A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a spouse may elect a spousal individual retirement account without regard to whether the spouse has compensation.
1983-04-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that upon the death of one member of a married couple the surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse shall automatically inherit the deceased spouse's earnings credits to the extent that such credits were earned during the period of their marriage.
1983-04-29: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reductions in social security benefits which are presently required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions.
1983-04-29: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Home Maintenance Assistance for Older Americans Act of 1983
1983-05-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Housing and Community Development.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for coverage under medicare of services performed by a nurse-midwife.
1983-04-26: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1983
1983-04-29: Referred to Subcommittee on Employment Opportunities.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to repeal the provision which terminates the exclusion for amounts received under certain educational assistance programs.
1984-10-31: Became Public Law No: 98-611.
Income Tax Simplification Act of 1983
1983-04-13: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to set aside certain surplus vessels for use in the provision of health and other humanitarian services in developing countries.
1984-10-05: Executive Comment Received From DOD.
A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1979 to reimpose certain foreign policy export controls which ceased to be effective on March 1, 1982, September 15, 1982, and January 20, 1983.
1983-03-11: Referred to Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
A bill to prohibit the furnishing of cluster bombs to any foreign country.
1983-03-11: Referred to Subcommittee on International Security and Scientific Affairs.
A bill to end the use of steel jaw leghold traps on animals in the United States and abroad.
1984-08-03: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill requiring United States persons who conduct business or control enterprises in South Africa to comply with certain fair employment principles, prohibiting any new loans by United States financial or lending institutions to the South African Government or to South African corporations or other entities owned or controlled by the South African Government, and prohibiting the importation of South African krugerrands or other South African gold coins.
1983-06-22: For Further Action See H.R.3231.
A bill to amend the Act commonly known as the Second Morrill Act to repeal statutory language purporting to permit racial segregation in colleges financed under such Act, and for other purposes.
1983-03-04: Referred to Subcommittee on Department Operations, Research, and Foreign Agriculture.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the deduction for adoption expenses for all adoptions, and for other purposes.
1983-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
High-Technology Training Act
1983-04-08: Referred to Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
Antitrust Fairness Amendments of 1983
1984-03-28: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to suspend military assistance and sales to El Salvador until the Government of El Salvador has demonstrated its willingness, through the appointment of a Peace Commission, to enter into a dialogue with the other parties to the conflict in that country and with other Salvadoran groups which are seeking an end to the conflict.
1983-03-31: Referred to Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for GI Bill educational benefits for certain veterans of the Vietnam era.
1983-03-21: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for the exemption of the government knowledge requirement for naturalization of persons over 50 years of age who have been lawful permanent residents in the United States for at least 20 years.
1983-03-23: Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration, Refugees, and International Law.