DemocratHouse · Texas District 13
Sarpalius, Bill
1989 first electedLeft office 19956 years servedBorn 1948M
Issues
Based on bills Sarpalius, Bill sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Agriculture and Food
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 14Health
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 13- To prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from changing current regulations respecting use of voluntary contributions, provider-paid taxes, and intergovernmental transfers toward State share of medicaid expenditures. ↗
- Designating the 7-day period beginning on October 1, 1992, as "National Myasthenia Gravis Awareness Week". ↗
Environmental Protection
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 7- To exempt small, rural communities from landfill requirements contained in regulations promulgated by the Environmental Protection Agency. ↗
- To authorize the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to exempt certain small landfills from the groundwater monitoring requirements contained in landfill regulations promulgated by the Agency. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 6- To designate the Federal building in Wichita Falls, Texas, which is currently known as the Main Post Office, as the "Graham B. Purcell, Jr., Post Office and Federal Building". ↗
- Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of years an individual may serve in certain positions in the Government of the United States, and for other purposes. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 4- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a deduction for interest on any loan used to purchase a new American-made highway vehicle. ↗
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to adjust the $50 threshold for payment of social security taxes on wages paid for domestic service in a private home for inflation since the $50 threshold was established, and for other purposes. ↗
Finance and Financial Sector
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 1Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 1Transportation and Public Works
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 1Election History
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