MARRIAGE

Bills and resolutions

Aliens: deter immigration-related marriage fraud (see H.R. 3737)

Divorce: property settlement agreements (see H.R. 352)

Grandparents: uniform law on rights to petition State courts for privileges to visit grandchildren following dissolution of marriage (see H. Con. Res. 67)

Medicare: benefits to certain widows and surviving divorced wives (see H.R. 1254)

Retirement savings: allow deduction based on combined compensation of spouses (see H.R. 1056)

Social Security: benefits for divorced spouses or surviving divorced spouses (see H.R. 1363)

———divorced spouse qualification (see H.R. 207)

———equal division of benefits so as to recognize contribution of each spouse (see S. 546)

Taxation: allow nonworking spouse full deduction on individual retirement accounts (see S. 200)

———deduction for contributions to retirement savings (see H.R. 1263)

———divorce decree, retroactive aspects (see H.R. 3458)

———treat certain individuals as unmarried (see H.R. 715)

Letters

Equal opportunity for spouse IRA's: Stephen Crowe, 15770 [13JN]

Petitions

Divorce: Peter J. Cojanis, 23913 [17SE]

———Peter J,. Cojanis, 23913 [17SE]

Remarks in House

Aliens: deter immigration-related marriage fraud (H.R. 3737), 31350 [12NO]

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

Individual retirement accounts: spouse contributions, 4327 [5MR]

Remarks in Senate

Taxation: allow nonworking spouse full deduction on individual retirement accounts (S. 200), 656 [21JA]

VA: reform dependency and indemnity compensation program (S. 85), 5336 [18MR]

Worldwide Marriage Encounter: William Paterson College meeting, 16040 [18JN]

Reports

Social Security and the Changing Roles of Men and Women: Dept. of HHS (1979 excerpt), 944 [24JA]

State Act Providing Grandparent's Grandchildren Visitation Rights After Divorce, Separation, or Parent's Death: Committee on Education and Labor (H. Con. Res. 67) (H. Rept. 99-52), 8761 [22AP]

Tables

Tax treatment of individual retirement accounts of nonworking spouse, 656 [21JA]

VA dependency and indemnity compensation formula proposal, 5336 [18MR]