[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 139 Introduced in Senate (IS)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 139

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

                            January 21, 1997

Mr. Faircloth (for himself, Mr. Lott, Mr. Helms, Mr. Bennett, Mr. Kyl, 
  Mr. Smith of New Hampshire, Mr. Thurmond, Mr. Bond, and Mr. Shelby) 
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. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security and Medicare Trust 
Funds Protection Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. 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: ``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) Part a trust fund.--Section 1817(h) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395i(h)) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following: ``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) Part b trust fund.--Section 1841(g) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1395t(g)) is amended by adding at the 
        end the following: ``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 apply to 
any collective bargaining agreement entered into after the date of 
enactment of this Act.
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