AGED

Addresses

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

How Great Was the Great Society: Joseph A. Califano, Jr., 9574-9576 [26AP]

Older Women's League: Tish Sommers, 10918 [7MY]

Second Annual Mayoral Conference on Alzheimer's Disease: Edward I. Koch (excerpt), 8062 [16AP]

———Janet S. Sainer (excerpt), 8062 [16AP]

———Marion Roach (excerpt), 8063 [16AP]

———Peter V. Rabins (excerpt), 8062 [16AP]

———(sundry excerpts), 8062 [16AP]

———Yasmin Aga Kahn (excerpt), 8063 [16AP]

Some Matters of Life and Death: Tish Sommers, 35135-35137 [6DE]

State of the Union: President Reagan (excerpt), 7368 [3AP]

Vietnam Veterans—Dept. of Public Health Overview: James Foster, San Francisco, CA, Health Commission, 17263 [25JN]

Amendments

Federal employees: reform retirement system (S. 1527), 31072, 31073, 31075, 31077, 31080, 31081, 31082, 31083, 31182-31188 [7NO]

Medicare: extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 37707 [18DE]

Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief of Meals on Wheels (H.R. 1095), 21491 [30JY]

Social Security: prevent disinvestment of trust fund (H.R. 3669), 30290, 30315 [1NO]

———restore investments of trust funds (H.R. 3721), 31774 [13NO]

Analyses

Additional Coverage Under Social Security for Years a Child Is Cared For (S. 943), 8353 [18AP]

Allow Periods of Certain State Employee Service To Be Creditable for Civil Service Retirement (H.R. 4005), 38721 [19DE]

Civil Service Pension Reform Act (S. 1527), 21439-21442 [30JY]

———Library of Congress, 21442-21444 [30JY]

Economic Equity Act (H.R. 2622), 13711 [23MY]

Federal Employee Retirement System Survivor Annuities (H.R. 3641), 29561 [29OC]

Health Care Savings Account Act (H.R. 3505), 26097 [3OC]

Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly Act (S. 1181), 12946 [21MY]

Older Veterans' Health Care Amendments (H.R. 505), 622 [7JA]

Optional Social Security Coverage for Employees of Religious Organizations (S. 1229), 14159 [4JN]

Social Security Act Amendments (H.R. 556): Representative Oberstar, 15241 [11JN]

State Laws on Grandparent Visitation Laws: Library of Congress, 4245-4247 [28FE]

Uniform Grandparents Visitation Act (H. Con. Res. 67): Library of Congress, 8644 [22AP]

Announcements

National aging panel has shoals delegates, 17031 [25JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2672, Federal Retirement Reform Act, 14335 [5JN], 32647 [20NO]

Federal Council on the Aging, 37561 [18DE]

———Oscar P. Bobbitt, 12703 [21MY]

Articles and editorials

Abuse of the Aged Must End, 24673 [23SE]

After 50 Years, Social Security Here to Stay, 10380 [2MY]

After 50 Years, Social Security Seen as One of Nation's ``Most Significant'' Laws, 9363 [24AP]

After 50 Years Social Security Seen as One of Nation's Most Significant Laws, 3637 [26FE]

Alzheimer's Disease, 7507-7509 [3AP]

Bad Budget Compromise, 8087 [16AP]

Boston, MA, Elder Exercise Program (sundry), 34807 [5DE]

Broken Promise—Life Care Communities, 17290-17293 [26JN]

Budget Package (sundry), 10041, 10043 [1MY]

Caretaker, 931 [24JA]

Cost Controls Raise Concerns on Health Care, 21657 [31JY]

Couple Keeps Showcase Going for North Miami Senior Citizens, 2045 [6FE]

Credits Where They're Due, 16172 [18JN]

Disinvestment of Social Security of the Trust Fund (excerpt), 30291 [1NO]

Dumped Pensions Spur Crisis, 36350 [12DE]

Enactment of the Social Security Act (excerpt), 16183 [19JN]

Farewell to an Agitator, 28498 [23OC]

Federal Pensions—Progress, 31062 [7NO]

50 Years Ago, 6670 [28MR]

For Aged, Problem Drinking Is on the Rise, 17326 [26JN]

For the Elderly, Independence Carries a Real Risk, 27338 [10OC]

Give Senior Citizens a Break, 24587 [20SE]

Government Needs to Listen, 19375 [17JY]

Help Yourself to Independence, 13449 [23MY]

How U.S. Manipulated Social Security Funds, 30378 [4NO]

Hurting Those Who Need Help the Most, 9739 [29AP]

``I Wasn't Ready To Go''—The Conflict Over Forcing Professors To Retire, 941 [24JA]

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

It Turns Out Medicine Isn't Going Broke, 10215 [2MY]

Journey to Nowhere, 6818-6821 [28MR]

Legacy of an Older Woman, 28499 [23OC]

Life-Care Communities (excerpt), 17091 [25JN]

Long Always Available When Elderly Need Help, 17030 [25JN]

Long Awarded BA After 60 Years, 17031 [25JN]

Malnutrition in Elderly—Widespread Health Threat, 24505 [20SE]

Mansel Long Satisfied With Job as Elderly Outreach Consultant, 17030 [25JN]

Medicare Rules, Fewer Patients Force Clinic To Phase Out Physician's Assistants, 23761 [13SE]

Medicare's Broken Promise, 17643-17645 [27JN]

Military Retirement Tinkering, 12426 [16MY]

New Program Targets Health Care for Elderly, 10463 [3MY]

No Freeze for Social Security, 13845 [24MY]

Nonacquiescence Policy of the SSA (excerpt), 25801 [3OC]

``Notch Babies'' March, 27756 [16OC]

Nursing Home Gets Ready for Purim, 8513 [18AP]

Nursing-Home Sleuths—Investigators Are Needed To Watch Out for Bad Guys, 30944 [6NO]

Oldest Worker Says Flexibility Key to Job Success, 13868 [24MY]

Report Outlines Policy on Long-Term Home Care, 6863 [28MR]

Retreat From Medicare Must Be Halted, 4714 [6MR]

Slow, Steady, and Heartbreaking, 10639 [7MY]

Social Security and the Budget, 23822-23826 [16SE]

Social Security Benefit Tax, 17511 [26JN]

Social Security COLA (excerpt), 10052 [1MY]

Social Security—Battle Goes On, 13959 [3JN]

Social Security—Leave the COLA Alone, 2605 [19FE]

Solving the Age-Old Problem, 17288-17290 [26JN]

Somebody's Grandma Is Starving, 35938 [11DE]

Transcript of Remarks by Presidents Truman and Johnson at the Signing of the Medicare Legislation, 21358-21359 [30JY]

Two Cheers for HMO's, 10183 [1MY]

Universal Health Care—Canada Has It, Why Can't We?, 22045 [31JY]

Unyielding Claude Pepper—Oldest Congressman, 28466-28468 [22OC]

Verdict—Elderly Deserve Cost-of-Living Raise, 5905 [20MR]

Volunteer Tax Help for Elderly—One of Government's Best Investments, 1504 [31JA]

What Is Hypothermia?, 36337-36339 [12DE]

Who, How and When To Pay for Physicians' Training, 12326-12328 [16MY]

Winters Wins State Recognition for Services, 20305 [24JY]

Win-Win Tax Bill for Everyone, 1471 [31JA]

Bills and resolutions

Abuse, neglect, and exploitation: prevention, identification, and treatment assistance programs (see H.R. 1674)

Aeronautics: prohibit certain age restrictions for applicants for pilots (see H.R. 3904)

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: amend (see S. 1054)

Aliens: restrict payment of Social Security benefits (see H.R. 3161)

Alzheimer's disease: credit against tax for expenses incurred in care of family member (see H.R. 3523)

———education, research, and treatment programs (see S. 1736)

———family support groups (see H.R. 3492)

Apprenticeship programs: prohibit age discrimination (see S. 799)

Benefits: eliminate disparity for pre-1979 retirees known as notch problem (see S. 1473)

Cigarettes: additional tax revenues deposited in Federal hospital insurance trust fund (see H.R. 1969)

———cost-of-living adjustments to amount of tax and partial allocation of tax receipts to medicare trust fund (see H.R. 3039)

Civil rights: revise various laws to extend protection (see H.R. 172)

Counseling assistance: provide for elderly sick and disabled (see H.R. 426)

Credit card transactions: prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 286)

Crime and criminals: State's prevention and treatment plan (see H.R. 170)

Crimes against the elderly: mandatory sentences for violent felonies (see H.R. 297, 711)

Developments in Aging: 1984: printing of report (see S. Res. 30)

Disasters: grants from Administration on Aging (see H.R. 163)

Domestic Volunteer Service Act: amend (see H.R. 1192)

Drug Benefits Council: establish (see H.R. 168)

Drugs: benefits for the aged (see H.R. 3311)

Education: grants to institutions providing courses on tuition-free basis (see H.R. 164)

———intergenerational volunteer network programs (see S. 1022; H.R. 1587)

Employment: eliminate barriers (see S. 2)

———preventing age discrimination (see S. 550)

———prohibit discrimination (see H.R. 2632)

———prohibit mandatory retirement (see H.R. 2388)

———remove maximum age limitation (see H.R. 522)

ERISA: allow participation by employees nearing normal retirement age (see H.R. 2700, 2712)

———benefit accrual by participants to continue past normal retirement age (see H.R. 2700, 2712)

———effective controls on termination of single-employer plans and reversions to employers resulting from such terminations (see H.R. 2701)

———health benefit options (see H.R. 1375)

Estate tax: extend the period during which no recapture tax is imposed for certain decedents (see H.R. 1731)

Federal Council on the Aging: Senate confirmation of Presidential appointments (see H.R. 3177)

Federal employees: authorize OPM to waive certain health insurance eligibility requirements (see S. 681)

———remove exceptions from Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see H.R. 1710)

Firefighters: exclusion from Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see S. 698; H.R. 1435)

———exempt certain from Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see S. 1240)

Food: increase appropriations for commodity distribution (see H.R. 2453)

Food stamp plan: excluding from financial resources, certain funds set aside for burial expenses (see H.R. 1196)

———obtaining prepared meals (see H.R. 770)

———treatment of elderly and disabled in group-living arrangements (see H.R. 432)

Foster grandparents: provide for mentally handicapped persons (see H.R. 1063)

Geriatrics: funds for research, education, and training (see S. 1100)

Health care: Dept. of HHS' clearinghouse for information on available Federal home programs (see H.R. 167)

Health Care Financing Administration: inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (see S. 1729)

Health insurance: improve Federal minimum standards for elderly (see H.R. 213)

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

———facilitate home equity conversions through sale-leaseback transactions (see H.R. 3204)

———sec. 202 assistance program (see H. Res. 37)

Immigrant Repatriation Study Act: enact (see S. 1074)

Income: eliminate discriminating practices (see S. 5)

Individual retirement accounts: prohibit penalty for early withdrawal of amounts used for institutional care expenses (see S. 1183)

———repeal earned income limitation on deduction and age limitation on distribution of retirement savings (see S. 1539)

Law enforcement officers: exclusion from Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see S. 698; H.R. 1435)

———exempt certain from Age Discrimination in Employment Act (see S. 1240)

Life care communities: FTC study of unfair and deceptive acts (see H.R. 2042)

Lifeline Telephone Service Act: enact (see S. 950)

Lotteries: financing medicare program and budget deficit (see H.R. 1878)

———financing Social Security programs (see H.R. 772)

———funding of Social Security programs (see H.R. 2748)

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief (see H.R. 1095)

Medicaid: coverage of hospice care (see S. 867)

———home- or community-based services authority for States without waiver (see H.R. 2863, 2875)

———hospice care as optional service (see S. 1648)

———increase activities of State's fraud and abuse units in eliminating patient neglect (see H.R. 2829)

———optional program of pharmaceutical assistance (see H.R. 1542)

———provider appeals of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 3782)

———State flexibility to provide home or community-based services (see S. 1277)

Medical care: home and community based services (see S. 1181)

———home-and community-based services (see H.R. 2951)

Medicare: 50% freeze on hospital payments under diagnosis-related group's prospective payment system (see H.R. 2168)

———accurate and timely information on available benefits (see H. Con. Res. 221)

———accurate and timely information to patients relative to benefits (see S. Con. Res. 58)

———additional benefits (see S. 569)

———additional payment for hospitals which serve a disproportionate share of low-income patients (see S. 1606)

———adjust diagnostic-related group's prospective payment rates to hospitals to take into account the relative severity of illness involved (see H.R. 3781)

———administrative and judicial review of determinations (see H.R. 2864)

———administrative appeals and judicial review under part B (see S. 1551)

———allow hospices to subcontract for nursing services (see S. 322)

———allow physicians to charge beneficiaries without regard to fee freeze if patient chooses to pay from private sources (see S. 989)

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

———anniversary commendation (see S. Con. Res. 9; H. Con. Res. 88)

———annual report from OTA on changes in payment amounts for certain surgical transplantation procedures (see H.R. 3119)

———area wage index for reimbursement to hospitals (see S. 1478)

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

———clinical trial to determine efficiency and economic feasibility of coverage of personal emergency response systems (see S. 127)

———commission to study short- and long-term financial solvency and appropriateness of benefit structure (see H.R. 3105)

———condition for reimbursement of physicians (see S. 266)

———consideration of H.R. 3722, extend certain reimbursement provisions (see H. Res. 317)

———continuation of benefits coverage for certain uninsured individuals (see H.R. 3210)

———coverage for hospice care (see H.R. 3027)

———coverage of home health services on daily basis (see H.R. 2371)

———coverage of home health services on provided daily basis (see S. 778)

———coverage of services performed by physician assistant (see S. 1640; H.R. 3260)

———deny, revoke, or suspend registration to manufacture, distribute, or dispense a controlled substance by certain entities (see H.R. 1369)

———determining efficiency and economic feasibility of coverage for personal emergency response systems (see H.R. 1223)

———direct payment for services of registered nurse anesthetists (see S. 1154; H.R. 2504, 3022)

———effective date of disenrollments of beneficiaries in health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans (see H.R. 2307)

———effective date of enrollments and disenrollments of beneficiaries in competitive medical plans (see H.R. 2010)

———eliminate penalty for late enrollments (see H.R. 3844)

———eliminate sunset for hospice benefits (see H.R. 2973)

———enhance authority of peer review organizations to review the quality of services (see S. 1623)

———enrollments and disenrollments from health maintenance organizations and competitive medical plans (see H.R. 3089)

———establishing month of entitlement to benefits for certain widows and widowers (see S. 549)

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

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (see H.R. 3722, 3918, 3982, 3993, 3994, 3996, 4006)

———extend hospice benefits (see S. 777)

———extend prospective payment transition period (see S. 1127; H.R. 1953)

———extension of hospice benefits (see H.R. 1316)

———financing from general revenues (see H.R. 186)

———flexible billing and payment arrangements for substitute physicians (see H.R. 2167)

———health care outside U.S. (see H.R. 3512)

———hospice benefits (see H.R. 2070)

———hospice care as permanent benefit (see S. 1648)

———hospital-based comprehensive care programs (see H.R. 1401)

———hospitals' swing-bed program (see H.R. 3000)

———implement revised prospective payment wage index for hospitals (see S. 1096)

———improve insurance program (see H.R. 1970)

———increase payment for inpatient hospital services in certain rural areas (see H.R. 3767)

———increase reimbursement rates for hospice care (see S. 1648)

———inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (see S. 1729)

———limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible and extended services coinsurance amount (see H.R. 3630, 3631, 3635)

———limit increases of part B premium (see S. 916)

———limit reimbursement for legal fees to hospitals and other providers of services (see H.R. 3589)

———maxillofacial services and prostheses needed in certain reconstructive surgery (see H.R. 3412)

———mental health services (see H.R. 2491)

———miscellaneous amendments (see S. 1613)

———occupational therapy services (see S. 723)

———optional coverage of certain vision, hearing, dental services, and prescription drugs (see H.R. 1403)

———partial allocation of receipts from tax on cigarettes (see H.R. 3039)

———payment amount for ambulatory surgical procedures (see S. 1489)

———payment for occupational therapy services (see H.R. 1985)

———payment for outpatient lens implantation procedures (see H.R. 3061)

———payment reform (see S. 1614)

———payment to freestanding radiation therapy centers for services to hospital inpatients (see S. 1683)

———payments of hospital under diagnosis-related group prospective payment system (see H.R. 1682)

———permanent 50% regional-national prospective payment rates (see S. 1400)

———permit hospital to exempt certain prolonged respiratory care unit from prospective payment system (see H.R. 2572)

———preventive health services (see H.R. 2368)

———program solvency (see S. 1346)

———prohibit Sec. of HHS from requiring physician certifications relative to inpatient hospital services (see S. 988)

———prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (see S. 1401)

———provider appeals of adverse determinations by peer review organizations (see H.R. 3782)

———reform payments under part A (see H.R. 3210)

———reimbursement levels or methodologies for home health services (see S. 1450; H.R. 3202)

———reimbursement limits for home health agencies (see S. 1402)

———reimbursement waivers for certain hospitals (see S. 1460)

———requirement for service provided by clinical psychologist in rural health clinic (see S. 1244)

———residency training and fellowship programs in geriatric medicine as condition for payment of direct medical education costs (see H.R. 2831)

———restrict time period within which a penalty for late enrollment can be imposed (see H.R. 2450)

———revenue from tax on smokeless tobacco used to assist in financing program (see H.R. 3064)

———revise method of payment to hospitals for capital costs (see S. 1559)

———revise requirements relative to nursing care provided by certain hospice programs (see H.R. 1742)

———solvency of program (see H.R. 1801)

———State payment for reservation of nursing home beds (see H.R. 3062)

———strengthen assignment program for durable medical equipment (see H.R. 658)

———temporary extension of certain reimbursement provisions (see H.R. 3452)

———therapeutic shoes for certain diabetics (see H.R. 2543)

———treatment of rural osteopathic hospitals under prospective payment system (see S. 1317; H.R. 2680)

———vision care (see H.R. 2342)

———voluntary partial insurance option for beneficiaries (see H.R. 1402)

———waive late enrollment penalty under part B for certain handicapped (see S. 1604)

Medicare Voucher Act: enact (see S. 1985)

Medicare/medicaid: alternatives to institutionalization of patients (see H.R. 1168)

———budget reconciliation (see H.R. 3101, 3290)

———cost reduction (see S. 1550)

———coverage of respiratory care services for ventilator-dependent individuals (see S. 1249; H.R. 2703)

———coverage of services provided by clinical psychologist in rural health clinic (see H.R. 3281)

———eligibility (see H. Con. Res. 39)

———penalty for individual's misrepresentation as a physician (see H.R. 1091)

———require second opinion for certain surgical procedures as condition for payment (see S. 1325; H.R. 2807)

———requirements for hospitals to provide swing-bed services (see H.R. 1745)

———revenues from additional tax on cigarettes (see H.R. 1969)

———security of patients' funds maintained by skilled nursing facilities (see H.R. 2832)

———State coordinated programs of acute and long-term care (see S. 780)

———strengthen law provisions intended to deter and sanction fraud and abuse (see S. 1323)

Multipurpose senior centers: make available to handicapped or disabled persons under 60 years of age (see H.R. 248)

National Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 117, 119; H.J. Res. 229)

National Center on Elder Abuse: establish (see H.R. 1674)

National Council on Access to Health Care: establish (see S. 1620; H.R. 3253)

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 38; H.J. Res. 134)

National Forest System: firewood (see H.R. 3445)

National Home Care Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 139; H.J. Res. 319)

National Hospice Month: designate (see H.J. Res. 288)

National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease: designate (see S. 750)

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

National Nursing Home Residents Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 217)

National Osteoporosis Awareness Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 46)

National Philanthropy Day: designate (see S.J. Res. 207)

National Resource Office Relating to Crimes Against Older Individuals: establish (see H.R. 3120)

National Senior Citizens Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 246)

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

National Shut-In Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 145)

Naval Home: security of personal funds (see H.R. 2832)

1985 Tax Guide for Older Americans: printing (see H. Res. 90)

Nonprofit senior citizen organizations: reduced postal rates (see H.R. 397)

Nursing homes: use of certain toxic materials in construction (see H.R. 1199)

Nutrition: dietitian counseling provided with home health service (see H.R. 1173)

Older Americans Act: anniversary observance (see S. Con. Res. 47)

———increase authorized appropriations (see H.R. 3399)

———increase the amounts authorized to be appropriated for fiscal years 1985-87 for commodity distribution (see S. 1858)

———observe anniversary (see H. Con. Res. 132)

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (see H.R. 2778)

Older Americans Month: designate (see S.J. Res. 107; H.J. Res. 195)

Passport: 25% discount from regular fee (see H.R. 3395)

Pension plans: welfare plans restrictions based on merger or transfer of plans (see H.R. 503)

Pensions: continued benefit accruals for certain older workers (see S. 1427)

———eliminate benefits disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 3254)

Poverty: reverse trend toward children and elderly (see S. 1194)

Prisons: age limits for appointment and mandatory retirement for personnel (see H.R. 3911)

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: additional members (see S. 984)

Railroad Retirement Act: benefit eligibility (see H.R. 392)

Railroads: repeal tax on retirement benefits (see H.R. 2438)

Real property: provide that those in shared-housing arrangements shall not be ineligible for exclusion of gain from sale of principal residence (see H.R. 434)

Rental housing: refundable credit from State and local real property taxes (see H.R. 689)

Retirement Trust Funds Protection Act: enact (see H.R. 3775)

Senior Center Week: designate (see S.J. Res. 60; H.J. Res. 146)

Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act: enact (see S. 788)

Senior Citizens Tax Improvement Act: enact (see H.R. 1245)

Smokeless tobacco products: revenue from excise tax used to assist in financing medicare program (see H.R. 3064)

Social conditions: reverse upward trend in rate (see H.R. 2585)

Social Security: additional home health services (see H.R. 1192)

———administration through independent agency (see S. 17)

———administrative and judicial reviews of claims under supplementary insurance program (see H.R. 579)

———ambulette service for wheelchair-bound individuals (see H.R. 598)

———amount and timing of annual cost-of-living adjustment (see H. Res. 130)

———annual cost-of-living adjustments (see H. Res. 152)

———benefits for disabled widows and widowers (see H.R. 159)

———benefits for divorced spouses or surviving divorced spouses (see H.R. 1363)

———certificate of guaranteed benefits (see H.R. 1049)

———certificate of guaranteed tax-exempt benefits (see S. 48)

———computation of benefits (see H.R. 1573)

———computation of years of coverage for special minimum benefit (see H.R. 157)

———congressional approval of disinvestment of trust funds (see H.R. 3689)

———consideration of H.R. 3669, prevent disinvestment of trust funds (see H. Res. 306)

———consideration of H.R. 3721, restore investments of trust funds (see H. Res. 318)

———correct benefits disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 1916, 1917, 3359)

———cost-of-living adjustments (see S.J. Res. 116; S. Res. 134, 137; H.R. 1089, 1386, 3528; H. Con. Res. 73, 116)

———cost-of-living adjustments in benefits (see H. Res. 31)

———delayed retirement credit (see H.R. 563)

———disregard tax-exempt interest in computing benefits (see H.R. 1738)

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

———eliminate 3% trigger for cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 3195)

———eliminate benefit disparity for pre-1979 retirees (see S. 1060; S. Con. Res. 24; H.R. 920, 921, 1744, 2426)

———eliminate benefit reduction for recipients receiving other Government annuities (see H.R. 155)

———eliminate benefits disparity known as notch problem (see H.R. 3503)

———equal division of benefits for spouses (see H.R. 158)

———exchange of credits with civil service retirement system (see H.R. 204)

———exclude certain trust funds from unified budget process (see S. 1600; H.R. 3195)

———exclusion of certain trust funds from budget process (see S. 724)

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

———fiscal integrity of trust funds (see H.R. 3744)

———flexible income contribution and resource standards for certain couples (see H.R. 166)

———floating tax rates (see H.R. 3195)

———group-living arrangement allotment eligibility (see H.R. 387)

———improve coverage and administration of benefits (see H.R. 3941)

———improvements and technical changes (see H.R. 1641)

———increase amount of outside income authorized before penalty (see H.R. 2877)

———increase benefits by application of delayed retirement credit (see H.R. 1822)

———independent agency (see S. 122)

———liberalize eligibility for disability benefits (see H.R. 558, 559, 560, 561, 562, 576)

———medicare coverage of antibiotics administered intravenously at home to certain patients (see H.R. 1215)

———medicare coverage of diagnostic or therapeutic services by psychologist under arrangement with a hospital (see S. 130)

———medicare/medicaid coverage of gerontological clinical nurse practitioner services (see S. 77)

———medicare/medicaid coverage of professional nurse services (see S. 135)

———notify Congress of investment of certain assets (see S. 1909)

———off-budget treatment of certain trust fund (see H.R. 2289)

———off-budget treatment of programs (see H.R. 3908)

———off-budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 1457)

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

———outside earnings limitation (see H.R. 1062)

———outside income limitation (see H.R. 2618)

———prevent disinvestment of trust funds (see H.R. 3669)

———prohibit adversarial involvement in hearings relative to benefits, of Dept. of HHS and Social Security Administration (see S. 1944; H.R. 3854)

———prohibit benefits to individuals deported because of activities associated with Nazi regime (see S. 1930)

———prohibit payment of benefits to illegal aliens or certain foreigners living abroad (see S. 944)

———proportionate payment for month of death (see H.R. 871)

———protect interest earnings for trust funds (see H.R. 3891)

———protect trust funds from actions designed to avoid statutory limit on public debt (see S. 1826; H.R. 3694)

———protect trust funds from disinvestment relative to public debt limit (see H.R. 3738)

———removal of trust funds from unified budget (see H.R. 2154, 2164, 2299)

———removal of trust funds from unified Federal budget (see H.R. 1376, 1385)

———remove limitation on amount of outside income (see H.R. 2820)

———remove limitation on outside income (see H.R. 198, 575, 1317)

———remove outside income limitation (see H.R. 1592, 1741)

———remove outside income limitations for retirees (see H.R. 3279)

———remove trust funds from budget process (see H.R. 3398)

———remove trust funds from unified budget (see H.R. 2792)

———repeal separate definition of disability applicable to widows and widowers (see H.R. 556)

———repeal taxation (see H.R. 2438)

———restore investments of trust funds (see H.R. 3721)

———restore losses in trust funds resulting from noninvestment and redemptions relative to statutory public debt limit (see H.R. 3688, 3689, 3694, 3713)

———restriction on payment of retirement benefits (see H.R. 138)

———restriction on premature disinvestment of trust funds obligations (see H.R. 3727)

———revise financing (see H.R. 3528)

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

———study and report to Congress on the notch problem (see H. Con. Res. 18)

———tax exemption for continued employment if application for retirement benefits has not been filed (see H.R. 140)

———tax rates for benefits (see H. Con. Res. 173)

———tax treatment of benefits (see S. 210)

———tax treatment of interest used in determining retirement benefits (see H.R. 1186)

———tax-exempt interest nonimpacting on benefits (see H.R. 554)

———time limit for Sec. of HHS's final decision after certain hearings before Appeals Council (see H.R. 2716)

Social Security Day: designate (see H.J. Res. 300)

Social Security Week: designate (see H.J. Res. 300)

Social services: block grants (see H.R. 798)

Soldiers' and Airmen's Home: security of personal funds (see H.R. 2832)

Soldiers' homes: determination of construction grants made on basis of need (see H.R. 2171)

Task Force on Elderly Abuse Act: enact (see S. 1919)

Tax courts: eliminate mandatory retirement age for judges (see H.R. 1736)

Taxation: allow retirement savings deduction based on compensation of spouse (see H.R. 413)

———complete deduction of medical expenses (see H.R. 803)

———credit adjustments (see H.R. 407)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of certain family members (see S. 779)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of dependents (see H.R. 955)

———credit for expenses incurred in care of elderly (see H.R. 644)

———credit for households which include elderly (see H.R. 406)

———credit for maintaining a household for certain dependents (see H.R. 1192)

———deduction for certain dependent older persons (see H.R. 266, 267)

———deduction for cost of medically custodial care (see H.R. 723)

———deduction for expenses incurred in care of certain dependents (see H.R. 915)

———exemptions for aged and handicapped (see H.R. 208)

———partial exclusion of annuities or pensions (see H.R. 146)

———refundable credit for increases in real property tax and utility bills (see H.R. 405, 476)

———refundable credit for maintaining households which include an elderly handicapped (see H.R. 2114)

———refundable credit for property taxes or rent paid for principal residence (see H.R. 1167)

———suspend penalty for failure to pay estimated income tax in those aged 62 (see H.R. 411)

Technological innovations: application to health programs from space exploration (see H.R. 176)

Telephone: lifeline service (see H.R. 151)

Veterans: credit against tax for expenses incurred in care of certain elderly (see S. 1422)

———credit against tax for expenses incurred in care of elderly (see H.R. 3927)

———improve hospital, nursing home, or domiciliary care (see H.R. 1504)

———remarriage of surviving spouse over age 60 shall not result in termination of certain benefits (see H.R. 479)

VISTA volunteers: permit those aged 55 and older to serve beyond 5 years (see H.R. 504)

Vocational rehabilitation: provide in the civil service disability retirement program (see H. Con. Res. 12)

Year of Social Security: designate (see S.J. Res. 23)

Court decisions

Helvering v. Davis: Supreme Court (excerpt), 6668 [28MR]

Descriptions

Direct payment for medicare services of registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1154), 12319 [16MY]

Examples

Calculation of actuarial equivalence for medicare voucher, 37664 [18DE]

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]

Factsheets

Is It True What They Say About Social Security?—Open Letter to Young Workers, 38778-38780 [20DE]

Letters

Aid to the aged, 17015 [24JN]

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program activities: Identa Austin, 16880 [21JN]

Continuing care facilities amendments to imputed interest rates legislation (H.R. 2475): Ronald A. Pearlman, 17296 [26JN]

Early retirement civil service provisions for customs and immigration inspectors: Donald J. Devine, Director of OPM, 5110 [7MR]

Effects of proposed tax reform on IRA and other retirement accounts: James W. Marvin, Jr., 36319 [12DE]

Funding for housing for elderly and handicapped: Agnes Doherty, 7426 [3AP]

Huntington, NY, day care program for the elderly: Doris Johnson, 30342 [1NO]

Life care: Sheldon L. Goldberg, 17288 [26JN]

Mandatory retirement based on age: Mary Ellen Wobbecke, 10341 [2MY]

Mandatory Social Security coverage for teachers and public employees: Kentucky Teachers' Retirement System, 26513 [7OC]

Medicare and medicaid coverage of physician assistant services: Roger G. Penner, 23761 [13SE]

Medicare assistance for disabled: West Bloomfield, MI, citizen, 32645 [20NO]

Medicare funding: American Hospital Association, 11423 [9MY]

———Leadership Council of Aging Organizations, 11422 [9MY]

———National Association of Counties, 11423 [9MY]

———Senator Chiles (Dear Colleague), 11421 [9MY]

Medicare home care benefits: Gayla M. Sasser, 19332 [17JY]

———Tom Gardner, 19332 [17JY]

Medicare inpatient hospital deductible: Senator Baucus, 35375 [9DE]

Medicare reimbursement for nursing homes: American Association of Retired Persons (excerpt), 31948, 31949 [14NO]

Murray Hill, NY, Project for Older People: Jessika Chuck (excerpt), 14226 [4JN]

Older Americans Month: McKean County, PA, RSVP, 12421 [16MY]

Older Americans' rights: Sondra T. Ballew, 5589 [19MR]

Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.'s plan termination regulations: William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 31971 [14NO]

Politicians, promises have taught the populace to expect more than they deserve: Jean Mills, 23491 [12SE]

Politicians promises have taught the populace to expect more then they deserve: Jean Mills, 23491 [12SE]

Social Security: Robert M. Ball, 9738 [29AP]

Social Security and medicare benefits: James Roosevelt, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, 35144 [6DE]

Social Security benefits: several Members of Congress, 17892 [27JN]

Social Security cost-of-living adjustments: Ozona, FL, citizen, 10037 [1MY]

———Representatives Pepper and Ken Gray, 18448 [10JY]

———sundry, 18440 [10JY]

Social Security earnings-sharing: Senator Cranston, 948 [24JA]

Social Security reform: Angela Miller, 30614 [5NO]

Social Security Trust Fund Protection Act, 35254 [9DE]

Support for National Home Care Week: Val J. Halamandaris, 12951 [21MY]

Taxation of pension plans and retirement benefits: H. Samuel Spradling, 27737 [16OC]

Underpayments to Social Security beneficiaries: Social Security Administration, 850 [22JA]

Value of hospice care, 24655 [23SE]

Veteran's spouse benefits (H.R. 480): VA, 1163 [28JA]

Lists

Contributors to provisions of the Older Americans Act, 11669 [13MY]

Cosponsors: H.R. 1985, to authorize medicare coverage of occupational therapy services, 7584 [4AP]

Low-income and handicapped assistance programs funds, 13402 [23MY]

Memorandums

Dept. of HHS Regulations and Required Advocacy by Area Aging Agencies Under Older Americans Act, 16790 [21JN]

Effect of Current Debt-Limit Problems on Interest Earnings of the Social Security Trust Funds: Social Security Administration, 30328 [1NO]

Health and Human Services Regulations and Required Advocacy by Area Aging Agencies Under the Older Americans Act: Jack H. Maskell, 20718-20720 [25JY]

Social Security Trust Fund: Harry C. Ballantyne, 31305 [12NO]

———Paul Cullinan, 31305 [12NO]

Tax Treatment of Federal Annuities: James W. Morrison, Jr., 35526 [10DE]

Memorials of legislature

Arizona, 10023 [1MY]

California, 3419 [25FE], 27962 [17OC], 29480 [29OC]

Florida, 32888 [20NO]

Guam, 12305 [16MY]

Louisiana, 20680 [25JY]

Massachusetts, 20680 [25JY], 23754 [13SE]

New Mexico, 7612 [4AP], 7814 [15AP], 8568 [22AP]

North Dakota, 7803 [15AP]

Rental assistance to poor and elderly: Massachusetts, 23754 [13SE]

Messages

Report of Federal Council on the Aging: President Reagan, 13580 [23MY]

Social Security Agreement With Italy: President Reagan, 4450 [5MR]

Social Security Agreement With Sweden: President Reagan, 33671 [2DE]

Pamphlets

Security in Your Old Age: Social Security Administration, 6669 [28MR]

Papers

Freedom-of-Choice HMO's at Risk—a New Alternative for Medicare: Jeffrey A. Prussin, 11680 [13MY]

Senior Citizen Update, May, 1985: Representative Stenholm, 13378 [23MY]

Visitation Ministry to Nursing Home Residents: Walter L. Piotrowski, 4238 [28FE]

Petitions

American Indian lower age participation for Area Agencies on Aging assistance: Commission on Aging, 3424 [25FE]

Doctor and hospital medicare assignment acceptance: Commission on the Aging of the State of Iowa, 4454 [5MR]

Federal and State assistance for elderly citizens in need of nursing care: Baltimore, MD, City Council, 38667 [19DE]

Medicare: citizen of Concord, NH, 13897 [3JN]

———Somerville, MA, City Council, 7803 [15AP]

National Silver Haired Congress: Commission on the Aging, 3422 [25FE]

Social Security: citizen of Concord, NH, 13897 [3JN]

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]

Swing beds and skilled care resolution: Commission on the Aging, 3424 [25FE]

Poems

``Like Butterflies'': Anna Kempe, 11929 [14MY]

``What I Live For,'' George L. Banks, 13320 [22MY]

Polls of opinion

Health care for the aging veteran: results, 9453 [25AP]

Press releases

IRA's add billions to new savings, but potential still untapped: Investment Company Institute, 5836 [20MR]

Proclamations

Anniversary of the Wartburg Lutheran Home for the Aging, New York, NY: Brooklyn Borough, NY, president Howard Golden, 18533 [10JY]

Programs

Ceremony to commemorate anniversary of the passage of the Social Security Act, 21920 [31JY]

Provisions

Senate budget proposals to committee of conference on S. Con. Res. 32, 16319 [19JN]

Remarks in House

Abuse: proposals to combat, 24673 [23SE]

Advisory Committee on Senior Affairs: tribute, 16763 [20JN]

Age discrimination: prohibit against individuals 70 or older (H.R. 2632), 13868 [24MY]

Aged: overview of survey of rural services, 8789 [22AP]

Alzheimer's disease: dependent care tax credit (H.R. 2527), 13338 [22MY]

———tax deductions for acute and long-term care (H.R. 524), 621 [7JA]

American Association of Homes for the Aging: tribute, 8797 [22AP]

Armed Forces: retirees cost-of-living adjustments, 11654 [13MY]

Boston, MA: tribute to Elder Exercise Program, 34807 [5DE]

Bristol, CT: tribute to Retired Senior Volunteer Program, 28024 [17OC]

Broward County, FL: tribute to the Area Agency on Aging, 13295 [22MY]

Burns: injury and death statistics, 38731 [20DE]

Carmichael, CA: Mary A. Deterding School children adopting grandparents program, 9354 [24AP]

Cataract surgery: proposals to reduce medicare fraud and abuse (H.R. 3061), 22661 [1AU]

Civil service: allow periods of certain State employee service to be creditable for retirement (H.R. 4005), 38721 [19DE]

———reform retirement system (H.R. 3053), 19923 [22JY]

Civil service retirement spouse equity amendments: enact, 7681 [4AP]

Congressional Retirement Reform Act: enact (H.R. 3693), 30961 [6NO]

Corporate pension plans: tax treatment, 11168 [8MY]

Corporations: investments, 11072 [8MY]

Crime victims: deduction for medical expenses (H.R. 841), 1321 [30JA], 8097 [16AP]

Customs and immigration inspectors: include under early retirement civil service provisions (H.R. 1518), 5109 [7MR]

Dade County, FL: tribute to the Area Agency on Aging, 13859 [24MY]

Dependent care: tax credit (H.R. 2527), 12213 [15MY], 13338 [22MY], 32280 [18NO]

Dept. of HHS: study duplicative collection of information (H.R. 776), 24587 [20SE]

Discrimination: prohibit among Federal employees (H.R. 1710), 6090 [25MR]

Economic conditions: status, 6891 [28MR]

Economic Equity Act: enact (H.R. 2622), 13711 [23MY]

Elderly Crime Prevention and Victim Assistance Act: enact (H.R. 3120), 22712 [1AU]

Elderly Veterans Care Act: enact (H.R. 3927), 38824 [20DE]

Emergency response systems: prevent premature institutionalization, 3098 [21FE]

Employment: extend targeted jobs tax credit (H.R. 1512), 5922 [20MR]

ERISA: amend (H.R. 1375), 4244 [28FE]

Fair Medicare Appeals Act: enact (H.R. 2864), 17244 [25JN]

Families: funding violence prevention and treatment programs, 30729 [6NO]

Federal aid: proposals to help maintain independence, 27338 [10OC]

Federal Council on the Aging: require that membership be appointed by the President, with approval of the Senate (H.R. 3177), 22794 [1AU]

Federal disability and health insurance trust fund: establish (H.R. 3528), 26672 [8OC]

Federal employees: cost-of-living adjustments, 11654 [13MY]

———establish a commission to review retirement system (H.R. 1018), 2830 [20FE]

———retirement system survivor annuities (H.R. 3641), 29561 [29OC]

Food stamp plan: determination of eligibility and benefit level, 26426-26434 [7OC]

———impact of Energy Assistance Program on benefits, 26436 [7OC]

———medical deduction threshold, 26426-26434 [7OC]

Foster Grandparent Program: anniversary, 28224, 28229 [21OC], 28480 [22OC]

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

Health: cost increases, 28238 [22OC]

———long-term home care, 6862 [28MR]

———right-to-die, 25526, 25535 [1OC]

Health Care Financing Administration and Home Health Agencies: cost limitation regulations, 17981 [27JN]

Health Care Savings Account Act: enact (H.R. 3505), 26097 [3OC], 26675 [8OC], 29891 [31OC]

Health maintenance organizations: freedom of choice enrollment (H.R. 2285), 10246 [2MY]

———freedom-of-choice enrollment (H.R. 2285), 11680 [13MY]

———partnership with medicare program, 10397 [2MY]

Health Saving Services: nursing home facilities, 20864 [26JY]

Hispanic: poverty, 8539 [18AP]

Home care: tax credit for households maintaining dependent (H.R. 955), 2026 [6FE]

Home Health Care Preservation Act: enact (H.R. 3202), 22743, 22745 [1AU]

Home health services: remove homebound requirement (H.R. 1192), 2933 [21FE]

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

Home Respiratory Care Act: enact (H.R. 2703), 14817 [6JN]

House of Representatives Senior Intern Program: tribute, 14549 [5JN]

Housing: assistance programs, 28737-28743, 28813-28826 [24OC]

———tax credit (H.R. 689), 1122 [24JA]

Housing cooperatives: consumer opportunities, 38705 [19DE]

Huntington, NY: tribute to day care program for the elderly, 30342 [1NO]

Hypothermia: prevention, 36337 [12DE]

Intergenerational Education Volunteer Network Act: enact (H.R. 1587), 5642 [19MR]

Kenmore, NY: tribute to Schofield Residence health care facility for the aged, 25534 [1OC]

Labor: discrimination in the workplace, 21648 [30JY]

Life care homes: provide for protection for residents (H.R. 2042), 7848 [15AP]

LSC: reductions in funding, 2330, 2333 [7FE]

Meals on Wheels of the Monterey (CA) Peninsula, Inc.: relief (H.R. 1095), 2318 [7FE]

Medicaid: anniversary, 22025 [31JY]

———coverage of home- or community-based health care (H.R. 2875), 17542 [26JN]

Medical education: proposed medicare support of graduate (H.R. 2831), 16764 [20JN]

Medical Impostors Act: enact (H.R. 1091), 2301 [7FE]

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]

———anniversary, 22025, 22034 [31JY]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 88), 5645 [19MR]

———authorize payment for occupational therapy services (H.R. 1985), 7584 [4AP]

———commend for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care (S. Con. Res. 9), 22529 [1AU]

———dental, vision and hearing care, and prescription drugs (H.R. 1403), 22034 [31JY]

———establish bipartisian commission to study (H.R. 523), 626 [7JA]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 31563 [13NO]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3918), 36196 [12DE]

———extend coverage to aged traveling outside U.S., 26135 [3OC]

———extend prospective payment system transition, 7690 [4AP]

———funding, 19831 [22JY]

———home health care benefits, 4551 [5MR]

———hospice benefit (H.R. 1316), 4709 [6MR]

———implementation of revised area wage index (H.R. 2819), 16465 [20JN]

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

———long-term health care programs (H.R. 1401), 22034 [31JY]

———mailings from House Members, 4563 [5MR]

———method of hospital reimbursement, 36541 [16DE]

———national hospital-specific blend for inpatient services, 29801 [31OC]

———preventive health care screening option for elderly (H.R. 1402), 22034 [31JY]

———proposals to reduce fraud and abuse (H.R. 3061), 22661 [1AU]

———proposed reforms, 4365 [5MR]

———prospective rural hospitals payment rates, 6997 [1AP]

———provide for demonstration projects to test feasibility of reimbursement for preventive health services (H.R. 2368), 10497 [6MY]

———reimbursement for therapeutic shoes, 25736 [2OC]

———repeal penalty fee for late enrollees (H.R. 3844), 34816 [5DE]

———solvency, 6903 [28MR], 7581 [4AP]

———temporary extension of certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3452), 25268 [30SE]

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

———wage indexes, 6445 [27MR]

Medicare and medicaid: anniversary, 38845 [30DE]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act: enact, 14635 [6JN]

———enact (H.R. 1370), 4160, 4161 [28FE], 7539 [3AP]

———enact (H.R. 1868), 13976-13983 [4JN]

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

Medicare Improvement Act: enact (H.R. 3105), 21636 [30JY]

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

Medicare Program: extend hospice benefits (H.R. 2070), 8240 [17AP]

Medicare Vision Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2342), 10393 [2MY]

Military retirement program: limit amount Dept. of Defense may obligate (H.R. 1984), 7753-7755 [4AP]

Modified Retirement Test Act: enact (H.R. 2877), 17502 [26JN]

Monroe County, FL: tribute to the Area Agency on Aging, 13859 [24MY]

Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: relief of Meals on Wheels (H.R. 1095), 19135 [16JY], 21491 [30JY]

National Adult Day Care Center Week: observance, 24595 [20SE], 25206 [26SE]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: designate (S.J. Res. 65), 10639 [7MY]

National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare: activities, 34468 [5DE]

———fundraising ethics, 35175 [9DE]

National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week: designate (H.J. Res. 134), 5003 [7MR]

National Employ-the-Older-Worker-Week: designate (H. Res. 134), 2049 [6FE]

———observance, 5915, 5928 [20MR]

National Forest System: exempt from paying fees for firewood (H.R. 3445), 25216 [26SE]

National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 139), 32591 [20NO]

National Home Health Care Week: observance, 34792, 34794 [5DE]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 26976 [9OC]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 11929 [14MY]

New York, NY: anniversary of Wartburg Lutheran Home for the Aging, 18532 [10JY]

———dedication of the Workmen's Circle Home for the Aged, 30354 [1NO]

1985 Tax Guide for Older Americans: authorizing printing (H. Res. 90), 5514 [19MR]

Norwich, CT: tribute to Senior Center, 2059 [6FE]

Nursing homes: require States to provide for payment for bed reservations (H.R. 3062), 22809 [1AU]

Nutrition: program funding, 12202 [15MY]

Occupational therapy services: authorize payment (H.R. 1985), 7584 [4AP]

Ohio: tribute to area senior citizens, 22696 [1AU]

Older Americans Act: anniversary, 13295 [22MY], 38845 [30DE]

———anniversary (H. Con. Res. 132), 11666 [14MY], 11667 [13MY], 11670, 11671 [14MY], 11672, 11745, 12194 [15MY]

———commodity reimbursement (H.R. 2453), 24801-24803 [24SE]

———interim final rules regarding regulations and required advocacy, 20717 [25JY]

———recognizing anniversary (H. Con. Res. 132), 9757 [29AP]

Older Americans Alternative Care Act: enact (H.R. 1192), 2933 [21FE]

Older Americans Food Stamp Reform Act: enact (H.R. 2778), 15994 [17JN]

Older Americans Month: designate (H.J. Res. 195), 7576 [4AP]

———designate (H.J. Res. 196), 5604 [19MR]

———observance, 10211 [2MY], 12420 [16MY], 12990 [21MY], 13340 [22MY], 14240 [4JN]

Older Americans Pension Coverage Protection Act: enact (H.R. 238), 10920 [7MY]

Older veterans' health care: improve (H.R. 505), 12712-12717 [21MY], 13853 [24MY]

Older Workers Employment Protection Act: enact (H.R. 2712), 15150 [11JN], 15231 [11JN]

Peanuts: proposed elimination of export quotas, 22783 [1AU]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: effects of deficits, 36350 [12DE]

Pension benefits: permit employers and employees to purchase supplemental (H.R. 3179), 22803 [1AU]

Pensions: cash or deferred arrangement plans, 26486 [7OC], 27730 [16OC]

Pharmaceutical Assistance Act for the Aged: enact (H.R. 1542), 5661 [19MR]

Plan Termination and Reversion Control Act: enact (H.R. 2701), 14804-14809 [6JN], 16450 [19JN], 22016 [31JY]

Prevention, Identification, and Treatment of Elder Abuse Act: enact (H.R. 1674), 6011 [21MR], 16757 [20JN]

Prospective Payment Assessment Commission: expand membership by 2 (H.R. 2709), 15220 [11JN]

Public buildings: elimination of architectural barriers (H.R. 1458), 5006 [7MR]

Quality Assurance Reform Act: enact, 7704 [4AP]

Railroad Retirement Security Solvency Act: amend (H.R. 1835), 6905 [28MR]

Railroad Service Retirement Credit Act: enact (H.R. 3638), 30343 [1NO]

Railroad workers: spouse retirement benefits, 12205 [15MY]

Railroads: anniversary of retirement system, 22916 [4SE]

Retired employees: make pension rights a mandatory topic of bargaining (H.R. 309), 857 [22JA]

Retirement: abolish mandatory (H.R. 522), 618 [7JA]

Retirement Equity Act: technical corrections (H.R. 2110), 8428 [18AP], 8500 [18AP]

Retirement Income Policy Act: enact, 31254 [8NO]

———enact (H.R. 3597), 28456-28458 [22OC]

Retirement Income Security Act: enact, 30941 [6NO]

Retirement plans: extend time period for tax-free rollovers, 11166 [8MY]

———reinstate the ability to invest in tangible assets, 510 [3JA]

Retirement savings program: proposed elimination, 25768 [2OC]

Retirement Universal Security Arrangement Act: enact (H.R. 3127), 22030, 22036-22040 [31JY]

Roybal, Representative: elderly programs, 34053 [3DE]

Sacramento, CA: anniversary of the Foster Grandparent and Senior Companion programs, 31821 [13NO]

———establishment of a nursing home in the Asian community, 26142 [3OC]

Self-employed: pension plan parity, 14825 [6JN]

Senior Care Action Network: tribute, 32895 [20NO]

Senior Center Week: designate, 3343 [25FE]

———designate (S.J. Res. 60), 10638 [7MY]

Senior nutrition: program funding, 12414 [16MY]

Social Security: accelerate removal of trust funds from unified budget (H.R. 1376), 4240 [28FE]

———adjust income level at which benefits are taxed (H.R. 709), 1137 [24JA]

———anniversary, 3681 [26FE], 20151, 20169 [23JY], 20393 [24JY], 20712 [25JY], 21647 [30JY], 21920 [31JY], 22050 [31JY], 22753, 22799, 22803 [1AU], 22827, 22832 [14AU]

———assure reimbursement of interest lost as result of Treasury Dept. actions in face of statutory debt ceiling crisis (H.R. 3688), 30942 [6NO], 35254 [9DE]

———benefit reductions, 17394, 17397 [26JN]

———budget proposals, 2823 [20FE]

———collection of overpayments made to deceased beneficiary and received by surviving beneficiary (H.R. 2860), 17256 [25JN]

———correct benefits disparity known as notch problem (H.R. 1916), 7482 [3AP]

———cost-of-living adjustment, 6406 [27MR]

———cost-of-living adjustments, 2605 [19FE], 4655 [6MR], 7112 [2AP], 10215 [2MY], 10612 [7MY], 11655 [13MY], 11704, 11706 [14MY], 12002 [15MY], 13003 [22MY], 16811 [21JN], 17392, 17396, 17397 [26JN], 17543, 17562 [26JN], 17891 [27JN], 17916, 17989, 17991, 17994 [27JN], 18392, 18440-18451 [10JY], 19138 [16JY], 19397 [17JY]

———cost-of-living adjustments (H. Con. Res. 116), 10247 [2MY], 18933, 18947 [11JY]

———cost-of-living freeze, 10211 [2MY]

———Disability Program reform, 9982 [1MY]

———disinvestment of trust funds, 30455, 30458 [5NO]

———financial solvency of trust fund, 29076 [24OC]

———freeze certain cost-of-living adjustments (H. Con. Res. 96), 6015 [21MR]

———freeze of cost-of-living adjustments (H. Res. 31), 1114 [24JA]

———halt closings of field offices, 19468 [17JY]

———increase amount of outside income authorized before penalty (H.R. 2877), 17502 [26JN]

———index income thresholds of benefits (H.R. 708), 1164 [28JA]

———insure cost-of-living benefit increases in the Old-Age, Surviviors, and Disability Insurance Program (H.R. 1386), 4241 [28FE]

———limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible (H.R. 3631), 30614 [5NO]

———make benefits consistent with tax policy (H.R. 1186), 3102 [21FE]

———mandatory coverage for State and local employees, 23134 [10SE]

———opposition to benefit cuts (H. Con. Res. 39), 1134 [24JA]

———President Reagan's policy, 8215 [17AP], 10612 [7MY]

———prevent disinvestment of trust funds (H.R. 3669), 30184-30193 [1NO], 30364, 30365, 30381 [4NO], 30456, 30459 [5NO], 30730 [6NO]

———prohibit use of Government adversaries in disability hearings (H.R. 3854), 34250 [4DE]

———projected reduction of benefits, 8396 [18AP]

———proposed budget treatment (H.R. 1477), 5090 [7MR]

———proposed reductions in cost-of-living adjustments, 9351, 9368 [24AP]

———protect trust funds, 30965 [6NO]

———psychologist's services in rural areas (H.R. 3281), 23534 [12SE]

———reduction of benefits, 9735-9739 [29AP]

———reform proposals (H.R. 3528), 26672 [8OC]

———regulations for review of disabled beneficiaries, 10238 [2MY]

———removal from the unified budget (H.R. 1385), 22815 [1AU]

———remove from Federal budget, 11654 [13MY]

———remove from Federal budget (H.R. 2299), 9992 [1MY]

———repeal earnings limit (H.R. 1062), 2350 [7FE]

———repeal limitation on outside earnings (H.R. 3279), 23475 [11SE]

———repeal taxation of benefits (H.R. 709), 1164 [28JA]

———repeal the limitation on earned outside income while receiving benefits (H.R. 2820), 16892 [21JN]

———restructuring proposals, 1276 [30JA]

———retain cost-of-living adjustments (H. Con. Res. 116), 8086, 8104 [16AP], 9563 [25AP], 9742 [1MY], 9948, 9966, 9968 [30AP], 10195 [1MY], 11225 [8MY], 11692 [13MY], 11909 [14MY], 13287, 13351 [22MY], 14258 [4JN], 16163 [18JN]

———retain cost-of-living adjustments (H. Res. 130), 8075 [16AP]

———retirement transition benefits formula adjustment (H.R. 1917), 7535, 7545 [3AP]

———revise income limitations (H.R. 2618), 13709 [23MY]

———sense of the Congress that taxes on benefits should not be increased (H. Con. Res. 173), 17966 [27JN]

———simplify forms, 1317 [30JA]

———sundry legislative reform proposals, 491 [3JA]

———taxation of benefits, 17511 [26JN], 17891 [27JN]

———trust fund disinvestment, 31222 [7NO]

———trust fund solvency, 29317 [29OC], 29797 [31OC], 30365, 30377, 30378 [4NO]

———underpayment of benefits, 34042 [3DE]

Social security: correct inequities in benefits, 32888 [20NO]

Social Security: protect trust funds from actions designed to avoid public debt limit (H.R. 3738), 31547 [12NO], 32191, 32207 [14NO], 33198 [20NO]

———status of lawsuit on disinvestment of trust funds, 32513 [20NO]

Social Security Act: anniversary, 26508 [7OC], 38845 [30DE]

Social Security Administration: establish as independent agency (H.R. 825), 22503 [1AU]

Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act: enact (H.R. 1089), 2327 [7FE]

Social Security Day: designate (H.J. Res. 300), 16411 [19JN], 22531 [1AU]

Social Security Minor and Technical Changes Act: enact, 6012 [21MR]

Social Security Protection Act: enact, 10398 [2MY]

Social Security Week: designate (H.J. Res. 300), 16411 [19JN], 22531 [1AU]

Social services: effect of budget cuts on senior citizens and handicapped, 7548 [3AP]

State and local employees: provide a deferred compensation pension option (H.R. 3208), 22768 [1AU]

Tax Court judges: eliminate mandatory retirement (H.R. 1736), 6378 [26MR]

Tax credits: provide for health care expenses (H.R. 644), 1113 [24JA]

U.S.: quality of life, 29876 [31OC]

Uniform Grandparents Visitation Act: enact (H. Con. Res. 67), 3973 [27FE], 4245 [28FE], 8644-8649 [22AP], 10400 [2MY]

Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Retirement Equity Act: enact (H.R. 2365), 10591 [6MY]

Veterans: health care of elderly (H.R. 505), 622 [7JA]

———improve older veterans' health care (H.R. 505), 17263 [25JN]

Veteran's spouse benefits: remarriage of surviving over 60 shall not result in termination (H.R. 480), 1162 [28JA]

VISTA: permit those aged 55 and older to serve beyond 5 years, 627 [7JA]

Year of Social Security: designate (H.J. Res. 1), 514, 580 [3JA]

Remarks in Senate

Adult Day Care Center Week: designate (H.J. Res. 229), 24356 [19SE]

Aga Khan, Yasmin: commending work on behalf of Alzheimer's disease research, 17614 [27JN]

Age Discrimination in Employment Act: exempt State law enforcement officers (S. 62), 159-160 [3JA]

Alcoholism: increase among the elderly, 17326 [26JN]

Alzheimer's disease: demonstration projects for alternative medicare benefits (H.R. 67), 7507 [3AP]

———designate treatment centers (S. 174), 269 [3JA]

———education, research, and treatment programs (S. 1736), 26242 [4OC]

———establish family support groups (H.R. 66), 7507 [3AP]

———establish family support groups (S. 753), 6195 [26MR]

———medicare demonstration project (S. 751), 6195 [26MR]

———require Sec. of HHS to coordinate and support research (S. 750), 6195 [26MR]

Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association: national program, 8598 [22AP]

American Association of Retired Persons: tax counseling service for elderly, 1504 [31JA]

Brown, Anna: tribute, 32674 [20NO]

Commodity supplemental food program: funding, 35938 [11DE]

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act: enact (S. 1730), 27676-27680 [16OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: surplus commodities program for elderly, 27460 [15OC]

Dept. of Defense: military retirement system, 12923-12925 [21MY]

———modify military retirement system, 12890-12897 [21MY]

———modify requirements of content of report on proposed changes to military retirement system, 12925-12927 [21MY], 13525 [23MY]

———provide Federal retirement credit to National Guard technicians (S. 1259), 14846 [7JN]

Dept. of HHS: establish home health care clearing house (S. 752), 31199 [7NO]

———establish home health care clearinghouse (S. 752), 6195 [26MR]

———establishment of Alzheimer's disease registry, 28151 [21OC]

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

Education: intergenerational volunteer network programs (S. 1022), 9622 [26AP]

Employment: eliminate mandatory retirement based on age (S. 1054), 10338-10340 [2MY]

———prohibit discrimination in Federal apprenticeship programs (S. 550), 4048 [28FE]

———prohibit suspension of accrued retirement benefits at age 65 (S. 1427), 18868 [11JY]

Federal employees: reform retirement system (H.R. 2672), appointment of conferees, 32646 [20NO]

———reform retirement system (S. 1527), 21421-21447 [30JY], 31019, 31038, 31060-31066, 31069-31088 [7NO]

Firefighters: allow flexibility in determining employment and retirement age (S. 1240), 14409 [5JN]

———allow flexibility in determining employment and retirement age (S. 698), 5819 [20MR]

Food stamp plan: extend authority for cash payments to elderly, 25292 [30SE]

Foster Grandparent Program: anniversary, 29691 [30OC]

Health: funding for research and training in geriatric medicine (S. 1100), 11012-11015 [8MY], 20343 [24JY]

———gerontology centers, 35509 [10DE]

———impact of malnutrition, 24504 [20SE]

———penalty-free withdrawal from individual retirement accounts for payment of institutional care (S. 1183), 12950 [21MY]

———tax credit for home care (S. 779), 6707 [28MR]

Health Care Financing Administration: inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (S. 1729)

Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly Act: enact (S. 1181), 12944-12947 [21MY]

Housing: funding of projects for elderly and disabled, 7426 [3AP]

———pet ownership in public projects, 30497 [5NO]

———tax treatment of sale-leaseback arrangements by elderly (S. 324), 1470 [31JA]

Immigrant Repatriation Study Act: enact (S. 1074), 10542 [6MY]

Individual retirement accounts: increase contributions allowed (S. 800), 6743 [28MR]

———repeal certain tax penalties (S. 718), 5835 [20MR]

———repeal earned income limitation on deduction and age limitation on distribution of retirement savings (S. 1539), 21735 [31JY]

Investments: tax treatment of certain accounts, 17300-17302 [26JN]

Jewish Visitation Program of the Friends of Lubavitch: tribute, 13674 [23MY]

Johnson, Lyndon B.: success of social programs, 9574 [26AP]

Law enforcement officers: allow flexibility for determining employment and retirement age (S. 1240), 14409 [5JN]

———allow flexibility for determining employment and retirement age (S. 698), 5819 [20MR]

Meals on Wheels Program of Central Maryland: tribute, 24503 [20SE]

Medicaid: coverage of physician assistant services (S. 1640), 23760 [13SE]

———funding, 10414 [3MY]-10421 [6MY]-10423 [3MY], 10576 [6MY]

———State flexibility to provide home or community-based services (S. 1277), 15128 [11JN]

Medical care: pharmacy practice and geriatric patient program, 10463 [3MY]

Medicare: administrative appeals and judicial review under part B (S. 1551), 22274-22276 [1AU]

———allow home health coverage on daily basis (S. 778), 7944 [16AP]

———anniversary, 21358-21365 [30JY], 21670, 21757 [31JY]

———appeal process under part B, 21763 [31JY]

———assistance for disabled (S. 873), 7368 [3AP], 27166 [10OC], 32120 [14NO], 32645 [20NO], 34990 [6DE]

———commend (S. Con. Res. 9), 6681 [28MR]

———commending (S. Con. Res. 9), 1798 [5FE]

———condition for reimbursement of physicians (S. 266), 1000 [24JA]

———consider as an automatic spending increase program, 30507 [5NO]

———continue certain hospital prospective reimbursement programs (S. 1460), 19600 [18JY]

———coverage for hospice care (S. 867), 7360 [3AP]

———coverage of physician assistant services (S. 1640), 23760 [13SE]

———deadline for publication of changes in inpatient hospital deductible, 28564 [23OC]

———delay coverage for State and local employees, 28409-28415 [22OC]

———delay inpatient hospital deductible, 35325-35327, 35328, 35329, 35370, 35374 [9DE], 35506-35507 [10DE]

———direct payment for services of registered nurse anesthetists (S. 1154), 12317 [16MY]

———eliminate late enrollment penalty (S. 1604), 22401 [1AU]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3722), 38382 [19DE]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3918), 36261 [12DE]

———extend certain reimbursement provisions (H.R. 3981), 37627 [18DE]

———extend prospective payment transition period (S. 1127), 11838 [14MY]

———funding, 10414 [3MY]-10421 [6MY]-10423 [3MY], 10576 [6MY], 10798 [7MY], 10993 [8MY], 11420-11431, 11478-11480 [9MY]

———hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service (S. 1648), 23848 [16SE]

———hospital deductible, 31292 [12NO]

———increase cigarette excise tax relative to program funding (S. 874), 7370 [3AP]

———increase membership of the Prospective Payment Assessment Commission (S. 984), 9151-9153 [24AP]

———inpatient deductible and extended care coinsurance (S. 1729)

———insure benefits (S. 916), 7916 [16AP]

———long-term home care demonstration project (S. 788), 6718 [28MR]

———payment amount for ambulatory surgical procedures (S. 1489), 20321 [24JY]

———peer review organizations (S. 1623), 23331 [11SE]

———permanent 50% regional-national diagnostic related group rates (S. 1400), 18148 [9JY]

———prevention of fraud and abuse (S. 1323), 16259 [19JN]

———prohibit changes in reimbursement levels for home health services (S. 1450), 19331 [17JY]

———prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index (S. 1401), 18149 [9JY]

———prospective payment system for hospitals, 21655 [31JY]

———reform program (S. 1613), 23050 [9SE]

———reform program (S. 1614), 23050 [9SE]

———reimbursement limits for home health agencies (S. 1402), 18150 [9JY]

———reimbursements to nursing homes, 31947-31951 [14NO]

———require participating hospitals to provide emergency services regardless of ability to pay, 28567-28571 [23OC]

———require second medical opinion as prerequisite for payment (S. 1325), 16265 [19JN]

———revise method of payment to hospitals for capital costs (S. 1559), 22316-22318 [1AU]

———solvency of program (S. 1346), 16963, 16974 [24JN]

———treatment of rural osteopathic hospitals under prospective payment system (S. 1317), 16028 [18JN]

Medicare Voucher Act: enact (S. 1985), 37660 [18DE]

Medicare/medicaid: President Reagan's cost reduction program (S. 1550), 22267 [1AU]

———require second opinion for certain surgical procedures as condition for payment (S. 1325), 21475 [30JY]

———State coordinated programs of acute and long-term care (S. 780), 6974 [1AP]

Nan S. Hutchinson Senior Hall of Fame: nominees, 20511 [25JY]

National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month: observance, 31199 [7NO]

National Alzheimer's Disease Month: observance, 31337 [12NO]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: designate (H.J. Res. 134), 6680 [28MR]

———designate (S.J. Res. 38), 1792, 1793 [5FE], 5264 [14MR]

———observance, 15030 [10JN]

National Home Care Week: designate (S.J. Res. 139), 12950 [21MY], 22246 [1AU]

National Homeless Awareness Day: observance, 6817 [28MR]

National Hospice Month: designate (S.J. Res. 155), 24654 [23SE]

National Nursing Home Residents Day: observance, 9645 [26AP]

National Nursing Home Week: observance, 10282 [2MY]

NIH: redesignate National Institute on Aging as the National Institute on Aging and Alzheimer's Disease (S. 750), 6195 [26MR], 31199 [7NO]

Older Americans Act: advocacy provisions, 16789 [21JN]

———anniversary, 12181 [15MY]

———anniversary of enactment, 13569 [23MY]

———anniversary (S. Con. Res. 47), 10865-10867 [7MY]

———commemorate enactment (S. Con. Res. 47), 11772 [14MY], 15114 [11JN]

———increase authorizations for commodity distribution (S. 1858), 32356 [19NO]

Older Americans Employment Opportunities Act: enact (S. 2), 936-940 [24JA]

Older Americans Month: designate (H.J. Res. 195), 10469 [3MY]

———designate (S.J. Res. 107), 7649 [4AP], 8951 [23AP]

———observance, 13448, 13569 [23MY]

Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.: plan termination regulations, 31969 [14NO]

Pensions: compensation to certain participants in private plans (S. 54), 135 [3JA]

———cost-of-living adjustment in civilian and military programs, 10315-10321 [2MY], 10993 [8MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments for Federal annuitants, 36300 [12DE]

———moratorium on certain reversions (S. 1532), 21451 [30JY]

———protect private (S. 730), 6175 [26MR]

———reform military survivors benefit plan (S. 1530), 21449-21451 [30JY]

———tax treatment of Federal annuities, 35526 [10DE]

Poverty: reverse trend toward children and elderly (S. 1194), 13246 [22MY]

Railroad Retirement Day: designate (S.J. Res. 114), 8171 [17AP], 22245 [1AU]

Railroads: reform retirement system (S. 637), 4889 [7MR]

———reform retirement system (S. 1176), 12940 [21MY]

———restore cost-of-living adjustments to retirement benefits (S. 929), 8130 [17AP]

Real property: imputed interest rates relative to continuing care facilities, 17280-17300 [26JN]

Retirement Income Policy Act: enact (S. 1784), 28419-28423, 28434 [22OC]

Senior Center Week: designate (S.J. Res. 60), 3039 [21FE]

Social Security: additional coverage for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for (S. 545), 4048 [28FE]

———additional coverage for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for (S. 943), 8352 [18AP]

———allow coverage of certain Connecticut State Police, 31929 [14NO]

———anniverary tribute, 22824 [14AU]

———anniversary, 16198 [8JY]

———cost-of-living adjustment, 10956, 10972, 10977, 10978, 10981, 10986, 10987 [8MY], 11476 [9MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments, 9856 [30AP], 10033-10075 [1MY], 10302 [2MY], 10414 [3MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 134), 8340 [18AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments (S. Res. 137), 8378 [18AP]

———cost-of-living adjustments (S.J. Res. 116), 8387 [18AP]

———coverage of mental health services under medicare (S. 50), 110 [3JA]

———disinvestment of trust fund, 36827 [17DE]

———eliminate benefit disparity (S. Con. Res. 24), 4494 [5MR]

———eliminate benefit disparity (S 1060), 10343 [2MY]

———ensure cost-of-living adjustments (S. 1720), 25367 [1OC]

———equal division of combined earnings of husband and wife following a divorce (S. 546), 4048 [28FE]

———establish independent agency (S. 122), 205 [3JA]

———establish procedure for sequencing consideration of the trust fund, 24299-24305 [19SE]

———exclude trust fund from budget process (S. 1600), 22398-22399 [1AU]

———exclude trust funds from budget (S. 724), 5846 [20MR]

———extend delayed retirement credit to surviving spouse (S. 548), 4048 [28FE]

———funding, 18238 [9JY]

———impact on borrowing needs of the Dept. of the Treasury, 27253 [10OC]

———inheritance of credits by surviving spouse (S. 547), 4048 [28FE]

———medicare coverage for loss due to catastrophic illness (S. 569), 4459 [5MR]

———medicare coverage of services of a nurse-midwife (S. 146), 233 [3JA]

———medicare coverage of services of certain interns in psychology (S. 145), 233 [3JA]

———notify Congress of investment of certain assets (S. 1909), 35101 [6DE]

———optional coverage for employees of religious organizations (S. 1229), 14158 [4JN]

———prevent disinvestment of trust fund (H.R. 3669), 30289-30292 [1NO]

———prevent disinvestment of trust fund (H.R. 3669), unanimous-consent request, 30288 [1NO]

———prohibit adversarial involvement in hearings relative to benefits, of Dept. of HHS and Social Security Administration (S. 1944), 36430 [13DE]

———protect cost-of-living adjustments for low-income recipients, 26852 [9OC]

———protect trust fund from disinvestment, 30413 [4NO]

———protect trust fund from disinvestment (S. 1826), 30412 [4NO]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment (S.J. Res. 116), 13893 [3JN]

———provide payment for occupational therapy services under medicare (S. 723), 5844 [20MR]

———reduce cost-of-living adjustments if other automatic increases in spending are reduced, 27193-27199 [10OC]

———relative to benefit disparity, 8348 [18AP]

———relative to notch provisions (S. 1473), 19604 [18JY]

———repeal separate definition of disability for surviving spouse (S. 549), 4048 [28FE]

———separation of trust fund from budget, 23713 [13SE], 23820-23830 [16SE], 24053, 24092-24102 [18SE], 24297 [19SE]

———tax treatment of benefits (S. 210), 672 [21JA], 929 [24JA]

———treatment of compensation received by retired Federal judges (S. 869), 7363 [3AP]

———trust fund financial solvency, 30086 [31OC], 30327 [1NO], 31005-31007, 31018 [7NO], 31304-31309 [12NO], 31783 [13NO]

———trust fund solvency, 28598 [23OC]

Social Security Act: anniversary of enactment, 16183-16198 [19JN]

———gerontological care coverage under medicare and medicaid (S. 77), 184 [3JA]

———home emergency response systems coverage under medicare (S. 127), 221 [3JA]

———issuance of certificate guaranteeing tax-exempt benefits (S. 48), 22 [3JA]

Social Security Administration: maintain staff level, 28157-28159 [21OC]

———opposition to proposed closing and downgrading of local offices (S. Res. 174), 13640 [23MY], 13905 [3JN]

———reorganize as independent agency (S. 17), 62 [3JA]

Social Security Equity Act: enact (S. 3), 943-947 [24JA]

Sommers, Tish: tribute, 28497 [23OC]

SSA: replacement of Martha McSteen as Acting Commissioner, 1460 [31JA]

Task Force on Elderly Abuse Act: enact (S. 1919), 35538-35540 [10DE], 38635 [19DE]

Taxation: credit for expenses incurred in care of certain dependents (S. 779), 6976 [1AP]

———increase dependent care credit (S. 1605), 22402 [1AU]

———provide equity in treatment of individual retirement accounts (S. 541), 4039 [28FE]

———provide equity in treatment of individual retirement accounts (S. 877), 7374 [3AP]

Telephones: provide service to low-income individuals (S. 950), 8357-8359 [18AP], 27187 [10OC]

Tribute, 20305 [24JY]

VA: feasibility plan for purchase of existing facility for hospital and nursing home care, 30650-30656, 30677-30679 [6NO]

———geriatric clinics tribute, 930 [24JA]

———improve services for elderly veterans (H.R. 505), 13577 [23MY]

Veterans: tax credit for home care (S. 1422), 18861 [11JY]

World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act: enact (S. 295), 1044 [24JA]

Year of Social Security: designate (S.J. Res. 23), 792-793 [22JA], 3637 [26FE], 6668 [28MR]

Reports

Appropriations for Health Care: Committee on Appropriations (H.R. 2577) (S. Rept. 99-142), 13126 [22MY]

Commemorate Anniversary of Older Americans Act: Committee on Education and Labor (H. Con. Res. 132) (H. Rept. 99-74), 11290 [9MY]

———Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. Con. Res. 47), 14740 [6JN]

Designate National Adult Day Care Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 229), 24359 [19SE]

Developments in Aging: Special Committee on Aging (S. Rept. 99-5), 4029 [28FE]

Developments in Aging—1984: Committee on Rules and!Administration (S. Res. 30) (S. Rept. 99-24), 7340 [3AP]

Discrimination in Employment: OPM (excerpt), 6091 [25MR]

Disinvestment of Social Security Trust Funds: Committee on Rules (H.R. 3669; H. Res. 306) (H. Rept. 99-353), 30198 [1NO]

Economic Status of the Elderly—A Response to the Report of the Council of Economic Advisers: National Council of Senior Citizens, 6891 [28MR]

Effect of Maximum Taxable Wage Cap on Taxes, Social Security, and the Deficit, 11692 [13MY]

Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 1181) (S. Rept. 99-208), 34122 [4DE]

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]

Indian Health Care Improvement Act: Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs (H.R. 1426) (H. Rept. 99-94), 11760 [14MY]

Issues Surrounding Pension Terminations for Reversion: Richard Ippolito (excerpt), 22017 [31JY]

National Employ the Older Worker Week: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 134), 6170 [26MR]

———Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 38), 6170 [26MR]

National Foster Grandparents Month: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 92), 10336 [2MY]

Older American Worker—Age Discrimination in Employment: Dept. of Labor (excerpt), 14411 [5JN]

Older Americans Act Appropriations: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 2453) (H. Rept. 99-286), 24614 [23SE]

Older Americans and Poverty: Bureau of the Census (excerpt), 10060 [1MY]

Older Americans Month: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 195), 10336 [2MY]

Older Hispanics Twice as Likely To Be Poor as Aged Anglos, Census Reports, 8539 [18AP]

1985 Report to the President: Council of Economic Advisers (excerpt), 6668 [28MR]

Pension Benefit Guarantee Corp.'s Plan Termination Regulations: GAO (excerpt), 31970 [14NO]

Relief of Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc.: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 1095) (H. Rept. 99-62), 10519 [6MY]

Senior Center Week: Committee on the Judiciary (S.J. Res. 60), 6171 [26MR]

Social Security Act—Violation by Disinvestment of Trust Funds: Library of Congress (excerpt), 36827 [17DE]

Social Security and the Budget: David Koitz, 10049 [1MY]

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

Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments, 25368-25371 [1OC]

Statements

Budget Deficit: President Reagan (excerpt), 10040, 10041 [1MY]

Children Advocacy Organization Heralds 50th Anniversary of Passage of Social Security Legislation, 26508 [7OC]

Civil Service Retirement System Reform (H.R. 3053)—Purpose and Justification, 19923-19924 [22JY]

Economic Stability Relative to Payment of Physicians' Medicare Fees: AMA, 11240 [9MY]

Enactment of the Social Security Act: Alben Barkley, 16184 [19JN]

———Franklin D. Roosevelt, 16186 [19JN]

———Pat Harrison, 16184 [19JN]

———Robert Wagner, 16184 [19JN]

———Wilbur Cohen, 16185 [19JN]

Federal Council on the Aging and the Older Americans Act: President Reagan (excerpt), 22794 [1AU]

Foster Grandparent Program: Mary Moore (excerpts), 28224 [21OC]

Funding of Social Security: Larry Speakes, 10062 [1MY]

———President Reagan, 10050, 10062, 10074 [1MY]

Home Health Care: John P. Marosy, 6712 [28MR]

Intergenerational Education Volunteer Network Act (H.R. 1587) (excerpt), 5643 [19MR]

Life Care Home Consumer Fraud and Abuse (excerpt), 7849 [15AP]

Mandatory Retirement for Tax Court Judges (excerpts), 6378 [26MR]

Medicare Funding: Senator Durenberger, 11426-11429 [9MY]

Medicare Payment for Therapeutic Shoes Could Save Amputations: American Diabetes Association, 25737 [2OC]

Medicare's Prospective Payment System (excerpt), 21656 [31JY]

Moral Test of Government: Hubert H. Humphrey, 38339 [19DE]

National Program to Conquer Alzheimer's Disease: Alzheimer's Disease and Related Disorders Association, 8598-8600 [22AP]

Plight of Pension Losers: Michael Fletutor, 135 [3JA]

President Reagan's Social Security Policy: Representative Frank, 9738 [29AP]

Railroad Retirement System: Thomas B. Strain, 22245 [1AU]

Respect for the Elderly: Hao Hoang, 20156 [23JY]

Retiring With High Incomes: Representative O'Neill, 17511 [26JN]

Social Security: President Reagan (excerpt), 17501 [26JN]

Social Security Cost of Living Adjustment: Robert Ball, 9948 [30AP]

———Senator Pressler, 10302 [2MY]

Women in Our Aging Society: Anna Brown, 32675 [20NO]

———Marjorie Jenks, 1794 [5FE]

Studies

Financial Burden of Out-of-Pocket Spending by the Elderly: Center for Health Policy Studies, 11425 [9MY]

Social Security Cost-of-Living Adjustments: Robert M. Ball, 9739 [29AP]

Summaries

Assistance for Disabled Under Medicare (S. 873), 7369 [3AP]

Congressional Senior Citizen Intern Program Activities: Identa Austin, 16880 [21JN]

Cost of Living Adjustments To Be Restored to Full Value in Line With Full Social Security, 10319 [2MY]

Family Economic Security Act (S. 1194), 13255-13260 [22MY]

Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act (H.R. 1370), 4161-4162 [28FE]

Older Americans Act of 1965, As Amended, 9758 [29AP]

Provide Protection for Residents of Life Care Homes (H.R. 2042), 7850 [15AP]

Railroad Retirement Improvement Act (S. 1176), 12941 [21MY]

Retirement Equity Act (H.R. 2110), 8428 [18AP]

Retirement Plans Ability To Invest in Tangible Assets, 510 [3JA]

Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act (S. 788), 6723 [28MR]

Task Force on Elderly Abuse Act (S. 1919), 35538 [10DE]

Surveys

Financing Long-Term Care: Dept. of HHS (excerpt), 17293 [26JN]

Tables

Financial status of railroad retirement trust fund, 8130 [17AP]

Medicare beneficiary out-of-pocket expenses, 11424 [9MY]

Social Security trust funds—estimated operations, 28598 [23OC]

Votes taken on Social Security, 16189-16192 [19JN]

Testimonies

Community Services for the Elderly and Handicapped: Merilee Trapp, 29837 [31OC]

Hospice Care: Bill Luckock, 23849 [16SE]

Remove Social Security Trust Funds From the Unified Federal Budget: Representative Young, 9333 [24AP]

Veteran's Spouse Benefits (H.R. 480): Max Beilke, 1163 [28JA]

Texts of

Extend medicare coverage to aged traveling outside U.S., 26135 [3OC]

H. Con. Res. 67, Uniform Grandparents Visitation Act, 3974 [27FE], 8644 [22AP]

H. Con. Res. 88, anniversary of medicare, 5645 [19MR]

H. Con. Res. 116, retain Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 8086 [16AP]

H. Con. Res. 116, Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 10247 [2MY]

H. Con. Res. 132, anniversary of the Older Americans Act, 11667 [13MY]

H. Con. Res. 132, recognizing anniversary of the Older Americans Act, 9758 [29AP]

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

H. Res. 90, authorizing printing of the 1985 Tax Guide for Older Americans, 5514 [19MR]

H. Res. 130, reatin Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 8076 [16AP]

H.J. Res. 134, National Employ-the-Older-Worker Week, 5003 [7MR]

H.J. Res. 195, Older Americans Month, 7576 [4AP]

H.J. Res. 300, Social Security Day and Week, 22532 [1AU]

H.R. 505, improve delivery of health care services, 12712-12714 [21MY]

H.R. 505, Older Veterans' Health Care Amendments, 623 [7JA]

H.R. 841, deduction for medical expenses for crime victims, 1321 [30JA]

H.R. 1089, Social Security COLA Trigger Reduction Act, 2328 [7FE]

H.R. 1095, for the relief of Meals on Wheels of the Monterey Peninsula, Inc., 21491 [30JY]

H.R. 1095, Relief of Meals on Wheels of the Monterey (CA) Peninsula, Inc., 2319 [7FE]

H.R. 1192, Older Americans Alternative Care Act, 2934 [21FE]

H.R. 1458, elimination of architectural barriers in public buildings, 5006 [7MR]

H.R. 1542, Pharmaceutical Assistance Act for the Aged, 5661 [19MR]

H.R. 1868, Medicare and Medicaid Patient and Program Protection Act, 13976, 13980 [4JN]

H.R. 1985, medicare coverage of occupational therapy services, 7584 [4AP]

H.R. 2070, extend hospice benefits under the Medicare Program, 8240 [17AP]

H.R. 2110, technical corrections to the Retirement Equity Act, 8500-8502 [18AP]

H.R. 2285, enrollment in health maintenance organizations, 10246 [2MY]

H.R. 2368, demonstration of preventive health services under medicare, 10498 [6MY]

H.R. 2491, Medicare Mental Illness Non-Discrimination Act, 11895 [14MY], 26520 [7OC]

H.R. 2618, revise income limitations for Social Security, 13709 [23MY]

H.R. 2831, proposed medicare support of graduate medical education, 16765 [20JN]

H.R. 2864, Fair Medicare Appeals Act, 17244 [25JN]

H.R. 2877, Modified Retirement Test Act, 17502 [26JN]

H.R. 3105, Medicare Improvement Act, 21636 [30JY]

H.R. 3120, Elderly Crime Prevention and Victim Assistance Act, 22712 [1AU]

H.R. 3281, clinical psychologist's services in rural areas under medicare and medicaid, 23534 [12SE]

H.R. 3445, exempt aged and handicapped from paying fees for firewood from National Forest System lands, 25216 [26SE]

H.R. 3452, Emergency Extension Act, 25268 [30SE]

H.R. 3528, Social Security reform proposals, 26673 [8OC]

H.R. 3631, limit increase in inpatient hospital deductible under Social Security, 30615 [5NO]

H.R. 3669, Social Security trust fund disinvestment, 30188 [4NO]

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]

H.R. 3927, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 38825 [20DE]

H.R. 4005, allow periods of certain State employee service to be creditable for civil service retirement, 38721 [19DE]

S. 2, Older Americans Employment Opportunities Act, 940 [24JA]

S. 3, Social Security Equity Act, 947 [24JA]

S. 17, reorganize Social Security Administration as independent agency, 62-67 [3JA]

S. 48, issuance of certificate guaranteeing tax-exempt Social Security benefits, 22 [3JA]

S. 50, medicare coverage of mental health services, 110 [3JA]

S. 54, compensation to certain participants in private pension plans, 136 [3JA]

S. 77, gerontological care coverage under medicare and medicaid, 184 [3JA]

S. 122, establish independent Social Security agency, 206-213 [3JA]

S. 127, home emergency response systems coverage under medicare, 221 [3JA]

S. 145, medicare coverage of services of certain interns in psychology, 233 [3JA]

S. 146, medicare coverage of services of a nurse-midwife, 234 [3JA]

S. 210, tax treatment of Social Security benefits, 673 [21JA]

S. 295, World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act, 1044 [24JA]

S. 324, tax treatment of sale-leaseback arrangements on residential properties by elderly (S. 324), 1470 [31JA]

S. 545, provide additional coverage under Social Security for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for, 4051 [28FE]

S. 546, equal division of combined earnings, for purposes of Social Security, of husband and wife following a divorce, 4051 [28FE]

S. 547, inheritance of Social Security credits by surviving spouse, 4052 [28FE]

S. 548, extend Social Security delayed retirement credit to surviving spouse, 4053 [28FE]

S. 549, repeal Social Security's separate definition of disability for surviving spouse, 4053 [28FE]

S. 550, prohibit discrimination in Federal apprenticeship programs, 4053 [28FE]

S. 569, Health Care Catastrophic Loss Prevention Act, 4462-4463 [5MR]

S. 637, reform railroad retirement system, 4889 [7MR]

S. 698, allow flexibility in employment and retirement age of public safety officers, 5819 [20MR]

S. 718, repeal certain tax penalties on individual accounts, 5836 [20MR]

S. 723, medicare payments for occupational therapy services, 5845 [20MR]

S. 724, exclude Social Security trust fund from budget process, 5847 [20MR]

S. 750, Alzheimer's Disease Research Coordination Act, 6196 [26MR]

S. 751, Alzheimer's disease medicare demonstration project, 6196 [26MR]

S. 752, require Dept. of HHS to establish home health care clearinghouse, 6196 [26MR]

S. 753, establish family support groups for victims of Alzheimer's disease, 6197 [26MR]

S. 779, tax credit for home health care of elderly, 6709 [28MR]

S. 788, Senior Citizens Independent Community Care Act, 6720-6722 [28MR]

S. 800, increase contributions allowed to individual retirement accounts, 6743 [28MR]

S. 874, increase cigarette excise tax relative to funding of medicare, 7370 [3AP]

S. 943, provide additional coverage under Social Security for years under which child age 6 or under is cared for, 8353 [18AP]

S. 950, Lifeline Telephone Service Act, 8358 [18AP]

S. 984, increase membership of the Social Security Administration's Prospective Payment Assessment Commission, 9151 [24AP]

S. 1022, intergenerational education volunteer network programs, 9623 [26AP]

S. 1054, eliminate manadatory retirement based on age, 10339 [2MY]

S. 1060, eliminate disparity in Social Security benefits, 10343 [2MY]

S. 1074, Immigrant Repatriation Study Act, 10543 [6MY]

S. 1100, Geriatric Research, Education, and Training Act, 11013-11015 [8MY]

S. 1127, extend prospective medicare payment transition period, 11839 [14MY]

S. 1154, direct payment for medicare services of registered nurse anesthetists, 12319 [16MY]

S. 1158, direct payment by medicare of direct education costs of health care professionals, 12324 [16MY]

S. 1176, Railroad Retirement Improvement Act, 12941 [21MY]

S. 1181, Home and Community Based Services for the Elderly Act, 12945 [21MY]

S. 1183, penalty-free withdrawal from individual retirement accounts for payment of institutional care, 12950 [21MY]

S. 1194, Family Economic Security Act, 13247-13255 [22MY]

S. 1229, optional Social Security coverage for employees of religious organizations, 14158 [4JN]

S. 1240, allow flexibility in employment and retirement age of public safety officers, 14411 [5JN]

S. 1277, Medicaid Home and Community-Based Services Improvement Act, 16044 [18JN]

S. 1323, prevention of fraud and abuses in Medicare and Medicaid Programs, 16260-16264 [19JN]

S. 1350, recovery of Social Security overpayments made to surviving beneficiary, 17042 [25JN]

S. 1378, Long Term Care Insurance Promotion and Protection Act, 17643 [27JN]

S. 1400, medicare's permanent 50% regional-national diagnostic related group rates, 18149 [9JY]

S. 1401, medicare's prospective application and periodic updating of revised wage index, 18150 [9JY]

S. 1402, medicare reimbursement limits for home health agencies, 18151 [9JY]

S. 1422, Elderly Veterans Care Act, 18862 [11JY]

S. 1450, prohibit changes in medicare reimbursement levels for home health services, 19331 [17JY]

S. 1473, relative to Social Security notch provisions, 19604 [18JY]

S. 1489, Medicare Outpatient Surgery Savings, Access, and Quality Act, 20321 [24JY]

S. 1527, Civil Service Pension Reform Act, 21423-21439 [30JY]

S. 1532, Pension Plan Reversion Moratorium Act, 21452 [30JY]

S. 1539, repeal earned income limitation on deduction and age limitation on distribution of retirement savings, 21735 [31JY]

S. 1550, medicare/medicaid cost reduction program, 22267-22274 [1AU]

S. 1551, administrative appeals and judicial review under part B of medicare, 22275 [1AU]

S. 1559, Medicare Capital Payment Reform Act, 22318 [1AU]

S. 1600, exclude Social Security trust fund from budget process, 22399 [1AU]

S. 1613, improve medicare program, 23051 [9SE]

S. 1614, improve medicare program, 23051 [9SE]

S. 1640, medicare and medicaid coverage of physician assistant services, 23761 [13SE]

S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service, 23849 [16SE]

S. 1648, hospice care benefit, rates, and optional service under the Medicaid Program, 23849 [16SE]

S. 1720, ensure Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 25368 [1OC]

S. 1729, Medicare Beneficiary Fairness Act, 25632 [2OC]

S. 1784, Retirement Income Policy Act, 28423-28434 [22OC]

S. 1826, protect Social Security trust fund from disinvestment, 30412 [4NO]

S. 1858, amend Older Americans Act to increase authorizations for commodity distribution, 32357 [19NO]

S. 1985, Medicare Voucher Act, 37661-37663 [18DE]

S. Con. Res. 9, commend medicare for success in protecting older persons against high cost of health care, 6681 [28MR]

S. Con. Res. 9, commend medicare on anniversary, 22529 [1AU]

S. Con. Res. 9, commending medicare program, 1798 [5FE]

S. Con. Res. 47, commemorate enactment of the Older Americans Act, 10865 [7MY], 15115 [11JN]

S. Con. Res. 58, medicare's prospective payment system for hospitals, 21658, 21752 [31JY]

S. Res. 134, Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 8377 [18AP]

S. Res. 137, Social Security cost-of-living adjustments, 8378 [18AP]

S. Res. 174, opposition to proposed closing and downgrading of local Social Security Administration offices, 13638 [23MY]

S.J. Res. 23, Year of Social Security, 6671 [28MR]

S.J. Res. 38, National Employ the Older Worker Week, 1793 [5FE]

S.J. Res. 60, Senior Center Week, 6677 [28MR], 10638 [7MY]

S.J. Res. 65, National Alzheimer's Disease Month, 10640 [7MY]

S.J. Res. 139, National Home Care Week, 23753 [13SE], 32592 [20NO]

S.J. Res. 155, National Hospice Month, 24655 [23SE], 26976 [9OC]