DemocratHouse · Maryland District 1
Dyson, Roy
1981 first electedLeft office 199110 years servedBorn 1948M
Issues
Based on bills Dyson, Roy 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 13 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to provide the same annuity benefits to the surviving spouses of military retirees who died before September 21, 1972, but after their discharge or release from active duty, as are provided to the surviving spouses of former members who died before such date while serving on active duty after becoming eligible to retire. ↗
- A bill to amend the title 10, United States Code, to eliminate the social security offset from annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan to the extent that any social security annuity of the Survivor Benefit Plan annuitant is reduced because of a public retirement benefit received by the annuitant based on the annuitant's own employment. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 13- A bill to amend the Deficit Reduction Act of 1984 to provide that an amendment made by such Act relating to Federal guarantees of industrial development bonds shall not apply to obligations issued for certain solid waste disposal facilities for which substantial sums and effort have already been expended. ↗
- A bill to repeal the provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 which require partnerships, S corporations, and personal service corporations to adopt certain taxable years. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to provide for payments in lieu of taxes to be made by the United States to local governments for property exempt from property taxation under Federal law which is located within the jurisdiction of the local government and owned by the United States, a foreign government, or an international organization. ↗
- A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the need to continue the entitlement payment to local governments as provided for in the general revenue sharing program. ↗
Environmental Protection
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the enhanced water quality of the Chesapeake and Narragansett Bays, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to provide for the enhanced water quality of the Chesapeake and Narragansett Bays, and for other purposes. ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Soil Conservation and Domestic Allotment Act with respect to the authority of the Secretary of Agriculture to provide financial assistance for conservation measures providing drainage of land by means of open ditches. ↗
- A bill to amend the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1938 with respect to tobacco marketing quotas. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that funds should be appropriated during fiscal year 1983, and in subsequent fiscal years, for programs under the Older Americans Act of 1965 in such amounts as may be necessary to maintain or expand such programs as reauthorized under the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1981. ↗
- Older Americans Act Amendments of 1984 ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1Private Legislation
Sponsored 4Election History
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