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.
1977-06-07: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide that in compiling unemployment statistics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall include farmers reporting net income losses for the preceding taxable year and shall include certain of their dependents, and to provide that Federal assistance distributed on the basis of unemployment shall take into account such farmers and dependents.
1977-06-14: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Food Stamp Act
1977-07-28: Similar provisions inserted in H.R. 7171 as passed House.
Franchising Termination Practices Reform Act
1977-06-27: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to direct the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one-year review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives, including information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals and whether there should be a weighing of risks and benefits in making regulatory decisions respecting such additives, and to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to permit the continued use of saccharin as a food, food additive, drug, and cosmetic for 18 months.
1977-06-27: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cooperative forest resources assistance to States and others.
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Forest Resources Extension Act
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out forest and rangeland renewable resources research, to provide cooperative forest resources assistance to States and others.
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
International Safe Container Act
1977-12-13: Public Law 95-208.
Comprehensive Veterans Employment Training and Supportive Services Act
1977-06-30: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to equalize the treatment of charitable contributions and investment tax credits for certain cooperatives and their members.
1977-07-12: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the National Housing Act to provide for the insurance of graduated payment mortgages.
1977-07-15: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Corporate Tax Reduction Act
1977-07-21: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to permit an extension of the period of assistance for child development programs while a study is conducted on methods of phasing out Federal assistance to these programs.
1977-11-18: Public Law 95-193.
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.
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend section 1448 of title 10, United States Code, to provide survivor benefits in case of death of certain members or former members of the Armed Forces who die before becoming entitled to retired pay for non-Regular service.
1977-09-08: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Solar Energy Bank Act
1977-09-12: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to provide for the payment of losses incurred as a result of the ban on the use of the chemical Tris in apparel, fabric, yarn or fiber.
1977-09-12: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Domestic Violence Prevention and Treatment Act
1977-09-12: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to exempt disaster payments made in connection with the 1977 crops of wheat, feed grains, upland cotton, and rice from the payment limitations contained in the Agricultural Act of 1970 and the Agricultural Act of 1949.
1977-11-08: Public Law 95-156.