DemocratHouse · Massachusetts District 5
Atkins, Chester G.
1985 first electedLeft office 19938 years servedBorn 1948M
Issues
Based on bills Atkins, Chester G. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 5- A resolution commending the Royal Thai Government for its extraordinary humanitarian contribution to the large, diverse refugee community in Thailand and for its continued willingness to remain a country of first asylum open to those fleeing repressive regimes in Indochina. ↗
- A bill to provide that restrictions may be applied to family planning programs that receive United States assistance only to the extent that the same restrictions apply to domestic family planning programs funded under title X of the Public Health Service Act. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 10- A bill to direct the Secretary of Labor to establish and carry out a two-year demonstration project in which certain States may utilize a portion of their unemployment compensation accounts in the Federal Unemployment Trust Fund to carry out employment-related service programs designed to improve methods of locating employment opportunities for individuals who are receiving, or who are likely to begin receiving, unemployment compensation. ↗
- To increase the number of weeks for which emergency unemployment compensation is payable, and for other purposes. ↗
Water Resources Development
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 3Taxation
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 7Education
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 5- A bill to increase the amount authorized to be appropriated for property acquisition, restoration, and development, and for transportation, educational, and cultural programs, relating to the Lowell National Historical Park; to continue the term of a member of the Lowell Historic Preservation Commission pending the appointment of a successor; to adjust a quorum of the Commission in the event of a vacancy; and to delay the termination of the Commission. ↗
- To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to revise the boundary of the Minute Man National Historical Park in the State of Massachusetts. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2Commerce
Cosponsored 4Election History
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