A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow the charitable deduction to taxpayers whether or not they itemize their personal deductions.
1979-02-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sunset Program Evaluation Act of 1979
1979-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A joint resolution designating July 18, 1980 as "National P.O.W.-M.I.A. Recognition Day".
1980-07-21: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate.
A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide for the reallotment of unused social services funds, in any fiscal year, to States which will use such funds during the succeeding year in furnishing services aimed at preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by making home or community care available; to provide additional Federal matching for multipurpose senior center programs; and to provide for the standardization of eligibility requirements for the funding of senior centers.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the enforcement of standards relating to the rights of patients in certain medical facilities.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to the denouncement and internal exile of Nobel Laureate Andrei Sakharov.
1980-01-23: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979
1979-01-25: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A concurrent resolution authorizing a statue of Frederick Douglass to be placed in the Capitol.
1980-02-26: Referred to House Committee on House Administration.
A bill to require committee reports on proposed legislation to contain statements of the reporting and recordkeeping requirements which will be imposed on individuals, private industry, and State and local governments as a result of the enactment of such proposed legislation.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A concurrent resolution calling for an international conference on Cambodia.
1979-12-19: Measure passed Senate.
A concurrent resolution accepting the gift of a red oak tree as a symbol of the hopes of the American people for the immediate release of the hostages in Iran and dedicating the tree to the principles of individual freedom and world peace.
1980-09-22: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A resolution asking that the assets owned by the Islamic Republic of Iran within the jurisdiction of the United States be seized in payment of debts owed by the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United States of America; in reparation for damages to United States property under the protection of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and for compensation to American citizens illegally held hostage by agents of the government of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
1979-11-26: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that April 22, 1980, should be celebrated as "Earth Day, 1980".
1980-04-02: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
A resolution amending rule XXXII of the rules of the House.
1979-01-31: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Sound Recording Performance Rights Amendment
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Consumer Credit Protection Act to prohibit discrimination on the basis of geography in the issuance and use of credit cards.
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that renewal commissions, received by a retired insurance agent from life insurance policies which were sold by him before his retirement, shall not be taken into account in determining his net earnings from self-employment for purposes of the earnings test.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Older Americans Civil Rights Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A joint resolution to designate the 16th day of March of each year, the anniversary of the birth date of James Madison, as "Freedom of Information Day".
1980-08-27: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980
1980-12-11: Public Law 96-511.