A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the medicare program for services provided in a rehabilitation facility for the blind, and for services furnished to blind individuals by mobility therapists and rehabilitation teachers.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Long Term Care Services Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Foreign Service Retirement Amendments of 1979
1979-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Bank Holding Company Amendments of 1979
1979-03-08: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to designate the birthday of Martin Luther King, Junior, a legal holiday.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Mental Health Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the people of the Polish People's Republic should be permitted by other nations to settle their internal affairs by themselves without external intervention.
1980-08-20: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A resolution providing for the consideration of H.R. 3546, a bill to extend the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act, as amended, for one year.
1979-11-16: Measure passed House, roll call #676 (328-1).
A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress with respect to taxing Social Security benefits.
1979-12-12: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A joint resolution to authorize and request the President to issue a proclamation designating April 6 through 12, 1980, "National Medic Alert Week".
1979-03-13: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Older Americans Employment Rights Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Trade Act of 1974.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that the amount of the charitable deduction allowable for expenses incurred in the operation of a highway vehicle will be determined in the same manner as the business deduction for such expenses.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
National Home Health Clearinghouse Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide that any patient of a long-term care institution participating in the medicare or medicaid program, or otherwise receiving funds under that Act, shall have the right to terminate his or her contract with such institution upon giving reasonable advance notice, and to expressly prohibit such an institution from requiring any patient to turn over to it any income received by him or her after such notice is given.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XX of the Social Security Act to provide for the reallotment of unused social services funds, in any fiscal year, to States which will use such funds during the succeeding year in furnishing services aimed at preventing or reducing inappropriate institutional care by making home or community care available; to provide additional Federal matching for multipurpose senior center programs; and to provide for the standardization of eligibility requirements for the funding of senior centers.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A concurrent resolution expressing the appreciation to the Government of Canada for its support and assistance in securing the safe release of American embassy personnel from Iran.
1980-01-31: Referred to Senate Committee on Foreign Relations.
A joint resolution disapproving the imposition, effective March 15, 1980, by the President of fees on the importation of crude oil and gasoline.
1980-06-06: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (See H. R. 7428 for similar provisions).
A resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the week beginning on April 16th through April 22, 1978, "National Oceans Week".
1978-02-28: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.