Rep. Pickle, J. J. [D-TX-10]

An amendment to strike the provision in the bill that permits that to the extent the Commissioner of Social Security finds it will promote the achievement of the purposes of the Social Security Act in a more efficient and equitable manner, qualified individuals may be appointed to conduct hearings without meeting the requirements of the Administrative Procedures Act.

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An amendment to request the President to seek an agreement to provide for the imposition and enforcement of export sanctions by the governments participating in the Coordinating Committee against the Soviet Union or any other country if they commit violent acts against unarmed civilians of another country.

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An amendment that strikes the provisions reducing initial benefit levels beginning in the year 2000 and raising the payroll taxes beginning in the year 2015. The amendment would gradually raise the normal Social Security retirement age from 65 to 67, increase first to 66 by the year 2027. Early retirement would remain permitted at the age 62, but at lower benefit levels than permitted under present laws. The amendment does not change the eligibility age for medicare.

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An amendment changing the period of availability of funds under section 5 of the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964. The amendment makes available funds that are unobligated as of October 1, 1985.

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An amendment to move up the date of the first increase in Tier II employer and employee payroll tax from 7/1/84 to 1/1/84. Also it moves up the date on which railroad retirement payroll taxes would have to be deposited in the Railroad Retirement Account under the same schedule that other industries deposit taxes in the Social Security system from 1/1/86 to 1/1/84.

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Designating October 19, 1994, as "National Mammography Day".

United States · United States Congress · 28 September 1994

Designates October 19, 1994, as National Mammography Day.

Designating the week beginning October 16, 1994, as "National Penny Charity Week".

United States · United States Congress · 27 September 1994

Designates the week beginning October 16, 1994, as National Penny Charity Week.

To extend for an additional two years the period during which medicare select policies may be issued.

United States · United States Congress · 22 September 1994

Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 to extend from three years to five years the period during which Medicare select policies may be issued.

Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions Title III: Aid to Families with Dependent Children Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1994 - Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives - Subtitle A: Restoration of IRA Deduction - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitation on the deductibility of contributions to individual retirement plans (IRAs) by active participants in employer-maintained plans, thereby restoring the IRA deduction. Provides an inflation adjustment after 1995. Allows certain spouses a full deduction for contributions to an IRA. Subtitle B: Nondeductible Tax-Free IRAs - Allows individuals to establish individual retirement plus (IRA Plus) accounts with tax treatment similar to that for individual retirement plans. Makes contributions to such accounts nondeductible. Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions - Allows distributions from certain retirement plans without penalty to purchase first homes, pay higher education expenses and financially devastating medical expenses, and assist certain unemployed individuals. Title III: Aid to Families with Dependent Children - Amends part A (Aid to Families with Dependent Children) (AFDC) of title IV of the Social Security Act to exclude from AFDC eligibility determinations certain income and resources that are to be used for education, training, and employability purposes. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to the Congress on a revision of the AFDC limit on automobiles in order to increase the employability of AFDC recipients.

To commend the United States rice industry, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 20 August 1994

Commends the U.S. rice industry for its decision to establish an industry organization. Recognizes the success such decision will have in promoting the interests of the rice industry and the rice-consuming public.

To establish the fourth Sunday of July as "Parents' Day".

United States · United States Congress · 5 August 1994

Establishes the fourth Sunday of every July as Parents' Day.

To waive the time limitation specified by law for the award of certain military decorations in order to allow the posthumous award of the congressional medal of honor to Doris Miller for actions while a member of the Navy during World War II.

United States · United States Congress · 28 July 1994

Waives certain time limitations with respect to the posthumous award of the Congressional Medal of Honor to Doris Miller for acts of heroism while serving in the Navy during World War II.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that June 21, 1994, be designated as "Freedom Summer Remembrance Day" and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 17 June 1994

Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) June 21, 1994, is designated as Freedom Summer Remembrance Day; and (2) it reaffirms the goal of removing remaining barriers to full voter participation in this Nation.

Designating August 2, 1994, as "National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day".

United States · United States Congress · 9 June 1994

Designates August 2, 1994, as National Neighborhood Crime Watch Day.

To award a congressional gold medal to Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson.

United States · United States Congress · 25 May 1994

Authorizes the President to present, on behalf of the Congress, to the Lubavitcher rebbe, Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson, a gold medal in recognition of his outstanding and enduring contributions toward world education, morality, and acts of charity. States that no appropriations are authorized to implement this Act. Declares that the medals struck pursuant to this Act are national medals.

Designating September 16, 1994, as "National POW/MIA Recognition Day" and authorizing display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag.

United States · United States Congress · 24 May 1994

Designates September 16, 1994, as National POW/MIA Recognition Day. Requires the display of the National League of Families POW/MIA flag at: (1) all national cemeteries and the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial on May 30, 1994 (Memorial Day), September 16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day), and November 11, 1994 (Veterans Day); and (2) the White House and the buildings containing the primary offices of the Secretaries of State, Defense, and Veterans Affairs and the Director of the Selective Service System on September 16, 1994 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day).

To designate March 20 through 26, 1995, as "National Long-Term Care Administrators Week".

United States · United States Congress · 28 April 1994

Designates March 20 through 26, 1995, as National Long-Term Care Administrators Week.

Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994

Social Security Entitlement Reform Amendments of 1994 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to phase in an increase in the retirement age to age 70 by 2029. Alters the formula for reducing monthly benefit amounts for certain beneficiaries because of early retirement. Revises the formula for determining the amount of monthly mother's and father's insurance benefits. Revises the schedule under which increases in old age benefit amounts on account of delayed retirement shall take effect, ending certain increases for persons who first became eligible after 1986, reducing scheduled increases for individuals first eligible for such a benefit after 2004. Modifies disability benefit provisions, limiting disability payments, and establishing 65 permanently as the age for conversion of entitlement to disability benefits to entitlement to old-age retirement benefits. Mandates a phased reduction in spousal benefits other than survivor's benefits from 50 percent to 33 percent of the primary insurance amount. Provides for coverage of State and local government employees hired after December 31, 1999. Repeals the limitation on drop out years for disabled workers and the limitation on widow's and widower's insurance benefits arising from the early retirement of the deceased spouse. Provides for biennial cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) in OASDI benefits except when the applicable increase percentage exceeds four percent a year, with COLAs being made in July instead of January. Specifies adjustments after 2019 in the reduction of widow's and widower's insurance benefits upon attainment of age 85. Provides for a general increase in OASDI benefits for recipients attaining age 85 after 2019. Schedules increases in surviving child's insurance benefits. Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to phase in a reduction in the age at which SSI aged benefits may be paid.

Social Security Independence and Program Improvements Act of 1994

United States · United States Congress · 21 April 1994

TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency Title II: Miscellaneous Improvements to the Old-Age Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1994 - Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration as an Independent Agency - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish as an independent executive agency the Social Security Administration, governed by a Social Security Board, to administer the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program under SSA titles II and XVI. (Sec. 102) Establishes in the Administration an Office of the Beneficiary Ombudsman. (Sec. 104) Transfers to the Board all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) pertaining to such programs. (Sec. 107) Requires the Board to report to the Congress within 120 days after the beginning of each regular session of its administration under SSA. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations on the most effective methods of providing economic security and on the administrative policy for SSA programs administered by the Secretary. Title II: Improvements (sic) to the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends SSA titles II and XVI with respect to the payment of disability benefits to substance abusers. (Sec. 202) Amends SSA titles II and related provisions of Federal law with respect to: (1) OASDI trust fund administration, including the creation of a Continuing Disability Review Account in the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund; (2) telephone access to local Social Security Administration offices; (3) OASDI coverage of State election personnel, police officers, and fire fighters; (4) use of social security numbers for jury selection and in administration of Federal workers' compensation laws; (5) totalization benefits, military reservists, and application of windfall elimination and Government pension offset provisions; (6) facility-of-payment provisions; (7) maximum family benefits in guarantee cases; (8) annual earnings filing; (9) disability insurance program demonstration project authority; (10) cross-matching of social security number information and employer ID number information maintained by the Department of Agriculture; (11) retirement eligibility for Federal employees transferred to International Organizations; (12) treatment of certain visas; and (13) rounding when calculating OASDI contribution and benefit base and earnings test exempt amounts. (Sec. 208) Provides a limited exemption from certain self-employment tax liability for individuals performing religious services in Canada. (Sec. 213) Amends SSA title XI with regard to: (1) disclosure of mortality information for research purposes; (2) misuse of HHS and Treasury symbols, emblems, or names in reference to social security programs and agencies, and associated penalties; and (3) penalties for unauthorized disclosure of social security information. (Sec. 219) Amends the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 concerning certain transfers to the Railroad Retirement Account. (Sec. 223) Directs the Secretary to appoint a Commission on the Evaluation of Disability in Children to study and report to the Congress on SSI's definition of "disability" and how it applies with respect to children.

Designating the week beginning February 12, 1995, as "National Random Acts of Kindness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 19 April 1994

Designates the week beginning February 12, 1995, as National Random Acts of Kindness Week.

Designating November 1994 as "National American Lacemaker Month".

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1994

Designates November 1994 as National American Lacemaker Month.

United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

United States Botanic Garden Commemorative Coin Act of 1995 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) issue one-dollar silver coins to commemorate the 175th anniversary of the founding of the United States Botanic Garden; and (2) pay all surcharges received from such coin sales to the National Fund for the United States Botanic Garden.

A Child is Waiting Resolution

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

A Child is Waiting Resolution - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) any health care reform legislation include guaranteed full funding for the special supplemental food program for women, infants, and children (WIC); and (2) specified amounts should be made available to move toward such full funding goal.

To designate the week of October 2, 1994, through October 8, 1994, as "Mental Illness Awareness Week".

United States · United States Congress · 24 March 1994

Designates October 2 through 8, 1994, as Mental Illness Awareness Week.