DemocratHouse · Pennsylvania District 17
Ertel, Allen E.
1977 first electedLeft office 19836 years servedBorn 1937M
Issues
Based on bills Ertel, Allen E. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Congress
Sponsored 14 · Cosponsored 8- A resolution establishing a Select Committee on Regulatory Affairs and Oversight. ↗
- A bill insisting that the Republic of Korea cooperate fully with the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and its special counsel and declaring that a failure to cooperate will have a negative impact on relations between the United States and the Republic of Korea. ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 13- Concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the President of the United States delegation to the 1977 Belgrade Review Conference should urge the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics to grant exit visas to each member of the Smeliansky family. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should convey to the Soviet Government the deep concern of the Congress and the American people for the fate of Raoul Wallenberg and that the United States delegation to the Madrid Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe should urge consideration of the case of Raoul Wallenberg at that meeting by the signatories to the Helsinki Final Act. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 9- A bill to improve the communications and other operations of nuclear reactors during emergencies. ↗
- A bill to amend the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978 to provide that interstate pipelines be subject to a prudence standard for their natural gas purchases in order to pass through the cost of such purchases to their customers if the pipelines are not subject competition for sales to their customers. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 7- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that wood or coal burning stoves and furnaces will be eligible for the residential energy credit. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exclude from gross income interest on deposits in certain savings institutions, and to increase the amount of the exclusion for dividends received by individuals. ↗
Science, Technology, Communications
Sponsored 5Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend Title I, United States Code, to provide a procedure for reviewing ratifications of amendments to the Constitution of the United States and rescissions of such ratification. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Richard M. Nixon should pay to the United States the sum of $66,614.03 for non-security-related improvements to his San Clemente estate and that the President and the Attorney General should attempt to recover such sum. ↗
Emergency Management
Sponsored 5- A bill to amend the Flood Control Act of 1970 to provide that, in determining the need for a local flood protection project, the Secretary of the Army shall consider the impact on the economy and social well-being of the local area and certain surrounding areas if flood protection is not provided, to specify the factors to be evaluated in considering such impact, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Flood Control Act of 1970 to provide that, in determining the need for a local flood protection project, the Secretary of the Army shall consider the impact on the economy and social well-being of the local area and certain surrounding areas if flood protection is not provided, to specify the factors to be evaluated in considering such impact, and for other purposes. ↗
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