RepublicanHouse · New York District 20
Gilman, Benjamin A.
1973 first electedLeft office 200330 years servedBorn 1922M
Issues
Based on bills Gilman, Benjamin A. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 11 · Cosponsored 24Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 11Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 5- Independent Agent Orange Study Act of 1980 ↗
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, in order to entitle veterans to fifty-four months of educational assistance for all educational programs under chapter 34 of such title, to eliminate the time limitation within which educational assistance must be used, and to restore on behalf of certain veterans educational assistance benefits previously terminated. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 2- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning that Government's systematic nondelivery of international mail addressed to certain persons residing within the Soviet Union, that the Department of State should pursue this matter at the diplomatic level with the Soviet Union and other countries, and that the United States delegation to the next Congress of the Universal Postal Union seek the compliance of the Government of the Soviet Union with the Acts of the Universal Postal Union. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the President should express to the Government of the Soviet Union the disapproval of the American people concerning that Government's systematic nondelivery of international mail addressed to certain persons residing within the Soviet Union and that the United States should bring to the attention of the next Congress of the Universal Postal Union the failure of the Soviet Union to comply with certain articles of the Universal Postal Union. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4Taxation
Sponsored 6Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 5- A bill to amend the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970 to permit moneys acquired through forfeiture to the United States for violations of that Act to be used by the Attorney General in connection with investigations of violations of that Act. ↗
- A bill to provide a penalty for the robbery or attempted robbery of any controlled substance. ↗
Election History
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