A joint resolution to authorize the President to issue a proclamation designating the Sunday following Fire Service Recognition Day as Memorial Sunday for firefighters who have been disabled or killed in the line of duty during the preceding year.
1978-03-21: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to provide that the changes made by the Tax Reform Act of 1976 to the exclusion for sick pay shall only apply to taxable years beginning after December 31, 1976.
1977-01-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Health Security Act
1977-01-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Subsequently: Human Resources).
A bill to restore the freedom to use gold clauses in contracts.
1977-01-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs.
A bill to amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act of 1933, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to subject imported tomatoes to restrictions comparable to those applicable to domestic tomatoes.
1977-07-25: Measure passed Senate.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the annual amount which individuals may earn without suffering deductions from their social security benefits, and to provide a graduated reduction in benefits for widows and widowers who remarry.
1977-01-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of services by psychologists.
1977-01-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Medicare-Medicaid Anti-Fraud and Abuse Amendments
1977-09-30: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate (Text as reported inserted in H.R. 3).
A bill to promote public confidence in the legislative, executive and judicial branches of the Government of the United States.
1977-01-10: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations (Subsequently: Governmental Affairs).
A bill to repeal the earnings limitation of the Social Security Act for all workers age 65 and over.
1977-01-11: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Opportunities Industrialization Centers Skills Training and National Community Based Organizations Job Creation and Employment Act
1977-01-11: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Subsequently: Human Resources).
A bill requiring the President to suspend economic assistance, military assistance, Government and commercial sales of arms, Export-Import Bank loans, and the generalized system of preferences to any country that willfully aids or abets terrorism.
1977-01-12: Referred to Senate Committee on the Judiciary.
Natural Gas Act Amendments
1977-02-21: Rereferred to Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Food Stamp Act of 1977
1977-09-29: Public Law 95-113.
An Act to amend title 10, United States Code, to prohibit union organization of the armed forces, membership in military labor organizations by members of the armed forces, and recognition of military labor organizations by the Government, and for other purposes.
1978-11-08: Public Law 95-610.
Displaced Homemakers Act
1977-01-24: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Subsequently: Human Resources).
A bill to prohibit travel at Government expense outside the United States by Members of Congress who are not reelected to the succeeding Congress.
1977-01-25: Referred to Senate Committee on Government Operations (Subsequently: Governmental Affairs).
A bill to amend section 1662(a) of title 38, United States Code, to extend the delimiting period for completion of education for certain veterans and under certain conditions.
1977-10-19: Measure indefinitely postponed in Senate, H.R. 8701 passed in lieu.
National Meals-on-Wheels Act
1977-01-31: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare (Subsequently: Human Resources).
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.
1977-01-31: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.