RepublicanHouse · California District 37
Pettis, Jerry L.
1967 first electedLeft office 197710 years servedBorn 1916M
Issues
Based on bills Pettis, Jerry L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 11 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to provide for the establishment of the National Conservation Area of the California Desert and to provide for the immediate and future protection, development, and administration of such lands. ↗
- A bill to provide for the establishment of the National Conservation Area of the California Desert and to provide for the immediate and future protection, development, and administration of such public lands. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 9 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the tax rules now applicable to savings and loan associations, mutual savings banks, and so forth, shall also be applicable to the comparable mortgage programs now undertaken by national mortgage associations. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 with respect to the tax treatment of capital gains and losses. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 8- A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present in the name of Congress a Medal of Honor to Brigadier General Charles E. Yeager. ↗
- To authorize the temporary appointment of Colonel Roy C. Weinstein, U.S. Air Force Reserve, to the grade of brigadier general, and for other purposes. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5International Affairs
Cosponsored 6- Concurrent resolution expressing the request of the U.S. Government that the Government of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics provide Valentyn Moroz with the opportunity to accept the invitation of Harvard University. ↗
- Resolution to condemn the United Nations Third Committee resolution equating Zionism with racism. ↗
Social Welfare
Sponsored 5- A bill to provide a 7-percent increase in social security benefits beginning with March 1974 and an additional 4-percent increase beginning with June 1974, to provide increases in supplemental security income benefits. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an insured individual otherwise qualified may retire and receive full old-age insurance benefits, at any time after attaining age 60, if he has been forced to retire at that age by a Federal law, regulation, or order. ↗
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- A bill to amend section 601 (d) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to remove certain exemptions from safety standards requiring installation of emergency locator beacons, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend section 403(b) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to permit the continuation of family fares; to authorize reduced-rate transportation for handicapped persons and their attendants; and to authorize reduced-rate transportation for elderly people and young people on a space-available basis. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 2Election History
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