DemocratHouse · Texas District 17
Burleson, Omar
1947 first electedLeft office 197932 years servedBorn 1906M
Issues
Based on bills Burleson, Omar sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 23 · Cosponsored 14- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the exemption for purposes of the Federal estate tax, to increase the estate tax marital deduction and to provide an alternate method of valuing certain real property for estate tax purposes. ↗
- A bill to exempt from Federal taxation the obligations of certain nonprofit corporations organized to finance student loans and to provide that incentive payments to lenders of those student loan shall not be regarded as yield from the student loans for the purpose of determining whether bonds issued by such nonprofit organizations are arbitrage bonds. ↗
Health
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend pt. B. of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide a more effective administration of professional standards review of health care services, to expand the Professional Standards Review Organization activity to include review of services performed by or in federally operated health care institutions, and to protect the confidentiality of medical records. ↗
- A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to provide a more effective administration of professional standards review of health care services, to expand the Professional Standards Review Organization activity to include review of services performed by or in federally operated health care institutions, and to protect the confidentiality of medical records. ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2Social Welfare
Sponsored 4- A bill to provide that an individual, who for December 1973 was entitled to disability benefits under a State program approved under title XIV or XVI of the Social Security Act may be presumed, for purposes of the supplemental security income program, to be disabled during the first 6 month of 1974. ↗
- National Healthcare Act ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2Government Operations and Politics
Cosponsored 4Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 3Election History
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