Age Discrimination in Employment Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A concurrent resolution concerning the fifth anniversary of the Helsinki Accords and calling for prominent attention to human rights concerns at the Madrid conference.
1980-08-01: Measure passed Senate.
A bill to amend the Federal Power Act to permit the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to enter into agreements with States under which State authorities may exercise the licensing authority of the Commission with respect to small hydroelectric projects at existing dams, and for other purposes.
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979
1979-12-14: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A resolution expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the failure of the Government of Chile to extradite Manuel Contreras, Armando Fernandez, and Pedro Espinoza to the United States, and to urge the President to take certain actions with respect to Chile.
1979-10-16: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
A concurrent resolution urging the International Whaling Commission to implement a 10-year moratorium on the commercial killing of whales.
1977-10-05: Referred to House Committee on International Relations.
Homeownership Opportunity Act of 1979
1979-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend the Equal Credit Opportunity Act to prohibit discrimination against any applicant for credit on the basis of the geographical location of the applicant's residence.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Wildlife on Federal Lands Trapping Act of 1979
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide medicare benefits for individuals who require total parenteral nutrition (TPN) as a result of intestinal surgery.
1977-07-13: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to prohibit electric and gas utilities from charging higher rates to residential customers who conserve energy or utilize alternative energy sources, and for other purposes.
1979-03-12: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to eliminate certain restrictions on excess shelter expense deductions with respect to households which are composed entirely of persons who are age 62 or older or who are recipients of benefits under title XVI of the Social Security Act and to allow deductions for certain medical and dental expenses in the computation of incomes for such households.
1979-03-06: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to provide that ionization smoke detectors shall bear a label specifying that they contain radioactive materials.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Personal Safety Firearms Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Oil Import Purchase Authority Act of 1979
1979-02-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of aid to families with dependent children, and recipients of assistance or benefits under certain other Federal and federally assisted programs will not have the amount of such benefits, aid, or assistance reduced because of post-1974 increases in monthly social security benefits.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Civil Rights Amendments Act of 1979
1979-02-08: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A joint resolution authorizing the President to enter into negotiations with foreign governments to limit the importation of automobiles and trucks into the United States.
1980-12-04: Reported to Senate from the Committee on Finance with amendment (without written report).
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to subject foreign investors to the capital gains tax on gain from the sale or exchange of certain farmland and other rural land located in the United States.
1979-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to prevent famine and establish freedom from hunger by increasing world food production through the development of land-grant type universities in agriculturally developing nations.
1975-01-30: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs (Subsequently: International Relations).