A bill to eliminate the benefit reduction which is provided for supplemental security income recipients in certain long-term care institutions when such institutions do not meet the standards established by States under section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act, to authorize payments to States to cover the cost of training and compensating personnel to inspect such institutions, and for other purposes.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program and the medicare program, with appropriate reductions in social security taxes to reflect such participation, and with a substantial increase in the amount of an individual's annual earnings which may be counted for benefit and tax purposes.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social Security Administration Act
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to promote the use of alcohol as a motor vehicle fuel and as an additive to motor vehicle fuels, and for other purposes.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to eliminate certain restrictions on excess shelter expense deductions with respect to households which are composed entirely of persons who are age 62 or older or who are recipients of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act and to allow deductions for certain medical and dental expenses in the computation of incomes for such households.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Alcohol Production Incentive Act of 1979
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Service Retirement Amendments of 1979
1979-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide individuals a refundable credit against income tax for maintaining a household a member of which is an individual who has attained the age of 65.
1979-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to repeal the carryover basis provisions added by the Tax Reform Act of 1976.
1979-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Elephant Protection Act of 1979
1979-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries.
A bill to amend chapter 73 of title 10, United States Code, to provide that a former spouse of a member of the uniformed services who is married to such member for ten years or more shall be entitled to a portion of such member's retired pay and to a portion of the annuity of a surviving spouse of such member, and that such member may not elect not to provide such an annuity without the consent of the spouse and any former spouse of the member, and for other purposes.
1979-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Act
1980-12-09: Similar provisions inserted in S. 3259 as passed Senate.
A bill to provide for demonstration programs for the placement, by hospitals and by certain other qualified agencies, of certain elderly or disabled long-term care patients with foster care families.
1979-03-19: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.
1979-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Domestic Oil Production Policy Act of 1979
1979-03-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals who are physically handicapped because of such handicap.
1979-03-29: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to permit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enter into agreements with States under which State authorities may exercise the licensing authority of the Commission with respect to small hydroelectric projects at existing dams, and for other purposes.
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to appropriate funds to the Department of Energy for the small hydroelectric power projects program.
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Wind Energy Systems Research, Development, and Demonstration Act of 1979
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow certain married individuals who file separate returns to be taxed as unmarried individuals.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.