DemocratHouse · Texas District 19
Hance, Kent R.
1979 first electedLeft office 19856 years servedBorn 1942M
Issues
Based on bills Hance, Kent R. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 30 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction equal to 130 percent of the amount actually paid or incurred for natural gas used on a farm for farming purposes. ↗
- A bill to exempt limited amounts of oil production by independent producers from the windfall profits tax and for other purposes. ↗
International Affairs
Cosponsored 17- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the foreign policy of the United States should reflect a national strategy of peace through strength. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should announce that unless the U.S. hostages being held in Tehran are released unharmed by a date certain, the United States will initiate specified military operations against Iran. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 5Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 6Congress
Cosponsored 9Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned to comply with the terms of a court decree, order, or property settlement in connection with the divorce, annulment, or legal separation of a member or former member of the uniformed services receiving retired or retainer pay, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary concerned to comply with the terms of a court decree, order, or property settlement in connection with the divorce, annulment, or legal separation of a member or former member of the uniformed services receiving retired or retainer pay, and for other purposes. ↗
Immigration
Cosponsored 7- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the prompt deportation or removal from the United States of aliens who have engaged in unlawful or disorderly activities in the United States. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of State should revoke the visas of aliens arrested for certain violent or illegal activities, and that the Attorney General should order the deportation of such aliens. ↗
Environmental Protection
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to strengthen the authority to ban the importation of agricultural commodities bearing or containing unsafe pesticide chemicals and the importation of foods derived from such commodities, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that April 22, 1980, should be celebrated as "Earth Day, 1980". ↗
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