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Rep. Schulze, Richard T. [R-PA-5]

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Bill· HRH.R. 1864 (101st)open

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to simplify the antidiscrimination rules applicable to certain employee benefit plans.

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to establish a new test for determining whether an employee health plan meets the new (section 89) nondiscrimination requirements for coverage and benefits. Considers a plan as meeting the requirements if: (1) it does not contain eligibility provisions that discriminate in favor of highly compensated employees; (2) the taxable benefit of any highly compensated employee is limited to 133 percent of the premium made available to 90 percent of the employees who are not in this category; and (3) the employer maintains at least one qualified plan that consists primarily of core health benefits and does not require employee weekly contributions of more than $10 per week ($25 for family coverage) (indexed for inflation), and at least 90 percent of all employees who are not highly paid employees are eligible to participate in such a plan. Revises the definition of "highly compensated employee." Increases from 17 1/2 hours to 25 hours per week the threshold number of work hours triggering requirements with respect to part-time employees. Adjusts benefits and requirements in connection with employees who work less than 30 hours per week. Applies the requirements separately in connection with employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement. Permits an employer to disregard leased employees in connection with requirements if specified conditions are met. Imposes a 34 percent tax on employers in connection with amounts paid or incurred during any taxable year under a specified employee benefit plan that does not meet enumerated general criteria, including that it be in writing, be maintained exclusively for the benefit of employees, and provide for employee notice about benefits. Repeals nondiscrimination provisions as applied to group-term life insurance. Amends the Technical and Miscellaneous Revenue Act of 1988 to delay application of the requirements with respect to retired employees. Requires employers to report to highly compensated employees amounts of taxable fringe benefits. Imposes a penalty for failure to report.

Bill· HRH.R. 1870 (101st)referred

Drug-Free Housing Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989

Drug-Free Housing Act of 1989 - Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to make ineligible for public housing assistance, and expedite procedure for evicting, persons involved in drug-related criminal activity.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 92 (101st)referred

Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the need to fully account for Americans still missing in Southeast Asia and to negotiate the return of Americans still held captive in Southeast Asia.

United States · United States Congress · 13 April 1989

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should: (1) give the highest priority to fully accounting for the Americans still missing in Southeast Asia and to negotiating the return of Americans still held captive; (2) maintain an ongoing dialogue with Vietnamese, Cambodian, and Lao officials so that the prisoners of war issue may be resolved; (3) continue joint field investigations with such officials; and (4) heighten public awareness of the prisoners of war issue through the dissemination of factual data.

Bill· HRH.R. 1832 (101st)open

To extend until December 31, 1994, the existing temporary suspension of the duty on mixtures of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-o ne, 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, magnesium chloride and stabilizers, whether or not containing application adjuvants.

United States · United States Congress · 12 April 1989

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to suspend, through December 31, 1994, the duty on mixtures of 5-chloro-2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, 2-methyl-4-isothiazolin-3-one, magnesium chloride and stabilizers.

Bill· HRH.R. 1740 (101st)open

To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain textile machines.

United States · United States Congress · 6 April 1989

Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to extend, through December 31, 1994, the duty-free treatment of certain narrow weaving, woodcarding and spinning, and lace-braiding machines.

Bill· HRH.R. 1656 (101st)referred

Savers and Investors Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 3 April 1989

Savers and Investors Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt any tax-deferred account (defined in this Act) from Federal income tax, except for taxes imposed on the unrelated business income of certain tax-exempt organizations. Requires such an account to be in the form of a trust created for the exclusive benefit of an individual or beneficiary. Enumerates other qualifying criteria and limitations governing the accounts. Taxes account distributions as ordinary income, but permits a tax-free rollover from one account to another. Lists special rules in connection with an account's loss of tax-exempt status. Requires the account trustee to report account data to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the investor.

Bill· HRH.R. 1481 (101st)referred

Smithsonian Institution's National Numismatic Collection Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Smithsonian Institution's National Numismatic Collection Act of 1989 - Requires the Director of the Mint to transfer 200 sets of coins in metals other than gold or silver to the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution for purposes of trading these sets with other museums, national mints, or private minting facilities that strike or produce foreign coins or currency. Authorizes the curator of such Collection to request and receive on permanent loan from the U.S. Mint at least two exemplars of each coin struck by each minting facility each year. Provides for the exchange by each minting facility of coins of gold, silver, or other bullion between the curator of such Collection and: (1) the Director of the Mint; and (2) foreign mints. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1480 (101st)referred

To provide that pattern coinage of the Bureau of the Mint be deposited at the Smithsonian Institution.

United States · United States Congress · 16 March 1989

Permits pattern coinage of the Bureau of the Mint to be sold at public sales to private individuals by the Secretary of the Treasury, except that: (1) specimens of pattern coinage shall be transmitted to the National Numismatic Collection of the Smithsonian Institution; and (2) other such specimens may be lent by the Director of the Mint for exhibition purposes.

Bill· HRH.R. 1457 (101st)open

Waste Reduction Act

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Waste Reduction Act - Makes it the national policy to reduce or prevent pollution at its source whenever feasible. Directs the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish an office within the EPA which will be independent of the EPA's single-medium program offices and have the authority to review and advise such offices on their activities to promote a multi-media approach to source reduction. Directs the Administrator to develop and implement a strategy to promote source reduction. Identifies several review, coordination, outreach, and organizational actions that the Administrator must take as part of such strategy. Requires the Administrator to: (1) make matching grants to States for programs promoting the use of source reduction techniques by businesses; and (2) establish a Source Reduction Clearinghouse to compile information generated by States receiving grants on management, technical, and operational approaches to source reduction. Requires that such information be made available to the public. Requires filings of annual toxic chemical release forms required under the Superfund Amendments and Reauthorization Act of 1986 to include toxic chemical source reduction and recycling reports for toxic chemicals which are the subject of such filings. Includes in such reports information, on a facility-by-facility basis, as to: (1) the amounts and disposition of each toxic chemical; (2) the source reduction practices used with respect to such chemicals; (3) measurements of changes from past to anticipated levels of chemical reduction and recycling; and (4) the techniques used to identify source reduction opportunities. Makes such information available to the public. Directs the Administrator to report to the Congress within one year of this Act's enactment and biennially thereafter on the results of actions taken to implement source reduction strategies. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1449 (101st)referred

To amend section 118 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide exceptions from the rules for determining contributions in aid of construction and from the passive loss rules and to retroactively exempt home construction contracts from the special rules for long-term contracts.

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code with respect to the corporate income tax exclusion of contributions to the capital of the taxpayer. Includes as a qualifying contribution any amount of money or property received by a regulated public utility (a utility required to provide electric energy, gas, water, or sewage disposal services) that: (1) is a contribution in aid of construction (as defined by regulations to be promulgated by the Secretary of the Treasury); (2) meets certain expenditure requirements; and (3) is not included in the taxpayer's rate base. Excludes amounts paid as customer connection fees. Adds conditions under which a taxpayer will be treated as a material participant in a business or trade for purposes of passive loss rules affecting income tax liability. Amends accounting provisions to: (1) permit an exception from required application of the percentage completion method in the case of certain construction contracts for condominiums or cooperatives; and (2) apply the exemption of residential construction contracts from long-term contract accounting rules retroactively with respect to contracts entered into after February 28, 1986.

Bill· HRH.R. 1448 (101st)referred

Toddler Tax Credit Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 15 March 1989

Toddler Tax Credit Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a refundable income tax credit for each dependent child under the age of five. Establishes credit amounts as the lesser of: (1) $2,000 or 27 percent of income below $10,000 for a single qualified dependent; or (2) $3,000 or 40 percent of such income for more than one dependent. Reduces the credit for taxpayers earning more than $10,000. Makes this credit and the employment-related dependent care credit mutually exclusive. Applies phase-in amounts for tax years beginning in 1990 through 1993. Indexes post-1994 credit amounts. Authorizes advance toddler tax credit payments by employers to employees who provide certification of eligibility. Requires taxpayers to file information returns to reflect these payments. Disallows the earned income tax credit to taxpayers eligible for the toddler tax credit. Reduces the amount of the dependent care credit for taxpayers with adjusted gross income above $50,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 1317 (101st)referred

Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 8 March 1989

Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) decrease from 34 percent to 15 percent the rate of the tax imposed on the income of any Nuclear Decommissioning Reserve Fund; and (2) remove restrictions on permitted investments of Fund monies.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 105 (101st)referred

Amending the Rules of the House to establish a Classified Information Security Office.

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1989

Establishes the House of Representatives Classified Information Security Office to assure protection of classified information in the custody of Members, officers, and employees of the House. Directs the Office to: (1) assist the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence in preparing a classified information security manual; (2) receive, transmit, store, and dispose of classified information; (3) assist departments and agencies in processing House requests for access to classified information and in presenting briefings on security procedures; and (4) maintain centralized records identifying officers and employees who have access to classified information. Requires congressional approval by resolution and recorded vote of the classified information security manual.

Bill· HRH.R. 1233 (101st)open

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 March 1989

Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Expansion Act of 1989 - Amends the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act (the Act) to repeal the termination date for duty-free treatment of beneficiary countries. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States to grant duty-free treatment to articles (not over $600 in value) acquired in a beneficiary country. Increases from $800 to $1200 the personal exemption from customs duties of articles acquired in the U.S. insular possessions and from other countries. Amends the Act to require the United States Trade Representative (USTR), upon request of a beneficiary country, to enter into a bilateral agreement with that country establishing guaranteed access levels for textile products assembled in such country from qualifying fabrics (fabrics formed and cut in the United States and certain fabrics of foreign manufacture which are cut in the United States). Makes such products eligible for duty-free treatment. Provides that textile products that are assembled in a beneficiary country from qualifying fabric and incorporate findings and trimmings of foreign origin are eligible for guaranteed access and duty-free treatment if such findings and trimmings do not exceed 25 percent of the cost of the components of the assembled product. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to establish an advisory committee to provide to the Secretary descriptions of those fabrics that the committee recommends to be included on the list of fabrics likely to be utilized in the manufacture of textile products in beneficiary countries which: (1) are not formed in the United States; or (2) are formed in the United States but are in critical shortage. Expresses the sense of the Congress that the USTR, when negotiating bilateral textile agreements, should seek to obtain greater fairness, transparency, and stability in the administration by foreign countries of their obligations under such agreements, especially in the allocation of export certifications between U.S. and foreign firms. Sets forth provisions concerning "general duty-free quotas" and "national duty-free quotas" with respect to specified articles imported from beneficiary countries. Provides that duty-free treatment provided under the Act shall not apply to: (1) textile and apparel articles; (2) certain leather articles; (3) canned tuna; (4) petroleum and petroleum products; and (5) watches and watch parts. Requires the President to submit a specified report to the Congress every three years. Amends the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States with respect to the allocation of quotas on sugars imported from beneficiary countries. Prohibits the USTR, in allocating any limitation on such imports, from: (1) reducing the percentage allocation made to the Philippines; (2) making an allocation to the Republic of South Africa; and (3) allowing the aggregate of the amounts of the base quota allocations to Caribbean Basin Initiative (CBI) countries for any quota year beginning after December 31, 1988, to be less than 371,449 metric tons, raw value. Requires any allocation for any quota of imported sugar from specified foreign countries for any year to be reallocated on a pro-rata basis among the CBI countries receiving allocations for that year if such allocation is suspended or terminated due to a threat to U.S. national security or foreign policy. Authorizes the President to enter into trade agreements with foreign governments for the purpose of granting compensation if the United States takes specified action inconsistent with its international obligations (including the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade). Amends the Tariff Act of 1930 to require the International Trade Commission, when making determinations as to material injury with respect to antidumping and countervailing duty cases, to assess cumulatively the volume and effect of imports from a country designated as a beneficiary country under the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act with respect to imports of like products from beneficiary countries. Directs the Commissioner of Customs to implement a pilot preclearance program during FY 1990 and 1991 to assess the extent to which the availability of preclearance operations can assist in the development of tourism in the Caribbean Basin. Prohibits the commencement of such operations unless the Commissioner of Customs and the Commissioner of Immigration and Naturalization make a specified joint certification. Requires the Commissioner to submit to the Congress a report regarding such program.

Bill· HRH.R. 1213 (101st)referred

Worker Health Benefits Protection Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989

Worker Health Benefits Protection Act of 1989 - Title I: Federal Guarantee of Loans to Fund Certain Benefits - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to guarantee principal and interest payments on corporate loans whose proceeds are transferred to a qualified retiree health trust. Requires that the terms of the loan direct that any tax benefits the corporation realizes from using net operating loss carryovers be placed in a separate account to pay loan principal. Title II: Bankruptcy Situations - Requires that any tax benefits that any corporation that has filed for bankruptcy realizes from using net operating loss carryovers accrue to the benefit of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC), to the extent of the corporation's liability to the PBGC. Title III: Treatment of Certain Pension Plan Reversions - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to exclude from an employer's gross income any reversion from a qualified pension plan when more than half of it is transferred to a qualified retiree health trust. Exempts such amounts from the tax on reversions of qualified plan assets to the employer. Describes requirements governing qualified tax-exempt retiree health trusts, created as part of a plan providing post-retirement medical benefits. Increases from 15 percent to 20 percent the excise tax on employer reversions from qualified plans. Amends the IRC and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 to set out conditions under which an employer may transfer or withdraw excess assets from a single employer defined benefit plan without triggering plan termination. Describes procedures to be followed in connection with such withdrawals, including required notice to employees and to the Secretary of the Treasury. Exempts qualifying withdrawals from the excise tax on prohibited transactions. Title IV: Increase in Full-Funding Limitation - Increases the full-funding limitation from 150 percent to 200 percent of plan liability. Title V: Effective Date - Sets forth the effective dates for the various provisions of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1214 (101st)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide a fixed rate of interest on the postponed estate tax attributable to a reversionary or remainder interest in property included in the estate.

United States · United States Congress · 1 March 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply a fixed rate of interest to deferred estate tax in connection with reversionary or remainder interests in property included in an estate. Prescribes the interest rate, based on the interrelationship between the underpayment rate and the discount rate used to value the particular interest.

Bill· HRH.R. 1049 (101st)referred

To authorize States to validate former taxes in certain cases.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Permits the legalization, ratification, or confirmation of certain State taxes imposed before July 5, 1983, on commercial bank and trust company investments, notwithstanding Federal law exempting U.S. obligations from State or local taxation.

Bill· HRH.R. 1040 (101st)referred

To amend section 464 of the Social Security Act to authorize the interception of Federal tax refunds that would otherwise be payable to persons who are delinquent in the payment of child support with respect to certain disabled and dependent adults.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the collection from Federal tax refunds of past-due support for disabled and dependent adults whose disability originated in childhood.

Bill· HRH.R. 1079 (101st)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide for the establishment of, and the deduction of contributions to, first home savings accounts, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 22 February 1989

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer an income tax deduction of up to $2,000 per year for cash contributions to a first home savings account established for the exclusive benefit of an individual who has never owned his or her principal residence. Limits total deductions to $20,000. Permits an exclusion from gross income of account payments and distributions used exclusively in connection with the purchase of a principal residence for the eligible beneficiary. Exempts an account from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization) unless the beneficiary either engages in prohibited transactions or acquires a principal residence. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions used for other than the purposes for which the account was established. Requires the account trustee to report to the Secretary of the Treasury and to the account's beneficiary concerning the account. Imposes a penalty for failure to report. Allows taxpayers who do not otherwise itemize deductions to deduct for contributions to a first home savings account. Exempts account contributions from the gift tax. Imposes penalty taxes in connection with excess contributions or prohibited transactions associated with an account. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any distributions from an individual retirement account or certain other tax-deferred plans if the distribution is used in connection with the purchase of the first principal residence for the individual. Limits the exclusion to the excess of $20,000 over the individual's aggregate contributions to a first home savings account.

Bill· HRH.R. 962 (101st)referred

Current Level Enhanced Rescission Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 9 February 1989

Current Level Enhanced Rescission Act of 1989 - Amends the Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to include in any special message the President sends to the Congress in connection with a proposed rescission of budget authority amendatory language to enable the affected programs to continue to function lawfully at the proposed new budget level. Amends the Congressional Budget and Impoundment Control Act of 1974 to authorize the President, on the same day the President approves any appropriation bill, to transmit to the Senate and the House of Representatives one or more special messages proposing to rescind amounts of budget authority included in the bill. Limits: (1) the amounts subject to rescission (the proposal may not reduce a program below its previous fiscal year level); and (2) each special message to one item of budget authority. Prescribes procedures to govern the expedited treatment of such messages in the Senate and the House of Representatives. Makes any proposed rescission amount available for obligation unless both Houses of Congress agree to the bill or joint resolution accompanying the related special message within 60 days of its transmission.

Bill· HRH.R. 904 (101st)open

Steel Import Stabilization Extension Act

United States · United States Congress · 7 February 1989

Steel Import Stabilization Extension Act - Amends the Steel Import Stabilization Act to extend such Act for a five-year period.

Bill· HRH.R. 791 (101st)open

Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989

Social Security Administrative Reform Act of 1989 - Title I: Establishment of the Social Security Administration - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to establish as an independent executive agency a Social Security Administration, headed by a Social Security Board. Provides that it shall be the duty of the Administration to administer the programs established by titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act. Requires the Board to study and make recommendations as to the most effective methods of providing economic security through social insurance and supplemental security income, and as to legislation and matters of administrative policy. Establishes in the Administration: (1) an Executive Director; (2) a Deputy Director of Social Security; (3) a General Counsel; (4) an Inspector General; and (5) an Office of the Beneficiary Ombudsman, to be headed by a Beneficiary Ombudsman who shall represent the interests of beneficiaries under the OASDI and SSI programs within the Administration. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a description of the activities of the Beneficiary Ombudsman. Requires the Board to make annual budgetary recommendations relating to the Administration. Requires that appropriations requests by the Administration for staffing and personnel be based upon a comprehensive workforce plan as established by the Board. Provides for the apportionment of administrative costs. Requires the annual report of the Board to include a section reflecting the use of budget authority provided to the Administration. Requires that authority for automated data processing procurement and facilities construction be provided in the form of contract authority covering the total cost of such acquisitions. Makes amounts needed for the liquidation of contract authority so provided available from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to the extent that such amounts are not needed to meet current obligations for benefit payments. Requires the Board to cause a seal of office to be made and judicial notice taken thereof. Requires the establishment of demonstration projects involving the delegation of authority from the Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration to the Board. Provides for the transfer to the Administration of all functions carried out by the Secretary of Health and Human Services with respect to the programs and activities to be carried out by the Administration under this Act. Abolishes the position of Commissioner of Social Security in the Department of Health and Human Services. Title II: Conforming Amendments and Rules of Construction - Requires the Secretary and the Board to report to the Congress within 120 days after the beginning of each regular session on their administration under this Act. Requires the Secretary to study and make recommendations on the most effective methods of providing economic security and on the administrative policy for the programs. Directs the Board to appoint, quadrennially, an Advisory Council on the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program and an Advisory Council on Health and Supplementary Medical Insurance to review the relation of the trust funds supporting the OASDI and Medicare programs and the long-term commitments of those programs. Requires each council to submit a report to the Board for transmittal to the Congress and the Board of Trustees of each Trust Fund.

Bill· HRH.R. 790 (101st)referred

Social Security Investment Reform Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989

Social Security Investment Reform Act of 1989 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to direct the Managing Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, and Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund (trust funds) to immediately invest that portion of the trust funds which is not required for current withdrawals. Prohibits the sale and redemption of trust fund assets or the expenditure of trust fund amounts for purposes other than those specified in such titles. Requires members of such trust funds' Boards of Trustees to faithfully execute their duties, but does not impose a fiduciary duty. Requires that, in consideration of the public debt limit, required investment of funds or amounts over which the Secretary of the Treasury has investment authority occur prior to the issuance of other obligations. Requires the Boards of Trustees of the trust funds to meet at least twice each year. Sets forth provisions requiring reports by the Boards of Trustees and the Managing Trustees to the Congress regarding the operation and status of the trust funds.

Bill· HRH.R. 796 (101st)referred

Community Revitalization Tax Act of 1989

United States · United States Congress · 2 February 1989

Community Revitalization Tax Act of 1989 - Amends Internal Revenue Code income tax accounting rules to treat rehabilitation investment credits and low-income housing credits as credits not derived from passive activities. Revises the limitation on the general business credit to allow a maximum annual credit equal to the first $20,000 of an individual taxpayer's income tax liability plus 80 percent of any excess liability.