Gasohol Motor Fuel Act of 1979
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to eliminate the offset against social security benefits in the case of spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain Government pensions.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide that certain cost-of-living and other increased benefits received under title II of the Social Security Act will not be considered as income for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in the food stamp program and for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in certain programs concerning surplus agricultural commodities.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, hearing aids, physical checkups, and foot care among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program, and to provide safeguards against consumer abuse in the provision of these items and services.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to establish a National Zoological Foundation.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
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.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the Olympic games should be withdrawn from the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and that the United States and other countries should boycott the Olympic games under certain circumstances.
1980-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that April 22, 1980, should be celebrated as "Earth Day, 1980".
1980-04-02: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Child Care Act of 1979
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A joint resolution to designate the week of October 6 through October 12, 1980, as "National Productivity Improvement Week".
1980-08-19: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend part J of title I of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to extend death benefits to public safety officers who die as a result of conditions arising out of or exacerbated by official duty.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide for the reallotment of unused social services funds, in any fiscal year, to States which will use such funds during the succeeding year in furnishing services aimed at preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by making home or community care available; to provide additional Federal matching for multipurpose senior center programs; and to provide for the standardization of eligibility requirements for the funding of senior centers.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Toxic Tort Act
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Prescription Drug Labeling Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Health Security Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution designating the week beginning July 20, 1980, as "National Environmental Health Week".
1980-03-11: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
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.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for the acceptance by pharmacies of food stamps in exchange for food supplements prescribed for consumption by cancer patients.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to provide that individuals who retired on disability before October 1, 1976, shall be entitled to the exclusion for disability payments under section 105(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 without regard to the income limitation in such section, and for other purposes.
1979-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to establish a National Zoological Foundation.
1979-10-15: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.