A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for disability benefits, to liberalize the earnings test, to permit adopted children to qualify for benefits without regard to time of adoption, to eliminate the reconsideration stage in benefit determinations, to provide for the issuance of duplicate benefit checks where the initial checks are lost or delayed, and to provide for expedited benefit payments to disability beneficiaries.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Right to Financial Privacy Act
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Sequoia National Park Enlargement Act
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Regulatory Agency Self-Destruct Act
1977-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to require that specific alien and citizenship status information be provided prior to the issuance of a social security card, to require that social security cards which cannot be duplicated be issued, to require that these cards be presented to employers by prospective employees before obtaining employment, to provide penalties against employers for violating the provisions of this act.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code so as to entitle veterans of the Mexican border period and of World War I to pension on the same basis as veterans of the Spanish-American War and to entitle widows of such veterans to equivalent pensions.
1977-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that such Act shall not apply to employers, including farming operations, having 25 or fewer employees.
1977-03-09: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Young Farmers Homestead Act
1977-03-10: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Veterans Judicial Review Act
1977-03-14: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that when an adverse decision is made on a claim for benefits thereunder, the claimant shall have the right to reconsideration, including an informal conference and a statement of the case, prior to hearing; to impose time limits and make other improvements in the procedures for determining such claims.
1977-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Emergency Feed Act
1977-03-17: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Uncrazying of Federal Regulations Act
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt employers of 10 or fewer regular employees, to require the issuance of warning to employers of 25 or fewer regular employees for the first instance violations, and to bar the assessment of penalties where fewer that 10 violations are cited.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Wheat and Wheat Foods Research and Nutrition Education Act
1977-03-23: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Constituent Postal Card Act
1977-03-30: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to provide for the exclusion of industrially funded personnel in computing the total number of civilian personnel authorized by law for the Department of Defense in any fiscal year.
1977-03-31: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to facilitate the adoption or more than two children.
1977-03-30: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to extend the Rice Production Act of 1975 through the 1981 crops of rice.
1977-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Sludge Management Act
1977-04-06: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A bill to amend section 312(c) of the Federal Aviation Act of 1958, relating to research and development, to require the Secretary of Transportation to assure the development of a collision avoidance system for use on all civil and military aircraft of the United States in the interest of air safety.
1979-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.