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.
1977-05-16: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that certain aliens may not qualify for supplemental security income benefits unless they not only are permanent residents of the United States but have also continuously resided in the United States for a period of 5 years, and to provide that an alien may not be admitted to the United States unless a citizen of the United States agrees to provide support to such alien for a period of 5 years after admission.
1977-05-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Opportunities for Adoption Act
1977-05-23: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend chapter 2 of title II of the Immigration and Nationality Act to change affidavits of support signed by sponsors on behalf of incoming aliens from a moral obligation to a legal obligation.
1977-06-14: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to equalize the treatment of charitable contributions and investment tax credits for certain cooperatives and their members.
1977-06-16: 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 amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include hearing aids and dentures among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program.
1977-06-30: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to equalize the treatment of charitable contributions and investment tax credits for certain cooperatives and their members.
1977-07-12: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide for payment by the United States for certain medical services and treatment provided to U.S. citizens and permanent residents suffering from physical injuries attributable to the atomic bomb explosions on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan, in August 1945.
1977-07-20: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to establish the Channel Islands and Santa Monica Mountains National Park and Seashore in the State of California.
1977-08-04: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
World War I Pension Act
1977-09-08: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to amend the Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 to provide persons who own farm operations and businesses with more equitable compensation when they are displaced from such farm operations and businesses by the Federal Government.
1977-09-30: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A bill to provide that the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General shall not withhold water deliveries from any beneficiary of a Federal Reclamation Project for the purpose of achieving conformity with the Reclamation Rules and Regulations proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior (Federal Register, vol. 42, No. 165, August 25, 1977) until January 1, 1979.
1977-10-20: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
Farm Labor Contractor Registration Act Amendments
1977-11-04: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to revise the rule for recalculation of military retired or retainer pay to reflect later active duty with respect to later active duty performed between October 1, 1963 and October 1, 1973.
1978-06-27: Referred to Senate Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend chapter 67 of title 10, United States Code, to grant eligibility for retired pay to certain otherwise ineligible reservists who did not perform active duty during a period of war.
1977-12-15: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
A bill to amend Public Law 95-18, providing for emergency drought relief measures.
1978-02-07: Public Law 95-226.
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.
1978-02-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Communications Act of 1934 to establish requirements with respect to the broadcasting of certain professional sports clubs' games.
1978-02-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that Japanese-Americans shall be allowed civil service retirement credit for time spent in World War II internment camps.
1977-04-20: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.