Rep. Jacobs, Andrew, Jr. [D-IN-10]

An amendment to delete $1.6 million in appropriations from the bill by eliminating funding for staff and office allowances for all former Presidents after five years of retirement from office, effective immediately. The effect of the amendment would be to eliminate staff an office allowances for all former Presidents with the exception of Presidents Reagan and Bush. Pensions and Secret Service funds would not be affected.

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An amendment to prohibit states from exempting themselves from daylight savings time by striking the provisions of the Uniform Time Act which permit such exemptions.

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An amendment to reduce the bill's appropriation for pensions and allowances for former Presidents from $2 million to $449,200. The amendment eliminates all allowances for the former Presidents, but leaves each of the four former Presidents with a pension of $107,300, and Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson with a pension of $20,000.

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An amendment imposing a one year freeze on the amounts which Medicare will pay for physicians' services to hospital patients setting the limit at the fees as of June 30, 1984. These fees are to be considered as having provided full coverage for the services provided. Hospitals cannot qualify for the Medicare program if they do not agree to these requirements.

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An amendment to delete $955,400 for the office and staff expenses of former Presidents.

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Amendment sought to reduce the appropriation for allowances and office staff for former U.S. Presidents by $1.5 million.

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An amendment reducing from $1,171,000 to $260,300 the appropriation for allowances and office staff for former Presidents.

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An amendment to reduce by $890,000 the funds for former presidents.

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? An amendment to provide that applicable state law would govern generic drug substitution under Medicare, and to further provide that " a preprinted indication alone" would not suffice to prevent generic substitution. ? The provisions of the bill being struck require that, in order for Medicare to reimburse for a higher-price brand name drug when a generic is available, the physician must indicate in his own handwriting on the prescription form that the brand-name drug is medically necessary.

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An amendment to reduce funds for allowances for office staff for former Presidents from $1,151,000 to $278,600.

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A substitute amendment to the Ottinger amendment to reduce funds for former presidents from 1,106,000 dollars to 293,500 dollars.

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Amendment sought to reduce the appropriation for allowances and office staff for former Presidents by $1.4 million.

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An amendment to prohibit an increase in the U.S. quota to the Fund unless employees of the Fund are not paid in excess of the U.S. level IV Executive Schedule. Also it prohibits loans to Fund employees at rates of interest less than those under Title II of the National Housing Act on the date of the loan being made.

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An amendment to reduce the appropriation for former president's pensions and allowances by $1,009,500 from $1,328,000 to $318,500.

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Rehabilitation and Return to Work Opportunity Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1996

Rehabilitation and Return to Work Opportunity Act of 1996 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish under the Social Security Administration a Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Program for assessing the capability for vocational adjustment of individuals determined to be disabled under the OASDI and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. Provides that the individual shall be determined capable of vocational adjustment upon determination of a reasonable possibility that the individual will be capable, upon the provision of vocational rehabilitation services, of performing substantial gainful activity. Places such program under the administrative authority of private sector regional administrators in each service region in which it is implemented. Requires such administrators to hire network coordinators for their particular service regions to: (1) ensure that adequate choices for vocational rehabilitation services are made available to service recipients; and (2) otherwise oversee specified requirements relating to service providers, including requirements that they develop jointly with each recipient, after an employment evaluation, an individual employment plan outlining employment preparation steps. Prescribes a specified milestone payment system for use under such program. Establishes the Rehabilitation and Return-to-Work Commission in the Social Security Administration and charges it with specific program development responsibilities, including oversight of the program once it is fully implemented. Authorizes appropriations. Provides for a five-year period of Medicare continuation coverage for certain OASDI disability benefit recipients who return to work. Makes permanent Medicare secondary payer rules relating to disability. Repeals the mandate and authority for continuation hospital insurance benefit coverage for certain temporarily out-of-work individuals. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide employers a one-time tax credit equal to the first year of Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes paid for certain disabled individuals they hire.

To authorize the National Park Service to coordinate programs with, provide technical assistance to, and enter into cooperative agreements with, the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 12 September 1996

Authorizes the Secretary of the Interior to coordinate the Underground Railroad interpretive programs of the National Park Service (NPS) with the interpretive activities of the National Underground Railroad Freedom Center which is to be built in Cincinnati, Ohio, and devoted to the story of the Underground Railroad. Authorizes: (1) the Secretary to provide technical assistance to the Center in developing such programs and to enter into cooperative agreements with the State of Ohio, the city of Cincinnati, and other public or private entities to provide such assistance; and (2) the NPS to work in partnership with the Center in its efforts to disseminate information on the Underground Railroad. Requires the Secretary to treat the Center as an affiliated National Park System area.

Health Care Assurance for Retired Employees Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 11 September 1996

Health Care Assurance for Retired Employees Act of 1996 - Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended by the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996, to require advance notice to participants and the Secretary of Labor of material reductions in group health plan covered services. Prohibits any such change from taking effect until the Secretary determines that it does not violate the plan, including collective bargaining agreements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require qualified pension plans to provide qualifying persons 55 years of age or older a coverage continuation option until they are eligible for Medicare. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to provide retired workers who lose their retiree health benefits with specified Medicare enrollment and coverage protections.

Social Security Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 10 September 1996

Social Security Miscellaneous Amendments Act of 1996 - Amends the Contract with America Advancement Act of 1996 with respect to disability benefits under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA). Revises effective dates for the application of certain provisions to individuals. Provides that, with respect to the effective date of denial of disability benefits to drug addicts and alcoholics, a claim may not be considered finally adjudicated (and thus subject to such denial) if there is a pending request for administrative or judicial review or a pending readjudication pursuant to a class action or court remand. Provides that the requirement to appoint a representative payee, and refer beneficiaries for treatment, applies to beneficiaries who are allowed benefits (due to another impairment) based on a new application filed before enactment, and who continue to get benefits based on a successful redetermination filed before July 1, 1996. Repeals specified reporting requirements related to the monitoring and testing of beneficiaries on the basis of drug addiction or alcoholism who are required to undergo treatment as a condition for receipt of benefits. Declares that challenges to State disability determinations under OASDI may be made only against the Commissioner of Social Security (in all cases in which there is not a final judgment). Amends various specified Acts, including the Social Security Disability Amendments of 1980 and the Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994, to extend social security disability insurance (SSDI) program demonstration project authority. Authorizes the Commissioner to conduct demonstration projects involving SSDI applicants as well as recipients. Amends OASDI anti-assignment prohibitions to allow the withholding of taxes from any benefit under OASDI pursuant to a proper request made in accordance with the Internal Revenue Code by the person entitled to such benefit. Applies to the payment of OASDI benefits to prisoners the same requirements as enacted by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 with respect to SSI payments for agreements between the Commissioner and State or local correctional institutions for monthly identifying information, and the exchange of such information among Federal or federally-assisted cash, food, or medical assistance programs. Extends to all prisoners, regardless of offense or length of sentence, the current prohibition against the payment of social security benefits, by repealing its limitation to offenses punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to require inclusion of prisoners receiving OASDI benefits in certain required studies and reports to the Congress.

Expressing the sense of the Congress that a postage stamp should be issued to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1996

Calls for the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee to recommend and the Postal Service to issue a postage stamp to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty.

To authorize and request the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his gallant and heroic actions in the attack on San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War.

United States · United States Congress · 2 August 1996

Authorizes the President to award the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously to Theodore Roosevelt for his actions in the attack of San Juan Heights, Cuba, during the Spanish-American War on July 1, 1898.

Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1996

Aviation Security Improvement Act of 1996 - Amends Federal aviation law to require the operator of each major airport to use dogs or other appropriate animals in screening passengers and cargo for the purpose of detecting plastic explosives and other materials which may be used in aircraft piracy and which cannot be detected by metal detectors. Changes from discretionary to mandatory the Secretary of Transportation's authority to make grants for the training and evaluation of dogs for the explosive detection K-9 team training program for detecting explosives at airports and aboard aircraft. Requires the Secretary to extend such program to the largest 50 airports, as determined by the number of passenger enplanements in 1995. Authorizes appropriations.

Drug-Induced Rape Act of 1996

United States · United States Congress · 25 July 1996

Drug-Induced Rape Act of 1996 - Amends the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) to prescribe penalties of 20 years' imprisonment and a fine of up to $2 million for an individual or $10 million otherwise for distributing a controlled substance to a person without that person's knowledge with intent to rape such person. Prohibits the court from placing on probation or suspending the sentence of anyone sentenced under such provision. Enhances penalties for certain activities involving flunitrazepam under: (1) the CSA, including manufacturing, distributing, or possessing with intent to distribute specified quantities of flunitrazepam; and (2) the Controlled Substances Import and Export Act, including possessing, manufacturing, and distributing for purposes of unlawful importation of such quantities. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to amend the Sentencing Guidelines so that one dosage unit of flunitrazepam shall be equivalent to one gram of marihuana for determining the offense level under the Drug Quantity Table.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the major television networks should revive their traditional "Family Hour" and voluntarily reserve the first hour of prime-time broadcasting for family-oriented programming.

United States · United States Congress · 18 July 1996

Urges the national broadcast television networks to renew their commitment to voluntarily reserving the first hour of prime-time broadcasting for programming suitable for American family members of all ages.

To amend the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide public access to committee documents over the Internet, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 16 July 1996

Amends rule XI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require the following information to be made available electronically on the Internet: (1) reports filed by committees, including the Committee on Rules; (2) committee approved measures; (3) committee rules; (4) committee roll call votes otherwise made available for public inspection; (5) copies of a committee authorizations for payment or reimbursement of travel expenses to be incurred by its members or staff; (6) committee amendments offered by committee members to measures under consideration; (7) any committee print or chairman's mark that is generally made available to members of the committee; (8) committee oversight plans submitted to the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight and to the Committee on House Oversight; and (9) up-to-date directories of committee membership and staff, schedules and notices of committee activities, and any advance written statements submitted to a committee of proposed testimony unless it is to be presented in executive session, and transcripts of committee meetings or hearings within five calendar days. Provides an exception for the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct and the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Requires the Clerk of the House of Representatives to: (1) establish a central electronic data base of official documents to which committees may have access; (2) establish universal data elements respecting such official documents; and (3) implement standards established by the Committee on House Oversight with respect to the content of such data bases. Directs the Committee to establish standards to provide guidance to the Clerk and committees respecting electronic data bases which may be accessed by committees to effectuate the electronic document reform necessary to enable committees to carry out amendments to the Rules of the House pursuant to this Act. Encourages the Committee to develop such standards in consultation with the Senate so that identical standards can be implemented in both Chambers.