RepublicanHouse · Pennsylvania District 15
Ritter, Don
1979 first electedLeft office 199314 years servedBorn 1940M
Issues
Based on bills Ritter, Don sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
International Affairs
Sponsored 12 · Cosponsored 13- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Congress would regard Soviet military action against Poland as a serious breach of international peace, and that if the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics takes military action against Poland, the President of the United States should, in conjunction with the leaders of Japan, Australia, and our NATO allies, immediately discontinue all credit lines and severely curtail trade and economic relations with the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. ↗
- A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the Polish People's Republic should be permitted by other nations to settle their internal affairs by themselves without external intervention. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 7 · Cosponsored 7Taxation
Sponsored 10 · Cosponsored 3Immigration
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 5Science, Technology, Communications
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3Environmental Protection
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to provide states the option of implementing motor vehicle inspection and maintenance programs to meet legal requirements until such time that the Congress modifies or reaffirms the provisions in the Clean Air Act relating to motor vehicle inspection and maintenance. ↗
- A bill to amend the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) to provide for cleanup authority and liability for petroleum releases and to regulate underground storage tanks used for the storage of hazardous substances. ↗
Energy
Sponsored 4- A bill to amend the Atomic Energy Act of 1954 to prevent certain nuclear reactor repair costs and increased costs of substitute power from being passed through to an electric utility's consumers, to provide Federal loans for the payment of these costs in the case of previously licensed reactors, and to require electric utilities to obtain insurance to cover such costs in the case of new reactors. ↗
- A bill to require the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to prepare a comparison of risk prior to the promulgation of any rule or regulation. ↗
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