A bill to establish an advisory committee to provide consultation and advice to the Administrator of the Federal Grain Inspection Service and to amend the U.S. Grain Standards Act with respect to supervision fees and recordkeeping requirements.
1977-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend title 39, United States Code, to provide that, with respect to the appointment of postmasters in small communities, the U.S. Postal Service shall give preference to applicants for such appointments who reside in such communities.
1977-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
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 related existing provisions.
1977-03-14: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Family Farm Preservation Act
1977-03-17: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt certain agricultural aircraft from the aircraft use tax, to provide for the refund of the gasoline tax to the agriculture aircraft operator.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt employers of 10 or fewer regular employees, to require the issuance of warnings to employers of 25 or fewer regular employees for the first instance violations, and to bar the assessment of penalties where fewer than 10 violations are cited.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to establish a uniform procedure for congressional review of agency rules which may be contrary to law or inconsistent with congressional intent, to expand opportunities for public participation in agency rulemaking.
1977-03-24: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Food Additive Safety Amendments
1977-03-29: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide payment for rural health clinic services.
1977-04-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend certain provisions of section 8344 of title 5, United States Code, which relate to the employment of retired Federal civil servants as congressional employees.
1977-04-06: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to provide that certain persons who were originally appointed as SSI hearing examiners under pre-1976 provisions of title XVI of the Social Security Act shall without any restriction be deemed appointed as administrative law judges.
1977-04-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Broadcast License Renewal Act
1977-04-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Endangered Species Act of 1973 in order to clarify the provisions of the Act regarding Federal agency cooperation.
1977-05-03: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970.
1977-05-12: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to equalize the treatment of charitable contributions and investment tax credits for certain cooperatives and their members.
1977-06-16: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to provide cooperative forest resources assistance to States and others.
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Forest Resources Extension Act
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to authorize and direct the Secretary of Agriculture to carry out forest and rangeland renewable resources research, to provide cooperative forest resources assistance to States and others.
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to deny entitlement to veterans' benefits to certain persons who would otherwise become so entitled solely by virtue of the administrative upgrading under temporarily revised standards of less than honorable discharges from service during the Vietnam era.
1977-06-30: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that certain aliens may not qualify for SSI benefits unless they not only are permanently residing in the United States but have also resided continuously in the United States for at least five years.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.