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.
Petroleum Industry Pipeline Divestiture Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to eliminate the offset against social security benefits in the case of spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain Government pensions.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to require that specific alien and citizenship status information be provided prior to the issuance of a social security card, to require that social security cards which cannot be duplicated be issued, to require that these cards be presented to employers by prospective employees before obtaining employment, to provide penalties against employers for violating provisions of the Act, and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to require committee reports on proposed legislation to contain statements of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements which will be imposed on individuals, private industry, and State and local governments as a result of the enactment of such proposed legislation.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Wildlife on Federal Lands Trapping Act of 1979
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Intergovernmental Antirecession and Supplementary Fiscal Assistance Amendments of 1979
1979-01-22: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Medicare Reform Act of 1979
1979-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to discourage the use of leg-hold or steel jaw traps on animals in the United States.
1979-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide that individuals who retired on disability before October 1, 1976, shall be entitled to the exclusion for disability payments under section 105(d) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 without regard to the income limitation in such section, and for other purposes.
1979-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide an opportunity for taxpayers to make financial contributions, in connection with the payment of their Federal income tax, for the advancement of the arts and the humanities.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Citizen Protection Act of 1978
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide for the acceptance by pharmacies of food stamps in exchange for food supplements prescribed for consumption by cancer patients.
1979-01-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to require the establishment, on the basis of the decennial census, of congressional districts that are contiguous and compact and that meet certain other requirements, in order to insure fair and effective representation.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1979
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals to compute the amount of the deduction for payments into retirement savings on the basis of the compensation of their spouses, and for other purposes.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to direct the Department of Commerce to prepare an economic impact statement with respect to the proposed rule of the Department of Commerce revising the criteria for determining standard metropolitan statistical areas.
1979-01-29: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.