A bill to provide the congressional authorization required by clause 2, section 3, article IV of the Constitution, for the transfer to Panama of the property of the United States in the Canal Zone; to authorize the appropriations required by clause 7, section 9, article I of the Constitution, to implement that transfer of United States property, including the transfer of military installations and of cemeteries in which United States veterans are interred, the closing of the Canal Zone courts, and the assumption by the United States Postal Service of the functions of the Canal Zone postal service; to otherwise provide legislatively the authorizations not provided pursuant to clause 2, section 2, article II of the Constitution which are necessary to implement the Panama Canal Treaty of 1977 and related agreements; and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on International Relations (Subsequently: Foreign Affairs).
A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, to define the term "navigable waters" as it applies to Corps of Engineers responsibility and authority to regulate the discharge of dredged or fill material.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Public Works and Transportation.
National Dividend Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to provide that any individual may elect (on an annual basis) to contribute to a private retirement plan rather than participating in the social security program.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Meat and Livestock Import Amendments of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
American Tax Reduction Act of 1979
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Soft Drink Interbrand Competition Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
A bill to amend title 38 of the United States Code to deny veterans' benefits to certain individuals whose discharges from active military service under less than honorable conditions are administratively upgraded under the revised standards as implemented by the Department of Defense's Special Discharge Review Program.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
A bill to repeal the Gun Control Act of 1968.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to repeal the Occupational Safety and Health Act.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
Federal Construction Costs Reduction Act of 1977
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to provide for the confidentiality of medical and/or dental records of patients not receiving assistance from the Federal Government, and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce.
Federal Reserve Board of Directors Act
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
A bill to provide that the Secretary of the Interior and the Attorney General shall not withhold water deliveries from any beneficiary of a Federal reclamation project for the purpose of achieving conformity with the reclamation rules and regulations proposed by the Bureau of Reclamation, Department of the Interior until January 1, 1980.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to provide that the Secretary of Labor may conduct inspections at the workplace of an employer only after the issuance of a search warrant.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to prohibit restrictions on work rules in locations in which there is hunting, fishing, or shooting sports, and for other purposes.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.
A bill to amend the Federal Reserve Act to provide that the chairman and vice chairman of the Board shall continue to serve until their successors are designated and have qualified.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs.
Antitrust Law Labor Amendments of 1977
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on the Judiciary.
A bill to amend the Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1970 to exempt small businesses having no more than ten (10) full-time employees or the equivalent thereof, and does not have an occupational injury incidence rate exceeding seven (7) per hundred (100) full-time employees based upon the annual Bureau of Labor Statistics survey of 3 and 4-digit Standard Industrial Classification Code industries.
1979-01-15: Referred to House Committee on Education and Labor.