96th Congress, 1979-1980
Scope and Contents
96th Congress
Co-sponsorship
S. 123 To amend the Social Security Act to provide for the payment under Medicare of services by psychologists
S. 189 To amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to direct the Secretary of Commerce to cooperate with the Secretary of the Navy and the maritime industry in establishing an adequate and well-balanced fleet
S. 197 To amend the definition of the term "qualified vessel" under a capital construction fund
S. 199 To amend the Shipping Act, 1916, to strengthen the provisions prohibiting rebating practices in the United States foreign trades
S. 422 To authorize reduced postage rates for certain mail matter sent to Members of Congress
S. 464 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to expand the category of targeted groups for whom the new employee credit is available to include displaced homemakers
S. 465 To authorize the spouses of certain former members of the armed forces of the United States to use the services and facilities of post exchanges and commissaries
S. 466 To require that skilled nursing homes furnishing services under the Medicare and Medicaid programs be adequately equipped with wheelchairs and other appropriate equipment and supplies
S. 467 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs may furnish outpatient dental services and treatment for a non-service-connected disability to any war veteran who has a service-connected disability of 80 per centum or more
S. 468 To allow an additional income exemption for a taxpayer or his spouse who is deaf or deaf-blind
S. 469 To amend chapter 67 of title 10, United States Code, to grant eligibility for retired pay to certain reservists who did not perform active duty before August 16, 1945, and for other purposes
S. 470 To amend title 10 of the United States Code relating to retention in active status of certain officers
S. 471 To amend title 10, United States Code, to authorize former members of the armed forces who are totally disabled as the result of a service-connected disability to travel on military aircraft in the same manner and to the same extent as retired members of the armed forces are permitted to travel on such aircraft
S. 472 To amend section 1002 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the burial in a national cemetery of the parents of certain members of the Armed Forces who die in active service
S. 473 To amend section 1003 of title 38, United States Code, relating to memorial areas and appropriate memorials to honor the memory of certain deceased members of the Armed Forces whose remains were buried at sea, have not been identified, or were non- recoverable
S. 474 To amend chapter 34 of title 38, United States Code, to authorize the Administrator of Veterans' Affairs to extend, under certain circumstances, the period within which a veteran must complete a program of education under such chapter
S. 476 To amend title I of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to prohibit the reduction of disability payments under employer-maintained disability compensation plans whenever certain social security benefit payments are increased
S. 656 To amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of services rendered by a certified nurse-midwife under the Medicare and Medicaid programs
S. 657 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for access to a certified nurse-midwife without prior referral in the Federal employee health benefits program
S. 753 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to increase the amount of the credit for the elderly and to adjust the adjusted gross income limitation
S. 758 To authorize appropriations for the fiscal years 1980 and 1981 under the International Investment Survey Act of 1976, and for other purposes
S. 907 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide benefits for widowed fathers certain other changes so that benefits for husbands, widowers, and fathers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives, widows, and mothers
S. 909 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to make available to the State of Hawaii certain physical facilities not needed by the Army at Fort DeRussy, Hawaii, for the establishment of a mental health clinic in such facilities
S. 911 To direct the Secretary of Navy to develop the technology necessary for clearing unexploded ordnance from land and waters with certain characteristics in order to determine the feasibility and cost of clearing the island of Kahoolawe, Hawaii, and adjacent waters of ordnance and other debris
S. 915 A bill to direct the Secretary of the Army to determine the validity of the claims of certain Filipinos who assert that they performed military service on behalf of the United States during World War II, and for other purposes
S. 916 Native Hawaiian Education Act
S. 920 To authorize the Secretary of the Navy to convey certain real property in the State of Hawaii to the present lessees of such real property
S. 925 Minority Concerns Act of 1979
S. 1008 A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for inclusion of the services of licensed to registered nurses under Medicare and Medicaid
S. 1162 A bill to amend section 8e of the Agricultural Adjustment Act, as reenacted and amended by the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937, to provide that when papayas produced in the United States are made subject to any regulations with respect to grade, size, quality, or maturity, imported papayas shall be made subject to the same regulation
S. 1230 A bill to amend the Social Security Act with respect to health programs authorized by it, and for other purposes
S. 1238 A bill to amend the Social Security Act to provide for the direct reimbursement of qualified psychiatric nurses under Medicare and Medicaid
S. 1239 A bill to amend title 5, United States Code, to provide for access to qualified professional psychiatric nurse practitioners without prior referral in the Federal employee health benefits program
S. 1281 An act to revitalize the pleasure cruise industry by clarifying and waiving certain restrictions in the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, and the Merchant Marine Act, 1920, to permit the entry of the steamship vessel "United States", steamship vessel "Oceanic Independence", steamship vessel "Santa Rosa", and the steamship vessels "Mariposa" and "Monterey" into the trade
S. 1365 A bill to direct the Secretary of the department in which the United States Coast Guard is operating to cause the vessel Independence to be documented as a vessel of the United States so as to be entitled to engage in the coastwise trade
S. 1457 A bill to amend the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to further promote the development of the United States-dry bulk fleet, and for other purposes
S. 1458 A bill to further the development and maintenance of an adequate and well-balanced American merchant marine by requiring that certain mail of the United States be carried on vessels of United States registry
S. 1459 A bill to amend section 502 of the Merchant Marine Act, 1936
S. 1460 Ocean Shipping Act of 1979
S. 1462 Bilateral Liner Shipping Act of 1979
S. 1463 Shipping Reform Act of 1979
S. 1474 National Merchant Marine Policy Act
S. 1496 Motor Carrier Regulatory Improvement Act of 1979
S. 1497 Motor Carrier Efficiency and Regulatory Improvement Act of 1979
S. 1570 A bill to amend section 203 of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 to authorize the donation of surplus real or personal property for use in connection with a public harbor
S. 1647 Internment Bill to establish Commission to gather facts to determine if any wrong was committed against American citizens and permanent resident aliens affected by Executive Order 9066 (1979)
S. 1650 Development of Aqua-culture in United States and for other purposes (1979)
S. 2131 To Establish the Hawaiian Native Claims Study Commission
S. 2176 A bill to amend titles XVIII and XIX of the Social Security Act to provide for the coverage of clinical social work services under the supplementary medical insurance benefits program and the Medicaid program
S. 2204 A bill to de-authorize the navigation project for the Kalihi Channel at the Honolulu Harbor, Hawaii and for other purposes
S. 2248 A bill to amend the International Travel Act of 1961 to authorize additional appropriations, and for other purposes
S. 2322 Maritime Appropriation Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1981
S. 2492 Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion Act of 1980
S. 2643 Emergency Child Health Services Act of 1980
S. 2644 - S. 2645 Gerontological nurse practitioners
S. 2788 Federal Reports Authorship Disclosure Act of 1980
S. 2790 Contracts limits for Federal Agencies during last 3 months of a fiscal year
S. 3002 Cooperation between U.S. Government & Service Sector
S. 3003 U.S. Service Industry Promotion
S. 3073 CHAMPUS Vision Care
S. 3161 Medical Malpractice
S. 3261 Amend Sec. 222 of Communications Act of 1934
S. J. Res. 59 Proclamation designating the second week in May of each year as "Municipal Clerks Week"
S. J. Res. 101 National Part Week
S. J. Res. 182 Operating Room Nurse Resolution
Dates
- Creation: 1979-1980
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