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Title: S. 3216, Career Criminals Prosecuting Act of 1978, June 22, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002147
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. Senate.
Dates: 1978-06-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: An annotated copy of a bill that Senator Lloyd Bentsen asked Jack Brooks to introduce in the House that would authorize $100 million to assist local governments in efforts to prosecute career criminals. The document includes mark ups, as well as a note at the top explaining that after review, Brooks declined to introduce the bill.

Title: Staff note to Jack Brooks, June 21, 1978 - June 22, 1978
Identifier: camh-dob-002155
Contributor: Brooks, Jack, 1922-2012
Topic: Joint Resolution Proposing an Amendment to the Constitution of the United States Relative to Equal Rights for Men and Women (United States), Legislation
Dates: 1978-06-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: A staff note informing Jack Brooks that Frances Hicks with the National Organization for Women called regarding Brooks's support for the inclusion of a recission clause to H.R. 638, a bill that would extend the ratification period for the Equal Rights Amendment. Recission would allow states that had already passed the ERA to retract their ratification of the amendment.

Title: Statement of Lloyd Bentsen, [June 22, 1978]
Identifier: camh-dob-002148
Creator: Bentsen, Lloyd, 1921-2006
Topic: Legislation, United States. Congress. Senate.
Dates: 1978-06-22
Resource: Jack B. Brooks papers
Description: The annotated statement from Senator Lloyd Bentsen introduces S. 3216 to the Senate. Bentsen asked Jack Brooks to introduce the bill, which Bentsen authored, in the House, but Brooks declined after reviewing the legislation.