INCOME related term(s) Economy; Pensions; Securities; Social Security

Addresses

Campaign for Human Development—Theological-Historical Roots: Joseph Bernadin, S13174-S13176 [11SE]

Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Dominic J. Perri, National Association of Graduate and Professional Students, E808 [6AP]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12363 [11AU]

Amendments

Budget: treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H615 [25JA]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H8726 [8SE], H8757, H8763, H8764, H8766, H8767, H8768, H8770, H8771 [12SE]

Federal employees: continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), S19340, S19343 [2JA], H15643 [30DE]

———ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (S. 1429), S19011, S19019 [20DE]

House of Representatives: payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (H. Res. 35), H251 [17JA]

House Rules: treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), H15594 [22DE]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S11575, S11640 [5AU], S11894 [8AU], S12428, S12511 [11AU], S12802, S12804, S12807, S12810, S12811, S12819, S12820, S12823, S12825, S12827, S12829, S12842, S12864, S12867, S12868, S12869, S12870 [7SE], S12874, S12875, S12876, S12877, S12878, S12883, S12885, S12886, S12887, S12889, S12890, S12891, S12892, S12893, S12895, S12896, S12897, S12898, S12899, S12900, S12901, S12902, S12903, S12904, S12905, S12906, S12907, S12908, S12910, S12911, S12914, S12916, S12917, S12918, S12920, S12925, S12926, S12927, S12928, S12929, S12931, S12932, S12933, S12937, S12938, S12939, S12940, S12941, S12942, S12944, S12945, S12946, S12947, S12948, S12949, S12950, S12951, S12952, S12953, S12954, S12955, S12956, S12957, S12958, S12968, S12969, S12970, S12971, S12972, S12973, S12976, S12977, S12978, S12984, S12985, S12986, S12987, S12988, S12995, S12996, S13031, S13032, S13033, S13034, S13035, S13036, S13037, S13038, S13040, S13044, S13045, S13048, S13049, S13050, S13051, S13054, S13055, S13056, S13057, S13058, S13059, S13060, S13061, S13064, S13066, S13070, S13071, S13120, S13121, S13123, S13126, S13128, S13129, S13130, S13133, S13139 [8SE], S13203 [11SE], S13495, S13547 [13SE], S13561, S13567, S13571, S13572, S13573 [14SE], S13628, S13629, S13632, S13634, S13636, S13637, S13642, S13645, S13646, S13652, S13667, S13670 [15SE], S13771, S13866 [19SE], H3276, H3277 [15MR], H3491, H3496, H3497, H3509, H3514, H3515, H3517, H3525, H3527 [22MR], H3582, H3586, H3592, H3595, H3600, H3603, H3605, H3609, H3617, H3622, H3628, H3634 [23MR], H3742 [24MR]

Senate Rules, S10841 [27JY]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16581, S16630 [2NO]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), S4977 [31MR], H1933 [21FE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H3880 [28MR], H3975, H3977, H3978 [29MR], H4264, H4290 [5AP]

Veterans: increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), S16927, S16937 [9NO], H12124 [10NO]

Analyses

Economic Benefits From Capital Gains Deduction, S15791 [26OC]

Fair Pay Act (H.R. 1507), E853 [7AP]

Flat Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses (H.R. 2060), E1461 [19JY]

Pension Simplification Act (S. 1006), S9527-S9533 [30JN]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Real Estate Investment Trust Tax Simplification Act (S. 1297), S14747-S14750 [29SE]

Tax Treatment of Pensions of Indian Tribal Governments and Their Employees (S. 1304), S14904 [10OC]

Tax Treatment of Tax-Exempt Bonds Issued From Indian Tribal Governments (S. 1306), S14905 [10OC]

Thrift Savings Investment Funds Act (S. 1080), S10827 [27JY]

Treatment of Indian Tribal Natural Resource Income Act (S. 1307), S14906 [10OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act (S. 992), S9439 [29JN]

Veterans' Housing Loan Program and Montgomery GI Bill Cost-Reduction Act (S. 993), S9440 [29JN]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, S15199 [17OC], H9710, H9735 [29SE], H10670 [24OC]

———H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, S4559 [24MR], H3851 [28MR]

Articles and editorials

Addicts Squander Checks on Drugs, Alcohol—Your Cash Supports Abusers' Habits, S11772-S11774 [7AU]

AFDC Numbers—Bad Enough, But Not That Bad, S12681 [6SE]

Age Discrimination—Lift Earnings Cap, S15784 [26OC]

Average American Has Reason To Be Angry—Low Pay, Long Hours, and Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor, E1183 [8JN]

Baby Boomers' Retirement Could Be a Bust—Living Standards May Drop as Social Security Rolls Bulge, E1400 [10JY]

Balanced Budget Amendment Must Not Exclude Social Security, S3349 [2MR]

Balanced-Budget Myth, S17137 [16NO]

Beware Politically Correct Investing, E1939 [12OC]

Bitter Battle Reveals That Repealing Law Won't Save Money, H10029 [12OC]

Board of Contributors—What the '93 Tax Increases Really Did, S18779 [16DE]

Border Welfare Bounty, S8411 [14JN]

Borrowing From Soc Sec To Aid the Rich, S17137 [16NO]

Capital Gains Fable and Fact, H5062 [16MY]

Changes in Welfare Rules Fulfill Will of the People, S11765 [7AU]

Charting the State of Welfare, S12681 [6SE]

Checks Are in the Mail, S8410 [14JN]

Clinton's Biggest Welfare Fraud, S8409 [14JN]

Confronting the Myths, E2236 [28NO]

Confronting the Myths—The Truth About Poverty and Welfare, E2157 [10NO]

Consumer Price Index—Measuring Inflation and Causing It, S15447-S15453 [23OC]

Cut Now, Pay Later, H11921 [8NO]

Cutting Taxes No Matter the Cost, S16674 [3NO]

Death and Taxes, S7617 [26MY]

Decent Minimum Wage, E286 [7FE]

Don't Touch Our Pay, House Republicans Say—Hill Checks Protected During Budget Fight, S19331 [2JA]

Economic Perspective, S8407 [14JN]

End Social Security Earning Curb, S15784 [26OC]

Federal Cuts Put Squeeze on Welfare, E1937 [12OC]

Firm Foundations—New Approach to Welfare Reform—Humility, S14562 [28SE]

Flexel Workers Face Pay Cut, H8667 [7SE]

Food-Stamp Racket, S13157 [11SE]

Fraud Casts a Shadow on Tax Credit for Poor, S8408 [14JN]

Frayed Lifeline—Hunger Among Elderly Surges—Meal Programs Just Can't Keep Up, S1569 [26JA]

From Tragedy to Farce—If History Repeats Itself, a Balanced-Budget Amendment Won't Force Congress To Be Disciplined—Just Creative, S3014 [23FE]

Gap in Wealth in the United States Called Widest in West, H4538 [3MY]

GOP Bills To Overhaul Welfare Worry City and County Officials, S6926 [18MY]

GOP Had Better Get Business Off the Dole, Too, H11917 [8NO]

GOP Stance on Wage Irks Working Widow, E333 [13FE]

GOP Tax Plan Costs Soar After Budget-Balancing Year, S17523 [27NO]

Greasing the Tax Cut Rules, S3857 [14MR]

Great Pension Fund Raid, Part II, H11918 [8NO]

Hard Hearts, Soft Heads, S19154 [22DE]

Harder Look at Refund Claims, S8411 [14JN]

Here's a Grand Little Story To Stir Your Blood on a Monday Morning, H2300 [27FE], H5161 [17MY]

His Experiences Give Bishop Ideas on Welfare Reform, S5512 [6AP]

Immigration—Where To Go From Here, S17790 [29NO]

Impact—Stop Playing Games With Social Security, S4178 [20MR]

Income Gap Is Issue No. 1, Debaters Agree, H14352 [12DE]

It's the U.N.'s 50th Birthday, But Its Employees Get the Gifts, E2085 [1NO]

Keep Paws Off Pension Fund Assets, H11919 [8NO]

Leave Those Pension Funds Alone, H11917 [8NO]

Lieberman Bill Takes Right Approach to Helping Our Cities, S13378 [12SE]

Medicaid System Handcuffs California, H15517 [21DE]

Memo to the GOP—The 1980's Worked, S9643 [10JY]

Mentor Projects a Good Idea, S11762 [7AU]

Mother of Them All—Carol Porter Feeds Poor Kids in Houston—Without a Cent From the Government, S5028 [3AP]

Myth of the Working Poor, S8410 [14JN]

National Dividend Plan—It's Time, E179 [26JA]

New Refugees, S5307-S5309 [6AP]

New Tax-Fee Corporate Checking Account, H11920 [8NO]

Paternalism and Welfare Reform, S19090-S19093 [21DE]

Pay Cut of 11 Percent Goes Into Effect on Monday, H8667 [7SE]

Pension Forecast—New Raids Coming?, H11919 [8NO]

Pension Pirates, H11917 [8NO]

Pension Proposal Aids Raids, H11918 [8NO]

Pension Protection—Attempt To Trim Deficit Puts Pensions in Danger, H11917 [8NO]

Pension Raid—Don't Raise Revenues by Threatening Pension Benefits, H11921 [8NO]

Pension-Mania, H11920 [8NO]

Poverty in America—Causes, Cures..., S1635 [26JA]

Productivity Is All, But It Doesn't Pay Well, S10957 [31JY]

Program Gone Bonkers, S15743 [26OC]

Program Helps Iowans Get Off Welfare, S11765 [7AU]

Protect Pension Fund Assets, H11921 [8NO]

Relief for the Hard-Working Poor, S16059 [27OC]

Replace Social Security With a Stable Permanent Retirement System, H742 [26JA]

Rich Get Richer Faster, H4539 [3MY]

Say No to This Welfare Reform, S16675 [3NO]

Seniors' Security in the Balance, S2476 [10FE]

Social Security and the Balanced Budget, S2367 [9FE]

Social Security Funds Not Immune Forever, S4742 [28MR]

Social Security Trust Fund Whopper, S3825, S3827 [13MR]

Social Security `Trust Fund' Whopper, S15442 [23OC]

Social Security—If It Ain't Broke, Don't Tinker, S3013 [23FE]

Stop Playing Games with Social Security, S3829 [13MR]

Stop Whining—Pay Workers, S1704 [27JA]

Super-Majority Simple-Mindedness, S2807 [16FE]

Take Good Ideas and Run With Them, S11763 [7AU]

Take the Money and Talk, S8489-S8492 [15JN]

Taming the EITC, E1952 [17OC]

Tax Cuts and the Deficit, S3857 [14MR]

Tax Cuts Plans—Questions About Both Party Plans, S3856 [14MR]

Tax Cutters Lose Steam in Senate—House Panel to Unveil GOP Revenue Plan, S3858 [14MR]

Taxed to the Limit, E522 [6MR]

Tell, Won't Tell—Balanced Budget Should Have No Deficit of Details, H782 [26JA]

Tell Congress To Let Our Pensions Alone, H11916 [8NO]

This One's Different, S11765 [7AU]

Three-Fifths Rule—A Dangerous Game, S2808 [16FE]

Time Bomb In the Budget, S17523 [27NO]

Trust Fund Doesn't Need To Be ``Fixed'', E2256 [29NO]

Two Bad Ideas, H11920 [8NO]

Unconscionable Raid on Pensions, H11918 [8NO]

Unfair Looting, S4123 [17MR], S15463 [23OC]

Welfare, End of—Events That Led to Its Demise in 1995, and the Striking Consequences in the Years Since, S18826 [18DE]

Welfare Contract a Worthwhile Idea, S11765 [7AU], S12910 [8SE]

Welfare Fade, S16676 [3NO]

Welfare On the Cheap Is Not Reform, E771 [4AP]

Welfare Reform Shows Promise, S11764 [7AU]

Welfare Shock, S12680 [6SE]

Welfare System Finally Works, S11765 [7AU]

Welfare Winner—Iowa's Family Investment Plan Could Be a National Model, S11763 [7AU]

Welfare—Two Kinds of Compromise, S12758 [7SE]

What Special Interest?, H3700 [23MR]

What the '93 Tax Increases Really Did, S15754, S15974 [26OC]

White House Shooter's Past—Ex-Soldier Duran Kept His Pay While in Prison, S803-S805 [11JA]

Why Push Them Out of Work?, S15784 [26OC]

Wide Appeal in Tax Breaks, S17315 [17NO]

Will Davis-Bacon Repeal Save Money?, H10030 [12OC]

Will Prevailing Wage Laws Be Repealed?, H10028 [12OC]

Work Not Welfare in the Mormon Church, S13136 [8SE]

Workfare Wimp-Out, E445 [27FE]

Working While on Welfare, S13507 [13SE]

Yes, Cut Taxes, S7173 [23MY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: consolidate grants for State rural development programs (see H.R. 2590), H11829 [7NO]

———limit farm program payments to certain producers relative to amount of off-farm earnings (see H.R. 1719), H5607 [25MY]

American Samoa: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1060), H2306 [27FE]

Armed Forces: establish commission to review regular military compensation relative to financial assistance programs (see H.R. 673), H691 [25JA]

———increase pay and housing allowance (see S. 1514), S19319 [30DE]

———pension annuity computation (see S. 820), S6912 [18MY]

———prohibit accrual of pay and allowances to members confined pending dishonorable dismissal charges (see H.R. 585), H399 [19JA]

———prohibit accrual of pay while confined pending dishonorable discharge (see S. 205), S789 [11JA]

———provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retired members (see H.R. 107), H166 [9JA]

———provide benefits under the survivor benefit plan to surviving spouses of certain retirement-eligible reserve members (see H.R. 1760), H5690 [7JN]

———provide retirees all benefits promised to them upon enlistment (see H.R. 206), H169 [9JA]

———repeal certain requirements under the Special Separation Benefits Program and Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (see S. 1294), S14710 [29SE]

———terminate pay and allowance entitlements of members sentenced to confinement and dishonorable discharge (see S. 571), S4094 [16MR]

Bankruptcy: define single asset real estate (see H.R. 2815), H15237 [20DE]

———limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (see S. 769), S6337 [9MY]

BLS: conduct time use surveys and calculate monetary value of unremunerated work (see H.R. 2544), H10993 [26OC]

———development and circulation of a monthly cost of living index (see H. Con. Res. 130), H15658 [3JA]

Budget: treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (see S. 290; H. Con. Res. 17), S1618 [26JA], H537 [23JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (see H. Res. 44), H592 [24JA]

Business and industry: require profit-sharing plans for the provision of Federal contracts or subsidies (see H.R. 2705), H14002 [5DE]

Children and youth: reform child labor laws (see H.R. 1049), H2224 [24FE]

———require monthly reporting of child support obligations to consumer credit agencies (see H.R. 314), H172 [9JA]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see H.R. 1507), H4431 [7AP]

Coal: disability benefit eligibility for certain miners (see H.R. 293), H171 [9JA]

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (see S. 228; H.R. 1353), S944 [13JA], H3974 [29MR]

Consumer Price Index: calculation of rate of inflation (see S. 821), S6912 [18MY]

Courts: cost-of-living adjustments for judicial salaries (see S. 1344), S15338 [19OC]

———denial of certain Federal benefits upon conviction of certain drug offenses (see H.R. 141), H167 [9JA]

———reform civil assets forfeiture (see H.R. 1916), H6269 [22JN]

———repeal requirements on adjustments to judicial salaries (see H.R. 2701), H13870 [30NO]

———treatment of certain transportation and subsistence expenses of retired judges (see H.R. 816), H1207 [3FE]

Creative Revenues Commission: establish (see H.R. 2526), H10726 [24OC]

Crime: deny annuity benefits to Members of Congress and terminate salary of justices or judges convicted of felonies (see H.R. 350), H173 [9JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: revise (see H.R. 2472), H10047 [12OC]

Dept. of Defense: provide for continued retirement and leave benefits for certain former employees (see H.R. 2222), H8534 [4AU]

———treatment of future actuarial gains and losses to the military retirement fund (see H.R. 568), H398 [19JA]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (see S. 1183), S12370 [11AU]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during World War II (see H.R. 44), H164 [9JA]

———extend benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during wartime (see H.R. 2215), H8534 [4AU]

District of Columbia: provide resident exemption from Federal income taxation (see H.R. 748), H969 [31JA]

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (see H.R. 9, 1050), H161 [9JA], H2224 [24FE]

———reduce income tax rates, encourage purchase of domestic products, and extend transportation infrastructure spending (see H.R. 890), H1611 [10FE]

Education: low-income school choice demonstration program (see H.R. 1640), H4958 [15MY]

———prevent double counting of income in conducting needs analysis for student assistance (see H.R. 162), H168 [9JA]

———provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (see S. 618), S4573 [24MR]

———tuition income tax credit (see H.R. 156), H167 [9JA]

Elections: national advisory referendum on a flat income tax rate and the requiring of a national vote to raise taxes (see H.R. 2116), H7801 [26JY]

Employment: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers (see S. 553; H.R. 344, 2649), S3891 [14MR], H173 [9JA], H13142 [16NO]

———clarify exemption of houseparents from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements (see H.R. 2531), H10848 [25OC]

———leave policies relative to minimum wage and overtime exemptions (see H.R. 946), H1849 [15FE]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (see H.R. 1227, 1273), H3155 [14MR], H3416 [21MR]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (see H.R. 2391), H9452 [21SE]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (see S. 1326; H.R. 1715), S15227 [17OC], H5607 [25MY]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (see H.R. 2140), H7990 [28JY]

———improve pension plan funding (see H.R. 37), H164 [9JA]

———joint trusteeship of single-employer pension plans (see H.R. 1355), H3974 [29MR]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (see H.R. 2741), H14238 [7DE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (see H.R. 35, 36, 1048), H164 [9JA], H2223 [24FE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (see S. 774; H.R. 1594), S6337 [9MY], H4618 [9MY]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (see H. Res. 215), H8684 [7SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (see H. Con. Res. 108), H10146 [17OC]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (see S. 1400), S16754 [7NO]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see S. 456; H.R. 801, 906), S2823 [16FE], H1156 [2FE], H1688 [13FE]

———denial of passports to noncustodial parents relative to nonpayment of child support (see H.R. 993), H1967 [21FE]

———State child support enforcement demonstration programs (see S. 642), S4717 [28MR]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (see H.R. 2288), H8725 [8SE]

———unemployment compensation relative to family or medical leave reasons (see H.R. 1730), H5608 [25MY]

Farmers: provide full planting flexibility and require a pilot revenue insurance program (see S. 1276), S14407 [27SE]

Federal employees: age and service requirements for immediate annuities (see H.R. 1848), H5983 [14JN]

———allow contributions to medical savings accounts under Federal Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R. 2341), H8994 [14SE]

———amend status of erroneously covered Civil Service Retirement System employees (see S. 1287), S14710 [29SE]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (see S. 1482, 1508; H.R. 2840), S18738 [15DE], S19250 [22DE], H15639 [27DE]

———early retirement rules (see H.R. 2826), H15574 [21DE]

———ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (see S. 1246, 1429; H.R. 2273), S13656 [15SE], S17666 [28NO], H8597 [6SE]

———establish a program for incentive awards for suggestions or efforts resulting in savings for the Government (see H.R. 271), H171 [9JA]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (see S. 1080; H.R. 2306), S10821 [27JY], H8805 [12SE]

———exempt disability and survivor annuities from cost-of-living adjustment delays (see H.R. 2224), H8534 [4AU]

———funding for pay adjustments and comparability payments through reductions in agency spending on service contracts (see H.R. 1409), H4335 [5AP]

———increase percentage of basic pay contributions to retirement system (see H.R. 1185), H2988 [9MR]

———payment of retirement and separation incentives and reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (see H.R. 2751), H14238 [7DE]

———prevent payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2759), H14310 [12DE]

———reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (see H.R. 2825), H15574 [21DE]

———retirement provisions for certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (see H.R. 1124), H2650 [3MR]

———specify circumstances for payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2780), H14927 [14DE]

———treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations (see H.R. 2574), H11686 [1NO]

———treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations relative to defense base closures (see H.R. 2375), H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of honoraria and postemployment restrictions (see H.R. 1639), H4958 [15MY]

———treatment of service performed under Federal-State cooperative programs relative to civil service retirement (see H.R. 2487), H10146 [17OC]

———vocational rehabilitation services in the Civil Service Disability Retirement Program (see H. Con. Res. 3), H176 [9JA]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (see S. 47; H.R. 858), S48 [4JA], H1460 [8FE]

Financial institutions: consolidation of the Federal thrift industry and the banking industry (see S. 1415), S17091 [15NO]

Fish and fishing: use of relief funds to compensate revenue loss of commercial fisheries during disasters (see H.R. 2673), H13658 [20NO]

Food stamps: reform program (see H.R. 1135), H2716 [6MR]

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (see S. 1250), S13728 [18SE]

———continuance of pay when there is a lapse in appropriations (see H.R. 2184, 2662), H8360 [3AU], H13274 [17NO]

———ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2373, 2671; H. Con. Res. 113), H9452 [21SE], H12506 [15NO], H13658 [20NO]

Guam: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1069), H2306 [27FE]

Health care professionals: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (see S. 1351), S15401 [20OC]

House of Representatives: payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (see H. Res. 35), H296 [17JA]

House Rules: require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing income tax rates (see H. Res. 26), H177 [9JA]

———treat copyright royalties as honoraria (see H. Res. 20), H177 [9JA]

———treatment of outside earned income (see H. Res. 299), H14310 [12DE]

———treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), consideration (see H. Res. 322), H15574 [21DE]

Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (see H.R. 1016), H2063 [22FE]

———enhance availability of investment capital for low- and moderate-income housing (see H.R. 1211), H3049 [10MR]

———facilitate rehabilitation of public housing through low-income housing credit (see H.R. 186), H168 [9JA]

———homeownership opportunities (see S. 1387), S16621 [2NO]

———reform calculation of rent payments for public housing dwelling units (see H.R. 486), H229 [11JA]

Investments: ensure safeguards (see H.R. 675), H691 [25JA]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (see S. 258; H.R. 661, 2337), S1369 [23JA], H592 [24JA], H8994 [14SE]

Judges: treatment of certain transportation and subsistence expenses of retired judges (see S. 463), S2965 [22FE]

Law enforcement officers: death benefits for retired public safety officers (see H.R. 1572), H4545 [3MY]

Medicaid: modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55 (see S. 86), S49 [4JA]

Medicare: clarify use of private contracts (see S. 1289), S14710 [29SE]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (see S. 183; H.R. 1133, 2771), S653 [9JA], H2651 [3MR], H14764 [13DE]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 126, 129, 196, 2454, 2462, 2588), H167, H169 [9JA], H9784 [10OC], H9897 [11OC], H11829 [7NO]

———eliminate certain congressional perks (see S. 1405), S16821 [8NO]

———limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see H.R. 1618, 2456), H4873 [11MY], H9784 [10OC]

———make ineligible for participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System (see H.R. 165), H168 [9JA]

———make pay subject to annual appropriations (see H.R. 2351), H9245 [19SE]

———prohibit receipt of workers' compensation benefits for stress or emotional disorder injuries (see S. 732), S5805 [27AP]

———reduce pay pending a minimum wage increase (see H.R. 876), H1555 [9FE]

———repeal salary increase (see H.R. 834), H1281 [6FE]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown (see S. 1428, 1480; H.R. 2828), S17666 [28NO], S18662 [14DE], H15574 [21DE]

———require publication of pension estimates in the semiannual report of Congress (see S. 355), S2124 [3FE]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (see S. 1220; H.R. 2281, 2639, 2658), S12831 [7SE], H8684 [7SE], H12505 [15NO], H13273 [17NO]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (see H.R. 620), H467 [20JA]

———increase level and establish commission to study indexation (see S. 203), S789 [11JA]

———level (see S. 413; H.R. 363, 619, 764, 940, 1583), S2647 [14FE], H173 [9JA], H467 [20JA], H969 [31JA], H1751 [14FE], H4618 [9MY]

Native Americans: consultations with Federal, State, and local government officials relative to management of trust funds (see H.R. 742), H889 [30JA]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (see S. 819), S6912 [18MY]

———cost-of-living adjustments for annuities of Members of Congress and Social Security benefits (see H. Con. Res. 2), H176 [9JA]

———cost-of-living contribution increases for uniformed services retirees relative to survivor annuities (see H.R. 2102), H7550 [24JY]

———exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (see H.R. 103), H166 [9JA]

———limitations on cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and Federal and military retirees (see S. 822), S6912 [18MY]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (see H.R. 2664), H13340 [18NO]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (see S. 1304, 1313; H.R. 1966), S14883 [10OC], S15033 [11OC], H6656 [29JN]

Poverty: corrections in data relative to cost-of-living statistics (see H.R. 547), H296 [17JA]

———require any Dept. of Commerce data relative to the incidence of poverty in subnational areas be adjusted for local cost-of living differences (see S. 130), S51 [4JA]

Presidents of the U.S.: limit Secret Service protection of former Presidents relative to traveling for income-producing activities (see H.R. 298), H172 [9JA]

———prohibit the receipt of certain monetary allowances while receiving other Government annuities (see H.R. 273), H171 [9JA]

Public welfare programs: assist low income families and seniors relative to severe heat emergencies (see H.R. 2109), H7699 [25JY]

———eliminate benefits relative to probation and parole violators and fugitive felons (see H.R. 118), H166 [9JA]

———establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 1212), S12716 [6SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (see S. 131; H.R. 1485), S51 [4JA], H4430 [7AP]

———reform (see S. 36, 140, 209, 707, 736, 746, 828, 834, 840, 1117, 1120; H.R. 4, 315, 759, 781, 819, 982, 1146, 1157, 1181, 1214, 1250, 1267), S48, S51 [4JA], S901 [12JA], S5404 [6AP], S5805 [27AP], S6082 [3MY], S6912 [18MY], S7014 [19MY], S7120 [22MY], S11323 [3AU], H159, H172 [9JA], H969 [31JA], H1051 [1FE], H1207 [3FE], H1907 [16FE], H2810 [7MR], H2891 [8MR], H2988 [9MR], H3072 [13MR], H3276 [15MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (see H. Res. 117, 119), H3326 [16MR], H3415 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 319), H15237 [20DE]

Railroads: administration of the Railroad Retirement System and railroad unemployment insurance (see H.R. 2233), H8535 [4AU]

———recommend dismantlement of Railroad Retirement System (see H. Res. 29), H177 [9JA]

Senate: severance pay for certain employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (see S. Res. 172), S13656 [15SE]

Small business: establish incentives for employees under a performance-based reward plan (see H.R. 647), H592 [24JA]

———health care tax credit and cost analysis of legislative proposals (see S. 521), S3744 [9MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2628), H12349 [14NO]

———diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (see S. 824), S6912 [18MY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 31, 252; H.R. 145, 201, 243, 374), S48 [4JA], S1271 [20JA], H167, H169, H170, H174 [9JA]

———earnings test on retirement annuities of Members of Congress (see S. 48), S48 [4JA]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (see H.R. 1587), H4618 [9MY]

———increase earnings limit (see S. 1372, 1432, 1440, 1466, 1470; H.R. 2668, 2684; H. Con. Res. 109), S16422 [31OC], S17666 [28NO], S17865 [30NO], S18363 [11DE], S18442 [12DE], H10848 [25OC], H13658 [20NO], H13803 [29NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (see H.R. 8), H160 [9JA]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (see H. Res. 245), H10847 [25OC]

———increase normal and early retirement ages (see S. 818), S6912 [18MY]

———maintain and protect (see H. Con. Res. 75), H5983 [14JN]

———maintenance and protection of system (see H. Con. Res. 78), H6200 [21JN]

———prohibit Federal retirement benefits to persons who are not defined as retired under the Social Security Act (see H.R. 802), H1156 [2FE]

———provide remedies for failure to report information on earnings test for retirement age individuals (see H.R. 1183), H2988 [9MR]

———reduction in benefits relative to certain Government pensions (see H.R. 2167), H8308 [2AU]

———repeal offset for annuities under the survivor benefit plan for surviving spouses of retired Armed Forces members (see H.R. 2214), H8534 [4AU]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of benefits after death (see H.R. 163), H168 [9JA]

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 825), S6912 [18MY]

———tax treatment of benefits (see S. 30, 50), S48, S49 [4JA]

———treatment of disability, old-age, and widow's or widower's insurance benefits (see H.R. 2469), H9897 [11OC]

———tribute to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H. Res. 209), H8309 [2AU]

SSI: deny disability benefits based on alcohol or drug addiction (see S. 498), S3520 [6MR]

———require benefits in the form of vouchers (see H.R. 612), H467 [20JA]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (see S. 1418; H.R. 2320), S17336 [17NO], H8903 [13SE]

States: clarify reimbursement for employees carrying out Federal programs (see H.R. 2733), H14172 [6DE]

———clarify reimbursement for employees carrying out Federal programs during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2784), H14927 [14DE]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (see S. 44; H.R. 371, 394, 744), S48 [4JA], H174 [9JA], H890 [30JA]

Taxation: allow income tax credit to individuals active in neighborhood crime watch organizations (see H.R. 2132), H7916 [27JY]

———allow installment method of reporting income from the sale of certain residential real property (see H.R. 1076), H2392 [28FE]

———allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (see H.R. 1493, 1575), H4431 [7AP], H4545 [3MY]

———allow one-time election of interest rate to be used for calculating pension cashouts (see S. 1258), S13728 [18SE]

———availability of individual retirement accounts (see S. 1310), S15033 [11OC]

———capital gains rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives (see S. 1481; H.R. 2676), S18738 [15DE], H13658 [20NO]

———capital gains rates (see S. 182, 959; H.R. 333, 1042, 1322), S653 [9JA], S8945 [22JN], H173 [9JA], H2223 [24FE], H3807 [24MR]

———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (see H.R. 213, 537, 646), H169 [9JA], H295 [17JA], H592 [24JA]

———capital gains rates for investments in small businesses (see H.R. 2095), H7461 [21JY]

———characterization of certain redemption of stock held by corporations (see S. 750; H.R. 1551), S6082 [3MY], H4544 [3MY]

———church pension benefit plans (see S. 881; H.R. 528), S7696 [5JN], H295 [17JA]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (see H.R. 972), H1907 [16FE]

———computation of adjusted gross income for school bus drivers (see S. 500), S3521 [6MR]

———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (see S.J. Res. 8; H.J. Res. 48), S51 [4JA], H177 [9JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (see H.R. 1662), H5190 [17MY]

———credits for first-time homebuyers (see H.R. 133), H167 [9JA]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (see S. 434; H.R. 1003), S2822 [16FE], H1967 [21FE]

———deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, incentives for medical practice in rural areas, and creation of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 2051), H7178 [18JY]

———deduction for interest paid on debt secured by a first or second home (see H. Con. Res. 10), H176 [9JA]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (see S. 1100; H.R. 747), S11107 [1AU], H890 [30JA]

———delay application of the substantiation requirements to reimbursement arrangements of certain loggers (see H.R. 2750), H14238 [7DE]

———deny deductions for personal income taxes paid to a State or locality which taxes non-residents for income derived from certain Federal areas (see H.R. 1792), H5752 [8JN]

———deny Federal tax return information to States which impose pension taxes on non-residents (see H.R. 1762), H5690 [7JN]

———dependent care tax credit (see S. 264), S1442 [24JA]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (see H.R. 1171), H2892 [8MR]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (see S. 1000, 1160; H.R. 1092), S9421 [29JN], S12215 [10AU], H2486 [1MR]

———designation of overpayments and contributions to the U.S. Library Trust Fund (see H.R. 2246), H8535 [4AU]

———determination of employment status (see H.R. 510), H242 [13JA]

———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (see H.R. 582), H399 [19JA]

———double the maximum benefit under the special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 520), H242 [13JA]

———earned income tax credits relative to illegal aliens and fraudulent claims (see H.R. 438), H179 [9JA]

———eligibility for the earned income tax credit, and treatment of individuals benefiting from foreign trusts or renouncement of citizenship (see S. 453; H.R. 981), S2823 [16FE], H1907 [16FE]

———eliminate double tax on dividends and allocate corporate income tax revenues to qualified registered voters (see H.R. 430), H177 [9JA]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (see H.R. 1660), H5190 [17MY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see H.R. 881), H1555 [9FE]

———employment taxes relative to compensation for unpaid wages (see H.R. 1088), H2486 [1MR]

———encourage capital formation for the development of new business (see S. 1053; H.R. 1785), S10426 [20JY], H5691 [7JN]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (see S. 354; H.R. 931), S2124 [3FE], H1751 [14FE]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (see S. 488, 1038, 1050; H.R. 2060), S3390 [2MR], S9998 [14JY], S10320 [19JY], H7256 [19JY]

———establishment of simple retirement accounts (see H.R. 2584), H11767 [2NO]

———excise taxes on excess benefits from certain tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 2316), H8806 [12SE]

———exclude certain business taxable income relative to sponsorship payments (see H.R. 1161), H2891 [8MR]

———exclude from gross income certain police officer and firefighter disability benefits (see H.R. 1630), H4915 [12MY]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (see H.R. 1893), H6158 [20JN]

———exclude Social Security tax from certain self-employment income received by insurance salesmen after retirement (see H.R. 2004), H6829 [11JY]

———exempt from income tax individuals who are killed as a result of terrorist actions (see S. 986), S9421 [29JN]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (see S. 793; H.R. 285, 734), S6513 [11MY], H171 [9JA], H889 [30JA]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals (see H.R. 1034), H2176 [23FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (see H.R. 831), H1281 [6FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (see H. Res. 88), H1907 [16FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 121), H3974 [29MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (see H. Con. Res. 55), H4177 [4AP]

———extend retroactive period during which farm insolvency transactions are exempt from the prior law alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 242), H170 [9JA]

———financing of education expenses (see S. 1312), S15033 [11OC]

———grant additional credit to married individuals and prevent fraud and abuse relative to the earned income tax credit (see S. 1208), S12715 [6SE]

———impose flat tax on earned income and business taxable income (see H.R. 1780), H5691 [7JN]

———inapplicability of the look-back method on construction contracts requiring the percentage of completion accounting method (see H.R. 2722), H14172 [6DE]

———incentives for endangered species conservation (see S. 1365), S15849 [26OC]

———incentives for the conservation of endangered species (see H.R. 2286, 2364), H8684 [7SE], H9245 [19SE]

———income exclusion limitations relative to U.S. citizens working overseas (see H.R. 57), H165 [9JA]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (see S. 1299), S14883 [10OC]

———increase the personal exemption for dependents (see S. 147), S51 [4JA]

———increase the unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 62, 642), H165 [9JA], H537 [23JA]

———individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 682, 1389), H691 [25JA], H4177 [4AP]

———inflation adjustments for maximum benefits under special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (see H.R. 532), H295 [17JA]

———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (see S. 1170), S12215 [10AU]

———middle class tax relief (see S. 452; H.R. 980), S2823 [16FE], H1907 [16FE]

———minimum State ceiling on tax-exempt private activity bonds (see H.R. 2707), H14002 [5DE]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (see H.R. 1918), H6269 [22JN]

———mortgage interest payment deduction for first- or second-time homebuyers (see S. Res. 117), S6337 [9MY]

———nonrecognition of gain on sale of a principal residence by unemployed individuals (see H.R. 1149), H2811 [7MR]

———one-time exclusion of gain from the sale of farmland to a beginning farmer (see H.R. 441), H179 [9JA]

———permit loans from individual retirement accounts for housing, education, and medical emergencies (see H.R. 2431), H9737 [29SE]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see H.R. 1402), H4335 [5AP]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (see S. 501; H.R. 1251, 2221), S3521 [6MR], H3276 [15MR], H8534 [4AU]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (see S. 1261; H.R. 2356), S13842 [19SE], H9245 [19SE]

———prevent fraud and abuse relative to the earned income tax credit (see S. 899), S8034 [8JN]

———prohibit retroactive taxation (see S. 94; H.R. 152, 788), S50 [4JA], H167 [9JA], H1051 [1FE]

———provide credit to persons who provide home care for needy individuals (see S. 1216), S12716 [6SE]

———provide credits for families (see S. 1134), S12079 [9AU]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (see H.R. 6), H160 [9JA]

———provide election for an overpayment when certain income taxes are secured by real estate (see H.R. 2761), H14310 [12DE]

———provide for contributions to section 457 individual retirement account plans for certain cafeteria plans (see H.R. 2810), H15135 [19DE]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (see S. 1408; H.R. 757), S16921 [9NO], H969 [31JA]

———rate reduction in times of low economic growth (see H.R. 2083), H7378 [20JY]

———rate reductions relative to projected budget deficit targets (see H.R. 1160), H2891 [8MR]

———rates (see H.R. 1215), H3072 [13MR]

———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (see H. Res. 128), H4176 [4AP]

———reduce rates and carryover basis of inherited property (see H.R. 538), H296 [17JA]

———regional cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 2236), H8535 [4AU]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 1142), H2810 [7MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 628; H.R. 1039), S4657 [27MR], H2223 [24FE]

———repeal gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (see H.R. 1431), H4413 [6AP]

———repeal limitation on business meal and entertainment deductions (see H.R. 2734), H14172 [6DE]

———repeal special deduction for living expenses of Members of Congress (see H.R. 1644), H5071 [16MY]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (see H.R. 390, 2450), H174 [9JA], H9738 [29SE]

———restore prior law formula for the inclusion in gross income of Social Security and tier 1 railroad retirement benefits (see H.R. 1775), H5690 [7JN]

———restore tax exemption on proceeds received from settlements and distributions to mixed-blood members of the Ute Indian Tribe (see H.R. 2239), H8535 [4AU]

———restore tax exemption on proceeds received from settlements and distributions to mixed-blood members of the Ute Indian tribe (see S. 913), S8098 [9JN]

———restore the prior law exclusion for scholarships and fellowships and the deduction for interest on education loans (see H.R. 157), H168 [9JA]

———restructure income tax system (see S. 722), S5664 [25AP]

———retain alternative minimum tax (see H. Con. Res. 110), H10848 [25OC]

———simplify reporting requirements for pension payments (see S. 1006), S9516 [30JN]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (see H.R. 501, 1082), H242 [13JA], H2392 [28FE]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (see H.R. 99), H166 [9JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 520, 1165, 1206; H.R. 1167, 1819, 1985), S3744 [9MR], S12215 [10AU], S12715 [6SE], H2891 [8MR], H5904 [13JN], H6698 [30JN]

———treatment of amounts paid for public school bus service (see H.R. 2118), H7801 [26JY]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 1355), S15496 [23OC]

———treatment of capital gains, estate and gift taxes, and exclusion of gain from the sale of certain principal residences (see H.R. 593), H399 [19JA]

———treatment of capital gains, losses on sale of principal residences, and indexing of certain assets (see S. 1280), S14547 [28SE]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 56), H164 [9JA]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (see S. 502; H.R. 98), S3521 [6MR], H166 [9JA]

———treatment of certain interest on automobile loans (see H.R. 1957), H6655 [29JN]

———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations (see S. 1079), S10821 [27JY]

———treatment of corporate dividend payments and interest deductions (see S. 701), S5404 [6AP]

———treatment of corporations (see H.R. 1629, 2534), H4915 [12MY], H10848 [25OC]

———treatment of corporations, earned income, estate and gift taxes, and liability for prior taxable years (see H.R. 214), H169 [9JA]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (see H.R. 1119), H2584 [2MR]

———treatment of dividends and interest received by individuals (see H.R. 1041), H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of dividends paid by domestic corporations (see H.R. 232), H170 [9JA]

———treatment of effectively connected investment income of insurance companies (see S. 1291), S14710 [29SE]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (see S. 1095), S10966 [31JY]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (see S. 867; H.R. 1099, 1212), S7615 [26MY], H2486 [1MR], H3049 [10MR]

———treatment of estates and trusts using similar rates applicable to married individuals filing separate returns (see H.R. 329), H172 [9JA]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 1086; H.R. 2190), S10875 [28JY], H8360 [3AU]

———treatment of foreign investments through U.S. regulated investment companies (see H.R. 2045), H7067 [17JY]

———treatment of foreign source income of U.S.-owned multinational insurance companies (see H.R. 2201), H8533 [4AU]

———treatment of foreign tax credit and deduction for taxes paid in lieu of income taxes (see H.R. 391), H174 [9JA]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (see H.R. 645), H592 [24JA]

———treatment of gambling proceeds relative to educational funding (see H.R. 2800), H15087 [18DE]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (see S. 789; H.R. 733), S6462 [10MY], H889 [30JA]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (see H.R. 2272), H8597 [6SE]

———treatment of governmental plans under the rules governing retirement plans (see H.R. 1504), H4431 [7AP]

———treatment of group legal service plans (see S. 997), S9421 [29JN]

———treatment of group legal services plans (see H.R. 540, 565), H296 [17JA], H325 [18JA]

———treatment of higher education tuition and student loan interest (see S. 242), S1070 [18JA]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (see S. 287; H.R. 708, 1040), S1618 [26JA], H802 [26JA], H2223 [24FE]

———treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (see S. 110; H.R. 1408), S50 [4JA], H4335 [5AP]

———treatment of income derived by a member of an Indian tribe from natural resources (see S. 1307), S14883 [10OC]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments relative to employee pension plans (see H.R. 2040), H7011 [13JY]

———treatment of individual investment accounts (see S. 159; H.R. 328), S480 [5JA], H172 [9JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. 12; H.R. 334), S48 [4JA], H173 [9JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (see S. Res. 98; H.R. 1812, 2012), S4993 [31MR], H5756 [9JN], H6830 [11JY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (see S. 700; H.R. 1535), S5404 [6AP], H4511 [2MY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), consideration (see H. Res. 160), H5608 [25MY]

———treatment of interest paid on educational loans (see H.R. 1793), H5752 [8JN]

———treatment of interest paid on educational loans and withdrawals from retirement plans for higher education expenses (see H.R. 2050), H7178 [18JY]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (see S. 1232), S13473 [12SE]

———treatment of livestock sold on account of weather conditions (see H.R. 1588), H4618 [9MY]

———treatment of meals provided at fish processing facilities (see H.R. 2451), H9738 [29SE]

———treatment of medical savings account contributions (see H.R. 354, 2692), H173 [9JA], H13869 [30NO]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (see H.R. 2776, 2778), H14764 [13DE], H14927 [14DE]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (see S. 499), S3520 [6MR]

———treatment of pensions (see H.R. 2037), H7011 [13JY]

———treatment of private foundations similar to educational institutions and pension trusts for unrelated debt-financed income rules (see S. 702), S5404 [6AP]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (see S. 1297; H.R. 2121), S14710 [29SE], H7801 [26JY]

———treatment of regular investment tax credits (see H.R. 2384), H9452 [21SE]

———treatment of Retirement Years Savings Accounts (see H.R. 2365), H9245 [19SE]

———treatment of senior citizen individual retirement account contributions (see S. 807; H.R. 1652), S6750 [16MY], H5071 [16MY]

———treatment of short-term and long-term capital gains (see S. 924), S8493 [15JN]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (see H.R. 1328), H3878 [28MR]

———treatment of student loan interest (see S. 1273; H.R. 1229), S14312 [26SE], H3156 [14MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued from Indian tribal governments (see S. 1306), S14883 [10OC]

———treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to Social Security benefits and income determination (see H.R. 159), H168 [9JA]

———treatment of trusts established for the benefit of individuals with disabilities (see H.R. 960), H1849 [15FE]

———treatment of trusts for individuals who are disabled or for education (see S. 657), S4993 [31MR]

———treatment of unemployment compensation (see H.R. 1027, 2461), H2176 [23FE], H9897 [11OC]

———treatment of veterans' allowances and benefits relative to gross income (see S. 297), S1758 [30JA]

———valuation of stock received by employees for performance of services (see H.R. 693), H801 [26JA]

———workmen's compensation relative to certain personal liability assignments (see H.R. 1037), H2223 [24FE]

Tobacco products: treatment of overtime exemptions for employees relative to the sale and processing of green and cigar leaf tobacco (see H.R. 636), H537 [23JA]

Unemployment: extend emergency compensation (see H.R. 2572), H11686 [1NO]

Veterans: change the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for benefit eligibility purposes (see S. 281; H.R. 1513), S1618 [26JA], H4432 [7AP]

———computation of retirement pay credit for military reservists who are retained in active service (see H.R. 894), H1611 [10FE]

———dependency and indemnity compensation benefits relative to remarriage of surviving spouses (see H.R. 469), H229 [11JA]

———disability compensation for dependents regardless of waiver of retired pay (see S. 730), S5805 [27AP]

———disregard State payments to blind veterans as income for purposes of pension determination (see S. 361), S2268 [7FE]

———eliminate disparity between civilian and military retiree cost-of-living adjustments (see H.R. 38, 1994), H164 [9JA], H6698 [30JN]

———exclude certain income from consideration for determining rent paid for federally assisted housing (see H.R. 2091), H7461 [21JY]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (see S. 992; H.R. 2352, 2394), S9421 [29JN], H9245 [19SE], H9505 [25SE]

———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried (see H.R. 1090), H2486 [1MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 303), H172 [9JA]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with veterans disability compensation (see H.R. 65), H165 [9JA]

———provide for cost-savings in housing loan and education programs (see S. 993), S9421 [29JN]

———provide that reduction by waiver of retired pay due to receipt of pension or compensation not apply to extraordinary heroism pay (see S. 731), S5805 [27AP]

———retroactive determination of military disability benefits eligibility (see H.R. 973), H1907 [16FE]

———revise effective dates for discontinuance of compensation and pension benefits (see H.R. 109), H166 [9JA]

———tax treatment of contributions to pension plans by veterans who have returned to employment (see S. 831), S7013 [19MY]

Virgin Islands: SSI benefits (see H.R. 1069), H2306 [27FE]

Wages: create a livable wage (see H.R. 768), H1050 [1FE]

Broadcasts

Fleecing of America/The Davis-Bacon Act: NBC Nightly News, H10026 [12OC]

Cloture motions

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13199 [11SE]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4979 [31MR], S5029 [3AP]

Conference reports

Extend Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H3909-H3915 [29MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act (H.R. 4), H15317-H15487 [21DE]

Descriptions

Government Shutdown Impact, S19342 [2JA]

Iowa Family Investment Program, S12883 [8SE]

Proposal To Increase Social Security Retirement Earning Limit, S18732 [15DE]

Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1943 [21FE]

Thrift Charter Conversion Act (S. 1415), S17096 [15NO]

Documents

Individual Wage Tax Form Under Flat Tax Proposal, S3419 [2MR], S10010 [14JY]

Support for a Minimum Wage Increase: several economists, H10716 [24OC]

Tax Code Sections on Income Tax—Personal Exemptions, S1558-S1560 [26JA]

Treatment of Social Security as Off-Budget (1990), S3317 [2MR]

U.S. Code Section on Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds, S18326 [11DE]

Essays

Modest Proposal for Preventing the Children of Poor People in America From Becoming a Burden to Their Parents or Country, and For Making Them Beneficial To the Public: Jonathan Swift, E521 [6MR]

Excerpts

Earned Income Tax Credit: Martin L. Gross, ``Tax Racket—Government Extortion from A to Z'', S8407 [14JN]

Off-budget status of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Trust Funds of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990, S17123 [16NO]

Explanations

Excise Taxes on Excess Benefits From Certain Tax-Exempt Organizations (H.R. 2316), E1765 [12SE]

Middle-Class Bill of Rights Tax Relief Act (S. 452), S2852-S2854 [16FE]

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income (H.R. 394), H14974 [18DE]

Tax Compliance Act (S. 453), S2859-S2863 [16FE]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship and Treatment of Assets of Naturalized Citizens or Residents (S. 700), S5446 [6AP]

Factsheets

Balanced Budget Amendment Exemption Would Imperil Social Security: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S3350 [2MR]

Examples of Families Who Would Get Smaller Family Tax Credit Under H.R. 1215 Than Under the Original Contract With America, E719 [29MR]

How the Balanced Budget Amendment Protects Social Security: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget, S3350 [2MR]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Congressional Leaders United for a Balanced Budget (organization), S2476 [10FE]

Letters

Administration for Children and Families staff working on AFDC and Job Opportunities and Basic Skills programs: Mary Jo Bane, Dept. of HHS, S11757 [7AU]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: John Rother, American Association of Retired Persons, S4427 [23MR]

Capital Formation Act: Allen Sinai, S8953 [22JN]

Constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget relative to treatment of Social Security Trust funds: Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, S18327 [11DE]

———several Senators, S18328 [11DE]

Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Jere W. Glover, SBA, H4317 [5AP]

———Leslie B. Samuels, Dept. of the Treasury, H4318 [5AP]

———Representative Archer, H4247 [5AP]

———Representative Bliley, H4248 [5AP]

Corporate use of pension plan funds: Arnold E. Buchman, H11916 [8NO]

———Charles Londa, H11916 [8NO]

Davis-Bacon Act: Peter A. Cockshaw, H10028 [12OC]

Earned income tax credit: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S15672 [25OC]

Employee stock ownership plans: ESOP Association, S16033 [27OC]

Exclusion of certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S385 [4JA]

———Alice M. Rivlin, CBO, S383 [4JA]

———Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, S385 [4JA]

———David Walters, S384 [4JA]

———Douglas R. Norton, National Association of State Auditors, Comptrollers and Treasurers, S385 [4JA]

———Edwin W. Edwards, Governor of Louisiana, S385 [4JA]

———H. Kurt Helwig, Electronic Funds Transfer Association, S386 [4JA]

———John F. Michaelson, California Dept. of Public Social Services, S387 [4JA]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S386 [4JA]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, and Arne H. Carlson, Governor of Minnesota, National Governors' Association, S386 [4JA]

———Mike Sullivan and Dave Ferrari, S384 [4JA]

———Pete Wilson, Governor of California, S384 [4JA]

Expenditure of welfare funds in accordance with State laws and procedures: James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, S12803 [7SE]

Extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC: several Senators, S5044 [3AP]

Family assistance block grant work requirements: Robin Arnond-Williams, Utah Dept. of Human Services, H3701 [23MR]

Federal child care programs: Fred Kammer, Catholic Charities U.S.A., S13184 [11SE], S13534 [13SE], S13600 [14SE]

———several educational organizations, S13185 [11SE]

Federal employees cost of living adjustments: Charles L. Stewart, E525 [6MR]

Food Stamp Block Grant Program: A. Wayne Lord, National Peanut Council, Inc., S13339 [12SE]

———David Beckmann, Bread for the World (organization), S13635 [15SE]

———Food Research and Action Center, S13635 [15SE]

———Kevin Burke, Food Distributors Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Marian Wright Edelman, Children's Defense Fund, S13635 [15SE]

———Sheri Spader, National Cattleman's Association, S13339 [12SE]

———Tim Hammonds, Food Marketing Institute, S13338 [12SE]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, S13338 [12SE]

Investigation of investments in communications companies by Sec. of Commerce Brown: Representative Clinger, Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House), E488 [1MR]

Minimum wage level: Donald Knight, H13863 [30NO]

Payment of furloughed Federal employees during Government shutdown: Senator Warner, S19199 [22DE], S19335 [2JA]

———Speaker Gingrich and Senator Dole, S17188 [16NO], S17462 [18NO], S19199 [22DE], S19335 [2JA], H12118 [10NO], H15276 [20DE]

Pension Simplification Act: Jack Faris, National Federation of Independent Business, S9526 [30JN]

———Paula A. Calimafde, Small Business Council of America, S9526 [30JN]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S9526 [30JN]

Personal Responsibility Act: Benjamin J. Cayetano, Governor of Hawaii, H3691 [23MR]

———Gaston Caperton, Governor of West Virginia, H3694 [23MR]

———Howard Dean, Governor of Vermont, H3691 [23MR]

———John Sharp, H3548 [22MR]

———Mel Carnahan, Governor of Missouri, H3691 [23MR]

———Mike Lowry, Governor of Washington, H3693 [23MR]

———National Governors' Association, H3391 [21MR]

———President Clinton, H3365 [21MR]

———Representative Archer, H3353, H3354, H3355 [21MR]

———Representative Bliley, H3354 [21MR]

———Representative Spence, H3353 [21MR]

———Roy Romer, Governor of Colorado, H3694 [23MR]

———several Republican Governors, H3683 [23MR]

———Thomas R. Carper, Governor of Delaware, H3692 [23MR]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Gregory S. Lashutka, Douglas R. Bovin, and Norman B. Rice, S19106 [21DE]

———National League of Cities, National Association of Counties, and U.S. Conference of Mayors, H15508 [21DE]

———Stephen D. Minnich, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S19173 [22DE]

———Thomas E. McGlinchy, School District of Philadelphia, PA, H15523 [21DE]

Proposal to increase Social Security retirement earning limit: John D. Hawke, Jr., Dept. of the Treasury, S18733 [15DE]

Public welfare programs reform, E720 [29MR]

———George V. Voinovich, Governor of Ohio, S13185 [11SE]

———Jane L. Campbell, National Conference of State Legislatures, S13184 [11SE]

———Senator Harkin, S12688 [6SE]

———Senator Moynihan, S18434 [12DE]

———several religious organizations, S12360 [11AU]

———Tommy G. Thompson, Governor of Wisconsin, and Robert J. Miller, Governor of Nevada, National Governors, Association, S13649 [15SE]

Restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for ERISA employee benefit plans: Olivia S. Mitchell, H8739 [12SE]

Social Security earnings limit: Cheryll Schramm, National Association of Area Agencies on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel A. Quirk, National Association of State Units on Aging, S15786 [26OC]

———Daniel Thursz, National Council on the Aging, Inc., S15785 [26OC]

———Dianna Morgan, Walt Disney World Co., S15785 [26OC]

———Harold Price, National Association of Retired Federal Employees, S15786 [26OC]

———Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S15785 [26OC]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S15785 [26OC]

———John M. Adams, Retired Enlisted Association, S15786 [26OC]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S16586 [2NO]

———Lawrence T. Smedley, National Council of Senior Citizens, S15785 [26OC]

———Lou Glasse, Older Women's League, S15785 [26OC]

———Mark E. Talisman, Council of Jewish Federations, S15785 [26OC]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S15786 [26OC]

State corrective action plans relative to block grant funding penalties: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13778 [19SE]

Tax Compliance Act: Robert E. Rubin, Sec. of the Treasury, S2859 [16FE]

Tax deductions for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals: Bennie L. Thayer, National Association for the Self-Employed, S15810 [26OC]

———Gary F. Petty, Small Business Legislative Council, S15809 [26OC]

———H. Ted Olson, Promotional Products Association International, S15810 [26OC]

———Patricia N. Bowling, National Home Furnishings Association, S15810 [26OC]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S15810 [26OC]

———World Floor Covering Association, S15811 [26OC]

———several organizations, S15809 [26OC]

Tax rates: (satire), E1280 [16JN]

Tax treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship: Abram Chayes, H4304 [5AP]

———Andreas F. Lowenfeld, S5317 [6AP]

———Detlev F. Vagts, S5317 [6AP]

———Hurst Hannum, S5045, S5046 [3AP], S5317-S5319, S5322 [6AP]

———Paul B. Stephan III, S5314 [6AP]

———Shephen E. Shay, S5315-S5317 [6AP]

Toll facilities on interstate highways: Kathy Gross, American Automobile Association, S8781 [21JN]

———Richard Hebert, American Automobile Association, S8781 [21JN]

———Roger Boyd, American Automobile Association, S8781 [21JN]

———Thomas J. Donohue, American Trucking Association, Inc., and William D. Fay, Highway Users Federation, S8779 [21JN]

———W. Dewey Clower, National Association of Truck Stop Operators, Inc., S8780, S8782 [21JN]

———William W. Hamilton, Jr., International Brotherhood of Teamsters, S8779, S8782 [21JN]

Treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts: Gary L. Bauer, Family Research Council, S1627 [26JA]

———Harriett Woods, National Women's Political Caucus, S1628 [26JA]

———Jackie DeFazio, American Association of University Women, S1627 [26JA]

———Marshall Wittmann and Heidi Scanlon, Christian Coalition, S1627 [26JA]

Treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced budget: Horace B. Deets, American Association of Retired Persons, S3237 [28FE]

———Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S2475 [10FE]

———James L. Martin, 60 Plus (organization), S3348 [2MR]

———James L. Martin, Tax Fairness for Seniors (organization), S2474 [10FE]

———Kenneth R. Thomas, Congressional Research Service, S2364 [9FE], S3238 [28FE]

———Kimberly Schuld, Seniors Coalition, S3444 [3MR]

———Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1901 [1FE], S2551 [13FE], S3238 [28FE]

———Robert J. Myers, S2477 [10FE], S3346 [2MR]

———Robert M. Ball, S3012 [23FE]

———Senator Simon, S2477 [10FE]

———several Senators, S3316 [2MR]

Tribal Government employee salary reduction plans: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S15041 [11OC]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9439 [29JN]

Veterans' Housing Loan Program and Montgomery GI Bill Cost-Reduction Act: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S9441 [29JN]

Lists

Committee on Rules (House) rollcall votes on amendments to H. Res. 119, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3438 [22MR]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) rollcall vote on Hollings motion to report the Social Security Preservation Act (1990), S16960 [13NO], S18327 [11DE]

Consumer Price Index accuracy witnesses, S15446 [23OC]

Contractors-Labor Coalition, S12374 [11AU]

Davis-Bacon Act supporters: several contractors, H10030 [12OC]

Organizations opposed to child welfare services and foster care provisions of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S19170-S19172 [22DE]

Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194, H4196, H4197 [5AP]

Rollcall vote on concurrent budget resolution (H.R. 2491): Graham motion to instruct conferees (treatment of Social Security trust funds), S18327 [11DE]

Rollcall vote on the Hollings/Heinz amendment on the Social Security Trust Fund (1990), S16960 [13NO], S18327 [11DE]

Supporters of the American Family-Owned Business Act (S. 1086), S10877 [28JY]

Memorandums

Consumer Price Index Accuracy: Harry C. Ballantyne, S15462 [23OC]

Rising Caseloads in the AFDC Program: CBO, S12774 [7SE]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal of Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: William Kristol, H1943 [21FE]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship: Dept. of State, S5320-S5322 [6AP]

———Jeanne J. Grimmet and Larry M. Eig, CRS, S5319 [6AP]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: David Keating, National Taxpayers Union, S3348 [2MR]

———Seniors Coalition, S3348 [2MR]

Messages

U.S.-Germany Supplementary Agreement on Social Security: President Clinton, S14882 [10OC], H9764 [10OC]

Working Wage Increase Act: President Clinton, S2964 [22FE], H1677 [13FE]

Motions

Economy: national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H2623, H2636 [3MR]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), S13195 [11SE], H3495, H3499 [22MR], H3785 [24MR], H14136 [6DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531, H15532 [21DE]

Social Security: increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16587 [2NO]

Taxation: extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1951 [21FE], H3845, H3851 [28MR]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H4311 [5AP]

Opinion polls

Minimum wage: Los Angeles (CA) Times, S1872 [1FE]

Outlines

Taxpayer Bill Of Rights: certain provisions, H10904 [26OC]

Papers

Case for Individual Retirement Accounts, S168-S170 [4JA]

Petitions and memorials

Personal Responsibility Act: Rhode Island House of Representatives, S6744 [16MY]

Press releases

Governor George Allen Calls on President, Congress To Stay at Work Until Job Is Done, S19335 [2JA]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment to Require Balanced Budget: Seniors Coalition, S2475 [10FE]

Questions and answers

Understanding the Consumer Price Index: BLS, S15453-S15456 [23OC]

Remarks in House

American Samoa: SSI benefits (H.R. 1060), E452 [27FE]

Armed Forces: increase pay and housing allowance, H14936 [15DE], H15268 [20DE], E2419 [20DE]

———prohibit accrual of pay and allowances to members confined pending dishonorable dismissal charges (H.R. 585), E131 [19JA]

———terminate pay and allowance entitlements of members sentenced to confinement and dishonorable discharge, H5799 [13JN]

Bankruptcy: define single asset real estate (H.R. 2815), E2422 [20DE]

Brown, Sec. of Commerce: investigation of investments in communications companies, H958-H962 [31JA], E480-E488 [1MR]

Budget: allocation of funds, H3400-H3406 [21MR]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, H248 [17JA], H596, H599, H600 [25JA], H696, H697, H698, H699, H781, H782 [26JA], H842 [30JA], H2490, H2491, H2492, H2493 [2MR], H2644 [3MR]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), H551 [24JA], H619-H628 [25JA]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (H. Con. Res. 17), consideration (H. Res. 44), H605-H619 [25JA]

Business and industry: worker's wages, H7469 [24JY]

Children and youth: require monthly reporting of child support obligations to consumer credit agencies (H.R. 314), E43 [5JA]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1507), E852 [7AP]

Committee on Taxation (Joint): reform oversight authority, H6191, H6192 [21JN]

Congress: expedited consideration of budget legislation, H15643-H15645 [30DE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, H2792, H2793 [7MR], H9569 [27SE], H9594, H9597, H9647, H9650 [28SE], E1859 [28SE]

———repeal (H.R. 500), H9899, H10026 [12OC]

———revise (H.R. 2472), H10027 [12OC]

———tribute, H1746 [14FE]

Dept. of Defense: corporate executive bonus pay for Federal contracts, H8640 [7SE], H9700, H9702, H9703 [29SE]

———salaries and benefits of military personnel, H14940, H14945 [15DE]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (H.R. 2472), E1936 [12OC]

Economy: domestic income levels and standard of living, H12184 [13NO], H14352 [12DE]

———national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), H1531 [9FE], H2607-H2639 [3MR], E49 [5JA], E168 [24JA]

———national objectives priority assignments (H.R. 9), motion to recommit, H2636, H2637 [3MR]

———national private savings rate, H2781 [7MR], E1400 [10JY]

———reduction in the standard of living, H6036 [15JN]

———U.S. distribution of wealth, H4530-H4534 [3MY]

Education: provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (H.R. 1640), E1044 [16MY]

Employment: child labor, minimum wage, and occupational safety standards, H517-H525 [23JA]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), E590 [14MR]

———private pension funds, H8225 [2AU]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), E1826 [21SE]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), H10089-H10093 [17OC], E1141 [26MY], E1943 [13OC], E1969 [18OC]

ERISA: allow victims of child abuse to collect monetary awards from an abuser's pension (H.R. 2140), E1554 [28JY]

———housing construction investments, H8764-H8766 [12SE]

———promote and improve employee stock ownership plans (H.R. 2741), E2324 [8DE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 1048), E422, E437 [24FE]

———provide for worker security, improve pension plan funding, and reform insurance policies (H.R. 36), E46 [5JA]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), H4551 [9MY], H8730, H8740-H8776 [12SE], H11924 [8NO], H12332 [14NO], E959 [9MY], E1996 [20OC]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), consideration (H. Res. 215), H8737-H8739 [12SE]

———restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (H.R. 1594), technical corrections (H. Con. Res. 108), H10089 [17OC]

Fair Labor Standards Act: establish limit on number of years Federal employees can collect back pay, H12376 [15NO]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, H2232 [27FE], H2732 [7MR], H2975 [9MR]

———child support enforcement (H.R. 785), H1028 [1FE]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), H9512 [27SE]

Federal employees: continuance of work during Government shutdown (H.R. 2840), E2455 [27DE]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), H15641-H15645 [30DE], E2455 [27DE]

———delays in cost of living adjustments, E525 [6MR]

———early retirement rules (H.R. 2826), H15549 [21DE]

———ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown, H12118 [10NO], H15276 [20DE]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (H.R. 2306), E1764 [12SE]

———exempt disability and survivor annuities from cost-of-living adjustment delays (H.R. 2224), E1672 [5AU]

———funding for pay adjustments and comparability payments through reductions in agency spending on service contracts (H.R. 1409), E795 [6AP]

———payment of retirement and separation incentives and reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (H.R. 2751), E2320 [8DE]

———pension contributions, H4017-H4024, H4026-H4029 [30MR], H4036 [3AP], H4117, H4118 [4AP], H4189, H4256, H4260, H4303, H4329 [5AP]

———prohibit payment of salaries to those officials who accept, for personal benefit, tax-exempt funds from tax-exempt organizations, H8412 [3AU]

———reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (H.R. 2825), H15549 [21DE]

———retirement provisions for certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees (H.R. 1124), E513 [3MR]

———treatment of early-retirement reduction regulations relative to defense base closures (H.R. 2375), E1856 [28SE]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (H.R. 858), E303 [8FE]

Federal-State relations: exempt laws establishing minimum wage levels from unfunded Federal mandates reform, H876 [30JA]

———maintain certain low-income entitlement programs as Federal mandates, H934, H935 [31JA]

———require agencies to consider the impact of unfunded Federal mandates on working people, H925 [31JA]

Financial institutions: provide loans to low-income communities and individuals, H7826 [27JY]

Food stamps: electronic transfer system relative to allowable food items and security, H3603-H3605 [23MR]

———electronic transfer system relative to photograph requirements, H3600-H3603 [23MR]

———reform program (H.R. 1135), H2889 [8MR], H3124 [14MR]

———replace with State block grants, H3315-H3318 [16MR], H3612-H3616 [23MR]

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (H.R. 2007), H8582 [6SE]

———ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (H.R. 2671), H13357 [20NO]

Guam: SSI benefits (H.R. 1069), H2228 [27FE]

Health: budget treatment of benefits to retired coal miners and their dependents, H12157 [13NO], E2044 [26OC]

House of Representatives: payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former employees (H. Res. 35), H250 [17JA]

House Rules: require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing income tax rates (H. Res. 26), H1469, H1539-H1541 [9FE]

———require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing revenue-H638 [25JA], H894 [31JA]

———treat copyright royalties as honoraria (H. Res. 20), H15550 [21DE]

———treatment of outside earned income, H14874, H14877 [14DE], H14933 [15DE], H15490 [21DE]

———treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), H14340 [12DE], H14905 [14DE], H15594-H15600 [22DE]

———treatment of outside earned income (H. Res. 299), consideration (H. Res. 322), H15581-H15593 [22DE]

Housing: creation of low-income housing trust fund relative to tax treatment of mortgage interest, property tax deductions, and inherited property (H.R. 1016), E405 [22FE]

———enable a builder to use the installment method to calculate tax liability under certain specific circumstances, E545 [8MR]

———reform calculation of rent payments for public housing dwelling units (H.R. 486), H183 [11JA]

Investments: ensure safeguards (H.R. 675), E184 [26JA]

———sale of market discount bonds, E309 [9FE]

IRS: delayed refunds on electronically filed returns, H1691 [14FE]

———safeguard taxpayer rights (H.R. 2337), H9250 [20SE], E1792 [14SE]

Marine resources: economic impact of regulations on fishery management councils relative to coastal communities, H10242, H10243, H10246 [18OC]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction, H6179 [21JN]

———cost-of-living adjustment, H8704-H8708 [8SE]

———make pay subject to annual appropriations (H.R. 2351), H9367 [21SE], H12352 [15NO]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown, H15090 [19DE]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown, H13089 [16NO], H14878 [14DE], H14936 [15DE]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (H.R. 2281), H12129, H12137 [13NO], H12198 [14NO], H13143 [17NO], E1731 [7SE]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (H.R. 620), E143 [20JA]

———level, H550 [24JA], H599, H600 [25JA], H699 [26JA], H1147 [2FE], H1161, H1162, H1163, H1164, H1165, H1166, H1167, H1192 [3FE], H1213, H1214, H1219, H1220, H1221, H1268 [6FE], H1287, H1288, H1290, H1291, H1292, H1294, H1295, H1297, H1298, H1341 [7FE], H1376, H1377, H1378, H1438, H1439, H1455 [8FE], H1468, H1469, H1470, H1472, H1536 [9FE], H1560 [10FE], H1693, H1695 [14FE], H1765 [15FE], H1954 [21FE], H1974 [22FE], H2657 [6MR], H8148 [1AU], H10066 [13OC], H10697, H10711-H10720 [24OC], H13862-H13865 [30NO], E268 [3FE], E283 [7FE], E333 [13FE], E387 [16FE], E737 [30MR]

———level (H.R. 363), H6682 [30JN]

———level (H.R. 619), E143 [20JA]

———level (H.R. 940), H6741 [11JY]

Native Americans: consultations with Federal, State, and local government officials relative to management of trust funds (H.R. 742), E219 [30JA]

Pensions: corporate use of pension plan funds, H10787-H10790, H10833 [25OC], H11195 [26OC], H11689 [2NO], H11811-H11813 [7NO], H11913, H11915, H11930-H11936 [8NO], H11977, H11979, H11980 [9NO], H12340, H12341 [14NO], E1996 [20OC]

———exclude the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund from the Federal budget (H.R. 103), H14056 [6DE]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees (H.R. 2664), E2220, E2223 [20NO]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (H.R. 1966), E1364 [29JN]

———use of private pension funds for economically targeted investments, E1938 [12OC]

Public housing: preferential treatment relative to participation in State welfare work programs, H3595-H3600 [23MR]

Public welfare programs: conditional assistance to teenage unwed mothers, H3515-H3521 [22MR]

———reform, H415, H450 [20JA], H542 [24JA], H662, H664 [25JA], H836 [27JA], H895 [31JA], H1028, H1030 [1FE], H1439, H1445, H1451, H1454 [8FE], H1560, H1601-H1604 [10FE], H1682-H1687 [13FE], H1910, H1911 [21FE], H2071 [23FE], H2296 [27FE], H2318, H2320 [28FE], H2396, H2397, H2398, H2399, H2400 [1MR], H2491, H2492, H2493, H2582 [2MR], H2585, H2586, H2588, H2589, H2590, H2640 [3MR], H2659, H2660 [6MR], H2730, H2734, H2735 [7MR], H2814, H2815 [8MR], H2900, H2973, H2975 [9MR], H2991, H2992, H2993, H3031 [10MR], H3095, H3123, H3124, H3126 [14MR], H3159, H3160 [15MR], H3280 [16MR], H3816, H3864-H3870 [28MR], H3884 [29MR], H4145 [4AP], H5161 [17MY], H5605 [25MY], H6911 [12JY], H9661-H9666 [28SE], H10799, H10805 [25OC], H11582 [31OC], H12197 [14NO], H13039 [16NO], H13295 [17NO], H13808 [30NO], H14029 [6DE], H14265 [12DE], H14878 [14DE], H15273 [20DE], E217 [30JA], E293 [8FE], E445 [27FE], E521 [6MR], E603 [15MR], E720 [29MR], E771 [4AP], E1221 [9JN], E1733 [7SE], E1937 [12OC], E2157 [10NO], E2188 [15NO], E2236 [28NO]

———reform (H.R. 4), H189 [11JA], H663, H671, H672-H674, H675 [25JA], H1896, H1904-H1906 [16FE], H1911, H1912 [21FE], H2073, H2157 [23FE], H2319 [28FE], H2567, H2576 [2MR], H2973 [9MR], H3134 [14MR], H3280, H3315, H3318-H3325 [16MR], H3330, H3331, H3332, H3333, H3336, H3337, H3338, H3339, H3340, H3341, H3352-H3398, H3406-H3414 [21MR], H3419-H3435, H3449-H3552, H3554-H3557 [22MR], H3576-H3731 [23MR], H3736-H3790, H3793-H3796 [24MR], H3813, H3815, H3820, H3870-H3874 [28MR], H9223 [19SE], H9501-H9504 [25SE], H10783, H10808 [25OC], H12069 [9NO], H14136 [6DE], E693, E694, E696 [24MR], E704, E706, E707, E708 [28MR], E714, E718 [29MR], E755 [3AP], E832 [7AP]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15491-H15533 [21DE], E2444, E2452, E2453 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 117), H3343-H3351 [21MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration (H. Res. 119), H3424, H3436-H3449 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 319), H15501 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 759), H1468, H1469, H1471 [9FE], E232, E233 [31JA]

———reform (H.R. 1146), E538 [7MR]

———reform (H.R. 1214), H3334 [21MR]

———status of legal immigrants, H3591, H3592 [23MR]

———work requirements, H3503, H3504, H3506, H3507, H3510-H3514 [22MR]

Reynolds, Representative: withholding of salary relative to absence from House of Representatives, H9597 [28SE]

Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, H10698 [24OC], H10831, H10834 [25OC], H10893, H10894, H10895, H10897, H10900, H10901, H11213 [26OC]

Senior citizens: program funding, H8324-H8326, H8328 [3AU]

———taxation rates, H11981 [9NO]

Small business: establish incentives for employees under a performance-based reward plan (H.R. 647), E164 [24JA]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4114, H4115, H4116, H4119, H4159, H4161, H4163 [4AP], H5555 [24MY], H12333, H12334 [14NO], H13707 [28NO], H13767, H13770, H13772, H13773 [29NO], E594 [14MR], E2194 [16NO], E2256 [29NO]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, H4188, H4191, H4249, H4251, H4258, H4263, H4264 [5AP], E778 [4AP]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 243), E37 [5JA]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 374), E23 [4JA]

———establish and define jurisdiction of a U.S. Court of Appeals for the Social Security Circuit (H.R. 1587), E963 [9MY]

———increase earnings limit, E2096 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit, repeal increase of taxation of benefits, and provide incentives to purchase long-term care insurance (H.R. 8), H128, H132 [5JA], H3984 [30MR], E200 [27JA]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), H10868-H10872 [26OC], E2048 [26OC], E2068 [30OC]

———increase earnings limit (H. Con. Res. 109), consideration (H. Res. 245), H10853-H10868 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2668), H13351 [20NO], E2219 [20NO]

———increase earnings limit (H.R. 2684), H13844 [30NO], H13872 [4DE], H13962-H13971 [5DE], H14144 [6DE], E2298 [6DE], E2346 [13DE], E2398, E2415 [19DE]

———maintain link between senior citizen and blind persons earnings test limit, H13965, H13966, H13969 [5DE]

———repeal offset for annuities under the survivor benefit plan for surviving spouses of retired Armed Forces members (H.R. 2214), E1663 [5AU]

———tribute to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (H. Res. 209), H8180 [2AU]

SSI: reform, E170 [24JA]

———require benefits in the form of vouchers (H.R. 612), E141 [20JA]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (H.R. 2320), H8912 [14SE]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 371), E20 [4JA]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), H14972-H14975 [18DE], E42 [5JA]

Taxation: allow income tax credit to individuals active in neighborhood crime watch organizations (H.R. 2132), E1541 [28JY]

———allow nonitemizers a deduction for a portion of their charitable contributions (H.R. 1575), H4517 [3MY]

———capital gains rates, H1213 [6FE], H1560 [10FE], H2731 [7MR], H2991 [10MR], H3095 [14MR], H4014, H4029 [30MR], H4253 [5AP], H5168, H5175 [17MY], H8814 [13SE], H13361 [20NO], E18 [4JA], E744 [30MR], E1357 [28JN]

———capital gains rates and indexing of certain assets (H.R. 646), E164 [24JA]

———capital gains rates (H.R. 333), E15 [4JA]

———capital gains rates (H.R. 1042), E437 [24FE]

———capital gains rates relative to sale of principal residence, H4259 [5AP]

———characterization of certain redemption of stock held by corporations (H.R. 1551), E944 [3MY]

———church pension benefit plans (H.R. 528), H13222 [17NO], E112 [17JA]

———clarify exclusion from gross income for veterans benefits (H.R. 972), E371 [16FE]

———constitutional amendment on retroactive taxation (H.J. Res. 48), H132 [5JA]

———credit for rehabilitating historic homes or purchasing newly rehabilitated historic home for use as principal residence (H.R. 1662), E1058 [17MY]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (H.R. 1003), E367 [16FE], E391 [21FE]

———dependent care tax credit, H4251, H4257 [5AP]

———depreciation of certain leasehold improvements (H.R. 1171), E552 [8MR]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 1092), E474 [1MR]

———determination of employment status (H.R. 510), E566 [9MR]

———earned income tax credit, H4249 [5AP], H5702-H5709 [8JN], H10894, H11208 [26OC], H11382 [30OC], H11462 [31OC], H11790 [7NO]

———earned income tax credit fraud, H9900 [12OC]

———eliminate double tax on dividends and allocate corporate income tax revenues to qualified registered voters (H.R. 430), E179 [26JA]

———eliminate marriage penalty relative to one-time exclusion of gain on the sale of a principle residence (H.R. 1660), E1057 [17MY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (H.R. 881), H1471 [9FE]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (H.R. 931), E337 [14FE]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses, E1213 [9JN]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (H.R. 2060), E1461 [19JY]

———excise taxes on excess benefits from certain tax-exempt organizations (H.R. 2316), E1763, E1765 [12SE]

———exclude length of service awards for firefighters and emergency medical service personnel from limitations on deferred compensation plans (H.R. 1893), E1301 [20JN]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), H1910, H1921-H1953, H1956 [21FE], H3845-H3852 [28MR], E401 [22FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, H3980, H3986, H3996-H4004, H4015 [30MR], H4040, H4043 [3AP], H4186, H4187, H4188, H4191 [5AP], H4380-H4383 [6AP], H8517-H8519 [4AU]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration (H. Res. 88), H1912-H1921 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 121), H3986-H3995 [30MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), motion to recommit, H1951, H1952 [21FE]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), return enrolled bill (H. Con. Res. 55), H4079, H4080, H4085-H4091 [3AP], H4108, H4112, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4141, H4143, H4150 [4AP], H4190 [5AP], H4380 [6AP]

———extend retroactive period during which farm insolvency transactions are exempt from the prior law alternative minimum tax (H.R. 242), E54 [5JA]

———income exclusion limitations relative to U.S. citizens working overseas (H.R. 57), E163 [24JA]

———individual retirement accounts (H.R. 682), E182 [26JA]

———individual retirement accounts (H.R. 1389), E776 [4AP]

———marriage penalty, H5910 [14JN]

———modify the exclusion of gain on certain small business stock (H.R. 1918), E1318 [22JN]

———nonrecognition of gain on sale of a principal residence by unemployed individuals (H.R. 1149), E533 [7MR]

———observance of Cost of Government Day, H6703 [10JY]

———offsetting capital gains tax cuts by student loan programs rescissions, H3818, H3819 [28MR]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (H.R. 2356), E1804 [19SE]

———provide credits for families and reform the marriage penalty (H.R. 6), E52 [5JA], E719 [29MR]

———rates, H1167 [3FE], H1452, H1454 [8FE], H2724, H2784 [7MR], H2994 [10MR], H3093, H3096 [14MR], H3159, H3160, H3161 [15MR], H3281 [16MR], H3334 [21MR], H3422, H3507, H3508, H3535, H3537, H3538, H3542, H3544 [22MR], H3737, H3786, H3787 [24MR], H4435 [1MY], H4601-H4604 [9MY], H4790 [10MY], H4907 [12MY], H5089, H5157, H5175, H5176, H5179, H5180, H5182, H5184-H5186 [17MY], H5294, H5300 [18MY], H5630 [7JN], H5702-H5709, H5740 [8JN], H5987, H5990, H6036, H6042 [15JN], H6317, H6318 [27JN], H6908-H6910 [12JY], H6919 [13JY], H7263 [20JY], H8333 [3AU], H8519-H8525 [4AU], H8600 [7SE], H8814 [13SE], H8914 [14SE], H9367, H9368 [21SE], H9596, H9656-H9660 [28SE], H9674, H9675, H9677 [29SE], H9778 [10OC], H9794, H9862, H9864, H9866 [11OC], H10062 [13OC], H10210, H10212 [18OC], H10645, H10646, H10647, H10648 [24OC], H10751, H10752, H10753, H10754, H10781-H10791, H10793, H10796-H10805, H10807-H10810, H10828 [25OC], H10850, H10889, H10892, H10895, H11378, H11379 [26OC], H11566 [31OC], H11688, H11689, H11736, H11741-H11747 [2NO], H11834, H11835 [8NO], H12096 [10NO], H12186, H12188 [13NO], H12205, H12327, H12328, H12337-H12344 [14NO], H12377, H12493 [15NO], H13144, H13186, H13197, H13291, H13292, H13293 [17NO], H13354, H13361, H13362 [20NO], H13666 [28NO], H13734, H13736 [29NO], H13852-H13856 [30NO], H13991 [5DE], H14025, H14026 [6DE], H14226 [7DE], H14260 [12DE], H14375 [13DE], H14875, H14876 [14DE], H14935, H14936 [15DE], H15284, H15285 [20DE], H15492, H15535, H15554, H15555, H15556 [21DE], H15578 [22DE], E67 [9JA], E522 [6MR], E1280 [16JN], E2104 [2NO], E2315 [7DE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), H3980, H3981, H3982, H3983, H3984, H3985, H4004, H4014, H4029 [30MR], H4034, H4035, H4036, H4039, H4041, H4042, H4043, H4074, H4077, H4081, H4086-H4091 [3AP], H4107, H4109, H4110, H4112, H4113, H4114, H4115, H4116, H4117, H4118, H4119, H4143, H4144, H4145, H4146, H4147, H4148, H4149, H4150, H4151, H4152, H4153, H4154, H4155, H4156, H4157, H4158, H4159, H4160, H4161, H4163, H4164, H4167-H4171 [4AP], H4180, H4181, H4182, H4183, H4184, H4185, H4186, H4187, H4188, H4189, H4190, H4191, H4192, H4213-H4319, H4329-H4334 [5AP], H4338, H4340, H4341, H4342, H4343, H4399, H4400, H4407-H4410 [6AP], H10866 [26OC], E716, E719, E725 [29MR], E744 [30MR], E761 [3AP], E776 [4AP], E808, E811, E814 [6AP], E825, E827, E835, E840, E869, E872 [7AP], E918, E919 [2MY]

———rates (H.R. 1215), consideration (H. Res. 128), H4190, H4191, H4192-H4212 [5AP]

———rates relative to SSI, H3886 [29MR]

———reduce rates and carryover basis of inherited property (H.R. 538), E101 [17JA]

———reform, H5626 [7JN]

———repeal alternative minimum tax (H.R. 1142), H2733 [7MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (H.R. 1039), E437 [24FE]

———repeal gross income limitation applicable to regulated investment companies (H.R. 1431), E821 [7AP]

———require burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases (H.R. 390), H413 [20JA], H596 [25JA], H894 [31JA], H1560 [10FE], H1699 [14FE], H2992 [10MR], H3420 [22MR], H3817 [28MR], H4338 [6AP], H4918 [15MY], H5907 [14JN], H6208 [22JN], H9673 [29SE], E8 [4JA]

———special estate tax valuation relative to cash rentals of farmland (H.R. 501), H3093 [14MR]

———treatment of accelerated death benefits under life insurance contracts (H.R. 99), E13 [4JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses, H4190 [5AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 1985), E1383 [30JN]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (H.R. 98), E20 [4JA]

———treatment of certain interest on automobile loans (H.R. 1957), E1369 [30JN]

———treatment of corporations, H10064 [13OC]

———treatment of corporations (H.R. 1629), E1030 [12MY]

———treatment of corporations (H.R. 2534), E2039 [26OC]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State, local government, and tax-exempt organizations (H.R. 1119), E554 [8MR]

———treatment of dividends and interest received by individuals (H.R. 1041), E437 [24FE]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 1099), E470 [1MR]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (H.R. 1212), E578 [10MR]

———treatment of foreign tax credit and deduction for taxes paid in lieu of income taxes (H.R. 391), E1 [4JA]

———treatment of gains on sale of small business stocks (H.R. 645), E164 [24JA]

———treatment of Government pensions relative to Social Security benefits (H.R. 2272), E1721 [7SE]

———treatment of group legal services plans (H.R. 565), E118 [18JA]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (H.R. 708), E191 [26JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 334), E10 [4JA]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 682), E178 [25JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, H4043 [3AP], H4302-H4304 [5AP], H6033-H6036 [15JN], H7232-H7237 [19JY], H8731 [12SE]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (H.R. 1812), H5987 [15JN], E1222 [9JN]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents, H8941 [14SE]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (H.R. 1535), H4485 [2MY]

———treatment of livestock sold on account of weather conditions (H.R. 1588), E973 [9MY]

———treatment of meals provided at fish processing facilities (H.R. 2451), E1885 [29SE]

———treatment of pensions (H.R. 2037), E1656 [5AU]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (H.R. 2121), E1548 [28JY]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs (H.R. 1328), H3819 [28MR], E708 [28MR]

———treatment of student loan interest (H.R. 1229), E592 [14MR]

———valuation of stock received by employees for performance of services (H.R. 693), E188 [26JA]

U.N.: salaries and perks of employees, E2085 [1NO]

Veterans: calculation of retirement pay, H9498 [25SE]

———ensure payment of benefits employees during Government shutdown, H15209 [20DE]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), H9762-H9764 [10OC], H12124 [10NO]

Virgin Islands: SSI benefits (H.R. 1069), H2228 [27FE]

Wages: create a livable wage (H.R. 768), H1560 [10FE]

Remarks in Senate

AFDC: require recipients to enter into a personal responsibility contract, S12908-S12910 [8SE]

———work requirement for food stamp recipients, S13152-S13158, S13196-S13198 [11SE], S13377 [12SE]

Agriculture: price supports for family-sized farms, S7652 [5JN]

Armed Forces: increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), S19318, S19319 [30DE]

———pension annuity computation (S. 820), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———prohibit accrual of pay while confined pending dishonorable discharge (S. 205), S802 [11JA]

———repeal certain requirements under the Special Separation Benefits Program and Voluntary Separation Incentive Program (S. 1294), S14744 [29SE]

———terminate pay and allowance entitlements of members sentenced to confinement and dishonorable discharge, S4022 [16MR], S11388, S11389 [4AU]

———terminate pay and allowance entitlements of members sentenced to confinement and dishonorable discharge (S. 571), S4103, S4104 [16MR]

Bankruptcy: limit the value of real and personal property that debtors may exempt under State and local law (S. 769), S6344 [9MY]

Budget: deficit, S5530 [7AP]

———modify the definition of targeted tax benefit, S4301-S4310, S4322, S4324 [22MR]

———reduction of tax cut and application of savings to public welfare programs, S7353 [24MY]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced, S1336 [23JA], S1583-S1598 [26JA], S1900-S1910, S1914-S1919, S1963 [1FE], S2308-S2324, S2326 [8FE], S2355-S2392, S2394-S2397 [9FE], S2449-S2453, S2457-S2462, S2465-S2480 [10FE], S2538-S2564 [13FE], S2583-S2595 [14FE], S2794, S2795 [16FE], S2995, S3009-S3014, S3022, S3028-S3033 [23FE], S3179-S3185, S3203, S3209 [27FE], S3236-S3240, S3301, S3302 [28FE], S3316 [2MR], S3443-S3445, S3449-S3451, S3453, S3456-S3459 [3MR], S3485-S3489 [6MR], S3573-S3575 [7MR], S3825, S3826, S3827-S3829 [13MR], S4562-S4564 [24MR]

———treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced (S. 290), S1638 [26JA], S1730 [30JA]

Business and industry: tax deductibility of compensation paid to employees relative to Social Security earnings penalty, S15795, S15796 [26OC]

Child and Adult Care Food Program: participation, S12828 [7SE]

Children and youth: impose child support obligations on paternal grandparents when both parents are minors, S12810 [7SE], S13569 [14SE]

Committee on the Budget (Senate): budget scoring of H.R. 2394, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S16937 [9NO]

Congress: treatment of Members and employees for retirement purposes (S. 228), S2079 [3FE], S3068 [23FE]

Consumer Price Index: calculation of rate of inflation, S15445-S15447 [23OC]

———calculation of rate of inflation (S. 821), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

Courts: cost-of-living adjustments for judicial salaries (S. 1344), S15346 [19OC]

Dept. of HUD: Low-Income Housing Preservation Program funding, S18644 [14DE]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (S. 1183), S12373 [11AU]

Education: provide for a low-income school choice demonstration program (S. 618), S4582, S4585 [24MR]

———tuition income tax credit, S15812, S15813 [26OC]

Employment: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers (S. 553), S3894 [14MR]

———funding for job training programs for displaced homemakers, S12889 [8SE]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (H.R. 1715), S15294 [18OC], S15415 [23OC], S16440 [31OC]

———relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers (S. 1326), S15234 [17OC]

ERISA: restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans (S. 774), S6352 [9MY]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies (S. 1400), S16756 [7NO]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (S. 456), S2872, S2888 [16FE]

———State child support enforcement demonstration programs (S. 642), S4732-S4735 [28MR]

———State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement (H.R. 2288), S14798 [29SE]

Farmers: provide full planting flexibility and require a pilot revenue insurance program (S. 1276), S14408 [27SE]

Federal employees: amend status of erroneously covered Civil Service Retirement System employees (S. 1287), S14740 [29SE]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown, S19314 [29DE], S19322 [31DE]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1482), S18740 [15DE], S18804 [18DE], S18906 [19DE]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), S19232, S19233 [22DE], S19313 [29DE], S19318, S19319 [30DE], S19332, S19333, S19337, S19338, S19339-S19343 [2JA]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), unanimous-consent agreement, S19322, S19323 [31DE]

———ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown, S17188 [16NO], S17470 [19NO]

———ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (S. 1246), S13659 [15SE]

———ensure payment of furloughed employees during Government shutdown (S. 1429), S17667 [28NO], S19019, S19020 [20DE]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (S. 1080), S10826 [27JY]

———pension formula, S7309, S7323, S7340 [24MY]

———require a more detailed disclosure of the value of assets, S10536, S10553, S10560-S10562 [24JY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (S. 47), S271 [4JA]

Financial institutions: consolidation of the Federal thrift industry and the banking industry (S. 1415), S17094-S17096 [15NO]

———tax deduction for loans to employee stock ownership plans, S16033, S16034 [27OC]

Government: continuance of pay and authority to make certain expenditures and obligations when there is a lapse in appropriations (S. 1250), S13728 [18SE], S17005 [13NO]

———ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown, S16006 [27OC], S17471 [19NO], S17593, S17596-S17599 [28NO]

Health: budget treatment of benefits to retired coal miners and their dependents, S16037 [27OC]

Health care professionals: encourage health care for low-income individuals by limiting and exempting liability for services without charge (S. 1351), S15404 [20OC]

Housing: homeownership opportunities (S. 1387), S16629 [2NO]

Immigration: national objectives priority assignments, S17790 [29NO]

Iowa: Family Investment Program implementation, S12883 [8SE]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (S. 258), S1369, S1370, S1372 [23JA]

Law enforcement officers: calculation of pay for Federal officers, S11543 [5AU]

———retirement system for Federal officers, S11552 [5AU]

Medicaid: modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55 (S. 86), S306-S308 [4JA]

Members of Congress: adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction, S757-S760 [11JA]

———adjust basic pay relative to degree of success in deficit reduction (S. 183), S677 [9JA]

———eliminate certain congressional perks (S. 1405), S16827 [8NO]

———pay rates, S11535, S11536 [5AU]

———payment of salary during Federal Government shutdowns, S14124 [22SE]

———prohibit receipt of workers' compensation benefits for stress or emotional disorder injuries (S. 732), S5836 [27AP]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown (S. 1480), S19330-S19332 [2JA]

———require publication of pension estimates in the semiannual report of Congress (S. 355), S2135 [3FE]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown, S17079, S17080 [15NO], S17193, S17194, S17195, S17196-S17198 [16NO], S17331 [17NO]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (S. 1220), S12836 [7SE]

Minimum wage: increase level and establish commission to study indexation (S. 203), S800, S801 [11JA]

———level, S1704 [27JA], S1871 [1FE], S2078, S2079 [3FE], S2756 [15FE], S3697 [9MR], S3770, S3771 [10MR], S3949-S3953 [15MR], S10949-S10959, S10961 [31JY], S15817, S15818 [26OC], S15981 [27OC]

———level (S. 413), S2657 [14FE]

Native Americans: effects of public welfare program reforms and block grants on resources available to tribes, S3683 [8MR]

———enforcement of child support agreements between the States and tribal organizations, S13565-S13567 [14SE]

News media: acceptance by journalists of gratuities and honoraria for speeches, S8488 [15JN]

Pensions: annuity computation for Members of Congress and Federal employees (S. 819), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———corporate use of pension plan funds, S15764, S15818-S15821 [26OC], S15981 [27OC]

———limitations on cost-of-living adjustments for Social Security beneficiaries and Federal and military retirees (S. 822), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (S. 1304), S14900-S14902 [10OC]

———treatment of Indian tribal governments and their employees (S. 1313), S15040 [11OC]

Poverty: require any Dept. of Commerce data relative to the incidence of poverty in subnational areas be adjusted for local cost-of living differences (S. 130), S382 [4JA]

Princz, Hugo: payment of reparations by Germany relative to the Holocaust, S13870 [19SE]

Public welfare programs: allow States to use an income tax intercept to collect overpayments in assistance, S13206 [11SE]

———assignment of block grant programs to county governments, S12827 [7SE]

———awarding of national rapid response grants for dislocated workers, S12903 [8SE]

———benefit eligibility for children relative to paternity establishment, S12898 [8SE]

———benefits relative to criminal probation, parole violators, and fugitive felons, S12824 [7SE], S12874 [8SE]

———calculation of family participation rates in States, S13374 [12SE], S13491 [13SE]

———Dept. of HHS report on Senate welfare reform, S16466 [1NO]

———development of tamper-resistant Social Security card, S12915 [8SE]

———establish a job placement performance incentive bonus to States for placing individuals in unsubsidized jobs, S13504-S13507 [13SE]

———establish State contingency fund, S13373 [12SE], S13780 [19SE]

———exclude certain programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer (S. 131), S382 [4JA], S13551 [13SE]

———exempt victims of domestic violence from certain eligibility requirements, S13525-S13527 [13SE], S13561, S13562 [14SE]

———expenditure of funds in accordance with State laws and procedures, S12802-S12804 [7SE], S12875 [8SE]

———funding to States to handle additional growth in welfare caseloads, S12808 [7SE], S13200-S13206 [11SE], S13316, S13317 [12SE]

———participation of religious organizations, S13516-S13522 [13SE]

———prohibit financial assistance to persons delinquent in child support payments, S12830 [7SE], S12897 [8SE]

———reform, S1568-S1571, S1635 [26JA], S1796-S1798 [31JA], S2993 [23FE], S4677-S4682 [28MR], S5028 [3AP], S5087, S5089 [4AP], S5512 [6AP], S5687-S5689 [26AP], S6846-S6848, S6881 [18MY], S7172, S7222, S7225-S7227 [23MY], S8129 [12JN], S8994 [23JN], S10070 [14JY], S10768, S10771 [27JY], S10860-S10864 [28JY], S10911, S10937, S10955 [31JY], S11099-S11101 [1AU], S11190 [2AU], S16050-S16051 [27OC], S16675 [3NO], S16940 [9NO], S17006 [13NO], S18433-S18437 [12DE], S18826 [18DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), S958 [17JA], S6744 [16MY], S9493, S9596 [30JN], S10333-S10335 [20JY], S11556, S11575-S11602, S11711-S11713 [5AU], S11735-S11784, S11800-S11802 [7AU], S11803-S11845, S11888-S11890 [8AU], S12360, S12363, S12428, S12510-S12513 [11AU], S12622 [5SE], S12680-S12715 [6SE], S12757-S12796, S12802-S12830 [7SE], S12873-S12958, S13136, S13139 [8SE], S13147-S13150, S13152-S13207 [11SE], S13315-S13378 [12SE], S13481-S13539 [13SE], S13558-S13575, S13578-S13617 [14SE], S13627-S13653, S13673 [15SE], S13746 [18SE], S13749, S13751, S13752, S13770-S13804 [19SE], S13885 [20SE], S14097 [21SE], S14562 [28SE], S14772-S14777 [29SE], S15360 [19OC], S18262-S18264 [8DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, S19086-S19107, S19140-S19143 [21DE], S19154-S19181, S19225-S19228 [22DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S19081 [21DE]

———reform (H.R. 4), unanimous-consent agreement, S11736, S11782 [7AU], S12910, S13138 [8SE], S13497, S13524 [13SE], S13606 [14SE], S13640, S13653 [15SE]

———reform (S. 36), S228 [4JA]

———reform (S. 140), S394-S397 [4JA]

———reform (S. 209), S902 [12JA]

———reform (S. 707), S5448 [6AP]

———reform (S. 736), S5838-S5841 [27AP]

———reform (S. 746), S6083-S6085 [3MY]

———reform (S. 828), S6917-S6920 [18MY]

———reform (S. 834), S7016 [19MY]

———reform (S. 840), S7127 [22MY]

———reform (S. 1117), S11325, S11326, S11327, S11328 [3AU]

———reform (S. 1120), S11840 [8AU], S12201 [10AU]

———require development of strategic plan for State family assistance programs, S13628 [15SE]

———State determination of benefits relative to children born to current welfare recipients, S13368-S13372 [12SE], S13487-S13489 [13SE]

———State sanctioning of recipients relative to drug testing, S12888 [8SE]

———use of public school facilities for certain child care programs, S13570, S13572 [14SE]

Puerto Rico: application of wage credit incentives to economically developed areas, S18104 [6DE]

Roads and highways: treatment of toll facilities, S8779-S8782 [21JN]

Rural areas: Federal farm and health policies, S15757-S15762, S15782 [26OC], S16016 [27OC]

Senate: require Senators and employees to provide a more detailed disclosure of certain assets, S10800 [27JY]

———severance pay for certain employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper (S. Res. 172), S13673 [15SE]

Senate Rules: require a three-fifths majority on the passage of legislation increasing income tax rates, S1906 [1FE]

Senior Community Service Employment Program: funding, S13491-S13495 [13SE]

Shreveport, LA: tribute to Hamilton Terrace Learning Center for receiving the Innovations in American Government Award, S15700 [25OC]

Small business: health care tax credit and cost analysis of legislative proposals (S. 521), S3750 [9MR]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, S3769 [10MR], S4123-S4129 [17MR], S4178 [20MR], S4427 [23MR], S4741 [28MR], S5209 [5AP], S5733 [26AP], S5873 [1MY], S7207, S7208 [23MY], S7327 [24MY], S7454 [25MY], S15436, S15440, S15441, S15463, S15490 [23OC], S15508, S15510 [24OC], S16047, S16049 [27OC], S16959-S16967, S16986, S16987, S16990 [13NO], S17121-S17123, S17129-S17138, S17144 [16NO]

———diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (S. 824), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 252), S1271 [20JA]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 31), S225, S226 [4JA]

———increase earnings limit, S15783, S15786 [26OC]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1372), S16442 [31OC], S16575, S16577-S16589, S16620 [2NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1432), S17674 [28NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1440), S17869 [30NO]

———increase earnings limit (S. 1470), S18443 [12DE], S18553 [13DE], S18732 [15DE]

———increase normal and early retirement ages (S. 818), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (S. 825), S6913-S6916 [18MY]

———tax treatment of benefits (S. 50), S273-S275 [4JA]

SSI: deny disability benefits based on alcohol or drug addiction (S. 498), S3521 [6MR]

———restriction on benefits to prisoners (S. 1418), S17336 [17NO]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), S19129 [21DE], S19235, S19273 [22DE], S19296 [27DE]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), placed on calendar, S19019 [20DE]

———tax treatment of certain pension income (S. 44), S254 [4JA], S5078 [3AP]

Taxation: allow one-time election of interest rate to be used for calculating pension cashouts (S. 1258), S13742 [18SE]

———availability of individual retirement accounts (S. 1310), S15035 [11OC]

———capital gains rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives (S. 1481), S18739 [15DE]

———capital gains rates, S4002-S4004 [16MR], S7161 [23MY], S13182 [11SE], S15766, S15789-S15791 [26OC], S16063 [27OC], S16835 [8NO]

———capital gains rates (S. 182), S671 [9JA]

———capital gains rates (S. 959), S8949-S8954 [22JN]

———characterization of certain redemption of stock held by corporations (S. 750), S6090 [3MY]

———church pension benefit plans (S. 881), S7697 [5JN]

———computation of adjusted gross income for school bus drivers (S. 500), S3521 [6MR]

———credits for individuals with children, S15807, S15808 [26OC], S16461 [1NO]

———deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service (S. 434), S2828 [16FE]

———deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax (S. 1100), S11107-S11109 [1AU]

———dependent care tax credit (S. 264), S1443 [24JA]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax, S16061 [27OC]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (S. 1000), S9445, S9446 [29JN]

———depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax (S. 1160), S12254 [10AU], S12421 [11AU]

———earned income tax credit, S7449 [25MY], S15672, S15676-S15683 [25OC], S15709-S15713, S15777 [26OC], S16463 [1NO], S17146 [16NO]

———eligibility for the earned income tax credit, and treatment of individuals benefiting from foreign trusts or renouncement of citizenship (S. 453), S2854 [16FE]

———eliminate percentage depletion allowance for certain mineral substances, S16030 [27OC]

———encourage capital formation for the development of new business (S. 1053), S13377, S13378 [12SE]

———encourage investment in low-income housing (S. 354), S2134 [3FE]

———enforcement of corporate tax laws, S12200 [10AU]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 1038), S10009 [14JY]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 1050), S10320 [19JY]

———establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses (S. 488), S3416-S3422 [2MR]

———exempt from income tax individuals who are killed as a result of terrorist actions (S. 986), S9431 [29JN]

———exemption for certain common investment funds (S. 793), S6519 [11MY]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, S15808-S15811 [26OC]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), S4532-S4544, S4546-S4559 [24MR], S4603 [27MR], S4684 [28MR]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), conference report, S4974-S4984 [31MR], S5026, S5027, S5030-S5046 [3AP], S5183-S5185 [5AP], S5538 [7AP], S8183 [12JN]

———extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC (H.R. 831), unanimous-consent agreement, S4521 [23MR]

———increase opportunities for small businesses and taxpayers (S. 1299), S14883-S14885 [10OC]

———increase the personal exemption for dependents (S. 147), S407 [4JA]

———limit applicability of the generation-skipping transfer tax (S. 1170), S12270 [10AU]

———middle class tax relief (S. 452), S2848, S2854 [16FE]

———mortgage interest payment deduction for first- or second-time homebuyers (S. Res. 117), S6357 [9MY]

———permit tax-free rollover of certain payments made by employers to separated employees (S. 501), S3522 [6MR]

———prevent avoidance through use of foreign trusts (S. 1261), S13859 [19SE]

———prevent fraud and abuse relative to the earned income tax credit (S. 899), S8404 [14JN]

———provide credits for families (S. 1134), S12081, S12082 [9AU], S12210 [10AU]

———provide that overpayments shall be reduced by the amount of past-due enforceable State tax obligations (S. 1408), S16922 [9NO]

———rates, S26 [4JA], S1020 [18JA], S1558-S1564 [26JA], S1709 [27JA], S3768, S3776-S3780 [10MR], S3841 [13MR], S3855-S3859 [14MR], S4001, S4004 [16MR], S5087-S5091 [4AP], S6133-S6135 [4MY], S6584 [12MY], S6735 [16MY], S7007 [19MY], S7138, S7161-S7179, S7203-S7208, S7227-S7229 [23MY], S7308, S7309, S7364 [24MY], S7419, S7433, S7440-S7442 [25MY], S7802 [7JN], S8533, S8534 [16JN], S8979-S8981, S8985-S8989 [23JN], S9296, S9300-S9302 [28JN], S9363, S9364, S9370-S9371 [29JN], S9643 [10JY], S12423, S12426 [11AU], S14125, S14126 [22SE], S14147-S14151 [25SE], S14393 [27SE], S15002 [11OC], S15189 [17OC], S15313, S15314, S15319, S15322, S15330-S15333 [19OC], S15420, S15483-S15486, S15491-S15493 [23OC], S15610, S15615, S15666, S15677 [25OC], S15709, S15750-S15757, S15781, S15974 [26OC], S16004, S16015, S16035, S16041, S16053, S16055, S16056, S16058, S16068-S16071, S16075, S16084-S16086, S16088-S16094 [27OC], S16581, S16583, S16584 [2NO], S16642, S16674, S16691-S16695 [3NO], S16716 [7NO], S17171-S17178 [16NO], S17231-S17245, S17315 [17NO], S17446, S17447 [18NO], S17503 [20NO], S17522 [27NO], S18719, S18722, S18726-S18729 [15DE], S18778-S18780 [16DE], S18800, S18810 [18DE]

———rates (H.R. 1215), S5294-S5298 [6AP]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 628), S4660 [27MR]

———restore tax exemption on proceeds received from settlements and distributions to mixed-blood members of the Ute Indian tribe (S. 913), S8119 [9JN]

———restructure income tax system (S. 722), S5664-S5674 [25AP], S13378 [12SE]

———simplify reporting requirements for pension payments (S. 1006), S9517, S9526, S9527 [30JN]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 520), S3749 [9MR]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 1165), S12259 [10AU]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (S. 1355), S15498 [23OC], S15583 [24OC]

———treatment of capital gains, S16030 [27OC]

———treatment of certain disability benefits received by former police officers or firefighters (S. 502), S3522 [6MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations, S12906, S12924 [8SE], S13497-S13504 [13SE]

———treatment of charitable contributions to poverty assistance organizations (S. 1079), S10822-S10824 [27JY]

———treatment of corporate dividend payments and interest deductions (S. 701), S5447 [6AP]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance (S. 1095), S10968, S10969 [31JY]

———treatment of estate and gift taxes (S. 867), S7615 [26MY]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax, S16029 [27OC]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (S. 1086), S10876-S10878 [28JY]

———treatment of gifts of publicly-traded stock to certain private foundations (S. 789), S6464 [10MY]

———treatment of group legal services plan (S. 997), S9444 [29JN]

———treatment of higher education tuition and student loan interest (S. 242), S1093, S1094 [18JA]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts (S. 287), S1627, S1628 [26JA]

———treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments (S. 110), S344 [4JA]

———treatment of income derived by a member of an Indian tribe from natural resources (S. 1307), S14900-S14902 [10OC]

———treatment of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S15815, S15816 [26OC]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (S. 12), S165 [4JA]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, S4974-S4978 [31MR], S5044, S5045 [3AP], S5183-S5185 [5AP], S5305-S5322, S5366 [6AP], S7451, S7452 [25MY], S7802 [7JN]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (H.R. 1812), S8984 [23JN], S9602 [10JY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (S. 700), S5443-S5447 [6AP]

———treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel (S. 1232), S13473 [12SE]

———treatment of operating expenses for school bus drivers (S. 499), S3521 [6MR]

———treatment of real estate investment trusts (S. 1297), S14745 [29SE]

———treatment of short-term and long-term capital gains (S. 924), S8493 [15JN]

———treatment of student loan interest (S. 1273), S14312 [26SE]

———treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued from Indian tribal governments (S. 1306), S14900-S14902 [10OC]

———treatment of trusts for individuals who are disabled or for education (S. 657), S4993 [31MR]

———treatment of veterans' allowances and benefits relative to gross income (S. 297), S1788 [30JA]

Veterans: change the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for benefit eligibility purposes (S. 281), S1619 [26JA]

———disregard State payments to blind veterans as income for purposes of pension determination (S. 361), S2269 [7FE]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (H.R. 2394), S16937-S16939 [9NO]

———increase service-connected disability benefits (S. 992), S9438 [29JN]

———minimum survivor annuities for surviving spouses who remain unmarried, S11319 [3AU]

———provide for cost-savings in housing loan and education programs (S. 993), S9440 [29JN]

———tax treatment of contributions to pension plans by veterans who have returned to employment (S. 831), S7014 [19MY]

Reports

Cost Estimate of Increase of the Earning Limit on Social Security: CBO, S16586 [2NO]

Nutrition, Health, and Economic Consequences of Block Grants for Federal Food Assistance Programs: Dept. of Agriculture, S958 [17JA]

Senate Welfare Reform: Dept. of HHS, S16466 [1NO]

Toward a More Accurate Measure of the Cost of Living: Advisory Commission To Study the Consumer Price Index, S15456-S15462 [23OC]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: David Koitz, Congressional Research Service, S2477-S2480 [10FE]

Reports filed

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 319) (H. Rept. 104-431), H15237 [20DE]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 831, Self-Employed Health Insurance Tax Deduction and Nonrecognition of Gain on Exchanges for Certain FCC Policies: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 121) (H. Rept. 104-93), H3974 [29MR]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 17, Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require a Balanced Budget: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 44) (H. Rept. 104-4), H592 [24JA]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Increase Social Security Earnings Limit: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 245) (H. Rept. 104-292), H10847 [25OC]

Consideration of H. Res. 299, House Rules Relative to Treatment of Outside Earned Income: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 322) (H. Rept. 104-441), H15574 [21DE]

Consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 117) (H. Rept. 104-83), H3326 [16MR]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 119) (H. Rept. 104-85), H3415 [21MR]

Consideration of H.R. 831, Extend Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 104-38), H1907 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 831, Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 88) (H. Rept. 104-38), H1907 [16FE]

Consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 128) (H. Rept. 104-100), H4176 [4AP]

Contract With America Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1215) (H. Rept. 104-84), H3415 [21MR]

Extend Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 104-32), H1751 [14FE]

Extend Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee of Conference (H.R. 831) (H. Rept. 104-92), H3974 [29MR]

Food Stamp Program Reform: Committee on Agriculture (House) (H.R. 1135) (H. Rept. 104-77), H3155 [14MR]

Increase Service-Connected Disability Benefits for Veterans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 2394) (H. Rept. 104-273), H9743 [6OC]

Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 9) (H. Rept. 104-33), H1848 [15FE]

Personal Responsibility Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4) (S. Rept. 104-96), S8177 [12JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4) (H. Rept. 104-430), H15237 [20DE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1157) (H. Rept. 104-81), H3275 [15MR]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for Employee Benefit Plans: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1594) (H. Rept. 104-238), H8596 [6SE]

Social Security Earnings Limit Increase: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 1470), S18737 [15DE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2684) (H. Rept. 104-379), H13929 [4DE]

State Tax Treatment of Certain Pension Income: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 394) (H. Rept. 104-389), H14237 [7DE]

State Use of Automated Data Retrieval System for Child and Spousal Support Enforcement: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 2288), S14710 [29SE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2288) (H. Rept. 104-250), H9244 [19SE]

Tax Deductions for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Treatment of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 831) (S. Rept. 104-16), S4262 [21MR]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 1812) (H. Rept. 104-145), H6082 [16JN]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Income Inequality in America, E2084 [1NO]

———Progress on the Economy, E28 [4JA]

———Reforming Welfare, E1718 [7SE]

———Tax Reform, E1516 [26JY]

———Welfare Reform, E726 [29MR]

Resolutions by organizations

State control of Federal welfare block grant funds: American Legislative Exchange Council, S12803 [7SE]

———National Speakers Conference, S12803 [7SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 4), H3496 [22MR]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, H15531 [21DE]

Taxation: rates (H.R. 1215), H4317 [5AP]

Statements

Corporate Use of Pension Plan Funds: Robert B. Reich, Sec. of Labor, H11196 [26OC]

Family Support Act (1986): Ronald Reagan, S6925 [18MY]

Federal Child Care Programs: Gerald H. Miller and A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S13184 [11SE]

———Mary Anderson Cooper, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A., S13183 [11SE]

Flat Tax Proposal: Robert Hall and Alvin Rabushka, S3418, S3419, S3421 [2MR]

Flat Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses: Louis T. March, Representative Government Education Foundation, Inc., E1214 [9JN]

National Women's Pledge on Welfare Reform, Principles for Eliminating Poverty: Council of Presidents (organization), H1684 [13FE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: American School Food Service Association, H15523 [21DE]

———Charles Miller, Fred Kammer, Kenneth L. Hodder, and Preme Mathai-Davis, S19106 [21DE]

Require a Three-Fifths Majority House Vote on the Passage of Legislation Increasing Income Tax Rates: Becky Cain, League of Women Voters, H1541 [9FE]

Restrict Government Promotion of Economically Targeted Investments for ERISA Employee Benefit Plans, H8739 [12SE]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: Executive Office of the President, S4556 [24MR]

Tax Deduction for Health Insurance Costs of Self-Employed Individuals and Repeal of Nonrecognition of Gain on Sales and Exchanges Effectuating Policies of the FCC: President Clinton, H1913 [21FE]

Workers' Compensation Benefits Relative to Migrant and Seasonal Workers: several Representatives, E1943 [13OC]

Studies

$500-Per-Child Tax Credit Means One Month's Food and Mortgage for a Typical American Family: Scott A. Hodge and Grover M. Hermann, Heritage Foundation, S18120 [7DE]

What a Balanced Federal Budget With Tax Cuts Would Mean for Family College Costs: John S. Barry, Heritage Foundation, S18123 [7DE]

Summaries

Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act (S. 1299), S14898 [10OC]

Capital Formation Act (S. 959), S8953 [22JN]

Capital Gains Tax Rates (H.R. 333), E15 [4JA]

Comprehensive Charity Reform Act (S. 1079), S10825 [27JY]

Consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security Earnings Limit (H. Res. 245), H10854 [26OC]

Earned Income Tax Credit Fraud Prevention Act (S. 899), S8405 [14JN]

Federal Service Contracting Legislation (H.R. 1409-1412), E796 [6AP]

Flat Tax Rates for Individuals and Businesses (H.R. 2060), E1461 [19JY]

Gephardt Motion To Recommit Contract With America Tax Relief Act, H4332 [5AP]

House Rules Relative to Treatment of Outside Earned Income (H. Res. 299): Committee on Rules (House), H15583, H15591 [22DE]

———Solomon substitute, H15583 [22DE]

Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act (S. 456), S2887 [16FE]

Leadership Amendment to H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S13650 [15SE]

Payment of Federal Retirement and Separation Incentives and Reemployment Assistance Relative To Workforce Reductions (H.R. 2751), E2321 [8DE]

Pension Simplification Act (S. 1006), S9525 [30JN]

Prevent Avoidance of Taxation of Income Through Foreign Trusts (H.R. 2356), E1805 [19SE]

Promote and Improve Employee Stock Ownership Plans (H.R. 2741), E2324 [8DE]

Public Welfare Program Reform (S. 828), S6920-S6925 [18MY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, S12510, S12511 [11AU]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 736), S5840 [27AP]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 746), S6085 [3MY]

Research on the Minimum Wage: Minimum Wage Study Commission, E387 [16FE]

Safeguard Taxpayer Rights (S. 258), S1370-S1372 [23JA]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship (H.R. 1812), E1222 [9JN]

Treatment of Real Estate Investment Trusts (H.R. 2121), E1548-E1550 [28JY]

Welfare Bill Modifications: Senator Dole, S12913 [8SE]

Welfare Reform (H.R. 1250), H3760 [24MR]

Tables

Capital gains tax rates, S15767 [26OC]

Change in deficit if adjustment made for Consumer Price Index overstatment, S15462 [23OC]

Committee on the Budget (Senate) scoring of H.R. 2394, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S16938 [9NO]

Comparison of State allocations, S13206 [11SE]

Comparison of U.N. employees' salaries and benefits with private New York, NY, counterparts, E2085 [1NO]

Distribution of total time on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Earned income tax credit reforms effect on the Federal budget, H10905 [26OC]

Earned income tax credit statistics, S15742 [26OC]

Earned income tax credits, S7146 [23MY]

Earned income tax for two parents, two children, fiscal year 1996, S15778 [26OC]

Environmental organization executive compensation, S16842 [9NO]

Environmental organization incomes, S16843 [9NO]

Estimated revenue effects of possible Democratic substitutions to H.R. 831, repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1943 [21FE]

Examples of the flat tax system, S3421 [2MR]

Family income projections under the Republican budget plan, S15742 [26OC]

Impact of congressional proposals on poverty: under the pre-tax money income definition used for official poverty statistics, S17007 [13NO]

———using a comprehensive post-tax, post-transfer definition of income, S17006 [13NO]

Number of families affected by a 60-month time limit on welfare: Urban Institute, S12705 [6SE]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: proposed provisions comparison, S19156 [22DE]

Preliminary estimate of amendment providing state flexibility to participate in the TAP or WAGE programs, S13162 [11SE]

Preliminary estimate of the number of children denied AFDC due to the 60 month time limit—under the House and Senate welfare bills, S17006 [13NO]

Proportion of children receiving AFDC, S12682 [6SE]

Public welfare programs costs, S12777 [7SE]

Ranking of Members of Congress on appropriations votes: National Taxpayers Union, H4194-H4196, H4197-H4201 [5AP]

Tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals, H1914 [21FE]

Temporary Assistance For Needy Families Block Grant Program estimated allocations, S13204 [11SE]

Testimonies

National Family Enterprise Preservation Act: Chester Thigpen, S7616 [26MY]

Tax Treatment of Individuals Benefiting From Renouncement of Citizenship: Jamison S. Borek, S5314 [6AP]

———Robert F. Turner, S5310-S5313 [6AP]

Treatment of Social Security Under a Constitutional Amendment To Require Balanced Budget: Jake Hansen, Seniors Coalition, S2475 [10FE], S3347 [2MR]

Texts of

H. Con. Res. 17, treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require balanced budget, H619 [25JA]

H. Con. Res. 108, technical corrections to H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H10089 [17OC]

H. Res. 35, payment of lump sum for accrued annual leave to eligible former House employees, H251 [17JA]

H. Res. 44, consideration of H. Con. Res. 17, treatment of Social Security under a constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, and H.J. Res. 1, constitutional amendment to require a balanced budget, H605 [25JA]

H. Res. 88, consideration of H.R. 831, extend deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1912 [21FE]

H. Res. 117, consideration of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3343 [21MR]

H. Res. 121, consideration of conference report on H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H3986 [30MR]

H. Res. 128, consideration of H.R. 1215, Contract With America Tax Relief Act, H4192 [5AP]

H. Res. 215, consideration of H.R. 1594, restrict Government promotion of economically targeted investments for employee benefit plans, H8737 [12SE]

H. Res. 245, consideration of H. Con. Res. 109, Social Security earnings limit, H10853 [26OC]

H. Res. 299, House Rules relative to treatment of outside earned income, H15594 [22DE]

H. Res. 319, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, H15501 [21DE]

H. Res. 322, consideration of H. Res. 299, House Rules relative to treatment of outside earned income, H15581 [22DE]

H.R. 4, Family Self-Sufficiency Act, S11576-S11601 [5AU]

H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility Act, H3449-H3491 [22MR]

H.R. 9, Job Creation and Wage Enhancement Act, H2607-H2623 [3MR]

H.R. 394, State tax treatment of certain pension income, H14972 [18DE]

H.R. 831, extend tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, H1932 [21FE]

H.R. 831, tax deduction for health insurance costs of self-employed individuals and repeal nonrecognition of gain on sales and exchanges effectuating policies of the FCC, S4532-S4534 [24MR]

H.R. 1060, SSI benefits for American Samoa, E453 [27FE]

H.R. 1124, retirement provisions for certain INS, Customs Service, and IRS employees, E513 [3MR]

H.R. 1229, treatment of student loan interest, E592 [14MR]

H.R. 1715, relationship between workers' compensation benefits and certain benefits available to migrant and seasonal workers, H10089 [17OC], E1943 [13OC]

H.R. 2288, State use of automated data retrieval system for child and spousal support enforcement, H9513 [27SE]

H.R. 2394, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H9762 [10OC], H12124 [10NO]

H.R. 2684, Senior Citizens' Right to Work Act, H13962-H13965 [5DE]

S. 12, Savings and Investment Incentive Act, S166-S168 [4JA]

S. 36, Welfare to Work Act, S229-S231 [4JA]

S. 86, modify estate recovery provisions relative to recovery of home and community-based services costs for individuals over age 55, S308 [4JA]

S. 110, tax treatment of income crop insurance proceeds and disaster payments, S344 [4JA]

S. 130, Poverty Data Correction Act, S382 [4JA]

S. 131, exclude certain public welfare programs from liability provisions of electronic benefits transfer, S384 [4JA]

S. 140, Welfare and Medicaid Responsibility Exchange Act, S395 [4JA]

S. 182, Capital Formation and Job Creation Act, S674-S677 [9JA]

S. 203, American Family Fair Minimum Wage Act, S801 [11JA]

S. 205, prohibit accrual of pay while confined pending dishonorable discharge, S802 [11JA]

S. 242, Higher Education Tax Relief Act, S1093 [18JA]

S. 252, Older Americans' Freedom To Work Act, S1272 [20JA]

S. 264, Working Families Tax Relief Act, S1444 [24JA]

S. 281, change the date for the beginning of the Vietnam era for benefit eligibility purposes, S1620 [26JA]

S. 297, Veterans' Tax Fairness Act, S1789 [30JA]

S. 361, disregard State payments to blind veterans as income for purposes of pension determination, S2269 [7FE]

S. 413, Working Wage Increase Act, S2657 [14FE]

S. 434, tax deductibility of business meal expenses for individuals who are subject to Federal limitations on hours of service, S2828 [16FE]

S. 452, Middle-Class Bill of Rights Tax Relief Act, S2848-S2852 [16FE]

S. 453, Tax Compliance Act, S2855-S2859 [16FE]

S. 456, Interstate Child Support Responsibility Act, S2873-S2887 [16FE]

S. 488, establish flat tax rates for individuals and businesses, S3477 [3MR]

S. 553, age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers, S3895 [14MR]

S. 571, terminate pay and allowance entitlements of Armed Forces members sentenced to confinement and dishonorable discharge, S4103 [16MR]

S. 618, Low-Income School Choice Demonstration Act, S4583-S4585 [24MR]

S. 628, Family Heritage Preservation Act, S4661 [27MR]

S. 642, Child Support Assurance Act, S4733 [28MR]

S. 657, Persons With Disabilities Trusts Tax Rate Restoration Act, S4994 [31MR]

S. 700, tax treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents, S5444-S5446 [6AP]

S. 732, prohibit Members of Congress from receipt of workers' compensation benefits for stress or emotional disorder injuries, S5837 [27AP]

S. 769, Bankruptcy Abuse Reform Act, S6345 [9MY]

S. 831, tax treatment of contributions to pension plans by veterans who have returned to employment, S7014 [19MY]

S. 867, National Family Enterprise Preservation Act, S7616 [26MY]

S. 881, Church Retirement Benefits Simplification Act, S7698-S7702 [5JN]

S. 899, Earned Income Tax Credit Fraud Prevention Act, S8412 [14JN]

S. 944, Long-Term Investment Incentive Act, S8494 [15JN]

S. 959, Capital Formation Act, S8950-S8953 [22JN]

S. 986, exempt from income tax individuals who are killed as a result of terrorist actions, S9431 [29JN]

S. 992, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S9439 [29JN]

S. 993, Veterans' Housing Loan Program and Montgomery GI Bill Cost-Reduction Act, S9440 [29JN]

S. 997, tax treatment of group legal service plans, S9444 [29JN]

S. 1006, Pension Simplification Act, S9517-S9525 [30JN]

S. 1079, Comprehensive Charity Reform Act, S10824 [27JY]

S. 1080, Thrift Savings Investment Funds Act, S10826 [27JY]

S. 1086, American Family-Owned Business Act, S10876 [28JY]

S. 1095, tax treatment of employer-provided educational assistance, S10969 [31JY]

S. 1100, deduction of partnership investment expenses under the minimum tax, S11108 [1AU]

S. 1134, American Family Tax Relief Act, S12081 [9AU]

S. 1160, depreciation rules for the alternative minimum tax, S12421 [11AU]

S. 1165, Fairness for Adopting Families Act, S12260 [10AU]

S. 1206, Adoption Assistance Act, S12721 [6SE]

S. 1208, Family Fairness Act, S12723 [6SE]

S. 1212, Assets for Independence Act, S12728-S12732 [6SE]

S. 1216, Compassion Credit Act, S12736 [6SE]

S. 1220, stoppage of payment to Members of Congress during Government shutdown, S12837 [7SE]

S. 1232, tax treatment of length of service awards for volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel, S13474 [12SE]

S. 1246, Furlough Protection Act, S13659 [15SE]

S. 1258, allow one-time election of interest rate to be used for calculating pension cashouts relative to taxation, S13743 [18SE]

S. 1261, Foreign Trust Tax Compliance Act, S13859-S13865 [19SE]

S. 1273, Higher Education Investment Act, S14313 [26SE]

S. 1276, Farm Income Transition Act, S14409-S14411 [27SE]

S. 1287, amend status of erroneously covered Civil Service Retirement System employees, S14740 [29SE]

S. 1297, Real Estate Investment Trust Tax Simplification Act, S14746 [29SE]

S. 1299, Bringing Opportunity To Our Small Business and Taxpayers Act, S14885-S14898 [10OC]

S. 1304, tax treatment of pensions of Indian tribal governments and their employees, S14904 [10OC]

S. 1306, tax treatment of tax-exempt bonds issued from Indian tribal governments, S14905 [10OC]

S. 1307, Treatment of Indian Tribal Natural Resource Income Act, S14906 [10OC]

S. 1310, Savings and Investment Incentive Act, S15036-S15038 [11OC]

S. 1313, tax treatment of pensions for Indian tribal governments and their employees, S15041 [11OC]

S. 1344, cost-of-living adjustments for judicial salaries, S15347 [19OC]

S. 1405, Citizen Congress Act, S16828 [8NO]

S. 1418, Prisoner Fraud Prevention Act, S17337 [17NO]

S. 1429, ensure payment of furloughed Federal employees during Government shutdown, S19020 [20DE]

S. 1481, capital gains tax rate on stock of certain farmers' cooperatives, S18739 [15DE]

S. 1508, continuance of work by Federal employees during Government shutdown, S19233 [22DE], S19313 [29DE], S19338 [2JA], H15642 [30DE]

S. 1514, increase pay and housing allowance of Armed Forces, S19319 [30DE]

S. Res. 98, tax treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, S4975, S4997 [31MR]

S. Res. 117, mortgage interest payment tax deduction for first- or second-time homebuyers, S6357 [9MY]

S. Res. 172, severance pay for certain Senate employees of the office of the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper, S13667, S13673 [15SE]