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Scope and Contents Correspondence and memoranda regarding the provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (HR 12460) for protecting baby harp seals and killer whales; the capture of U.S. fishing vessels by Latin American countries; National Hunting and Fishing Day (H J Res 209); establishment of the Zoo Acreditation Board (HR 70 and HR 6631); prohibition of leg-hold steel animal traps (HR 66 and HR 9918); the National Wildlife Refuge System Organic Act (HR 1522); amendments to the National Wildlife Refuge...

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Constituent correspondence related to a variety of issues, including gas taxes, world hunger, recycling, collective bargaining rights for public employees, AM-FM broadcasting, foreign aid, national health insurance, welfare reform, tax cuts, illegal immigration, military spending, a balanced budget, tax reform, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regulations, and the House Committee on Internal Security.

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Constituent correspondence related to a variety of issues, including tax reform, inflation, defense spending, Social Security, foreign aid, unemployment, illegal immigration, truck weight allowances, and energy conservation.

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Constituent correspondence relating to a variety of issues, including the Panama Canal, oil tariffs, Vietnamese refugees, gun control, the metric system, the energy crisis, welfare reform, and deficit spending.

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Constituent correspondence relating to a variety of issues, including student loan defaults, the national debt, tax-exempt religious organizations, animals used in scientific research, welfare reform, wheat sales to the Soviet Union, surfacing mining, Social Security, energy conservation, education, and the Congressional pay raise.

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Constituent correspondence relating to a variety of issues, including the Panama Canal, assistance for striking workers, oil and gas exploration, wheat sales to the Soviet Union, gun control, fluoridation of public water, the embargo on Rhodesian chrome, and the school lunch program.

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Constituent correspondence relating to a variety of issues, including tax cuts, consumer protection, foreign aid, welfare reform, gun control, the Panama Canal, Zionism, fiscal responsibility, federal bureaucracy, inflation, the minimum wage, the United Nations, and oil prices.

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Constituent correspondence relating to a variety of issues, including foreign aid, deficit spending, federal bureaucracy, Congressional oversight of intelligence agencies, and gun control.

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Constituent correspondence on a variety of issues, including busing, defense spending, the Hatch Act amendments, the Beef Research and Information Act, The National Center for Women Act, lobbying by tax exempt organizations, the Estate and Gift Tax Reform Bill, the Nuclear Fuel Assurance Act, the Equal Rights Amendment, the Congressional pay raise, and Social Security.

Scope and Contents From the Series: This series documents Congressman Jones' legislative activities. The Legislative Series heavily reflects Jones' focus on tax policy and budgetary matters, including extensive documentation of his chairmanship of the House Budget Committee and his long tenure on the House Ways and Means Committee. Particular topics include the Savings and Loan Crisis of the early 1980s, President Reagan's budget proposals, the windfall profits tax, changes to the capital gains tax, formation of the...