Veterans' Health Care Amendments Act
1977-09-09: Measure passed Senate, amended.
A bill to amend title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to prohibit sex discrimination on the basis of pregnancy.
1977-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Veterans Administration Medical Facilities Acquisition Act
1977-05-03: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans' Administration Programs Extension Act of 1978
1978-10-26: Public Law 95-520.
A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide that all Federal employees described in section 15 of such act shall be covered under the provisions of such act regardless of their age.
1977-03-16: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Comprehensive Veterans Readjustment Assistance Act
1977-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Campaign Financing Act
1977-03-16: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Middle-Aged and Older Workers Employment Act
1977-03-17: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer to deduct, or to claim a credit for, amounts paid as tuition to provide an education for himself, for his spouse, or for his dependents.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove all limits on the number of home health visits for which payment may be made under both part A and part B (eliminating the requirement of prior hospitalization in the case of home health care under part A), to include additional types of services as home health care, to provide coverage for preventive care under part B, to provide coverage for services furnished in outpatient rehabilitation facilities and elderly day care centers, to improve the administration of the medicare program.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to establish within the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare a Home Health Clearinghouse to provide elderly persons with a single place where they can obtain complete information on the Federal health programs available to them, and to create within the Department an Assistant Secretary for Elderly Health with responsibility for all health and health-related matters involving the elderly.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide grants to organizations for providing legal assistance to poor, elderly individuals in connection with their entitlement to home health services under titles XVII, XIX, and XX of the Social Security Act.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide for the reallotment of unused social services funds, in any fiscal year, to States which will use such funds during the succeeding year in furnishing services aimed at preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by making home or community care available; to provide additional Federal matching for multipurpose senior center programs; and to provide for the standardization of eligibility requirements for the funding of senior centers.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the National Housing Act and other Acts for the purpose of providing assistance for outpatient geriatric clinics and for multipurpose senior centers.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Medicare Long-Term Care Act
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction to taxpayers who contribute the right to use certain real property to charitable organizations for outpatient geriatric clinics or for multipurpose senior centers.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt from excise tax certain buses purchased by nonprofit organizations or by other persons for exclusive use in furnishing transportation for State or local governments or nonprofit organizations.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Older Americans Health Services Act
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the amount of the charitable deduction allowable for expenses incurred in the operation of a highway vehicle will be determined in the same manner as the business deduction for such expenses.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to permit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enter into agreements with States under which State authorities may exercise the licensing authority of the Commission with respect to small hydroelectric projects at existing dams, and for other purposes.
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.