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* [http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601025644/http://www.gpoaccess.gov/serialset/cdocuments/hd108-222/index.html Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress] |
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* [http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History] |
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20060601013451/http://clerk.house.gov/histHigh/Congressional_History/index.html U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History] |
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* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists] |
* [http://www.senate.gov/pagelayout/reference/two_column_table/stats_and_lists.htm U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists] |
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* {{cite book |title=House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 96th Congress |url= http://library.clerk.house.gov/reference-files/House_Calendar_96th_Congress.pdf#page=1 }} |
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Revision as of 15:42, 30 September 2016
96th United States Congress | |
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95th โ โ 97th | |
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January 3, 1979 โ January 3, 1981 | |
Members | 100 senators 435 representatives 5 non-voting delegates |
Senate majority | Democratic |
Senate President | Walter Mondale (D) |
House majority | Democratic |
House Speaker | Tip O'Neill (D) |
Sessions | |
1st: January 15, 1979 โ January 3, 1980 2nd: January 3, 1980 โ December 16, 1980 |
The Ninety-sixth United States Congress was a meeting of the legislative branch of the United States federal government, composed of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives. It met in Washington, D.C. from January 3, 1979 to January 3, 1981, during the last two years of the administration of U.S. President Jimmy Carter.
The apportionment of seats in this House of Representatives was based on the 1970 Census. Both chambers had a Democratic majority.
Major events
- March 28, 1979: Partial nuclear meltdown at Three Mile Island
- July 11, 1979: Skylab began its return to earth
- November 4, 1979: Iran hostage crisis began
- 1979 energy crisis
- February 2, 1980: Abscam became public
- May 18, 1980: Mount St. Helens erupted
- 1980 United States heat wave
- November 4, 1980: United States elections: Reagan/Bush defeated Carter/Mondale. Republicans gain control of the Senate; the first time Republicans gain control of any chamber since 1954.
Major legislation
- September 9, 1979: Panama Canal Act of 1979, Pub. L. 96โ70, 93 Stat. 452
- April 10, 1979: Taiwan Relations Act, Pub. L. 96โ8
- October 17, 1979: Department of Education Organization Act, Pub. L. 96โ88, 93 Stat. 668
- March 17, 1980: Refugee Act, Pub. L. 96โ212, 94 Stat. 102
- September 19, 1980: Regulatory Flexibility Act, Pub. L. 96โ354, 94 Stat. 1164
- September 29, 1980: Fish and Wildlife Conservation Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96โ366, 94 Stat. 1322
- October 14, 1980: Staggers Rail Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96โ448, 94 Stat. 1895
- October 15, 1980: Classified Information Procedures Act, Pub. L. 96โ456, 94 Stat. 2025
- December 2, 1980: Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, Pub. L. 96โ487, 94 Stat. 2371
- December 11, 1980: Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA or Superfund), Pub. L. 96โ510, 94 Stat. 2767
- December 11, 1980: Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96โ511, 94 Stat. 2812
- December 12, 1980: Defense Officer Personnel Management Act, Pub. L. 96โ513
- December 12, 1980: BayhโDole Act, Pub. L. 96โ517, 94 Stat. 3018
- December 22, 1980: Nuclear Safety, Research, Demonstration, and Development Act of 1980, Pub. L. 96โ567, 94 Stat. 3329
Party summary
Senate
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/60/096senate.svg/220px-096senate.svg.png)
- Democratic: 58
- Republican: 42
Total members: 100
House of Representatives
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/42/96_us_house_membership.png/320px-96_us_house_membership.png)
House seats by party holding plurality in state | |
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80.1โ100% Republican | 80.1โ100% Democratic |
60.1โ80% Republican | 60.1โ80% Democratic |
50.1โ60% Republican | 50.1โ60% Democratic |
striped: 50โ50 split |
- Democratic: 277
- Republican: 158
Total members: 435
Leadership
Senate
- President of the Senate: Walter Mondale (D)
- President pro tempore: Warren Magnuson (D)
- Milton Young (R), for just for one day: December 5, 1980
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Minority (Republican) leadership
House of Representatives
- Speaker: Tip O'Neill (D)
Majority (Democratic) leadership
Minority (Republican) leadership
Caucuses
- Congressional Black Caucus
- Congressional Hispanic Caucus
- Congressional Travel & Tourism Caucus
- Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues
- House Democratic Caucus
Members
This list is arranged by chamber, then by state. Senators are listed in order of seniority, and Representatives are listed by district.
Senate
Senators are popularly elected statewide every two years, with one-third beginning new six-year terms with each Congress.
House of Representatives
The names of members of the House of Representatives are preceded by their district numbers.
Changes in Membership
The count below reflects changes from the beginning of the first session of this Congress.
Senate
- replacements: 4
- Democratic: 3 seat net loss
- Republican: 3 seat net gain
- deaths:
- resignations: 4
- vacancy:
- Total seats with changes: 4
Template:Ordinal US Congress Senate
|-
| nowrap | Maine
(Class 1)
| style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Edmund Muskie
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned May 7, 1980 after being appointed United States Secretary of State
| style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | George J. Mitchell
(D)
| May 19, 1980
|-
| nowrap | New Hampshire
(Class 3)
| style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John A. Durkin
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1980
| style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Warren Rudman
(R)
| December 29, 1980
|-
| nowrap | Florida
(Class 3)
| style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Richard Stone
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 30, 1980
| style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Paula Hawkins
(R)
| January 1, 1981
|-
| nowrap | Alabama
(Class 3)
| style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Donald Stewart
(D)
| style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 2, 1981
| style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Jeremiah Denton
(R)
| January 2, 1981
|}
House of Representatives
- replacements: 7
- Democratic: 0 seat net loss
- Republican: 0 seat net gain
- deaths: 1
- resignations: 4
- expulsion: 1
- contested election:
- Total seats with changes: 10
Template:Ordinal US Congress Rep |- | California 11th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. Leo Ryan died during previous congress | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | William Royer (R) | April 3, 1979 |- | Wisconsin 6th | Vacant | style="font-size:80%" | Rep. William A. Steiger died during previous congress | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | Tom Petri (R) | April 3, 1979 |- | Illinois 10th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Abner J. Mikva (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned September 26, 1979 after being appoined judge of US Court of Appeals | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | John Porter (R) | January 22, 1980 |- | Pennsylvania 11th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Daniel J. Flood (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned January 31, 1980 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Ray Musto (D) | April 9, 1980 |- | Louisiana 3rd | style="background-color:#FFB6B6" nowrap | David Treen (R) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned March 10, 1980 after being elected Governor of Louisiana | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Billy Tauzin (D) | May 22, 1980 |- | West Virginia 3rd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John M. Slack, Jr. (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died March 17, 1980 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John G. Hutchinson (D) | June 30, 1980 |- | Michigan 13th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Charles Diggs (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned June 3, 1980 | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | George W. Crockett, Jr. (D) | November 4, 1980 |- | New Mexico 2nd | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Harold L. Runnels (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Died August 5, 1980 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | Pennsylvania 1st | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Michael Myers (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Expelled October 2, 1980 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | South Carolina 6th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | John Jenrette (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 10, 1980 | Vacant | Not filled this term |- | New Jersey 4th | style="background-color:#B0CEFF" nowrap | Frank Thompson (D) | style="font-size:80%" | Resigned December 29, 1980 after being censured by the House of Representatives | Vacant | Not filled this term |}
Committees
Lists of committees and their party leaders.
Senate
- Aging (Special)
- Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry
- Appropriations
- Agriculture and Related Agencies
- Defense
- District of Columbia
- Foreign Operations
- HUD-Independent Agencies
- Interior
- Labor-Health, Education and Welfare
- Legislative
- Military Construction
- Energy and Water Development
- State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary
- Transportation
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
- Armed Services
- Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs
- Budget
- Commerce, Science and Transportation
- Energy and Natural Resources
- Environment and Public Works
- Ethics (Select)
- Finance
- Health
- International Trade
- Taxation and Debt Management Generally
- Social Security
- Energy and Foundations
- Private Pension Plans and Employee Fringe Benefits
- Tourism and Sugar
- Public Assistance
- Oversight of the Internal Revenue Service
- Unemployment and Related Programs
- Revenue Sharing, Ingovernmental Revenue Impact and Economic Problems
- Foreign Relations
- Governmental Affairs
- Indian Affairs (Select)
- Judiciary
- Intelligence (Select)
- Labor and Human Resources
- Nutrition and Human Needs (Select)
- Rules and Administration
- Small Business (Select)
- Veterans' Affairs
- Whole
House of Representatives
- Aging (Select)
- Agriculture
- Appropriations
- Agriculture, Rural Development and Related Agencies
- Defense
- District of Columbia
- Energy and Water Development
- Foreign Operations
- HUD-Independent Agencies
- Interior
- Labor-Health, Education and Welfare
- Legislative
- Military Construction
- State, Justice, Commerce and Judiciary
- Transportation
- Treasury, Postal Service and General Government
- Armed Services
- Assassinations (Select)
- Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs
- The City
- Housing and Community and Development
- Economic Stabilization
- Financial Institutions Supervision, Regulation and Insurance
- International Development Institutions and Finance
- General Oversight and Renegotiation
- Consumer Affairs
- Domestic Monetary Policy
- Historic Preservation and Coinage
- International Trade, Investment and Monetary Policy
- Budget
- Committees (Select)
- Congressional Operations (Select)
- Crime (Select)
- District of Columbia
- Education and Labor
- Ethics (Select)
- Foreign Affairs
- Government Operations
- House Administration
- House Beauty Shop (Select)
- Intelligence (Select)
- Insular Affairs
- Interstate and Foreign Commerce
- Judiciary
- Merchant Marine and Fisheries
- Modernization of House Gallery Facilities (Special)
- Narcotics Abuse and Control (Select)
- Outer Continental Shelf (Ad Hoc/Select)
- Post Office and Civil Service
- Public Works and Transportation
- Rules
- Science and Technology
- Small Business
- SBA and SBIC Authority and General Small Business
- General Oversight and Minority Enterprise
- Impact of Energy Programs, Environment, Safety Requirements and Government Research on Small Business
- Access to Equity Capital and Business Opportunities
- Capital Investment and Business Opportunities
- Special Small Business Problems
- Standards of Official Conduct
- Veterans' Affairs
- Ways and Means
- Whole
Joint appointments
Employees and legislative agency directors
Legislative branch agency directors
- Architect of the Capitol: George M. White
- Attending Physician of the United States Congress: Freeman H. Cary
- Comptroller General of the United States: Elmer B. Staats
- Director of the Congressional Budget Office: Alice M. Rivlin
- Librarian of Congress: Daniel J. Boorstin
- Public Printer of the United States: John J. Boyle (until 1980)
Senate
- Chaplain: Edward L.R. Elson
- Historian: Richard A. Baker
- Parliamentarian: Robert Dove
- Secretary: J. Stanley Kimmitt
- Sergeant at Arms: Frank Hoffmann
- Secretary for the Majority: Howard O. Greene, Jr.
- Secretary for the Minority: Walter J. Stewart
House of Representatives
- Chaplain: James D. Ford
- Clerk: Edmund L. Henshaw, Jr.
- Doorkeeper: James T. Malloy
- Parliamentarian: William Holmes Brown
- Postmaster: Robert V. Rota
- Sergeant at Arms: Benjamin J. Guthrie
See also
- United States elections, 1978 (elections leading to this Congress)
- United States elections, 1980 (elections during this Congress, leading to the next Congress)
References
- Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
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External links
- Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress
- U.S. House of Representatives: Congressional History
- U.S. Senate: Statistics and Lists
- House of Representatives Session Calendar for the 96th Congress (PDF).
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 96th Congress.
- Congressional Pictorial Directory for the 96th Congress (Revised).
- Official Congressional Directory for the 96th Congress, 1st Session.