II. U. S. House of Representatives

C. Bills Sponsored by Poage, 1937-1978, 22 lin. ft.

Beginning with his first term as a congressman, Poage sponsored/cosponsored many pieces of legislation. The first part of these files provide correspondence in chronological order concerning a number of these bills. Following this, there are copies of all the bills Poage sponsored from 1937 to 1978.

Major legislation passed while Poage was a member of Congress includes the following:

• Rural Telephone Service Act, 1949
  
• Watershed Protection & Flood Prevention, 1954
  
• Food for Peace Act, 1954
  
• Humane Slaughter Act, 1958
  
• Great Plains Conservation Act, 1960
  
• Poage-Aiken Rural Water & Sewer Act, 1965
  
• Laboratory Animal Welfare Act, 1966
  
• Agricultural Act of 1970
  
• Food Stamp Act Amendments, 1970
  
• Farm Credit Act of 1971
  
• Rural Telephone Bank Act, 1972
  
• Rural Development Act, 1972
  
• Environmental Pesticide Act, 1972
  
• Agriculture and Consumer Protection, 1973
  
• Commodity Futures Trading Commission, 1974
  
• Food and Agriculture Act of 1977

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