DemocratHouse · West Virginia District 3
Rahall, Nick J., II
1977 first electedLeft office 201538 years servedBorn 1949M
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Based on bills Rahall, Nick J., II sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 6 · Cosponsored 6Private Legislation
Sponsored 9Energy
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend section 102 of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act to provide for more effective implementation of the incentives under that section for development of coal mines. ↗
- A bill to amend the Tennessee Valley Authority Act of 1933 with respect to the determination of terms of sale of electric power. ↗
Labor and Employment
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend the Black Lung Benefits Act to provide that certain benefits paid to miners who originally filed claims under Part B of title IV of such Act shall not be considered workmen's compensation benefits for purposes of the Social Security Act. ↗
- Honoring the 29 coal miners who perished in the explosion at the Upper Big Branch Mine in Montcoal, West Virginia, on April 5, 2010, and remembering all those who have lost their lives while mining for the resources on which the United States relies. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 5Congress
Cosponsored 8Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues
Cosponsored 7- A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that children possess both fundamental human rights and rights attributable to their status as children, and to call for the enactment of Federal and State laws to implement such rights to the fullest extent possible and to grant children additional rights equivalent to the rights now possessed only by adults. ↗
- A concurrent resolution authorizing a statue of Frederick Douglass to be placed in the Capitol. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 2Election History
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