Elementary and Secondary Career Education Act
1977-02-17: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Youth Camp Safety Act
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to provide that social security benefit increases occurring after May 1977 shall not be considered as income or resources for the purposes of determining the eligibility for or amount of assistance which any individual or family is provided under certain Federal housing laws.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to make certain that individuals otherwise eligible for medicaid benefits do not lose such eligibility, or have the amount of such benefits reduced, because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to make certain that recipients of veterans' pension and compensation will not have the amount of such pension or compensation reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to provide that certain cost-of-living and other increased benefits received under title II of the Social Security Act will not be considered as income for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in the food stamp program and for purposes of determining eligibility and the amount of benefits of participants in certain programs concerning surplus agricultural commodities.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits will not have the amount of such aid or benefits reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits.
1977-02-24: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend part B of title XI of the Social Security Act to assure appropriate participation by professional registered nurses in the peer review, and related activities authorized thereunder.
1977-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Displaced Homemakers Act
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Older Persons Comprehensive Counseling Assistance Act
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to extend the emergency unemployment compensation program for an additional year.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to include eligible drugs, requiring a physician's prescription or certification and approved by a formulary committee, among the items and services covered under the hospital insurance program.
1977-03-02: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
National Climate Program Act
1977-03-03: Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
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.
A bill to amend the National Labor Relations Act to provide that the duty to bargain collectively includes bargaining with respect to retirement benefits for retired employees.
1977-03-16: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to provide that all Federal employees described in section 15 of such act shall be covered under the provisions of such act regardless of their age.
1977-03-16: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to simplify tax preparation by allowing individuals whose income consists solely of employee compensation and interest to elect to have the Internal Revenue Service compute their income tax liability.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to remove all limits on the number of home health visits for which payment be made under both part A and part B (eliminating the requirement of prior hospitalization in the case of home health care under part A), to include additional types of services as home health care, to provide coverage for preventive care under part B, to provide coverage for services furnished in outpatient rehabilitation facilities and elderly day care centers, to improve the administration of the medicare program.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow a deduction to taxpayers who contribute the right to use certain real property to charitable organizations for outpatient geriatric clinics or for multipurpose senior centers.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to promote the provision and availability of necessary health services for the elderly by expanding existing programs of grants for home health services, requiring the inclusion of specified preventive and home health services under the medicaid program and making various improvements in the administration of such program, providing assistance to demonstration and pilot projects for home health and supportive services (including demonstration grants for community care), and authorizing grants for annual health fairs and mobile geriatric health units.
1977-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.