RepublicanHouse · Florida District 12
Burke, J. Herbert
1967 first electedLeft office 197912 years servedBorn 1913M
Issues
Based on bills Burke, J. Herbert sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 13 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to increase the monthly rates of disability and death pensions, and dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend chapter 15 of title 38, United States Code, to provide for the payment of pension of $125 per month to World War I veterans, subject to a $2,400 and $3,600 annual income limitation; to provide that retirement income such as social security shall not be counted as income; to provide that such pension shall be increased by 10 percent where the veteran served overseas during World War I; and for other purposes. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 13- Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the Baltic States. ↗
- Concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States delegation to the 1977 Belgrade Review Conference should urge the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to grant exit visas to each member of the Smeliansky family. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 10- A bill to provide for the issuance of a commemorative postage stamp in honor of the yachting industry. ↗
- A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to authorize the transmission without cost to the sender, of letter mail containing any Federal tax return, statement, or other information required of the sender under the provisions of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954. ↗
Commemorations
Cosponsored 8Education
Sponsored 7Congress
Cosponsored 7Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1- Public Safety Officers Benefits Act ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the penalties for the unlawful transportation of narcotic drugs, and to make it unlawful to solicit the assistance of or use a person under the age of 18 in the unlawful trafficking of any such drug. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 5- A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to authorize the transmission, without cost to the sender, of letter mail containing any Federal tax return, statement, or other information required of the sender under the provisions of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954;. ↗
- Human Investment Act ↗
Election History
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