PENSIONS see also Social Security Act

Addresses

United Steelworkers of America: Senator Heinz, 19273 [9JY]

Advertisements

Tax-free money with the best financial vehicle ever created: Los Angeles (CA) Times, 28831 [22OC]

Amendments

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30353 [30OC]

Armed Forces: correction to military retirement pay (H.R. 2974), 22898, 22960 [6AU], 35820 [16DE], 36063 [17DE]

Bankruptcy: extend certain protections under title 11 of U.S. Code (S. 1783), 27820, 27843 [14OC]

CIA: authorizing appropriations for fiscal years 1988-89 (S. 1243), 21023 [23JY]

Cost of living increases: eliminate for Federal programs in fiscal 1988 (S. 1859), 32050 [17NO]

Federal employees: technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), 36618, 36631 [19DE]

Intelligence services: authorizing appropriations (S. 1243), 20980 [23JY]

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 21095, 21096 [24JY]

Analyses

Payments to Steel Industry Retirees (S. 1811), 28984 [22OC]

Retiree Benefits Protection Act (H.R. 2969), 20288 [20JY]

Appeal

Congress, the Administration, and the American People—Time for Decisive Action—A Bipartisan Budget Plan, 31530 [10NO]

Articles and editorials

Bite the Deficit, Not Social Security, 35808 [16DE], 36691 [20DE]

Book Lists Michigan Areas in the Best Places To Retire, 26593 [6OC]

Can't Stay, Can't Leave—Huge ``Exit Costs'' Multiply Industry's Woes, 19273 [9JY]

Cut Social Security—Forget It—It's a Fair, Humane, Solvent Program, and It Works, 35766, 35788, 35807 [16DE]

Cutting Social Security, 31529 [10NO]

Fooling Ourselves, 21509 [29JY]

Get Serious About Protecting Pensions, 18701 [1JY]

``Notch Babies'' and ``Bonanza Babies'' a $300 Billion Misunderstanding, 11355 [6MY]

Shameless Roosevelt Connection, 5293 [11MR]

Social Security Lobby Group Is Said To Mislead Aged, 5294 [11MR]

Some White House Aspirants, Combing the Market of Fresh Ideas, Embrace Portable Pension Plan, 7877 [2AP]

Tax Reform May Cause Pension Underfunding, 15396 [10JN]

Wages of Uncertainty—Pension Fund Changes Leave Workers Feeling Yanked Into Crisis, 18966-18967 [8JY]

Bills and resolutions

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (see H.R. 2969)

Armed Forces: compensation for disabled veterans concurrent with retirement pension (see H.R. 303)

———correction to military retirement pay (see H.R. 2974)

———revise deferred compensation for career military personnel (see H.R. 48)

———survivor annuities to spouses of certain Reservists (see H.R. 125)

———survivor benefits plan (see S. 479; H.R. 302)

Bankruptcy: benefits of retired employees (see H.R. 1186)

———extend certain pension and health insurance protections under title 11 of the U.S. Code (see S. 903)

———extend certain protections under title 11 of U.S. Code (see S. 1783)

———payment of certain benefits to retired former employees of debtors (see H.R. 1301)

———priority to certain unsecured claims of retired former employees (see H.R. 1040)

Business: employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 41)

———procedure for waiver of minimum funding standards in hardship (see H.R. 129)

Civil Service Retirement Spousal Benefits Act: enact (see S. 1284)

Coast Guard: retired pay for officers (see H.R. 1132)

Collective bargaining: benefits for retired employees (see H.R. 548)

Corporations: treatment of terminated plans (see H.R. 3067)

Cost of living increases: eliminate for Federal programs in fiscal 1988 (see S. 1859)

Courts: enhanced retirement credit for judges (see H.R. 1947, 3726)

———judicial survivors annuities (see H.R. 3358)

———retirement and survivor benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (see S. 1630; H.R. 2586)

Dept. of Defense: advancement of Army and Air Force reserve enlisted personnel to highest grade satisfactorily held after thirty years of service (see S. 1552)

———minimum monthly annuity (see H.R. 3620)

Education: permit teachers to change employment across State lines without loss of retirement benefits (see H.R. 2152)

ERISA: continuation of health insurance coverage (see H.R. 1072)

———cost of living adjustments and pension portability (see H.R. 2613)

———exception to anti-alienation and preemption provisions (see H.R. 2317)

———exempt from preemption any provision of Minnesota law requiring employers to provide health coverage (see H.R. 2364)

———improve protection and delivery of benefits under private retirement health plans (see H.R. 1660)

———portability of benefits (see H.R. 1992)

———solvency of pension benefit guaranty program for single-employer plans (see H.R. 2268)

———supplemental Social Security benefits (see H.R. 1961, 1962)

Ex-Members of Congress: eliminate cost of living adjustments under civil service and Federal employee's retirement systems (see H.R. 652)

Federal employees: allow creditable service from Federal-State cooperative programs to civil service retirement (see H.R. 3585)

———eligibility for Government health benefits program as an annuitant (see H.R. 2341)

———exclude civil service retirement and disability fund from the budget (see H.R. 182)

———civil service retirement system (see H.R. 3791)

———forfeiture of annuities and retired pay (see H.R. 959)

———forfeiture of retirement benefits upon conviction for revealing identity of covert agent (see H.R. 32)

———include INS inspectors, Customs Service inspectors, and IRS revenue officers within hazardous occupations retirement provisions (see H.R. 2532)

———optional early retirement program (see H.R. 818)

———technical corrections to retirement system (see H.R. 1505, 3395)

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Management System: liability of a Federal employee (see S. 1553)

Individual retirement accounts: age for distributions (see H.R. 741)

———contributions (see S. 376)

———purchase of home with tax-free distributions (see S. 282)

———repeal provisions which limit deductibility of contributions (see H.R. 1705)

———withdrawals for acquisition, construction, or reconstruction of principal residence (see H.R. 570)

Insurance: single-employer pension plan termination insurance program and pension plan premium costs (see H.R. 2063), 8667 [9AP]

Iowa: Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters (see H.R. 2691)

Iron and steel industry: retirees (see S. 1811)

Merchant marine: military retired pay for those who were members during World War II (see H.R. 988, 1258)

New York, NY: allow recognition of certain income to be deferred by public safety officers (see H.R. 3220)

———exempt from added tax on early pension plan distributions severance pay for public safety officers and sanitation workers (see H.R. 3218)

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (see H.R. 2863)

———security as condition for pension plan funding (see H.R. 2865)

Philippine Scouts: equalize retired pay with other Armed Forces retirees (see H.R. 2065), 8667 [9AP]

Plans: welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (see H.R. 3086)

Private retirement health plans: improve protection and delivery of benefits (see H.R. 1660)

Railroad Retirement Act: amend (see H.R. 223)

———amend provision relative to employment of workers in nonrailroad work and qualifications for annuity (see S. 346; H.R. 1148)

———amend to change benefit eligibility requirements (see H.R. 218)

———annuity requirements for divorced wives (see H.R. 3495)

———civil service retirement credit (see S. 1578)

———credit for military service (see H.R. 2824)

———disability benefits (see H.R. 2823, 2829, 2830)

———eliminate the last person service rule (see H.R. 184, 2831)

———retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (see H. Con. Res. 227)

———survivor's annuities (see H.R. 2822)

———survivor's annuities for divorced wives (see H.R. 2825)

———treat similarly all tier 1 retirement benefits for income tax purposes (see S. 1155)

———trust fund (see H.R. 2229)

———unemployment and sickness benefits (see H.R. 2826)

———workers with 25 years or more of service shall have a current connection for purposes of annuities (see H.R. 2827)

Retired Benefits Security Act: enact (see S. 548)

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (see S. 1739)

Small business: encourage to extend retirement and fringe benefits (see H.R. 2793)

———prohibit reversions to employers of residual assets upon termination of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 1942)

Small Business Retirement and Benefit Extension Act: enact (see S. 1426)

Social Security: benefit disparity problem (see S. 225; H. Con. Res. 11, 15, 72)

———benefits for 1979 retirees (see H.R. 1357, 1358, 1359)

———benefits for divorced spouses (see H.R. 419)

———benefits for surviving spouses (see H.R. 422)

———combined earnings of husband and wife for benefit purposes (see H.R. 420)

———continued payment of disability insurance benefits during appeal (see S. 1937; H.R. 3725)

———cost of living increases (see H.R. 229)

———division of earnings of married couple during period of marriage (see S. 174)

———eliminate earnings test for retiring individuals (see H.R. 1204)

———eliminate reductions in benefits in cases of spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain pensions (see H.R. 672)

———eliminate rounding of cost of living increases (see H.R. 2377)

———exchange of credits between old-age, survivors, and disability insurance system and civil service retirement system (see H.R. 417)

———exclude trust funds from budget deficit (see H.R. 1965)

———extend benefits of delayed retirement credit to surviving and divorced spouses who work (see S. 172)

———individuals achieving self-sufficiency (see S. 636)

———increases in primary insurance amounts (see H.R. 1026)

———inheritance of earnings credits by surviving spouse (see S. 173)

———limitation of outside income (see S. 1953; H.R. 230, 248, 351, 365, 469, 1643)

———monthly insurance benefit payment for month in which recipient dies (see H.R. 669)

———off-budget treatment of Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund (see H.R. 703)

———payment of more than one monthly benefit to same individual (see H.R. 601)

———payment of survivors' benefits (see H.R. 1025)

———permanent provisions which permit or require disregarding of in-kind assistance to AFDC and SSI recipients (see H.R. 3512)

———phase out earnings test for individuals at age 65 (see H.R. 1555)

———prevent disinvestment of trust funds (see H.R. 702)

———proportional benefits paid for month of death (see H.R. 1127, 1166)

———protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 (see H.R. 1264)

———reduce taxes (see H.R. 423)

———restore benefit levels of workers reaching 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 416)

———retirement benefits (see H.R. 3535)

———retirement benefits relative to decoupling changes (see H.R. 1027)

———retirement transition benefits formula adjustment (see H.R. 1057)

———safeguard trust funds by ensuring prudent investments (see H.R. 1369)

———taxation (see H.R. 504)

———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (see H. Con. Res. 133)

———transition benefits for spouses of insured individuals aged 50 (see H.R. 418)

———years of coverage for computing special minimum benefit (see S. 175)

Sports: pension plans for associations of football coaches (see S. 1188; H.R. 1093)

Taxation: annuities, pensions, and other benefits (see H.R. 146)

———basic exemption for annuities, pensions, and retirement benefits (see H.R. 366)

———cost of living adjustments and pension portability (see H.R. 2613)

———credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (see S. 1922)

———deduction for retirement savings (see H.R. 951)

———exclude from gross income amounts withdrawn from Individual Retirement plans for payment of long-term care insurance premiums (see S. 1832)

———exclusion from gross income part of government pension which does not exceed maximum which could have been excluded under Social Security (see H.R. 1938)

———exempt distributions under Federal retirement system from additional tax on early distributions (see H.R. 2669)

———exemption on first $10,000 (see H.R. 700)

———exemptions for certain persons taking early retirements (see H.R. 2702)

———first-time homebuyers' use of individual retirement accounts for home purchase (see H.R. 1503)

———improve portability of benefits (see S. 1349; H.R. 2643)

———inclusion of Social Security or railroad retirement benefits in gross income for nonresident aliens (see H.R. 698)

———individual retirement plans (see H.R. 1404)

———life insurance and annuity contracts (see H.R. 3441)

———partial exclusion of certain retirement benefits (see H.R. 1041)

———payment of long-term care insurance premiums (see H.R. 2997)

———pension and annuity plans (see H.R. 903)

———permit withdrawal of excess assets from single employer plan (see H.R. 2781)

———portion of government pension which does not exceed maximum benefits payable under Social Security (see H.R. 1691)

———repeal penalty on underpayments of income tax attributable to overstatement of pension liabilities (see H.R. 1048)

———repeal restrictions added by the Tax Reform Act on the deduction for retirement savings (see H.R. 1273)

———restore special 3-year basis recovery rule for employee's annuity (see H.R. 919, 700, 1007, 1681, 1682)

———treat church self-funded benefit plans as life insurance contracts (see S. 1263)

———treat similarly all tier 1 railroad retirement benefits for income tax purposes (see S. 1514)

———treatment of basic recovery rule to employees' annuities (see S. 69, 99)

———treatment of gains from short-term investments (see H.R. 2932)

———treatment of interest in determining whether Social Security or railroad retirement benefits are to be included in gross income (see H.R. 668)

———unemployment compensation and retirement benefits (see H.R. 233)

———uniform treatment of employer-provided health care benefits for retired (see H.R. 2860)

Tax-exempt organizations: permit to establish section 401(k) plans (see H.R. 2304)

Veterans: agent orange liability case participants (see S. 1805)

———dependency and indemnity compensation to surviving spouses (see H.R. 2354)

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (see S. 1692)

———disabilitycompensation concurrent with retirement pay (see H.R. 1251)

———effective date for certain reductions and discontinuations of benefits (see H.R. 3116)

———entitlement of surviving spouse to presumptive dependency and indemnity compensation (see H.R. 3115)

———extend period during which Hodgkin's disease and leukemia shall be presumed to be service-connected (see H.R. 3117)

———improve death and disability pension program (see H.R. 2449)

———improve pension benefits for World War I veterans and surviving spouses (see H.R. 3722)

———protection from reduction for disability (see H.R. 3113)

———service for World War I (see H.R. 414)

———special pension program for veterans of World War I (see H.R. 2448)

World War II: Cadet Nurse Corps training made creditable for Federal retirement purposes (see H.R. 3673)

Chart

Social Security improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees, 910 [7JA]

Descriptions

Modification of section 806 of Tax Reform Act, 12326 [13MY]

Documents

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act, 27675 [13OC]

Hearings

Committee on Appropriations (House): Foreign Service Retirement Fund (testimony), D220 [1AP]

———(H.R. 1961, 1962) (testimony), D263 [21AP]

———overfunding and underfunding of pension plans, D189 [24MR]

Committee on Labor and Human Resources: overfunding and underfunding of pension plans (testimony), D189 [24MR]

Committee on Post Office and Civil Service: Federal Employees' Retirement System Act (testimony), D195 [25MR]

Committee on the Judiciary (Senate): protect benefits under a collective bargaining agreement to include retired employees (S. 548) (testimony), D282 [24AP]

Committee on Ways and Means: administration's pension plan funding and premium rate proposals (testimony), D241 [7AP]

———effect of President's competitiveness initiative on funding and termination of defined benefit pension plans, D124 [6MR]

———pension plan funding and premium rate proposals, D258 [9AP]

Letters

Federal retirement thrift investment plan: Francis X. Cavanaugh, 25907 [30SE]

Magistrates Retirement Parity Act: Representative William D. Ford, 13791 [27MY]

Pension plan for football coaches: Bill Curry, 14411 [2JN]

———Joe Restic, 14398 [2JN]

Retired Benefits Security Act: Kent W. Clapp, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Ohio, 21098 [24JY]

———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 21097 [24JY]

Retiree Benefits Bankruptcy Protection Act: Dick Warden, UAW, 27670 [13OC]

———John J. Sheehan, United Steelworkers of America, 27669 [13OC]

Social Security penalties (sundry), 4034 [24FE]

Lists

Iowa cities affected by Social Security legislation, 16158 [16JN]

Memorials of legislature

Hawaii, 14260 [2JN]

Ohio, 22589 [5AU], 25418 [28SE]

Pennsylvania, 35741 [15DE], 36150 [17DE]

Texas, 9734 [24AP], 10600 [29AP]

Messages

Railroad Retirement Board Report: President Reagan, 33041 [20NO]

Petitions

Business pension plans: Allegheny County, PA, Commissioners, 4262, 4263 [26FE]

Retirees' benefits under bankruptcy laws: Fairview Park, OH, City Council, 1229 [13JA]

Social Security: Tamarac, FL, City Council, 14060 [28MY]

Social Security cost of living adjustments: Iowa Commission on Aging, 1230 [13JA]

Social Security trust fund: Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel Co. retired employees, 9734 [24AP]

Remarks in House

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 20287 [20JY], 27667-27676 [13OC]

Armed Forces: correction to military retirement pay (H.R. 2974), 21293 [28JY], 35820-35821 [16DE]

Bankruptcy: amend code relative to benefits of retired employees (H.R. 1186), 5475 [11MR], 5533 [11MR]

———extend certain pension and health insurance protections under title 11 of the U.S. Code (S. 903), unanimous-consent agreement, 10813 [30AP]

———health and life insurance claims of retired former employees (H.R. 1040), 5481 [12MR]

———protection of health and retirement benefits for former employees (H.R. 1186), 6190 [18MR]

———rejection of collective bargaining agreements by debtors (H.R. 931), 4441 [27FE]

———termination of company health benefits (H.R. 761), 2197, 2202 [29JA]

Benefits: outside earnings limitation, 4034 [24FE]

———welfare plans restrictions relative to mergers (H.R. 3086), 22331 [4AU]

Budget: cost of living adjustments for Social Security recipients, retired and Federal and military employees, 32687 [18NO]

Continental Steel Corp.: pension benefits for employees, 6727 [25MR]

Courts: enhanced retirement credit for judges (H.R. 1947), 13790-13791 [27MY], 14078 [28MY]

———retirement and survivor benefits for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (H.R. 2586), 14594 [3JN]

Education: permit teachers to change employment across State lines without loss of retirement benefits (H.R. 2152), 9656 [23AP]

ERISA: exemptions from anti-alienation provisions (H.R. 2317), 11725 [7MY]

———portability of benefits (H.R. 1992), 8549 [8AP]

———solvency of pension benefit guaranty program for single-employer plans (H.R. 2268), 15229 [10JN]

———supplemental Social Security benefits (H.R. 1961), 8270-8274 [7AP], 11284 [5MY]

Federal employees: establish optional early retirement program (H.R. 818), 2198 [29JA], 15230 [10JN]

———reform tax treatment of pensions, 2695 [4FE]

———technical corrections relative to retirement system (H.R. 1505), 5556 [12MR]

———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), 28311 [19OC], 28546 [20OC]

———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), Senate amendments, 36723-36727 [21DE]

Federal retirees: tax equity, 811 [6JA]

Individual retirement accounts: tax treatment (H.R. 951), 3192 [5FE]

Investments: portability system, 8080 [7AP]

IRA Equity and Retention Act: enact (H.R. 951), 3192 [5FE]

Iron and steel industry: liability, 1689 [21JA]

LTV: employee medical and retirement benefits, 1689 [21JA], 2008 [27JA], 4947 [5MR], 5194 [10MR], 10848 [30AP]

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp.: crisis, 16208 [16JN]

———priority in bankruptcy proceedings for unsettled claims (H.R. 2863), 18691, 18701 [1JY]

———safeguard, 25043 [23SE]

Philippine Scouts: equalize retired pay with other Armed Forces retirees (H.R. 2065), 8910 [9AP]

Plans: improve portability of benefits (H.R. 2643), 15357 [10JN]

Railroad Retirement Act: amend (H.R. 1148), 3496, 3497 [19FE]

———annuity requirements for divorced wives (H.R. 3495), 28539 [20OC]

Railroad retirement plans: effect of subsequent employment after layoff, 3496, 3497 [19FE]

Railroads: retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration (H. Con. Res. 227), 34652 [9DE]

Reserve Mining Co.: health and life insurance benefits for retirees, 10848 [30AP]

Retiree Benefits Security Act: enact (H.R. 5283), 5475-5481 [11MR]

Small business: encourage to extend retirement and fringe benefits (H.R. 2793), 17624 [25JN]

———prohibit reversions to employers of residual assets upon termination of single-employer pension plans (H.R. 1942), 8289 [7AP]

Social Security: benefits transition formula (H.R. 1917), 7744 [1AP]

———computation rule application to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (H.R. 1917), 9660 [23AP]

———correct benefit disparity (notch problem), 25683 [29SE], 25916 [30SE]

———correct benefit disparity (notch problem) (H.R. 2107), 9192 [21AP]

———correct benefit disparity (notch problem) (H.R. 121), 4053 [25FE]

———cost of living adjustments, 32876 [19NO]

———improved benefit computation formula for certain retirees (H.R. 121), 910 [7JA]

———management of disability insurance program (H. Con. Res. 35), 4039 [24FE]

———phase out earnings test for individuals at age 65 (H.R. 1555), 5509 [11MR], 12049 [12MY], 35651 [15DE]

———reform (H.R. 671-677), 1798 [21JA]

———rounding of benefits in cases of multiple checks, 1079 [8JA]

———solvency of trust funds, 11354 [6MY]

———transfer of railroad retirement system functions (H. Con. Res. 133), 14599 [3JN]

Sports: allow certain associations of football coaches to have qualified plan (H.R. 1093), 14398, 14406, 14411 [2JN]

Taxation: 3-year basis recovery rule relative to employee annuities (H.R. 780), 2014 [27JA]

———exclusion from gross income part of government pension which does not exceed maximum which could have been excluded under Social Security (H.R. 1938), 7868 [2AP]

———life insurance and annuity contracts (H.R. 3441), 26794 [7OC], 28831 [22OC], 29763 [28OC]

———permit withdrawal of excess assets from single employer plan (H.R. 2781), 17628 [25JN]

———repeal penalty on underpayments of income tax (H.R. 1048), 15396 [10JN]

U.S. Cadet Nurse Corps: civil service retirement, 32951 [19NO]

Women: economic equity (H.R. 2577), 14207, 14210 [2JN], 24049 [15SE]

Remarks in Senate

Aged: treatment of claims for certain benefits (H.R. 2969), 30334 [30OC]

Armed Forces: correction to military retirement pay (H.R. 2974), 21737 [30JY], 22898 [6AU], 36063 [17DE]

———monthly annuity to widows of retirees (S. 479), 3077 [5FE]

Bankruptcy: extend certain protections under title 11 of U.S. Code (S. 1783), 27311, 27325 [9OC], 27843 [14OC]

———protection of certain pension and health insurance (S. 903), 7852 [2AP], 8951 [10AP]

———protection of health and life insurance benefits for retirees (S. 548), 3730-3732 [19FE]

Civil Service Retirement Spousal Benefits Act: enact (S. 1284), 13943 [28MY]

Cost of living increases: eliminate for Federal programs in fiscal 1988 (S. 1859), 31527 [10NO], 32050 [17NO]

Courts: enhanced retirement credit for judges (H.R. 1947), 14141 [29MY], 14441 [3JN]

———retirement and survivors' annuities for bankruptcy judges and magistrates (S. 1630), 23212 [7AU]

Dept. of Labor: portability of pensions, 35240 [11DE]

Employees and retirees: private sector efforts to alleviate losses suffered as a result of plan termination (see S. Con. Res. 58), 12300 [13MY]

Federal employees: optional early retirement (S. 42), 484 [6JA], 2461 [2FE]

———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 1505), 5714 [13MR]

———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 1505), placed on calendar, 5911, 5918 [17MR]

———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 1505), technical corrections, 6916 [25MR]

———technical corrections to retirement system (H.R. 3395), 28973 [22OC], 36631-36635 [19DE]

Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Management System: liability of Federal employees (S. 1553), 21252 [28JY]

Individual retirement accounts: contributions (S. 376), 1871 [22JA]

Iowa: Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters (S. 1363), 16157 [16JN]

Iron and steel Industry: retirees (S. 1811), 28981 [22OC], 29184 [23OC], 33611 [2DE]

———retirement plans, 22831 [6AU]

Labor: retirement plans, 18965 [8JY]

Michigan: retirement-friendly communities, 26593 [6OC]

National Committee to Preserve Social Security and Medicare: fundraising practices, 5293 [11MR]

National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service: early retirement for certain employees, 37676 [21DE]

National Weather Service: early retirement for certain employees, 37676 [21DE]

Plans: portability of benefits, 28144 [15OC]

———improve portability of benefits (S. 1349), 15140-15142 [10JN]

Railroad Retirement Act: amend (S. 346), 1559-1560 [21JA]

———civil service retirement credit (S. 1578), 21915 [31JY]

Railroads: treat similarly all tier 1 retirement benefits for income tax purposes (S. 1155), 11529 [6MY]

Retiree Benefits Security Act: enact (S. 548), 3730-3732 [19FE]

Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act: enact (S. 1739), 26161-26168 [1OC]

Securities: disclosures relative to accumulations of stock and tender offers (S. 1323), 14611 [4JN]

Small Business Retirement and Benefit Extension Act: enact (S. 1426), 17575 [25JN]

Social Security: continue disability benefits during appeal (S. 1937), 34562-34565 [9DE]

———cost of living adjustments, 35765, 35787 [16DE], 36689-36691 [20DE]

———eliminate disparity in benefits paid to persons born between 1917 and 1921 (S. 225), 665 [6JA]

———reduction in benefits, 30483 [3NO]

———remove limitation on outside income (S. 1953), 35801 [16DE]

———trust fund, 21508-21510 [29JY]

Social Security Equity Act: enact (S. 3), 349-353 [6JA]

Social Security Trust Funds Management Act: enact (S. 33), 466-467 [6JA]

Sports: pension plans for associations of football coaches (S. 1188), 12008 [12MY]

Tax Reform Act: section 806, 12325 [13MY]

Taxation: credit for contributions to long-term health care savings accounts (S. 1922), 34226 [4DE]

———exclude from gross income amounts withdrawn from individual retirement plans for payment of long-term care insurance premiums (S. 1832), 29884 [29OC]

———reinstating 3-year basis recovery rule (S. 99), 564 [6JA]

———repeal basis recovery rule (S. 69), 532 [6JA]

———treat similarly all tier 1 railroad retirement benefits for income tax purposes (S. 1514), 20562 [21JY]

Veterans: agent orange liability case participants (S. 1805), 28749 [21OC]

———disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (S. 1692), 24434 [17SE], 24538 [18SE]

Reports filed

Correction to Military Retirement Pay: Committee on Armed Services (H.R. 2974) (H. Rept. 100-231), 20779 [22JY]

Extension of Pension and Health Insurance Protections Under Bankruptcy Laws: Committee on the Judiciary (S. 903), 8759 [9AP]

Railroad Unemployment Insurance and Retirement Improvement Act: Committee on Energy and Commerce (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-102), 13431 [21MY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (H.R. 2167) (H. Rept. 100-02), 28346 [19OC]

Technical Corrections Relating To Federal Employees' Retirement System: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 3395) (H. Rept. 100-374), 28009 [15OC]

Resolutions by organizations

Employees seeking pension benefits: Kokomo, IN, Common Council, 6727 [25MR]

Statements

Bankruptcy: President Reagan, 27674 [13OC]

Corporate Takeovers: Clayton C. Oster, 14618 [4JN]

———James E. Hatfield, Glass, Pottery, Plastics & Allied Workers, 14617 [4JN]

———Thomas Donahue, AFL-CIO, 14617 [4JN]

Treasury Practices Regarding Social Security, 467 [6JA]

Tables

Comparison of Social Security benefits for retirees with career Federal minimum earnings under present law, 910 [7JA]

Comparison of Social Security benefits for retirees with career average earnings under present law, 911 [7JA]

Estimated operations of OASI and DI trust funds (alternative 11-B assumption), 467 [6JA]

Federal funds deficit with and without summit agreement, 36692 [20DE]

Pension eligibility, 28145 [15OC]

Retirement places rated, 26594 [6OC]

Trust fund impact on budget results and investment holdings, 36692 [20DE]

Telegrams

Pension plan for football coaches: John Cooper, 14406 [2JN]

Testimonies

Protecting Our Pensions: Representative Ritter, 11295 [5MY]

Retirees Protection: Jean Bush, 37703 [21DE]

———William E. Brock III, Sec. of Labor, 37704 [21DE]

Texts of

H.R. 780, 3-year basis recovery rule relative to employee annuities, 2014 [27JA]

H.R. 1505, technical corrections relative to Federal employees' retirement system, 5557 [12MR]

H.R. 1938, exclusion from taxable gross income part of government pension which does not exceed maximum which could have been excluded under Social Security, 7868 [2AP]

H.R. 1947, enhanced retirement credit for judges, 13790 [27MY]

H.R. 2065, equalize retired pay of World War II Philippine Scouts with other Armed Forces retirees, 8910 [9AP]

H.R. 2167, amend Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to ensure payment of benefits, 31319-31325 [9NO]

H.R. 2317, ERISA exemptions from anti-alienation provisions, 11725 [7MY]

H.R. 2643, improve portability of pension benefits, 15357 [10JN]

H.R. 2969, treatment of claims for certain pension benefits, 27667 [13OC]

H.R. 2974, correction to military retirement pay, 21293 [28JY]

H.R. 3367, nondiscrimination requirements for Federal retirement thrift investment plan, 25907 [30SE]

H.R. 3395, technical corrections to Federal employees' retirement system, 28311-28318 [19OC], 36723-36726 [21DE]

S. 3, Social Security Equity Act, 354, 355 [6JA]

S. 33, Social Security Trust Funds Management Act, 468 [6JA]

S. 225, eliminate disparity in Social Security benefits paid to persons born between 1917 and 1921, 666 [6JA]

S. 346, Railroad Retirement Act amendment, 1560 [21JA]

S. 548, Retiree Benefits Security Act, 3730 [19FE]

S. 765, Social Security Reorganization Act, 6007-6013 [18MR]

S. 903, bankruptcy protection of certain pension and health insurance, 7852 [2AP], 8952 [10AP], 10814 [30AP]

S. 1284, Civil Service Retirement Spousal Benefits Act, 13945 [28MY]

S. 1309, Economic Equity Act, 14350-14362 [2JN]

S. 1363, Social Security coverage for certain law enforcement officers and fire fighters in Iowa, 16158 [16JN]

S. 1553, liability of Federal employees relative to Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Management System, 21252 [28JY]

S. 1578, amend Railroad Retirement Act civil service retirement credit, 21916 [31JY]

S. 1692, veteran disability benefit relative to non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, 24435 [17SE]

S. 1739, Retiree Health Protection and Long-Term Care Insurance Act, 26163-26168 [1OC]

S. 1805, Veterans agent orange liability case participants, 28750 [21OC]

S. 1811, payments to steel industry retirees, 28982 [22OC]

S. 1859, eliminate cost of living increases for Federal programs in fiscal 1988, 31529 [10NO]

S. 2125, permit teachers to change employment across State lines without loss of retirement benefits, 9656 [23AP]

S. Res. 195, Kurt Waldheim's U.N. retirement allowance funds, 10129 [28AP]