Food Additive Safety Amendments
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 5 of the United States Code to establish a uniform procedure for congressional review of agency rules which may be contrary to law or inconsistent with congressional intent, to expand opportunities for public participation in agency rulemaking.
1977-04-06: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Drug Pushers Elimination Act
1977-04-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to require as a condition of assistance under such Act that law enforcement agencies have in effect a binding law enforcement officers' bill of rights.
1977-04-28: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a taxpayer to deduct, or to claim a credit for, amounts paid as tuition to provide an education for himself, for his spouse, or for his dependents.
1977-04-28: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill providing that the tax treatment of certain transportation expenses between a taxpayer's residence and place of work shall be determined without regard to Revenue Ruling 76-453.
1977-05-05: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mobile Teachers Retirement Assistance Act
1977-05-09: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 to require State educational agencies to establish basic standards of educational proficiency applicable to secondary school students.
1977-05-11: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to exempt nonprofit volunteer firefighting or rescue organizations from the Federal excise taxes on gasoline, diesel fuel, and certain other articles and services.
1977-05-13: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mobile Source Emission Control Amendments
1977-05-17: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to prohibit the expenditure of Federal funds for the conversion to the metric system of measurements posted on highways without a direct authorization by the Congress for such expenditure.
1977-05-17: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Lifeline and Electric Rate Reform Act
1977-05-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Department of Education Act
1977-05-18: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Administrative Rule Making Reform Act
1977-05-18: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend section 306(a) the Consolidated Farm and Rural Development Act to prescribe criteria for determining the amount of grants made under such section, to prescribe the priority of applicants for loans and grants under such section.
1977-05-26: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Defense Production Act Amendments
1977-05-26: Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Product Liability Insurance Tax Equity Act
1977-06-24: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to provide for the regulation of utility pole attachments.
1977-06-28: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to direct the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one-year review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives, including information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals and whether there should be a weighing of risks and benefits in making regulatory decisions respecting such additives, and to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to permit the continued use of saccharin as a food, food additive, drug, and cosmetic for 18 months.
1977-06-27: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Social Security Benefit Decoupling Act
1977-07-21: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.