INSURANCE

Addresses

Financial Services Deregulation—Necessity for the Insurance Industry: E. James Morton, 15034 [10JN]

Housing Cooperatives—National Association of Housing Cooperatives: Herbert H. Fisher, 38706 [19DE]

Advertisements

Malpractice insurance for nurse-midwives, 29062 [24OC]

Amendments

Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act: enact (S. 760), 6816 [28MR]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3384), 36546 [16DE]

OPIC: relative to activities (S. 947), 32150 [14NO]

Railroads: extend borrowing authority under insurance program (H.R. 3722), 37707 [18DE]

Analyses

Employee Health Care Cost Reduction Act (H.R. 1791), 6873 [28MR]

Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act (S. 760), 6220-6223 [26MR]

Insured Institutions Improvements Act (S. 759), 6211-6213 [26MR]

Overseas Private Investment Corp. Amendments Act (S. 947), 8356 [18AP]

Uniform Nondiscrimination Act (H.R. 2914), 17974 [27JN]

Articles and editorials

Ailing Uninsured and Turned Away—Americans Without Health Coverage Finding Hospital Doors Closed, 28197 [21OC]

Another Challenge to Insurers—Predicting Loss Payouts, 22727 [1AU]

Bankers Weighing Own Insurance Unit, 32468 [19NO]

Blue Cross Will Put Your Records in Your Wallet, 10880 [7MY]

Boat Insurance Crisis Triggers Industry SOS, 38711 [19DE]

Chrysler Saves $58 Million in Battle Against Health-Care Waste, 12423 [16MY]

Colleges Get Expensive Insurance, or None at All, 36354 [12DE]

Day-Care Centers Rocked by Rising Insurance Costs—High Premiums, Cancelled Policies May Close Many, 14772 [6JN]

Dilemma for Cities—Pay Rising Insurance Fees or Face Higher Risk, 30097 [31OC]

First Quarter of 1985—Hospitals Score Record Profits Under DRG's, 28196 [21OC]

14-Year Sentence in Banking Fraud, 13848 [24MY]

FTC Probes Possible Insurance Boycott, 37504 [17DE]

Guarantees of Safety for the Insurance Industry, 30352 [1NO]

Health and Federal Leadership, 15543 [12JN]

Health Care Checks Out of the Hospital, 4713 [6MR]

Health Care Industry Takes the Spotlight, 19706 [18JY], 19921 [22JY]

Health Care System Losing Moral Footing, 25323 [30SE]

Health Insurance Shortfalls Found—1 in 4 Under 65 Have Inadequate or No Coverage, HHS Says, 28198 [21OC]

Hospitals Refusing To Admit Poor—Patient's Transferred to D.C. General, 28199 [21OC]

Hutton's Top Managers Knew About Check-Kiting, Lawmaker Charges, 16898 [21JN]

Imbalance, Inequity, and Inefficiency in Health Care Financing, 21641-21643 [30JY]

John J. Creedon—Heed the Teacher, 38636 [19DE]

Keep Crime Insurance Alive, 31225 [7NO]

Liability Insurance Skyrockets—Litigation, Losses Put Industry in Crunch, 26151 [3OC]

Liability Insurance—Dilemma for Day Care, 36769 [16DE]

Liability Standards Are Not the Cause of Insurance Crisis, 36372 [12DE]

Little Life Insurance for Black Colleges, 9345 [24AP]

Many Not Insured for Maternity Costs—Study Says 1 in 4 Women of Prime Childbearing Age Lack Coverage, 28198 [21OC]

Means Test for Veterans, 23262 [10SE]

Naked Came the Insurance Buyer, 30922-30924 [6NO]

Now Even Insurers Have a Hard Time Getting Coverage, 37496 [17DE]

Nurse-Midwives and Their Struggle to Survive, 23121 [9SE]

Patients' Choices Can Save Health Insurance Providers Millions, 12521 [17MY]

Patricia Shaw, 19554 [17JY]

Premiums Push Firms, Towns To Try Self-Insurance, 36785 [16DE]

Senators—Why No Jail for GE, Hutton Execs?, 13848 [24MY]

Sinking Maritime Lobby (sundry excerpts), 20835 [26JY]

Smaller P/C Insurers Better Off, 36777 [16DE]

Taxing Health Insurance, 15792 [13JN]

Women Are Paying More for Insurance, 9361 [24AP]

Bills and resolutions

Abandoned Shipwreck Act: enact (see H.R. 25)

Arkansas: Federal Crop Insurance Corp. field office (see S. 81)

Armed Forces: benefits to certain surviving spouses (see H.R. 62)

Armed Forces Reserves: eligibility for Veterans' Group Life Insurance Program (see H.R. 1709)

Arts: coverage of works of art and documents exhibited abroad (see S. 1336)

Arts and Artifacts Indemnity Act: increase aggregate of covered loss or damage (see H.R. 1850)

Banks and banking: FDIC insurance requirement for certain institutions (see H.R. 3278)

———limitations on brokered deposits (see S. 791)

———mandatory FDIC coverage (see H.R. 1971)

———mandatory insurance for deposits or accounts (see H.R. 1564)

Blind: prohibit discrimination (see S. 1290; H.R. 2741)

Children: dependence on medical technology in the home for an extended period (see S. 1793)

Cigarettes: earmark revenues from increased taxes to Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 3630)

Consolidated Rail Corp.: insurance benefits for certain employees (see H.R. 249)

Corporations: clarify application of Clayton Act relative to rates, charges, or premiums filed with State insurance departments (see H.R. 2684)

Discrimination: prohibit (see H.R. 1793)

Employee Health Care Cost Reduction Act: enact (see H.R. 1791)

ERISA: improve single-employer plan termination insurance program (see H.R. 2811, 2813, 2995)

FCIC: prevented planting insurance (see H.R. 54)

Federal Crime Insurance Program: reauthorizing (see S. 633)

Federal employees: competitive health insurance plans (see S. 612)

———coverage of mental health services (see S. 60; H.R. 156)

———coverage of services of nurse-midwives not performed in connection with a physician (see S. 148)

———election for certain retired handicapped to resume coverage under group life insurance program (see H.R. 1853)

———eligibility of retirees for Blue Cross/Blue Shield refunds (see S. 1454; H.R. 3031)

———expand class of individuals eligible for refunds of contributions to health benefits program (see H.R. 3384)

———health insurance coverage of nurse services not performed in connection with a physician (see S. 136)

———increase Government contribution rate to health plans and extend coverage to employees separated due to reductions in force (see H.R. 156)

———miscellaneous amendments to health benefits program (see H.R. 3384)

Federal Home Loan Bank Act: amend (see S. 759; H.R. 1680)

FEMA: authorizing appropriations (see S. 666)

Financial institutions: deposit insurance of all entities that claim to be a bank (see H.R. 916)

Flood insurance: property in unintentional violation of State and local requirements (see H.R. 3533)

Fringe benefits: availability requirement for majority of employees (see H.R. 2914)

———tax treatment of certain (see H. Res. 268)

FSLIC: protection (see S. 1167; H.R. 2444)

Health: application by certain Federal employee organizations (see H.R. 873)

———continued group plan coverage for certain individuals who have changed family status (see H.R. 21)

———credit for insurance premium (see H.R. 199)

———increase Government contribution rate to Federal employee plans and extend coverage to employees separated due to reductions in force (see H.R. 156)

———national program (see H.R. 16)

Health care: pediatric preventive care included in group plans as condition for tax deduction by employer (see S. 376)

———promoting consumer choices by collecting data on costs and quality of services rendered by hospitals and clinics (see S. 379)

———uniform Federal standards for medical malpractice screening panels (see S. 175)

Health insurance: amounts received as settlement of claims for postretirement coverage (see H.R. 2220)

———availability, based on income and assets, under competitive system (see H.R. 2284)

———employer extension of plan coverage at group rates for family members of deceased, divorced, or medicare-eligible workers (see S. 1632)

———inclusion of pediatric preventive health care (see H.R. 3469)

———premiums paid by self-employers (see H.R. 3307)

Home Owners' Loan Act: amend (see S. 759; H.R. 1680)

Hospitals: final regulations mortgage insurance for public facilities (see H.R. 3859)

Housing: demonstration program of insurance of home equity conversion mortgages for elderly homeowners (see H.R. 2292)

Life insurance: condition for enacting tax reform (see S. Res. 199)

———reject any tax proposal on annual increase in value of policy (see S. Res. 165)

Long Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act: enact (see S. 1378)

Medical care: authorize OPM to waive certain insurance enrollment eligibility requirements (see S. 681)

———competitive plans for Federal employees (see S. 612)

———Federal grants to encourage State's malpractice liability reform (see H.R. 3865)

———incentives for the establishment of statewide insurance pools (see S. 1615)

———partial tax deduction for premiums paid by self-employed (see H.R. 1296)

———physicians' and surgeons' mutual protection associations (see H.R. 2261)

———State programs to assist low-income individuals (see H.R. 2696)

———statewide insurance pools for high-risk individuals (see H.R. 1770)

———system of cost sharing for individual financially unable to obtain public or private coverage (see S. 1781)

———tax incentives for statewide insurance pools for high-risk individuals (see S. 1372)

Medicare: alternative liability system for medical malpractice in case of injuries (see S. 1960; H.R. 3084)

———exemption from employment taxes imposed for hospital insurance (see H.R. 1543)

Merchant marine: admiralty and maritime liability (see H.R. 3156)

———commercial instruments and liens and public vessels and goods (see H.R. 3158)

———extension of war risk insurance (see S. 413)

———liability for personal property and goods (see H.R. 3157)

National Guard: computation of civil service benefits for certain technicians (see S. 1259)

———eligibility for Veterans' Group Life Insurance Program (see H.R. 1709)

National Housing Act: amend (see S. 759; H.R. 1680)

National lottery: establish (see H.R. 958)

National service life insurance: waive payment of premiums for certain aged (see H.R. 184)

National Voluntary Health Insurance Act: enact (see H.R. 973)

Nuclear accidents: remove liability limits for (see H.R. 445)

Nuclear facilities: modify certain limitations on amount of financial protection required for incidents (see H.R. 2665)

Physicians' and Surgeons' Mutual Protection and Indemnity Association: encourage (see H.R. 3761)

Physicians' and surgeons' mutual protection and indemnity associations: encourage formation (see S. 1357)

Railroad unemployment insurance program: consideration of H.R. 3722, extend Government borrowing authority (see H. Res. 317)

———extend Government borrowing authority (see H.R. 3722)

Railroads: extend borrowing authority under insurance program (see H.R. 3918, 3982, 3993, 3994, 3996, 4006)

———increase unemployment insurance benefits (see S. 1968)

Servicemen's and Veterans' Group Life Insurance Programs: increase maximum amount of coverage (see H.R. 1709)

Servicemen's group life insurance: increase benefits (see S. 577)

Social Security: eliminate insurance benefit disparities (see H.R. 401)

———fair and adequate financing of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 2471)

———increases in primary insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates (see H.R. 65)

———national catastrophic illness insurance program (see H.R. 165)

———optional coverage for employees of religious organizations (see S. 1229)

———standards for long-term medical care insurance (see H.R. 2293)

Taxation: deduction of certain premiums paid to establish trust for handicapped (see H.R. 2420)

———deduction of contributions to individual medical care accounts (see H.R. 3420)

———increase amount of group term life insurance provided by employer and excluded from income (see H.R. 1968)

———life insurance (see H. Res. 276)

———partial deduction of health insurance premium paid by self-employed (see H.R. 2433)

———partial deduction of health insurance premiums paid by self-employed (see H.R. 11)

———parvial deduction of health insurance premiums paid by self-employed (see S. 419)

———treatment of group-term life insurance purchased for employees (see H.R. 2083)

Veterans: mortgage protection life insurance (see H.R. 185, 1141)

———mortgage protection life insurance for certain disabled (see S. 966)

———unrestricted mortgage protection life insurance (see H.R. 1493)

Women: economic equity (see S. 1169)

———remedy to discrimination in availability and scope of coverage (see H.R. 676)

Explanations

Extend application of certain excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program (H.R. 3722), 31565 [13NO]

Medical Offer and Recovery Act (S. 1960), 36875 [17DE]

Letters

Authorizing appropriations for FEMA (S. 666): George Jett, 5208 [14MR]

Bank Definition Act (H.R. 20): Capital Holding Corp., 22799 [1AU]

———Chris Gilson, 13298 [22MY]

———Ted Bradshaw, 22027 [31JY]

———William L. Reece, 16151 [18JN]

Blue Cross-Blue Shield health benefit plan: James J. LaPenta, Jr., 13693 [23MY]

Depository Institutions Acquisition Act (H.R. 2707): Ted Bradshaw, 22027 [31JY]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: Jeffrey S. Bragg, 25628 [2OC]

Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act (S. 760): William M. Isaac, 6219 [26MR]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 3384): C. J. Nuckols, 38399 [19DE]

Improvements to financial institutions insurance systems: Edwin J. Gray, 6223 [26MR]

Liability insurance for child care centers: All My Children, Inc., 36358 [12DE]

———Representative Florio, 36358 [12DE]

Mail Handlers Health Benefit Plan: James J. LaPenta, Jr., 13693 [23MY]

Nuclear industry accountability: Kathleen Welch, 11590 [9MY]

OPIC activities: Craig A. Nalen, 8356 [18AP]

Single-employer pension plan termination insurance system: several Representatives, 29813 [31OC]

Taxation of life insurance: Benjamin Whiteley, Standard Insurance Co., 19547 [17JY]

———Frank B. Lacy III, 36797 [16DE]

Taxation on insurance benefits: Thomas O. Cox, 15533 [12JN]

Lists

Points relevant to sole jurisdiction of Committee on Education and Labor over title IV of the ERISA, 29814 [31OC]

Memorials of legislature

California, 3419 [25FE]

Extend Federal Emergency Flood Insurance Program: Louisiana, 23845 [16SE]

Guam, 22898 [4SE], 23847 [16SE]

Louisiana, 20680 [25JY], 20937 [29JY], 22978 [5SE], 23845 [16SE]

Papers

Economic Equity Act: Congressional Caucus for Women's Issues, 14529 [5JN], 14649-14652 [6JN]

Petitions

Hospital cost containment: Philadelphia Council of AFL-CIO, 20936 [29JY]

Social Security and medicare: Concord, NH, Citizens, 3419 [25FE]

Social Security Trust Funds transfer from general fund to special fund: Commission on the Aging, 3419 [25FE]

Social Security v. illegal aliens: St. Petersburg Woman's Club, 3419 [25FE]

Support for scheduled medicare prospective payment system transition: several State hospital associations, 19746 [18JY]

Press releases

Fidelity To Sign First Reverse Annuity Mortgage in New York State: Fidelity New York Savings & Banking Center, 9765 [29AP]

Remarks in House

Accidents: assure adequate compensation to injured parties of certain Government-caused (H.R. 1623), 7519 [3AP]

Armed Forces: insurance coverage, 12533 [20MY]

———life insurance coverage (H.R. 1709), 6026 [25MR]

Availability: criterion, 36769, 36777, 36785 [16DE]

Baltimore, MD: runs on savings and loans, 11264 [9MY]

Bank Definition Act: enact (H.R. 20), 13298 [22MY], 16151 [18JN], 22027 [31JY], 22798 [1AU]

Blind: prohibit discrimination (H.R. 2741), 15376 [12JN]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Greater New York: anniversary, 14261 [4JN]

Blue Cross/Blue Shield: health premium rebate for Federal employees (H.R. 3031), 19711 [18JY]

Business: effects of liability insurance costs, 30097 [31OC]

Cargo preference: impact on agricultural exports and the Federal budget, 20833-20836 [26JY]

Catastrophic Health Care Expenses Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 2695), 14787 [6JN]

Child care centers: liability insurance, 36358 [12DE]

Children: restore insurance benefits for postsecondary school students (H.R. 57), 463 [3JA]

Chiropractic health care: Federal funding, 24208 [18SE]

Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee: establish, 19139 [16JY], 19711 [18JY], 20833-20836 [26JY], 22739 [1AU]

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 2696), 14787 [6JN]

Continued Access to Group Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 21), 29063 [24OC]

Death benefits: lump-sum (H.R. 58), 463 [3JA]

Depository Institutions Acquisition Act: enact (H.R. 2707), 22027 [31JY]

Dept. of Defense: CHAMPUS alcoholism coverage policy, 31546 [12NO]

———CHAMPUS coverage for treatment of alcoholism, 17528 [26JN]

E.F. Hutton & Co.: alleged check-kiting scheme, 16897 [21JN]

E.F. Hutton & Co., Inc.: Dept. of Justice lawsuit, 11634 [9MY], 11695 [13MY], 11942 [14MY]

Earthquakes: insurance coverage for New Madrid, MO, fault areas, 28010 [17OC]

Economic Equity Act: enact (H.R. 158), 13853 [24MY]

———enact (H.R. 2472), 11701, 11702, 11703, 11705, 11740 [14MY], 11909, 11912, 11919, 11926, 11928, 11933, 11936, 11938, 11939 [14MY], 14529 [5JN], 14648 [6JN]

Employee Health Care Cost Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 1791), 6872 [28MR]

Fair Insurance Coverage Act: enact (H.R. 2741), 15376 [12JN]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: extend, 31224 [7NO]

Federal Employee Health Benefits Reform Act: enact (H.R. 156), 494 [3JA]

Federal employees: permit group life insurance coverage for work injury (H.R. 1853), 7002 [1AP]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3384), 24410 [19SE], 25259 [30SE], 25778 [2OC], 36546 [16DE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: authority to add employee organization health plans (H.R. 873), 11656-11660 [13MY]

Federal Incentives for State Health Care Professional Liability Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3865), 34802 [5DE]

Fishing vessels: rising cost of protection and indemnity and hull insurance, 19139 [16JY], 19711 [18JY], 20833-20836 [26JY], 22739 [1AU]

Fraternal societies: tax treatment of insurance and annuity plans, 37193 [17DE]

Golden State Mutual Life Insurance Co.: anniversary, 19268 [16JY]

Handicapped dependent trusts: allow tax deduction of insurance premiums (H.R. 2420), 11196 [8MY]

Hazardous substances: compliance extension for liablility insurance requirements for landfill sites (H.R. 3692), 31260 [8NO]

———insurance coverage for waste disposal sites and landfills, 18393 [10JY]

Health: application by certain Federal employee organizations (H.R. 873), 11656-11660 [13MY]

———coverage of nurse-midwives, 29062 [24OC]

Health insurance: allow continued access for spouses and dependent children (H.R. 21), 512 [3JA]

Health Insurance Availability Act: enact (H.R. 1770), 6451 [27MR]

Health Maintenance Organization/Medicare Program: administration of enrollments and disenrollments, 20701 [25JY]

Home maintenance organizations: enrollment and disenrollment procedures for medicare beneficiaries (H.R. 2010), 7755 [4AP]

Hospitals: emergency medical services (H. Con. Res. 178), 26411 [7OC]

———proposed open door policy for prospective patients (H. Con. Res. 178), 23690 [12SE]

Housing cooperatives: consumer opportunities, 38705 [19DE]

Individual retirement accounts: provide option of choosing higher deductible insurance in return for contribution made by employers to (H.R. 1791), 6872 [28MR]

Liability insurance: availability, 36372 [12DE]

———increase of lawsuits, 34378 [4DE]

———unavailability, 38711 [19DE]

Life insurance: company studies on health care, 15776 [13JN]

———increase group term exclusion (H.R. 1968), 7682 [4AP]

———taxation, 13703 [23MY]

Local governments: liability insurance, 24227 [19SE]

Long-Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2293), 9971 [30AP]

Malpractice insurance: cost, 9200 [24AP]

Maritime cargo: recodification of laws, 22739 [1AU]

Maritime liability law: recodification, 22739 [1AU]

Medical care: malpractice insurance, 7576 [4AP]

Medical malpractice: effects on cost and quality of health care, 37497 [17DE]

Medical Malpractice Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2659), 14228 [4JN]

Medical Offer and Recovery Act: enact (H.R. 3084), 20662 [25JY]

Medicare: accurate and timely benefits information for hospital patients (H. Con. Res. 221), 29301 [28OC]

———alternative liability system for medical malpractice in case of injuries (H.R. 3084), 20662 [25JY]

———improve financial stability by permitting contributions to a health care savings account (H.R. 3505), 26097 [3OC], 26675 [8OC], 29891 [31OC]

———transition of prospective payment system, 19744-19746 [18JY]

Medicare Fair Hospital Deductible Act: enact, 29770 [30OC]

Medicare Payment Reform and Health Care Improved Access Act: enact (H.R. 3210), 22754 [1AU]

Mental health insurance: provide adequate coverage to all citizens (H.R. 3021), 19542 [17JY]

Merchant marine: extension of war risk insurance (S. 413), 16930 [24JN]

National Flood Insurance Act: amend (H.R. 1871), 7116 [2AP]

National Motor Carrier Productivity and Safety Improvement Act: enact, 22819 [1AU]

Nondiscrimination in Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 1793), 11919 [14MY]

Nuclear powerplants: accident liability (H.R. 445), 11590 [9MY]

Nurse-midwives: malpractice insurance coverage, 23121 [9SE]

Product liability insurance: cost and availability, 2884 [21FE]

Railroad unemployment insurance program: extend Government borrowing authority (H.R. 3722), 31563 [13NO]

Railroads: extend borrowing authority under insurance program (H.R. 3918), 36196 [12DE]

Regulation: proposed dual Federal and State protections against insolvancy, 30352 [1NO]

Risk Assessment Research and Demonstration Act: enact (H.R. 2749), 15541 [12JN]

Self-employed: taxation of health insurance premium costs, 33195 [20NO]

Shipowners: clarify and update the limitation of liability laws, 493 [3JA]

Single Employer Pension Plan Act: amend, 16748 [20JN]

Single-Employer Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program: improve (H.R. 2995), 19052 [15JY]

Social Security: restore benefits from age 16 to age 18 (H.R. 59), 463 [3JA]

Taxation: modify treatment of physicians and surgeons mutual protection and indemnity associations (H.R. 2261), 32194 [14NO]

Transportation industry: insurance coverage, 25657 [2OC]

Unemployment Insurance and Adjustment Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 759), 1162 [28JA]

Uniform Nondiscrimination Act: enact (H.R. 2914), 17973 [27JN]

Universal Health Insurance Act: enact (H.R. 2284), 9967 [30AP]

Veterans: means test for health care, 23262 [10SE]

War risk insurance program: extend, 498, 560 [3JA]

Waste disposal sites and landfills: insurance coverage, 18393 [10JY]

Remarks in Senate

Blind: prohibit discrimination (S. 1290), 15356 [12JN]

Blue Cross and Blue Shield: introduction of laser optics technology for storing medical information, 10879 [7MY]

Brokered Deposits Act: enact (S. 791), 6726 [28MR]

Children: grant program for certain medical technology dependent (S. 1793), 29181-29182 [25OC]

Commercial Fishing Industry Vessel Advisory Committee: establish (S. 1759), 27268 [10OC]

Corporations: pollution liability insurance, 23986-23988 [17SE]

Creedon, John J.: tribute, 38636 [19DE]

Dept. of Agriculture: improve crop insurance, 33289 [22NO]

Dept. of Defense: seek reimbursement for medical care provided to military personnel covered under private insurance plans, 28571-28575 [23OC]

Diseases: promote long-term medical care coverage (S. 1378), 17641 [27JN]

Families: continuity of health coverage, 31969 [14NO]

Federal Crime Insurance Program: extend, 25629 [2OC]

———extend program (S. 633), 4883 [7MR]

Federal Crop Insurance Corp.: funding, 33294 [22NO]

Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act: enact (S. 760), 6202 [26MR]

Federal employees: establish competitive health insurance program (S. 612), 4818 [7MR]

———health benefits (H.R. 873), 11887 [14MY]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3384), 35919, 35922 [11DE], 38395 [19DE]

Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: authority to add employee organization health plans (H.R. 873), 13931 [3JN]

FEMA: authorizing appropriations (S. 666), 5207 [14MR]

Flat rate tax: treatment of permanent life insurance (S. Res. 199), 20305 [24JY]

Hazardous substances: clarify activities of pollution liability risk retention groups, 24055 [18SE]

———insurance coverage for waste management facilities, 24733 [24SE]

Health: application by certain Federal employee organizations (H.R. 873), 13931 [3JN]

Health Care for the Uninsured Act: enact (S. 1781), 28189-28191 [21OC]

Health Equity and Fairness Act: enact (S. 1211), 13622 [23MY]

Health insurance: continuation of coverage for family members of deceased, divorced, or medicare-eligible workers (S. 1632), 23627 [12SE]

———employer provision of children's preventive care coverage (S. 376), 1769 [5FE]

Insured Institutions Improvements Act: enact (S. 759), 6202 [26MR]

Life insurance: condition for enacting tax reform (S. Res. 199), 19027 [15JY]

Medical Offer and Recovery Act: enact (S. 1960), 36870 [17DE]

Merchant marine: extension of war risk insurance (S. 413), 1978 [6FE], 14770 [6JN]

———extension of war risk insurance (S. 413), unanimous-consent request, 6163-6167 [26MR]

New York, NY: anniversary of Blue Cross/Blue Shield, 15359 [12JN]

Physicians' and surgeons' mutual protection and indemnity associations: encourage formation (S. 1357), 17060, 17061 [25JN]

Railroad unemployment insurance program: extend Government borrowing authority (H.R. 3722), 38382 [19DE]

Railroads: extend borrowing authority under insurance program (H.R. 3918), 36261 [12DE]

———extend borrowing authority under insurance program (H.R. 3981), 37627 [18DE]

Servicemen's and veterans' group life insurance: increase amount of optional life insurance (S. 876), 22083 [1AU]

Servicemen's group life insurance: increase benefits, 37535 [18DE], 38769 [20DE]

Small business: liability insurance, 32155 [18NO]

———rates for property and liability coverage, 32155 [14NO]

States: establish medical insurance pools for high-risk individuals (S. 1372), 17634 [27JN]

Taxation: partial deduction of health insurance premiums paid by self-employed (S. 419), 3049 [21FE], 4646 [6MR]

———treatment of ordinary life policies (S. Res. 165), 12163 [15MY]

Veterans: provide mortgage insurance (S. 966), 8573 [22AP]

Women: economic equity (S. 1169), 12626-12628, 12653-12656 [20MY]

Reports

Civil Service Retirement System and Federal Employees Health Benefits Program: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 3384) (H. Rept. 99-292), 25279 [30SE]

Definition of Bank Under Bank Holding Company Act: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 20) (H. Rept. 99-175), 16121 [18JN]

Disabled Veterans' Disability Compensation: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 1887) (S. Rept. 99-200), 33672 [2DE]

Extension of War Risk Insurance: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (S. 413) (S. Rept. 99-13), 5446 [19MR]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement: Committee on Governmental Affairs (H.R. 3384), 35092 [6DE]

Housing Act: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 99-230), 22897 [4SE]

Housing Law Extension: Committee on Banking, Finance and Urban Affairs (H.R. 1) (H. Rept. 99-230), 20837 [26JY]

Increase Premium Rates Payable to Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. and Establish Procedures: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2812) (H. Rept. 99-267), 23547 [12SE]

Liability and Compensation for Oilspill Damage: Committee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries (H.R. 1232) (H. Rept. 99-247), 22681 [1AU]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act Relative to Benefits: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1968), 37636 [18DE]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance Program Extension: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3722; H. Res. 317) (H. Rept. 99-368), 31514 [12NO]

Single-Employer Pension Plan Termination Insurance Program Improvement: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2811) (H. Rept. 99-266), 23547 [12SE]

Resolutions by organizations

Small business liability insurance: National Advisory Council on Liability Insurance, 32156 [18NO]

Small business rates for property and casualty coverage: National Advisory Council on Liability Insurance, 32156 [14NO]

Statements

Mental Health Disorders: National Institute of Mental Health (excerpt), 19542 [17JY]

Seat Belt Laws: American Automobile Association, 1108 [24JA]

Shipowner's Liability Limitations (excerpt), 493 [3JA]

Summaries

Catastrophic Health Care Expenses Assistance Act (H.R. 2695), 14787 [6JN]

Comprehensive Health Care Improvement Act (H.R. 2696), 14787 [6JN]

Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act (H.R. 3384), 38398 [19DE]

Health Equity and Fairness Act (S. 1211), 13627 [23MY]

Medical Malpractice Reform Act (H.R. 2659), 14228 [4JN]

Surveys

Equitable Healthcare Survey III—Corporate Initiatives and Employee Attitudes on Cost Containment (excerpt), 15777 [13JN]

TV programs

Billfold Biopsy, 60 Minutes, CBS, 28194-28196 [21OC]

Texts of

Administration of Health Maintenance Organization/Medicare Program enrollments and disenrollments, 20702 [25JY]

H. Con. Res. 178, proposed open door policy for prospective hospitals patients, 23690 [12SE]

H. Con. Res. 221, accurate and timely medicare benefits information for hospital patients, 29302 [28OC]

H.R. 57, restore Social Security insurance benefits for postsecondary school students, 464 [3JA]

H.R. 58, lump-sum Social Security death benefits, 464 [3JA]

H.R. 873, authority to add employee organization health plans to the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program, 11656 [13MY]

H.R. 1770, Health Insurance Availability Act, 6452 [27MR]

H.R. 1968, increase group term life insurance exclusion, 7682 [4AP]

H.R. 2293, Long-Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act, 9972 [30AP]

H.R. 2472, Economic Equity Act: excerpt, 14648 [6JN]

H.R. 3031, Blue Cross/Blue Shield health premium rebate for Federal employees, 19711 [18JY]

H.R. 3384, Federal Employees Benefits Improvement Act, 25259 [30SE], 35919-35922 [11DE], 38395 [19DE]

H.R. 3722, extend application of certain excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under the railroad unemployment insurance program, 31564 [13NO]

H.R. 3918, to extend application of certain tobacco excise taxes, trade adjustment assistance, certain medicare reimbursement provisions, and borrowing authority under railroad unemployment insurance program, 36196 [12DE]

S. 413, extension of merchant marine war risk insurance, 14770 [6JN]

S. 413, extension of merchant marine war risk insurance (S. 413), 1979 [6FE]

S. 413, extension of war risk insurance, 16930 [24JN]

S. 633, extend Federal Crime Insurance Program, 4883 [7MR]

S. 666, authorizing appropriations for FEMA, 5207 [14MR]

S. 759, Insured Institutions Improvements Act, 6202-6211 [26MR]

S. 760, Federal Deposit Insurance Improvements Act, 6214-6219 [26MR]

S. 791, Brokered Deposits Act, 6726 [28MR]

S. 947, relative to activities of OPIC, 8356 [18AP]

S. 966, provide mortgage insurance for veterans, 8573 [22AP]

S. 1211, Health Equity and Fairness Act, 13624-13627 [23MY]

S. 1348, medicare tax exemption for certain Federal employees, 17040 [25JN]

S. 1357, formation of physicians' and surgeons' mutual protection and indemnity associations, 17061 [25JN]

S. 1372, Health Insurance Availability Act, 17635 [27JN]

S. 1632, continuation of health insurance coverage for family members of deceased, divorced, or medicare-eligible workers, 23628 [12SE]

S. 1781, Health Care for the Uninsured Act, 28192-28194 [21OC]

S. 1960, Medical Offer and Recovery Act, 36871-36875 [17DE]

S. Res. 165, tax treatment of life insurance policies, 12162 [15MY]

S. Res. 199, life insurance restriction in proposed tax reform, 19027 [15JY]