Legislation

Cosponsored — To amend title 28, United States Code, relating to jurisdictional immunities of the Socialist People’s Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, to grant jurisdiction to the courts of the United States for claims arising out of the destruction of Pan American World Airways Flight 103.

Cosponsored — To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of low-income housing credits which may be allocated in each State, and to index such amount for inflation.

Cosponsored — Collegiate Initiative To Reduce Binge Drinking

Sponsored — Health Insurance Consumer’s Bill of Rights Act of 1997

Cosponsored — JUMP Ahead Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Fairness and Voluntary Arbitration Act of 1998

Cosponsored — Insurance Disclosure Act of 1997

Sponsored — Budget Surplus Dividend Act of 1997

Sponsored — Welfare to Work Act of 1997

Cosponsored — Jennifer’s Law Act of 1997

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