A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to require the Commissioner on Aging to establish a special grant program to enable States to establish community long-term care initiatives to assess the needs of chronically ill or disabled older persons for services and to provide for the efficient delivery of such services to such older persons.
1978-02-16: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
SS Life Act
1978-02-21: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to provide that legislation appropriating funds for payment of pay to Federal employees shall be enacted separately from other legislation.
1978-02-22: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to increase the entitlement ceiling.
1978-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Elephant Protection Act
1978-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A bill to delay for six months the effective date of the increase in the hospital deductible for 1978 under part A of the medicare program.
1978-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Public Health Service Act to revise the program of assistance for health maintenance organizations, and for other purposes.
1978-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Drug Benefits for the Aged Act
1978-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to establish a national policy for the application of science and technology to United States foreign policy.
1978-03-14: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed.
1978-04-12: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act to repeal the authority of the President to sustain vetoes by the Mayor of the District of Columbia of acts passed by the Council of the District of Columbia and re-passed by two-thirds of the Council, to change the period during which acts of the Council of the District of Columbia are subject to congressional review, and for other purposes.
1978-10-27: Public Law 95-526.
International Development and Food Assistance Act of 1978
1978-10-06: Public Law 95-424.
A bill to authorize the Smithsonian Institution to acquire the Museum of African Art, and for other purposes.
1978-04-24: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
A bill to amend the Export Administration Act of 1969 to prohibit any new investment in South Africa by United States persons and to impose sanctions on United States persons with existing investments in businesses in South Africa that engage in unfair employment practices.
1978-05-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1979
1978-10-07: Public Law 95-426.
Targeted Tax Relief Act
1978-05-11: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the District of Columbia Self-Government and Governmental Reorganization Act with respect to the payment of revenue bonds issued by the Council of the District of Columbia for the activities of a housing finance authority.
1978-05-17: Referred to House Committee on the District of Columbia.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a tax credit to employers who hire unemployed youths.
1978-05-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Voluntary Job Preservation and Community Stabilization Act
1978-05-25: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to permit civil suits under section 1979 of the Revised Statutes (42 U.S.C. 1983) against any person acting under color of any law or custom of the District of Columbia who subjects any person within the jurisdiction of the District of Columbia to the deprivation of any right, privilege, or immunity secured by the Constitution and laws.
1979-12-29: Public Law 96-170.