A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to include eligible drugs, requiring a physician's prescription or certification and approved by a formulary committee, among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to authorize channel clearing on the Yazoo River in Mississippi.
1977-03-04: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that such Act shall not apply to employers, including farming operations, having 25 or fewer employees.
1977-03-09: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Department of Energy Organization Act
1977-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Mobile Source Emission Control Amendments
1977-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide additional consultation and education to employers.
1977-03-14: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that when an adverse decision is made on a claim for benefits thereunder, the claimant shall have the right to reconsideration, including an informal conference and a statement of the case, prior to hearing; to impose time limits and make other improvements in the procedures for determining such claims.
1977-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed (registered) nurses under medicare and medicaid.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to simplify tax preparation by allowing individuals whose income consists solely of employee compensation and interest to elect to have the Internal Revenue Service compute their income tax liability.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide for the designation of the libraries of accredited law schools as depository libraries of Government publications.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Food Additive Safety Amendments
1977-03-24: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to establish a uniform procedure for congressional review of agency rules which may be contrary to law or inconsistent with congressional intent, to expand opportunities for public participation in agency rulemaking.
1977-03-24: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend the Fishery Conservation Zone Transition Act in order to give effect during 1977 to the Reciprocal Fisheries Agreement between the United States and Canada.
1977-07-26: Public Law 95-73.
A bill to authorize the construction of a lock and dam project on the Mississippi River near Alton, Ill., to revoke authority for 12-foot channel studies in the upper Mississippi River and its tributaries.
1977-03-28: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the amount of outside earnings which (subject to future cost-of-living adjustments) is permitted any individual each year without deductions from benefits thereunder in the case of individuals receiving less than the maximum provided for benefits of the type involved.
1977-03-30: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to authorize the marketing of saccharin under section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
1977-03-31: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to raise the amount by which an individual's social security benefits are to be increased on account of delayed retirement.
1977-03-30: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that the salaries of Senators and Representatives may not be subject to any cost-of-living adjustment under such section before October 1, 1978.
1977-03-31: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend title 38, of the United States Code to deny veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from service during the Vietnam era under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under temporarily revised standards to discharge under honorable conditions.
1977-04-06: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.