[Congressional Bills 104th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 1987 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







104th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                 S. 1987

To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the 
      use of Social Security and Medicare trust funds for certain 
 expenditures relating to union representatives at the Social Security 
    Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

                             July 24, 1996

 Mr. Faircloth introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the 
      use of Social Security and Medicare trust funds for certain 
 expenditures relating to union representatives at the Social Security 
    Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. PROHIBITION OF USE OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE TRUST 
              FUNDS FOR EXPENDITURES RELATING TO UNION REPRESENTATIVES 
              AT SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION AND DEPARTMENT OF 
              HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES.

    (a) Social Security Administration.--Section 201(g)(1)(A) of the 
Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401(g)(1)(A)) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new sentence: ``Nothing in the preceding sentence 
shall be construed to authorize the use of the Trust Funds for 
expenditures for official time for employees of the Social Security 
Administration pursuant to section 7131 of title 5, United States Code, 
or for facilities or support services for labor organizations pursuant 
to policies, regulations, or procedures referred to in section 7135(b) 
of such title.''.
    (b) Department of Health and Human Services.--
            (1) Section 1817(h) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395i(h)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sentence: ``Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be 
        construed to authorize the use of the Trust Fund for 
        expenditures for official time for employees of the Department 
        of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 7131 of title 
        5, United States Code, or for facilities or support services 
        for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
        procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title.''.
            (2) Section 1841(g) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1395t(g)) is amended by adding at the end the following new 
        sentence: ``Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be 
        construed to authorize the use of the Trust Fund for 
        expenditures for official time for employees of the Department 
        of Health and Human Services pursuant to section 7131 of title 
        5, United States Code, or for facilities or support services 
        for labor organizations pursuant to policies, regulations, or 
        procedures referred to in section 7135(b) of such title.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to any collective bargaining agreement entered into after the 
date of the enactment of this Act.
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