A bill to expand the medical freedom of choice of consumers by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that drugs will be regulated under that Act solely to assure their safety.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Economic Impact Act of 1977
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration may render on-site consultation and advice to certain small business employers to assist such employers in providing safe and healthful working conditions for their employees.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that such Act shall not apply to employers, including farming operations, having twenty-five or fewer employees.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Regulatory Review Act of 1977
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend the Administrative Procedure Act to require the performance and publication of economic impact analyses in the Federal Register for all proposed and final rules which are subject to the provisions of that Act.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that any employer who successfully contests a citation or penalty shall be awarded a reasonable attorney's fee and other reasonable litigation costs.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code (respecting firearms) to penalize the use of firearms in the commission of any felony and to increase the penalties in certain relating existing provisions.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1964, to exclude from coverage under the Act households which have members who are on strike, and for other purposes.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to require that imported meat and meat food products made in whole or in part of imported meat be subjected to certain tests and that such meat or products be identified as having been imported; to require the inspection of imported dairy products and that such products comply with certain minimum standards of sanitation; to require that the cost of conducting such tests, inspections, and identification procedures on imported meat and meat food products and on dairy products, as the case may be, be borne by the exporters of such articles, and for other purposes.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to prohibit the Secretary of Agriculture and the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from prohibiting the use of nitrites as a food preservative on the basis of any carcinogenic effect nitrites may be represented to have until the development of a satisfactory alternative food preservative.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that renewal commissions, received by a retired insurance agent from life insurance policies which were sold by him before his retirement, shall not be taken into account in determining his net earnings from self-employment for purposes of the earnings test.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans Education Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to authorize veterans loan guaranty benefits notwithstanding usury provisions of State constitutions or statutes, and for other purposes.
1979-06-26: Referred to Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Veterans Disability Compensation and Survivors Benefits Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, in order to revise the provisions therein relating to the construction, alteration and acquisition of medical facilities under the jurisdiction of Veterans' Affairs.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to provide that progressive muscular atrophy developing a 10 per centum or more degree of disability within seven years after separation from active service during a period of war shall be presumed to be service connected.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A joint resolution to require continuation of rail service by the Chicago, Rock Island, and Pacific Railroad through August 31, 1980.
1980-02-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A joint resolution to authorize the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. to erect a memorial.
1979-10-25: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.