RepublicanHouse · Massachusetts District 6
Torkildsen, Peter G.
1993 first electedLeft office 19974 years servedBorn 1958M
Issues
Based on bills Torkildsen, Peter G. sponsored or cosponsored in Congress, grouped by policy area. This reflects legislative activity, not a survey of personal opinions.
Health
Cosponsored 13Armed Forces and National Security
Sponsored 2 · Cosponsored 10- To request the Secretary of the Navy to name an appropriate ship of the United States Navy the U.S.S. Joseph Vittori. ↗
- To repeal the requirement enacted in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1996 for the mandatory discharge or retirement of any member of the Armed Forces who is HIV-positive. ↗
Government Operations and Politics
Sponsored 5 · Cosponsored 4Public Lands and Natural Resources
Sponsored 4 · Cosponsored 3- To establish in the Department of the Interior the Essex Heritage District Commission, and for other purposes. ↗
- To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the historical and cultural resources in the vicinity of the city of Lynn, Massachusetts, and make recommendations on the appropriate role of the Federal Government in preserving and interpreting such historical and cultural resources. ↗
Taxation
Sponsored 1 · Cosponsored 6- Investment Tax Credit Act of 1993 ↗
- To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to place the burden of proof on the Secretary of the Treasury in civil cases and on the taxpayer in administrative proceedings, to require 30 days notice and judicial consent before lien or seizure, to increase the limit on recovery of civil damages for unauthorized collection actions and exclude such damages from income, and for other purposes. ↗
Crime and Law Enforcement
Cosponsored 6Social Welfare
Sponsored 3 · Cosponsored 1- To improve the enforcement of child support obligations in both intrastate and interstate cases by requiring the imposition and execution of liens against the property of persons who owe overdue support. ↗
- To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the provisions which currently suspend payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits to individuals imprisoned upon conviction of a felony so as to apply to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least 1 month upon conviction of any criminal offense, and to amend title XVI of such Act to suspend a payment of supplemental security income benefits to such individuals. ↗
Private Legislation
Sponsored 4- To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for the vessel CHRISSY. ↗
- To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade of the United States for the vessel SABLE. ↗
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