A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to preserve the eligibility of certain children for assistance through grade 3, notwithstanding improvements in their reading aptitude.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Youth Camp Safety Act
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
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.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide that the changes made by the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to the exclusion for sick pay shall only apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
1977-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Displaced Homemakers Act
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Minority Enterprise Act
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to provide grants to establish demonstration programs to educate, motivate, and encourage secondary school students from disadvantaged backgrounds to pursue professional training at the graduate level in the biomedical sciences.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to include eligible drugs, requiring a physician's prescription or certification and approved by a formulary committee, among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to extend to all unmarried individuals the full tax benefits of income splitting now enjoyed by married individuals filing joint returns; and to remove rate inequities for married persons where both are employed.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Service Contract Act of 1965 to extend its coverage to professional employees.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Child Exploitation Prevention Act
1977-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Library Services and Construction Act to extend the authorizations of appropriations contained in such act.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to prohibit the use of Federal funds for certain activities designed to support or defeat any legislation or legislative issue on the ballot in any State.
1977-03-07: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make certain that individuals otherwise eligible for medicaid benefits do not lose such eligibility, or have the amount of such benefits reduced, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of aid to families with dependent children and recipients of supplemental security income benefits will not have the amount of such aid or benefits reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide that certain cost of living and other increased benefits received under title II of the Social Security Act will not be considered as income for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in the food stamp program and for the purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in certain programs concerning surplus agricultural commodities.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Privacy Protection for Rape Victims Act
1977-03-09: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Concurrent resolution authorizing a bust or statue of Martin Luther King, Jr., to be placed in the Capitol.
1977-01-17: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.