Public Assistance Amendments
1977-05-17: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend titles XVIII, XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for a greater utilization of the professional services of qualified clinical social workers in the medicare and medicaid programs, to include outpatient services, community mental health centers and neighborhood health centers among the entities which may be qualified providers, and to remove the special limitations which are presently imposed on coverage of psychiatric and mental health services under parts A and B of title XVIII and title XIX.
1977-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Opportunities for Adoption Act
1977-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Foreclosure Forbearance Standards Act
1977-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Community Based Organizations Youth Job Creation and Training Act
1977-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to permit the private, noncommercial ownership of feral burros and wild horses.
1977-05-24: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that any individual may qualify for disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze if he has 20 quarters of coverage (and meets the other conditions of eligibility therefor), regardless of when such quarters were earned.
1977-05-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act for the purpose of including community mental health centers among the entities which may be qualified providers of services for medicare purposes.
1977-05-26: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems.
1977-06-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to provide relief for older Americans who own or rent their homes.
1977-05-26: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Emergency Highway Repair Act
1977-06-02: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Career Criminals Prosecution Act
1977-06-03: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Regional Capital Development Banks Act
1977-06-07: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Urban Grant University Act
1977-06-09: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Small Hydroelectric Power Projects Act
1977-06-10: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to authorize programs for the provision of escort services to the elderly in high crime areas.
1977-06-16: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Stocks Management and Reserve Act
1977-06-17: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Beverage Container Reuse and Recycling Act
1977-06-20: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Delaware River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
1977-06-23: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
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.