IndependentHouse · Puerto Rico
Corrada, Baltasar
1977 first electedLeft office 198710 years servedBorn 1935M
Issues
Based on bills Corrada, Baltasar 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 9 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to protect and preserve determinations by the Veterans' Administration with regard to service connection and disability ratings. ↗
- A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to extend from 10 years to 15 years the period in which veterans' educational assistance may be used. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act and chapter 21 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide social security coverage for work performed in prison industries and other services performed for remuneration by inmates of penal institutions. ↗
- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide that Federal assistance to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam under the AFDC, child welfare, medicaid, and social services programs shall be furnished on the same basis (under the same formula and without specific dollar ceilings) as in the case of other States, and to amend section 228 of such act to extend to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam the program of special benefits at age 72 for certain uninsured individuals. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 11Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to prohibit the consideration of certain matters in the determination of cost-of-living allowances for employees stationed outside the continental United States. ↗
- A bill to designate the Federal building and U.S. courthouse in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico, the "Federico Degetau Federal Building". ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 9Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 9Health
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to provide for treatment of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico as a State with a single health service area for purposes of title XV of the Public Health Service Act. ↗
- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to increase the dollar limitations and Federal medical assistance percentages applicable to the medicaid programs of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. ↗
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