INCOME see also Fair Labor Standards Act

Amendments

Minimum wage: establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 6788 [13AP], 11339 [17MY]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 23948, 23961 [15SE], 24204 [16SE], 24449, 24457 [19SE], 24481, 24547-24551, 24569-24573 [20SE], 24733, 24773, 24833-24846 [22SE], 25239, 25242 [23SE]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 26617 [29SE], 30407 [13OC], 31379, 31397, 31555-31559 [18OC]

Analyses

CBO Report—Trends in Family Income, 1970-86: Committee on Children, Youth, and Families (House, Select), 3000-3002 [2MR]

Cost Estimate of H.R. 1834: CBO, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Employment Incentive Act (S. 2235), 5847 [30MR]

House of Representatives' Fair Employment Practices (H. Res. 558), 26780 [29SE]

Social Security Work Incentives Act (H.R. 4680), 12483 [25MY]

Appointments

Commission on Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Salaries: Thomas F. Eagleton, 11685 [19MY]

Articles and editorials

Better Alternative to a Higher Minimum Wage, 5847 [30MR], 9885 [4MY]

Better Than $3.35, $4.25 or Even $5.05, 31980 [19OC]

Better Way To Help the Low-Paid, 33449 [21OC]

Better Way to Help the Working Poor, 9890 [4MY]

Better Way With Wages, 9884 [4MY]

CBO's Unwelcome Cost Estimate Vanishes, 8566 [25AP]

Comparable Worth, 9908 [4MY]

Distribution of Income, 14294 [13JN]

Don't Raise That Minimum Wage, 9886 [4MY], 9893 [4MY]

Eastern Idaho Employers Wary of Increases in Minimum Wage, 24773 [22SE]

Economic Scene-Minimum Wage, a Tangled Puzzle, 9885 [4MY]

Economist—Jobs Go if Pay Rises, 24491 [20SE]

Helping the Working Poor, 9891 [4MY]

Higher Minimum Wage Unfair to Small Business, 24771 [22SE]

Higher Wage May Not Help, 24771 [22SE]

Idaho Small-Business Owners Oppose Minimum Wage Hike, 24772 [22SE]

In Search of the Middle Class, 18768 [26JY]

Laundered Data From CBO, 9898 [4MY]

Let's Help the Poor Escape From Welfare, 9883 [4MY]

Let's Restore the Minimum Wage, 3984 [15MR]

Minimum Decency, 14486 [14JN]

Minimum Wage, 9898 [4MY], 24770 [22SE]

Minimum Wage, Maximum Cover-Up, 9899 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Politics and Economics, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Cost Jobs, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Employers, Marginal Employees, 24771 [22SE]

Minimum Wage Hike Would Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9895 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Increase Is Dangerous Legislation, 24492 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Increase Unnecessary, 24491 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Kills Jobs, 24486 [20SE]

Minimum Wage Versus Training, 13615 [9JN]

Minimum Wage Will Cost Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum Wage—A Better Way, 24734 [22SE], 24746 [22SE], 25292 [26SE], 31980 [19OC]

Minimum Wage—A Perverse Policy, 9891 [4MY], 24770 [22SE]

Minimum Wage—Good Intentions, Bad Idea, 24493 [20SE]

Minimum Wages, 2746 [1MR]

Minimum-Wage Bill Would Cost Carolinas 75,000 Jobs, 24490 [20SE]

Minimum-Wage Politicking—A Big Increase Will Mostly Raise Inflation and Joblessness Without Much Helping the Poor, 31980 [19OC]

Myth of the Minimum Wage, 17301 [7JY], 22764 [7SE]

North Carolina Jobs Lost if a Proposal Becomes Law, 24490 [20SE]

Not a Rich Man's Tax Break, 32723 [10NO]

Official Warns Against Raising Minimum Wage, 24491 [20SE]

Other Side of Minimum Wage Argument, 9618 [29AP]

Pay Congress for Service, Not Lunch, 23733 [14SE]

Petri Gaining Support for Tax Credit Changes, 9896 [4MY]

Proposal to Boost Minimum Wage Has Overwhelming Public Support, 23946 [15SE]

Raising Minimum Wage Helps Poor Very Little, Professor Argues, 9892, 9895 [4MY]

Raising Minimum Wage May Hurt Those It Seeks To Help, 9896 [4MY]

Right Minimum Wage, $0.00, 9886 [4MY], 18769 [26JY], 24773 [22SE]

Silver Lining in a $57,000 Raise, 23734 [14SE]

Study Says Minimum Wage Increases Tied to Poverty, 9892, 9895 [4MY]

What Are They Worth?, 23733 [14SE]

``Why Are They Trying to Take Our Freedom Away?'', 24493 [20SE]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 5093, 5506, 5314)

Armed Forces: pay adjustments for personnel stationed overseas (see H.R. 3842)

———Presidential report to Congress whenever military personnel are paid hostile fire pay (see H.R. 5573)

Child support: amounts withheld by employer from employee's wages for enforcement purposes (see H.R. 3882)

Courts: income equality of judges (see H.R. 5161)

Employment Incentive Act: enact (see S. 2235)

Fair Labor Standards Act: minimum wage and overtime requirements (see H.R. 3920)

Federal employees: pay adjustments (see H.R. 5443)

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: enact (see H.R. 4695)

House of Representatives: fair employment practices (see H. Res. 558)

Insurance: exclude certain cash wages paid to seasonal agricultural laborers from coverage under certain programs (see S. 2577)

Job Enhancement for Families Act: enact (see S. 2658)

Lobbyists: prohibit payment on a contingency fee basis (see S. 2733)

Medicaid: posteligibility income of certain beneficiaries (see H.R. 4247)

———require participating nursing facilities to pay personnel equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed at other facilities (see H.R. 5517)

Medicare: applying area hospital wage index in certain New England areas (see H.R. 5216, 5298)

Members of Congress: votes for pay increases (see S. 2682)

———pay adjustments (see H.R. 3843)

Minimum wage: repeal (see S. 2512)

Pensions: bankruptcy judges and U.S. magistrates (see H.R. 4340)

———State taxation of non-residents (see S. 2820)

Social Security: annual personal earnings and benefit statements to those workers covered (see S. 2441)

———benefit computation formula (see H.R. 5159)

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 4104)

———parental income relative to severely disabled children (see H.R. 3953)

———payment of benefits for month of recipient's death (see S. 2287)

———personal earnings and benefit statements (see S. 2684)

———phase out earnings test for those of retirement age (see S. 2766; H.R. 3934)

———remove limitations on outside income (see H.R. 4412, 4892)

VA: disclosure of income information (see S. 2611)

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (see S. 2011)

Watch industry: wage certificates to manufacturers in U.S. insular possessions (see H.R. 5524)

Cloture motions

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 24458 [19SE], 24482 [20SE], 25194 [23SE]

Factsheets

Job Enhancement for Families Act (S. 2658), 18768 [26JY]

Small Business Concerns With the Minimum Wage, 4146 [16MR]

———National Federation of Independent Business, 9549 [29AP]

Letters

CBO cost estimate of H.R. 1834: James L. Blum, 9897, 9898 [4MY]

Congressional Pay Accountability Act: Senator Pressler, 24159 [16SE]

Cost of raising the minimum wage: James C. Miller III, 9889 [4MY]

Employment in homes: North Carolina Farm Bureau Federation, 24494 [20SE]

Federal pay legislation: Dept. of Justice, 29290 [7OC]

———OPM, 29290 [7OC]

———Richard A. Hastings, 2776 [1MR]

Homemaker regulations under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 24758 [22SE]

———President Reagan, 24758 [22SE]

Raising the minimum wage, 9890 [4MY]

———Don Phelps, 24756 [22SE]

———Jack Doak, 10563 [11MY]

———Nancy S. Barrett and Laurence R. Klein, 2790 [1MR]

———Nick Harroz, 24757 [22SE]

———Randall L. Salls, 24756 [22SE]

———Tyco V. Swick, 11002 [13MY]

Relating amount of the earned income tax credit to family size: Beryl W. Sprinkel, Council of Economic Advisers, 11535 [18MY]

Lists

Minimum Wage Restoration Act supporters, 2790 [1MR]

Organizations supporting H.R. 387, equitable pay practices for Federal employees, 25795 [27SE]

Memorials of legislature

Georgia, 9155 [27AP]

Oklahoma, 14372 [14JN]

Newsletters

New Plan Helps Families Make Ends Meet, Representative Nancy L. Johnson, 9896 [4MY]

Petitions

Minimum wage: Canton, OH, City Council, 25024 [22SE], 32122 [20OC]

Remarks in House

Agriculture: income averaging for farmers (H.R. 5314), 24143 [15SE]

Armed Forces: Presidential report to Congress whenever military personnel are paid hostile fire pay (H.R. 5573), 33497 [21OC]

Bush, Vice President: minimum wage policy, 25071 [23SE]

CBO: report on economic impact of raising minimum wage, 7088 [18AP], 9702 [3MY]

Child support: amounts withheld by employer from employee's wages for enforcement purposes (H.R. 3882), 447 [28JA]

Employment: equal salaries for jobs with comparable worth to their organization, 9908 [4MY]

———jobless rate and low wages, 22397 [11AU]

Families: support legislation favoring families, 25278 [23SE]

Federal employees: equitable pay practices (H.R. 387), Fawell amendment, 28249 [4OC]

———pay equity, 2776 [1MR]

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: enact (H.R. 4695), 12773 [26MY]

———enact (S. 1911), 29083 [6OC]

House of Representatives: fair employment practices (H. Res. 558), 26780 [29SE], 27840-27845 [3OC]

Housing: development and preservation of low- and moderate-income rentals (H.R. 5214), 22389 [11AU]

———impact of economy on low-income home buyers, 12481 [25MY]

———preservation of low-income housing (H.R. 5252), 22722 [7SE]

Medicaid: posteligibility income of certain beneficiaries (H.R. 4247), 5099 [23MR]

———require participating nursing facilities to pay personnel equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed at other facilities (H.R. 5517), 30609 [13OC]

Members of Congress: pay adjustments (H.R. 3843), 77 [25JA]

———pay increase, 14511 [14JN]

———salaries and expenses (H.R. 4840), 14782 [16JN]

Minimum wage: establish fair and equitable, 17300 [7JY], 24351 [16SE]

———establish fair and equitable (H.R. 1834), 2790 [1MR], 8438 [21AP], 9493 [28AP], 9549 [29AP], 9618 [29AP], 9804 [3MY], 9820, 9891, 9892, 9897 [4MY], 10004 [5MY], 10488 [11MY], 10581 [12MY], 11260 [17MY], 11375, 11376 [18MY], 11525 [18MY], 11776 [19MY], 26853 [29SE]

———increase, 2745 [1MR], 3984 [15MR], 4176 [17MR], 20354 [3AU], 26033 [28SE], 26682 [29SE], 26835 [29SE], 31979 [19OC]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 2790 [1MR], 25364 [26SE], 27290 [30SE]

NIH: income levels of employees, 14723 [15JN]

Postal Service: pay rate for experts and consultants (H.R. 3592), 15257 [20JN]

Public utilities: low-income home energy assistance program, 3623 [9MR]

Small business: impact of minimum wage on employment, 4146 [16MR]

Social Security: benefits, 25057 [22SE]

———establish entitlement program for treatment of addiction by raising level of certain income subject to taxes (H.R. 5545), 31962 [19OC]

———parental income relative to severely disabled children (H.R. 3953), 1603 [17FE], 20202 [3AU]

———remove limitations on amount of outside income an individual may earn while receiving benefits (H.R. 4412), 7530 [19AP]

Social Security Work Incentives Act: enact (H.R. 4680), 12483 [25MY], 13206 [1JN]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 33421 [21OC]

Remarks in Senate

Children: child care incentive programs (S. 2864), 28364 [5OC]

Congressional salaries and pensions: appropriations (S. 2155), 3451 [4MR]

Employment Incentive Act: enact (S. 2235), 5843 [30MR]

Farmers: restoration of income averaging, 29756, 29759, 29761 [11OC]

———tax relief for capital gain on transfer of property to pay a debt (S. 2873), 29365 [7OC]

Federal employees: classification system and equitable pay practices (S. 552), 29362 [7OC]

———classification system and equitable pay practices (S. 552), unanimous-consent agreement, 12459 [25MY]

———pay raises, 6424, 6426 [12AP]

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: enact (S. 1911), 1771 [18FE], 26878 [30SE], 28059 [4OC]

Insurance: exclude certain cash wages paid to seasonal agricultural laborers from coverage under certain programs (S. 2577), 16142 [28JN]

Investment: importance of private saving, 8770 [26AP]

Job Enhancement for Families Act: enact (S. 2658), 18767, 18769, 18771 [26JY], 29719 [11OC]

Labor: statistics on personal per capita, 25712 [27SE]

Members of Congress: salaries, 15558, 15559-15562 [22JN], 23733 [14SE]

———votes for pay increases (S. 2682), 20589 [4AU], 30849 [14OC]

Minimum wage, 32611 [21OC]

———increase, 11002 [13MY], 19657 [29JY]

———repeal (S. 2512), 15410 [21JN]

———status for Puerto Rico, 4326 [17MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: enact (S. 837), 23942-23948 [15SE], 24158-24176, 24187-24197 [16SE], 24457 [19SE], 24481-24505 [20SE], 24733, 24752, 24762, 24764-24773, 24794, 24795 [22SE], 25189-25195, 25196-25202, 25210 [23SE], 25290-25300, 25305-25315 [26SE], 25628 [27SE], 26027 [28SE]

National Economic Commission: preservation of Social Security benefits (S. Res. 478), 24833 [22SE]

———support open meetings, no increase in taxes, and preserve Social Security benefits (S. Res. 477), 24833 [22SE]

Public welfare: reform, 25641 [27SE]

Social Security: payment of benefits for month of recipient's death (S. 2287), 6941 [14AP]

———period of transition and formula relative to workers born in years after 1916 and before 1930 (S. 1830), 6430 [12AP]

———personal earnings and benefit statements (S. 2684), 20590 [4AU]

———phase out earnings test for those of retirement age (S. 2766), 23143 [9SE]

VA: disclosure of income information (S. 2611), 17273 [7JY]

Veterans: elimination of offset between disability compensation and military retirement pay (S. 2120), 2871 [2MR]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: enact (S. 2011), 164, 165 [26JA], 18642 [25JY], 24515 [20SE], 31343-31411 [18OC]

Reports

Increasing the Minimum Wage—A Risky Way to Reduce Poverty: Ronald B. Mincy, 19657 [29JY]

Reports filed

Bankruptcy Judges and U.S. Magistrates Pensions: Committee on the Judiciary (H.R. 4330) (H. Rept. 100-638), 11752 [19MY]

Compensation for the Park Police and the Secret Service Uniformed Division: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 5319) (H. Rept. 100-1059), 28655 [5OC]

Defense Dept. Overseas Teachers Pay and Personnel Practices Act Amendment: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 3424) (H. Rept. 100-607), 9975 [5MY]

Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 1911) (S. Rept. 100-546), 25235 [23SE]

Government Equitable Pay Practices: Committee on Governmental Affairs (S. 552) (S. Rept. 100-301), 4050 [16MR]

Minimum Wage Level: Committee on Education and Labor (H.R. 1834) (H. Rept. 100-560), 6009 [31MR]

Minimum Wage Restoration Act: Committee on Labor and Human Resources (S. 837) (S. Rept. 100-430), 18760 [26JY]

Promotion of Equitable Pay Practices in Federal Civil Service: Committee on Post Office and Civil Service (H.R. 387) (H. Rept. 100-914), 23676 [13SE]

VA Disclosure of Income Information: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2611) (S. Rept. 100-412), 16725 [6JY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (S. 2011) (S. Rept. 100-439), 19758 [1AU]

Statements

Children and Families in Poverty—The Struggle to Survive: Representative Miller, 3000 [2MR]

Studies

Turnaround in Family Income, 1977-87: Christopher Frenze, 25629, 25630 [27SE]

Wages of American Workers in the 1980's: Senate Committee on the Budget, 25308 [26SE], 25635-25640 [27SE]

Summaries

House of Representatives Fair Employment Practices (H. Res. 558), 27841 [3OC]

Job Enhancement for Families Act (H.R. 4119), 9882 [4MY]

Minimum Wage, Economic Impact, 9894 [4MY]

Minimum Wage Demography, 9893 [4MY]

Minimum Wage—The Issue Is Skills, 9894 [4MY]

Tables

Employment loss in selected congressional districts due to passage of minimum wage legislation, 9821 [4MY]

Estimated job losses due to minimum wage increases and offsets, workers 16 to 24, 11535 [18MY]

Real per capita disposable income and consumption, 25628 [27SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 558, House of Representatives' fair employment practices, 26781 [29SE], 27840 [3OC]

H.R. 3592, pay rate for experts and consultants of the Postal Service, 15257 [20JN]

H.R. 4119, Job Enhancement for Families Act, 9882 [4MY]

H.R. 4145, protection of prevailing wage determinations for Federal employees, 3689 [10MR]

H.R. 5252, Low-Income Housing Preservation Act, 22722-22725 [7SE]

H.R. 5517, require medicaid participating nursing facilities to pay personnel equal to the mean rate paid nursing personnel employed at other facilities, 30609 [13OC]

H.R. 5573, Presidential report to Congress whenever military personnel are paid hostile fire pay, 33497 [21OC]

S. 837, Minimum Wage Restoration Act, 23942 [15SE]

S. 1911, Forest Wildfire Emergency Pay Equity Act, 29083 [6OC]

S. 2011, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, 165 [26JA], 31343-31359 [18OC]

S. 2155, permanent appropriations for compensation of Members of Congress, 3452 [4MR]

S. 2235, Employment Incentive Act, 5844-5847 [30MR]

S. 2658, Job Enhancement for Families Act, 18768 [26JY]

S. 2684, Social Security's personal earnings and benefit statements, 20590 [4AU]

S. 2766, phase out Social Security earnings test for those of retirement age, 23144 [9SE]

S. Res. 444, tax offset program, 15392 [21JN]

S. Res. 477, support for open meetings, no increase in taxes and preservation of Social Security benefits in meeting of National Economic Commission, 24832 [22SE]