DemocratHouse · New Jersey District 2
Hughes, William J.
1975 first electedLeft office 199520 years servedBorn 1932M
Issues
Based on bills Hughes, William J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Energy
Sponsored 13 · Cosponsored 7International Affairs
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 14Congress
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 8Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of aid or assistance under the various Federal-State public assistance and medicaid programs, and recipients of assistance or benefits under the veterans' pension and compensation programs and certain other Federal and federally assisted programs will not have the amount of such benefits aid, or assistance reduced because of post-1973 increases in monthly social security benefits. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $5,000 the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted an individual each year without any deductions from benefits thereunder. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for financing of general election campaigns for the House of Representatives. ↗
- A bill to amend the Trade Expansion Act of 1962 with respect to the powers of the President to impose fees on imports of petroleum and petroleum products. ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States by repealing item 807 of schedule 8, part 1, subpart B. ↗
- A bill to amend the Tariff Schedules of the United States to provide duty-free treatment of any aircraft engine used as a temporary replacement for an air craft engine being overhauled within the United States if duty was paid on such replacement engine during a previous importation. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 5- A bill to amend the Clayton Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to punitive damages received by private litigants under the Clayton Act, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend Public Law 95-427 to permit certain State police officers to file a claim for credit or refund of Federal income tax with respect to certain subsistence allowances, without regard to whether the allowance was included in gross income. ↗
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