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Bill· HRH.R. 1918 (102nd)referred

World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act

United States · United States Congress · 17 April 1991

World War I Veterans' Service Pension Act - Directs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to pay a monthly pension of $100 to each veteran of World War I who meets specified service requirements. Requires such a veteran, if entitled to another pension administered by the Department of Veterans Affairs, to elect which pension to receive.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 125 (102nd)referred

To amend rule XLVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to provide for a phased reduction in the size of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

United States · United States Congress · 16 April 1991

Amends rule XLVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to reduce the size of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence from: (1) a maximum of 19 to 16 members beginning on January 21, 1993; (2) a maximum of 16 to 15 members beginning on November 18, 1993; and (3) a maximum of 15 to 13 members beginning with the 104th Congress.

Bill· HRH.R. 1771 (102nd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and title II of the Social Security Act to expand the social security exemption for election officials and election workers employed by State and local governments.

United States · United States Congress · 15 April 1991

Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) with respect to the social security exemption for election officials and election workers employed by State and local governments to increase the allowed remuneration paid to such workers.

Bill· HRH.R. 1755 (102nd)referred

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1991

Davis-Bacon Repeal Act of 1991 - Repeals the Davis-Bacon Act (an Act which requires that the locally prevailing wage rate be paid to various classes of laborers and mechanics working under federally-financed or federally-assisted contracts for construction, alteration, and repair of public buildings or public works).

Bill· HRH.R. 1752 (102nd)open

World War II Cadet Nurse Civil Service Fairness Act

United States · United States Congress · 11 April 1991

World War II Cadet Nurse Civil Service Fairness Act - Includes service of at least one year but less than two years in the Cadet Nurse Corps during World War II as creditable service for purposes of civil service retirement. (Current law provides for individuals with two or more years of service.) Requires the retirement annuity of an affected individual to be redetermined provided he or she: (1) files an appropriate written application with the Office of Personnel Management within 14 months of enactment of this Act; and (2) makes required deposits to the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund with respect to service in the Corps.

Bill· HRH.R. 1667 (102nd)open

To permanently prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from preparing for or conducting any activity under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act on certain portions of the outer continental shelf off the State of Florida, to prohibit activities other than certain required environmental or oceanographic studies under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act within the part of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area lying off the State of Florida, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 9 April 1991

Prohibits the Secretary of the Interior from preparing for or conducting any activity under the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act with respect to certain submerged lands off the State of Florida. Mandates that all leases in such area issued before enactment of this Act be cancelled. Requires the Secretary to report annually to the Congress on the status of such cancellations. Provides for compensation to entitled lessees. Prohibits any activities other than environmental or oceanographic studies in a certain part of the Eastern Gulf of Mexico Planning Area off the western boundary of Florida. Directs the Secretary to undertake certain environmental studies. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1624 (102nd)open

To provide for the establishment of a memorial on Federal land within the District of Columbia to honor members of the Armed Forces who served in World War II, and to express the sense of Congress concerning the United States' participation in that conflict.

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1991

Directs the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a memorial on Federal land in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor World War II veterans and to commemorate U.S. participation in that conflict. Directs the Commission to plan, design, construct, and oversee the operation of the memorial. Specifies that such design shall provide for accessibility by, and accommodations for, the physically handicapped. Establishes the World War II Memorial Advisory Board to: (1) promote the establishment of the memorial and encourage the donation of private funds for construction and maintenance; (2) assist and cooperate with the Commission in the selection of the site and design for the memorial; and (3) transmit annual reports on its activities to the Congress. Authorizes the Commission to solicit private contributions for such memorial. Establishes a fund in the Treasury which shall be made available to the Commission to carry out this Act. Authorizes Federal funding, in addition to such private funds, for: (1) site preparation, design, planning, and associated administrative costs for establishment of the memorial; and (2) construction, maintenance, and operation of the memorial. Authorizes assistance from specified Federal departments and agencies, including the Library of Congress. Authorizes the transfer of Federal property to the Commission. Authorizes the Commission to purchase suitable property within the District of Columbia for the establishment of such memorial. Urges the Government to encourage 50th anniversary commemorations of the U.S. role in World War II. Urges the Smithsonian Institution and other Federal museums to develop commemorative exhibitions to be shared with academic institutions.

Bill· HRH.R. 1623 (102nd)referred

World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act

United States · United States Congress · 22 March 1991

World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coin Act - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the United States should recognize the 50th anniversary of World War II by minting and issuing commemorative coins. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and mint such coins in five dollar, one dollar, and half dollar denominations. Mandates that surcharges received from the sale of such coins be deposited in a coinage profit fund and allocated, upon separate congressional authorization, to the American Battle Monuments Commission to establish a World War II memorial. Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to the Congress regarding implementation of this Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1565 (102nd)referred

Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1991

Health Equity and Access Reform Today Act of 1991 - Title I: Increase in Access to Health Care and Affordable Health Insurance - Subtitle A: Provision of Insurance Through Small Employers - Part I: Small Employer Health Insurance Reforms - Provides for development by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners of model standards regarding requirements under this Act relating to: (1) offering by small employer carriers of MedAccess plans; (2) benefits under such plans; (3) guaranteed issue; (4) initial writing; and (5) premium increases. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to adopt those standards or specify alternative standards. Provides for enforcement of the standards through each State. Allows a State to have more stringent standards. Directs the Secretary to enforce the standards in any State which fails to comply with enforcement or reporting requirements (Federal standard State). Amends the Internal Revenue Code tax on a small employer carrier for any failure in a Federal standard State to comply with the standards. Sets the tax at a specified percentage of the amounts received by the carrier for providing any health benefit plan to any small employer in the Federal standard State. Preempts any provision of State law with regard to a small employer health benefit plan that meets requirements of this Act relating to initial writing and premium increases. Requires each small employer carrier to offer a MedAccess Plan, defined as a plan which: (1) is designed to provide only basic hospital, medical, surgical, and preventive benefits so as to make it affordable to small employers as specified in standards under this Act; (2) is guaranteed issue; and (3) meets requirements of this Act relating to initial writing and premium increases. Defines the term, for a health maintenance organization (HMO), as a plan of the type described above, but with benefits consistent with applicable Federal or State requirements for HMOs. Requires each MedAccess plan to accept every small employer in the State that applies for coverage and every full-time employee, with associated family coverage. Provides special rules allowing HMOs to: (1) limit enrollment of employers and employees to the HMO's service area; and (2) deny coverage on the basis of inadequate capacity, provided the denial is applied uniformly without regard to health status, claims experience, or duration of coverage. Sets forth requirements for the initial writing of policies, including prohibiting limiting or excluding coverage for pre-existing conditions under certain circumstances. Limits: (1) variation of index rates between distinct groups of employers (blocks of business) as shown on the records of the carrier; (2) variation of premium rates within a block of business; and (3) transfer of employers among blocks of business. Sets forth rules for establishing blocks of business. Requires: (1) a carrier to fully disclose rating practices; (2) actuarial certification that a carrier is in compliance with these provisions and the rating methods are sound; and (3) registration of carriers with and reporting by carriers to the State insurance commissioner. Allows a carrier to condition issuance or renewal on enrollment of a minimum number or percentage of an employer's employees. Requires such conditions to be imposed uniformly on employers of the same size. Prohibits cancellation or denial of renewal other than for specified reasons, including for: (1) nonpayment of premiums; (2) noncompliance with plan provisions; (3) failure to maintain the required number or percentage of enrollees; or (4) misuse of a provider network provision. Limits premium increases. Prohibits for five years market reentry after a carrier terminates the offering of plans in an area. Provides for development by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners of models for reinsurance mechanisms for individuals and small employers who are enrolled under a small employer plan and for whom a carrier is at risk of incurring high costs under the plan. Requires each State to establish and fund one or more reinsurance mechanisms. Allows a State, in order to assure the financial solvency of the mechanism, to impose charges on any entity, including a self-insured entity, providing employee-related health benefits. Directs the Secretary to establish a mechanism for a State which fails to do so (Federal reinsurance State). Requires the mechanism in a Federal reinsurance State to charge the carrier a premium equal to 500 percent of the premium charged to a reinsured individual or 150 percent of the premium charged a reinsured group. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on the providing of any health benefit plan which covers any employee in a Federal reinsurance State. Ties the amount of the tax to the percentage estimated as generating sufficient revenues to carry out the reinsurance. Requires the tax to be paid by the plan provider (the carrier, the HMO, or the administrator of a self-insured plan). Allows each State commissioner of insurance to require each employer health benefit plan, including a self-insured plan, to be registered with that commissioner. Allows the Secretary to impose such a requirement with regard to a Federal reinsurance State. Part II: Requiring Employers to Offer Health Insurance to Employees - Requires each small employer to make available to each full-time employee the option to enroll the employee, and the employee's spouse and dependent children, in a MedAccess plan. Declares that the employer need not make any contribution towards the cost. Considers an employer in compliance if the employer sought coverage but the plan was not made available because an insufficient number or percentage of employees enrolled. Requires each large employer to make available to each full-time employee the option to enroll the employee, and the employee's spouse and dependent children, in a health benefits plan providing for at least the benefits required of a MedAccess plan. Declares that the employer need not make any contribution towards the cost. Defines a large employer as having 26 or more full-time employees. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on an employer for failure to offer a health insurance plan. Sets the amount of the tax at a specified amount per employee per year, to a specified maximum. Part III: Definitions - Sets forth definitions of terms as used in this subtitle, including defining a small employer to include certain employers with between three and 26 employees. Subtitle B: Incentives for Managed Care Plans - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a tax on an employer for providing any health plan unless the plan is a cost-controlled plan or a safe harbor plan. Sets the amount of the tax at a specified percentage of the amount paid or incurred by the employer in providing the plan which is not a cost-controlled or safe harbor plan. Defines "cost-controlled health benefit plan" to mean either a managed care plan or a responsible co-payment plan. Defines "safe harbor plan" as a plan under which the average monthly employer contribution does not exceed specified levels for individual and group coverage. Increases the percentage of medical care insurance costs which a self-employed individual is allowed to deduct from income taxes. Removes provisions terminating all health care insurance deductions for self-employed individuals as of a specified date. Allows such deductions only for controlled-cost or safe harbor plans. Preempts and prohibits the enforcement of any State law that restricts: (1) carriers from negotiating reimbursement rates with providers or contracting selectively with one or a limited number of providers; (2) financial incentives a health plan may require a beneficiary to pay for using a non-plan provider on a non-emergency basis; and (3) certain aspects of utilization review. Requires the Comptroller General to conduct a study of the benefits and cost effectiveness of the use of managed care in the delivery of health services and report to the Congress. Declares the provisions superseding State law inapplicable after five years. Subtitle C: Study and Report - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to study and report to the Congress on the impact of the changes made by this title on: (1) increasing access to health care; (2) the number of employees of small employers who do not have health insurance; (3) the cost of small employer health benefit plans; and (4) the effectiveness of MedAccess plans. Title II: Encouraging Expansion of Services to the Poor and Working Poor - Declares that the remedy provided by specified provisions of Federal law relating to claims against the United States for personal injury resulting from medical care provided by an entity receiving a grant or contract under provisions relating to migrant and community health centers, or provided by an individual employed by or under contract to such a center, shall be exclusive of any other civil action or proceeding. Directs the Attorney General to defend any civil action or proceeding brought in any court against a protected person for such injury. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to certify that an entity receiving a grant or contract under such provisions has: (1) implemented policies and procedures to assure against malpractice; and (2) no history of claims against it or, if such claims exist, has fully cooperated with the Attorney General in defending against the claims and taken corrective steps. Directs the Secretary to provide for a program of grants to migrant and community health centers receiving grants or contracts under provisions of the Public Health Service Act relating to such centers to promote the provision of primary health care services for underserved individuals. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Preserving and Improving Quality of Care - Directs the Secretary to develop standards for: (1) a common set of hospital clinical patient data; and (2) the confidential transfer of data in electronic form. Directs the Secretary to report to the Congress on restructuring the Medicare peer review quality assurance program given the availability of hospital data in electronic form. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require hospitals, in order to be eligible for Medicare payments, to: (1) maintain clinical data in electronic form on all inpatients; and (2) transmit electronically to the Secretary or a utilization and quality control peer view organization a common set of clinical inpatient hospital data relating to any individual receiving services for which certain Medicare payments may be made. Directs the Secretary to provide grants to demonstrate and conduct research on the application of comprehensive information systems in monitoring and improving patient care. Makes up to a specified amount available each year from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for the grants.

Bill· HRH.R. 1570 (102nd)referred

Church Retirement Benefits Simplification Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 21 March 1991

Church Retirement Benefits Simplification Act of 1991 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to recodify and revise qualifications for church retirement and pension plans. Makes employee contributions to such plans nonforfeitable. Allows ten-year vesting with a nonforfeitable right to 100 percent of accrued benefits derived from employer contributions. Allows five-to-fifteen year vesting with a nonforfeitable right to a percentage (25% to 100%) of such accrued benefits. Requires the plan to meet minimum vesting requirements. Provides that no employee shall be considered an officer, shareholder, supervisor, or highly compensated employee if such employee receives less than $50,000 per year. Excludes from such consideration employees covered by a collective bargaining agreement if retirement benefits were a subject of good faith bargaining. Recodifies the authority of a church or a convention or association of churches to be treated as an employer making contributions to retirement income accounts. Subjects church-related hospitals and universities to certain coverage and related rules in the case of a contract purchased by a church. Requires distributions from retirement income accounts provided by churches to be in accordance with distributions under cash or deferred arrangements. Provides for determining the beginning date for such distributions. Allows self-employed ministers and chaplains who work for non-church employers to participate in their church plans. Provides that certain rules aggregating employees do not apply to churches. Restores qualified voluntary employee contributions to church plans. Treats self-employed ministers as employees for purposes of certain welfare benefit plans and retirement income accounts. Allows a deduction for contributions to retirement income accounts by such ministers. Provides that a church plan maintained by more than one employer shall not be treated as a single plan. Provides that accounting methods of deferred compensation plans of State and local governments and tax-exempt organizations do not apply to a church plan. Exempts a church plan from the requirement to maintain separate accounts for medical benefits for key employees. Provides that the special rules for computing employee contributions to pension plans do not apply to certain foreign missionaries. Repeals the elective deferral catch-up limitation for church retirement income accounts. Allows church plans to annuitize benefits and increase benefit payments. Provides that rules for self-insured medical reimbursement plans are not applicable to church plans.

Bill· HRH.R. 1536 (102nd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow employers a tax credit for hiring displaced homemakers.

United States · United States Congress · 20 March 1991

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to qualify displaced homemakers for the targeted jobs income tax credit. Defines "displaced homemaker" as an individual who: (1) has not worked in the labor force for a substantial number of years but has, during those years, worked in the home providing unpaid services for family members; and (2) has been dependent on public assistance or on the income of another family member but is no longer supported by that income or is receiving public assistance on account of dependent children in the home.

Bill· HRH.R. 1473 (102nd)referred

To repeal section 3205 of title 38, United States Code.

United States · United States Congress · 19 March 1991

Repeals a Federal provision prohibiting the payment of veterans' disability compensation to an incompetent veteran having no spouse, child, or dependent when such veteran's estate value exceeds $25,000, until such estate value is reduced to less than $10,000.

Bill· HRH.R. 1406 (102nd)referred

Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 12 March 1991

Savings and Investment Incentive Act of 1991 - Title I: Retirement Savings Incentives - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the limitations on deductions for individual retirement plans and provides a cost-of-living adjustment for deductible amounts. Establishes special individual retirement accounts that are nondeductible. Makes such accounts nontaxable if earnings on contributions are held for at least five years. Applies the early withdrawal penalty to distributions made before the end of the five year-period. Title II: Penalty-Free Distributions - Provides exemptions from the ten-percent penalty on early withdrawals from individual retirement plans for: (1) first home purchases; (2) higher education expenses; and (2) financially devastating medical expenses.

Bill· HRH.R. 1348 (102nd)referred

Entitled, "The Public Pension Equity Restoration Act of 1991".

United States · United States Congress · 7 March 1991

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude State and local governmental plans from the limitation on benefits exceeding 100 percent of the participant's average compensation for the high three years. Provides that qualified governmental excess benefit arrangements shall not be taken into account in determining whether pension plans meet the limitations on benefits and contributions of qualified plans. Requires taxation of such benefits as if they were provided under a deferred compensation plan maintained by a corporation not exempt from tax which does not meet the requirements of qualified pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans. Exempts disability income received as a pension, annuity, or similar allowance as a result of personal injuries or sickness from the reduced dollar limitation for defined benefit plans where the employee has less than ten years participation or the retirement benefit begins before the social security retirement age. Revises the special rule for State and local government plans which requires such limitation to equal the accrued benefit to allow the election of such rule to be revoked under certain circumstances.

Bill· HRH.R. 1296 (102nd)referred

To authorize the President to award a gold medal on behalf of the Congress to General H. Norman Schwarzkopf and to provide for the production of bronze duplicates of such medal for sale to the public.

United States · United States Congress · 6 March 1991

Authorizes the President to present a gold medal to General H. Norman Schwarzkopf in recognition of his exemplary performance in coordinating the planning, strategy, and execution of U.S. combat action and his invaluable contributions to the United States and to the liberation of Kuwait. Authorizes appropriations.

Bill· HRH.R. 1277 (102nd)referred

To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to increase the amount of the exemption for dependent children under age 18 to $3,500, and for other purposes.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1991

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase the personal exemption for a dependent child who has not attained age 18 from $2,000 to $3,500. Provides for rounding inflation adjustments to tax tables to the nearest multiple of $10 (currently rounded to the next lowest multiple of $50).

Bill· HJRESH.J.Res. 174 (102nd)referred

To express the sense of the House of Representatives in support of a National Victory Parade in Washington D.C. and Regional Parades throughout the rest of the United States.

United States · United States Congress · 5 March 1991

Endorses a National Victory Parade in Washington, D.C., and regional victory parades throughout the United States to honor servicemen and women who participated in Operation Desert Storm. Encourages Federal, State, and local governments and private industry to get involved in supporting such parades.

Bill· HRH.R. 1200 (102nd)referred

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991

Medicare Skilled Nursing Facility and Home Health Benefit Act of 1991 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the requirement that extended care services be provided within a certain period following hospitalization in order to be covered under the Hospital Insurance Program; and (2) cover nursing care and home health aide services provided or needed on an intermittent basis.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 95 (102nd)passed

Commending the President and United States and allied military forces on the success of Operation Desert Storm.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991

Acclaims the President for his decisive leadership, unerring judgment, and sound decisions with respect to the Persian Gulf crisis. Commends and expresses appreciation to the members of the U.S. armed forces and other members of the international coalition who participated in Operation Desert Storm. Conveys sympathy and condolences to the families and friends of coalition and U.S. forces who were injured or killed during such operation. Expresses compassion for the families of noncombatants who suffered hardship and personal losses during the Persian Gulf War. Supports continued efforts to promote peace and stability in the Persian Gulf.

Resolution· HCONRESH.Con.Res. 82 (102nd)open

To express the sense of Congress concerning the role of U.S. forces in the liberation of Kuwait.

United States · United States Congress · 28 February 1991

Commends President George Bush, Secretary of Defense Richard Cheney, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Colin Powell, Secretary of State James Baker, General Norman Schwarzkopf, and every American service member for their respective roles in liberating Kuwait. Calls on all Americans to honor those who fell in the line of duty and pray for the safe return of all those missing in action. Commends every American family for its role in providing support for U.S. troops.

Bill· HRH.R. 1124 (102nd)open

To amend title 10, United States Code, to restore the CHAMPUS eligibility of certain members and former members of the uniformed services, and their dependents, who are currently excluded from benefits under CHAMPUS because of their entitlement to hospital insurance benefits under medicare.

United States · United States Congress · 27 February 1991

Amends the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (CHAMPUS) to include under such coverage otherwise eligible persons who are also entitled to Medicare benefits. Prohibits a benefit from being paid under CHAMPUS to the extent that it is also a covered benefit for such individual under title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act.

Bill· HRH.R. 1025 (102nd)referred

Housing for Older Persons Act of 1991

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991

Housing for Older Persons Act of 1991 - Amends the Fair Housing Act with regard to the religious organization or private club exemption to: (1) amend the definition of housing for older persons; and (2) make a good faith attempt at compliance a defense against civil money damages.

Resolution· HRESH.Res. 83 (102nd)referred

To amend rule XLIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require secrecy oaths for members and staff of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence.

United States · United States Congress · 20 February 1991

Amends rule XLVIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives to require members and employees of the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence to take a secrecy oath. Authorizes the Select Committee to refer cases of unauthorized disclosure and violations of the required oaths to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct for investigation. Specifies possible sanctions.