A bill to direct the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences to conduct a one year review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives, including information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals and whether there should be a weighing of risks and benefits in making regulatory decisions respecting such additives, and to direct the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to permit the continued use of saccharin as a food, food additive, drug, and cosmetic for 18 months.
1977-06-13: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Recombinant DNA Act
1977-06-20: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Natural Gas Act to provide certain limitations on gas curtailment plans.
1977-07-19: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to direct an 18 month review and evaluation of all available information respecting the toxicity and carcinogenicity of food additives, including information respecting the ability to predict the effect on humans of food additives found to cause cancer in animals and whether there should be a weighing of risks and benefits in making regulatory decisions respecting such additives; and to prohibit the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare from taking certain action restricting the continued use of saccharin as a food, food additive, drug, and cosmetic for 18 months.
1977-07-26: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Natural Diversity Preservation Act
1977-07-29: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to provide for the personal safety of those persons engaged in furthering the foreign intelligence operations of the United States.
1977-08-03: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Hospital Cost Containment Act
1977-10-21: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend Title 18 of the United States Code to eliminate racketeering in the sale and distribution of cigarettes.
1977-10-25: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Tax Reduction Act
1977-10-27: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Psychotropic Substances Act
1977-10-27: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide for the termination of all American assistance to any country which fails to take adequate steps to control illegal trade in narcotics.
1977-11-03: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide a credit against income tax for amounts contributed to certain organizations the primary purpose of which is the support of the arts and humanities, and to allow an additional deduction for certain charitable contributions.
1977-11-03: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Flexible Parity Act
1978-02-06: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to prohibit the Board for International Broadcasting from providing funds or other assistance to Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty if they allow any Communist country to use their facilities to broadcast.
1978-02-15: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to require that States having agreements entered into thereunder will continue to make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
1978-02-23: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to require that States having agreements entered into thereunder will continue to make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
1978-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to increase the entitlement ceiling.
1978-03-16: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to place phencyclidine in Schedule I of the Controlled Substances Act, to amend the Controlled Substances Act to increase the criminal penalties under that Act for the unlawful manufacture, distribution, or dispensing of, or the possession with intent to distribute or dispense, phencyclidine and to increase the penalties under that Act for illegal distribution of phencyclidine to persons under 21 years of age, and for other purposes.
1978-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend section 218 of the Social Security Act to require that States having agreements entered into thereunder will continue to make social security payments and reports on a calendar-quarter basis.
1978-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Drug Abuse Prevention and Treatment Amendments
1978-09-18: Measure laid on table in House, S. 2916 passed in lieu.