A bill to amend the Flammable Fabrics Act to prohibit the manufacture for sale in commerce of articles of interior furnishing intended for use in any public facility unless such articles conform with requirements established by the Consumer Product Safety Commission designed to make such articles fire-resistant.
1979-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to extend for four fiscal years the authorizations of appropriations for the State and Local Fiscal Assistance Act of 1972.
1979-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to require that veterans receiving hospital, nursing home, or outpatient medical care from the Veterans' Administration for non-service connected disabilities be charged for such care to the extent that they have health insurance or similar contracts or rights with respect to such care, or have entitlement to private medical care under workers' compensation or automobile accident reparation statutes of any State, and for other purposes.
1979-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Franchise Reform Act
1979-02-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide coverage for services which may be performed by a dentist on the same basis as presently allowed for physicians under the medicare program, and to authorize payment under such program for all inpatient hospital services furnished in connection with dental procedures requiring hospitalization.
1979-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Home Finance Leveraging Act of 1979
1979-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Food Stamp Act Amendments of 1979
1979-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of assistance under such Act that law enforcement agencies have in effect a binding law enforcement officers' bill of rights.
1979-02-27: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Small Business Procurement Reform Act of 1979
1979-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code to change the period for the payment of certain taxes.
1979-02-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Act to Combat International Terrorism
1979-09-11: Reported to House from the Committee on Public Works and Transportation with amendments, H. Rept. 96-424 (Part I).
A bill to amend title 18, United States Code, to increase the term of imprisonment for certain offenses relating to carrying or using firearms, to eliminate eligibility for parole with respect to such term, and to require that such term be served before and consecutively to any related sentence of imprisonment.
1979-02-28: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill entitled "Tax Credit for the Elderly Improvement Amendments of 1979".
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to extend the provisions of law relating to the business expenses of legislators, and for other purposes.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
Senior Citizens Health Insurance Reform Act of 1979
1979-03-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Regional Energy Development Act of 1979
1979-03-05: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to provide for the award of matching grants to municipalities and public agencies in the United States to enable those authorities to protect deep- draft commercial ports and land areas adjacent to those ports from fires, explosions, or other incidents causing damage in those ports, and for other purposes.
1979-07-10: Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 96-324 (Part I).
Citizens Postal Rate Relief Act of 1979
1979-03-14: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954, and for other purposes.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.