RepublicanHouse · Iowa District 3
Lightfoot, Jim
1985 first electedLeft office 199712 years servedBorn 1938M
Issues
Based on bills Lightfoot, Jim sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 10- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide an exemption from the minimum tax for capital gains on sales of farm property by insolvent farmers. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit taxpayers to elect to pay tax shown on return in installments and to authorize the Secretary to enter into installment agreements. ↗
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 11 · Cosponsored 4Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 8 · Cosponsored 1Social Welfare
Cosponsored 9Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- A joint resolution to express the sense of Congress that the President should immediately suspend the importation of any article used for human food or drink produced in any country which may have been affected by radioactive contamination from the nuclear accident at Chernobyl, U.S.S.R. ↗
- Fairness in Competition Act of 1986 ↗
Health
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act and the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to establish programs to assist the Food and Drug Administration in recruiting distinguished scientists and individuals in health professions as employees, and for other purposes. ↗
- Patient Identifying Information Confidentiality Act of 1988 ↗
Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4Election History
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