RepublicanHouse · New Jersey District 7
Rinaldo, Matthew J.
1973 first electedLeft office 199320 years servedBorn 1931M
Issues
Based on bills Rinaldo, Matthew J. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 13- A joint resolution authorizing the President to impose on the Iranian Government a $50,000,000 fine, payable from blocked Iranian assets, for each day that United States citizens held hostage or otherwise illegally detained in Iran continue to be held hostage or so detained beyond a date designated by the President. ↗
- A resolution expressing the concern of the House of Representatives at the presence of Soviet combat forces in Cuba and urging the Senate to deny its advise and consent to the ratification of the proposed Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty while any Soviet combat troops remain in Cuba. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to prevent the retroactive assessment of certain deficiencies in the case of employees of the Panama Canal Zone Government or of the Panama Canal Company. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide individuals a refundable credit against income tax for maintaining a household a member of which is an individual who has attained the age of 65. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 5Social Welfare
Sponsored 7- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to suspend the payment of old-age or disability insurance benefits to any individual who is confined in a penal institution or correction facility, and to provide instead (if specified conditions are met) for the payment of such benefits to the individual's dependents or to such institution or facility. ↗
- A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 2- A bill to amend the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and the Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure to provide for post-conviction proceedings in certain criminal cases. ↗
- A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to provide for additional sentences for commission of a felony with the use of a firearm. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to require that home and mobile home loans may not be guaranteed by the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs unless an approved smoke detector has been installed in the residential structure involved. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should terminate immediately all participation by Iranian personnel in United States programs of military training. ↗
Congress
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 5- A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to promote public confidence in the legislative branch of the Government of the United States by requiring the disclosure by Members of Congress and certain employees of the Congress of certain financial interests. ↗
- A resolution to establish a Select Committee on Inflation. ↗
Sports and Recreation
Cosponsored 6- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that, in hosting the 1980 Olympic Games, the Soviet Government should adhere to the Helsinki Accords and the Olympic spirit of fair play and equality of opportunity. ↗
- A concurrent resolution urging the United States Olympic Committee, the International Olympic Committee, and the Olympic Committees of other countries to take certain actions with respect to the 1980 Summer Olympic games, in accordance with the requests of the President. ↗
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