Prohibited Knife Act
1977-01-06: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to eliminate the procedures for voluntary departure with respect to certain aliens illegally in the United States and to increase the penalties for the illegal entry of aliens; to require the Attorney General to employ additional personnel to patrol the land borders of the United States.
1977-01-06: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to permit officers and employees of the Federal Government to elect coverage under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system.
1977-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social Security Act Amendments
1977-01-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Middle-Aged and Older Workers Training Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase for taxable years beginning after December 31, 1978, the personal income tax exemptions of a taxpayer (including the exemption for a spouse, the exemptions for dependents, and the additional exemptions for old age and blindness).
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $5,000 the amount of outside earnings which (subject to further increases under the automatic adjustment provisions) is permitted an individual each year without any deductions from benefits thereunder.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Uniform Federal Welfare and Medicaid Assistance Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Export Priorities Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to amend the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to ban the usage of diethylstilbestrol (DES) as a growth stimulant.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to prohibit the use of appropriated funds to carry out or assist research on living human fetuses.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to liberalize the conditions governing eligibility of blind persons to receive disability insurance benefits thereunder.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds by the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to promote the fluoridation of public water supplies.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 18 of the United States Code to make it a Federal crime to carry out any research activity on a human fetus or to intentionally take any action to kill or hasten the death of a human fetus in any federally supported facility or activity.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Truth in Food Labeling Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to eliminate racketeering in the sale and distribution of cigarettes and to assist State and local governments in the enforcement of cigarette taxes.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide individuals a limited exclusion from gross income for interest on deposits in certain savings institutions.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a basic $5,000 exemption from income tax for amounts received as annuities, pensions, or other retirement benefits.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to insure that due process and equal protection are afforded to an individual from the moment of conception.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution providing for the consideration of the bill H.R. 12050 to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a Federal income tax credit for tuition.
1978-06-01: Measure passed House, roll call #392 (294-97).