Unvouchered Expenditure Control Act
1977-05-12: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend section 306(a) the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prescribe criteria for determining the amount of grants made under such section, to prescribe the priority of applicants for loans and grants under such section.
1977-05-26: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Defense Production Act Amendments
1977-05-26: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act, as amended, to amend the definition of "employee" to include certain agricultural employees.
1977-06-01: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to establish under the direction of the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development a State-administered program providing financial assistance to individuals and families for the purpose of purchasing and installing solar heating (or combined solar heating and cooling) equipment.
1977-06-08: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Social Security Rights Act
1977-06-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide that in compiling unemployment statistics, the Bureau of Labor Statistics shall include farmers reporting net income losses for the preceding taxable year and shall include certain of their dependents, and to provide that Federal assistance distributed on the basis of unemployment shall take into account such farmers and dependents.
1977-06-14: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Food Stamp Act
1977-07-28: Similar provisions inserted in H.R. 7171 as passed House.
A bill to amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate a segment of the Delaware River as a component of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System.
1977-06-23: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to direct the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one-year review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives, including information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals and whether there should be a weighing of risks and benefits in making regulatory decisions respecting such additives, and to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to permit the continued use of saccharin as a food, food additive, drug, and cosmetic for 18 months.
1977-06-27: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Limousine Limitation Act
1977-06-30: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to apply duty-free treatment under certain circumstances to articles produced in the insular possessions of the United States.
1978-10-12: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
National Home Health Care Act
1977-07-13: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to improve the early and periodic screening, diagnosis, and treatment program.
1977-07-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide for payment by the United States for certain medical services and treatment provided to U.S. citizens and permanent residents suffering from physical injuries attributable to the atomic bomb explosions on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
1977-07-20: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to require the Office of Management and Budget to provide information on the formulas and assumptions used in the distribution of domestic assistance.
1977-07-28: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to add certain lands to the Redwood National Park in the State of California, to strengthen the economic base of the affected region.
1977-07-29: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to establish the Channel Islands and Santa Monica Mountains National Park and Seashore in the State of California.
1977-08-04: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of certain psychologists' services under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program established by part B of such title.
1977-08-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Concurrent resolution expressing the concern of Congress regarding the harassment of Soviet Jews and other minorities.
1977-03-22: Measure laid on table in House.