A bill to further amend the Older Americans Act of 1965, as amended, to establish a program under which institutions of higher education may receive grants to defray 55 per centum of the tuition costs of older persons attending such institutions on a tuition-free basis, and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Mental Health Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Health Maintenance Organization Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for optometric and medical vision care.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to include dental care, eye care, hearing aids, physical checkups, and foot care among the items and services for which payment may be made under the supplementary medical insurance program, and to provide safeguards against consumer abuse in the provision of these items and services.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to authorize payment under the supplementary medical insurance program for preventive services furnished in the screening, testing, diagnosis, and treatment of individuals for hypertension.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to partially exclude interest from savings from the gross income of certain taxpayers.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sound Recording Performance Rights Amendment
1979-01-18: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1979
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
Medicare Home Health Amendments of 1979
1979-03-01: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Senior Citizens Health Insurance Reform Act of 1979
1979-03-05: 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.
Self-Reliant Development and International Food Assistance Reform Act of 1979
1979-03-07: Referred to House Committee on Foreign Affairs.
Domestic Violence Prevention and Services Act
1980-12-09: Similar provisions inserted in S. 3259 as passed Senate.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a disabled individual suffering from a terminal illness.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oil Imports Act of 1979
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act of 1979
1979-05-16: Provisions inserted in H. R. 39 as passed House with amendment.
Unemployment Compensation Reinsurance Act of 1979
1979-05-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to extend for an additional year the provisions which allow taxpayers to treat as deductible expenses certain expenditures to remove architectural and transportation barriers to the handicapped and elderly.
1979-05-22: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Small Community Library Services Assistance Act
1979-05-24: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.