A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that any Federal employee who, at the time of retirement does not elect a reduced annuity in order to provide a survivor annuity to a spouse or other person, may make such an election within one year after retiring.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Federal Nonsmokers Protection Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 7, 1979, as "National Port Week".
1979-10-06: Public Law 96-80.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the Polish People's Republic should be permitted by other nations to settle their internal affairs by themselves without external intervention.
1980-08-20: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A resolution proclaiming the week of October 14-20, 1979 "National Mobile Home/Manufactured Housing Week".
1979-10-09: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A joint resolution authorizing and requesting the President of the United States to issue a proclamation designating the seven calendar days beginning October 5, 1980, as "National Port Week", and for other purposes.
1980-10-03: Public Law 96-371.
A joint resolution authorizing the President to proclaim September 8 of each year as "National Cancer Day".
1980-02-22: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the Department of Energy must expedite its efforts to collect and verify energy information.
1979-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that disability insurance benefits shall be financed from general revenues rather than through the imposition of employment and self-employment taxes as at present, to adjust the rates of such taxes for old-age and survivors insurance and hospital insurance purposes, to provide for reductions in the amount of such disability benefits to take account of the recipient's need as determined on the basis of his family income, to improve disability determination procedures, and for other purposes.
1979-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oil Import Purchase Authority Act of 1979
1979-02-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the standard mileage rate for use of a passenger automobile which may be used in computing the charitable contribution deduction shall be the same as the standard mileage rate which may be used in computing the business expense deduction.
1979-09-26: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
White House Conference on Small Business Act
1979-05-22: Measure laid on table in House (Similar provisions inserted in S. 918 as passed House).
A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on November 18, 1979, as "National Family Week".
1979-11-16: Public Law 96-115.
Judicial Tenure Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President's proposal for solar energy credits should be enacted and made retroactive to April 5, 1979.
1979-07-31: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Housing and Community Development Amendments of 1979
1979-12-21: Public Law 96-153.
A bill to authorize the establishment of the Frederick Law Olmsted National Historic Site in the State of Massachusetts, and for other purposes.
1979-06-08: Measure laid on table in House, S. 495 passed in lieu.
A joint resolution congratulating the Order of the Sons of Italy in America for their seventy-fifth anniversary and wishing the Order of the Sons of Italy in America success in future years and proclaiming June 22, 1980, as "National Italian-American Day".
1980-06-09: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to remove certain work disincentives for the disabled under the supplemental security income benefits program.
1979-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A resolution to recognize the contribution of Bernardo de Galvez to the independence of the United States.
1978-10-10: Measure passed House.