INCOME related term(s) Economy; Pensions; Securities

Addresses

New Imperialism—The Attack on World Tax Havens: Robert E. Bauman, E1868 [19OC]

Amendments

Agriculture: strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1631 [23MR]

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6785, S6795, S6796, S6797, S6798, S6799, S6800, S6804, S6805, S6806, S6808, S6811, S6812, S6815, S6816, S6817, S6821, S6822, S6823, S6847, S6849, S6851, S6853, S6856, S6857, S6858, S6859, S6860, S6861, S6862, S6863, S6864, S6865, S6867, S6869, S6870 [14JY], S7048, S7079 [17JY], H5868 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (S. 2839), S6701, S6702, S6703 [13JY]

Courts: improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), S1753 [27MR]

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]

Economy: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H792 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780, H791 [9MR]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 2915), S10831 [19OC], S11278 [27OC], H10871 [25OC]

Federal employees: allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 208), S7455 [21JY], H9519 [10OC]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H881, H894 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H780, H791 [9MR]

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

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (S. 2107), S6867 [14JY]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (S. Res. 267), S10469, S10499 [12OC]

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1429, S1430 [9MR], S1489, S1492, S1527 [21MR], H1441 [28MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2513, S2549, S2550 [11AP], S2640, S2641, S2642 [12AP], S2874 [25AP], H318 [10FE]

———increase deductibility of professional development and other job-related expenses for teachers (S. 1124), S883 [28FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6586, S6610, S6627, S6631, S6634, S6636, S6640, S6656, S6660, S6662, S6692, S6694, S6695, S6697, S6699, S6700, S6701, S6703, S6706, S6708, S6710, S6737, S6739, S6741, S6753, S6761 [13JY], H4148, H4160 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4085 [8JN]

———reduce the marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and the earned income tax credit (S. 2346), S11426 [31OC]

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

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), S11451, S11497 [1NO], H11881 [14NO]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 7), H1478 [28MR]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S826 [24FE], S860, S872, S873, S874, S879, S881, S883, S884, S885, S886, S888, S889, S890, S891 [28FE], S899, S922, S955, S956, S957 [29FE], S992, S996, S1001, S1005, S1009, S1013, S1014, S1018, S1032, S1033, S1034 [1MR], S1054, S1062, S1071, S1072, S1073, S1079, S1082, S1083, S1085, S1089, S1092, S1131, S1137, S1138, S1146, S1147, S1148 [2MR]

———treatment of small businesses (H.R. 3832), H758 [8MR]

Analyses

Equal Overtime Pay Authorization for All Federal Employees Engaged in Wildfire Suppression Operations (H.R. 2814), E1605 [27SE]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4810): Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6786-S6788 [14JY]

Small Business Tax Fairness Act (H.R. 3081): Jared Bernstein, Robert S. McIntyre, and Lawrence Mishel, Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H858 [9MR]

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 2559, Risk Management for the 21st Century Act, S1642 [23MR], H1621 [30MR]

———H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, S7109 [18JY]

Articles and editorials

Are the Rich Cleaning Up?, S8056-S8058 [6SE]

Burdened Families Look for Child-Care Aid, S6419 [11JY]

Bush Hits Gore on Drugs, Taxes, S8631 [15SE]

Cabinet Opens Up on Bush—Treasury Secretary Says Social Security Math Doesn't Add Up, S11049 [26OC]

Compromise—House Speaker Hastert Offers Method To Reach Deal on Minimum Wages, E1445 [13SE]

Congress Tackles Marriage Tax Penalty—Experts Doubt That Debate Will Yield Lasting Solution to Perennial Inequity, H315 [10FE]

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

Crop Insurance an Improvement—With New Insurance Type, Farmers Can Finally Control Part of Their Operations, E534 [11AP]

Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Is Little Known, S6775 [14JY]

Despite Benefits, Democrats' Estate Tax Plan Gets Little Notice, S6587 [13JY]

Do You Need a Chaperone at the Casino?, E902 [6JN]

Don't Be Down on the Farm—What We Can Do To Preserve a National Treasure, S483-S485 [8FE]

Don't Be Too Quick To Demand a Federal Tax Cut, E1994 [28OC]

Entitlement Reform the Way To Go, H3123 [16MY]

Estate Taxes Threaten Wildlife Habitats, H4137 [9JN]

Federal Tax Level Falls for Most—Studies Show Burden Now Less Than 10%, S1696 [27MR]

Feeling the Pinch of a Military Salary—For Some Families, Pay Doesn't Cover the Basics, S4537 [6JN]

Feeling the Pinch of a Military Salary—For Some Families Pay Doesn't Cover the Basics, S2289 [6AP]

Foster-Child Advocates Gain Allies in Injury Lawyers—States Face the Dual Threat of Class Actions and Huge Individual Damage Awards, S11301 [28OC]

Hy-Vee, Inc., S6778 [14JY]

Larger Legacy May Await Generations X, Y, and Z, H934 [14MR]

Marriage Penalty Needs To Be Axed—Tax-and-Spend Proponents Have Weak Arguments To Oppose GOP Legislation, H6617 [20JY]

Marriage Penalty—Will Congress Finally Correct This Wrong?, S2960 [27AP]

Marriage Tax on the Poor, S7410, S7415 [21JY]

Of Janitors and Billionaires, S2852 [25AP]

On Home Front, Military Families Struggle With Low Pay, S4538 [6JN]

Phony Issue, H5861 [12JY]

Physicians and the Pharmaceutical Industry—Is a Gift Ever Just a Gift?, E418 [27MR]

Real Rap on Death and Taxes, S6439 [11JY], S6604 [13JY]

Say Goodbye to the Surplus, S11327 [29OC]

School Choice for the Rich, S914 [29FE]

Section 529 College Savings Plans Rate an A, S923 [29FE]

Study Contradicts Foes of Estate Tax, H934 [14MR]

Tax Analysts Special Report—Foreign Sales Corporation Beneficiaries—A Profile, E1535 [20SE]

Tax Free Millionaires—How the Super Rich Get Away Without Paying Any Taxes, H7620 [14SE]

Time To Eliminate the Costly Death Tax, H4025 [7JN]

Tobacco Exports Get Aid in Bill Set for House Vote, H7427 [12SE]

$200,000 of FDIC Insurance? The Battle Has Just Begun, S11897 [15DE]

U.S., EU Risk Trade War Over Export Tax Shelters—Europe Is Likely To Seek the WTO's Permission To Levy Punitive Tariffs, H7429 [12SE]

U.S. Soldiers Rely on Charity To Support Families, S4538 [6JN]

What If There Were Free Trade in Opinion Makers?, E1233 [14JY]

Who's Teaching the Doctors? Drug Firms Sponsor Required Courses—And See Their Sales Rise, E419 [27MR]

Bills and resolutions

Agriculture: establish an educational program to improve the risk management skills of agricultural producers (see H.R. 4018), H1118 [16MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 512), H3812 [24MY]

Alaska: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (see S. 2693), S4820 [8JN]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (see H.R. 4345), H2339 [13AP]

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]

———establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance (see S. 2322), S1884 [29MR]

———implement an allowance for members subjected to lengthy or numerous deployments, and require studies on tax credits for employers of National Guard members, and the expansion of military programs for youth (see H.R. 4208), H1956 [6AP]

———improve pay for certain enlisted members (see H.R. 4313), H2338 [13AP]

———increase basic housing allowance for members stationed in San Diego and Orange Counties, CA, to compensate for increased energy costs (see H. Res. 629), H9900 [12OC]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (see H.R. 4709), H4816 [21JN]

———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]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss (see S. 2035), S381 [7FE]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (see H.R. 4065), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4718), H5036 [22JN] (see H.R. 5409), H9504 [6OC] (see H.R. 5475), H10036 [17OC] (see H.R. 5539, 5540), H11193 [25OC]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers and appoint additional bankruptcy judges (see H.R. 5530), H10808 [24OC]

Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform: establish (see H.R. 5593), H11445 [27OC]

BLS: develop methodology for measuring the cost of living in each State and require GAO study to determine effect on Federal benefits (see H.R. 5437), H9634 [10OC]

Budget: proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (see H. Res. 467), H2012 [10AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (see S. 2839), S6347 [10JY] (see H.R. 4810), H5736 [10JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (see H. Res. 545), H5842 [11JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (see H. Res. 559), H6598 [19JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (see H. Res. 553), H6354 [17JY]

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (see H.R. 4216), H1957 [6AP]

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]

Contracts: require wages paid under Federal contracts to be above local poverty line (see H.R. 4353), H2410 [2MY]

Crime: expand civil asset forfeiture provisions relative to alien smuggling (see H.R. 3547), H49 [27JA]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (see H.R. 4218), H1957 [6AP]

———extend Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate (see S. 2996), S7840 [27JY] (see H.R. 3864), H756 [8MR]

Dept. of Commerce: establish an Office of Community Economic Adjustment to coordinate the Federal response in regions and communities experiencing economic distress (see H.R. 4711), H4816 [21JN]

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

———set basic housing allowance rates for the uniformed services based on costs for adequate housing and remove limitation on amount of such allowances that may be paid in a fiscal year (see H.R. 3562), H164 [1FE]

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]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ (see H.R. 3998), H1118 [16MR]

———improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (see S. 2953), S7839 [27JY]

———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]

Economy: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H755 [8MR]

Education: establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (see S. 2929), S7656 [26JY]

———expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (see H.R. 5319), H8405 [27SE]

———provide grants to States to encourage retention of teachers through payment of bonuses (see H.R. 4406), H2770 [9MY]

EEOC: require mediation of certain employee claims (see H.R. 4593), H4035 [7JN]

Employment: amend Federal program for compensation of work injuries (see H.R. 3829), H641 [2MR]

———clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (see H.R. 4405), H2770 [9MY]

———limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (see H.R. 5179), H7651 [14SE]

———repeal overtime exemptions for motor carrier employees (see H.R. 4062), H1284 [22MR]

Equal Pay Day: observance (see H. Con. Res. 318), H2606 [4MY]

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]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify provisions relative to the use of accrued compensatory time by certain public employees (see S. 3159), S9861 [4OC]

———clarify treatment of stock options (see S. 2323), S1884 [29MR] (see H.R. 4109), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4182), H1851 [5AP]

———prohibit issuance of a certificate for subminimum wages for individuals with impaired vision (see S. 2031), S328 [3FE] (see H.R. 3540), H49 [27JA]

———prohibit retaliation and confidentiality policies relative to employee wage disclosures (see S. 2966), S7839 [27JY]

———protect employees who seek equal wages (see H.R. 4597), H4035 [7JN]

Families and domestic relations: permit States with proven cost-effective and efficient child support collection systems to continue operation (see S. 2349), S2107 [4AP]

———prohibit Federal financial assistance to individuals who are delinquent in child support payments (see H.R. 3929), H1075 [15MR]

———simplify and improve rules governing the distribution of child support collected by States (see H.R. 3824), H641 [2MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (see H.R. 4499), H3473 [19MY]

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

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (see S. 2915), S7542 [25JY]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (see S. 2589), S4190 [18MY] (see S. 2798), S5884 [27JN] (see H.R. 4467), H3172 [16MY]

———require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available contingent on steady reserve ratios (see H.R. 4674), H4590 [15JN]

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]

———ensure one-half of leave for birth, adoption, or foster placement of a child shall be leave with pay (see H.R. 4567), H3868 [25MY]

———make permanent the authority under which comparability allowances may be paid to Government physicians (see H.R. 3841), H756 [8MR]

———provide for rank awards for certain senior career employees (see H.R. 5406), H9011 [5OC]

———revise overtime pay limitation (see H.R. 5333), H8468 [28SE]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (see S. 3178), S10083 [6OC]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (see S. 2592), S4190 [18MY] (see H.R. 4490), H3412 [18MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (see H.R. 3823), H641 [2MR]

———require insured depository institutions make affordable transaction accounts available to their customers (see H.R. 4584), H3924 [6JN]

———require studies on the impact of increasing the maximum amount of deposit insurance per depositor (see H.R. 4603), H4120 [8JN]

Foreign trade: extend trade adjustment assistance benefit period for adversely affected workers enrolled in training programs (see H.R. 4077), H1405 [23MR]

———provide additional benefits for individuals receiving trade adjustment assistance (see H.R. 4466), H3172 [16MY]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for certain workers (see H.R. 4641), H4220 [12JN]

———provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (see S. 2611), S4297 [23MY]

Georgia: provide wage parity for certain Dept. of Defense prevailing rate employees (see S. 2113), S929 [29FE]

Government: eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges (see S. 3075), S8822 [20SE]

Health: establish Alzheimer's clinical research and training awards, expand Medicare definition of homebound relative to home health services, and revise tax treatment of long-term care insurance (see H.R. 4029), H1119 [16MR]

———prevent group and individual health insurance coverage, and group health plans, from seeking to recover more than costs in cases of third party recoveries (see H.R. 3765), H573 [29FE]

Health care professionals: provide reimbursement and a tax deduction for patient bad debt (see H.R. 5093), H7209 [27JY]

Housing: delegate the primary responsibility for the preservation and expansion of affordable low-income housing to States and localities (see S. 3033), S8413 [12SE]

Investments: establish Individual Development Accounts for certain individuals and families (see S. 2740), S5240 [15JN]

———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]

IRS: enforcement of child support obligations and repeal of provisions on State enforcement requirements (see S. 2288), S1671 [23MR]

Law enforcement officers: establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers (see H.R. 4880), H6469 [18JY]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (see S. 2241), S1392 [9MR]

———conduct study on physician reimbursement rates for diagnosis, treatment, and management of Alzheimer's disease (see H.R. 4016), H1118 [16MR]

———establish a minimum adjustment to payments to hospitals for costs attributable to wages (see H.R. 4998), H7206 [27JY]

———payment levels for certain medically unsupervised certified registered nurse anesthetists (see H.R. 5251), H7990 [21SE]

———reduce waiting period for benefits for disabled individuals (see H.R. 5556), H11194 [25OC]

———require wage adjustment of actual, rather than estimated proportion of a hospital's costs that are attributable to wages and wage-related costs (see S. 2828), S6121 [29JN]

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]

Minimum wage: level (see S. 2284), S1671 [23MR] (see H.R. 3833), H646 [6MR] (see H.R. 3846), H756 [8MR] (see H.R. 4177), H1763 [4AP] (see H.R. 5538), H11193 [25OC]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (see H. Res. 434), H755 [8MR]

National Centers for Distance Working: establish (see S. 2447), S2728 [13AP]

National Guard: end the prohibition against overtime pay for military technicians (see H.R. 4360), H2410 [2MY]

———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]

Native Americans: treatment of certain income for tribe members, age 50 or older, relative to determining eligibility for means-tested public assistance benefits (see H.R. 4858), H6051 [13JY]

Pasquotank County, NC: provide wage parity for certain prevailing rate employees (see H.R. 5046), H7207 [27JY]

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

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

———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]

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

Political campaigns: require candidates for election for Federal office to report to the FEC information on the sale of personal assets (see H.R. 4989), H7205 [27JY]

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (see S. 2703), S4820 [8JN] (see H.R. 3842), H756 [8MR]

Poverty: enhance flexibility in individual development account programs to encourage savings for poor working families (see S. 3214), S10716 [18OC]

———establish a commission to study and make recommendations on marginal tax rates for the working poor (see H.R. 3839), H647 [6MR]

Power resources: permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (see H.R. 4043), H1163 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (see S. 2023), S285 [2FE]

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]

SEC: limit collection of certain fees and adjust compensation for employees (see S. 2107), S867 [28FE]

Securities: improve delivery systems for dividends, interest, and other valuable property rights to lost security holders (see H.R. 3997), H1077 [15MR]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (see S. Res. 267), S1392 [9MR]

Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits (see H.R. 4551), H3867 [25MY]

Social Security: budget treatment of trust funds (see H.R. 5670), H12531 [15DE]

———disregard State annuities paid to blind veterans in the determination of SSI benefits (see H.R. 4817), H5736 [10JY]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (see S. 2074), S680 [22FE] (see H.R. 3599), H254 [8FE]

———eliminate waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce (see H.R. 5575), H11206 [26OC]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (see H.R. 4857), H6051 [13JY]

———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]

———improve the payment system for representation of claimants (see H.R. 4633), H4174 [9JN]

———include additional information in account statements (see S. 2381), S2438 [7AP] (see H.R. 5028), H7207 [27JY]

———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]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (see H.R. 3859), H756 [8MR]

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

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (see S. 2477), S3023 [27AP] (see H.R. 4651), H4336 [13JN]

———provide an exception to certain marriage requirements for widows and widowers relative to State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence (see H.R. 5007), H7206 [27JY]

———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 full benefits for disabled widows and widowers regardless of age (see H.R. 5577), H11206 [26OC]

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

———provide that if failure to monitor a representative payee results in misuse of benefits, that payment of such benefits is made to the beneficiary or alternate payee (see H.R. 3666), H454 [15FE]

———repeal eligibility restrictions on widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability (see H.R. 5578), H11206 [26OC]

———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]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (see S.J. Res. 38), S285 [2FE]

———use earnings level currently applicable solely to blind individuals as uniform level in determining disabilities (see H.R. 5553), H11194 [25OC]

Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission: establish (see H.R. 4714), H4817 [21JN]

SSA: require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency (see S. 2364), S2233 [5AP]

Tax Reform Act: amend (see S. 2104), S799 [24FE]

Taxation: allow a credit against gross income for organ donation (see H.R. 5436), H9634 [10OC]

———allow a credit against income tax for certain audio or video postproduction equipment (see H.R. 5497), H10256 [18OC]

———allow a credit against income tax for certain energy-efficient property (see H.R. 5339), H8468 [28SE]

———allow a credit to individuals attaining age 65 for certain drug and health insurance expenses (see H.R. 4234), H2121 [11AP]

———allow a long-term capital gains deduction for individuals (see S. 3174), S9945 [5OC]

———allow a refundable credit against income tax for the fair market value of firearms turned in to local law enforcement agencies (see H.R. 4151), H1674 [3AP]

———allow a refundable credit for long-term care and offset the revenue cost of the credit by revising the rules on expatriation (see H.R. 4159), H1674 [3AP]

———allow a refundable credit for the purchase of computer software that filters child pornography and material that is violent, obscene, or harmful to minors (see H.R. 5181), H7651 [14SE]

———allow a refundable credit to individuals who donate their organs at death (see H.R. 4048), H1163 [21MR]

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

———allow an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 4723), H5036 [22JN]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation for the anthracite region of Pennsylvania (see H.R. 4314), H2338 [13AP]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (see S. 2746), S5241 [15JN] (see H.R. 4497), H3412 [18MY]

———allow certain deductions for school bus owner-operators (see H.R. 4050), H1163 [21MR]

———allow certain senior citizens a deduction for State and local real property taxes and provide for the establishment of senior citizen real property tax accounts (see H.R. 3537), H49 [27JA]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (see S. 2012), S113 [27JA] (see H.R. 4025), H1119 [16MR]

———allow credit to businesses who employ military reservists and a comparable credit to self-employed military reservists, and restore deductions for services performed by military reservists (see H.R. 3915), H996 [14MR]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (see S. 2077), S680 [22FE] (see S. 2475), S3023 [27AP] (see H.R. 4379), H2605 [4MY]

———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]

———allow eligible individuals to elect to pay 15 percent tax on income with a tax return free filing system and reduce burdens of marriage penalty and alternative minimum tax (see S. 3087), S8941 [21SE]

———allow employees and self-employed individuals to deduct taxes paid for Social Security and Medicare (see H.R. 5064), H7208 [27JY]

———allow exclusion of tax-exempt bonds issued for health care or educational purposes in determination of interest expenses of financial institutions (see H.R. 4666), H4484 [14JN]

———allow fishermen to use income averaging and extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (see S. 2605), S4297 [23MY]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (see H.R. 5171), H7577 [13SE]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (see S. 2964), S7839 (see S. 2994), S7840 [27JY]

———allow tax credit for businesses which provide free public Internet access (see H.R. 3598), H254 [8FE]

———allow tax credit for public transportation expenses and reduce corporate welfare (see H.R. 3538), H49 [27JA]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier (see H.R. 3700), H572 [29FE]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (see H.R. 5444), H9767 [11OC]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (see S. 2246), S1392 [9MR]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (see H.R. 4383), H2605 [4MY]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (see S. 3105), S9195 [25SE] (see H.R. 5117), H7280 [6SE]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities (see S. 3145), S9606 [2OC]

———clarify treatment under the tax-exempt bond rules of pre-payments for certain commodities and mineral production payments (see H.R. 5259), H7991 [21SE]

———constitutional amendment on progressive taxation (see H.J. Res. 95), H2012 [10AP]

———credit for health insurance costs (see S. 2320), S1884 [29MR]

———designate educational empowerment zones in certain low-income areas and give a tax incentive to attract teachers to work in such areas (see H.R. 5584), H11207 [26OC]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts (see S. 2779), S5663 [22JN]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (see H. Res. 419), H253 [8FE]

———encourage the granting of employee stock options (see H.R. 4972), H7128 [26JY]

———enhance competitiveness of the U.S. leasing industry (see H.R. 5063), H7208 [27JY]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (see H.R. 5040), H7207 [27JY]

———ensure that income averaging for fishermen does not increase their liability for the alternative minimum tax and establish risk management savings accounts for fishermen (see S. 2203), S1233 [7MR]

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (see H.R. 5027), H7207 [27JY]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency (see H.R. 4106), H1476 [28MR]

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

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (see S. 2555), S3946 [15MY]

———exclude from gross income gain from the sale of securities which are used to pay for higher education expenses (see H.R. 4993), H7205 [27JY]

———exclude from gross income gain on the sale of land or an easement therein for open space conservation purposes to a governmental unit (see H.R. 5336), H8468 [28SE]

———exclude from gross income payments made to tobacco growers pursuant to the settlement agreement between a State and tobacco product manufacturers (see S. 2017), S149 [31JA]

———exclude from gross income payments made under Dept. of Defense programs for the repayment of student loans of members of the Armed Forces (see H.R. 3663), H454 [15FE] (see H.R. 4214), H1957 [6AP] (see H.R. 4245), H2238 [12AP]

———exclude from self-employment earnings certain payments under the Conservation Reserve Program (see H.R. 4064), H1284 [22MR] (see H.R. 4212), H1957 [6AP]

———exclude hazardous duty pay for members of the Armed Forces from earned income tax credit calculations (see H.R. 4335), H2339 [13AP]

———exclude income derived from the manufacture of products, and provision of services, in outer space (see H.R. 3898), H921 [9MR]

———exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income (see S. 3285), S11917 [15DE]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (see S. 2066), S613 [10FE] (see H.R. 4316), H2338 [13AP]

———exclusion from gross income of the sale or exchange of qualified conservation easements (see H.R. 5054), H7208 [27JY]

———exempt certain helicopter uses from ticket taxes (see H.R. 4322), H2338 [13AP]

———expand child tax credit (see S. 2903), S7448 [21JY] (see S. 3138), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 4896), H6599 [19JY]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (see S. 2747), S5308 [16JN] (see H.R. 4071), H1404 [23MR]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (see H.R. 4094), H1476 [28MR]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (see S. 3096), S9033 [22SE]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (see S. 3225), S10801 [19OC] (see H.R. 5506), H10472 [19OC]

———extend filing period for credits or refunds (see H.R. 4204), H1956 [6AP]

———extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses (see S. 3111), S9267 [26SE] (see H.R. 4512), H3522 [22MY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil and natural gas products, allow an income tax credit for the purchase of fuel-efficient passenger vehicles, and allow grants for mass transit (see H.R. 4974), H7128 [26JY]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil to fund heating assistance for consumers and small business owners (see S. 3118), S9381 [27SE]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (see H.R. 5421), H9504 [6OC]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (see S. 2904), S7448 [21JY]

———inclusion of estimated income-contingent costs to determine depreciation of property under the income forecast method (see H.R. 5343), H8468 [28SE]

———increase child tax credit (see H.R. 5509), H10472 [19OC]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 2717), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 4562), H3868 [25MY]

———increase standard mileage rates for certain deductions for use of passenger automobiles (see H.R. 5090), H7209 [27JY]

———increase the aggregate cost of certain reusable pallets and containers and related property (see H.R. 4916), H6718 [20JY]

———increase the deduction for host families of foreign exchange and other students (see H.R. 5009), H7206 [27JY]

———increase the dependent care credit and provide a minimum dependent care credit for stay-at-home parents (see H.R. 4336), H2339 [13AP]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit (see H.R. 5138), H7365 [7SE]

———increase unified estate and gift tax credit and provide for inflation adjustment (see H.R. 4112), H1587 [29MR] (see H.R. 4324), H2339 [13AP] (see H.R. 5129), H7364 [7SE]

———inflation adjustment of the dollar limitation on the exclusion of gain on the sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 4024), H1119 [16MR]

———limit tax rates for District of Columbia residents on income from sources within the District of Columbia (see S. 3217), S10716 [18OC]

———modify the alternative minimum tax for estates in bankruptcy (see H.R. 4294), H2337 [13AP]

———permit advanced refunding of private activity bonds with general obligation bonds if the governmental issuer takes over the private activity bond (see H.R. 4155), H1674 [3AP]

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

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (see S. 3098), S9033 [22SE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (see H. Res. 519), H4034 [7JN]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (see H.R. 4192), H1851 [5AP]

———prevent the duplication of losses through the assumption of liabilities giving rise to a deduction (see S. 2354), S2107 [4AP]

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

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (see S. 3134), S9466 [28SE] (see H.R. 4136), H1628 [30MR]

———provide a credit for certain expenditures to rehabilitate historic performing arts facilities (see S. 3259), S11252 [27OC] (see H.R. 5634), H11927 [14NO]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (see S. 2939), S7656 [26JY] (see H.R. 4977), H7128 [26JY]

———provide a higher purchase price limitation applicable to mortgage subsidy bonds based on median family income (see H.R. 4552), H3867 [25MY]

———provide a nonrefundable credit for individuals who purchase a residential safe storage device for firearms (see H.R. 4902), H6717 [20JY]

———provide a shorter recovery period for the depreciation of certain restaurant buildings (see S. 2250), S1461 [20MR]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (see S. 2083), S680 [22FE] (see H.R. 3546), H49 [27JA]

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

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (see S. 3235), S10999 [25OC]

———provide for community revitalization and extension of medical savings accounts (see H.R. 5662), H12094 [14DE]

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (see H.R. 4163), H1762 [4AP]

———provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (see S. 3004), S8019 [5SE] (see H.R. 5159), H7502 [12SE]

———provide incentives for older Americans to remain in the workforce beyond the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits (see S. 2085, 2086), S680 [22FE]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (see H.R. 5184), H7651 [14SE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (see S. 2718), S5027 [13JN] (see H.R. 5176), H7651 [14SE] (see H.R. 5345), H8551 [29SE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (see S. 2096), S799 [24FE] (see S. 2984), S7840 [27JY]

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

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (see H.R. 5112), H7280 [6SE]

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who receive advanced certification and to exclude from gross income certain amounts received by such teachers (see S. 2479), S3023 [27AP]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (see H.R. 5084), H7209 [27JY]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (see S. 2591), S4190 [18MY]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (see H.R. 4498), H3412 [18MY]

———provide tax relief and modify treatment of members of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (see S. 2230), S1391 [9MR]

———provide that income averaging for farmers shall be applied by taking into account negative taxable income during the base period years (see H.R. 4381), H2605 [4MY]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates (see H.R. 5315), H8405 [27SE]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates and increase the exclusion equivalent of the unified credit (see H.R. 5058), H7208 [27JY]

———reduce interest rate on installment payments of estate tax on closely held business interests (see H.R. 4515), H3648 [23MY]

———reduce the marriage penalty by providing a nonrefundable marriage credit and adjustment to the earned income tax credit (see S. 2305), S1815 [28MR]

———reduce the marriage tax penalty by adjusting standard deduction amounts and the earned income tax credit, and repealing the reduction of refundable tax credits (see H.R. 5170), H7577 [13SE]

———reduce the marriage tax penalty by adjusting the income tax rate brackets, standard deduction amounts, and the earned income tax credit (see S. 2346), S2107 [4AP]

———reduce the marriage tax penalty by providing a nonrefundable marriage credit and adjustment to the earned income tax credit (see S. 2403), S2616 [12AP]

———relief (see H.R. 5542), H11193 [25OC]

———repeal adjusted gross income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemption deduction, and child tax credit and repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals (see H.R. 3612), H339 [10FE]

———repeal and simplify certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2642), S4460 [25MY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (see S. 2005), S86 [26JA] (see H.R. 3594), H254 [8FE]

———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]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (see H.R. 4256), H2238 [12AP] (see H.R. 4986), H7205 [27JY]

———repeal withholding of income taxes and require individuals to pay taxes in monthly installments (see H.R. 4855), H6051 [13JY]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (see S. 3101), S9195 [25SE] (see H.R. 4328), H2339 [13AP]

———restore the right of accrual basis taxpayers to use the installment method for Federal income tax purposes (see H.R. 3568), H208 [2FE]

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (see S. 2825), S6121 [29JN] (see H.R. 5524), H10534 [23OC]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (see S. 2450), S2728 [13AP] (see H.R. 4199), H1956 [6AP] (see H.R. 4230), H2121 [11AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (see H. Res. 473), H2237 [12AP]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (see S. 2344), S2106 [4AP]

———treatment of adoption expenses relative to special needs children (see S. 2456), S2865 [25AP]

———treatment of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (see H.R. 5471), H9900 [12OC]

———treatment of certain Armed Forces retention and reenlistment bonuses (see H.R. 4174), H1763 [4AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (see S. 2608), S4297 [23MY] (see H.R. 4715), H4817 [21JN]

———treatment of certain farm rental income and all payments under the environmental conservation acreage reserve program (see H.R. 4260), H2238 [12AP]

———treatment of certain farmland sold with a principal residence (see H.R. 4421), H2905 [10MY]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (see H.R. 4088, 4089), H1405 [23MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions (see H.R. 4044), H1163 [21MR]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (see H.R. 4719), H5036 [22JN]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (see S. 2601), S4237 [22MY] (see H.R. 4274), H2336 [13AP]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see H.R. 4570), H3868 [25MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (see S. 2887), S7160 [18JY]

———treatment of employee stock purchase plans (see S. 3265), S11423 [31OC]

———treatment of estate taxes on value of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4101), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of gold, silver, and platinum in the same manner as stocks and bonds for purposes of maximum capital gains rates (see S. 2678), S4564 [6JN] (see H.R. 4170), H1763 [4AP]

———treatment of grandparents who provide primary child care services to their grandchildren who are not their dependents (see H.R. 5602), H11620 [30OC]

———treatment of gross income gain on the sale or exchange of certain property restricted to use as farmland (see H.R. 4100), H1476 [28MR]

———treatment of loans under the Rural Electrification Act (see H.R. 5295), H8199 [26SE]

———treatment of medical expenses (see H.R. 5022), H7207 [27JY]

———treatment of national service educational awards (see H.R. 5215), H7871 [19SE]

———treatment of net capital gain of closely held corporations (see H.R. 5569), H11206 [26OC]

———treatment of part-time employees who are eligible for unemployment compensation (see H.R. 3708), H572 [29FE]

———treatment of payments received pursuant to the Declaration on Extraordinary Emergency Because of Plum Pox Virus (see H.R. 5211), H7870 [19SE]

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

———treatment of small businesses (see H.R. 3832), H646 [6MR] (see H.R. 3874), H920 [9MR]

———treatment of tax-exempt use property leased to foreign persons or entities (see H.R. 5213), H7871 [19SE]

———treatment of telecommuting (see S. 2431), S2727 [13AP] (see H.R. 3819), H631 [1MR]

———treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned income tax credit (see S. 2053), S612 [10FE]

———treatment of travel expenses of State legislators (see H.R. 3550), H49 [27JA]

———use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (see S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

———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]

———waive the employee portion of Social Security taxes imposed on individuals who have been diagnosed with cancer or a terminal disease (see H.R. 4265), H2336 [13AP]

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]

Veterans: authorize compensation to surviving spouses and children of certain veterans with a service-connected disability that was continuously rated totally disabling for certain period immediately preceding death (see H.R. 5435), H9634 [10OC]

———improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (see S. 3010), S8105 [6SE]

———increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans (see H.R. 3678), H509 [16FE]

———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]

———provide benefits to merchant mariners who served during a period of war (see H.R. 4720), H5036 [22JN]

———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]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (see S. 2636), S4460 [25MY]

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]

Cloture motions

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2514 [11AP], S2673, S2674, S2699 [13AP]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6296 [30JN]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S775 [24FE]

Conference reports

Agricultural Risk Protection Act (H.R. 2559), H3763-H3804 [24MY]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act (H.R. 4810), H6582-H6586 [19JY]

Minimum Wage Increase, Taxpayer Relief, Medicare, Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Program Corrections, Pain Management Promotion, and Small Business Programs Improvement (H.R. 2614), H10909-H11087 [25OC]

Cost Estimates

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act (H.R. 1658): CBO, H2047-H2049 [11AP]

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]

Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act (H.R. 5): Roth Amendment, S1492 [21MR]

Small Business Tax Accounting Simplification Act (S. 2246), S1421 [9MR]

Explanations

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act (H.R. 4986): Senate Amendment, H11885-H11891 [14NO]

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

Factsheets

Individual Development Accounts—Federal Policy, S5267 [15JN]

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

Letters

Affordable Education Act: Michael A. Resnick, National School Boards Association, S905 [29FE]

Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund use by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors: Senator Grassley, S5100 [14JN]

America's Better Classroom Act: Representative Capps, Nick Hill, and Milagros Macias, H7643 [14SE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support and alimony payments: Howard G. Baldwin, Jr., Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council, S11641 [6DE]

———Kris Reiman, California Family Support Council, S11642 [6DE]

———Laura Kadwell, National Child Support Enforcement Association, S11641 [6DE]

———several law professors, S11625 [6DE]

Bankruptcy treatment of child support payments: Philip L. Strauss, San Francisco, CA, Family Support Bureau, S11437-S11439 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Budget treatment of Social Security trust funds: Dan L. Crippen, CBO, S11051 [26OC]

———Senator Domenici, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S11050 [26OC]

Clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel: Robert S. Wing and William P. Young, International Association of Firefighters Local 64, E680 [9MY]

Clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: John Berry, Dept. of the Interior, H9615 [10OC]

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]

Death Tax Elimination Act, H7719 [18SE]

———Alexander Leventhal, S6609 [13JY]

———Ayron Pickerill, S6424 [11JY]

———Todd M. Kolber, H4156 [9JN]

Deposit Insurance Increase Feasibility Act: Daniel A. Mica, Credit Union National Association, Inc., E1178 [30JN]

———Robert R. Davis, America's Community Bankers (organization), E1178 [30JN]

Eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S1202 [7MR], S2096 [4AP]

———Lindy L. Paull, Committee on Taxation (Joint), S6786 [14JY]

Estate taxes: John M.J. Holliday, E2095 [14NO]

———Todd M. Kolber, H1313 [23MR]

Expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options: Cheryl C. Timberlake, Biotechnology Association of Maine, S9034 [22SE]

———Dan Danner, National Federation of Independent Business, S9034 [22SE]

———Patrick Von Bargen, National Commission on Entrepreneurship, S9034 [22SE]

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: Lawrence H. Summers, Sec. of the Treasury, H11892 [14NO]

———several Representatives, E1480 [14SE]

———Stuart E. Eizenstat, Dept. of the Treasury, H7422 [12SE]

Improve procedures for the adjustment of status of aliens and reduce the backlog of family-sponsored aliens: several business, religious, labor union, and immigration organizations, S4486 [25MY]

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]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act: Roy Riegle, S2603 [12AP]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Charles O. Rossotti, IRS, E1517 [18SE]

Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute Resolution Act: Representative Burton, Committee on Government Reform (House), H10631 [24OC]

———Representative Hyde, Committee on the Judiciary (House), H10631 [24OC]

Minimum wage level: Florence C. Kimball, Friends Committee on National Legislation, H885 [9MR]

———Kathy Thornton, NETWORK (organization), H886 [9MR]

———Kenneth K. Moore, Little Mint, Inc., H1659 [3AP]

———several religious leaders, H885 [9MR]

———Valora Washington, H886 [9MR]

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]

Provide wage-based tax credits in Puerto Rico: several Representatives, H6839 [25JY]

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]

Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act: Martha A. McSteen, National Committee To Preserve Social Security and Medicare, S1488 [21MR]

Small Business Tax Fairness Act: Representative Archer, Committee on Ways and Means (House), H843 [9MR]

———Representative Goodling, Committee on Education and the Workforce (House), H843 [9MR]

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

Structured Settlement Protection Act: John E. Chapoton, John S. Stanton, and Nancy Granese, E1710 [6OC]

Subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance: Charles L. Calkins, Fleet Reserve Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Dennis F. Pierman, Naval Enlisted Reserve Association, S2289 [6AP]

———Edwin Dorn, Dept. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]

———James D. Staton, Air Force Sergeants Association, S2288 [6AP]

———John W. Smart, VFW, S2287 [6AP]

———Joseph A. Violante, DAV, S2287 [6AP]

———Larry D. Rhea, Non Commissioned Officers Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Mark H. Olanoff, Retired Enlisted Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Michael P. Cline, Enlisted Association of the National Guard of the U.S., S2288 [6AP]

———Paul W. Arcari, Retired Officers Association, S2288 [6AP]

———Richard D. Murray, National Association for Uniformed Services, S2287 [6AP]

———Senator Domenici, Committee on the Budget (Senate), S2289, S2290 [6AP]

———Steve A. Robertson, American Legion, S2287 [6AP]

———William S. Cohen, Sec. of Defense, S2290 [6AP]

Tax incentives for farm relief and economic development: Bob Stallman, American Farm Bureau Federation, S6639 [13JY]

Tax treatment of court awards and expenses resulting from employment discrimination claims: Victoria L. Herring, S7163 [18JY]

Tax treatment of employee stock purchase plans: John P. Palafoutas, American Electronics Association, S11424 [31OC]

———Roderic W. Lewis, Micron Technology, Inc., S11424 [31OC]

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

Treatment of any budget surpluses: John D. Podesta, Executive Office of the President, S7415 [21JY]

Treatment of child support and alimony payments in bankruptcy: several women and children advocacy groups, H9838 [12OC]

Worker Economic Opportunity Act: Gary J. Bonadonna, Union of Needletrades, Industrial and Textile Employees, S2582 [12AP], H2444 [3MY]

———James A. Klein, Association of Private Pension and Welfare Plans, H2444 [3MY]

———Mark J. Ugoretz, ERISA Industry Committee, S2582 [12AP], H2445 [3MY]

———Patrick J. Cleary, National Association of Manufacturers, H2444 [3MY]

———R. Bruce Josten, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, S2576 [12AP], H2445 [3MY]

———Rhett B. Dawson, Information Technology Industry Council, H2445 [3MY]

Workforce investment programs funding: J. Thomas Cochran, U.S. Conference of Mayors, S5967 [28JN]

———Larry E. Naake, National Association of Counties, S5968 [28JN]

———Massachusetts Municipal Association, S5969 [28JN]

———Thomas M. Menino, Mayor of Boston, MA, S5968 [28JN]

———U.S. Conference of Mayors, S5966 [28JN]

Lists

Amendments to H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, S6645 [13JY]

Family Business Estate Tax Coalition, S6437 [11JY]

Pending tax cuts in the 106th Congress, S7607 [26JY]

Supporters of S. 2718, Energy Efficient Buildings Incentives Act, E1634 [29SE]

Memorandums

Budget Treatment of Social Security Trust Funds: Stephen C. Goss, SSA, S11050 [26OC]

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]

Veto of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: President Clinton, H7240 [6SE]

Veto of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: President Clinton, H7239 [6SE]

Motions

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6784, S6804 [14JY], S7046, S7047, S7048, S7049, S7050 [17JY], H5877 [12JY], H6434 [18JY]

Economy: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H866 [9MR]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H899 [9MR]

Pensions: reform (H.R. 1102), H6526 [19JY]

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

Social Security: eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1494 [21MR], H1441 [28MR]

Taxation: eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S2965 [27AP], H327 [10FE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6627, S6631, S6636, S6640, S6651, S6663 [13JY], S6768, S6769 [14JY], H4160 [9JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H2277 [13AP]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S919 [29FE], S991 [1MR], S1099 [2MR]

Papers

Death Tax Devastation—Horror Stories From Middle-Class America: William W. Beach, Heritage Foundation, S6772-S6774 [14JY]

Fed's Unnecessary Assault on Wages: Jeff Faux, Economic Policy Institute, E340-E342 [16MR]

Petitions and memorials

California Family Support Council: bankruptcy treatment of child support and alimony payments, S11642 [6DE]

Colorado: marriage tax penalty elimination by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, H314 [10FE]

Poems

``Tax His Cow'', H4153 [9JN]

Press releases

House GOP Minimum Wage Plan Offers $11 in Upper-Income Tax Breaks for Every $1 in Wage Hikes for Low Earners: Citizens for Tax Justice (organization), H858 [9MR]

Stock Option Bill Unanimously Approved by Senate; LPA-Backed Legislation Moves to House: LPA, Inc., H2445 [3MY]

Proposals

Attorney fee payment system: Representative Shaw, E971 [9JN]

Remarks in House

African Americans: relief from Federal tax liability arising from the resolution of discrimination claims by farmers against the Dept. of Agriculture, H11248 [26OC]

Agriculture: emergency assistance to farmers and ranchers, H5785, H5786 [11JY]

———Federal farm policies, H8606 [2OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, E534 [11AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, H3817-H3828, H3857 [25MY], E887, E888 [6JN], E936 [9JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 512), H3816, H3817 [25MY]

Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act: clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (H.R. 4345), H9614-H9616 [10OC], H9841 [12OC]

Architect of the Capitol: class action lawsuit alleging Equal Pay Act violations, H738 [8MR]

Armed Forces: implement an allowance for members subjected to lengthy or numerous deployments, and require studies on tax credits for employers of National Guard members, and the expansion of military programs for youth (H.R. 4208), H6475 [19JY]

———improve pay and retirement equity, H3188, H3189, H3192, H3194 [17MY]

———improve pay for certain enlisted members (H.R. 4313), E576 [13AP]

———payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving parents of members who die during a period of war (H.R. 4709), E1080 [22JN]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, H1009, H1022 [15MR]

Bankruptcy: extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 4718), H5101-H5103 [26JN]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers (H.R. 5540), H11701-H11704 [31OC]

———treatment of child support and alimony payments, H9830, H9834, H9838 [12OC]

Bradenton, FL: selection by Money (publication) as one of the best places to retire in America, E1365 [27JY]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, H1976-H1984 [10AP]

———proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget (H. Res. 467), H2069-H2076 [11AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), H5659, H5661, H5724 [10JY], H5741 [11JY], H5848, H5849, H5858-H5881 [12JY], H6368 [18JY], E1237 [14JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, H6474, H6475 [19JY], H6605, H6609-H6618 [20JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], H7007 [26JY], E1303, E1309 [24JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration (H. Res. 545), H5851-H5856 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of conference report (H. Res. 559), H6606-H6609 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments (H. Res. 553), H6432-H6434 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to instruct conferees, H6434-H6437 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to recommit, H5877-H5880 [12JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, H7240 [6SE], H7507, H7509-H7520 [13SE], E1479 [14SE], E1517 [18SE]

Business and industry: authorize reimbursement payments to employers for employee portable skills training (H.R. 4216), H8680-H8682 [3OC]

———ensure economic equity for women, H20, H21 [27JA]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 2397), E457 [30MR], E711 [11MY], E910 [7JN]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (H.R. 541), E705, E711 [11MY]

———prohibit discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, race, or national origin (H.R. 1271), E705 [11MY], E910 [7JN]

Colleges and universities: employment opportunities upon graduation, H493 [16FE]

Committee on Appropriations (House): appropriations allocation revisions to H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, H5291 [27JN]

Committee on Ways and Means (House): proposal to delegate rewriting of the Internal Revenue Code to a commission, H2127 [12AP]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, H11787 [2NO]

Conservation and Reinvestment Act: condition funding on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H2872-H2875 [10MY], H2949-H2951 [11MY], E779 [19MY]

Courts: establish a new method for fixing rates of basic pay for administrative appeals judges, H6688 [20JY]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), H2040-H2054 [11AP]

Crime: expand civil asset forfeiture provisions relative to alien smuggling (H.R. 3547), E14 [27JA]

Davis-Bacon Act: repeal, H11509, H11510 [29OC]

Democratic Party: national agenda, E2004 [28OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: allow dissemination of statistical information on olive growers and processors (H.R. 4218), E509 [6AP]

———interest payments to certain farmers whose discrimination claims are in arrears, H5783 [11JY]

Dept. of Defense: funding, H1486, H1490, H1492, H1493, H1504, H1509, H1511, H1547-H1552 [29MR]

———privatization of certain military and civilian positions in Guam, H1669-H1671 [3AP], H1988 [10AP]

Dept. of HUD: allow use of Section 8 funds to provide cash assistance for purchase of homes, H1902 [6AP]

———Section 8 housing programs funding, H1350 [23MR]

Dept. of Justice: Federal Prison System salaries and expenses funding reductions relative to INS use of secret evidence in the detention of certain non-citizens, H4997-H5007 [22JN], E1121 [26JN]

———payment of overtime to attorneys, H5047-H5049 [23JN]

———Weed and Seed Program funding, H5151 [26JN]

———Weed and Seed Program funding through reductions in FBI salaries and expenses, H4993 [22JN]

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]

———ensure compensation rates for the service-connected loss of a breast due to a mastectomy are comparable to rates for the loss of use of a creative organ, H6785 [25JY]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits, H4887 [21JN]

———improve outreach program to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (H.R. 3256), H7007 [26JY]

———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]

———residential and business tax credits and incentives, H7924 [20SE]

Domestic policy: effect of political party objectives on the economy, H11866 [13NO]

Economy: increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), H738 [8MR], H760, H761, H762, H792-H879 [9MR], H1083 [16MR], E278 [9MR], E285 [13MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), consideration (H. Res. 434), H773-H792 [9MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), motion to recommit, H876, H877 [9MR]

Education: expand the teacher loan forgiveness programs under the guaranteed and direct student loan programs (H.R. 5319), E1606 [27SE]

———student loan default rates, H10226 [18OC]

Employment: clarify overtime exemption for emergency medical services personnel (H.R. 4405), E680 [9MY]

———limit the number of overtime hours of licensed health care employees (H.R. 5179), E1480 [14SE]

———minimum wage and overtime exemptions for certain employees, H889, H900 [9MR]

Equal Pay Day: observance, H2953, H2955 [11MY]

———observance (H. Con. Res. 318), E633 [4MY], E682 [9MY], E705, E706, E707, E711 [11MY]

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

FAA: correct pay discrepancies for certain air traffic controllers who returned to an interim incentive pay facility after a promotion to another facility, H3449, H3450 [19MY]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify treatment of stock options (H.R. 4109), E455 [30MR]

———clarify treatment of stock options (H.R. 4182), E498 [5AP]

———clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), H2437-H2449 [3MY], E628 [3MY]

———protect employees who seek equal wages (H.R. 4597), E910 [7JN]

Families and domestic relations: demonstration projects to support State and local efforts to provide partial or full wage replacement for childbirth, adoption, or other caregiving needs (H.R. 2500), H7974 [21SE]

———expand tax credits and grant programs to increase affordability, quality, and safety of child care, H3932 [7JN]

———simplify and improve rules governing the distribution of child support collected by States (H.R. 3824), E221 [2MR]

Family and Medical Leave Act: improve implementation and clarify definition of ``serious medical condition'' (H.R. 4499), E788 [19MY]

Federal aid programs: relief for communities in distress due to plant closures, mergers, layoffs, or other economic changes, H4656, H4658 [19JN]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (H.R. 1752), H3482-H3487 [22MY]

———improve operation and administration (S. 2915), H10867-H10871 [25OC]

Federal employees: allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 208), H9519-H9521 [10OC]

———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]

———make percentage limitations on contributions to the Thrift Savings Plan comparable to dollar amount limitations on elective deferrals (H.R. 483), H6519 [19JY]

———make salary contingent on job performance, H1176 [22MR]

———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]

Federal firefighters: make mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers (H.R. 460), H9986-H9989 [17OC]

Federal-State relations: reduce State and local costs due to unfunded Federal mandates relative to minimum wage levels, H879-H881 [9MR]

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (H.R. 4490), E763 [18MY]

———prohibit federally insured institutions from engaging in high-cost payday loans and expand protections for consumers in connection with the making of such loans by uninsured entities (H.R. 3823), E222 [2MR]

———require studies on the impact of increasing the maximum amount of deposit insurance per depositor (H.R. 4603), E1178 [30JN]

Firefighters: authorize equal overtime pay for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations (H.R. 2814), E1605 [27SE]

FRS: impact of interest rates on economic conditions, H3057 [16MY], E340 [16MR]

GAO: study impact of networking and information technology research and development on lower income families, minorities, and women, H405, H406 [15FE]

House of Representatives: legislative priorities, H9458-H9461 [6OC], H10450-H10452 [19OC], H10803-H10805 [24OC], H11594 [30OC]

Housing: strike increase in median household income relative to housing assistance eligibility through community development block grant funds, H1911-H1914 [6AP], E527 [11AP]

Inflation: impact of wage levels on interest rates, H7347 [7SE]

INS: modify rate of basic pay and classification of positions for certain Border Patrol agents, H5015 [22JN]

IRS: burden of proof relative to seizure of property, H226 [8FE]

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

———GAO audit, H635 [2MR]

———reform, H635 [2MR]

———restructure and reform, H1770 [5AP]

Judiciary: status of Federal judges' salaries, H5146, H5147 [26JN]

Law enforcement officers: establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for Secret Service and U.S. Park Police officers (H.R. 4880), E1267 [19JY]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, H6619, H6620, H6631 [20JY]

Merit Systems Protection Board: conduct an alternative dispute resolution pilot program to assist Federal agencies in resolving workplace disputes (H.R. 3312), H10629-H10632 [24OC]

Minimum wage: level, H933 [14MR], H1659 [3AP], H4104, H4105 [8JN], H4297 [13JN], H10537 [24OC], H11209, H11210, H11212, H11213, H11216, H11244, H11245, H11263 [26OC], H11546-H11550, H11552, H11553 [30OC], E305, E310 [14MR], E331 [16MR], E473 [3AP], E1445 [13SE]

———level (H.R. 3846), H738 [8MR], H759, H760, H761, H762, H879-H902 [9MR], E285, E287 [13MR], E344 [16MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), consideration (H. Res. 434), H773-H792 [9MR]

———level (H.R. 3846), corrections in enrollment, H902 [9MR]

OPM: conduct study on allowing certain Federal employees paid parental leave, H6698, H6699 [20JY]

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

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

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

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

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

———reform (H.R. 1102), consideration (H. Res. 557), H6476, H6477 [19JY]

———reform (H.R. 1102), motion to recommit, H6526-H6528 [19JY]

Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc.: annual report, H9820 [12OC]

Poverty: establish a commission to study and make recommendations on marginal tax rates for the working poor (H.R. 3839), E227 [6MR]

Power resources: permit draw down of oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve relative to anticompetitive activities and provide tax credits for certain energy efficiency improvements (H.R. 4043), E364 [21MR]

Public welfare programs: reform, H8747 [4OC]

Puerto Rico: provide wage-based tax credits (H.R. 2138), H6839 [25JY], E1363 [27JY]

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]

Real estate: anniversary of law establishing real estate investment trusts, E1491 [14SE], E1515 [18SE]

SEC: require improved disclosure of after-tax returns relative to mutual fund performance (H.R. 1089), H1648-H1651 [3AP]

Senior citizens: attendance at legal gambling establishments, E901 [6JN]

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

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]

———budget treatment of trust funds, H10, H16 [27JA], H95, H138 [1FE], H169, H170 [2FE], H247 [8FE], H862, H863 [9MR], H1079 [16MR], H1305, H1334, H1335, H1348 [23MR], H1507 [29MR], H2347 [2MY], H4031-H4033 [7JN], H5849 [12JY], H6722 [24JY], H7563 [13SE], H8048-H8050 [25SE], H8066 [26SE], H8282, H8286-H8300, H8306, H8311 [27SE], H8747 [4OC], H9515 [10OC], H9818, H9820, H9894-H9897 [12OC], H10233-H10238 [18OC], H10464-H10468 [19OC], H10477 [23OC], H10536 [24OC], H10813, H10815, H10879 [25OC], H11431-H11435 [27OC], H11511 [29OC], H11710-H11714 [31OC], H11835-H11840 [3NO]

———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 5670), E2215 [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]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), H379 [15FE], H458, H459, H491 [16FE], H518, H547-H552 [29FE], H578, H579, H580, H582-H603, H617-H621, H628 [1MR], H1421 [28MR], H2109 [11AP], H2332 [13AP], E222 [2MR], E228 [6MR], E240 [8MR], E258, E262, E273 [9MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), Senate amendment, H1441-H1447 [28MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), unanimous-consent agreement, H580-H582 [1MR]

———enhance privacy protections for individuals, prevent fraudulent misuse of account numbers, and provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees (H.R. 4857), E1270 [19JY]

———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]

———improve the payment system for representation of claimants (H.R. 4633), E956, E970 [9JN]

———payroll taxes, H10815 [25OC]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), H4708-H4714 [20JN], H5100 [26JN]

———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]

———reduce payroll taxes, H10233-H10238 [18OC]

———reform, H2415 [3MY], 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]

———use of trust funds' surplus to pay down national debt, H2738 [9MY]

Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission: establish (H.R. 4714), E1069 [21JN]

SSI: denial of benefits to convicted criminals while confined, H1769 [5AP]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, H2414 [3MY]

Taxation: allow a credit against income tax for certain audio or video postproduction equipment (H.R. 5497), E1840 [19OC]

———allow a credit to individuals attaining age 65 for certain drug and health insurance expenses (H.R. 4234), H2019 [11AP]

———allow a refundable credit to certain low-income members of the uniformed services (H.R. 1055), H191 [2FE], H240 [8FE], H416 [15FE], H736 [8MR], H1050, H1051 [15MR], H1249 [22MR], H1417 [28MR], H1732 [4AP], H2634 [8MY], H5816 [11JY]

———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 an exclusion from gross income for certain amounts of capital gains distributions from regulated investment companies (H.R. 4723), E1090 [23JN]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation for the anthracite region of Pennsylvania, H6825 [25JY]

———allow an income tax credit to holders of bonds issued to finance land and water reclamation for the anthracite region of Pennsylvania (H.R. 4314), E2001 [28OC]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (H. 4379), E633 [4MY]

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

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts (H.R. 957), H4153 [9JN]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs incurred in establishing a qualified employer plan, H6517 [19JY]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 1710), E345 [16MR]

———allow tax credits for certain elementary and secondary school expenses and contributions to charitable school-tuition organizations (H.R. 936), E271 [9MR], E1919 [25OC]

———allow tax credits for public and nonpublic elementary and secondary education expenses (H.R. 935), E117 [10FE], E271 [9MR], E1919 [25OC]

———alternative minimum tax rates, H5866-H5870, H5872-H5875 [12JY]

———clarify exemption from the self-employment tax for termination payments received by former life insurance salesmen (H.R. 5444), E1752 [12OC]

———clarify that personal service corporations may continue to use the cash method of accounting (H.R. 4383), E646 [4MY]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (H.R. 5117), H8068-H8072 [26SE]

———condition phase-out and repeal of estate and gift taxes on solvency of Social Security and Medicare and public debt reduction, H4078, H4081-H4085 [8JN], H4132, H4135, H4138, H4145 [9JN], E974 [12JN]

———condition repeal of excise tax on telephone use and other communications services on solvency of Social Security and Medicare, H3834 [25MY]

———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]

———eliminate capital gains on the sale of certain homes, H2107 [11AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty, H8204 [27SE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, H3162-H3164 [16MY], H8788 [4OC], H9639 [11OC]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), H15 [27JA], H71-H77 [31JA], H91-H93, H96, H143-H149 [1FE], H167, H169, H170, H171, H192-H199 [2FE], H223, H226 [8FE], H258, H259, H260-H275 [9FE], H291-H330, H337 [10FE], H345, H361, H362 [14FE], H378, H379 [15FE], H459, H490 [16FE], H515, H547-H552 [29FE], H1083 [16MR], H2332 [13AP], H2416 [3MY], E39 [1FE], E77 [8FE], E99 [9FE], E133 [14FE], E140, E146 [15FE], E156 [16FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), consideration (H. Res. 419), H281-H291 [10FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), motion to recommit, H327, H328 [10FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent request, H327 [10FE]

———encourage the granting of employee stock options (H.R. 4972), E1339 [27JY]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax (H.R. 5040), E1393 [27JY]

———equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes (S. 893), H10632-H10634 [24OC]

———establish a commission to review and make recommendations to Congress on reform and simplification of the Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 5027), E1378 [27JY]

———establish individual development accounts to allow those with limited means to accumulate assets, access education, own homes and businesses, and achieve economic self-sufficiency, H6826 [25JY]

———exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations, E1999 [28OC]

———expand child tax credit, H9639 [11OC]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors, H7312 [7SE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (H.R. 4071), E397 [23MR]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools, H2756 [9MY], H11246, H11252, H11254, H11263 [26OC], H11410, H11414 [27OC], H11452, H11465, H11469, H11470 [28OC], H11506, H11508-H11511 [29OC], H11532 [30OC], H11835-H11840 [3NO]

———expand incentives for the construction and renovation of public schools (H.R. 4094), H1833 [5AP], H2553, H2554 [4MY], H6036 [13JY], H7641, H7642, H7645 [14SE], H10224, H10225, H10228, H10229 [18OC], H10875, H10880, H10881, H10884 [25OC], H11356 [26OC], E906 [7JN]

———expand the tip tax credit to employers of cosmetologists and promote tax compliance in the cosmetology sector (H.R. 5506), E1916 [25OC]

———extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses (H.R. 4512), E805 [22MY]

———impose excise tax on persons who acquire structured settlement payments in factoring transactions (H.R. 5421), E1710 [6OC]

———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]

———increase charitable contribution deduction, and allow such deductions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (H.R. 969), H138 [1FE]

———increase estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (H.R. 4562), E857 [25MY]

———make marriage tax penalty relief contingent on Social Security and Medicare solvency certification and public debt elimination, H314, H315, H318-H327 [10FE], H5866, H5869-H5871, H5874-H5877 [12JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, H547-H552 [29FE], H846, H849, H859, H862, H864 [9MR], H933, H939 [14MR], H2105 [11AP], H5730-H5732 [10JY], H11593 [30OC]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), H362 [14FE], H3911 [6JN], H3931, H3932, H3933, H3934, H3935, H4024-H4031 [7JN], H4047, H4108-H4115 [8JN], H4123, H4124, H4125, H4126, H4127, H4128-H4164, H4169 [9JN], H5850 [12JY], H6474, H6588-H6593 [19JY], H6758-H6764 [24JY], E941 [9JN], E974, E975, E977 [12JN], E1008, E1009 [14JN], E1364 [27JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), consideration (H. Res. 519), H4077-H4087 [8JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to recommit, H4161-H4163 [9JN]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, H7220, H7241, H7247, H7259-H7264 [6SE], H7284, H7285, H7322-H7335, H7351-H7357 [7SE], H7719 [18SE], E1504 [18SE]

———prevent companies from reinsuring income in Bermuda or other tax havens to avoid paying U.S. income tax (H.R. 4192), E504 [6AP]

———prohibit denial of unemployment compensation solely on the basis of leaving employment due to a reasonable fear of domestic violence, H8099 [26SE]

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

———provide for increased fairness to taxpayers (H.R. 4163), H2018, H2020, H2057-H2069 [11AP], E554, E559 [13AP], E614 [2MY]

———provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (H.R. 5159), E1882 [23OC]

———provide incentives to encourage small business health plans (H.R. 5184), E1495 [14SE]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption, H1241-H1243 [22MR]

———provide incentives to reduce energy consumption (H.R. 5345), E1633, E1636 [29SE]

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

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

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers (H.R. 937), E271 [9MR], E1919 [25OC]

———provide tax credits to promote home ownership among low-income individuals (H.R. 5084), E1385 [27JY]

———provide tax incentives to enhance long-term care and convene a National Summit on Long-Term Care (H.R. 4498), H3400 [18MY]

———provide that income averaging for farmers shall be applied by taking into account negative taxable income during the base period years, H5555 [29JN]

———rates, H10, H13 [27JA], H82 [31JA], H259 [9FE], H1000, H1002 [15MR], H1081 [16MR], H1306, H1312-H1322, H1393 [23MR], H1677 [4AP], H1770, H1838 [5AP], H1948-H1953 [6AP], H2104 [11AP], H2126, H2128 [12AP], H2246, H2255, H2256, H2330-H2334 [13AP], H2416, H2501 [3MY], H2554 [4MY], H2974 [15MY], H3162-H3164 [16MY], H4227, H4294, H4296 [13JN], H4345 [14JN], H6091-H6097 [17JY], H6361, H6362, H6441-H6448 [18JY], H6588 [19JY], H7006 [26JY], H8056-H8058 [25SE], H8293-H8300 [27SE], H8442 [28SE], H8788 [4OC], H10405 [19OC], H10815 [25OC], H11247, H11251 [26OC], H11410 [27OC], H11451 [28OC], H12053 [8DE], H12485 [15DE], E1218 [13JY], E1994 [28OC]

———reduce estate and gift tax rates, H8788 [4OC]

———reduce individual income tax rates, provide marriage penalty and estate and gift tax relief, reduce taxes on savings and investments, and establish incentives for education and health care (H.R. 2488), veto, H2501 [3MY], H7220 [6SE], H7379 [12SE]

———reform laws and filing procedures, H1000 [15MR], H1948-H1953 [6AP]

———relief, H11209-H11216, H11228, H11243, H11244, H11245, H11250 [26OC], H11366, H11414 [27OC], H11505, H11506, H11508 [29OC], H11532 [30OC], H11835-H11840 [3NO], E2004 [28OC]

———repeal adjusted gross income limitations on itemized deductions, personal exemption deduction, and child tax credit and repeal the alternative minimum tax on individuals (H.R. 3612), E109 [10FE]

———repeal estate and gift taxes, H3162-H3164 [16MY]

———repeal income tax, abolish the IRS, and institute a national retail sales tax, H168 [2FE], H459 [16FE], H4596 [19JN], H6782 [25JY]

———repeal income tax and institute a national sales tax, H704 [8MR], H2020 [11AP]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), H239 [8FE], H12097-H12100 [15DE], E94 [8FE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), unanimous-consent agreement, H12082 [13DE]

———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]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), H7377-H7379, H7416-H7431 [12SE], H11881-H11899 [14NO], E1465, E1472 [13SE], E1480 [14SE], E1536 [20SE]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 1041), H2127, H2128 [12AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), H1948-H1953 [6AP], H2267-H2282 [13AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), consideration (H. Res. 473), H2259-H2267 [13AP]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code (H.R. 4199), motion to recommit, H2277-H2279 [13AP]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (H.R. 4715), E1070 [21JN]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (H.R. 4088), E411 [23MR], E417 [27MR]

———treatment of certain gifts and benefits provided to physicians by prescription drug manufacturers (H.R. 4089), H2280 [13AP], E411 [23MR], E417 [27MR], E886 [6JN]

———treatment of charitable contributions to public charities for use in medical research (H.R. 4719), E1091 [23JN]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use, H2970 [15MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (H.R. 4274), H2333 [13AP], H2640 [8MY], H3477 [22MY], H4223 [13JN], H7741 [19SE], H7937 [21SE], E577 [13AP]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (H.R. 7), H1419, H1420, H1455-H1461 [28MR], H1482, H1483, H1484 [29MR]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), E345 [16MR]

———treatment of interest on student loans (H.R. 1196), H2731 [9MY]

———treatment of medical savings accounts, H12485 [15DE]

———treatment of net capital gain of closely held corporations (H.R. 5569), E1955 [26OC]

———treatment of small businesses, E1445 [13SE]

———treatment of telecommuting (H.R. 3819), E207 [1MR]

Technology: impact on economy, H2637-H2641 [8MY]

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: clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans (H.R. 4345), E561 [13AP]

———increase burial and funeral allowance for certain veterans (H.R. 3678), E157 [16FE]

———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]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (H.R. 2660), H9944 [17OC]

Remarks in Senate

Agriculture: Federal farm policies, S312-S314 [3FE], S346-S348 [7FE], S483 [8FE], S1626 [23MR], S1807-S1809 [28MR], S4219 [22MY], S10608-S10611 [17OC]

———improve financial situation of family farmers and ranchers, S1443-S1447 [20MR]

———relief for agricultural producers adversely affected by low commodity prices and weather, S10522 [13OC]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program, S2064 [4AP]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), S1628-S1642 [23MR]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report, S4337 [24MY], S4416-S4443 [25MY], S5100 [14JN]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S4412 [25MY]

———strengthen safety net for agricultural producers and improve efficiency and integrity of the Federal crop insurance program (H.R. 2559), insert S. 2251 language in lieu, S1628 [23MR]

———use of Agriculture Marketing Equity Capital Fund by independent grain and livestock producers for business developments with packers and processors, S5100 [14JN]

Alaska: increase the Federal medical assistance percentage (S. 2693), S4820 [8JN]

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

———ensure equitable treatment of members of the National Guard and reserve components relative to special duty assignment pay, S5073 [14JN], S10378 [12OC]

———establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance, S2286-S2290, S2295 [6AP], S4537-S4541 [6JN]

———establish a special subsistence allowance for certain members of the uniformed services who are eligible to receive food stamp assistance (S. 2322), S1905 [29MR]

———extend food stamp eligibility requirements to members stationed overseas, S5071 [14JN], S5236 [15JN]

———improve pay for certain enlisted members, S4736 [8JN]

———retention of members relative to advancement and salary opportunities, S748 [23FE]

Aviation: allow families of international airline disaster victims a fair jury trial to receive just compensation for their loss, S1265 [8MR]

Bankruptcy: establish needs-based filing system relative to income levels, S135 [31JA]

———extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, S6249 [30JN], S10775 [19OC], S11632 [6DE], S11688, S11727 [7DE]

———treatment of child support and alimony payments, S136 [31JA], S11552 [5DE], S11624, S11639-S11642 [6DE], S11697, S11724, S11725, S11727, S11728 [7DE]

———treatment of child support payments, S11437-S11442 [31OC], S11462 [1NO]

Budget: ensure Medicare coverage of prescription drugs prior to consideration of any tax cuts, S2087-S2094 [4AP], S2145-S2155 [5AP], S2667, S2678 [13AP]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S6781-S6828, S6987-S6989 [14JY], S7002-S7007, S7009, S7012-S7014, S7043-S7055 [17JY], S7084, S7103-S7109 [18JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report, S7218-S7223 [19JY], S7379-S7382 [20JY], S7409-S7416, S7417 [21JY], S7500-S7502, S7536 [25JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), conference report—unanimous-consent agreement, S7379 [20JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), motion to commit, S6784 [14JY], S7044 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), unanimous-consent agreement, S7043 [17JY]

———reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), veto, S8494 [13SE], S8624 [15SE]

———treatment of trust funds relative to deficit and surplus forecasts, S601-S603 [10FE], S784-S787 [24FE]

Civil rights: improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex, S6789, S6837 [14JY], S7047 [17JY]

———improve remedies for discrimination in the payment of wages based on sex (S. 74), S1382 [9MR]

Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Senate): tribute to staff for efforts on Agricultural Risk Protection Act, S4441, S4442 [25MY]

Congress: accomplishments of the 106th Congress, S10962 [25OC], S11350 [30OC]

Conservation of energy: incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S2036 [3AP]

Courts: improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures, S10919 [24OC]

———improve procedures for Federal civil forfeitures (H.R. 1658), S1753-S1762 [27MR]

Credit: protect consumers from payday lenders demanding exorbitant interest rates and participating in other unfair practices, S53-S55 [26JA], S168-S178, S190 [1FE]

———require credit card companies to disclose information on balance payment terms and conditions, S143 [31JA]

Democratic Party: national agenda, S122-S124 [31JA], S8785-S8787 [20SE], S10048 [6OC]

Dept. of Agriculture: extend Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate (S. 2996), S7912 [27JY]

Dept. of HHS: report to Congress on extent and severity of child poverty, S1009-S1013 [1MR], S4765-S4767 [8JN], S10344 [12OC]

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

———workforce investment programs funding, S5963-S5971, S5979 [28JN]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: improve outreach programs to more fully inform veterans of available benefits (S. 2953), S7845 [27JY]

———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]

Economy: impact of Government on current economic prosperity, S11053 [26OC]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses, S1553 [22MR], S2406, S2407 [7AP]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), S1554-S1556 [22MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), placed on the calendar, S1619 [23MR]

———increase minimum wage and provide tax benefits for small businesses (H.R. 3081), unanimous-consent request, S1554 [22MR]

Education: establish a demonstration project to increase salaries and benefits for teachers who enter into contracts to serve as master teachers (S. 2929), S7672 [26JY]

———promote student loan repayment programs to encourage employment with the Federal Government, S11488 [1NO]

———promote teacher and principal quality and professional development, S1090-S1092, S1094 [2MR]

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]

European Union: World Trade Organization ruling on export subsidies, S11454, S11455, S11457-S11459 [1NO]

Fair Labor Standards Act: clarify provisions relative to the use of accrued compensatory time by certain public employees (S. 3159), S9861 [4OC]

———clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), S1906-S1908, S1924 [29MR], S2575-S2586 [12AP]

———clarify treatment of stock options (S. 2323), unanimous-consent agreement, S2565, S2568 [12AP]

———prohibit retaliation and confidentiality policies relative to employee wage disclosures (S. 2966), S7862 [27JY]

Families and domestic relations: permit States with proven cost-effective and efficient child support collection systems to continue operation (S. 2349), S2114 [4AP]

Federal courts: improve operation and administration (S. 2915), S7544 [25JY], S10844-S10848 [19OC], S11278 [27OC]

Federal Deposit Insurance Act: require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (S. 2589), S11897 [15DE]

———require periodic cost-of-living adjustments to the maximum amount of deposit insurance available (S. 2798), S5905 [27JN]

Federal employees: allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan (H.R. 208), S7455, S7456 [21JY]

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

Financial institutions: establish a program to promote access to financial services for low- and moderate-income individuals (S. 2592), S4201 [18MY]

Foreign trade: provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co. (S. 2611), S4316 [23MY]

Government: eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges (S. 3075), S8823 [20SE]

Housing: delegate the primary responsibility for the preservation and expansion of affordable low-income housing to States and localities (S. 3033), S8417 [12SE]

Investments: establish Individual Development Accounts for certain individuals and families (S. 2740), S5264-S5267 [15JN]

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

IRS: enforcement of child support obligations and repeal of provisions on State enforcement requirements (S. 2288), S1680 [23MR]

Legislative branch of the Government: eliminate cost-of-living adjustments for certain legislative branch workers, S3823 [10MY]

Los Angeles, CA: strike by janitors for fair pay increases, S2852 [25AP]

Medicare: adjust wages and wage-related costs for certain items and services furnished in geographically reclassified hospitals (S. 2241), S1414 [9MR]

Members of Congress: deny cost-of-living adjustments, S8739 [19SE]

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]

Minimum wage: level, S253 [2FE], S373 [7FE], S1941, S1942 [30MR], S2406, S2407 [7AP], S2852 [25AP], S4345 [24MY], S4513, S4514 [6JN], S7085 [18JY], S7485-S7487 [24JY], S7505, S7506 [25JY], S7978-S7980 [5SE], S8794-S8798 [20SE], S8879 [21SE], S9401 [27SE], S11104, S11108 [26OC], S11218 [27OC], S11326, S11332, S11333 [29OC]

———level (S. 2284), S1655-S1659, S1660 [23MR]

———level (S. 2284), placed on the calendar, S1695 [27MR]

National Affordable Housing Trust Fund: establish to provide decent, safe, and affordable housing for low-income families, S6646-S6648 [13JY]

National Association of Real Estate Investment Trusts: anniversary, S8635 [15SE]

National Centers for Distance Working: establish (S. 2447), S2765 [13AP], S7440 [21JY]

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

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

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

———reform, S11108 [26OC]

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

Postal Service: amend pay policies and schedules and fringe benefit programs for postmasters (S. 2703), S4846 [8JN]

Poverty: enhance flexibility in individual development account programs to encourage savings for poor working families (S. 3214), S10718 [18OC]

Public welfare programs: establish asset-based welfare policies (S. 2023), S287 [2FE], S374 [7FE]

Real estate: anniversary of law establishing real estate investment trusts, S8635 [15SE]

Senate: return of certain treaties to the President (S. Res. 267), S10499 [12OC]

Social Security: age eligibility for full unreduced old-age benefits, S1489-S1494 [21MR]

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

———budget treatment of trust funds, S348 [7FE], S459, S460 [8FE], S1533, S1535, S1539 [22MR], S1702 [27MR], S2031 [3AP], S2063, S2078 [4AP], S2177, S2179-S2190, S2193, S2266 [5AP], S2279 [6AP], S2386, S2410, S2433 [7AP], S2663, S2690 [13AP], S3684 [9MY], S3938-S3940 [15MY], S4243-S4253 [23MY], S4339 [24MY], S4515-S4518 [6JN], S4943 [12JN], S5317 [19JN], S6054, S6057-S6067 [29JN], S10141 [10OC], S10264 [11OC], S10901, S10903-S10906 [24OC], S10960-S10962 [25OC], S11045-S11052, S11082, S11098-S11100, S11111-S11113 [26OC], S11350, S11360-S11365 [30OC]

———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 1259), S8160, S8161 [7SE]

———budget treatment of trust funds (H.R. 1259), unanimous-consent request, S8492 [13SE]

———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]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), S1203 [7MR], S1441, S1442, S1450-S1453 [20MR], S1473, S1474, S1483-S1503 [21MR], S1533-S1541 [22MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), placed on calendar, S1155 [2MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (H.R. 5), unanimous-consent agreement, S1429 [9MR]

———eliminate earnings test for retirement age individuals (S. 2074), S680-S682 [22FE]

———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]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms, S2385, S2394, S2395 [7AP]

———protect Social Security and Medicare surpluses through strengthened budgetary enforcement mechanisms (H.R. 3859), S5580 [21JN], S5654, S5710 [22JN]

———provide additional safeguards for certain beneficiaries with representative payees (S. 2477), S3024 [27AP]

———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]

———treatment under balanced budget constitutional amendment (S.J. Res. 38), S290 [2FE]

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]

———require publications to include additional information on Social Security's current and future solvency (S. 2364), S2239-S2242 [5AP]

Tax Freedom Day: observance, S3324 [3MY]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for long-term care, S6660-S6662 [13JY]

———allow an investment credit by farmers for value-added agricultural property (S. 2746), S5271 [15JN]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials, S848, S861 [28FE], S919-S921 [29FE]

———allow credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who provide classroom materials (S. 2012), S113 [27JA]

———allow deduction for charitable contributions to individuals who do not itemize other deductions (S. 2077), S682 [22FE]

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

———allow eligible individuals to elect to pay 15 percent tax on income with a tax return free filing system and reduce burdens of marriage penalty and alternative minimum tax (S. 3087), S8936, S8949 [21SE]

———allow Farm and Ranch Risk Management Accounts, S11471 [1NO]

———allow fishermen to use income averaging and extend credits to assist in the purchase of fishing safety equipment (S. 2605), S4298 [23MY]

———allow married couples to file combined return under which each spouse is taxed using rates applicable to single filers (S. 15), S308-S312 [3FE], S2671 [13AP]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses, S7049 [17JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 2964), S7858 [27JY]

———allow small employers a tax credit for costs paid or incurred for employee health insurance expenses (S. 2994), S7909 [27JY]

———allow tax credit to holders of qualified bonds issued by an intercity passenger rail carrier, S11205 [27OC]

———alternative minimum tax rates, S7002-S7006 [17JY]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting, S11108 [26OC]

———clarify that certain small businesses that use merchandise or inventory are permitted to use the cash method of accounting (S. 2246), S1419 [9MR]

———clarify the child credit allowance, the personal exemptions deduction, and the earned income credit for missing children (S. 3105), S9200 [25SE]

———credit for health insurance costs (S. 2320), S1901-S1904 [29MR]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts, S6649-S6651 [13JY], S6770-S6772 [14JY]

———designate renewal communities, provide tax credits to investors seeking to provide capital to create new markets in low-income communities, and establish Individual Development Accounts (S. 2779), S5684 [22JN]

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

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts, S1166, S1167 [6MR], S1201-S1203 [7MR], S1270 [8MR], S1481 [21MR], S1847-S1849 [29MR], S1974-S1976 [30MR], S2071, S2072, S2078, S2085, S2086, S2093, S2095 [4AP], S2151, S2152, S2155, S2195 [5AP], S2278, S2279, S2282 [6AP], S6785 [14JY], S7046 [17JY]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), S710 [23FE], S2030 [3AP], S2451, S2453, S2455 [10AP], S2506-S2514, S2517-S2520 [11AP], S2566-S2575, S2587, S2588, S2590-S2604 [12AP], S2661-S2674 [13AP], S2949, S2956-S2966 [27AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), cloture motion, S2514-S2517 [11AP], S2699 [13AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent agreement, S2509 [11AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting income tax rate brackets and standard deduction amounts (H.R. 6), unanimous-consent request, S2514 [11AP], S2668 [13AP]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by adjusting standard deduction amounts (S. 12), S308-S312 [3FE]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty by increasing income phaseout thresholds for education savings accounts, S1045-S1049, S1082 [2MR]

———eliminate marriage tax penalty for couples deducting casualty losses, S6798 [14JY]

———ensure that income averaging for farmers does not increase a farmer's liability for the alternative minimum tax, S11471 [1NO]

———ensure that income averaging for fishermen does not increase their liability for the alternative minimum tax and establish risk management savings accounts for fishermen (S. 2203), S1236-S1238 [7MR]

———equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes (S. 893), S9552, S9553 [28SE]

———exclude from gross income discharges of indebtedness attributable to certain forgiven residential mortgage obligations (S. 2555), S3947 [15MY]

———exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income (S. 3285), S11929 [15DE]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses, S6799 [14JY], S7050 [17JY]

———exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income if used to pay long-term care expenses (S. 2066), S624 [10FE]

———exclusion of gain from the sale of a principal residence and the sale of farmland, S6815 [14JY]

———expand child tax credit (S. 2903), S7448 [21JY]

———expand child tax credit (S. 3138), S9474, S9475 [28SE]

———expand Federal tax refund intercept program for parents delinquent on child support to cover children who are not minors (S. 2747), S5308 [16JN]

———expand the exclusion for qualified small business stock and increase the annual limit for incentive stock options (S. 3096), S9033-S9035 [22SE]

———extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses (S. 3111), S9269 [26SE]

———impose a windfall profit tax on oil to fund heating assistance for consumers and small business owners (S. 3118), S9384 [27SE], S10992 [25OC]

———incentives for education (S. 13), S1166 [6MR], S11465 [1NO]

———incentives for education (S. 13), unanimous-consent request, S11465 [1NO]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources, S9350, S9351 [27SE]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (S. 1833), S1541 [22MR]

———incentives to encourage production and use of efficient energy sources (S. 2904), S7448 [21JY]

———limit tax breaks for certain high-income individuals relative to concurrent budget resolution tax reduction package, S2141 [4AP]

———phase in a full estate tax deduction for family-owned business interests (S. 3098), S9035 [22SE]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes, S2278, S2279, S2282 [6AP], S6323 [10JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), S6295, S6296 [30JN], S6329-S6334 [10JY], S6586-S6591, S6600-S6669 [13JY], S6767-S6781, S6817 [14JY], S7012-S7014 [17JY], S7084, S7085, S7150 [18JY], S7500-S7502 [25JY], S7608 [26JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), motion to proceed, S6296, S6297 [30JN], S6403-S6408, S6411, S6448 [11JY], S6485-S6497 [12JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent agreement, S6497 [12JY], S6644, S6645 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), unanimous-consent request, S6764 [13JY]

———phase-out and repeal estate and gift taxes (H.R. 8), veto, S7998 [5SE], S8099 [6SE], S8633 [15SE]

———prevent the duplication of losses through the assumption of liabilities giving rise to a deduction (S. 2354), S2116 [4AP]

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

———provide a credit against income tax for certain charitable conservation contributions of land by small farmers and ranchers (S. 3134), S9473 [28SE]

———provide a credit for certain expenditures to rehabilitate historic performing arts facilities (S. 3259), S11256 [27OC]

———provide a credit for energy efficient appliances (S. 2939), S7687, S7688 [26JY]

———provide a uniform dollar limitation for transportation fringe benefits excludable from gross income (S. 2083), S687 [22FE]

———provide for a tax deferral on gain from the sale of certain telecommunications businesses or tax incentives to promote ownership diversity (S. 3235), S11003 [25OC]

———provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums (S. 3004), S8023 [5SE]

———provide incentives for advanced teacher certification, S6614-S6617 [13JY]

———provide incentives for older Americans to remain in the workforce beyond the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits (S. 2085), S689 [22FE], S1534 [22MR]

———provide incentives for older Americans to remain in the workforce beyond the age of eligibility for full Social Security benefits (S. 2086), S689 [22FE], S1534 [22MR]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (S. 2096), S809 [24FE]

———provide income tax credit to long-term caregivers (S. 2984), S7898 [27JY]

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

———provide tax credit for elementary and secondary school teachers who receive advanced certification and to exclude from gross income certain amounts received by such teachers (S. 2479), S3025 [27AP]

———provide tax credit for families who adopt special needs children, S2608, S2609 [12AP]

———provide tax incentives for the purchase of alternative fuel vehicles and the retail sale of alternative fuels (S. 2591), S4199-S4201 [18MY]

———provide tax relief and modify treatment of members of a Reserve component of the Armed Forces (S. 2230), S1399 [9MR]

———provide tax relief for farmers, S6795 [14JY]

———rates, S317 [3FE], S458, S459 [8FE], S600 [10FE], S1166 [6MR], S1272-S1274, S1285 [8MR], S1473 [21MR], S1696-S1698, S1700, S1702 [27MR], S2030, S2031 [3AP], S2058, S2060, S2061, S2063, S2065, S2069, S2072, S2076, S2141 [4AP], S2161, S2265-S2267 [5AP], S2270-S2273, S2278-S2285, S2294, S2295 [6AP], S2391 [7AP], S2676, S2681, S2689 [13AP], S4514 [6JN], S6103 [29JN], S7084, S7085, S7112-S7117 [18JY], S7429-S7431 [21JY], S7466 [24JY], S7500-S7502, S7506, S7507, S7508, S7509 [25JY], S7587-S7589, S7607, S7627 [26JY], S8620-S8623 [15SE], S9793-S9795 [4OC], S9918, S9923 [5OC], S10654 [18OC], S10748 [19OC], S11101-S11103, S11111-S11113 [26OC], S11267-S11269, S11279 [27OC], S11351-S11353, S11359 [30OC]

———reform laws and filing procedures, S2081-S2083 [4AP], S2700, S2706 [13AP]

———relief, S11104, S11106, S11108 [26OC], S11194-S11205, S11207, S11217-S11230 [27OC], S11300-S11303, S11305 [28OC], S11320-S11322, S11324-S11329, S11332 [29OC], S11359 [30OC], S11455-S11457 [1NO]

———repeal and simplify certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code (S. 2642), S4475-S4477 [25MY]

———repeal estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes (S. 1128), S5101 [14JN]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method, S6811 [14JY], S7103 [18JY]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (H.R. 3594), unanimous-consent agreement, S11940 [15DE]

———repeal modification of capital gains tax payments relative to small businesses sold on the installment sales method (S. 2005), S88 [26JA], S147 [31JA]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations, S11326 [29OC]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), S11450-S11455, S11457-S11459 [1NO]

———repeal the exclusion of certain income of foreign sales corporations (H.R. 4986), unanimous-consent request, S9445 [28SE], S9823 [4OC]

———restore deductions for expenses relative to services performed by military reservists (S. 3101), S9197 [25SE]

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

———strengthen effectiveness of earned income tax credit in reducing child poverty and promoting work (S. 2825), S6137 [29JN]

———terminate Internal Revenue Code and abolish IRS, S1285 [8MR]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate, S6639 [13JY], S6815 [14JY]

———treat payments under the Conservation Reserve Program as rentals from real estate (S. 2344), S10995 [25OC]

———treatment of adoption expenses relative to special needs children, S10977 [25OC], S11070 [26OC], S11204 [27OC], S11300-S11303 [28OC]

———treatment of certain expenses of rural letter carriers relative to the business use of a personal vehicle (S. 2608), S4313 [23MY]

———treatment of certain qualified personal service provider income, S3867 [11MY]

———treatment of computers provided to employees for personal use (S. 2601), S4238 [22MY]

———treatment of damages and back pay received on account of, and expenses incurred in, asserting any claim of employment discrimination (S. 2887), S7163, S7164 [18JY]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), S713-S736 [23FE], S758, S774, S775, S777, S778 [24FE], S847-S862 [28FE], S899-S924 [29FE], S983-S1003, S1005-S1018 [1MR], S1045-S1111 [2MR], S1170 [6MR], S1384 [9MR]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), technical corrections, S1111 [2MR]

———treatment of education individual retirement accounts relative to elementary and secondary school expenses (S. 1134), unanimous-consent agreement, S1056 [2MR]

———treatment of employee stock purchase plans (S. 3265), S11423 [31OC]

———treatment of higher education costs and savings accounts for college expenses, S1008 [1MR]

———treatment of higher education expenses and interest on student loans, S724 [23FE], S850 [28FE], S6614-S6617 [13JY]

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

———treatment of personal property damage relative to Presidentially declared disaster areas, S6798 [14JY]

———treatment of small businesses (S. 1867), S251 [2FE]

———treatment of Social Security benefits, S6640-S6642, S6644 [13JY]

———treatment of telecommuting (S. 2431), S2741 [13AP]

———treatment of the marriage tax penalty relative to earned income tax credit (S. 2053), S616 [10FE]

———use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds (S. 2714), S5027 [13JN]

———use of surplus or tax increases to fund expansion of education individual retirement accounts, S1049-S1054, S1068 [2MR]

U.S. Park Police: establish new pay rates and compensation schedules for officers, S9684 [3OC]

Veterans: improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care (S. 3010), S8111 [6SE]

———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]

Veterans Health Administration: ensure pay parity between dentists and physicians (S. 2636), S4465 [25MY]

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

Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 2559) (H. Rept. 106-639), H3812 [24MY]

Allow Federal Employees To Contribute Rollover Distributions to Thrift Savings Plan Accounts and Eliminate the Waiting-Period Requirements for Participation: Committee on Governmental Affairs (Senate) (H.R. 208) (S. Rept. 106-343), S6677 [13JY]

Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (H.R. 1658), S1671 [23MR]

Competitive Market Supervision Act: Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs (Senate) (S. 2107) (S. Rept. 106-360), S7542 [25JY]

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 Conference Report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 512) (H. Rept. 106-640), H3812 [24MY]

Consideration of Conference Report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 559) (H. Rept. 106-766), H6598 [19JY]

Consideration of H.R. 6, Marriage Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 419) (H. Rept. 106-495), H253 [8FE]

Consideration of H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 519) (H. Rept. 106-658), H4034 [7JN]

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. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 106-516), H755 [8MR]

Consideration of H.R. 3846, Minimum Wage Level: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 434) (H. Rept. 106-516), H755 [8MR]

Consideration of H.R. 4199, Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 473) (H. Rept. 106-576), H2237 [12AP]

Consideration of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 545) (H. Rept. 106-726), H5842 [11JY]

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

Consideration of Motion To Go to Conference on Senate Amendments to H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res. 553) (H. Rept. 106-752), H6354 [17JY]

Death Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 8) (H. Rept. 106-651), H3924 [6JN]

Education Savings and School Excellence Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 7) (H. Rept. 106-546), H1412 [27MR]

Equitable Tax Treatment for Certain Individuals Performing Duties on Vessels Relative to State and Local Taxes: Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation (Senate) (S. 893) (S. Rept. 106-421), S9267 [26SE]

Federal Courts Improvement Act: Committee on the Judiciary (Senate) (S. 2915), S9464 [28SE]

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (H.R. 4986) (S. Rept. 106-416), S8822 [20SE]

———Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4986) (H. Rept. 106-845), H7577 [13SE]

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]

Marriage Tax Elimination Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 6) (H. Rept. 106-493), H218 [7FE]

Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee of Conference (H.R. 4810) (H. Rept. 106-765), H6598 [19JY]

Marriage Tax Relief Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2346) (S. Rept. 106-253), S2106 [4AP]

Marriage Tax Relief Reconciliation Act: Committee on Finance (Senate) (S. 2839) (S. Rept. 106-329), S6347 [10JY]

Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute Resolution Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 3312) (H. Rept. 106-994), H10533 [23OC]

Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act: Committee on Commerce (House) (H.R. 1089) (H. Rept. 106-547), H1412 [27MR]

Privacy and Identity Protection Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4857) (H. Rept. 106-996), H10807 [24OC]

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]

Senate Return of Certain Treaties to the President: Committee on Foreign Relations (Senate) (S. Res. 267), S1391 [9MR]

Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 5) (H. Rept. 106-507), H630 [1MR]

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

Taxpayer Bill of Rights: Committee on Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 4163) (H. Rept. 106-566), H2012 [10AP]

Transportation Employee Fair Taxation Act: Committee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 1293) (H. Rept. 106-927), H8735 [3OC]

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

Budget: reconciliation of the concurrent resolution and elimination of the marriage tax penalty (H.R. 4810), S7045 [17JY]

Minimum wage: level (H.R. 3846), H879 [9MR]

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

Statements

Education Savings Accounts: Vice President Gore, S735 [23FE]

FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act: OMB, H11892 [14NO]

———Representative Doggett, H7426 [12SE]

———Representatives Doggett, John Lewis, and Stark, H7426 [12SE]

Minimum Wage Level: Representative Cox, H890 [9MR]

———Robert W. Edgar, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the USA, H885 [9MR]

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

Treatment of Budget Trust Funds Relative to Deficit and Surplus Forecasts: Senator Hollings, S6999-S7002 [17JY]

Worker Economic Opportunity Act: Sponsoring Senators, S2576-S2581 [12AP]

Worker Economic Opportunity Act (S. 2323), H2437-H2443 [3MY]

Studies

Estate Tax Repeal—A Windfall for the Wealthiest Americans: Iris J. Lav and James Sly, Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, S6417-S6419 [11JY]

Summaries

Enhance Flexibility in Individual Development Account Programs To Encourage Savings for Poor Working Families (S. 3214), S10719 [18OC]

Improve Procedures for the Adjustment of Status of Aliens and Reduce the Backlog of Family-Sponsored Aliens (S. 2668), S4486 [25MY]

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

Tables

Beneficiaries of marriage tax penalty relief, S7220 [19JY]

Dept. of Defense emergency supplemental appropriations, H1548 [29MR]

Effect of the tax cuts in the House Republican 2000 minimum wage bill, H858 [9MR]

Effects of proposed transfers from the general fund to the Social Security trust funds on cumulative interest payments, S11052 [26OC]

Estate tax comparison on $2 million estate, H4139 [9JN]

Estimated revenue effects of adjustments to marriage tax penalty, S7220 [19JY]

Marriage tax penalty example, S2669 [13AP], H92 [1FE], E40 [1FE], E77 [8FE], E99 [9FE]

Maximum marriage tax penalty relief possible, S7219 [19JY]

Money income of families—distribution by family characteristics and income level (1997), S1047 [2MR]

Number of couples affected by marriage tax penalty, H283-H285 [10FE]

Oil companies third quarter profits, S10993 [25OC]

Proposed steps to eliminating Social Security long-term deficit, S1534 [22MR]

Share of aggregate income received by each fifth and top 5 percent of families (1970-1997), S1047 [2MR]

Texts of

H. Res. 419, consideration of H.R. 6, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act, H281 [10FE]

H. Res. 434, consideration of H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act, and H.R. 3846, minimum wage level, H773 [9MR]

H. Res. 467, proposed taxes and user fees in Presidential budget, H2069 [11AP]

H. Res. 512, consideration of conference report on H.R. 2559, Agricultural Risk Protection Act, H3816 [25MY]

H. Res. 545, consideration of H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H5851 [12JY]

H. Res. 553, consideration of motion to go to conference on Senate amendments to H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H6432 [18JY]

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

H. Res. 559, consideration of conference report on H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H6606 [20JY]

H.R. 5, Senior Citizens' Freedom To Work Act, H582, H583 [1MR]

H.R. 6, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Act, H291 [10FE]

H.R. 8, Death Tax Elimination Act, H4128-H4131 [9JN]

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

H.R. 208, allow for the contribution of rollover distributions to accounts of Federal employees and eliminate waiting-period requirements for participation in the Thrift Savings Plan, S7455 [21JY]

H.R. 460, make Federal firefighters mandatory separation age match requirement for Federal law enforcement officers, H9986 [17OC]

H.R. 1089, Mutual Fund Tax Awareness Act, H1649 [3AP]

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. 1658, Civil Asset Forfeiture Reform Act, H2040-H2046 [11AP]

H.R. 1752, Federal Courts Improvement Act, H3482-H3487 [22MY]

H.R. 2814, equal overtime pay authorization for all Federal employees engaged in wildfire suppression operations, E1605 [27SE]

H.R. 3081, Small Business Tax Fairness Act, H821-H842 [9MR]

H.R. 3312, Merit Systems Protection Board Administrative Dispute Resolution Act, H10629-H10631 [24OC]

H.R. 3594, Installment Tax Correction Act, H12097 [15DE]

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

H.R. 3846, minimum wage level, H882 [9MR]

H.R. 3859, Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act, H4708 [20JN]

H.R. 4163, Taxpayer Bill of Rights, H2057-H2062 [11AP]

H.R. 4199, Date Certain Tax Code Replacement Act, H2267-H2269 [13AP]

H.R. 4216, Customized Training Flexibility Act, H8680 [3OC]

H.R. 4345, clarify the process of allotments to Alaskan Natives who are veterans under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act, H9614 [10OC]

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

H.R. 4709, Gold Star Parents Annuity Act, E1081 [22JN]

H.R. 4718, extend reenactment period for chapter 12 of the bankruptcy code relative to family farmers, H5101 [26JN]

H.R. 4810, Marriage Tax Penalty Relief Reconciliation Act, H5858 [12JY]

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. 4986, FSC Repeal and Extraterritorial Income Exclusion Act, S11451-S11454 [1NO], H7416-H7419 [12SE], H11881-H11884 [14NO]

H.R. 5117, Missing Children Tax Fairness Act, H8068 [26SE]

H.R. 5540, Chapter 12 Extension and Bankruptcy Judgeship Act, H11701 [31OC]

S. 893, equitable treatment for certain individuals performing duties on vessels relative to State and local taxes, S9553 [28SE], H10632 [24OC]

S. 1134, Affordable Education Act, S1104-S1111 [2MR]

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

S. 2066, exclude U.S. savings bond income from gross income taxation if used to pay long-term care expenses, S625 [10FE]

S. 2074, Social Security Earnings Test Elimination Act, S681 [22FE]

S. 2077, Charitable Giving Tax Relief Act, S683 [22FE]

S. 2203, Fair Tax Treatment for Fishermen Act, S1237 [7MR]

S. 2241, Medicare Wage-Index Reclassification Act, S1415 [9MR]

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

S. 2246, Small Business Tax Accounting Simplification Act, S1420 [9MR]

S. 2320, Health Coverage, Access, Relief, and Equity (C.A.R.E.) Act, S1902-S1904 [29MR]

S. 2322, Remove Servicemembers From Food Stamps Act, S1906 [29MR]

S. 2323, Worker Economic Opportunity Act, S1973 [30MR], S2586 [12AP], H2437 [3MY]

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

S. 2447, Rural Telework Act, S2766 [13AP]

S. 2611, provide trade adjustment assistance for workers performing environmental remediation necessary for closure of Copper Range Co., S4317 [23MY]

S. 2636, Dept. of Veterans Affairs Dentists Appreciation Act, S4466 [25MY]

S. 2693, Alaska Medicaid Equity Act, S4821 [8JN]

S. 2703, Postmasters Fairness and Rights Act, S4846 [8JN]

S. 2714, use of median family income to determine purchase price limitation for mortgage subsidy bonds, S5028 [13JN]

S. 2747, Child Support Fairness and Tax Refund Interception Act, S5308 [16JN]

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

S. 2798, Deposit and Share Insurance Adjustment Act, S5905 [27JN]

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. 2903, expand child tax credit, S7448 [21JY]

S. 2915, Federal Courts Improvement Act, S10844-S10847 [19OC], H10868-H10871 [25OC]

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]

S. 2966, Wage Awareness Protection Act, S7863 [27JY]

S. 2994, Health Insurance Equity Act, S7909-S7911 [27JY]

S. 2996, Dept. of Agriculture extension of Milk Price Support Program at an increased price support rate, S7913 [27JY]

S. 3004, provide for tax relief for the conversion of cooperative housing corporations into condominiums, S8023 [5SE]

S. 3010, improve procedures for the determination of the inability of veterans to defray expenses of necessary medical care, S8111 [6SE]

S. 3075, eliminate automatic salary adjustments for Members of Congress, the Vice President, certain senior executive officers, and Federal judges, S8824 [20SE]

S. 3087, Fair and Simple Shortcut Tax Plan, S8949-S8952 [21SE]

S. 3101, Reservists Tax Relief Act, S9197 [25SE]

S. 3105, Missing Children Tax Fairness Act, S9200 [25SE]

S. 3111, extend time for payment of estate tax for estates with closely held businesses, S9270 [26SE]

S. 3118, Windfall Oil Profits for Heating Assistance Act, S9385 [27SE]

S. 3225, Cosmetology Tax Fairness and Compliance Act, S10806 [19OC]

S. 3285, exclude tobacco products from qualifying foreign trade property in the treatment of extraterritorial income, S11930 [15DE]

S. Res. 267, Senate return of certain treaties to the President, S1423 [9MR]

S.J. Res. 38, treatment of Social Security under balanced budget constitutional amendment, S291 [2FE]