RepublicanHouse · Georgia District 4
Swindall, Patrick L.
1985 first electedLeft office 19894 years servedBorn 1950M
Issues
Based on bills Swindall, Patrick L. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Taxation
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 14- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow deductions from gross income for contributions not in excess of $3,000 for any calendar year to an education savings account established to accumulate savings to pay the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary education expenses of any individual, and for other purposes. ↗
- A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit dealers to use the installment method of accounting, and for other purposes. ↗
International Affairs
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 4Crime and Law Enforcement
Cosponsored 9Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 7- Information Age Commission Act of 1986 ↗
- A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that annuities under chapter 83 or 84 of such title be treated, for Federal income tax purposes, as if the 3-year basis recovery rule had never been repealed; and to require that the Office of Personnel Management conduct a study relating to the consequences which retroactively repealing such rule would have with respect to Federal personnel management, morale within the Federal civilian workforce, and individual retirement planning. ↗
Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 4- A bill to amend title 10, United States Code, to require the price of alcoholic beverages and tobacco products sold on military installations to be not less than the prevailing price in the community for such beverages and products. ↗
- A bill to correct certain inequities by providing Federal civil service credit for retirement purposes and for the purpose of computing length of service to determine entitlement to leave, compensation, life insurance, health benefits, severance pay, tenure, and status in the case of certain individuals who performed service as National Guard technicians before January 1, 1969. ↗
Economics and Public Finance
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 3- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that outlays of the United States in any fiscal year be no more than a certain percentage of the gross national product, and for other purposes. ↗
- A joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution to require that outlays of the United States in any fiscal year be no more than a certain percentage of the gross national product, and for other purposes. ↗
Law
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 3- A bill to amend section 569 of title 28, United States Code, with respect to the duties of United States marshals. ↗
- A bill to amend chapter 171 of title 28, United States Code, to allow members of the Armed Forces to sue the United States for damages for certain injuries caused by improper medical care. ↗
Immigration
Sponsored 3- A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the period of detention of excludable aliens pending removal in a manner similar to that provided in the case of deportable aliens pending deportation. ↗
- A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to limit the period of detention of excluable aliens pending removal in the same manner as such detention is limited for deportable aliens pending deportation. ↗
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