Family Farm Development Act
1978-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Spent Nuclear Fuel Storage Act
1978-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction of not more than $1,500 for amounts paid or incurred for maintaining a household a member of which is a dependent of the taxpayer who has attained the age of 65.
1978-04-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Psychotropic Substances Act
1978-09-18: Measure laid on table in House, S. 2399 passed in lieu.
Surface Transportation Assistance Act
1978-04-11: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Federal Statistical Activity Control Act
1978-04-12: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend the Truth in Lending Act to require that contracts and agreements respecting credit transactions subject to the Act be written in clear and understandable language.
1978-04-18: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 with respect to benefits payable to certain individuals who on December 31, 1974, had at least ten years of railroad service and also were fully insured under the Social Security Act.
1978-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the maximum amount which the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may pay for the funeral expenses of a veteran from $250 to $350.
1978-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to furnish cemetery memorial headstones or markers to commemorate veterans who die after being honorably discharged and whose remains are not recovered or identified.
1978-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to pay tribute to those members of the United States Armed Forces who served honorably in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam conflict.
1978-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to require the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to pay a $150 allowance to any State or any agency or political subdivision of a State in reimbursement for expenses incurred in the burial of each veteran in any cemetery owned by such State or agency or political subdivision of a State, if the cemetery or section thereof is used solely for the interment of veterans.
1978-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Small Business Tax Relief Act
1978-04-24: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that a taxpayer conscientiously opposed to participation in war may elect to have his income, estate, or gift tax payments spent for nonmilitary purposes; to create a trust fund (the World Peace Tax Fund) to receive these tax payments; to establish a World Peace Tax Fund Board of Trustees; and for other purposes.
1978-04-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to extend the period of eligibility for veterans readjustment appointments in the Federal Government for veterans of the Vietnam era.
1978-05-23: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Independent Local Newspaper Act
1978-04-26: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Anti-Inflation Tax Reduction and Reform Act
1978-04-26: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase from 22 to 26 the age until which child's insurance benefits may be paid on the basis of full-time student status, and the age before which a child must have become disabled in order to qualify for such benefits on the basis of disability.
1978-04-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow handicapped individuals a deduction for certain transportation expenses.
1978-05-03: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Marihuana Pretrial Diversion Act
1978-05-08: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.