RepublicanHouse · Tennessee District 2
Duncan, John J.
1965 first electedLeft office 198924 years servedBorn 1919M
Issues
Based on bills Duncan, John J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 18 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to require the Internal Revenue Service to follow Frederick v. United States in the administration of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to transportation expenses. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to adjust the time for payment of manufacturers excise tax on tires, tubes and tread rubber. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 6- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide a new educational assistance program for persons who enlist, reenlist, or otherwise enter the Armed Forces after December 31, 1980, to provide for the cancellation of certain education loans in the case of individuals who perform service in the Selected Reserve of the Ready Reserve of an Armed Force, and for other purposes. ↗
- Intelligence Reform Act of 1980 ↗
Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 9- A concurrent resolution requesting the President to publicly condemn the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, and to request the United Nations to consider the imposition of sanctions against the Government of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, for violating the fundamental human rights of the people of Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. ↗
- A concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, to be placed in the Capitol. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 7- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the term of the office of the President to one six-year term. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that it is incumbent upon the Attorney General to initiate an investigation in order to determine whether the officially substantiated allegations involving the Chief Executive and at least one former Cabinet level official warrant further investigation or prosecution by a special prosecutor. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for the amortization of coal conversion facilities based on a 12-month period, and to establish a price support program for synthetic fuels produced from coal at such facilities. ↗
- A bill to amend section 15d of the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 to provide that expenditures for pollution control facilities will be credited against required power investment return payments and repayments. ↗
Health
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to provide for demonstration projects whereby medicare patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation therapy may be housed and boarded in setting other than inpatient hospital facilities. ↗
- A bill to provide for a comparison study of the costs and other factors associated with establishment of reimbursement guidelines for respiratory therapy. ↗
Election History
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