DemocratHouse · Pennsylvania District 25
Atkinson, Eugene V.
1979 first electedLeft office 19834 years servedBorn 1927M
Issues
Based on bills Atkinson, Eugene V. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 19- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Government of the United States should denounce the continuing persecution of, and discrimination against, individuals and groups on the basis of religion by governments of member states of the Warsaw Pact, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should convey to the Soviet Government the deep concern of the Congress and the American people for the fate of Raoul Wallenberg and that the United States delegation to the Madrid Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe should urge consideration of the case of Raoul Wallenberg at that meeting by the signatories to the Helsinki Final Act. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to establish in procurement by Federal agencies and in procurement using Federal funds a reasonable and fair preference for domestic products and materials, and to establish procedures to ensure that only freely and fairly traded foreign products and materials are procured by Federal agencies and are procured using Federal funds. ↗
- A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim March 16 of each year as "Freedom of Information Day". ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide hospital and medical services under title 38 to certain individuals who served in the Yugoslavian armed forces during World War I or World War II. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should communicate immediately to the Government of the Soviet Union that the United States insists that the Soviet Union remove its military combat troops from Cuba, with all deliberate speed. ↗
Congress
Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution establishing a Joint Select Committee to Investigate Oil and Gasoline Production and Pricing. ↗
- A concurrent resolution prohibiting use of Federal funds for foreign travel by Senators, Representatives, and officers and employees of the Congress, unless such travel is specifically authorized by a recorded three-fourths vote of the House involved. ↗
Environmental Protection
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring motor vehicle inspection and maintenance until such time as each new motor vehicle is required to be separately tested for compliance with emission standards before its sale by the manufacturer, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the Environmental Protection Agency from requiring motor vehicle inspection and maintenance before January 1, 1986, and to provide for the separate testing of new motor vehicles to insure that such vehicles comply with emission standards before the time of their sale by the manufacturer, and for other purposes. ↗
Economics and Public Finance
Cosponsored 5- A resolution expressing the sense of the House with respect to balancing the Federal budget in Fiscal Year 1981. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that anti-inflation guidelines under the Council on Wage and Price Stability Act should be made applicable to producers of oil and natural gas. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 4Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 3Election History
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