92nd Congress (1971-1973)
President: Richard M. Nixon (R-CA)
House Majority Party: Democrat
House Majority Seats: 255 out of 435
House Speaker: Rep. Carl Albert (D-OK)
Vice President: Spiro Agnew (R-MD)
Senate Majority Party: Democrat
Senate Majority Seats: 54 out of 100
Senate Majority Leader: Sen. Mike Mansfield (D-MT)
"The House ends up, almost always, voting for a bill that is three-fourths decent, one-fourth lousy, without amendments." - Rep. Thomas J. "Tip" O'Neill (above)
Enactments:
Social Security Amendments of 1971
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1971
Emergency Employment Act of 1971
Emergency Loan Guarantee Act
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1971
Revenue Act of 1971
Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act
Economic Stabilization Act Amendments of 1971 Prompt Sheet
National Cancer Act of 1971
Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971
Foreign Assistance Appropriations Act of 1972
Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of 1972
Equal Employment Opportunity Act of 1972
Delegates to the House of Representatives from Guam and Virgin Islands
National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act
Title IX Amendment of the Higher Education Act of 1972 Prompt Sheet
Social Security Amendments of 1972
Enactments (cont):
Legislative Branch Appropriations Act of 1972
Agriculture Appropriations Act of 1972
Special Supplemental Food Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC)
US–USSR Strategic Arms Limitation Act
Federal Advisory Committee Act
Federal Water Pollution Control Act Amendments of 1972
Federal-State Revenue Sharing
Federal Environmental Pesticide Control Act of 1972
Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972
State, Justice, and Commerce Appropriations Act of 1972
Consumer Product Safety Act
Noise Control Act of 1972
Coastal Zone Management Act of 1972
Supplemental Security Income Program for the Aged, Blind and Disabled
Equal Rights Amendment Prompt Sheet
Twenty-Sixth Amendment