PENSIONS

Amendments

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), S10483, S10516 [12OC], H9911 [17OC]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (H.R. 4864), S9205 [25SE], H9912 [17OC]

Reform (H.R. 1102), S10095 [6OC], H6493, H6513 [19JY]

Taxation: repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7166 [27JY]

Articles and editorials

Contract Not Now Mentioned—Tax Reduction for Social Security Benefits Would Aid Elderly Payers, E1414 [6SE]

Bills and resolutions

Armed Forces: allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan (see H.R. 4173), H1763 [4AP] (see H.R. 4363), H2410 [2MY]

———enhance benefits for active and retired military personnel (see H.R. 4030), H1119 [16MR]

———permit certain retired members who were awarded a Purple Heart and have a service-connected disability to receive compensation concurrently with retired pay and preserve benefits for surviving spouses (see H.R. 4909), H6717 [20JY]

———provide improved benefits training to members to enhance retention (see H.R. 4388), H2606 [4MY]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (see H.R. 5203), H7870 [19SE]

Capital Construction Fund: provide for qualified withdrawals for fishermen leaving the industry and for the rollover to individual retirement plans (see H.R. 5395), H9010 [5OC]

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from the Federal budget (see H.R. 5669), H12531 [15DE]

Dept. of Defense: eligibility for special compensation benefits for certain severely disabled military retirees (see H.R. 4832), H5955 [12JY]

Dept. of Labor: establish Office of Pension Participant Advocacy (see S. 2849), S6474 [11JY] (see H.R. 4820), H5842 [11JY]

Dept. of the Air Force: offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce (see H.R. 4382), H2605 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: enhance outreach programs to more fully inform surviving spouses and dependents of available benefits and provide dedicated staff to assist in obtaining those benefits (see H.R. 5552), H11194 [25OC]

———improve the processing of claims for veterans compensation and pensions (see H.R. 3574), H209 [2FE]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (see H.R. 4850), H6051 [13JY]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (see H.R. 4864), H6354 [17JY]

———revise system for payment of accrued benefits in cases involving the death of a veteran with a pending claim for an increase in service-connected disability rating (see H.R. 4785), H5654 [29JN]

District of Columbia: include longevity bonus payments in calculation of retirement benefits for police officers (see H.R. 4099), H1476 [28MR]

ERISA: adjust the guaranteed monthly multiemployer plan benefits (see H.R. 5665), H12094 [14DE]

———ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension and welfare plans based on a miscategorization of employee status (see S. 2946), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4962), H7127 [26JY]

———improve the retirement security of American families (see H.R. 5549), H11194 [25OC]

———provide cost-of-living adjustments to guaranteed benefit payments paid by the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corp. (see H.R. 4877), H6469 [18JY]

FDIC: make certain temporary Federal service performed creditable for retirement purposes (see S. 2821), S6121 [29JN]

Federal employees: clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (see H.R. 4569), H3868 [25MY]

———disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (see H.R. 5590), H11445 [27OC]

Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (see S. 2918), S7542 [25JY]

Income: harmonize employer-sponsored retirement plan services requirements with other Federal and State laws (see H.R. 4749), H5168 [26JN]

———increase the availability of employer-sponsored retirement plan services to participants, beneficiaries, and plan fiduciaries (see H.R. 4748), H5168 [26JN]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (see S. 2969), S7839 [27JY] (see H.R. 4747), H5168 [26JN]

Investments: increase participation in employee stock purchase plans and individual retirement plans in periods of economic growth attributable to international trade (see S. 2244), S1392 [9MR]

Merchant Marine Act: eliminate the tax penalty for certain Capital Construction Fund withdrawals and permit the rollover of contributions to an individual retirement account (see S. 2960), S7839 [27JY]

National Guard: extend to military technicians certain provisions concerning separation and retirement benefits of Army Reserve and Air Force Reserve military technicians (see H.R. 4361), H2410 [2MY]

———provide more equitable civil service retirement and retention provisions for technicians (see H.R. 5342), H8468 [28SE]

Pension Reform and Simplification Commission: establish (see S. 2922), S7656 [26JY]

Railroad Retirement Act: eliminate a limitation on benefits (see H.R. 5245), H7990 [21SE]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (see H.R. 4844), H6051 [13JY]

Reform (H.R. 1102): consideration (see H. Res. 557), H6469 [18JY]

Social Security: guarantee the right of individuals to receive certain benefits in full with an accurate annual cost-of-living adjustment (see S. 2930), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 5373), H8735 [3OC]

———increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits relative to delayed retirement (see H.R. 5576), H11206 [26OC]

———open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and invest such accounts to build retirement savings (see S. 3200), S10412 [12OC]

———phase out taxation of benefits (see S. 2304), S1815 [28MR]

———provide a transition for railroad workers (see H.R. 5387), H8799 [4OC]

———provide for personal Social Security accounts and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R. 5659), H12094 [14DE]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (see H.R. 4839), H5955 [12JY]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see S. 2774), S5663 [22JN]

———repeal tax increase on benefits, eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals, and raise age for minimum distributions from pension plans (see S. 2180), S1118 [2MR]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (see H.R. 3620), H340 [10FE]

———allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (see S. 2853), S6574 [12JY] (see H.R. 4837), H5955 [12JY]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (see S. 2979), S7840 [27JY]

———exclude certain severance payments from gross income (see H.R. 3811), H631 [1MR]

———payment of fellowship benefits to pension plan participants (see H.R. 5466), H9900 [12OC]

———permit certain individuals to make catch-up contributions under individual retirement plans (see H.R. 4546), H3867 [25MY]

———promote pension opportunities for women (see S. 2671), S4564 [6JN]

———provide consistent treatment of survivor benefits for public safety officers killed in the line of duty (see S. 2558), S4014 [16MY]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (see H.R. 4843), H6051 [13JY] (see H.R. 5546), H11194 [25OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4865), H6354 [17JY]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (see H. Res. 564), H7092 [26JY]

———treatment of retirement benefits received by members of certain religious orders (see H.R. 4325), H2339 [13AP]

———waive income inclusion on a distribution from an individual retirement account or a section 401(k) plan if the distribution is contributed to charity (see H.R. 4433), H2966 [11MY]

Tubman, Harriet Ross: payment of pension for Army services as a nurse and a scout during the Civil War (see H. Con. Res. 374), H6470 [18JY]

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (see S. 2729), S5106 [14JN] (see H.R. 4713), H4817 [21JN]

Veterans: increase rates of disability compensation for veterans with service-connected disabilities and rates of dependency and indemnity compensation for survivors of certain disabled veterans (see S. 3011), S8105 [6SE] (see H.R. 4131), H1628 [30MR]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (see S. 2357), S2233 [5AP]

———remove the reduction in the amount of Survivor Benefit Plan annuities at age 62 (see S. 2268), S1596 [22MR]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (see H.R. 5271), H8061 [25SE]

Vietnamese Conflict: revise definition of ``Vietnam era'' to provide eligibility for certain veterans benefits without regard to whether service was performed in Vietnam (see H.R. 4833), H5955 [12JY]

Descriptions

Air Force Work Force Renewal Act (H.R. 4382), E649 [4MY]

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act (H.R. 1102): Jeffords Amendment on Simplifying and Modifying Provisions Relative to Employer Pension Plans, S10097-S10099 [6OC]

Explanations

Clarify Status of Professional Employer Organizations in Order To Assist Small Businesses in Providing Employee Benefits and Collecting Employment Taxes (S. 2979), S7893-S7895 [27JY]

Veterans Claims Assistance Act (H.R. 4864), H9913-H9916 [17OC]

Factsheets

Privatizing Social Security—A Riverboast Gamble: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S4248 [23MY]

Letters

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), E1297 [21JY]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), E1297 [21JY]

IRS enforcement of pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans: Horace B. Deets, AARP, H6689 [20JY]

———Karen W. Ferguson and Karen Friedman, Pension Rights Center, H6689 [20JY]

Multiemployer pension benefits plan limitations: Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), E1323 [26JY]

Pension Benefits Protection and Preservation Act: several Representatives, H854-H856 [9MR]

Pension Reform and Simplification Commission Act: James A. Klein, Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, S7660 [26JY]

———James E. Turpin, American Academy of Actuaries, S7660 [26JY]

Retirement Enhancement Act: Karen W. Ferguson, Pension Rights Center, E1937 [25OC]

———M. Cindy Hounsell, Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement, E1937 [25OC]

———Martin A. Corry, AARP, E1936 [25OC]

———Peggy Taylor, AFL-CIO, E1937 [25OC]

Revise veterans pension eligibility rules applicable to net worth limitation: Joseph Thompson, Dept. of Veterans Affairs, E1603 [27SE]

Social Security reform: Roger Zion, H3633 [23MY]

Tax treatment of Social Security benefits: Robert Shreve, AARP, H7154 [27JY]

Memorandums

Little Scholars Child Development Center Employee Benefits: Teresa Smith, Library of Congress, S4358 [24MY]

Messages

Agreement Between the U.S. and Chile on Social Security: President Clinton, S4295 [23MY], H3496 [22MY]

Agreement Between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea on Social Security: President Clinton, S4295 [23MY], H3496 [22MY]

Railroad Retirement Board Report: President Clinton, S10619 [17OC], H10032 [17OC]

Motions

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 4844), H7335 [7SE]

Reform (H.R. 1102), H6526 [19JY]

Remarks in House

Armed Forces: improve pay and retirement equity, H3188, H3189, H3192, H3194 [17MY]

———provide improved benefits training to members to enhance retention, E1789 [13OC]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), H7780-H7798 [19SE], E1594 [26SE]

Business and industry: ensure economic equity for women, H20, H21 [27JA]

Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund: exclude from the Federal budget (H.R. 5669), E2215 [15DE]

Defined benefit plans: protect benefits of employees and enforce age discrimination requirements relative to tax legislation on defined benefit plans becoming cash balance plans (H.R. 2902), H853 [9MR]

Dept. of Labor: establish Office of Pension Participant Advocacy (H.R. 4820), E1200 [11JY]

Dept. of State: restore rank and benefits of former Senior Foreign Service Reserve Officers, E970 [9JN]

Dept. of the Air Force: offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce, H3287 [17MY]

———offer voluntary separation incentives and early retirement to civilian employees and implement experimental hiring practices to maintain a skilled and adaptive workforce (H.R. 4382), E647 [4MY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims, H6787 [25JY]

———assist claimants for benefits in developing claims and clarify the burden of proof for such claims (H.R. 3193), H9916 [17OC]

———disbursement of benefit checks, H10816 [25OC]

———provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), H6783-H6786 [25JY], H9911, H9912, H9945 [17OC]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (H.R. 4864), H6786-H6790 [25JY], H9912-H9918, H9945 [17OC]

District of Columbia: include longevity bonus payments in calculation of retirement benefits for police officers (H.R. 4099), E429 [28MR]

ERISA: preempt State law in certain cases relative to certain church plans (S. 1309), H5100, H5101 [26JN], E1114, E1117 [26JN], E1194 [10JY]

Federal employees: clarify the computation of certain civil service retirement system annuities based on part-time service (H.R. 4569), E875 [25MY]

———disability annuities for law enforcement officers, firefighters, and the Capitol Police (H.R. 5590), E1996 [28OC]

———eliminate certain inequities in the computation of retirement benefits for law enforcement officers, firefighters, air traffic controllers, nuclear materials couriers, and their survivors (H.R. 1769), H9987 [17OC]

———reduce contributions to CSRS and FERS, H6624, H6625, H6692, H6693 [20JY]

———treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (H.R. 207), H11697-H11699 [31OC], E2057 [1NO]

Income: protect retirement security of individuals (H.R. 1590), E278 [9MR]

———provide retirement investment advice to workers managing their retirement income assets (H.R. 4747), E1110 [26JN]

IRS: enforce pension age discrimination laws relative to conversion of defined benefit plans to cash balance plans, H6689-H6692 [20JY]

Railroads: modernize financing of railroad retirement system and provide enhanced benefits to employees and beneficiaries (H.R. 4844), H6780 [25JY], H7335-H7346 [7SE], H11249 [26OC], E1244 [14JY], E1903 [25OC]

Reform, H7792-H7798 [19SE], H11247, H11249, H11263 [26OC]

Reform (H.R. 1102), H6475, H6477-H6529 [19JY], E1291, E1294, E1302 [21JY], E1594 [26SE]

———consideration (H. Res. 557), H6476, H6477 [19JY]

———motion to recommit, H6526-H6528 [19JY]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, H577 [1MR], H1128 [21MR], H3052, H3058 [16MY], H3402-H3410 [18MY], H3632-H3637 [23MY], H3754-H3756 [24MY], H4031-H4033 [7JN], H6758-H6764 [24JY], H8058 [25SE], H8787 [4OC], H11871-H11873 [13NO]

———budget treatment of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (H.R. 167), H12504 [15DE]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (H.R. 1217), H8410 [28SE]

———create personalized retirement accounts, H936 [14MR]

———disbursement of benefit checks, H10816 [25OC]

———effects of reform proposals on women, H3402-H3404 [18MY]

———ensure solvency, H1680 [4AP], H2378 [2MY], H2596 [4MY], H2657 [9MY], H3531, H3534 [23MY], H5732-H5734 [10JY], H7220, H7221 [6SE], H8894 [5OC], H9512 [10OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11835 [3NO], H11871-H11873 [13NO]

———ensure solvency, survivor benefits, and disability coverage, H2641 [8MY]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts and increase individual control over retirement income (H.R. 4839), H5849 [12JY]

———provide for personalized retirement security through personal retirement savings accounts, increase individual control over retirement income, and protect surpluses (H.R. 3206), H5088 [26JN], H10528-H10532 [23OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC]

———reform, H2738 [9MY], H3402-H3410 [18MY], H3632-H3637 [23MY], H3754-H3756 [24MY], H3912 [6JN], E1861 [19OC]

———tie benefit increases to inflation and establish personal savings accounts, E2185 [14DE]

Taxation: allow an additional individual retirement account deduction based on unused amounts of deduction limitation in prior years (H.R. 3620), H334 [10FE], H6517 [19JY]

———allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (H.R. 4837), E1229 [13JY]

———condition repeal of tax increase on Social Security benefits on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H7166-H7175 [27JY]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), H6380-H6382 [18JY]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts, H6369 [18JY]

———increase annual limitation on deductible contributions to individual retirement accounts (H.R. 802), H864 [9MR]

———provide additional retirement savings opportunities for small employers and self-employed individuals, H6510, H6524 [19JY], E1302 [21JY]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (H.R. 4843), E1323 [26JY]

———provide retirement security and pension reform (H.R. 5546), E1935 [25OC]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7007 [26JY], H7153-H7176 [27JY], E1412, E1413 [6SE], E1493 [14SE]

———repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), consideration (H. Res. 564), H7136-H7143, H7150 [27JY]

———waive limit on benefits from multiemployer pension plans, E1323 [26JY]

Tubman, Harriet Ross: payment of pension for Army services as a nurse and a scout during the Civil War (H. Con. Res. 374), E1282 [19JY]

Veterans: permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, H6789 [25JY], H9655, H9659 [11OC]

———revise rules applicable to net worth limitation relative to pension eligibility (H.R. 5271), E1602 [27SE]

Remarks in Senate

Armed Forces: allow members to participate in the Thrift Savings Plan, S2321, S2336 [6AP], S2408 [7AP], S2692 [13AP]

Budget: provide for reconciliation of the concurrent resolution to reduce the public debt, decrease the statutory debt limit, and provide for retirement security (H.R. 5203), S8866 [20SE], S8871 [21SE]

Dept. of Labor: establish Office of Pension Participant Advocacy (S. 2849), S6474 [11JY]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: provide cost-of-living adjustment for service-connected disability benefits and enhance programs providing compensation and life insurance benefits for veterans (H.R. 4850), S10515, S10516 [12OC]

———reaffirm and clarify duty of the Secretary to administer laws which assist claimants for benefits (H.R. 4864), S9211-S9213 [25SE]

Employment: protection of workers whose employers convert from defined benefits to cash balance pension plans, S2415 [7AP], S2610 [12AP]

ERISA: ensure employees are not improperly disqualified from benefits under pension and welfare plans based on a miscategorization of employee status (S. 2946), S7843 [27JY]

———simplify and modify provisions for employer pension plans, S10097 [6OC]

Federal employees: treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes (H.R. 207), S11940 [15DE]

Health: improve access to health insurance and Medicare benefits for individuals aged 55 to 65 and allow tax credits for payment of such premiums and COBRA coverage premiums (S. 2918), S7552 [25JY]

Income: address problems of the wealth gap in the U.S. and barriers to wealth accumulation, S2660 [13AP]

Investments: increase participation in employee stock purchase plans and individual retirement plans in periods of economic growth attributable to international trade (S. 2244), S1416 [9MR]

Library of Congress: extend Federal health and retirement benefits to day care center employees, S4358 [24MY]

Merchant Marine Act: eliminate the tax penalty for certain Capital Construction Fund withdrawals and permit the rollover of contributions to an individual retirement account (S. 2960), S7850 [27JY]

Older Americans Act: extend authorization, establish National Family Caregiver Support Program, modernize aging programs and services, and address need to engage in life course planning (S. 1536), S9689 [3OC]

Pension Reform and Simplification Commission: establish (S. 2922), S7656-S7658 [26JY]

Reform, S11108 [26OC]

Reform (H.R. 1102), S7952 [27JY], S10097 [6OC], S10402 [12OC], S10606 [17OC]

Senior citizens: prevent and increase penalties for crimes such as health care, pension, and telemarketing fraud, and nursing home abuse and fraud (S. 751), S8190 [7SE], S9945 [5OC]

Social Security: allow diversion of percentage of payroll tax payments into personal investment plans, S4243-S4253 [23MY], S4339 [24MY], S4978-S4980 [13JN], S5317 [19JN], S5773 [26JN]

———computation system for benefits relative to spouses' or surviving spouses' Government pensions (S. 717), S10587 [13OC]

———create personalized retirement accounts (S. 1103), S104 [26JA], S1196-S1201 [7MR], S4243-S4247 [23MY], S4515-S4518 [6JN]

———effects of reform proposals on women, S4247 [23MY]

———ensure solvency, S2433 [7AP], S4515-S4518 [6JN], S4978-S4980 [13JN]

———ensure solvency of trust funds, S6656-S6659 [13JY]

———increase spousal survivors' benefit and allow women taking leave to care for a child or relative to exempt those years from benefit calculations, S6656-S6659 [13JY]

———open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and invest such accounts to build retirement savings, S6638-S6640 [13JY]

———open KidSave accounts for every child at birth and invest such accounts to build retirement savings (S. 3200), S10420 [12OC]

———phase out taxation of benefits (S. 2304), S1817 [28MR]

———prohibit investment of trust funds in private financial markets, S2388, S2389 [7AP], S3684 [9MY], S4290 [23MY]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 1383), S2660 [13AP]

———provide retirement security through payroll deductions and extend solvency of Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program (S. 2774), S5668 [22JN]

———reform, S3938-S3940 [15MY], S4243-S4253 [23MY], S4339 [24MY], S5317 [19JN]

———repeal tax increase on benefits, eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals, and raise age for minimum distributions from pension plans (S. 2180), S1126 [2MR]

Social Security Act: anniversary, S7821 [27JY]

SSA: provide information on Social Security trust funds, personal earnings, and benefit estimates to eligible individuals (S. 1104), S1535 [22MR]

Taxation: allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment (S. 2853), S6575 [12JY]

———clarify status of professional employer organizations in order to assist small businesses in providing employee benefits and collecting employment taxes (S. 2979), S7893 [27JY]

———disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insurance for the employee (H.R. 1264), S7952 [27JY]

———promote pension opportunities for women (S. 2671), S4567 [6JN]

———provide retirement security and pension reform, S11320-S11322 [29OC]

———restore pension limits to equitable levels (S. 1209), S2706 [13AP]

———treatment of individual retirement accounts, S6639, S6640, S6644, S6655 [13JY], S11320-S11322 [29OC]

United Mine Workers of America: restore stability and equity to the financing of the Combined Benefit Fund (S. 2729), S5113 [14JN]

Veterans: increase the minimum Survivor Benefit Plan basic annuity for certain surviving spouses, S4752 [8JN]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits, S4634, S4635 [7JN], S8814 [20SE], S10313, S10381 [12OC]

———permit concurrent receipt of military retired pay with service-connected disability benefits (S. 2357), S2234 [5AP]

Reports

Health Insurance Deduction of Little Help to the Uninsured: Joel Friedman and Iris J. Lav, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S11328 [29OC]

Leadership's Tax Plan Reinforces Inequities in Health and Pension Coverage: Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S11327 [29OC]

Reports filed

Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 1102) (S. Rept. 106-411), S8501 [13SE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4843) (H. Rept. 106-753), H6354 [17JY]

Consideration of H.R. 1102, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 557) (H. Rept. 106-760), H6469 [18JY]

Consideration of H.R. 4865, Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 564) (H. Rept. 106-795), H7092 [26JY]

Increase Rates of Disability Compensation for Veterans With Service-Connected Disabilities and for Survivors of Certain Disabled Veterans: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (Senate) (S. 3011) (S. Rept. 106-398), S8103 [6SE]

Nomination of Jerome F. Kever to the Railroad Retirement Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Nomination of Virgil M. Speakman, Jr., to the Railroad Retirement Board: Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (Senate), S1391 [9MR]

Older Americans Act, National Family Caregiver Support Program, Aging Programs and Services, and Need To Engage in Life Course Planning: Committee on Health, Education, and Pensions (Senate) (S. 1536) (S. Rept. 106-399), S8290 [8SE]

Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R 4844) (S. Rept. 106-475), S9701 [3OC]

———Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure (House) (H.R. 4844) (H. Rept. 106-777), H6776 [24JY]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4844) (H. Rept. 106-777), H7092 [26JY]

Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4865) (H. Rept. 106-780), H6776 [24JY]

Veterans Benefits Act: Committee on Veterans Affairs' (House) (H.R. 4850) (H. Rept. 106-783), H6776 [24JY]

Veterans Claims Assistance Act: Committee on Veterans' Affairs (House) (H.R. 4864) (H. Rept. 106-781), H6776 [24JY]

Rulings of the Chair

Taxation: repeal tax increase on Social Security benefits (H.R. 4865), H7158 [27JY]

Statements

Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act (H.R. 4844): Several Representatives, E1244 [14JY]

Summaries

Retirement Enhancement Act (H.R. 5546), E1936 [25OC]

Tables

Federal trust funds used to balance the budget, S602 [10FE], S2181 [5AP], S7001 [17JY], S11045 [26OC]

Texts of

H. Res. 557, consideration of H.R. 1102, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, H6476 [19JY]

H.R. 207, treatment of Government physicians' comparability allowances as basic pay for retirement purposes, H11697 [31OC]

H.R. 1102, Comprehensive Retirement Security and Pension Reform Act, H6477, H6493-H6504 [19JY]

H.R. 1264, Right-To-Know National Payroll Act, H6380 [18JY]

H.R. 3620, Second Chance IRA Act, H334 [10FE]

H.R. 4382, Air Force Work Force Renewal Act, E648 [4MY]

H.R. 4844, Railroad Retirement and Survivors' Improvement Act, H7335-H7339 [7SE]

H.R. 4850, Veterans Benefits Act, H6783 [25JY]

H.R. 4850, Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act, H9911 [17OC]

H.R. 4864, Veterans Claims Assistance Act, H6786 [25JY], H9912 [17OC]

H.R. 4865, Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act, H7153 [27JY]

H.R. 5203, Debt Relief and Retirement Security Reconciliation Act, H7780-H7792 [19SE]

S. 1309, Church Plan Parity and Entanglement Prevention Act, H5100 [26JN]

S. 2244, Working Families Trade Bonus Act, S1417-S1419 [9MR]

S. 2357, Armed Forces Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payment Act, S2234 [5AP]

S. 2729, Combined Fund Stability and Fairness Act, S5114 [14JN]

S. 2774, Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act, S5669-S5676 [22JN]

S. 2849, establish the Office of Pension Participant Advocacy in the Dept. of Labor, S6475 [11JY]

S. 2853, allow distributions to be made from certain pension plans before the participant is severed from employment, S6575 [12JY]

S. 2918, Medicare Early Access and Tax Credit Act, S7546-S7552 [25JY]

S. 2922, Pension Reform and Simplification Commission Act, S7658-S7660 [26JY]

S. 2946, Employee Benefits Eligibility Fairness Act, S7844 [27JY]

S. 2960, Capital Construction Fund (CCF) Qualified Withdrawal Act, S7850 [27JY]