RepublicanHouse · Michigan District 11
Davis, Robert W.
1979 first electedLeft office 199314 years servedBorn 1932M
Issues
Based on bills Davis, Robert W. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 20- A bill directing the President to impose a total trade embargo on Iran. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should announce that unless the U.S. hostages being held in Tehran are released unharmed by a date certain, the United States will initiate specified military operations against Iran. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974 in order to extend eligibility for adjustment assistance to workers providing essential parts and essential services with respect to articles adversely affected by import competition and to workers providing raw materials for such essential parts. ↗
- A bill to restrict the importation of steel mill products and of iron ore. ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 9- A bill to require the Secretary of Commerce to propose a program to compensate persons and States and political subdivisions thereof for damages caused by shoreline erosion arising from the actions of the International Joint Commission with respect to the level of water on the Great Lakes. ↗
- A bill to restrict the jurisdiction of the Corps of Engineers to regulate certain activities in any body of water which is located entirely in one State and is considered navigable solely on the basis of historical use in interstate commerce. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend Public Law 94-565, relating to payments in lieu of taxes, to provide that the amount of the Federal payment to units of local government within a State for certain Federal property located within their jurisdiction shall not be less than the amount which such unit would be eligible to receive from the State as a State payment in lieu of taxes with respect to such property if the property were owned by the State rather than by the United States. ↗
- A bill for the relief of certain persons and States and political subdivisions thereof for damages sustained as a result of the Great Lakes and Saint Lawrence Seaway season extension program. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 4- A resolution expressing the disapproval of the House of Representatives regarding the standby emergency weekend sales restrictions of gasoline and the standby gasoline rationing plan (DOE standby conservation plan numbered 1 and DOE standby rationing plan numbered 1). ↗
- A bill to enhance boating safety by requiring the display on gasoline pumps of the type of alcohol, the percentage of each type of alcohol and the percentage of cosolvents, if any, contained in the gasoline, and for other purposes. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 4- Social Security Disability Benefits Act of 1982 ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to give recipients of disability insurance benefits a more effective and realistic opportunity to challenge actions taken to terminate such benefits, by expediting the appeals process and by extending the period for which such benefits are payable before their termination takes effect. ↗
Health
Sponsored 6- A bill to require the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to study whether there may be a relationship between exposure of members of the Armed Forces of the United States to nuclear radiation in Hiroshima and Nagasaki immediately after World War II and various symptoms currently exhibited by such members. ↗
- A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act for the purpose of providing payment for physician services rendered outside the United States in certain situations. ↗
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