RepublicanHouse · California District 18
Ketchum, William M.
1973 first electedLeft office 19796 years servedBorn 1921M
Issues
Based on bills Ketchum, William M. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, in order to grant to veterans 45 months of educational assistance entitlement and to extend the limitation on such assistance under two or more programs to 55 months. ↗
- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, in order to grant to veterans 45 months of educational assistance entitlement and to extend the limitation on such assistance under two or more programs to 55 months. ↗
Congress
Cosponsored 12- Resolution to prohibit proxy voting in House committees and subcommittees. ↗
- Resolution to require each House committee to keep a verbatim transcript and written summary of all committee legislative and investigative action and to make them available for public inspection subject to certain conditions. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 8- A bill to provide that certain meetings of each Government agency and each congressional committee shall be open to the public, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to provide that certain meetings of each Government agency and each congressional committee shall be open to the public, and for other purposes. ↗
Immigration
Sponsored 6- A bill to provide for reimbursement of medical treatment facilities for emergency medical treatment of a life-preserving nature which is given to certain aliens unlawfully in the United States. ↗
- A bill to amend the Social Security Act to prohibit Federal matching of State expenditure for aid or assistance under the AFDC or medicaid program (or under any of the other Federal-State public assistance programs) to aliens illegally in the United States. ↗
Petroleum industry
Sponsored 5Housing and Community Development
Sponsored 4- A bill to amend the U.S. Housing Act of 1937, and the National Housing Act, to provide that future social security benefit increases shall be disregarded in determining eligibility for submission to or occupancy of low-rent public housing or the rent which an individual or family must pay for such housing, and that such increases shall also be disregarded in determining eligibility for (and the amount of) other Federal housing subsidies. ↗
- A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to provide that occupants have priority in the purchase of surplus Government housing. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3Election History
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