A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide that any patient of a long-term care institution participating in the medicare or medicaid program, or otherwise receiving funds under that Act, shall have the right to terminate his or her contract with such institution upon giving reasonable advance notice, and to expressly prohibit such an institution from requiring any patient to turn over to it any income received by him or her after such notice is given.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that advertising of alcoholic beverages is not a deductible expense.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 6 through 12, 1980, "National Medic Alert Week".
1979-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
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 concurrent resolution designating "Appropriate Technology Week".
1979-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A resolution providing that the President should continue certain measures which have been taken against the new regime in Bolivia until that regime takes certain corrective actions.
1980-08-27: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A joint resolution designating the week beginning March 8, 1981 as "Women's History Week".
1980-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A resolution urging closer attention to the human rights situation in Taiwan before further military sales or assistance is provided to the Taiwanese authorities.
1980-03-11: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 7, 1979, as "National Port Week".
1979-10-06: Public Law 96-80.
A bill to promote the provision and availability of necessary health services for the elderly by requiring the inclusion of specified preventive and home health services under the medicaid program and making various improvements in the administration of such program, providing assistance to demonstration and pilot projects for home health and supportive services, and authorizing grants for annual health fairs and mobile geriatric health units, and for other purposes.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present).
1979-02-13: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that the duty to bargain collectively includes bargaining with respect to retirement benefits for retired employees.
1979-02-08: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Medicare Nursing Home Availability Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to extend for four fiscal years the authorizations of appropriations for the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
1979-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of a week as "National Lupus Week".
1979-08-13: Public Law 96-50.
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.
A resolution urging the government of the Federal Republic of Germany to abolish the statute of limitations governing the prosecution of war crimes, or to amend the present statute of limitations to allow a period of time sufficient for the prosecution of those responsible for the horrors of the Holocaust.
1979-05-09: Measure passed House, roll call #131 (401-0).
Age Discrimination in Federal Employment Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Federal Employee Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1979
1979-10-18: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.