A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that remarriage of the surviving spouse of a veteran after age 60 shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation.
1981-01-05: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to reaffirm the fact that benefits payable thereunder are exempt from all taxation.
1981-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to entitle Civil Air Patrol Cadets 18 years of age and older to compensation available to Civil Air Patrol senior members in the event of disability or death, and to increase the level of compensation available to both.
1982-02-03: Subcommittee Hearings Held.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase from $255 to $750 the lump sum death payment which will be made in the case of an insured individual who dies leaving a relatively small estate.
1981-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Drug Benefits for the Aged Act of 1981
1981-02-06: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
A bill to amend title XIX of the Social Security Act to permit States to establish flexible income contribution and resource standards for couples in which one spouse is in a nursing home.
1981-02-06: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of a transition benefit to the spouse of an insured individual upon such individual's death if such spouse has attained age fifty and is not otherwise immediately eligible for benefits.
1981-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the widow's or widower's insurance benefits to which a disabled individual becomes entitled before attaining age 60 shall not be less than the amount (711/2 percent of the deceased spouse's primary insurance amount) to which they would have been reduced if the first month of such entitlement had been the month in which such individual attained that age.
1981-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the automatic cost-of-living increases in benefits which are authorized thereunder may be made on a semiannual basis (rather than only on an annual basis as at present).
1981-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Act to Combat International Terrorism
1981-03-02: Executive Comment Requested from Commerce, DOT, Justice, State, Treasury.
A bill to amend chapter 44 of title 18 of the United States Code to extend the mandatory penalty feature of the prohibition against the use of firearms in Federal felonies, and for other purposes.
1981-02-19: Referred to Subcommittee on Crime.
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, and for other purposes.
1981-01-05: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to promote the care and treatment of veterans in State veterans' homes.
1981-01-05: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Older Americans Civil Rights Act of 1981
1981-02-17: Referred to Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a husband and wife may elect to split their earnings for social security purposes upon the retirement of either or both of them, or upon their divorce, and to equalize the benefits payable to a retired worker and his or her spouse (on such worker's wage record) if they have not so elected.
1981-02-02: Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
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.
1981-02-06: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
A bill to permit the introduction or delivery for introduction of laetrile into interstate commerce without the approval of a new drug application under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act.
1981-02-06: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code in order to provide mortgage protection life insurance to certain veterans unable to acquire commercial life insurance because of service-connected disabilities.
1981-01-05: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Guillain-Barre Syndrome Compensation Commission Act
1981-02-17: Referred to Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
National Vitiligo Control Act of 1981
1981-02-06: Referred to Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.