To designate the United States Postal Service building located at 400 Edgmont Avenue, Chester, Pennsylvania, as the "Thomas P. Foglietta Post Office Building".
1998-10-06: Received in the Senate.
To maintain health care coverage for veterans by the Department of Veterans Affairs for tobacco related illnesses, and to provide for additional authorization of appropriations for the Department.
1998-05-22: Referred to the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Justice for Atomic Veterans Act of 1998
1998-08-12: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Bulletproof Vest Partnership Grant Act of 1998
1998-05-12: Laid on the table. See S. 1605 for further action. (consideration: CR H3068)
To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that in the case of past-due benefits awarded an individual pursuant to a proceeding before the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, the payment of attorneys fees with respect to such award may not exceed 20 percent of the award.
1997-10-09: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
Patient Safety Act of 1997
1997-03-31: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Health Care Consumer Protection Act of 1997
1997-12-10: Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
Veterans Sexual Trauma Treatment Act
1997-07-30: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
TEA 21 bill
1998-06-09: Became Public Law No: 105-178.
To amend title 38, United States Code, to expand workstudy for eligible veterans, and for other purposes.
1997-07-16: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
To amend title 32, United States Code, to provide that performance of honor guard functions at funerals for veterans by members of the National Guard may be recognized as a Federal function for National Guard purposes.
1997-11-06: See H.R.1119.
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200.
1997-07-25: Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Public Safety Employer-Employee Cooperation Act of 1997
1997-05-06: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2178)
ISTEA Reauthorization Act of 1997
1998-06-09: See H.R.2400.
To amend title 49, United States Code, to clarify the application of the Act popularly known as the "Death on the High Seas Act" to aviation incidents.
1998-04-21: Subcommittee on Surface Transportation. Hearings held.
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) Research, Treatment, and Assistance Act of 1997
1997-06-26: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
Army Reserve-National Guard Equity Reimbursement Act
1997-12-17: Became Public Law No: 105-152.
To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to carve out from payments to Medicare+Choice organizations amounts attributable to disproportionate share hospital payments and pay such amounts directly to those disproportionate share hospitals in which their enrollees receive care.
1997-10-28: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E2099)
To amend title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to furnish headstones or markers for the marked graves of certain individuals.
1997-09-25: Referred to the Subcommittee on Benefits.
To designate the United States Post Office located at 450 North Centre Street in Pottsville, Pennsylvania, as the "Peter J. McCloskey Postal Facility".
1997-11-19: Became Public Law No: 105-99.