Medicare Home Health Amendments of 1979
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Senior Citizens Health Insurance Reform Act of 1979
1979-03-05: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1979
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide payment for drugs and biologicals under part B of the medicare program and with respect to post-hospital home health services.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide health and social services in a congregate setting in federally assisted housing projects for the elderly and handicapped.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to eliminate the benefit reduction which is provided for supplemental security income recipients in certain long-term care institutions when such institutions do not meet the standards established by States under section 1616(e) of the Social Security Act, to authorize payments to States to cover the cost of training and compensating personnel to inspect such institutions, and for other purposes.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for Federal participation in the costs of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program and the medicare program, with appropriate reductions in social security taxes to reflect such participation, and with a substantial increase in the amount of an individual's annual earnings which may be counted for benefit and tax purposes.
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Social Security Administration Act
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
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 62 or older or who are recipients of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act and to allow deductions for certain medical and dental expenses in the computation of incomes for such households.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
Foreign Service Retirement Amendments of 1979
1979-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide individuals a refundable credit against income tax for maintaining a household a member of which is an individual who has attained the age of 65.
1979-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to provide for the award of matching grants to municipalities and public agencies in the United States to enable those authorities to protect deep- draft commercial ports and land areas adjacent to those ports from fires, explosions, or other incidents causing damage in those ports, and for other purposes.
1979-07-10: Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 96-324 (Part I).
A bill to provide coverage for hearing aids, eyeglasses, and dentures under the medicare program.
1979-03-19: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Shipping Act Amendments of 1979
1979-06-04: Measure laid on table in House, S. 199 passed in lieu.
A bill to limit the amount of outside earned income which may be received by Members of the House of Representatives and Senators.
1979-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Fair Trade Enforcement Act of 1979
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act
1980-06-24: Measure laid on table in House, S. 598 passed in lieu.
A bill to authorize the appropriation of funds for the Benjamin Franklin National Memorial.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a terminal illness.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to proclaim May 1, 1980, as "National Save the Children Day".
1980-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.