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PUB 97-35

Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981

Became Public Law No: 97-35.

Originating Bill

Sponsors

Timeline

Aug 13, 1981

Signed by President.

Aug 13, 1981

Signed by President.

Aug 13, 1981

Became Public Law No: 97-35.

Aug 13, 1981

Became Public Law No: 97-35.

Aug 12, 1981

Measure Signed in Senate.

Aug 12, 1981

Presented to President.

Aug 12, 1981

Presented to President.

Jul 31, 1981

Rule Passed House.

Jul 31, 1981

Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 31, 1981

House Agreed to Conference Report by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 31, 1981

Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-14. Record Vote No: 247.

Jul 31, 1981

Senate agreed to conference report by Yea-Nay Vote. 80-14. Record Vote No: 247.

Jul 31, 1981

Other measure H.CON.RES. 167 agreed to in Senate affecting measure.

Jul 30, 1981

Committee on Rules Granted a Rule Providing for the Consideration of H.R. 4331 With 1 Hour of Debate. After Disposition of H.R. 4331 Waiver of Points of Order Against the Conference Report on H.R. 3982. Two Hours of Debate.

Jul 29, 1981

Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-208 Filed in House (Books 1 and 2).

Jul 29, 1981

Conference Report 97-208 Filed in House (Books 1 and 2).

Jul 28, 1981

Conference held on the Conrail provisions.

Jul 28, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the health related provisions, and railroad retirement benefits provisions.

Jul 28, 1981

Conference held on the low-income energy assistance provisions.

Jul 28, 1981

Conference held on the Medicaid provisions.

Jul 27, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the small business provisions.

Jul 27, 1981

Conference held on the Federal employees compensation provisions.

Jul 27, 1981

Conference held on the Medicaid provisions.

Jul 27, 1981

Conference held on the Conrail provisions.

Jul 26, 1981

Conference held on commerce, science, and transportation provisions.

Jul 25, 1981

Conference held on commerce, science, and transportation provisions.

Jul 24, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the Farmers Home Administration provisions, and dairy support provisions.

Jul 24, 1981

Conference held on small business provisions.

Jul 24, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the agriculture provisions.

Jul 24, 1981

Conference held on commerce, science, and transportationprovisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on food stamp provisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the Older Americans Act provisions, ACTION provisions, community services block grant provisions, Headstart provisions, and child abuse provisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the maternal and child health block grant provisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conference held on Medicare provisions, Social Security provisions, disability insurance provisions, supplemental security income provisions, and social service block grant provisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the reduction in spending for consultants provisions, reduction in expenditures for travel by Federal employees provisions, and distribution of block grant funds to States provisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conference held on agriculture provisions.

Jul 23, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the U.S. Forest Service provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conference held on health related provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the Food For Peace provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conference held on the agriculture and food stamp provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on FHA/mortgage insurance provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the amendments to the Fuel Use Act provisions, Strategic Petroleum Reserve provisions, and the DOE authorizations for fiscal year 1982 provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conference held on the U.S. Forest Service provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the CETA provisions, vocational rehabilitation provisions, and handicapped provisions.

Jul 22, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on Federal Highway Administration provisions, Corps of Engineers provisions, Water Resources Policy provisions, Wastewater Treatment Construction Grants provisions, Economic Development Administration provisions, Title V Regional Commission provisions, Appalachian Regional Commission provisions, and Tennessee Valley Authority provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conference held on commerce provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the National Defense stockpile provisions and cost of living allowances (COLA) provisions, and failed to agree on their differences on the military survivor benefits provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the Department of the Interior and related agencies provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the Corps of Engineers special recreational user fees provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the Office of the Federal Inspector for the Alaska Natural Gas Transportation System provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conference held on the reduction in spending for consultants provisions, reduction in expenditures for travel by Federal employees provisions, and distribution of block grant funds to States provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conference held on the agriculture and food stamp provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conference held on FHA/Mortgage insurance provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on child nutrition provisions.

Jul 21, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on the higher education (student aid) provisions.

Jul 20, 1981

Conference held on health related provisions.

Jul 20, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on elementary and secondary education provisions, vocational rehabilitation, and refugee education provisions.

Jul 20, 1981

Conference held on community development provisions.

Jul 20, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on trade adjustment assistance provisions, Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) provisions, and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) provisions.

Jul 17, 1981

Conference held on child nutrition programs of the Department of Agriculture provisions.

Jul 16, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on research and development programs of the Department of Energy provisions.

Jul 16, 1981

Conferees agreed on their differences on civil service and postal provisions.

Jul 15, 1981

Resolving differences -- House actions: House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 15, 1981

House Disagreed to Senate Amendments by Unanimous Consent.

Jul 15, 1981

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Addabbo, Anderson, Andrews, Annunzio, Archer, Ashbrook, Aspin, Bailey (MO), Bedell, Bennett, Biaggi, Bingham, Bliley, Bowen, Bouquard, Breaux, Brinkley, Brooks, Broomfield, Brown (CA), Brown (OH), Broyhill, Phillip Burton, Clausen, Clay, Collins (TX), Coleman.

Jul 15, 1981

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Goodling, Gonzalez, Gray, Gregg, Hagedorn, Sam Hall, Hamilton, Hammerschmidt, Harkin, Hawkins, Heckler, Holt, Hopkins, Horton, Howard, Hubbard, Jacobs, Jeffords, Johnston, Jones (NC), Jones (OK), Jones (TN), Kastenmeier, Kazen, Kildee, Kogovsek, Kramer.

Jul 15, 1981

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: McCloskey, McDade, McKinney, Miller (CA), Mineta, Mitchell (MD), Mitchell (NY), Moffett, Montgomery, Moorhead, Mottl, Murphy, Nichols, Oakar, Ottinger, Panetta, Parris, Perkins, Petri, Peyser, Price, Pickle, Pritchard, Railsback, Rangel, Ratchford, Regula.

Jul 15, 1981

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Shamansky, Sharp, Shuster, Simon, Smith (IA), Snyder, Solarz, Spence, Stanton, Stark, Studds, Stratton, Taylor, Thomas, Udall, Vander Jagt, Walgren, Wampler, Washington, Waxman, Weaver, Weber (MN), Weiss, White, Whitehurst, Williams (OH), Williams (MT).

Jul 15, 1981

House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Conable, Conyers, Corcoran, Corrada, Craig, D'Amours, Danielson, de la Garza, Dellums, DeNardis, Dickinson, Dingell, Duncan, Dymally, Eckart, Edgar, Edwards(CA), Erdahl, Erlenborn, Evans (DE), Fary, Fascell, Fauntroy, Fenwick, Ferraro, Fiedler, Findley.

Jul 14, 1981

Senate Conferees instructed to insist that funding for the Head Start Program by set at the following levels: $950,000,000 for fiscal year 1982, $1,007,000,000 for fiscal year 1983, and $1,058,357,000 for fiscal year 1984.

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Helms; Hayakawa; Lugar; Cochran; Huddleston; Leahy; Zorinsky for the consideration of Title I (Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Tower; Humphrey; Jepsen; Exon; Levin for the consideration of Title II (Armed Services).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Garn; Heinz; Lugar; Proxmire; Riegle for the consideration of Title III (Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Packwood; Goldwater; Schmitt; Cannon; Inouye for theconsideration of Title IV (Commerce, Science and Transportation).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee McClure; Hatfield; Wallop; Jackson; Johnston for the consideration of Title V (Energy and Natural Resources).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Abdnor; Stafford; Chafee; Symms; Randolph; Moynihan; Mitchell for the consideration of Title VI (Environment and Public Works).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Dole; Danforth; Chafee; Long; Byrd, of VA for the consideration of Title VII (Finance).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Percy; Mathias; Kassebaum; Pell; Biden for the consideration of Title VII (Foreign Relations).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Roth; Stevens; Mathias; Eagleton; Pryor for the consideration of Title IX (Governmental Affairs).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Thurmond; Mathias; Laxalt; Biden; DeConcini for the consideration of Title X (Judiciary).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Hatch; Stafford; Quayle; Nickles; Denton; Hawkins; Kennedy; Randolph; Pell; Eagleton; Metzenbaum for the consideration of Title XI (Labor and Human Resources).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Weicker; Boschwitz; Hayakawa; Nunn; Bumpers for the consideration of Title XII (Small Business).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Simpson; Kasten; Murkowski; Cranston; Randolph for the consideration of Title XIII (Veterans Affairs).

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Cohen; Andrews; Gorton; Melcher; Inouye for the consideration of matters under the jurisdiction of the Select Committee on Indian Affairs.

Jul 14, 1981

Senate appointed conferee Domenici; Armstrong; Kassebaum; Boschwitz; Hollings; Chiles; Biden from the Committee on the Budget.

Jul 14, 1981

Conferees met to discuss the conference procedures.

Jul 13, 1981

Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 1377 amended.

Jul 13, 1981

Passed/agreed to in Senate: Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1377 with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Jul 13, 1981

Passed Senate in lieu of S. 1377 with an amendment by Voice Vote.

Jul 13, 1981

Senate insists on its amendments by Voice Vote.

Jul 13, 1981

Senate requests a conference.

Jul 8, 1981

Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Regular Orders. Calendar No. 188.

Jul 7, 1981

Received in the Senate.

Jun 26, 1981

House Agreed to Amendments Adopted by the Committee of the Whole.

Jun 26, 1981

Passed/agreed to in House: Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 232 - 193 (Record Vote No: 113).

Jun 26, 1981

Passed House (Amended) by Yea-Nay Vote: 232 - 193 (Record Vote No: 113).

Jun 25, 1981

Rule Passed House with Amendment in the Nature of a Substitute.

Jun 25, 1981

Considered by House Unfinished Business.

Jun 24, 1981

Committee on Rules Granted a Modified Closed Rule Providing 8 Hours of General Debate. Waiver of the Rules of the House Against Consideration of the Bill. Making in Order the Text of H.R. 3964 as an Original Bill and Six Specific Amendments.

Jun 24, 1981

Rules Committee Resolution H.Res.169 Reported to House.

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