Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to make scholarship grants to individuals attending medical schools on the condition that such individuals will serve in Veterans' Administration facilities for a certain period of time upon completion of professional training.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to provide financial aid to local fire departments in the purchase of advanced firefighting equipment.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Science and Technology.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to treat the amounts paid for custodial care by institutions of certain dependents as amounts paid for medical care.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide for adjustment in the dollar limitations for purposes of the retirement income credit in order to make the tax benefits accorded to retirement income comparable to those accorded to social security income.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to require automatic sprinkler systems in all nursing facilities and intermediate care facilities certified for participation in the medicare or medicaid program, and to provide for direct low-interest Federal loans to assist such facilities in constructing or purchasing and installing automatic sprinkler systems.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit a State, under its section 218 agreement, to terminate social security coverage for State or local policemen or firemen without affecting the coverage of other public employees who may be members of the same coverage group(and to permit the reinstatement of coverage for such other employees in certain cases where the group's coverage has previously been terminated).
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Elderly and Handicapped Americans Transportation Services Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A bill to incorporate the Italian American War Veterans of the United States, Inc.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to provide for additional sentences for commission of a felony with use of a firearm.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968 to add a requirement that the comprehensive State plan include provisions for attention to the special problems of prevention, treatment, and other aspects of crimes against the elderly.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title VII of the Public Health Service Act to train certain veterans, with appropriate experience as paramedical personnel, to serve as medical assistants in long-term health care facilities.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Flammable Fabrics Act to extend the provisions of that act to construction materials used in the interiors of homes, offices, and other places of assembly or accommodation, and to authorize the establishment of toxicity standards.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to require the submission of reports to the Congress prior to the issuance of a license for the export of certain arms, ammunition, or implements of war.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish a National Law Enforcement Heroes Memorial within the District of Columbia.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Federal Medical Malpractice Insurance Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
National Mental Health and Disability Advocacy Services Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide a penalty for unlawful assault upon policemen, firemen, and other law enforcement personnel.
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Prepaid Prescription Program Negotiation Act
1977-01-04: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.