A bill to provide that certain cost-of-living and other increased benefits received under title II of the Social Security Act will not be considered as income for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in the food stamp program and for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in certain programs concerning surplus agricultural commodities.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Gasohol Motor Fuel Act of 1979
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A concurrent resolution calling upon the President to urge a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales.
1979-06-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
A joint resolution to include energy prices in the President's anti-inflation program.
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A concurrent resolution urging a moratorium on the commercial killing of whales.
1979-04-02: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Junior, to be placed in the Capitol.
1979-12-20: Reported to Senate from the Committee on Rules and Administration, S. Rept. 96-543.
Department of Education Organization Act
1979-07-11: Measure laid on table in House, S. 210 passed in lieu.
A bill to increase alternatives to institutionalization for senior citizens.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should encourage the development of nonnuclear energy resources and should pursue the conservation of domestic energy in all sectors of use.
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Federal Employees Political Activities Act of 1979
1979-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed practical nurses under medicare and medicaid.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
National Home Health Clearinghouse Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A joint resolution designating the week of October 5 through October 11, 1980, as "National Diabetes Week".
1980-04-02: Public Law 96-224.
A bill to amend title 44, United States Code, to eliminate certain printing and binding.
1979-03-28: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Emergency Petroleum Allocation Act of 1973 to extend price controls on domestically produced crude oil for a period of 24 months.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should establish a commission to study and evaluate the Multiple Protective Structure System and the Air Mobile/Transportable Load System for protecting the land-based intercontinental ballistic missiles of the United States and to consider alternatives to such systems.
1979-05-08: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Medicare Nursing Home Availability Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, hearing aids, physical checkups, and foot care among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program, and to provide safeguards against consumer abuse in the provision of these items and services.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to direct that a clinical investigation of the safety and efficacy of dimethyl sulfoxide as a drug to be used by persons with arthritis be conducted through the National Institute of Arthritis, Metabolism, and Digestive Diseases.
1980-04-02: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.