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Bill· HRH.R. 390 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable individual income tax credit for the educational expenses (tuition and supplies) of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependents at an eligible private elementary or secondary school, institution of higher education, or vocational school. Limits the credit to $1,000 per student per year.
Bill· HRH.R. 386 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove limitations on the deductibility of contributions to individual retirement plans by active participants in employer-maintained plans.
Bill· HRH.R. 396 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any annuities, pensions, or other retirement benefits received by individuals under a public retirement system and by other retirees aged 65 or older if total income from such sources (not including tax-excluded amounts) is $10,000 or less.
Bill· HRH.R. 392 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Child Care Tax Credit Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to increase from $2,400 to $3,600 (from $4,800 to $5,400 in the case of two or more qualifying dependents) the amount of employment-related expenses subject to the dependent care income tax credit. Denies the credit to taxpayers having adjusted gross income of $50,000 or more. Removes the 20 percent minimum credit percentage, thus subjecting taxpayers having income above $30,000 to an incremental decrease in the applicable credit percentage.
Bill· HRH.R. 292 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts received under qualified group legal services plans. (Under current law the exclusion expired as of January 1, 1989.)
Bill· HRH.R. 192 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Omnibus Small Business Act of 1989 - Title I: Cabinet Level Status for Administrator of the Small Business Administration - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Administrator of the Small Business Administration should be designated by the President as a full-fledged member of the Cabinet, to serve as the President's principal advisor on all small business matters. Amends Federal law to raise the Administrator's pay to an executive level commensurate with cabinet status. Title II: Permanent Authorization for White House Conferences on Small Business - Directs the President to conduct a National White House Conference on Small Business once during each four-year period following a presidential election to increase public awareness of the role of small businesses and to review the status of recommendations adopted at the next preceding White House Conference on Small Business. Mandates that the Conference present a final report to the President and the Congress regarding its findings and recommendations. Requires the Small Business Administration to report annually to the Congress during the three-year period following the Conference report on the status and implementation of Conference recommendations. Authorizes appropriations. Title III: Judicial Review Under Regulatory Flexibility Act - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to repeal the proscription against judicial review of agency determinations regarding regulatory flexibility. Title IV: Regulatory Analysis of Tax Interpretative Rules - Amends the Regulatory Flexibility Act to make an interpretative rule issued under the Internal Revenue Code an agency rule subject to such Act. Title V: Study of Impact of Regulatory Analysis Upon Small Business - Requires the Chief Counsel for Advocacy of the Small Business Administration to study the impact of Federal regulatory paperwork and tax requirements upon small business. Title VI: Study of Credit Availability - Directs the Administrator of the Small Business Administration to study the availability of credit to small business.
Bill· HRH.R. 364 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Constitutional Amendment - Prohibits total fiscal year appropriations from exceeding estimated revenues. Authorizes the Congress to suspend this prohibition in time of war or national emergency. Prohibits any increase in the national debt as it exists on the ratification date. Establishes a schedule for its repayment.
Bill· HRH.R. 151 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends Internal Revenue Code provisions relating to bonds used by tax-exempt organizations (501(c)(3) bonds). Describes the treatment of property originally financed with taxable debt and later refinanced with tax-exempt debt. Requires residential rental projects financed with 501(c)(3) bonds to meet specified low-income criteria. Treats as arbitrage bonds certain bonds whose proceeds are used for higher yielding investments in residential rental property for family units within the issuer's jurisdiction.
Bill· HRH.R. 307 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to extend through FY 1992 the authorization of appropriations in the following areas: (1) general authorization of appropriations; (2) public works and development facility loans; (3) technical assistance and economic development planning; and (4) special economic development and adjustment assistance to areas with high unemployment, economic dislocation, or long-term economic deterioration problems. Amends the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 (ARDA) to authorize appropriations through FY 1992 for: (1) the administrative expenses of the Appalachian Regional Commission; (2) the leasing of office space for the Commission; (3) the Appalachian development highway system; and (4) general implementation of ARDA. Extends the termination date for ARDA until October 1, 1992.
Bill· HRH.R. 113 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
National Public Works Corporation Act - Amends the Public Works and Economic Development Act of 1965 to establish the National Public Works Corporation. Authorizes appropriations for the capitalization of the Corporation for fiscal years following 1989. Authorizes States electing to participate in the Corporation to make certain contributions. Sets the maximum amount of contributions any one State may make to the Corporation. Authorizes the Corporation to make loans to participating States and local governments for projects for the construction, rehabilitation, and repair of public facilities in accordance with this Act. Prohibits loan plans from being used to pay the non-Federal share of the cost of Federal projects. States the maximum amount of outstanding loans authorized for such projects. Prohibits the Corporation from making a loan for a public facility project unless it determines that such facility, upon completion, will generate sufficient fees to repay the principal and interest on such loans and create a sufficient reserve for the operation and maintenance of the project, including replacement costs over the useful life of the project. Requires applicants for such loans to demonstrate to the Corporation that they have legal authority to assess and collect such fees and that such fees will provide sufficient revenues to meet the conditions for making such loans. States additional conditions and requirements for such loans. Requires the Governor of a State to submit applications for public facility project loans for the State or State agency or instrumentality. Requires the responsible official of local government to submit applications for public facility project loans for such unit or agencies thereof. Prohibits the Corporation from approving local government project loans unless the Governor of the appropriate State certifies approval of the application. Prohibits any Governor from submitting or approving loan applications for more than the maximum amount allowable to any one State. Requires Governors to ensure a proper distribution of available loan funds in a State between urban and rural areas according to a certain allocation formula. Requires the Corporation to require all contracts made with such loan proceeds to be awarded on the basis of competitive bidding. Requires the Corporation to conduct necessary audits to enforce this Act. States procedures to be followed if the Corporation determines that insufficient fees are being collected. Authorizes appropriations to the Corporation for fiscal years after FY 1987, in order to reduce interest rates paid by borrowers under this Act. Declares that the Corporation, its assets, and certain property shall be exempt from State, local, or Federal taxes, except for certain real property and tangible personal property. States that any obligations issued by the Corporation shall be taxed as to principal and interest to the same extent as the obligations of private corporations. Requires the General Accounting Office to audit the financial transactions of the Corporation. Sets forth procedures to be followed in the event of a default on any loan made under this Act. Requires the Corporation to submit an annual report to the Congress and the President after each fiscal year on the status of the Corporation and its reserve fund. Requires such report to include a description of the projects for which loans were made during the preceding fiscal year.
Bill· HRH.R. 193 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Enterprise Zone Development and Employment Act of 1989 - Subtitle A: Designation of Enterprise Zones - Authorizes the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development (Secretary) to designate enterprise zones for purposes of providing tax and regulatory relief and improving local services. Limits choices to areas nominated by States and local governments. Limits to 100 the total number of areas that may be designated, and the time period of the designation. Authorizes the Secretary to designate a zone only if the area meets certain locational, demographic, unemployment, and poverty criteria. Requires nominating local governments, as a condition of the Secretary's designation, to agree in writing to follow a course of action that may include reducing tax rates, improving local services, simplifying or streamlining regulation of business, and providing job training to area residents. Describes areas to which the Secretary must give preference in selecting areas for designation. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress every four years on the effects of such enterprise zones' designation in accomplishing the purposes of this Act. Subtitle B: Federal Income Tax Incentives - Part I: Credits for Employers and Employees - Allows employers located in enterprise zones a nonrefundable income tax credit for qualified increased employment expenditures and employment of the disadvantaged. Sets the credit amount at ten percent of the increase in payroll plus a specified percentage of wages paid to certain disadvantaged workers through the first 20 years of the enterprise zone designation. Allows a nonrefundable income tax credit to enterprise zone employees for five percent of wages earned. Phases out both credits in the last four years of the enterprise zone designation. Part II: Credits for Investment in Tangible Property in Enterprise Zones - Allows businesses an additional investment tax credit for investments made in certain enterprise zone construction property. Limits the credit to ten percent for new property, including rental property. Requires the recapture of credit amounts upon the early disposition of the property. Part III: Nonrecognition of Qualified Enterprise Zone Capital Gain Where Acquisition of Enterprise Zone Business Property - Provides for the nonrecognition of capital gain on the sale of enterprise zone property if, within one year after the sale, the taxpayer acquires qualified replacement property (generally defined as property related to an enterprise zone or to a business within a zone). Part IV: Deduction for Purchase of Enterprise Stock - Allows a taxpayer to deduct up to $100,000 of the aggregate amount paid for the purchase of enterprise stock on its original issue by a qualified issuer. Requires any gain from the disposition of the stock to be treated as ordinary income. Part V: Rules Relating to Private Activity Bonds - Declares that: (1) limitations on the cost recovery deductions for property financed with tax-exempt bonds shall not apply to enterprise zone property; and (2) the termination of the small issue exemption shall not apply to bonds whose proceeds are used to finance facilities in enterprise zones. Part VI: Ordinary Loss Deduction for Securities of Enterprise Zone Business Which Become Worthless - Permits an ordinary loss deduction for securities of enterprise zone business that become worthless during the taxable year. Part VII: Increase in Research Credit for Research Conducted in Enterprise Zones - Increases from 20 percent to 37 1/2 percent the tax credit for increasing research conducted in enterprise zones. Part VIII: Sense of the Congress with Respect to Tax Simplification - Expresses the sense of the Congress that the Secretary of the Treasury should simplify the administration and enforcement of any provision of the Internal Revenue Code affected by this Act. Part IX: Regulations - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue regulations to carry out the provisions of this Act not later than six months after enactment. Subtitle C: Regulatory Flexibility - Amends Federal law to revise the definition of "small entity" for purposes of the analysis of regulatory functions to include qualified business, government, and nonprofit enterprises operating within enterprise zones. Authorizes Federal agencies, upon request by a designating government, to waive or modify rules and regulations pertaining to the implementation of projects or activities within an enterprise zone. Requires agencies to approve the request if the resulting benefits of job creation, community development, or economic revitalization outweigh the public interest in retaining the rule unchanged. Disallows waiver or modification of a rule that would directly violate a statutory requirement or present a danger to the public health and safety. Amends the Department of Housing and Urban Development Act to direct the Secretary of Housing and Urban Development to promote the coordination of all enterprise zone programs and to consolidate all periodic reports required under such programs into one summary report. Subtitle D: Establishment of Foreign-Trade Zones in Enterprise Zones - Requires the Foreign-Trade Zone Board to consider on a priority basis and to expedite the processing of applications for the establishment of foreign-trade zones within enterprise zones. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to give priority to, and expedite applications for, the establishment of ports of entry necessary to establish such zones.
Bill· HRH.R. 138 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Non-Discrimination in Advertising Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow an income tax deduction for the advertising expenses of persons who discriminate against minority-owned or formatted communications entities when purchasing or placing advertisements. Authorizes a private civil action for any person aggrieved by anyone purchasing or placing an advertisement in a manner that discriminates against any communications entity by reason of race, color, or ethnic background.
Bill· HRH.R. 214 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Provides that the Tax Reform Act of 1986 shall be applied and administered as if the three-year basis recovery rule applicable to government employees' annuities had not been repealed.
Bill· HRH.R. 142 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
National Medicare Lottery Act - Title I: The National Lottery - Establishes the National Lottery Commission to administer an annual lottery for purchasers of series LL savings bonds. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and the Congress on its activities in carrying out this Act. Establishes the National Medicare, Education, and Child Care Lottery Trust Fund. Appropriates to such Trust Fund certain criminal fines (relating to lotteries) and the excess amounts of interest rates of series EE bonds over series LL bonds for a fiscal year. Establishes series LL savings bonds. Provides that purchasers shall be entered into the national lottery one time for each $25 spent. Declares that the conduct of the national lottery shall be a Federal function. Exempts amounts of lottery prizes from Federal taxation. Title II: Disposition of Lottery Revenues - Requires that 50 percent of the amounts in the Trust Fund be divided equally among: (1) the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund; (2) the Secretary of Education to carry out programs; and (3) the Secretary of Health and Human Services for child care services under the block grant program to States for social services of the Social Security Act. Requires the use of 40 percent to pay prizes and the remaining ten percent for the administration of the national lottery.
Bill· HRH.R. 282 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Targeted Fiscal Assistance Act of 1989 - Repeals provisions of the Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985 that terminated the general revenue sharing program. Revises the program to establish a framework for targeted fiscal assistance. Authorizes FY 1989 through 1991 appropriations. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury, for each entitlement period, to allocate: (1) special entitlements for Indian tribes, Alaska Native villages, and the District of Columbia; and (2) funds to each State (for subsequent allocation to local governments) in accordance with a formula based on the State's need, general tax effort, and relative fiscal gap factors. Entitles local governments to a share of the State funds in accordance with a formula based on population, general tax effort, and relative income factors. Eliminates provisions allowing State variation of local government allocations. Revises procedures for determining maximum and minimum limitations on local government entitlements.
Bill· HRH.R. 137 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
National Revenue Sharing Lottery Act - Title I: National Lottery - Establishes the National Lottery Commission to administer an annual national lottery. Requires the Commission to report to the President and the Congress annually on its activities. Requires lottery tickets to be sold at U.S. post offices by postal employees and otherwise as specified by the Commission. Prohibits the sale of lottery tickets to persons under the age of 18 and prohibits such persons from being eligible for prizes. Establishes the National Revenue Sharing Lottery Trust Fund for the deposit of receipts from ticket sales and any fines imposed for violations of this Act. Exempts national lottery prizes from Federal income tax. Establishes criminal penalties for violations of this Act. Provides for the mailability of matters related to the national lottery. Title II: Disposition of Lottery Revenues - Provides for the disposition of national lottery revenues as follows: (1) 50 percent for general revenue sharing; (2) not less than 40 percent to pay prizes; and (3) not more than ten percent for operations and administration.
Bill· HRH.R. 85 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Revises conflict of interest provisions concerning Department of Defense procurement to prohibit former Department officers and employees and former or retired members of the armed services who participated in decisionmaking responsibilities concerning defense contractors from accepting compensation from such contractors for a two-year period following separation from the Department. (Present law imposes such prohibitions only on those officials who performed procurement functions for a majority of working days or who participated in negotiations of contracts or claims in excess of $10,000,000.) Imposes criminal penalties for violations of such prohibition. (Present law provides only civil penalties.) Imposes criminal penalties upon any person who knowingly offers or provides such compensation to a former defense procurement official. (Present law imposes only civil penalties.) Authorizes the Secretary of Defense to exempt from such requirements certain persons appointed to sensitive civilian procurement executive positions. Specifies that such an exemption shall be made with the concurrence of the Director of the Office of Government Ethics. Requires the Secretary to report to the Congress concerning any such exemptions. Requires the Secretary to provide each defense procurement official separated from service a written notice containing: (1) an explanation of the provisions of this Act; and (2) the name of each contractor from whom such person is prohibited from accepting compensation. Specifies that the provisions of this Act shall not apply to contracts for less than $100,000 or to contractors who did less than $100,000 worth of business with the Department in the preceding fiscal year. Allows any person who is considering the propriety of accepting compensation from a defense contractor to apply to the Director of the Office of Government Ethics for advice on the applicability of this Act.
Bill· HRH.R. 368 (101st)open
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Rural Transportation Equity Act of 1989 - Amends the Urban Mass Transportation Act of 1964 to increase from 2.93 percent to six percent the amount allocated in any fiscal year for public transportation projects in non-urbanized areas. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1990 through 1995 for State Initiative Block Grants based upon a specified formula to determine rural population ratios and entitlement. Redesignates the Urban Mass Transportation Administration of the Department of Transportation as the Public Transportation Administration. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to: (1) encourage the appointment of State ombudsmen to coordinate rural transportation resources and planning in each State; (2) establish a rural mobility working group in the Public Transportation Administration to ensure the coordination of all activities with an impact on rural and specialized transportation (and to serve as a single information clearinghouse on such activities); and (3) report annually to the Congress regarding assistance programs provided to rural and specialized transportation operations.
Bill· HRH.R. 297 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Requires that the Secretary of Transportation's apportioned allocation to a State for the Federal-aid highway program be not less than 100 percent (currently 85 percent) of the percentage of the estimated tax payments attributable to highway users in that State paid into the Highway Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 308 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Infrastructure Improvement and Public Productivity Act - Sets out State apportionments for amounts appropriated to carry out this Act. Directs the Secretary of Commerce to develop a representative tax system similar to a previously published tax system, to provide public notice of such system and opportunity to comment, and to submit a report on such system to the appropriate congressional committees as soon as practicable. States that such tax system shall take effect not sooner than 45 days after publication in final form in the Federal Register and concurrent transmittal to each House of the Congress. Sets aside one percent of amounts appropriated under this Act for research and development in the repair, maintenance, and future improvement of public facilities. Sets aside a percentage for Puerto Rico and the other U.S. territories. Directs the chief executive officer of each State and territory to set aside one percent of any amounts apportioned to such State or territory for capital budgeting and capital improvement programs. Directs such chief executive officer, after setting aside the proper amounts, to make the remainder available for grants for the construction, reconstruction, renovation, and repair of public facilities. States that a grant under this Act for a project for which no other Federal grant is made shall be for 50 percent of the cost of the project. Specifies limited conditions under which grants shall be made, including the requirement that the proposed project must expand the economic base, promote economic diversity, or enhance the economic development opportunities in the area. Directs the chief executive officer, in selecting projects for grants, to consider the ability of the proposed project to stimulate additional capital spending. Requires funds apportioned to a State to be allocated between rural and urban areas in an equitable manner in accordance with a specified formula. Directs the chief executive officer to conduct an audit of each project completed with a grant under this Act. Directs recipients of such grants to keep records to enable such officer to complete such audits, and to make such records available to the chief executive officer. Directs the Secretary to use the most recent available information before an apportionment is made to determine such apportionment. Directs the Secretary to determine population on the same basis that the Secretary determines resident population for general statistical purposes. Authorizes appropriations for FY 1991 through 1995.
Bill· HRH.R. 218 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Directs the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to construct, expand, and renovate facilities at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum in New York, New York, in accordance with the master plan for such project. Authorizes appropriations to the Board for FY 1990 and subsequent fiscal years in an amount equal to one-half the total cost of the project. Prohibits the use of appropriations until the Comptroller General determines that one-half of the total project cost is available to the Board from non-Federal sources. Provides for transfer of any portion of such funds to the General Services Administration to carry out such project. Provides that the Cooper-Hewitt Museum shall also be known as the National Museum of Design.
Bill· HRH.R. 354 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Health Security Act - Title I: Health Security Benefits - Makes every U.S. resident and nonresident citizen eligible for health services covered under this Act. Authorizes the Health Security Board to enter into reciprocal agreements for coverage of nonresident aliens when in the United States and U.S. citizens residing abroad. Entitles every eligible person to have payment made by the Health Security Board for any covered service provided within the United States by a participating provider. Extends coverage to: (1) professional physician services, including psychiatric services to outpatients under specified conditions; (2) dental services; (3) institutional services; and (4) pharmaceutical benefits. Directs the Board to establish, disseminate, and review annually: (1) a list of drugs for use in participating institutions, organizations, and associations; (2) a list of diseases and drugs for use outside such organizational settings, which shall include drug therapy for chronic conditions; and (3) lists of therapeutic devices, appliances, and equipment (including eyeglasses, hearing aids, and prosthetic appliances), and the conditions under which such items are covered benefits. Requires drugs to be listed by their established names as defined in the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act, and also, to the extent the Board deems appropriate, by trade names. Extends coverage to other professional and supporting services, including: (1) services of optometrists and podiatrists; (2) diagnostic and therapeutic services of independent pathology laboratories and radiology services; (3) mental health day care services; (4) alcoholism and drug abuse treatment; (5) family planning and rehabilitation services; (6) emergency and nonemergency transportation services; and (7) other supporting services, such as psychological, physiotherapy, nutrition, social work, or health education services, when furnished on behalf of certain approved organizations. Excludes from coverage: (1) health services furnished or paid for under Federal or State workmen's compensation laws; (2) primary or secondary school health services to the extent specified by regulation; (3) cosmetic surgery; (4) the furnishing of unapproved drugs and appliances; (5) certain medical or surgical procedures which the Board finds are experimental or too costly or scarce to provide on a nationwide basis; (6) certain services which are already furnished or available from another provider; and (7) services of a professional practitioner which are furnished in a nonparticipating hospital. Makes professional practitioners who are licensed on the effective date of enactment of this title eligible providers, but requires practitioners after such date to meet national standards established by the Board in addition to existing State standards. Specifies general eligibility requirements for participating providers, including the filing with the Board of an agreement: (1) not to discriminate in providing services to eligible persons; (2) not to make unauthorized charges; and (3) to comply with reporting requirements. Sets forth specific eligibility requirements for various types of participating providers, including: (1) general and psychiatric hospitals; (2) skilled nursing homes; (3) home health service agencies; (4) group practice organizations; (5) individual practice associations; and (6) other health service organizations and providers, including independent pathology laboratories and radiological services, ambulance services, and providers of drugs, devices, appliances, and equipment. Sets forth criteria for the utilization review plan of hospitals and skilled nursing homes. Requires skilled nursing homes to have in effect an agreement with at least one participating hospital for the transfer of patients and medical and other information. Limits the eligibility of providers operating newly constructed or enlarged facilities which are unnecessary for the furnishing of adequate services. Prohibits damages in malpractice judgments from being awarded for the cost of remedial services for which the injured party is entitled to receive payment under this Act. Excludes institutions and employees of the Department of Defense, Veterans Administration, (effective March 1989, Department of Veterans Affairs), and institutions and employees of the Department of Health and Human Services serving merchant seamen, Indians, or Alaskan Natives, from serving as participating providers, but allows reimbursement for services furnished by such institutions to eligible persons who are not part of their normal clientele. Permits a physician, dentist, optometrist, or podiatrist licensed in one State, and meeting the national standards, to furnish Health Security benefits in any other State. Grants similar authority to other professional and nonprofessional health personnel. Establishes the Health Security Trust Fund to receive the net assets of existing (Medicare) funds taken over by the Health Security program, the yield of the Health Security taxes, and the Government's contribution from general revenues amounting to 200 percent of the yield from these taxes. Directs the Board to fix for each fiscal year the maximum amount which may be obligated for expenditure from the trust fund. Establishes in the Trust Fund a health services account, a health resources development account, an administration account, and a residual general account. Provides for the allocation of the health services account among regions of the country. Provides that payments for covered services furnished to eligible persons by participating providers shall be made from the health services account in the Trust Fund. Sets forth specific payment requirements for the various types of participating providers. Sets forth various payment provisions for health care providers, institutions, and pharmacies. Authorizes the Board to: (1) assist in the establishment, expansion, and operation of group practice organizations, other public or nonprofit health service agencies, and nonprofit organizations furnishing comprehensive dental services; and (2) provide for the recruitment, education, and training of needed health personnel. Authorizes special improvement grants: (1) to any public or other nonprofit health agency or institution to establish improved coordination and linkages with other providers of services; and (2) to organizations providing comprehensive ambulatory care, to improve their utilization review, budget, statistical, or records and information retrieval systems, to acquire equipment needed for those purposes, or to acquire equipment useful for mass screening or for other diagnostic or therapeutic purposes. Sets the terms and conditions for construction and improvement loans made by the Board. Authorizes grants for the development of programs of personal care services. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of the health services development fund. Creates an administrative structure within the Department of Health and Human Services with exclusive responsibility for the administration of the Health Security Program. Establishes a five-member, full-time Health Security Board serving under the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Sets forth the responsibilities and duties of the Board and the Secretary. Provides that this title shall be administered by the Board through the regions of the Department and, within each region, through health service areas, which shall be the same as those areas established by the Secretary under the Public Health Service Act. Establishes a National Health Security Advisory Council. Authorizes the Advisory Council to appoint professional or technical committees to assist in its functions. Directs the Board to appoint regional and local advisory councils and professional and technical advisory committees. Provides for the participation of appropriate State agencies in the administration of the Health Security program. Specifies responsibilities of the Board. Authorizes the Board, with the advice and assistance of the Commission on the Quality of Health Care, to issue and review regulations assuring the quality of care furnished under this Act. Provides for monitoring of such services by a Professional Standards Review Organization. Directs the Board to establish continuing education requirements for physicians, dentists, optometrists, and podiatrists. Sets forth conditions under which major surgery and other specialized services designated in regulations are covered under this program. Establishes the positions of a Deputy Secretary of Health and Human Services and an Under Secretary for Health and Science. Authorizes appropriations for the purposes of this title. Declares that no provision of this Act shall alter any contractual obligation of an employer to provide health services to his employees and their dependents. Title II: Health Security Taxes - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to convert the existing Medicare hospital insurance payroll taxes into Health Security taxes, and raises the rates to one percent on employees and 3.5 percent on employers. Excludes from the gross income of employees, for income tax purposes, payment by their employers of part of the Health Security taxes on employees. Converts the existing Medicare self-employment tax into a Health Security self-employment tax, raising the rate to 2.5 percent. Adds a new 2.5 percent tax on health security unearned income (unless such income is less than $400 a year), subject to the same maximum on taxable income as is applicable to the employee and self-employment taxes. Denies tax deductions for services covered by this Act. Title III: Commission on the Quality of Health Care - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish in the Department of Health and Human Services a Commission on the Quality of Health Care, with the primary responsibilities of: (1) initiating and continuing development of methods of assessing the quality of health care furnished under this Act; and (2) submitting to the Secretary and the Health Security Board appropriate findings and recommendations. Directs the Commission to give special consideration to care furnished for those illnesses and conditions which have a relatively high incidence in the population and which are relatively amenable to medical or other care. Title IV: Repeal or Amendment of Other Acts - Makes conforming and technical amendments to specified Acts. Repeals the Medicare program. Provides that after the effective date of benefits received under this Act no State shall be required to furnish any service covered under Health Security as a part of its State plan for participation under Medicaid. Title V: Studies Related to Health Security - Directs the Secretary, in consultation with the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury, to study the practicability of extending the coverage of health services for U.S. residents in other countries. Directs the Secretary to study the means of coordinating the Federal health benefit programs for merchant seamen and Indians and Alaskan Natives, veterans, and members of the armed forces with the Health Security benefit program.
Bill· HRH.R. 242 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Organ Transplant Assistance Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow taxpayers to indicate on their income tax returns their election to include a cash contribution of at least one dollar, to be used for organ transplant assistance. Establishes in the Treasury the National Organ Transplant Assistance Trust Fund to receive such amounts designated on tax returns. Establishes a program through which Trust Fund monies will be used to finance grants to health care facilities where organ transplants are performed to assist them in providing transplants for individuals unable to afford them. Sets forth general criteria to govern these grants.
Bill· HRH.R. 207 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Medicare Part C Program Act of 1989 - Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (the Act) to add a new part C entitled "Insurance Program for Vision, Hearing, and Dental Services and Prescription Drugs." (Redesignates the current part C as part D.) Provides for coverage in such new program on a voluntary basis. States that the program will: (1) provide benefits for aged and disabled individuals, and individuals with end stage renal disease; and (2) be financed from premium payments by enrollees and receipts from certain excise taxes on tobacco products. Provides that the program shall provide the following benefits: (1) routine eye care including an annual vision examination and prescription eyeglasses; (2) dental services, including teeth cleaning, extractions, examinations, and dentures; (3) hearing examinations and aids; and (4) prescription drugs and biologicals. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide for a hearing aid certification program. Provides for payment from the Medicare Part C Trust Fund established by this Act for the incurred expenses of covered individuals. Provides, subject to certain conditions, for a payment rate of 100 percent of the reasonable cost, after payment of a deductible of $75. Sets forth procedures for the payment of claims to providers. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to enter into agreements with carriers for administrative purposes. Provides that the following individuals shall be eligible for the program: (1) those entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII; and (2) those residents aged 65 and older who are either citizens or lawfully admitted aliens who have resided in the United States continuously during the five years preceding their application. Permits individuals to enroll only during specified enrollment periods. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to annually determine the premium rate. Requires that the premiums be deposited in the Medicare Part C Trust Fund. Establishes the Medicare Part C Trust Fund in the Treasury. Provides that the Trust Fund shall consist of gifts, bequests, premium deposits, and a portion of the tobacco excise tax. Requires the Board of Trustees of the Trust Fund to make certain reports to the Congress. Directs the Secretary, at the request of a State, to enter into an agreement with such State under which enrollment in the program established by this Act will be provided to certain individuals receiving assistance under titles I (Grants to States for Old-Age Assistance), XVI (Supplemental Security Income), and XIX (Medicaid) of the Act. Sets forth conforming amendments. Directs the Secretary to provide for a demonstration project on the cost-effectiveness of providing services and appliances, as a benefit under the new Medicare part C program, to assist or compensate for visual impairment in low-vision individuals. Provides that expenditures for such project shall be made from the Medicare Part C Trust Fund.
Bill· HRH.R. 157 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Health Care Providers Responsibility to the Community Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove the Federal income tax exemption for interest on any inpatient health care facility bond (a 501(c)(3) bond) with respect to any facility that at the time of bond issuance does not have in effect a provider agreement under the relevant State's Medicaid plan. Subjects to the tax on unrelated business income of charitable organizations the owner of any inpatient health care facility that was financed from proceeds of any tax-exempt bond and that does not have a provider agreement under a State Medicaid plan. Denies an income tax deduction for interest on financing to these same entities. Amends title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to require hospitals and skilled nursing facilities to have in effect a provider agreement under the relevant State Medicaid program as a condition of eligibility to participate in the Medicare program.
Bill· HRH.R. 125 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Diversity in Media Ownership Act of 1989 - Amends the Communications Act of 1934 to require holders of mass communications licenses to submit to the Federal Communications Commission an annual report describing the proportion of the ownership and control of such holder that is held by minorities and women. Requires the Commission, in a hearing on two or more mutually exclusive license applications: (1) to determine if an applicant is entitled to prevail, primarily, on the basis of increasing diversification of media ownership or, secondarily, on the extent to which the ownership and management are functionally integrated; and (2) if an applicant is not so entitled to prevail, to determine which applicant will best promote the public interest based on such factors. Requires the Commission, in evaluating applicants, to award a demerit based on ownership of other media and enhancement credits based on the extent to which the applicant is owned or controlled by minorities or women, past local residence and participation in civic affairs, and previous broadcast or other business experience transferable to broadcasting. Amends the definition of "media of mass communications" for purposes of random selection provisions to include instructional television fixed service, operational fixed and fixed satellite services, and other services without regard to whether the services are distributed for a fee or the reception system is individually addressed. Defines "system of random selection" to include any system that uses chance to select one applicant from a group of qualified applicants. Requires the Commission, when using selection criteria with a random system to select among mutually exclusive applicants for licenses, to grant a significant preference or enhancement to any applicant owned or controlled by members of a minority group or women. Requires the Commission to issue a tax certificate for assignment of a license or transfer of control of a corporate licensee for a broadcast, common carrier, private radio, or other telecommunications facility to an assignee or transferee owned or controlled by members of a minority or women if such action is consistent with increasing the participation of minorities and women as employees or owners of telecommunications facilities. Requires the Commission to allow a licensee holding a license designated for a revocation hearing or a license renewal application hearing to transfer the license to an eligible applicant owned or controlled by members of a minority or by women if there has been no final ruling by the Commission and if the amount to be paid by the transferee does not exceed a specified percentage of the fair market value of the license. Prohibits discrimination in employment by: (1) licensees of commercially operated or public broadcast stations; (2) commercially operated and public broadcast station networks; (3) common carriers; (4) satellite operators; and (5) the headquarters operations of any of these entities. Requires any such entity with five or more employees to establish a program to ensure equal opportunity in every aspect of its employment policy. Requires the Commission to prescribe rules specifying program requirements. Requires the filing with the Commission of an equal employment opportunity program by applicants for a construction permit, assignment of a license, transfer of control, or renewal of any license. Provides an exemption from such requirement: (1) for applicants with fewer than five full-time employees; and (2) with respect to any minority group representing less than one percent of the population recruitment area. Requires entities covered by this Act to file with the Commission annual statistical reports identifying by race and sex the number of employees in specified job categories. Sets forth a formula for determining an entity's compliance with equal opportunity program requirements. Requires the Commission to formally designate an application for a broadcast license, construction permit, or transfer of control for a hearing if: (1) the Commission is unable to find that the applicant maintained an equal opportunity program at each of its broadcast facilities; or (2) the applicant has failed to employ a specified minimum number of minorities or women. Requires each entity to file an annual employment report with the Commission. Earmarks appropriations to reimburse expenses of civic and community organizations and small businesses for participating in the Commission's rulemaking proceedings. Requires the Commission to include in its report to the Congress information on the participation of women and minorities as employees and owners of telecommunications facilities. Requires the Commission, when determining criteria for applications for new licenses for media of mass communications, to include provisions that will increase the diversity of the ownership among the new licenses granted. Requires the Commission, when specifying application acceptance requirements for AM clear-channel stations, to accept all technically qualified applications owned or controlled by members of a minority or by women.
Bill· HRH.R. 131 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
National Social Security Lottery Act - Title I: The National Lottery - Establishes the National Lottery Commission to start and operate an annual national lottery. Requires the Commission to report annually to the President and the Congress on its activities. Requires that lottery tickets be sold at U.S. post offices and any other places specified by the Commission. Prohibits the sale of tickets and the awarding of prizes to any person under the age of 18. Establishes a National Social Security Lottery Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to invest such portion of the Fund not required to meet current withdrawals. Declares the sale of lottery tickets under this Act to be a Federal function for the purpose of raising revenue. Permits the sale of national lottery tickets anywhere under U.S. jurisdiction. Requires the Commission to consult and cooperate with appropriate State and local authorities in order to facilitate the operation of the national lottery and to minimize its impact in any area where it is permitted. Exempts lottery prizes from Federal income taxation. Sets forth criminal penalties for: (1) the sale of forged or stolen national lottery tickets; (2) fraud with respect to the national lottery; (3) unauthorized sales of national lottery tickets; (4) sales of such tickets at unauthorized prices; and (5) sales of such tickets to persons under the age of 21. Title II: Disposition of Lottery Revenues - Requires that, of the amount in the National Social Security Lottery Trust Fund, 50 percent be periodically deposited in the Federal Old Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund; not less than 40 percent be used to pay lottery prizes; and not more than ten percent be used to operate and administer the lottery.
Bill· HRH.R. 290 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Federal Unemployment Tax Act to institute discretionary denial of unemployment benefits between academic terms to employees serving educational institutions in nonprofessional positions. (Under current law denial is mandatory.)
Bill· HRH.R. 302 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Social Security Long-Term Protection Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to vary the tax rates for the old age, survivors and disability insurance program (title II of the Social Security Act), in 1992 and thereafter, as a function of the amount in the OASDI trust fund reserve.
Bill· HRH.R. 300 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Repeals Internal Revenue Code provisions that include social security and tier I railroad retirement benefits in the gross income of certain taxpayers.
Bill· HRH.R. 147 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Family Equity Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual taxpayer a refundable income tax credit, in an amount based on adjusted gross income (minimum credit of $150), for each dependent below the age of compulsory school attendance in the State where the taxpayer resides. Sets the maximum credit amount as the total employee tax withheld from the taxpayer's wages during the year under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act. Increases to $2,900 the amount permitted as a deduction for personal exemptions. Repeals the employment-related dependent care tax credit as of tax year 1989. Revises the earned income tax credit to: (1) increase from $5,714 to $7,143 the amount of earned income subject to the credit; and (2) increase the credit percentage incrementally from 14 percent to 35 percent, adjusted annually for inflation, as the number of the taxpayer's dependent children increases from one to four or more. Repeals provisions of the Tax Reform Act of 1986 that eliminated the income tax deduction for two-earner married couples. Repeals provisions: (1) that limit the tax deduction for participation in certain pension plans; and (2) governing nondeductible contributions to individual retirement plans. Excludes from the gross income of an individual any amounts distributed out of an individual retirement plan that are: (1) used within 60 days of receipt to pay long-term care expenses of the taxpayer, spouse, or dependent; (2) used to pay the educational expenses of a student at an institution of higher education or postsecondary vocational school; or (3) used within 60 days of receipt by an individual in connection with the acquisition of a first principal residence. Permits an income tax deduction for expenditures of the taxpayer to provide otherwise uncompensated custodial care for a parent, grandparent, or dependent aged 65 or older. Excepts this deduction from the two percent floor limitation. Excludes all social security and Tier 1 railroad retirement benefits from taxable income for income tax purposes. Excludes from gross income any earnings and distributions in connection with any deposit of money with an institution of higher education intended to pay the educational expenses of a beneficiary attending the institution. Applies the exclusion only if payments or distributions are used within 60 days to pay these expenses.
Bill· HRH.R. 159 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Retirement Equity Act of 1989 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the taxation of social security benefits and tier I railroad retirement benefits. Prohibits the imposition of social security taxes on the wages or self-employment income of individuals aged 70 and over.
Bill· HRH.R. 388 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Long-Term Care Savings Account Act of 1989 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual income tax deduction for contributions to a savings account established to pay the long-term care expenses of an individual. Limits the deduction to $2,000 annually (adjusted for inflation). Disallows the deduction unless the beneficiary is at least 25 years old. Requires 50 percent of any account balance to be distributed when the beneficiary attains age 72, with the remainder to be distributed the following year. Permits an exclusion from gross income of account distributions used to pay the long-term care expenses of the beneficiary. Exempts an account from taxation (except for the tax on unrelated business income of a charitable organization), unless a contributor or the beneficiary engages in specified prohibited transactions in connection with it. Imposes a ten percent surtax on distributions not used for long-term care. 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 long-term care savings account. Imposes penalty taxes in connection with excess contributions or prohibited transactions associated with an account.
Bill· HRH.R. 321 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow handicapped individuals an income tax deduction for expenses incurred in commuting between their residence and their principal place of employment.
Bill· HRH.R. 323 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a refundable income tax credit to any individual who maintains a household that for more than half of the year is the principal place of abode for at least one individual aged 65 or older who has been determined by a physician to have an impairment that makes self-care impossible and that has lasted or is expected to last at least six months. Limits the credit to an aggregate annual amount of $2,000 per return, permitting a credit of $1,000 per qualified elderly individual.
Bill· HRH.R. 322 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual income tax deduction of up to $1,000 per year for amounts paid for the higher education of the taxpayer or a dependent.
Bill· HRH.R. 299 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to modify a proposed regulation relating to the use of the cents-per-mile valuation rule in valuing the fringe benefit received by an employee for personal use of an employer-provided vehicle. Requires modifications that authorize use of cents-per-mile valuation without regard to the fair market value of the vehicle, with certain limitations.
Bill· HRH.R. 265 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to apply to heads of households the same income tax basic standard deduction that is applied in connection with joint returns and surviving spouses (an increase of $600 under current law).
Bill· HRH.R. 298 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exempt from the gasoline excise tax any sale of gasoline to a State or local government (or to a purchaser for resale to such government) for its exclusive use.
Bill· HRH.R. 257 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to remove percentage limitations with respect to the deductibility of the medical expenses of handicapped individuals and persons aged 65 or older.
Bill· HRH.R. 304 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to treat as a deductible expense not chargeable to a capital account any contribution to a No Net Cost Tobacco Fund or Account. Includes in the gross income of the taxpayer amounts subsequently received in connection with no cost tobacco expenditures.
Bill· HRH.R. 271 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Omnibus Congressional Compensation Reform Act of 1989 - Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to eliminate the annual adjustment in congressional pay that is based on annual adjustments under the General Schedule. Amends the Federal Salary Act of 1967 to make the President's recommendation for congressional salaries advisory only. Amends the Legislative Reorganization Act of 1946 to provide that the annual rate of pay for Members of Congress shall be the rate payable on the date of enactment of this Act. Eliminates the permanent appropriation of funds for the compensation of Members of Congress. Defers congressional benefits until the start of the following Congress. Specifies such benefits as pay increases, tax benefits, and increases in the amount of permitted outside earned income, including honoraria. Amends rule VIII of the Rules of the House of Representatives and rule XII of the Standing Rules of the Senate to require a recorded vote on legislation authorizing an increase in congressional benefits.
Bill· HRH.R. 241 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to terminate, as of January 1, 1990, the permitted exclusion of foreign earned income and eligible housing expenses from the taxable gross income of U.S. citizens and residents working abroad.
Bill· HRH.R. 270 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to make permanent the income tax exclusion of amounts paid under employee educational assistance programs. (Under current law the exclusion expired as of tax year 1989.)
Bill· HRH.R. 255 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any annuities, pensions, or other retirement benefits received by an individual or married couple aged 65 or older whose total income from such sources does not exceed $10,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 266 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an income tax credit to any individual who maintains a household that is the principal abode of a dependent aged 65 or older. Permits an annual credit of $500 per eligible dependent.
Bill· HRH.R. 229 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to disallow an income tax deduction for business air travel expenses on regularly scheduled flights to the extent the cost exceeds normal tourist class air fare.
Bill· HRH.R. 258 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow an individual a refundable income tax credit of up to $500 for property taxes and rent paid on his or her principal residence if the taxes and rent exceed five percent of the taxpayer's adjusted gross income. Reduces the credit available to taxpayers whose adjusted gross income exceeds $20,000.
Bill· HRH.R. 243 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the gross income of a first-time homebuyer the amount of any individual retirement plan distributions used within 30 days to purchase, construct, or reconstruct a principal residence.
Bill· HRH.R. 254 (101st)referred
United States · United States Congress · 3 January 1989
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow individuals an income tax deduction of up to $250 per year for public mass transit commuting expenses.
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