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Sponsored — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a credit for the purchase of a principal residence within an empowerment zone or enterprise community by a first-time homebuyer.
Cosponsored — Helping America’s Disabled Veterans Act of 1997
Sponsored — Taxpayer Right-To-Know Act of 1997
Cosponsored — Health Care Access Improvement Act
Cosponsored — National Forest Protection and Restoration Act of 1997
Cosponsored — Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to child custody, child abuse, and victims of domestic and family violence.
Cosponsored — Safe Havens for Children Act of 1997
Cosponsored — To prohibit the transfer of a handgun by a licensed dealer unless the transferee states that the transferee is not the subject of a restraining order with respect to an intimate partner or child of the transferee.
Cosponsored — Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 1997
Cosponsored — Federal Prison Industries Competition in Contracting Act of 1997
Sponsored — Brady Background Check Improvement Act
Cosponsored — Calling for a United States effort to end restrictions on the freedoms and human rights of the enclaved people in the occupied area of Cyprus.
Sponsored — To authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to ban the importation of firearms that have been cosmetically altered to avoid the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons.
Sponsored — To amend the auto theft provisions of title 49, United States Code, to add air bag modules to the list of major auto parts protected under such provisions.
Sponsored — Republican Form of Government Guarantee Act
Sponsored — Immigrant Slave Trade Punishment Act of 1997
Sponsored — To amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to ensure that States do not require registration of individuals convicted of an offense that involves consensual sexual activity between individuals 18 years of age or older.
Sponsored — Dual-Use Debit Cardholder Protection Act of 1997
Sponsored — Pension Assistance and Counseling Act of 1997