RepublicanHouse · New Jersey District 12
Courter, Jim
1979 first electedLeft office 199112 years servedBorn 1941M
Issues
Based on bills Courter, Jim sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 15- A resolution urging the Secretary of State to expel any diplomat to the United States who incites individuals residing in the United States to engage in illegal actions which threaten the public safety or public tranquility. ↗
- A concurrent resolution commending the personnel who took part in the attempt to rescue the American hostages being held illegally in Iran. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 7- A resolution requesting the President to furnish certain information to the House of Representatives concerning the disclosure of classified information relating to the new so-called "Stealth" technology for military aircraft. ↗
- A resolution to amend the Rules of the House to require information on House votes by Members in their postal patron newsletters. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 7- A concurrent resolution to recognize the Centennial of Picatinny Arsenal in Dover, New Jersey. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the role and funding of the Central Intelligence Agency and the disclosure of the identities of agents of the Central Intelligence Agency. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 5Immigration
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 2Sports and Recreation
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that certain actions should be taken with respect to the 1980 Summer Olympic games, in response to aggressive and oppressive acts by the Soviet Union, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the site of the 1980 Summer Olympic games. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $24,000 in 1981 (with automatic adjustments thereafter) the amount of outside earnings which a beneficiary age 65 or over may have in any taxable year without suffering reductions in the amount of his benefits. ↗
- A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the income and resources of parents shall not be attributed to their children (for purposes of determining the eligibility of such children for SSI benefits) in certain cases where the payment of such benefits is necessary to enable the parents to provide disability-related home care without which the children would require continued institutionalization. ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3- A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives that the leaders of the Soviet Union should permit the emigration of Jews and other individuals wishing to emigrate from the Soviet Union, should remove restrictions in the Soviet Union on the practice of religion and the observation of cultural traditions, and should stop the official harassment of individuals who wish to emigrate, practice their religion, or observe their cultural traditions. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union, and for other purposes. ↗
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