Comprehensive Health Care Insurance Act
1977-06-07: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the conversion to the metric system of measurements posted on highways without a direct authorization by the Congress for such expenditures.
1977-06-13: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Investment Policy Act
1977-06-23: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals to compute the amount of the deduction for payments into retirement savings on the basis of the compensation of their spouses.
1977-06-30: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the provisions of the Federal Salary Act of 1967 and the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 which relate to the adjustment of the salary rate for Members of Congress.
1977-06-30: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
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.
1977-07-20: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide for payment by the United States for certain medical services and treatment provided to U.S. citizens and permanent residents suffering from physical injuries attributable to the atomic bomb explosions on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
1977-07-20: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide that before an alien who is likely to become a public charge may be admitted into the United States, such alien must have an immigration sponsor post a $5,000 bond on such immigrant's behalf.
1977-07-27: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to provide that rescue squad members are entitled to death benefits made available under such Act.
1977-08-01: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Young Families Housing Act
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to increase deposit insurance from $40,000 to $100,000 for accounts which qualify as individual retirement accounts and accounts established under qualified (Keogh) plans for the self-employed.
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Tax Reduction Act
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a deduction for certain amounts paid to a reserve for payment of product liability losses.
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Wage Supplements for Handicapped Individuals Act
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that an alien is not qualified for supplemental security income benefits unless he has a permanent resident status in the United States and has continuously resided in the United States for at least 6 years, and to provide for the establishment of procedures which will more effectively prevent the payment of such benefits to individuals who become ineligible because of their departure from the United States.
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
General Aviation Airport Safety Act
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Illegal Alien Control Act
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to change affidavits of support signed by sponsors on behalf of incoming aliens from a moral obligation to a legal obligation.
1977-09-13: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate the adjusted gross income limitation on the credit for the elderly, to increase the amount of such credit.
1977-09-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that controlled circulation publications relating to agriculture shall be eligible for reduced rates of postage on the same basis as science of agricultural publications.
1977-09-20: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.