A bill to amend the Ports and Waterways Safety Act of 1972 to provide for the award of matching grants to municipalities and public agencies in the United States to enable those authorities to protect deep- draft commercial ports and land areas adjacent to those ports from fires, explosions, or other incidents causing damage in those ports, and for other purposes.
1979-07-10: Reported to House from the Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries with amendment, H. Rept. 96-324 (Part I).
A bill to amend the Commodity Credit Corporation Charter Act to create within the CCC a National Grain Board, to provide the highest possible prices in foreign markets for American agricultural producers, and to provide price and supply stability in domestic markets.
1979-03-15: Referred to House Committee on Agriculture.
A bill to grant a Federal charter to the Italian American War Veterans of the United States.
1979-03-19: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to study and recommend to Congress the extent of non-Federal cooperation that should be required for retaining works for dredged material at water resources development projects under the jurisdiction of the Secretary of the Army.
1979-03-20: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
Urban Grant University Act of 1979
1979-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Export Administration Reform Act of 1979
1979-03-22: Referred to House Committee on Armed Services.
Asbestos School Hazard Detection and Control Act of 1979
1979-12-14: Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Human Resources.
A bill to amend title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the period from twenty-four to thirty-six months that funds allotted to a State for construction of treatment works shall remain available for obligation by the State.
1979-03-29: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
A bill to amend the Civil Rights Act of 1964 to make it an unlawful employment practice to discriminate against individuals who are physically handicapped because of such handicap.
1979-03-29: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual who applies for supplemental security income benefits on the basis of disability shall be considered presumptively disabled if he has received social security or supplemental security income benefits as a disabled individual within the preceding five years.
1979-04-02: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Fair Trade Enforcement Act of 1979
1979-04-04: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to limit the authority of the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare with respect to regulation of vitamin and mineral products for over-the-counter human use.
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
A bill to amend Public Law 85-455 to authorize and request the President to proclaim annually the seven day period beginning June 1 as "National Safe Boating Week".
1979-04-10: Referred to House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act
1980-06-24: Measure laid on table in House, S. 598 passed in lieu.
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.
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.
Controlled Substances Sentencing Amendments of 1979
1979-04-24: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
State and Local Government Cost Estimate Act of 1979
1979-04-24: Referred to House Committee on Rules.
A bill to authorize the President of the United States to present on behalf of the Congress a specially struck gold medal to John Wayne.
1979-05-23: Measure laid on table in House, S. 631 passed in lieu.
A bill to expand the medical freedom of choice of consumers by amending the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to provide that drugs will be regulated under that Act solely to assure their safety.
1977-04-25: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.