A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for disability benefits, to liberalize the earnings test, to permit adopted children to qualify for benefits without regard of time of adoption, to eliminate the reconsideration stage in benefit determinations, to provide for the issuance of duplicate benefit checks where the initial checks are lost or delayed, and to provide for expedited benefits payments to disability beneficiaries.
1977-04-19: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a credit against income tax to individuals for certain expenses incurred in higher education.
1977-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Economic Impact Act
1977-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction for State and local public utility taxes.
1977-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the adoption of more than two children.
1977-04-20: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend section 601(a)(2) of the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that the salaries of Senators and Representatives may not be subject to any cost-of-living adjustment under such section before October 1, 1978.
1977-04-21: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to provide an opportunity to individuals to make financial contributions, in connection with the payment of their Federal income tax, for the advancement of the arts and the humanities.
1977-04-29: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Medicare Long-Term Care Act
1977-05-03: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended, to provide for the disposal of surplus real property to States and their political subdivisions, agencies, and instrumentalities for economic development purposes.
1977-05-02: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.
1977-05-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed (registered) nurses under medicare and medicaid.
1977-05-06: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Health Care Expenditures Regulation Review Act
1977-05-06: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to provide for the confidentiality of medical and/or dental records of patients not receiving assistance from the Federal Government.
1977-05-06: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for certain services performed by chiropractors.
1977-05-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to decrease the limitation on deductions for medical expenses to 2 percent of adjusted gross income, to eliminate the 1-percent limitation on deductions for drugs and medicine and to include the entire deduction for medical insurance within the 2-percent limitation.
1977-05-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Civil Rights Amendments
1977-05-18: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Legislative Branch Disclosure Act
1977-08-05: Reported to House from the Select Committee on Ethics with amendment, H. Rept. 95-574.
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, relating to the production of false documents or papers of the United States, and the use of false information in obtaining official documents and papers of the United States, involving an element of identification.
1977-06-01: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems.
1977-06-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide that elderly persons residing in dwelling units receiving Federal assistance shall be provided with certain rights in the lease agreements between the elderly persons and the owners of the units.
1976-06-22: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Currency and Housing.