 2005-03-31
• Type: hr (7)
• Main Topic: Taxation
• Related Bills: (8)
• Summary of To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate: Govtrack. Authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress.
• Primary Source: Congress Website

Text of the To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend until October 1 2005 the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate.

Act Notes

• [Note 1] An Act (like To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate) or a resolution cannot become a law in the United States until it has been approved (passed) in identical form by both the House of Representatives and the Senate, as well as signed by the President (but see (5)). If the two bodys of the Congress versions of an Act are not identical, one of the bodies might decide to take a further vote to adopt the bill (see more about the Congress process here). An Act may be pass in identical form with or without amendments and with or without conference. (see more about Enrollment).
• [Note 2] Proposals are referred to committees for preliminary consideration, then debated, amended, and passed (or rejected) by the full House or Senate. To prevent endless shuttling of bills between the House and Senate, bills like To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate are referred to joint committees made up of members of both houses.
• [Note 3] For more information regarding this legislative proposal, go to THOMAS, select “Bill Number,” search on (To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate)
• [Note 4] To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund financing rate. The current official title of a bill is always present, assigned at introduction (for example, in this case, on 2005-03-14) and can be revised any time. This type of titles are sentences.
• [Note 5] The Act is referred to the appropriate committee by the Speaker of any of the two Houses. Bills are placed on the calendar of the committee to which they have been assigned. See Assignment Process.
• [Note 6] Regarding exceptions to President´s approval, a bill that is not signed (returned unsigned) by the President can still become law if at lest two thirds of each of the two bodys of the Congress votes to pass it, which is an infrequent case. See also Presidential Veto.
• [Note 7] Legislative Proposal types can be: hr, hres, hjres, hconres, s, sres, sjres, sconres. A bill originating in the Senate is designated by the letter “S”, and a bill originating from the House of Representatives begins with “H.R.”, followed, in both cases, by its individual number which it retains throughout all its parliamentary process.
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Analysis

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Commerce
Economics and public finance
Energy
Environmental protection
Excise tax
Gasoline
Government trust funds
Oil pollution
Petroleum storage
Pollution taxes
Tax rates
Taxation
Transportation and public works
Underground storage
Water pollution control

Further Reading

• “How our laws are made”, Edward F Willett; Jack Brooks, Washington, U.S. G.P.O.
• “To make all laws : the Congress of the United States, 1789-1989”, James H Hutson- Washington, Library of Congress.
• “Bills introduced and laws enacted: selected legislative statistics, 1947-1990”, Rozanne M Barry; Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service.