Legislation

Cosponsored — A bill making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1985, for famine relief and recovery in developing countries.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate January 27, 1985, as “National Jerome Kern Day”.

Cosponsored — Superfund Expansion and Protection Act of 1984

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Housing and Community Development Act of 1974 to clarify the prohibition on the use of urban development action grants for the relocation of business operations.

Cosponsored — A bill to amend the Foreign Assistance and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1985, to provide increased funding for basic health care services in developing countries.

Cosponsored — Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution concerning the proposed transfer of F5 aircraft from Norway to Greece and Turkey.

Cosponsored — Law Enforcement Officers Protection Act of 1984

Cosponsored — Truck Safety Act of 1984

Cosponsored — Hunger Relief Act of 1984

Cosponsored — A resolution entitled: “The Mandela Freedom Resolution”.

Cosponsored — A bill to establish criminal penalties for crimes against religious practices and property.

Sponsored — A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to permit the tax-free rollover of partial distributions from qualified employer plans by increasing the limitations on the deduction for retirement savings.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution designating the week beginning on October 7, 1984, as “Mental Illness Awareness Week”.

Cosponsored — A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that it disapproves the appointment of Anne M. Burford as Chairperson of the National Advisory Committee on Oceans and Atmosphere and that the President should withdraw her appointment to that position.

Cosponsored — A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics should provide the signatories of the Helsinki Final Act with specific information as to the whereabouts, health, and legal status of Andrei Sakharov and Yelena Bonner.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution authorizing the President’s Commission on Organized Crime to compel the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of information, and for other purposes.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate 1984 as the “Year of the St. Lawrence Seaway” and June 27, 1984, as “St. Lawrence Seaway Day”.

Cosponsored — A joint resolution to designate July 9, 1984, as “African Refugees Relief Day”.