DemocratHouse · Maryland District 6
Byron, Goodloe E.
1971 first electedLeft office 19798 years servedBorn 1929M
Issues
Based on bills Byron, Goodloe E. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Commemorations
Sponsored 10 · Cosponsored 9- Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating Sunday, September 14, 1975, as "National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day." ↗
- Joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President to issue a proclamation designating Sunday, September 14, 1975, as "National Saint Elizabeth Seton Day". ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to prevent the estate tax law from operating to encourage or to require the destruction of open lands and historic places, by amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that real property which is farmland, woodland, or open land and forms part of an estate may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open land (rather than at its fair market value), and to provide that real property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its existing use, and to provide for the revocation of such lower evaluation and recapture of unpaid taxes with interest in appropriate circumstances. ↗
- A bill to provide that income from entertainment activities held in conjunction with a public fair conducted by an organization described in section 501(c) shall not be unrelated trade or business income and shall not affect the tax exemption of the organization. ↗
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 8Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 8- A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend provisions of law relating to the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 6Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act with respect to custom slaughtering. ↗
- A bill to amend the Federal Meat Inspection Act and the Poultry Products Inspection Act, to provide that meat or poultry as the case may be, which is inspected in a facility subject to State inspection shall be eligible for distribution in commerce in the same manner as meat or poultry which is inspected in a facility subject to Federal Inspection. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 3Transportation and Public Works
Cosponsored 3Election History
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