Family Farm Antitrust Act of 1979
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to discourage the use of leg-hold or steel jaw traps on animals in the United States.
1979-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Foster Care and Adoption Reform Act of 1979
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Tank Vessel Act in order to establish certain minimum construction safety standards for tank barges.
1979-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the charitable deduction to taxpayers whether or not they itemize their personal deductions.
1979-02-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals a refundable tax credit for certain amounts of the rent they pay on their principal residences which is attributable to real property taxes.
1979-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1979
1979-02-08: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to eliminate certain restrictions on excess shelter expense deductions with respect to households which are composed entirely of persons who are age 65 or older or who are recipients of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
1979-02-13: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Home Finance Leveraging Act of 1979
1979-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of assistance under such Act that law enforcement agencies have in effect a binding law enforcement officers' bill of rights.
1979-02-27: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to authorize pay and benefits for members and survivors of members of the Philippine Scouts on the same basis as such pay and benefits are authorized for other members of the Armed Forces and their survivors.
1979-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend chapter 55 of title 10, United States Code, to allow certain former spouses of members of the uniformed services to receive medical and dental benefits under such chapter, and for other purposes.
1979-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Senior Citizens Health Insurance Reform Act of 1979
1979-03-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill designating the Luther Burbank Shasta Daisy as the national flower of the United States.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to eliminate certain restrictions on excess shelter expense deductions with respect to households which are composed entirely of persons who are age 62 or older or who are recipients of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act and to allow deductions for certain medical and dental expenses in the computation of incomes for such households.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that a former spouse of a member of the uniformed services who is married to such member for ten years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such member's retired pay and to a portion of the annuity of a surviving spouse of such member, and that such member may not elect not to provide such an annuity without the consent of the spouse and any former spouse of the member, and for other purposes.
1979-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.
1979-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals who are physically handicapped because of such handicap.
1979-03-29: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Fair Trade Enforcement Act of 1979
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the evacuation of American nationals from Vietnam.
1975-04-21: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.