DemocratHouse · Michigan District 17
Griffiths, Martha W.
1955 first electedLeft office 197520 years servedBorn 1912F
Issues
Based on bills Griffiths, Martha W. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Health
Sponsored 14 · Cosponsored 1Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 2Social Welfare
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that all covered workers be informed annually of their potential benefit rights (based on their then current wage records), and that new primary and survivor beneficiaries be furnished with information concerning the total amount of the social security taxes paid toward their benefits. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit the payment of benefits to a married couple on their combined earnings record, to eliminate the special dependency requirement for entitlement to husband's or widower's benefits, to provide for the payment of benefits to widowed fathers with minor children, and to make the retirement test inapplicable to individuals with minor children who are entitled to mother's or father's benefits. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 2Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title 32, United States Code, to provide that Army and Air Force National Guard technicians shall not be required to wear the military uniform while performing their duties in a civilian status. ↗
- A bill to provide for the restoration of all lands located in the United States upon which strip mining operations are being or have been carried. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to provide equality of treatment for married women employees of the Federal Government under the Foreign Service Act of 1946. ↗
- A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for equality of treatment with respect to married women Federal employees in connection with compensation for work injuries, and for other purposes. ↗
Environmental Protection
Sponsored 4- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, to provide reasonable and necessary income tax incentives to encourage the utilization of recycled solid waste materials and to offset existing income tax advantages which promote depletion of virgin natural resources. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide reasonable and necessary income tax incentives to encourage the utilization of recycled solid waste materials and to offset existing income tax advantages which promote depletion of virgin natural resources. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- Resolved, that Bob Traxler, of Michigan, be, and he is hereby, elected to the standing committees of the House of Representatives on Public Works and Post Office and Civil Service. ↗
- A resolution providing for investigations and studies by standing committees of the House of Representatives to ascertain and identify those areas in which differences in treatment or application, on the basis of sex, exist in connection with the administration and operation of those provisions of law under their respective jurisdictions, and for other purposes. ↗
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