DemocratHouse · New York District 23
Peyser, Peter A.
1971 first electedLeft office 198310 years servedBorn 1921M
Issues
Based on bills Peyser, Peter A. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 15Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 18- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that Andrei Sakharov should be released from internal exile, urging the President to protest the continued suppression of human rights in the Soviet Union, and for other purposes. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the denouncement and internal exile of Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration to make grants to carry out local programs to prevent community crime and to improve relations between residents and personnel of law enforcement agencies. ↗
- A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide an additional Federal penalty for certain Federal, State, and local criminal violations committed while released on Federal, State, or local bail, probation, parole, or other similar form of release. ↗
Health
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 3- A resolution expressing the sense of the House that all bottles or containers of any kind which are used in the sale of non-prescription medicines must be packaged with a seal to clearly guarantee that the container has not been tampered with. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to a means test for the Medicare program. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 7- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to require Members of Congress to substantiate their deductions for living expenses while away from home. ↗
- A bill to repeal those provisions of the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 which extended the credit against the windfall profit tax on domestic crude oil for royalty owners, which reduced the rate of such tax on newly discovered oil, and which exempted from such tax independent producer stripper well oil. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 7Energy
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 1Social Welfare
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title of the Social Security to restore eligibility for child's insurance benefits in the case of children age 18 through 22 who attend postsecondary schools and whose family income is 30,000 dollars or less. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of outside earnings permitted each year without any deductions from benefits thereunder. ↗
Election History
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