A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse may qualify for benefits on the basis of a marriage which lasted for as few as 5 years (instead of only on the basis of a marriage which lasted for 10 or more years as at present) in the case of certain late-life divorces.
1980-05-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with foreign governments to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks into the United States.
1980-09-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Women in Science and Technology Equal Opportunity Act
1979-09-17: Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to eliminate the benefit reduction presently applicable to individuals receiving support and maintenance from families with whom they are living, to continue SSI payments for three months when a beneficiary is institutionalized, to provide for the monitoring of the SSI trial work period provisions, and to make it clear that SSI benefits (for up to three months) may be paid on the basis of presumptive mental (as well as physical) disability.
1979-02-26: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to establish a coordinated, integrated, expedited, and simplified process for decision making in regard to significant non-nuclear energy projects, and for other purposes.
1979-10-19: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Sound Recording Performance Rights Amendment
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution to provide for the designation of August 31, 1980, as "Working Mother's Day".
1980-08-22: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Sludge Management Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should request the United Nations to establish an international presence in the refugee encampments on the border between Thailand and Kampuchea, and for other purposes.
1980-02-05: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow individuals to compute the amount of the deduction for payments into retirement savings on the basis of the compensation of their spouses, and for other purposes.
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
District Heating Act of 1980
1980-05-21: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
National Digestive Diseases Prevention, Cure, and Control Act
1979-07-17: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act for the purpose of improving certain provisions of the medicare program.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide for the striking of medals in commemoration of Maggie Lena Walker.
1980-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Domestic Steel Industry Protection Act of 1980
1980-04-16: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should establish a Presidential task force to achieve the fullest possible accounting of prisoners of war and other individuals missing in Southeast Asia as a result of the Vietnam conflict.
1977-02-22: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
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 65 or older or who are recipients of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act.
1979-02-13: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1980
1979-07-27: Measure laid on table in House, S. 640 passed in lieu.
Comprehensive Anti-Inflation Act of 1979
1979-05-01: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Comprehensive Anti-Inflation Act
1978-08-14: Referred to House Committee on Rules.