A resolution authorizing the President to proclaim the week beginning October 3, 1976, and ending October 9, 1976, as "National Volunteer Firemen Week".
1976-08-26: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to authorize recomputation at age 60 of the retired pay of members and former members of the uniformed services whose retired pay is computed on the basis of pay scales in effect prior to January 1, 1972.
1975-01-14: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for disability benefits to liberalize the earnings test, to permit adopted children to qualify for benefits without regard to certain time requirements, to eliminate the reconsideration stage in benefit determination, to provide for the issuance of duplicate benefit checks where the initial checks are lost or delayed, and to provide for expedited benefit payments to disability beneficiaries.
1975-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, as amended, and to amend the act of October 15, 1966, to establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, as amended.
1975-02-04: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to prohibit any change in the status of any member of the uniformed services who is in a missing status under chapter 10 of title 37, United States Code, until the provisions of the Paris Peace Accord of January 27, 1973, have been fully complied with.
1975-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Hobbs Act Amendment
1975-02-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title 2 of the United States Code to provide for the consideration and adoption of the Rules of the House of Representatives for the 95th and each succeeding Congress.
1975-02-19: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the corporate surtax exemption.
1975-02-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to prevent the abandonment of railroad lines covered by the Rail Reorganization Act.
1975-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Interim Fisheries Zone Extension and Management Act
1975-02-20: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A bill to prevent estate tax law from operating to encourage or to require the destruction of open lands and historic places, by amending the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that real property which is farmland, woodland, or open land and forms part of an estate may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value as farmland, woodland, or open land (rather than at its fair market value), and to provide that real property which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places may be valued, for estate tax purposes, at its value for its existing use, and to provide for the revocation of such lower evaluation and recapture of unpaid taxes with interest in appropriate circumstances.
1975-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to repeal sections 102 and 202 of the Flood Disaster Protection Act of 1973 which make flood insurance coverage and community participation in the national flood insurance program prerequisites for approval of any financial assistance in a flood hazard area.
1975-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.
A bill to provide for additional sentences for commission of a felony with use of a firearm.
1975-03-12: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
National Welfare Reform Act
1975-03-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Truth in Spending Act
1975-03-18: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to prohibit the Consumer Product Safety Commission from restricting the sale or manufacture of firearms or ammunition.
1975-03-19: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish on certain public lands of the U.S. national petroleum reserves the development of which needs to be regulated in a manner consistent with the total energy needs of the Nation.
1975-03-19: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to repeal the Davis-Bacon Act.
1975-03-25: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Natural Gas Deregulation Act
1975-03-26: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction from gross income for social agency, legal, and related expenses incurred in connection with the adoption of a child by the taxpayer.
1975-04-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.