RepublicanHouse · Tennessee District 6
Beard, Robin
1973 first electedLeft office 198310 years servedBorn 1939M
Issues
Based on bills Beard, Robin sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Cosponsored 23- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Congress would regard Soviet military action against Poland as a serious breach of international peace, and that if the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics takes military action against Poland, the President of the United States should, in conjunction with the leaders of Japan, Australia, and our NATO allies, immediately discontinue all credit lines and severely curtail trade and economic relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ↗
- A resolution urging the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to abolish the statute of limitations governing the prosecution of war crimes, or to amend the present statute of limitations to allow a period of time sufficient for the prosecution of those responsible for the horrors of the Holocaust. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 15- A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs. ↗
- A resolution to call on the President to declare a national emergency for the purpose of suspending the Davis-Bacon Act. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 6Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 7- A bill to establish a procedure under which the Congress may disapprove rules or regulations adopted by the executive branch which are contrary to law or inconsistent with congressional intent or which exceed the mandate of the statutes which they are designed to implement. ↗
- A concurrent resolution establishing a Joint Select Committee on Defense Readiness and Mobilization Capability. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to require the Board of Regents of the Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences to establish a program of training in military medicine for individuals enrolled in the Armed Forces Health Professions Scholarship program. ↗
- A bill to deny unemployment compensation benefits to certain servicemen who were released from duty for the good of the service. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title 4 of the United States Code to limit the authority of any State or political subdivision to tax income of Federal employees who are not residents of such State, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income all dividends received by individuals from domestic corporations and to exclude from gross income interest on certain savings. ↗
Health
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4Energy
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend section 362(c)(5) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6322(c)(5)) to require as a condition for the receipt of certain Federal assistance that each State permit right turns after stopping, at at least 70 percent of the red stop lights in such State. ↗
- A bill to authorize the Federal Energy Administration to enter into an agreement with the Tennessee Valley Authority to carry out an experimental rate design project. ↗
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