A bill to designate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Junior, a legal holiday.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Older Americans Employment Rights Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Consumer Food 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.
Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that, for purposes of computing the residential energy credit, the taxpayer may take into account qualified energy conservation expenditures with respect to any dwelling unit which is owned by the taxpayer and which is the principal residence of any individual other than the taxpayer.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Personal Safety Firearms Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Handgun Control Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination against any applicant for credit on the basis of the geographical location of the applicant's residence.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Youth Internships in the Field of Aging Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Older Americans Civil Rights Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Medicare Nursing Home Availability Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Medicare Long Term Care Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
A bill to further amend the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, to establish a program under which institutions of higher education may receive grants to defray 55 per centum of the tuition costs of older persons attending such institutions on a tuition-free basis, and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the enforcement of standards relating to the rights of patients in certain medical facilities.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to provide that volunteers serving in the Service Corps of Retired Executives may provide services to certain home health agencies.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit one or more county governments in a State to provide for additional medical assistance under the State's medicaid plan.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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.