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

Addresses

American Workers in the 21st Century: Markley Roberts, AFL-CIO, S891-S894 [6FE]

Welfare Reform Program: Senator Dole, E857 [22MY]

Advertisements

Why Did the Senate Just Vote 99-0 for Davis-Bacon Reform? Roll Call (publication), H5998 [6JN]

Amendments

Bankruptcy: treatment of single asset real estate (S. 1559), S9617, S9664, S9665 [2AU]

Crime: protect proprietary economic information (H.R. 3723), S10862, S10864, S10865, S10883, S10884, S10885 [18SE], H12137 [28SE]

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5511, H5533 [23MY]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 3448), S6898, S6899 [25JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), H8248 [23JY], H8599 [26JY], H8787, H8788, H8790 [30JY]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (H.R. 3900), H8583 [26JY]

Federal employees: amend civil service laws (H.R. 3841), H11559 [27SE]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), S31 [3JA]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (S. 1080), S10710, S10726 [17SE]

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S6898, S6899 [25JN], S7402, S7409, S7417 [8JY], S7466, S7494 [9JY]

IRS: safeguard taxpayer rights (H.R. 2337), S4946 [9MY]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (S. 2183), S12092, S12129 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (H.R. 3562), H5965 [6JN]

———reform (H.R. 3734), H7820, H7903, H7907 [18JY]

———reform (S. 1956), S8081, S8088, S8105, S8109, S8114, S8118, S8120, S8121, S8123, S8126, S8131, S8134, S8136, S8138, S8139, S8141, S8145, S8148, S8149, S8150, S8163, S8167, S8222, S8226, S8227, S8294, S8295, S8296 [18JY], S8336, S8338, S8344, S8347, S8349, S8350, S8357, S8358, S8362, S8363, S8364, S8365, S8375, S8377, S8378, S8379 [19JY], S8396, S8402, S8406, S8407, S8409, S8410, S8414, S8416, S8420, S8421, S8423, S8478, S8479, S8480, S8481, S8483 [22JY], S8495 [23JY]

Taxation: treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), H4529, H4530 [7MY], H4807 [10MY]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (H.R. 3693), S8456 [22JY]

Veterans: increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 3458), H12121 [28SE]

Analyses

Approval of Waivers Submitted by Michigan To Conduct ``To Strengthen Michigan Families'' Welfare Reform Project (S. 1917), S7188 [27JN]

Davis-Bacon Act, Myth and Reality, H6003 [6JN]

Economic Espionage Act (H.R. 3723), S12212-S12214 [2OC]

Federal Employment Reduction Assistance Act (S. 1833), S5770 [4JN]

Improve Protections for Workers in Multiple Employer Pension Plans (S. 1842), S5863 [5JN]

Thrift Charter Merger Commission (H.R. 3407), E1250 [11JY]

Use of Voluntary Separation Incentives by Dept. of Veterans Affairs Offices Reducing Employment Levels (S. 2151), S11554 [27SE]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act, S8820 [25JY], H8581 [26JY]

———H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, S8532 [23JY], H8329 [24JY]

Articles and editorials

America Needs To Revitalize Work Philosophy, S1885 [12MR]

At Rural Day-Care Center, New Wage Floor Could Be Mixed Blessing, H9861 [2AU]

Awful Truth About a Tax Cut, S1375 [27FE]

Backward Welfare Reform, S9368 [1AU]

Bad Solution for the Wrong Problem—How Forcing Up the Minimum Wage Hurts Those Who Need Help Most, H9858 [2AU]

Boost the Minimum Wage, S4916 [9MY]

Children Are the Ones Who Pay, E1409 [30JY]

Children's Veto, S9332 [1AU]

Clinton Isn't Doing California's Poor Any Favors, E337 [13MR]

Clinton's Welfare Surrender, S9369 [1AU]

Clinton's Welfare Test, S9369 [1AU]

Congress Shouldn't Get Paid Either, E14 [4JA]

Don't Let Rush to Welfare `Reform' Leave Some of Needy Without Help, S9332 [1AU]

End of Welfare as We Know It?, H9389 [31JY]

Ex-Im Files—How the Taxpayer-Funded Export-Import Bank Helps Ship Jobs Overseas, S10177-S10179 [10SE], S10251-S10254 [11SE]

Experimental Price Index for Elderly Consumers, S5371-S5374 [20MY]

Fact and Fancy—CPI Biases and the Federal Budget, S5407-S5410 [21MY]

Fair Flat Tax To Rally Behind, S4083 [24AP]

For Better or Worse?, S9327 [1AU]

From Workhouse to Workfare, S9328 [1AU]

Help the Working Poor, Raise Minimum Wages, S4915 [9MY]

How Forcing Up the Minimum Wage Hurts Those Who Need Help Most, H7119 [9JY]

If We Were Serious, S10345 [11SE]

Indonesian Asset Is Also a Liability, H2935 [27MR]

It's Welfare Reform at California's Expense, S9368 [1AU]

Let's Vote on Minimum Wage, S4916 [9MY]

Maximum Politics, S7455 [9JY]

McDonnell Chief's Compensation Takes on Superstar Proportions, S6497 [19JN]

Minimal Impact From Minimum Wage, S4044 [24AP]

Minimum Wage, S4915 [9MY]

Minimum Wage Argument You Haven't Heard Before, S7351 [8JY]

Minimum Wage Trap, H5483 [22MY]

New Tax System for the 21st Century, E99 [25JA]

Our 2 Cents' Worth, E79 [24JA]

Passing the Buck on Welfare, S8079 [18JY]

Passing the Buck on Welfare Reform, S9370 [1AU]

Playing `Gotcha' on Welfare Reform, S9333 [1AU]

Politics of 90 Cents an Hour, S4916 [9MY]

Politics Vs. Growth?, E377 [19MR]

Preparing Students for the Coming Century, S3315 [15AP]

Punishing the Poor, S9369 [1AU]

Quality of Mercy—Many New Jerseyans Believe That Welfare Is a Waste. One Man—Now a Successful Executive—Who's Lived on It Disagrees, S9639 [2AU]

Reform on the Cheap, S9331 [1AU]

Reforming Welfare and Partisan Politics Should Be Separate, S6671 [21JN]

Repeal the Minimum Wage, S4302 [29AP]

Rewarding the Work Ethic, S4916 [9MY]

Should We Trot Out the New Deal Again?, S10343 [11SE]

Sioux Falls May Represent the Future of Motherhood, E1129 [20JN]

Surging Record of Clinton Tax Load, S7053 [26JN]

Tax Code Gives Companies a Lift, S10180 [10SE]

Tax Cut Trap, S6180 [13JN]

Wage Woes Beneath the Rosy Numbers, E1357 [24JY]

Wanted—Jobs of Last Resort, S1781 [11MR]

Welfare as Usual in D.C.—Bureaucrats Conspired To Block Reforms Here, S10966 [19SE]

Welfare Bill Signals Revolution, E1640 [18SE]

Welfare Bill Too Harsh, S9369 [1AU]

Welfare Bill—It Deserves a Forthright Veto, S9331 [1AU]

Welfare Bills Suffer From Politics, S9332 [1AU]

Welfare Fixers, S4638 [2MY]

Welfare Magnet, S4134 [25AP]

Welfare Reform Bypass for D.C., S10968 [19SE]

Welfare Reform in Name Only, S8412 [22JY]

What About Social Security?, S184 [22JA]

White House Prepares New Rule on Compensation for Executives, S6501 [19JN]

Why Do We Call Taxes a Burden?, S5620 [23MY]

Will Clinton Undo Welfare Reform?, S10967 [19SE]

Workers Due for a Raise, S4916 [9MY]

Workers Who Sign Away a Day in Court, E1486 [2AU]

Working Poor—Minimum-Wage Jobs Give Many Americans Only a Miserable Life, S7437 [9JY]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: assure payment for milk and livestock delivered to milk processors, livestock dealers, or market agencies (see H.R. 3762), H7154 [9JY]

———establish trust for sellers of livestock (see S. 1707), S4190 [25AP]

———relief relative to ranchers (see S. 1758), S5093 [15MY]

———study of risk management fund accounts for farm owners and operators (see H.R. 2905), H973 [30JA]

AID: provide voluntary separation incentives to reduce employment levels (see H.R. 3870), H8247 [23JY]

Armed Forces: revise payment of retired pay to former spouses of retired members (see H.R. 3408), H4503 [7MY]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (see H.R. 3521), H5569 [23MY]

Bankruptcy: treatment of single asset real estate (see S. 1559), S915 [6FE]

BIA: establish pilot project to oversee issuance of bonds to provide funding for construction of schools for Native Americans (see H.R. 4151), H11047 [24SE]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women (see H.R. 3857), H8029 [18JY]

———establish a commission to study employment and economic insecurity (see H.R. 3353), H4302 [30AP]

———improve job, income, and retirement security for employees (see S. 1722), S4618 [2MY]

———improve job, income and retirement security for employees (see S. 1668), S3311 [15AP]

———provide unemployment insurance and leave time to battered women (see H.R. 3837), H7779 [17JY]

California: distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (see H.R. 3804), H7532 [12JY]

Children and youth: establish child retirement accounts (see H.R. 4253), H11526 [27SE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (see S. 1650; H.R. 3784), S3156 [28MR], H7473 [11JY]

———use of involuntary arbitration relative to discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, age, religion, disability, or national origin (see H.R. 3748), H7106 [27JN]

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: establish (see S. 1969; H.R. 3077), S8013 [17JY], H2224 [13MR]

Contracts: limit Federal agency payments to contractors for the compensation of any individual (see H.R. 3513), H5501 [22MY]

———require wages paid under a Federal contract be above local poverty line (see H.R. 3229, 3463), H3230 [29MR], H5173 [15MY]

Correctional institutions: exempt inmates from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements in Fair Labor Standards Act (see S. 1943), S7762 [11JY]

Courts: protect private property from forfeiture or Government seizure (see H.R. 3194), H3170 [28MR]

Crime: assignment of pension benefits of convicted felons toward victim restitution or payment of fines (see S. 1570), S1276 [20FE]

———protect proprietary economic information (see H.R. 3723), H6914 [26JN]

———restrict income during incarceration for military personnel (see S. 2083), S10684 [17SE]

Dept. of Defense: early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures (see S. 1686; H.R. 3279), S3626 [18AP], H3649 [18AP]

———provide compensation to certain Vietnamese who were employed during the Vietnamese Conflict (see H.R. 3668), H6508 [18JN]

Dept. of HHS: making appropriations for Public Health Service commissioned officers retirement and health benefits (see S. 1516), S98 [5JA]

Dept. of HUD: establish performance funds through consolidation of certain housing programs (see H.R. 3740), H7106 [27JN]

Dept. of Labor: issuance of guidelines relative to ERISA and insurance company general accounts (see H.R. 3114), H2466 [19MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use of voluntary separation incentives by offices reducing employment levels (see S. 2151), S11540 [27SE]

District of Columbia: prohibit waiver of time limits relative to public welfare programs (see S. 2060, 2073, 2093), S10075 [9SE], S10554 [13SE], S11033 [19SE]

———treatment of pension funds relative to certain public employees (see H.R. 3389), H4423 [2MY]

Employment: determination of tip credits relative to State and local government laws (see H.R. 4031), H10107 [5SE]

———disregard additional payments for calculation of overtime compensation (see H.R. 3087), H2315 [14MR]

———enhance and protect retirement savings (see H.R. 4321), H12175 [28SE]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), consideration (see H. Res. 440), H5379 [21MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), consideration (see H. Res. 488), H8374 [24JY]

———provide for retirement savings and security (see S. 1818, 1819, 1820, 1821; H.R. 3520, 3708), S5567 [23MY], H5569 [23MY], H6764 [25JN]

———provide limited overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (see H.R. 3212), H3230 [29MR]

———use of salary base to exempt employees from certain wage requirements (see H.R. 4266), H11526 [27SE]

ERISA: improve protections for workers in multiple employer pension plans (see S. 1842), S5856 [5JN]

———limits on investments of 401(k) pension plans by employers (see S. 1837), S5856 [5JN]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify exemption for houseparents from minimum wage and overtime requirements (see S. 1554), S737 [1FE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement (see H.R. 3529, 4341), H5569 [23MY], H12270 [3OC]

———provide income and economic security (see S. 1685), S3626 [18AP]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (see H.R. 3900), H8556 [25JY]

Federal employees: allow loans under the Thrift Savings Plan for child adoption expenses (see H.R. 3129), H2558 [20MR]

———amend civil service laws (see H.R. 3841), H7780 [17JY]

———appeals process relative to workers' compensation claims (see H.R. 3205), H3230 [29MR]

———continuance of work during Government shutdown (S. 1508), return to Senate (see H. Res. 331), H187 [4JA]

———extend health insurance and survivor annuity benefits to certain former spouses (see H.R. 4153), H11047 [24SE]

———pension eligibility of former spouses who remarry (see H.R. 3574), H5817 [4JN]

———provide compensation for employees for performance of emergency services during periods of lapsed appropriations (see H.R. 2848), H187 [4JA]

———provide guaranteed loans for furloughed employees from their thrift savings plans during a Government shutdown (see S. 1576), S1345 [27FE]

———provide interest-free loans to furloughed employees (see H.R. 2842), H187 [4JA]

———provide voluntary separation incentives to reduce employment levels (see S. 1833; H.R. 3532), S5763 [4JN], H5569 [23MY]

———reduce administrative costs and improve services relative to relocation allowances (see H.R. 3637), H6413 [13JN]

———selection of certain physicians to provide medical opinions relative to workers' compensation claims (see H.R. 3204), H3230 [29MR]

———treatment of deferred annuities during time between separation from Government service and when payments commence (see H.R. 2978), H1324 [27FE]

———treatment of medical opinions relative to workers' compensation claims (see H.R. 3203), H3229 [29MR]

———treatment of survivor annuities for children relative to marriage (see H.R. 2858), H330 [5JA]

Financial institutions: provide additional deposit insurance coverage for accounts which reduce net fee income (see H.R. 3302), H3730 [23AP]

Government: forfeiture of retirement benefits by any Member of Congress, congressional employee, Federal judge, or the President if convicted of an offense relative to official duties (see S. 1794), S5492 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (see H.R. 3448), H5052 [14MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration (see H. Res. 440), H5379 [21MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 503), H9705 [1AU]

———relief for Federal employees, Federal contractors, and employees of Federal contractors for expenses incurred during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2857), H330 [5JA]

———require comparable treatment of the President, Vice President, Members of Congress and certain high-level Government employees with Federal employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2882), H912 [25JA]

———require comparable treatment of the President, Vice-President, Cabinet members, and Members of Congress with Federal employees during Government shutdown (see H.R. 2855), H330 [5JA]

IRS: collection of child support through payroll withholdings if State collection rates do not improve (see S. 2190), S12303 [3OC]

Law enforcement officers: compensation of officers in canine units (see H.R. 2966), H1245 [16FE]

Legislative branch of Government: compensation practices and pay equity (see H. Con. Res. 194), H7107 [27JN]

LSC: eligibility for assistance for victims of domestic violence (see H.R. 3733), H7106 [27JN]

Medicaid: waive temporarily the enrollment composition rule for Managed Health Services of Wisconsin (see H.R. 4051), H10235 [11SE]

Members of Congress: adjust pay relative to congressional performance (see H.R. 3276), H3649 [18AP]

———deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (see H.R. 3310, 3447, 4011), H3819 [24AP], H4902 [10MY], H9924 [2AU]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (see H.R. 3956), H9921 [2AU]

———limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (see S. 1776), S5267 [17MY]

———retirement eligibility (see H.R. 3887), H8374 [24JY]

Minimum wage: level (see H.R. 3265, 3383, 3481), H3581 [17AP], H4396 [1MY], H5287 [16MY]

Pensions: improve retirement income security by expanding employer contributions, increasing portability, and protecting accounts (see S. 1922, 1923), S7302 [28JN]

———prohibit 401(k) pension plans from investing in collectibles and require annual report of investments to participants (see S. 1927), S7302 [28JN]

———prohibit certain transaction rules relative to 401(k) pension plans (see H.R. 3688), H6690 [20JN]

———promote availability of private pensions (see H.R. 4005), H9924 [2AU]

———require the offer in certain benefit plans and require comparative disclosure of benefit options to both spouses (see S. 1909), S7027 [26JN]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (see S. 2183), S12125 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: approval of waivers submitted by Michigan to conduct ``To Strengthen Michigan Families'' project (see S. 1917; H.R. 3732), S7179 [27JN], H7106 [27JN]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (see S. 1816; H.R. 3562), S5567 [23MY], H5817 [4JN]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (H.R. 3562), consideration (see H. Res. 446), H5934 [5JN]

———ensure States have sufficient funds to assure effectiveness of work requirements of certain programs (see H.R. 3999), H9923 [2AU]

———reform (see S. 1795, 1823, 1841, 1867, 1956; H.R. 2915, 3507, 3612, 3829, 3832), S5492 [22MY], S5649 [24MY], S5856 [5JN], S6144 [12JN], S7887 [16JY], H1138 [31JA], H5500 [22MY], H6183 [11JN], H7779 [17JY]

———reform (H.R. 2915), consideration (see H. Res. 425), H4430 [6MY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration (see H. Res. 482), H7779 [17JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 492, 495), H8981 [30JY], H9565 [31JY]

———reform relative to domestic violence (see S. Con. Res. 66; H. Con. Res. 195), S7179 [27JN], H7107 [27JN]

———reform unemployment benefit system (see H.R. 3738), H7106 [27JN]

Railroad Retirement Board: prevent the canceling of annuities to certain divorced spouses of workers whose widows elect to receive lump sum payements (see H.R. 2942), H1224 [1FE]

———prevent the canceling of annuities to certain divorced spouses of workers whose widows elect to receive lump sum payments (see S. 1552), S736 [1FE]

Railroads: making continuing appropriations for railroad retirement benefits (see H.J. Res. 156), H187 [4JA]

Senior citizens: improvements relative to financial security (see H.R. 3125), H2558 [20MR]

Small business: establish labor and tax provisions (see H.R. 4252), H11526 [27SE]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (see S. 2176; H.R. 2953), S11973 [30SE], H1225 [1FE]

———budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 2897), H913 [25JA]

———determination of average annual earnings relative to child care or home health care (see H.R. 3357), H4302 [30AP]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (see H.R. 4215), H11395 [26SE]

———investment of trust funds surplus (see H.R. 2928), H1223 [1FE]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (see S. 1789), S5492 [22MY]

———reform Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (see H.R. 3758), H7154 [9JY]

———solvency of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program (see S. 2175), S11973 [30SE]

———treatment of spousal benefits relative to divorce (see H.R. 3360), H4302 [30AP]

———treatment of widow's or widower's insurance benefits relative to age (see H.R. 3361), H4302 [30AP]

———treatment of widow's or widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 3359), H4302 [30AP]

———treatment of widow's or widower's insurance benefits relative to disability (see H.R. 3358), H4302 [30AP]

———waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R. 3899, 3932), H8556 [25JY], H9566 [31JY]

Social Security Administration: develop plan with the IRS to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (see H.R. 4274), H12172 [28SE]

SSI: restriction on benefits to substance abusers (see S. 1642), S2859 [26MR]

Taxation: allow individuals to designate a portion of their income tax refunds to the Government for certain purposes (see H.R. 3218), H3230 [29MR]

———allow small businesses credit for family and medical leave and for wages of employees who work at home to reduce child care needs (see H.R. 3836), H7779 [17JY]

———application of low-income housing credit on housing units assigned to certain single parents (see H.R. 3503), H5500 [22MY]

———apply denial of deduction for excessive employee compensation to all employees (see H.R. 4124), H10721 [19SE]

———change date of deadline for filing of Federal income tax returns (see S. 1667), S3311 [15AP]

———child tax credits and deductions for taxpayers with whom a parent or grandparent resides (see H.R. 3984), H9922 [2AU]

———clarify the reasonable cause exception from penalties for failure to file returns or to pay taxes (see H.R. 3137), H2664 [21MR]

———constitutional amendment to abolish Federal income tax (see H.J. Res. 176), H3819 [24AP]

———contribution limits for certain pension plans (see H.R. 3209), H3230 [29MR]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (see S. 1741; H.R. 3427), S4937 [9MY], H4800 [9MY]

———dependent care tax credit (see S. 2148; H.R. 4154), S11540 [27SE], H11048 [24SE]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (see S. 2088; H.R. 2985), S10837 [18SE], H1507 [28FE]

———exclude long-term capital gains from gross income (see H.R. 2861), H330 [5JA]

———exempt status for State agencies created to provide earthquake insurance for homeowners (see H.R. 3605), H6117 [10JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions (see H.R. 2994), H1635 [29FE]

———incentives for endangered species conservation (see H.R. 3811), H7533 [12JY]

———increase child care credit and eliminate the exclusion of certain income relative to foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 3332), H4109 [25AP]

———increase contributions for defined pension plans (see H.R. 3965), H9922 [2AU]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (see S. 2047; H.R. 4099), S9555 [2AU], H10524 [17SE]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (see S. 1663), S3216 [29MR]

———permit States to make advanced earned income credit payments (see H.R. 4197), H11394 [26SE]

———provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (see S. 1573), S1295 [23FE]

———reduce certain benefits allowable to profitable, large corporations that make workforce reductions (see H.R. 3333), H4109 [25AP]

———reduce Social Security taxation rates and corresponding old-age insurance benefits, and provide for individual Social Security retirement accounts (see H.R. 2952), H1224 [1FE]

———reform and rename the earned income tax credit (see H.R. 3441), H4901 [10MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (see S. 2074), S10554 [13SE]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (see H.R. 3039), H1775 [6MR]

———replace individual and corporate income taxes, Social Security, and medicare taxes with a value-added tax (see H.R. 4050), H10235 [11SE]

———require income tax instructions provide explanation of laws relative to a balanced budget (see H.R. 2884), H912 [25JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses (see S. 1715), S4316 [29AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), consideration (see H. Res. 428), H4502 [7MY]

———treatment of and limitations on loans made from qualified employer plans (see H.R. 4004), H9924 [2AU]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (see S. 1928, 2086), S7302 [28JN], S10684 [17SE]

———treatment of capital gains and losses on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 4231), H11525 [27SE]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 3570), H5817 [4JN]

———treatment of capital losses on sale or exchange of a principal residence (see H.R. 3693), H6660 [20JN]

———treatment of certain accounts involved in the acquisition of gold, silver, platinum, or palladium bullion (see H.R. 3047), H1985 [7MR]

———treatment of certain capital gains deposited in individual retirement accounts (see H.R. 3550), H5646 [29MY]

———treatment of certain depreciable business assets (see H.R. 3329), H4109 [25AP]

———treatment of certain Federal grants established in accordance with the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (see H.R. 2960), H1225 [1FE]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4238), H11526 [27SE]

———treatment of corporations (see H.R. 3102), H2316 [14MR]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State and local governments (see H.R. 3316), H3819 [24AP]

———treatment of depreciable business assets (see H.R. 3124), H2558 [20MR]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (see H.R. 4155), H11048 [24SE]

———treatment of families and children (see H.R. 3943), H9705 [1AU]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (see S. 2173), S11973 [30SE]

———treatment of financial guaranty insurance (see H.R. 3703), H6711 [24JN]

———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (see H.R. 3111), H2466 [19MR]

———treatment of income of certain election officials and workers (see H.R. 3306, 3451), H3819 [24AP], H5052 [14MY]

———treatment of income relative to cash method of accounting (see H.R. 3126), H2558 [20MR]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (see S. Res. 238; H.R. 4311), S3216 [29MR], H12174 [28SE]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (see S. 1637), S2646 [21MR]

———treatment of interest on deficiencies attributable to certain partnership items (see H.R. 4256), H11526 [27SE]

———treatment of investment tax credits (see H.R. 2983), H1507 [28FE]

———treatment of postsecondary and employer-provided education expenses (see S. 1670), S3311 [15AP]

———treatment of qualified long-term care services (see H.R. 3585), H5934 [5JN]

———treatment of sale and subsequent purchase of principal residences (see H.R. 3035), H1775 [6MR]

———treatment of severance payments (see H.R. 2999), H1635 [29FE]

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 2911), H1137 [31JA]

———treatment of Social Security (see H.R. 2971), H1251 [23FE]

———treatment of State tuition programs (see H.R. 3842), H7780 [17JY]

———treatment of tax free corporate liquidations and receipt of debt-financed property in such a liquidation (see H.R. 4243), H11526 [27SE]

———treatment of tips (see H.R. 3667), H6508 [18JN]

———treatment of unearned income (see H.R. 3042), H1985 [7MR]

———use of income averaging for farmers (see H.R. 3783), H7473 [11JY]

———use of individual retirement accounts for post-secondary education or job retraining expenses (see H.R. 4334), H12193 [30SE]

Thrift Charter Merger Commission: establish (see H.R. 3407), H4503 [7MY]

Unemployment: emergency compensation (see H.R. 4263), H11526 [27SE]

Veterans: eliminate double taxation of lump sum separation benefits and compensation for a service-connected disability (see H.R. 3183), H3170 [28MR]

———extend pay benefits to certain merchant mariners who served during or immediately after World War II (see H.R. 3614), H6183 [11JN]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (see S. 1791; H.R. 3458), S5492 [22MY], H5173 [15MY]

———payment of dependency and indemnity compensation to certain former spouses of veterans dying from service-connected disabilities (see H.R. 3542), H5646 [29MY]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see H.R. 4103), H10601 [18SE]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (see S. 2132; H.R. 4204), S11426 [26SE], H11394 [26SE]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (see S. 1756; H.R. 3510, 3511), S5004 [14MY], H5500 [22MY]

Briefs

District of Columbia welfare reform, S10967 [19SE]

Conference reports

Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation (H.R. 3734), H8829-H8958 [30JY]

Small Business Job Protection Act (H.R. 3448), H9568-H9670 [1AU]

Cost Estimates

Adoption Promotion and Stability Act (H.R. 3286): CBO (Intergovernmental Mandates), S6751 [24JN]

Public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation (H.R. 3734): CBO (Intergovernmental Mandates), S9412 [1AU]

———CBO (Private Sector Mandates), S9413 [1AU]

Public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation (S. 1956): CBO (Intergovernmental Mandates), S7890-S7893 [16JY]

———CBO (Private Sector Mandates), S7893 [16JY]

Descriptions

Government Shutdown Impact, S11 [3JA]

Documents

Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds: U.S. Code, S3308 [15AP], S4051 [24AP]

Waiver Request Process: Dept. of HHS, H5973-H5975 [6JN]

Essays

What Inflation? James K. Galbraith, University of Texas Johnson School of Public Affairs, E1338 [22JY]

Excerpts

Community service requirements of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act, S8364 [19JY]

Factsheets

Minimum Wage Level, H7119 [9JY]

Reasonableness Test for Executive Compensation, S6496 [19JN]

Letters

Administration of personnel compensation and travel in the Dept. of Veterans Affairs: Gordon H. Mansfield, Paralyzed Veterans of America, H6804 [25JN]

———James R. Currieo, VFW, H6804 [25JN]

———Kelli W. West, Vietnam Veterans of America, Inc., H6804 [25JN]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, H6813 [25JN]

———Thomas A. McMasters III, DAV, H6804 [25JN]

Adoption Promotion and Stability Act: President Clinton, H4785 [9MY]

Assignment of pension benefits of convicted felons toward victim restitution or payment of fines: David Beatty, National Victim Center, S1277 [20FE]

Child support agreements between States and tribal organizations: Leslie L. Frye, National Council of State Child Support Enforcement Administrators, S8123 [18JY]

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: Carroll A. Campbell, Jr., American Council of Life Insurance, S8027 [17JY]

———Chester J. Salkind, American Society of Pension Actuaries, S8025 [17JY]

———E.L. Cussler, American Association of Engineering Societies, S8027 [17JY]

———Mary R. Barneby, National Defined Contribution Council, S8027 [17JY]

———Michael R. Losey, Society for Human Resources Management, S8027 [17JY]

———Thomas R. Berkelman, AT&T, S8027 [17JY]

Consumer Price Index calculation: Harry C. Ballantyne, Social Security Administration, S5357 [20MY]

Corporate leaders' advertisement on balanced budget: Representatives Gephardt, Obey, and George Miller, E1 [3JA]

Davis-Bacon Act reform: Ernest R. Menold, H6003 [6JN]

———General Contractors Association of New York, Inc., H6004 [6JN]

Distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians: Moraino J. Patencio, H11265 [26SE]

Economic Espionage Act: Janet Reno, Attorney General, S12214 [2OC]

Family farming: Doug Henderson, S6138 [12JN]

Federal Employment Reduction Assistance Act: James B. King, OPM, S5770 [4JN]

Higher education accessibility relative to median family income: Carlotta Joyner, GAO, S11065 [20SE]

Limit compensation for corporate executives reimbursed under defense contracts: Eleanor Hill, Dept. of Defense, S6501 [19JN]

Medicaid and welfare reforms in short-term debt limit legislation: Michael O. Leavitt, Governor of Utah, H1786 [7MR]

Medicare trust fund: June E. O'Neill, CBO, S5032 [15MY]

Minimum wage level: Antonia Hernandez, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund, S7349 [8JY]

———Bruce A. Stakeman, Environmental Technologies, Inc., S7439 [9JY]

———Hugh B. Price, National Urban League, Inc., S7349 [8JY]

———Jane Motz, American Friends Service Committee, S4301 [29AP]

———Joanna B. Menser, H3702 [23AP]

———Michael Newmark, National Jewish Community Relations Advisory Council, S4301 [29AP]

———Nancy Leon, National Hispana Leadership Institute, S7349 [8JY]

———Representative McKinney, H4102 [25AP]

———Richard Womack and Dorothy I. Height, Leadership Conference on Civil Rights, S7349 [8JY]

———Roger C. Rosenthal, Migrant Legal Action Program, Inc., S7349 [8JY]

———Timothy A. McElwee, Church of the Brethren, S4301 [29AP]

———Wade Henderson, NAACP, S7349 [8JY]

Obtaining Social Security numbers for adoptive children for dependency tax exemption: John M. Staples, IRS, H4784 [9MY]

Public welfare programs reform: A. Sidney Johnson III, American Public Welfare Association, S8398 [22JY]

———Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S5862 [5JN]

———Cardell Cooper and Richard M. Daley, U.S. Conference of Mayors, H8321 [24JY]

———Carl Tubbesing, National Conference of State Legislatures, S8417 [22JY]

———Douglas R. Bovin, National Association of Counties, S8418 [22JY], H8321 [24JY]

———Gary Weeks, Oregon Dept. of Human Resources, S9401 [1AU]

———Gregory S. Lashutka, National League of Cities, H8321 [24JY]

———Jacob J. Lew, OMB, S8397, S8424 [22JY]

———Jane J. Chiles, Catholic Conference of Kentucky, S8400 [22JY]

———June E. O'Neill, CBO, S9406 [1AU]

———Michael E. Box and James J. Lack, National Conference of State Legislatures, E1495 [2AU]

———Michael Hightower, National Association of Counties, S9365 [1AU]

———Paul E. Patton, Governor of Kentucky, S8399 [22JY]

———Raymond C. Scheppach, National Governors' Association, S8396, S8417 [22JY]

———several health and hospital organizations, S8080 [18JY]

———William S. Skylstad, U.S. Catholic Conference, S8400 [22JY]

Public welfare work requirements: James L. Blum, CBO, H7977 [18JY]

Social Security earnings limit: Horace B. Deets, American Association of Retired Persons, S3115 [28MR]

———Stephen C. Goss, Social Security Administration, S3115 [28MR]

Tax treatment of adoption expenses: Carol J. Vale, S4327 [29AP]

———Danelle Stone and Melissa Mizner, Catholic Charities Counseling and Adoption Services, S4326 [29AP]

———David A. Keene, American Conservative Union, S4326 [29AP]

———Horace W. Strand, S4326 [29AP]

———Jim Beckwith, Mifflin County, PA, S4327 [29AP]

———Joseph A. Ford, Sr., Washington County, PA, S4326 [29AP]

———Senator Specter, S4326 [29AP]

Tax treatment of families and children: Kenneth J. Kies, Committee on Taxation (Joint), E1502 [2AU]

Taxpayer cost of merger of Martin Marietta Corp. and Lockheed Corp.: Eleanor Hill, Dept. of Defense, S6499, S6500 [19JN]

———Senators Grassley and Boxer, S6499 [19JN]

Treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents: Jamie S. Gorelick, Dept. of Justice, S12297, S12298 [3OC]

Use of voluntary separation incentives by Dept. of Veterans Affairs offices reducing employment levels: Jesse Brown, Sec. of Veterans Affairs, S11555 [27SE]

Lists

Amendments to S. 1956, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, S8114 [18JY]

Committee on Finance (Senate) hearings and meetings, S1644 [7MR]

Cosponsors of S. 1715, tax treatment of adoption expenses, S4327 [29AP]

Economists supporting minimum wage increase, S7354 [8JY]

Organizations endorsing Peace Tax Fund (S. 1663), S3228 [29MR]

Selected programs for which families on welfare would continue to be eligible for after five years, S8531 [23JY]

Senate vote on budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3309 [15AP], S4052 [24AP]

Supporters of legislation prohibiting discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin, S3158 [28MR]

Memorandums

Big Choices—Budget and Economic Agenda: Alice M. Rivlin, OMB, S5456 [21MY]

Minimum Wage Level: John J. Motley III, National Retail Federation, S7346 [8JY]

Repeal of Pension Limited Scope Audit Relative to ERISA, S10752 [18SE]

Messages

Retirement Savings and Security Act: President Clinton, S5564 [23MY], H5552 [23MY]

Veto of H.R. 4, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act: President Clinton, H342 [22JA]

Motions

Government: provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), H8574 [26JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7988 [18JY], H8319 [24JY]

———reform (S. 1956), S8108, S8126, S8131, S8141 [18JY], S8330, S8333, S8344, S8366 [19JY], S8421, S8422, S8423, S8424 [22JY], S8494, S8504 [23JY]

Papers

MSA Provisions in Health Care Reform Bill Creates Tax Shelter and Casts Doubt on Expansion of Insurance Coverage: Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, E449 [26MR]

Press releases

Leading Economists Call for Higher Minimum Wage: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S7350 [8JY]

Restoring the Public Trust: Representative Gekas, E1829 [30SE]

Proposals

Tax treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, E1846 [30SE]

Questions and answers

Working Families Flexibility Act (H.R. 2391), H8567-H8569 [26JY]

Remarks in House

African Americans: economic development issues, E1883 [1OC]

AID: provide voluntary separation incentives to reduce employment levels (H.R. 3870), H8626, H8627 [29JY], E1351 [23JY]

Armed Forces: increase pay and housing allowance, H786-H788, H792, H793, H796-H798 [24JA]

———increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), H15 [3JA]

———increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), unanimous-consent agreement, H23 [3JA]

———treatment of Dept. of Defense separation pay relative to Dept. of Veterans Affairs disability compensation (H.R. 3521), E898 [24MY]

BIA: establish pilot project to oversee issuance of bonds to provide funding for construction of schools for Native Americans (H.R. 4151), E1683 [25SE]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women, H9856 [2AU]

———ensure economic equity for women (H.R. 3857), E1319, E1325 [18JY]

California: distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians (H.R. 3804), H11264-H11267 [26SE]

Children and youth: establish child retirement accounts (H.R. 4253), E1811 [28SE]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1507), H2942-H2948 [27MR], E484 [28MR]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 3784), E1269, E1271 [12JY]

———use of involuntary arbitration relative to discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, age, religion, disability, or national origin (H.R. 3748), E1205 [27JN], E1486 [2AU]

Contracts: require wages paid under a Federal contract be above local poverty line (H.R. 3229), E499 [29MR]

Corporations: downsizing, H1400 [28FE]

———pension plans, H9457 [31JY]

———subsidies, H1723 [6MR], H1780 [7MR]

Creative Revenues Commission: establish (H.R. 2526), H967-H969 [30JA]

Crime: protect proprietary economic information (H.R. 3723), H10460-H10462 [17SE], H12137-H12145 [28SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: application relative to construction of Native American housing, H4721, H4722 [9MY]

———reform, H5996-H6004 [6JN]

———repeal, H5371-H5378 [21MY]

Dept. of HUD: authority to define income levels for public housing, H4611, H4612 [8MY]

Dept. of Labor: issuance of guidelines relative to ERISA and insurance company general accounts, H9850 [2AU]

———issuance of guidelines relative to ERISA and insurance company general accounts (H.R. 3114), E389 [20MR]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: administration of personnel compensation and travel, H6803, H6813 [25JN]

Detroit, MI: contract negotiations relative to newspapers' strike, E1378 [25JY], E1537 [5SE]

District of Columbia: treatment of pension funds relative to certain public employees (H.R. 3389), E705 [2MY]

Economy: domestic income levels and standard of living, E388 [20MR]

———national objectives priority assignments, H1261 [27FE], H9381 [31JY], E1338 [22JY], E1357 [24JY]

———national private savings rate, H1491 [28FE]

Education: low-income school choice demonstration program, H1297 [27FE]

Employment: disregard additional payments for calculation of overtime compensation (H.R. 3087), E358 [14MR]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5478-H5485 [22MY], H5503-H5544 [23MY], E875 [22MY], E946 [29MY]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), consideration (H. Res. 440), H5432-H5445 [22MY]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 3448), E938 [29MY], E950 [30MY]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), H6850 [26JN], H6976 [27JN], H8075 [22JY], H8382 [25JY], H8561, H8562 [26JY], H8670, H8776-H8791, H8814, H8815 [30JY], H9567 [1AU]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), consideration (H. Res. 488), H8562-H8573 [26JY]

———provide limited overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (H.R. 3212), E509 [29MR]

———standard of living fluctuation, H2209-H2212, H2215 [13MR]

———use of salary base to exempt employees from certain wage requirements (H.R. 4266), E1789 [28SE]

Farmers: provide greater planting flexibility (H.R. 3900), H8582, H8583 [26JY]

Federal employees: amend civil service laws (H.R. 3841), H11340-H11352 [26SE], H11547-H11565 [27SE]

———appeals process relative to workers' compensation claims (H.R. 3205), E686 [1MY], E732 [8MY]

———delays in cost of living adjustments, H4401 [2MY]

———deny cost-of-living adjustment to Members of Congress, executive branch officials, and judges, H7624-H7629 [16JY]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds, H11211 [25SE]

———payment of retirement and separation incentives and reemployment assistance relative to workforce reductions (H.R. 2751), H7696 [17JY]

———pension eligibility of former spouses who remarry (H.R. 3574), E979 [4JN]

———provide cost-of-living allowances to Vice President, Members of Congress, judges, and certain executive schedule employees, H10113 [10SE]

———provide voluntary separation incentives, H7695, H7696 [17JY]

———reduce administrative costs and improve services relative to relocation allowances (H.R. 3637), H6405 [13JN]

———selection of certain physicians to provide medical opinions relative to workers' compensation claims (H.R. 3204), E686 [1MY], E732 [8MY]

———treatment of deferred annuities during time between separation from Government service and when payments commence (H.R. 2978), E214 [27FE]

———treatment of medical opinions relative to workers' compensation claims (H.R. 3203), E686 [1MY], E732 [8MY]

Federal firefighters: hourly and overtime pay rates and pay equity with public sector firefighters (H.R. 858), H4133 [30AP]

Financial institutions: tax deduction for loans to employee stock ownership plans, H5437 [22MY]

Government: ensure stoppage of payment for the President, Vice President, and Members of Congress during Government shutdown (H.R. 2671), H121 [4JA]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), H5304 [21MY], H5445-H5478 [22MY], H7163, H7164, H7165 [10JY], H8574-H8581 [26JY], E876, E880 [22MY], E892 [23MY], E919, E927 [24MY], E936, E944 [29MY], E950 [30MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), append text of H.R. 1227, Employee Commuting Flexibility Act, H5544 [23MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, H9846-H9862 [2AU], E1503 [2AU], E1536 [5SE]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration (H. Res. 440), H5432-H5445 [22MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 503), H9839-H9846 [2AU]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), motion to instruct conferees, H8575-H8581 [26JY]

Housing: cap on rent for public and subsidized housing relative to income, H4577-H4580 [8MY], H4662-H4689-H4704, H4735, H4736 [9MY]

———rental assistance for mobile and manufactured homes, H4696 [9MY]

———short-term housing needs of welfare and homeless families in workfare programs, H4694, H4695 [9MY]

IRS: abolish, H3494 [17AP]

———determination of losses from implementation of legislation requiring burden of proof to be on the Dept. of the Treasury in all tax cases, H7678 [17JY]

———internal audit investigation programs funding, H7692, H7693 [17JY]

———reform, H5384 [22MY], H5822 [5JN], H6290 [13JN], H10527 [18SE], H10603, H10605 [19SE], H11398 [27SE]

———safeguard taxpayer rights (H.R. 2337), H3399-H3412 [16AP], E587 [19AP]

Legislative branch of the Government: compensation practices and pay equity (H. Con. Res. 194), H6977 [27JN], E1205 [27JN]

LIHEAP: funding, H778 [24JA]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (H.R. 3310), H4660 [9MY]

———deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (H.R. 4011), H10978 [24SE], H11283-H11289 [26SE], E1487 [2AU], E1771 [28SE], E1829 [30SE]

———eliminate automatic salary adjustments (H.R. 3956), E1499 [2AU]

———limit participation in Federal Employees' Retirement System and Civil Service Retirement System (H.R. 1618), H7508 [12JY]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown, E14 [4JA]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown, H97 [4JA]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (H.R. 2281), H55 [3JA]

———stoppage of payment during Government shutdown (H.R. 2658), H50 [3JA], E78 [24JA]

Minimum wage: deny employers a deduction for payments of excessive compensation (H.R. 620), E478 [28MR]

———level, H1630 [29FE], H2209-H2212 [13MR], H2977, H2979, H2981, H2982, H3019-H3026 [28MR], H3176 [29MR], H3396, H3398 [16AP], H3494, H3495 [17AP], H3584, H3585, H3586, H3624, H3632-H3639 [18AP], H3663, H3664, H3666, H3667, H3668, H3702, H3703, H3705-H3715 [23AP], H3733, H3734, H3735, H3736, H3737, H3738, H3790, H3794, H3796, H3798-H3803 [24AP], H3825, H3826, H3827, H3829-H3837, H3839, H4043-H4046, H4102 [25AP], H4131, H4132, H4134, H4135, H4169 [30AP], H4305, H4306, H4307, H4308, H4309, H4310, H4312-H4323, H4371, H4372, H4380-H4387, H4389, H4390 [1MY], H4402-H4404, H4416-H4418, H4420 [2MY], H4427 [6MY], H4534, H4561-H4568 [8MY], H4659, H4660 [9MY], H4805, H4806, H4837, H4884, H4894-H4898 [10MY], H4909 [14MY], H5061-H5068, H5135, H5146-H5149 [15MY], H5267 [16MY], H5309, H5310, H5373 [21MY], H5383, H5384, H5385, H5386, H5387, H5388, H5433-H5445, H5475, H5476, H5480-H5488 [22MY], H5503-H5543, H5546, H5551 [23MY], H5997 [6JN], H7118, H7119, H7121, H7122 [9JY], H7163, H7164, H7165 [10JY], H7266, H7267, H7269 [11JY], H7507, H7510, H7511 [12JY], H7538 [16JY], H7997, H8003-H8010 [18JY], H8575-H8581 [26JY], H9708, H9709 [1AU], H9838-H9862 [2AU], H10113 [10SE], E477, E487 [28MR], E512 [29MR], E584, E587 [19AP], E602 [23AP], E795 [14MY], E875 [22MY], E918, E927 [24MY], E938, E946 [29MY], E955, E974 [30MY], E1086 [13JN], E1496 [2AU]

New Jersey: economic impact of women in the business industry, E499 [29MR]

Nike, Inc.: labor situation of employees, H9838 [2AU]

———labor situation of Indonesian workers, H2934 [27MR], H3215 [29MR]

Pensions: improve retirement income security by expanding employer contributions, increasing portability, and protecting accounts, H9845, H9848 [2AU]

———prohibit certain transaction rules relative to 401(k) pension plans (H.R. 3688), E1345 [23JY]

———revise effective date for cost-of-living adjustments for military retirees, H786-H788, H792, H796-H798 [24JA], E78, E81 [24JA]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (S. 2183), H12292 [4OC]

Public welfare programs: allow States to continue assistance aimed at children after welfare eligibility expires, H7988 [18JY], E1409 [30JY]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project, H7163, H7164, H7243, H7244 [10JY]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (H.R. 3562), H5927, H5928 [5JN], H5940, H5954-H5976 [6JN], H6251 [12JN], H7265, H7266, H7267, H7268, H7269, H7270 [11JY], E991 [4JN], E1041 [10JN]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (H.R. 3562), consideration (H. Res. 446), H5941-H5954 [6JN]

———reform, H152 [4JA], H345 [22JA], H744 [23JA], H1256 [27FE], H1400 [28FE], H1691, H1692 [5MR], H1976 [7MR], H2669 [22MR], H3798-H3803 [24AP], H3826 [25AP], H4306, H4308 [1MY], H4402 [2MY], H4535 [8MY], H5119, H5120 [15MY], H5308, H5309, H5310, H5311 [21MY], H5385, H5386, H5387, H5488, H5489 [22MY], H5508 [23MY], H5572, H5573, H5574 [29MY], H5651, H5652, H5653, H5654, H5733, H5735, H5736, H5737, H5740 [30MY], H5804 [4JN], H5928 [5JN], H5940 [6JN], H6105 [10JN], H6293, H6403 [13JN], H6485 [18JN], H7243, H7244, H7245, H7248, H7250, H7251 [10JY], H7647 [16JY], H7663, H7688, H7689 [17JY], H8104 [23JY], H8253 [24JY]-H8589 [26JY], H8602 [29JY], H8810-H8814 [30JY], H9462-H9465 [31JY], H9709 [1AU], E337 [13MR], E393 [20MR], E852 [21MY], E857 [22MY], E1137 [20JN], E1236 [10JY], E1240 [11JY], E1296 [17JY], E1335 [22JY]

———reform (H.R. 4), conference report, E20 [4JA]

———reform (H.R. 4), veto, H748 [23JA], H776, H777, H803 [24JA], H1144 [1FE], H5956, H5958, H5959 [6JN]

———reform (H.R. 2915), H7537, H7538, H7539 [16JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), H7646 [16JY], H7663, H7664, H7745-H7762, H7765 [17JY], H7796-H7990, H7992, H7996, H8003-H8010 [18JY], H8076, H8089-H8091 [22JY], H8106, H8108, H8109 [23JY], H8319 [24JY], H8382, H8383 [25JY], H8561 [26JY], E1325 [18JY], E1337 [22JY], E1386 [26JY], E1409 [30JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, H8670 [30JY], H9380, H9381, H9382, H9383, H9403-H9424 [31JY], H9567, H9708 [1AU], H9838, H9904 [2AU], E1444, E1451, E1453, E1454 [1AU], E1495 [2AU], E1539 [5SE], E1570 [11SE], E1640 [18SE]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration (H. Res. 482), H7784 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 492), H9388-H9392 [31JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 495), H9392-H9403 [31JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), motion to instruct conferees, H8320-H8329 [24JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), motion to recommit, H7988 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3832), H7664 [17JY]

———reform relative to domestic violence (H. Con. Res. 195), H7508 [12JY]

Puerto Rico: allow for wage-based tax credits, H5304 [21MY], E1688 [25SE], E1707, E1713 [26SE], E1905 [2OC]

———repeal of certain corporate tax credits, H5304 [21MY], H5434, H5438, H5468-H5474, H5477 [22MY], E876 [22MY], E919 [24MY]

Republican Party: legislative efforts relative to women, H6720 [25JN], H6853 [26JN]

———national agenda, H8547 [25JY], H10099-H10101 [5SE]

School Lunch Program: reform, H873-H875 [25JA]

Senior citizens: provide for retirement savings and security (H.R. 3520), E889 [23MY]

Sioux Falls, SD: support community and employer encouragement of family values, E1129 [20JN]

Small business: tribute to individuals whose businesses are run out of their home, E1803 [28SE]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds, H4906 [14MY], H5923, H5924 [5JN], H8087, H8088 [22JY], E1231 [9JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, H2218 [13MR], H3573 [17AP]

———establish and maintain individual investment accounts (H.R. 4215), E1799 [28SE]

———increase earnings limit, H2975, H2998-H3027 [28MR]

———payroll taxes, H8088 [22JY]

———reform Federal old age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits (H.R. 3758), H7643 [16JY], E1373 [25JY]

———waive waiting period for disability benefits relative to individuals with terminal illnesses (H.R. 3899), E1374 [25JY]

Social Security Administration: develop plan with the IRS to eliminate mismatching of earnings information (H.R. 4274), E1836 [30SE]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, E723 [7MY], E932 [29MY]

Taxation: capital gains rates, H127 [4JA], H8109 [23JY], E377 [19MR]

———child tax credit, H7247 [10JY]

———contribution limits for certain pension plans (H.R. 3209), H3210 [29MR]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (H.R. 3427), H4657 [9MY]

———determination of employment status of individuals as employees or independent contractors (H.R. 582), H5260 [16MY]

———double the maximum benefit under the special estate tax valuation rules for certain property (H.R. 520), E1418 [31JY]

———earned income tax credit, H1754 [6MR], H5118-H5122 [15MY], H5504-H5509, H5525, H5531 [23MY], H7804, H7805, H7807, H7808, H7815 [18JY], E833 [16MY]

———exclude long-term capital gains from gross income (H.R. 2861), E31 [5JA]

———exempt status for State agencies created to provide earthquake insurance for homeowners (H.R. 3605), H6092 [10JN]

———extend certain expiring provisions (H.R. 2994), E263 [29FE]

———individual retirement accounts, E529 [16AP]

———rates, H57 [3JA], H97, H124, H169 [4JA], H339, H346 [22JA], H747 [23JA], H978, H991 [31JA], H1144 [1FE], H1284 [27FE], H1492, H1493-H1494 [28FE], H1722 [6MR], H2037 [12MR], H2229 [14MR], H2876 [27MR], H3389, H3395, H3396, H3457-H3469 [16AP], H3494, H3495, H3496 [17AP], H3584, H3585, H3586 [18AP], H4305 [1MY], H4435, H4437, H4438, H4439, H4440, H4441, H4442 [7MY], H4534, H4535 [8MY], H4795, H4796, H4797 [9MY], H5047-H5049 [14MY], H5105, H5106, H5113, H5114, H5115, H5146-H5149 [15MY], H5188, H5196, H5197, H5210, H5214, H5251, H5257 [16MY], H5435, H5497 [22MY], H5629-H5631 [29MY], H5652 [30MY], H5805 [4JN], H6275 [12JN], H6291, H6401-H6403 [13JN], H6629 [19JN], H6631, H6632, H6633 [20JN], H7245, H7247, H7248 [10JY], H7776 [17JY], H7784 [18JY], H8077 [22JY], H8110 [23JY], H8810-H8816 [30JY], H9461, H9462 [31JY], H9989, H9993-H9996 [4SE], H10182 [11SE], H10330 [12SE], H10605 [19SE], H11235 [26SE], E1 [3JA], E83 [25JA], E323 [12MR], E529 [16AP], E733 [8MY], E753 [9MY]

———rates for married couples, H1492 [28FE]

———reform, H2941, H2942 [27MR]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax (H.R. 3039), H2668 [22MR]

———replace individual and corporate income taxes, Social Security, and medicare taxes with a value-added tax (H.R. 4050), E1572 [11SE]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), H4433, H4440 [7MY], H4775-H4785 [9MY], H4805, H4806, H4807-H4822 [10MY], E787 [14MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), consideration (H. Res. 428), H4756, H4766-H4775 [9MY]

———treatment of capital gains on the sale of a principal residence (H.R. 3570), E982 [4JN]

———treatment of corporations (H.R. 3102), E357 [14MR]

———treatment of deferred compensation plans of State and local governments (H.R. 3316), E629 [25AP]

———treatment of District of Columbia residents (H.R. 4155), E1690 [25SE]

———treatment of employee benefits for staffing firms, E1845 [30SE]

———treatment of families and children (H.R. 3943), E1502 [2AU]

———treatment of financial guaranty insurance (H.R. 3703), E1254 [11JY]

———treatment of frequent flyer mileage awards (H.R. 3111), E379 [19MR]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (H.R. 4311), E1831 [30SE]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, H3035, H3036, H3106, H3107 [28MR], E449 [26MR]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (H.R. 2778), H1670-H1673, H1697, H1699 [5MR], E304 [7MR]

———treatment of sale and subsequent purchase of principal residences (H.R. 3035), E288 [6MR]

———treatment of small businesses (H.R. 2911), E117 [31JA]

———treatment of State tuition programs, H9860 [2AU]

———treatment of tax free corporate liquidations and receipt of debt-financed property in such a liquidation (H.R. 4243), E1808 [28SE]

———treatment of tips (H.R. 3667), E1101 [18JN]

Thrift Charter Merger Commission: establish (H.R. 3407), E1249 [11JY]

Veterans: eliminate double taxation of lump sum separation benefits and compensation for a service-connected disability (H.R. 3183), E486 [28MR]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 3458), H7545, H7546 [16JY], H12121 [28SE]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (S. 2132), E1758 [27SE]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (H.R. 3510), E877 [22MY]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (H.R. 3511), H5764 [4JN]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: Federal farm policies, S6138 [12JN]

———relief relative to ranchers (S. 1758), S5093 [15MY]

AID: provide voluntary separation incentives to reduce employment levels (H.R. 3870), S9671 [2AU]

Armed Forces: increase pay and housing allowance (S. 1514), S39 [4JA]

———retirement pay for former spouses relative to civil service, S7009, S7010 [26JN]

Bankruptcy: treatment of single asset real estate (S. 1559), S916 [6FE], S9664-S9666 [2AU]

Budget: constitutional amendment to require balanced relative to budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3280, S3304-S3309 [15AP]

Business and industry: improve job, income, and retirement security for employees (S. 1722), S4619-S4622 [2MY]

———improve job, income and retirement security for employees (S. 1668), S3312-S3314 [15AP]

California: economic effects of public welfare programs reform, S8527 [23JY]

Civil rights: prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (S. 1650), S3157, S3158 [28MR]

Commission on Retirement Income Policy: establish (S. 1969), S8025-S8027 [17JY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 104th Congress, S9476 [2AU]

———national agenda, S9050-S9052 [29JY]

Consumer Price Index: calculation, S5343-S5352, S5357-S5361, S5369, S5370 [20MY], S5401-S5407, S5437, S5456 [21MY], S5479 [22MY], S5512 [23MY]

Correctional institutions: exempt inmates from minimum wage and maximum hour requirements in Fair Labor Standards Act (S. 1943), S7762-S7764 [11JY]

Crime: assignment of pension benefits of convicted felons toward victim restitution or payment of fines (S. 1570), S1276 [20FE]

———protect proprietary economic information (H.R. 3723), S10882-S10886 [18SE], S12201-S12216 [2OC]

———restrict income during incarceration for military personnel (S. 2083), S10687 [17SE]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, S1321, S1323, S1328 [27FE], S5476-S5478 [22MY]

Dept. of Agriculture: provide voluntary separation incentives to employees, S8464 [22JY]

Dept. of Defense: early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures, S7519 [10JY]

———early deferred annuities for certain employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures (S. 1686), S3630 [18AP]

———establish wage scale for hazardous duty, S10977, S10978 [19SE], S11061-S11064 [20SE]

———limit compensation for corporate executives reimbursed under defense contracts, S6495-S6501 [19JN]

———provide compensation to certain Vietnamese who were employed during the Vietnamese Conflict, S6439-S6443 [19JN], S7969 [17JY]

Dept. of HHS: making appropriations for Public Health Service commissioned officers retirement and health benefits (S. 1516), S98 [5JA]

Dept. of HUD: low-income housing preservation, S9952 [5SE]

Dept. of Labor: revise coverage standards for prevailing wage requirements for Federal construction projects (S. 1183), S12006 [30SE]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: use of voluntary separation incentives by offices reducing employment levels (S. 2151), S11553 [27SE]

District of Columbia: prohibit waiver of time limits relative to public welfare programs (S. 2060), S10075 [9SE], S10965-S10969 [19SE]

———prohibit waiver of time limits relative to public welfare programs (S. 2073), S10566 [13SE], S10965-S10969 [19SE]

———prohibit waiver of time limits relative to public welfare programs (S. 2093), S11033 [19SE]

Domestic policy: national objectives priority assignments, S1644 [7MR]

———Senate hearings, S1645 [7MR]

Education: accessibility to higher education relative to median family income, S11065-S11067 [20SE]

Employment: age discrimination relative to retirement and hiring plans for firefighters and law enforcement officers, S11860, S11922 [30SE]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 3448), S6828 [25JN]

———payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 3448), unanimous-consent agreement, S6826 [25JN]

———provide compensatory time for all employees (H.R. 2391), S9317 [31JY]

———provide for retirement savings and security, S8600 [24JY]

———provide for retirement savings and security (S. 1818), S5599, S5600 [23MY]

———provide for retirement savings and security (S. 1819), S5599, S5600 [23MY]

———provide for retirement savings and security (S. 1820), S5599, S5600 [23MY]

———provide for retirement savings and security (S. 1821), S5599, S5600 [23MY]

ERISA: audit requirements, S10680 [17SE], S10752 [18SE]

———improve protections for workers in multiple employer pension plans (S. 1842), S5863 [5JN]

———limits on investments of 401(k) pension plans by employers (S. 1837), S5857 [5JN]

———reform, S3519 [18AP]

———treatment of pension assets by insurance companies, S7424, S7433, S7434 [9JY], S9545 [2AU]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify exemption for houseparents from minimum wage and overtime requirements (S. 1554), S739 [1FE]

Families and domestic relations: child support enforcement, S8120-S8123 [18JY]

———provide income and economic security (S. 1685), S3628-S3630 [18AP]

Federal employees: continuance of work during Government shutdown, S72 [4JA]

———establish additional Thrift Savings Plan investment funds (S. 1080), S10724-S10727 [17SE]

———provide guaranteed loans for furloughed employees from their thrift savings plans during a Government shutdown (S. 1576), S1353 [27FE]

———provide voluntary separation incentives to reduce employment levels (S. 1833), S5769 [4JN]

———reduce administrative costs and improve services relative to relocation allowances, S7236, S7237 [28JN]

Fish and fishing: equitable treatment of fishing communities relative to economic losses, S10814 [18SE]

Government: forfeiture of retirement benefits by any Member of Congress, congressional employee, Federal judge, or the President if convicted of an offense relative to official duties, S7108, S7109 [27JN]

———forfeiture of retirement benefits by any Member of Congress, congressional employee, Federal judge, or the President if convicted of an offense relative to official duties (S. 1794), S5498 [22MY], S5614 [23MY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), S5650 [24MY], S6828 [25JN], S7345-S7358, S7366-S7413 [8JY], S7421-S7469, S7500 [9JY], S7513, S7625, S7630, S7631 [10JY], S7749 [11JY], S7910 [16JY], S8820 [25JY]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report, S9525, S9530, S9535-S9542, S9544-S9548 [2AU], S9857 [4SE], S11446 [26SE]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S9498 [2AU]

———provide tax relief for small businesses, protect jobs, increase net pay, and create job opportunities (H.R. 3448), unanimous-consent agreement, S5645-S5647 [24MY], S6826 [25JN], S7460, S7466 [9JY]

Health: include organ and tissue donation information with income tax refund payments, S3602, S3611 [18AP], S9518 [2AU]

Homemakers: provide retirement opportunities, S5325, S5326 [20MY], S9533 [2AU]

Immigration: treatment of sponsor relative to public welfare programs, S4312, S4314 [29AP], S4378, S4381-S4387, S4401-S4404 [30AP], S4495-S4498, S4508 [1MY]

Insurance: define fixed and variable rate interest relative to deduction on pre-existing life insurance contracts, S9521 [2AU]

IRS: collection of child support through payroll withholdings if State collection rates do not improve (S. 2190), S12304 [3OC]

———reform, S10546-S10551 [13SE]

———safeguard taxpayer rights (H.R. 2337), S7420 [8JY], S7749, S7753-S7756, S7759 [11JY], S7927 [17JY]

———safeguard taxpayer rights (H.R. 2337), unanimous-consent agreement, S4266 [25AP], S4783 [7MY]

Members of Congress: cost-of-living adjustments, S10159, S10160 [10SE]

———require comparable treatment with Federal employees during Government shutdown, S65 [4JA]

Minimum wage: impact of increase on nursing home industry, S7449, S7450 [9JY]

———level, S1570 [6MR], S2849-S2854, S2884, S2895, S2896-S2898 [26MR], S3005 [27MR], S3091 [28MR], S3233 [29MR]-S3257 [15AP], S3575-S3577 [18AP], S3766-S3769 [22AP], S4008, S4025-S4028, S4039-S4045, S4056 [24AP], S4155 [25AP], S4291, S4297-S4302 [29AP], S4395 [30AP], S4569 [1MY], S4575, S4576, S4614 [2MY], S4694 [3MY], S4720-S4723 [6MY], S4769, S4784-S4792 [7MY], S4816-S4832, S4833-S4836, S4846-S4848, S4878-S4882 [8MY], S4887, S4897, S4898, S4901, S4905, S4911-S4917, S4924, S4953 [9MY], S4987, S4992, S4995-S4997, S5019-S5023 [14MY], S5033 [15MY], S5520 [23MY], S5636, S5637, S5646 [24MY], S6436-S6438 [19JN], S6678, S6754 [24JN], S6828, S6844 [25JN], S7287-S7291 [28JN], S7345-S7358, S7403-S7413 [8JY], S7425, S7426, S7428-S7469, S7500 [9JY], S7513, S7624 [10JY], S7679, S7682 [11JY], S8820 [25JY], S9525, S9530, S9535-S9542 [2AU]

———tribute to efforts of Senate staff, Dept. of Labor staff, and outside organizations on minimum wage legislation, S9527 [2AU]

National Association of Retired Federal Employees: anniversary, S1190 [9FE]

National Payroll Week: observance, S10873 [18SE]

Native Americans: enforcement of child support agreements between States and tribal organizations, S8121 [18JY]

Norfolk, VA: tribute to the Norfolk Education and Employment Training Center, S8515 [23JY]

OPM: expand flexibility in providing services to CSRS and FERS annuitants, S10167 [10SE]

Pensions: Federal civilian and military cost-of-living adjustments, S5314 [20MY]

———improve retirement income security by expanding employer contributions, increasing portability, and protecting accounts (S. 1922), S7302-S7304 [28JN]

———improve retirement income security by expanding employer contributions, increasing portability, and protecting accounts (S. 1923), S7302-S7304 [28JN]

———increase eligibility age and make cost-of-living adjustments for certain retirement benefits and allow contributions to private pension plans, S5343-S5352 [20MY], S5401 [21MY], S5485 [22MY], S5512 [23MY]

Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act: technical corrections (S. 2183), S12092 [1OC]

Public welfare programs: allow States to continue assistance aimed at children after welfare eligibility expires, S8096, S8097, S8099, S8100, S8124-S8126 [18JY], S8330 [19JY], S8396-S8401 [22JY], S8502, S8522, S8524 [23JY]

———approval of waivers submitted by Michigan to conduct ``To Strengthen Michigan Families'' project (S. 1917), S7187 [27JN]

———approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works project (S. 1816), S5598 [23MY], S5642, S5648 [24MY]

———Democratic Party platform, S10868 [18SE]

———ensure approval of State waiver requests, S8131-S8134 [18JY], S8332, S8366 [19JY]

———establish State regulations relative to domestic violence, S8141, S8142 [18JY]

———exempt certain recipients in high unemployment areas from 5-year assistance limitation, S8414 [22JY]

———Federal role during poor economic periods, S9354 [1AU]

———individual development savings accounts, S8368 [19JY]

———modify State family assistance grant determination formula to include the number of children in poverty, S8358-S8362 [19JY], S8410-S8414 [22JY], S8501 [23JY]

———multigenerational welfare dependency, S8126 [18JY], S8331 [19JY]

———prohibit assistance relative to illegal drug use, S8105-S8109 [18JY], S8366 [19JY], S8498 [23JY]

———protect recipients of food stamps and LIHEAP benefits, S8120 [18JY]

———reform, S671 [1FE], S875 [6FE], S1062 [7FE], S1781 [11MR], S1885 [12MR], S2145 [15MR], S4568 [1MY], S4780 [7MY], S4848 [8MY], S5101 [15MY], S5321, S5322 [20MY], S5424 [21MY], S5516 [23MY], S6127 [12JN], S6188-S6191 [13JN], S6671 [21JN], S6678 [24JN], S7681 [11JY], S10343, S10345 [11SE], S11867 [30SE]

———reform (H.R. 4), S10712 [17SE]

———reform (H.R. 4), veto, S113, S115, S132 [10JA], S669 [31JA], S3187 [29MR], S4637 [2MY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), S8527-S8532 [23JY], S8668-S8671, S8672 [24JY], S8820, S8929 [25JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), conference report, S9322-S9334, S9337-S9341, S9344-S9347, S9352-S9415 [1AU], S9622 [2AU]

———reform (H.R. 3734), insert language of S. 1956 in lieu, S8527 [23JY]

———reform (S. 1795), S5498 [22MY], S7171, S7208 [27JN]

———reform (S. 1823), S5636, S5637, S5642, S5647 [24MY]

———reform (S. 1841), S5861 [5JN]

———reform (S. 1867), S6147-S6150 [12JN]

———reform (S. 1956), S7890 [16JY], S8070-S8150 [18JY], S8329-S8369 [19JY], S8395-S8426, S8451-S8454 [22JY], S8493-S8532 [23JY]

———reform (S. 1956), unanimous-consent agreement, S8083, S8113, S8114, S8149 [18JY], S8509 [23JY]

———require certain recipients to participate in community service, S8337, S8364 [19JY], S8495 [23JY]

———require congressional action to revise reform legislation if child poverty rate increases, S8139-S8141 [18JY], S8334 [19JY]

———require families receiving State assistance to enter into a personal responsibility agreement, S8136, S8138 [18JY]

———temporary assistance limits and school attendance requirements, S8402-S8404, S8405-S8407 [22JY], S8503 [23JY]

———treatment of legal immigrants, S8524 [23JY]

Puerto Rico: allow for wage-based tax credits, S7446 [9JY], S7910 [16JY], S9536 [2AU], S10343 [11SE], S11446 [26SE], S11489 [27SE]

Railroad Retirement Board: prevent the canceling of annuities to certain divorced spouses of workers whose widows elect to receive lump sum payments (S. 1552), S738 [1FE]

Senate: employee cost-of-living adjustments, S9116 [30JY]

Small business: tax treatment of pension plans, S7444, S7445, S7447 [9JY], S9538 [2AU]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans (S. 2176), S11990 [30SE]

———budget treatment of trust funds, S96 [5JA], S185 [22JA], S3424 [17AP], S4012, S4049-S4055 [24AP], S5032 [15MY], S5401 [21MY], S5667-S5670 [3JN], S5792-S5803, S5819, S5826, S5829, S5832 [5JN], S5878-S5882, S5884, S5886, S5896, S5900 [6JN], S5968-S5977 [7JN], S6174 [13JN], S7808, S7809 [12JY]

———earnings test for retirement age individuals, S3237 [29MR], S3268 [15AP]

———increase earnings limit, S3114-S3120 [28MR]

———payroll taxes, S4082 [24AP]

———prevent distribution of benefits to prisoners (S. 1789), S5492 [22MY]

———reform, S8491 [22JY]

———tax rates, S5312-S5321, S5324 [20MY], S5481, S5482 [22MY]

———trust funds' solvency, S5867 [5JN], S5911-S5915 [6JN]

Social Security Administration: review eligibility of SSI beneficiaries, S8501 [23JY]

SSI: prohibit recruitment activities, S8118, S8119 [18JY], S8494 [23JY]

———restriction on benefits to substance abusers, S3116-S3119 [28MR]

———restriction on benefits to substance abusers (S. 1642), S2860 [26MR]

States: tax treatment of certain pension income (H.R. 394), S859 [1FE]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, S4763, S4783, S4801, S4808 [7MY], S4883 [9MY]

Taxation: church pension benefit plans, S7447, S7456 [9JY], S9538 [2AU]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals, S5306-S5309, S5311 [20MY], S5480, S5481 [22MY]

———deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-employed individuals (S. 1741), S4937-S4939 [9MY]

———employer credits for expenses of providing dependent care services to employees (S. 2088), S10838 [18SE]

———exempt status for State high risk health insurance pools, S9517, S9518 [2AU]

———income tax credit for employee paid contribution to Social Security tax, S11410 [26SE]

———individual retirement accounts, S129 [10JA], S3324-S3326 [15AP]

———modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans (S. 2047), S9607, S9629 [2AU]

———permit opponents of war to designate tax payments to a Peace Tax Fund (S. 1663), S3228 [29MR]

———provide a checkoff on Federal income tax returns for a breast and prostate cancer research fund (S. 1573), S1297 [23FE]

———rates, S174, S175, S177-S179 [22JA], S374 [25JA], S582, S587 [31JA], S1375 [27FE], S1545 [6MR], S3257, S3258-S3268, S3271-S3274, S3324-S3326 [15AP], S3418, S3485 [17AP], S3717 [19AP], S4053 [24AP], S4572, S4573 [2MY], S4654-S4659 [3MY], S4705-S4716 [6MY], S4801 [7MY], S4906 [9MY], S4963, S4964, S4966-S4968 [13MY], S5043 [15MY], S5123, S5164, S5165 [16MY], S5252, S5253, S5259, S5263 [17MY], S5395 [20MY], S5515, S5525, S5529, S5531, S5620 [23MY], S5882, S5892 [6JN], S6004, S6009 [10JN], S6022-S6024 [11JN], S6125, S6132, S6135 [12JN], S6167, S6169, S6171, S6180, S6189 [13JN], S6261-S6263 [14JN], S7053 [26JN], S7683-S7685 [11JY], S7927 [17JY], S9341, S9343, S9344, S9348-S9352 [1AU], S10005-S10011 [6SE], S10058-S10064 [9SE], S10546-S10551 [13SE], S11235-S11237 [25SE], S11472, S11503 [27SE], S11634-S11638 [28SE]

———reform, S51-S54 [4JA]

———reform tax laws to stimulate the economy, S1540 [6MR]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 2074), S10555 [13SE]

———restructure income tax system, S3271-S3274 [15AP]

———restructure income tax system (S. 722), S11410 [26SE]

———review of taxation policies and proposals, S175, S177-S179 [22JA]

———treatment of adoption expenses, S8363, S8365, S8366 [19JY], S8500 [23JY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (H.R. 3286), S5632 [23MY]

———treatment of adoption expenses (S. 1715), S4323-S4326 [29AP]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (S. 1355), S9313 [31JY]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (S. 1928), S7307 [28JN]

———treatment of businesses operating abroad (S. 2086), S10687-S10689 [17SE]

———treatment of certain gambling winnings, S7451 [9JY]

———treatment of employer-provided educational assistance, S7423 [9JY]

———treatment of family-owned businesses relative to estate tax (S. 2173), S11986 [30SE], S12258 [3OC]

———treatment of higher education tuition and student loan interest, S5216-S5219, S5220 [17MY], S5413, S5414 [21MY], S5464 [22MY], S5528 [23MY]

———treatment of homemakers' individual retirement accounts, S7426, S7460, S7463 [9JY]

———treatment of income for crew members of small fishing vessels, S7459 [9JY]

———treatment of income of controlled foreign corporations attributable to imported property, S10168-S10182 [10SE], S10246-S10261 [11SE]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts (S. Res. 238), S3231 [29MR]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship, S7408 [8JY], S7423 [9JY]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship (S. 1637), S2655 [21MR]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents, S9505-S9507 [2AU], S12297 [3OC]

———treatment of individuals benefiting from renouncement of citizenship and treatment of assets of naturalized citizens or residents (S. 700), S3689-S3691 [18AP]

———treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation (H.R. 2778), S1608, S1609 [6MR]

———treatment of newspaper distributors and deliverers, S7426 [9JY]

———treatment of postsecondary and employer-provided education expenses (S. 1670), S3314 [15AP]

———treatment of State prepaid college tuition programs, S7451 [9JY]

———use of foreign trusts, S3740 [19AP]

Veterans: increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (H.R. 3458), insert language of S. 1791 in lieu, S11461 [26SE]

———increase service-connected disability benefits for veterans and survivors (S. 1791), S5495 [22MY], S11460-S11462 [26SE]

Women: comprehensive pension protection (S. 2132), S11426 [26SE]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses, S7439 [9JY], S7625 [10JY]

———treatment of pensions relative to spouses and former spouses (S. 1756), S5005-S5010 [14MY], S9533 [2AU]

Reports

Base Realignment and Closure Commission Privatization—the CSRS Issue, S3631 [18AP]

Case Against a Higher Minimum Wage: Committee on Economics (Joint), H5475 [22MY]

Compensation of Top 5 Executives at Top Defense Contractors: GAO, S6498 [19JN]

Raising the Minimum Wage—The Illusion of Compassion: Committee on Economics (Joint), E918 [24MY]

State Regulation of Health Plans: Jonathan Ratner, GAO, S3520 [18AP]

Unleasing America's Potential: National Commission on Economic Growth and Tax Reform, E37-E46 [22JA]

Reports filed

Adoption Promotion and Stability Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3286) (S. Rept. 104-279), S6223 [13JN]

———Committee on Resources (House) (H.R. 3286) (H. Rept. 104-542), H4301 [30AP]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3286) (H. Rept. 104-542), H4429 [6MY]

Bankruptcy Treatment of Single Asset Real Estate: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 1559), S6223 [13JN]

Civil Service Law Amendments: Committee on Government Reform and Oversight (House) (H.R. 3841) (H. Rept. 104-831), H11046 [24SE]

Clarify Exemption of Houseparents From Minimum Wage and Maximum Hour Requirements: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 2531) (H. Rept. 104-592), H5569 [23MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 503) (H. Rept. 104-739), H9705 [1AU]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 3734, Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 492) (H. Rept. 104-720), H8981 [30JY]

———Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 495) (H. Rept. 104-729), H9565 [31JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1227, Employee Commuting Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 440) (H. Rept. 104-590), H5379 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 2391, Working Families Flexibility Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 488) (H. Rept. 104-704), H8374 [24JY]

Consideration of H.R. 3286, Adoption Promotion and Stability Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 428) (H. Rept. 104-566), H4502 [7MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 440) (H. Rept. 104-590), H5379 [21MY]

Consideration of H.R. 3562, Approval of Waivers Submitted by Wisconsin To Conduct Wisconsin Works Welfare Reform Project: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 446) (H. Rept. 104-604), H5934 [5JN]

Consideration of H.R. 3734, Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 482) (H. Rept. 104-686), H7779 [17JY]

Effective Dates for Discontinuance of Veterans Compensation and Pension Benefits: Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (Senate) (H.R. 109) (S. Rept. 104-389), S11972 [30SE]

Employee Commuting Flexibility Act: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 1227) (H. Rept. 104-585), H5299 [20MY]

Increase Service-Connected Disability Benefits for Veterans and Survivors: Committee on Veterans Affairs (House) (H.R. 3458) (H. Rept. 104-647), H7105 [27JN]

Prohibit Retroactive Taxation: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 94) (S. Rept. 104-354), S9742 [3SE]

Protect Proprietary Economic Information: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3723) (H. Rept. 104-788), H10429 [16SE]

Provide Compensatory Time for All Employees: Committee on Economic and Educational Opportunities (House) (H.R. 2391) (H. Rept. 104-670), H7473 [11JY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform Pursuant to Budget Reconciliation: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3734) (H. Rept. 104-725), H8981 [30JY]

———Committee on the Budget (Senate) (S. 1956), S7887 [16JY]

Safeguard Taxpayer Rights: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2337) (H. Rept. 104-506), H3170 [28MR]

Small Business Job Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 3448) (H. Rept. 104-737), H9704 [1AU]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3448) (H. Rept. 104-586), H5299 [20MY]

Small Business Job Protection Act and Employee Commuting Flexibility Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 3448) (S. Rept. 104-281), S6408 [18JN]

Tax Treatment of Military Income Derived From Services Performed During a Contingency Operation: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 2778) (H. Rept. 104-465), H1635 [29FE]

Thrift Savings Investment Funds Act: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (S. 1080) (S. Rept. 104-274), S5191 [16MY]

Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs (Senate) (S. 1791) (S. Rept. 104-367), S10075 [9SE]

Reports to constituents

Hamilton, Representative: Creating Job Opportunities in Indiana, E1364 [24JY]

———Economic Agenda, E744 [9MY]

———Pension Plans—Saving for a Secure Retirement, E463 [27MR]

———Raising the Minimum Wage, E579 [19AP]

———Wages, E409 [21MR]

———Welfare Reform Bill, E1570 [11SE]

———Welfare Reform—Necessary and Possible, E1236 [10JY]

Resolutions by organizations

Distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians: Agua Caliente Band Tribal Council, H11265-H11267 [26SE]

Rulings of the Chair

Employment: payment of wages to individuals who use employer-owned vehicles (H.R. 1227), H5511 [23MY]

Members of Congress: deny Federal retirement annuities to Members convicted of felonies (H.R. 4011), H11286, H11287 [26SE]

Minimum wage: level, H7267 [11JY]

Public welfare programs: reform (H.R. 3734), H7796 [18JY]

———reform (H.R. 3734), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 492), H9395 [31JY]

———reform (S. 1956), S8081, S8109 [18JY]

Statements

Davis-Bacon Act Reform: Contractors' Coalition for Davis-Bacon, H5999 [6JN]

Economic Development Issues for African Americans: David R. Jones, E1883 [1OC]

Minimum Wage Level: Senator Dodd, S7434 [9JY]

Myth of Smoot-Hawley: John Heinz, S10173 [10SE]

Public Welfare Programs: Democratic National Committee, S10868, S10869 [18SE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform: President Clinton, S9359-S9362 [1AU]

———Representative Poshard, H9421 [31JY]

Studies

Smoot-Hawley, Depression, and World Revolution: Donald W. Bedell, Bedell Associates, S10173-S10176 [10SE]

Summaries

Child Care Infrastructure Act (S. 2088), S10839 [18SE]

Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act (S. 2132), S11431 [26SE]

Public Welfare Programs Reform, H8321 [24JY]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 1841), S5862 [5JN]

Public Welfare Programs Reform (S. 1867), S6147-S6149 [12JN]

Revenue Restructuring Act (H.R. 4050), E1573 [11SE]

Tax Treatment of Adoption Expenses (S. 1715), S4326 [29AP]

Tax Treatment of Employee Benefits for Staffing Firms, E1845 [30SE]

Tax Treatment of Families and Children (H.R. 3943), E1503 [2AU]

Travel Reform and Savings Act (H.R. 3637), H6405 [13JN]

Use of Rewards and Penalties for the Welfare Work Requirements, S8362 [19JY]

Women's Pension Equity Act (S. 1756), S5009 [14MY]

Tables

April 1996 payroll for Burger King restaurant franchises in Eureka and McKinleyville, CA, H5483 [22MY]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds, S3308 [15AP]

Comparison of welfare reform proposals, S8127-S8129 [18JY]

Entry level wages in 1979 and 1991, H2947 [27MR]

Federal budget effects of public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation (H.R. 3734), S9412 [1AU]

Federal spending on major welfare programs, S9357 [1AU]

Jobs lost relative to minimum wage raise, H5499 [22MY]

Major differences in welfare proposals, S8129 [18JY]

Merchandise trade deficit, S10176 [10SE]

Overview of current law and welfare reform immigrant restrictions: National Immigration Law Center, H9410 [31JY]

Payroll tax data for employees and employers, S4709 [6MY]

Provisions in reconciliation bill that violate Budget Act rule on deficit reduction goals, S8423 [22JY]

Top 10 contractors with at least one-third Dept. of Defense business in 1993, S6498 [19JN]

Top 25 corporations in sales and profits, S6497 [19JN]

Total employees of top 10 defense contractors, S6498 [19JN]

Total sales of top 10 defense contractors, S6498 [19JN]

Testimonies

Minimum Wage: Don Baisch, H5483 [22MY]

———Melody Rane, H5482 [22MY]

Minimum Wage Level: Representative Gephardt, H3634 [18AP]

Unlimited Savings Allowance Tax Plan: Salvatore V. Barone, Association for Manufacturing Technology, S11635-S11637 [28SE]

Texts of

H. Res. 428, consideration of H.R. 3286, Adoption Promotion and Stability Act, H4766 [9MY]

H. Res. 440, consideration of H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act, and H.R. 1227, Employee Commuting Flexibility Act, H5432 [22MY]

H. Res. 446, consideration of H.R. 3562, approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works welfare reform project, H5941 [6JN]

H. Res. 482, consideration of H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, H7784 [18JY]

H. Res. 488, consideration of H.R. 2391, Working Families Flexibility Act, H8562 [26JY]

H. Res. 492, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, H9388 [31JY]

H. Res. 495, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, H9392 [31JY]

H. Res. 503, consideration of conference report on H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act, H9839 [2AU]

H.R. 1227, Employee Commuting Flexibility Act, H5478 [22MY]

H.R. 2337, safeguard taxpayer rights, H3399-H3407 [16AP]

H.R. 2391, Working Families Flexibility Act, H8787 [30JY]

H.R. 2778, treatment of military income derived from services performed during a contingency operation relative to taxation, H1670 [5MR]

H.R. 3407, Thrift Charter Merger Commission, E1250-E1252 [11JY]

H.R. 3448, Small Business Job Protection Act, S7366-S7402 [8JY], H5445-H5467 [22MY]

H.R. 3458, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S11461 [26SE], H7545 [16JY]

H.R. 3562, approval of waivers submitted by Wisconsin to conduct Wisconsin Works welfare reform project, H5954 [6JN], E992 [4JN]

H.R. 3688, prohibit certain transaction rules relative to 401(k) pension plans, E1345 [23JY]

H.R. 3723, Economic Espionage Act, S12201-S12207 [2OC], H10460 [17SE]

H.R. 3734, public welfare programs reform pursuant to budget reconciliation, S8673-S8736 [24JY]

H.R. 3804, distribution of certain revenues from the Mineral Springs parcel to certain members of the Agua Caliente Band of Cahuilla Indians, H11264 [26SE]

H.R. 3841, Omnibus Civil Service Reform Act, H11340-H11346 [26SE], H11549-H11559 [27SE]

H.R. 3870, voluntary separation incentives to AID employees to reduce employment levels, H8626 [29JY]

H.R. 3900, greater planting flexibility for farmers, H8583 [26JY]

H.R. 4011, Congressional Pension Forfeiture Act, H11283 [26SE]

H.R. 4050, Revenue Restructuring Act, E1574-E1580 [11SE]

H.R. 4266, White Collar Reform Act, E1790 [28SE]

S. 1080, Thrift Savings Investment Funds Act, S10724-S10727 [17SE]

S. 1552, prevent the canceling of annuities to certain divorced spouses of railroad workers whose widows elect to receive lump sum payments, S739 [1FE]

S. 1559, treatment of single asset real estate in bankruptcy cases, S9755 [3SE]

S. 1642, restriction on SSI benefits to substance abusers, S2860 [26MR]

S. 1686, early deferred annuities for certain Dept. of Defense employees who are separated from service due to defense base closures, S3630 [18AP]

S. 1756, Women's Pension Equity Act, S5007 [14MY]

S. 1789, Prevention of Prisoner Double-Dipping Act, S5493 [22MY]

S. 1791, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, S5496 [22MY]

S. 2047, modify the application of pension nondiscrimination rules to governmental plans, S9608 [2AU]

S. 2060, prohibit waiver of time limits relative to public welfare programs in District of Columbia, S10076 [9SE]

S. 2074, Estate and Gift Taxes Repeal Act, S10555 [13SE]

S. 2088, Child Care Infrastructure Act, S10838 [18SE]

S. 2132, Comprehensive Women's Pension Protection Act, S11427-S11431 [26SE]

S. 2151, use of voluntary separation incentives by Dept. of Veterans Affairs offices reducing employment levels, S11553 [27SE]

S. 2183, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act technical corrections, S12092 [1OC], H12292 [4OC]

S. 2190, Uniform Child Support Enforcement Act, S12304-S12306 [3OC]

S. Con. Res. 66, public welfare programs reform relative to domestic violence, S7191 [27JN]

S. Res. 238, tax treatment of individual retirement accounts, S3231 [29MR]