DemocratHouse · New York District 7
Manton, Thomas J.
1985 first electedLeft office 199914 years servedBorn 1932M
Issues
Based on bills Manton, Thomas J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 7- A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide a death penalty for drug related killings. ↗
- A bill to amend the Controlled Substances Act to provide for the imposition of the death penalty for the intentional killing of a law enforcement officer and for certain continuing criminal enterprise drug offenses. ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to prohibit the implementation of a rule of the Department of Defense that would establish procedures for determining whether rates charged by vessels of the United States or belonging to the United States are excessive under the Cargo Preference Act of 1904. ↗
- To amend title 46, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of the Department in which the Coast Guard is operating to review criminal records of individuals applying for seamen licenses and license renewals. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Cosponsored 9- A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that annuities under chapter 83 or 84 of such title be treated, for Federal income tax purposes, as if the 3-year basis recovery rule had never been repealed; and to require that the Office of Personnel Management conduct a study relating to the consequences which retroactively repealing such rule would have with respect to Federal personnel management, morale within the Federal civilian workforce, and individual retirement planning. ↗
- Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1986 ↗
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3International Affairs
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 4- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System should take such steps as may be necessary to prevent electronic fund transfers between financial institutions in the Republic of Panama and financial institutions in the United States until such time as the President certifies the Republic of Panama pursuant to section 481(h)(2)(A) of the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. ↗
- Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should not recognize the government of the former Yugoslavian Republic under the name Macedonia. ↗
Health
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3Armed Forces and National Security
Cosponsored 6Finance and Financial Sector
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3Election History
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