Box LG 38
Container
Contains 38 Collections and/or Records:
Ways and Means, May [3 of 3], 1977
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 33
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_33_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding legislation surround energy, specifically with railroads; Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments (HR 3);
Ways and Means, June [1 of 3], 1977
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 34
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_34_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding eliminating the tax on gasoline; Tax Reduction Act; plowback proposal; a bill providing that the tax treatment of certain transportation expenses between taxpayer's residence and place of work shall be determined without regard to Revenue Ruling 76-453 (HR 5191); a bill to apply duty-free treatment under certain circumstances to articles produced in the insular possessions of the United States (HR 7856); the Energy Bill; National Energy Act...
Ways and Means, June [2 of 3], 1977
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 35
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_35_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding Customs; human rights in the communist world, specifically Soviet Jews; a bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to raise the value limit for personal articles which may be imported duty free by returning residents (HR 4828); Social Security benefits; Public Assistance Amendments (HR 7200); The Energy Program; Hospital Cost Containment Act (S 1391); a bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to...
Ways and Means, June [3 of 3], 1977
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 36
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_36_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding the Tax Reduction and Simplification Act of 1977; energy tax credits; minimum tax treatment of capital gains; inflation; a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that advertising of alcoholic beverages is not a deductible expense (HR 786); a bill providing the tax treatment of certain transportation expenses between taxpayer's residence and place of work shall be determined without regard to Revenue Ruling 76-453 (HR...
Ways and Means, June-December, 1977
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 37
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_37_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding a tax bill pertaining to 15% preference tax on intangible development costs; National Energy Act (HR 6831); swimming pool amendment; Public Assistance Amendments (HR 7200); a bill to provide that certain persons who were originally appointed as SSI hearing examiners under pre-1976 provisions of the title XVI of the Social Security Act shall without restriction be deemed appointed as administrative law judges (HR 5723); Tax Simplification...
Ways and Means, January - June, 1978
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 38
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_38_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding tax packages; taxes on home-owned newspapers; a bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals to designate $1 of their income tax liability to be used for purposes of reducing the public debt of the United States (HR 3254); a bill to simplify the private foundation return and reporting requirements under the Internal Revenue Code, and to make private foundation information returns more readily accessible to the public...
Veterans Affairs, 1977-1978
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 1
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_1_0000
Scope and Contents
Letters to and responses from James R. Jones regarding veterans' pensions; elimination of the Veterans Affairs Committee; the Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act of 1977; the Social Security Act; a bill for the relief of Magdalen F. Martin, of Broken Arrow, Oklahoma (HR 8482); a bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veteran' pensions and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases...
Veterans Affairs - Background Material, 1977
File — Box: LG 38, Folder: 2
Identifier: CAC_CC_109_7_38_2_0000
Scope and Contents
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 Departments...