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.
Export Administration Act Amendments of 1979
1979-09-25: Measure laid on table in House, S. 737 passed in lieu.
A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to allow certain married individuals who file separate returns to be taxed as unmarried individuals.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Sunset Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
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.
Controlled Substances Sentencing Amendments of 1979
1979-04-24: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
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.
State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1979
1979-04-24: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
Electric Vehicle Act of 1979
1979-04-25: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to provide for a comparison study of the costs and other factors associated with establishment of reimbursement guidelines for respiratory therapy.
1979-09-14: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to incorporate the Gold Star Wives of America.
1980-11-17: Measure laid on table in House, S. 1179 passed in lieu.
A bill to amend the Community Mental Health Centers Act to provide for further research and services with regard to victims of rape.
1979-05-07: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Two Step Budget Process Act of 1978
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to provide that blind persons may not be employed at less than the applicable minimum wage under that Act.
1979-04-26: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Elementary and Secondary Education Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Higher Education Tuition Tax Credit Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to provide for the issuance of four postage stamps to commemorate Walter Philip Reuther and other American labor leaders.
1979-05-02: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
A bill to incorporate the United States Submarine Veterans of World War II.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title 10 of the United States Code to establish procedures providing members of the Armed Forces redress of grievances arising from acts of brutality or other cruelties, and acts which abridge or deny rights guaranteed to them by the Constitution of the United States, suffered by them while serving in the Armed Forces.
1973-02-06: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.