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| 105-hr-4824 | 105 | hr | 4824 | 21st Century Retirement Act | Social Welfare | 1998-10-13 | 1998-10-13 | Referred to House Rules | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 1 | 21st Century Retirement Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Security Accounts). Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to establish an individual security account (ISA) for each eligible individual who is employed or self-employed. Requires each employed or self-employed individual (or, if need be, the Commissioner) to designate the investment type of ISA to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit, for such individual, the contribution amount deducted from the individual's income. Requires investment of an ISA in a manner similar to that under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Prescribes rules for the transfer and distribution of account funds, including providing for the off-budget treatment of ISAs. (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury an Individual Security Fund composed of all established ISAs, and managed by an Individual Security Fund Board. Directs the Board to study and report to the President and the Congress on ways to increase an individual's ISA investment options, especially with respect to rollovers or distributions from such account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates on the income and self-employment income of every individual who is a Medicare (SSA title XVIII) part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) eligible individual, as well as to impose an ISA contribution on such income, computed according to a specified formula, and adjusted for inflation. (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title II to: (1) establish a new minimum monthly social security benefit for certain low-income individuals who become eligible for Old-Age or Disability Insurance benefits after December 31, 2005; and (2) eliminate the limitation on the amount of outside income (earnings test) which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. (Sec. 5) Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983, a… | 2025-08-21T16:13:38Z | |
| 105-hr-4818 | 105 | hr | 4818 | Asset-Building for Working Americans Act | Social Welfare | 1998-10-12 | 1998-10-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Thompson, Bennie G. [D-MS-2] | MS | D | T000193 | 21 | Asset-Building for Working Americans Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA), as well as SSA titles XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) and XIX (Medicaid), to require States to disregard for the following 12-month period any refunds or advance payments of the earned income tax credit (EITC) in determining eligibility for benefits under TANF, SSI, and Medicaid. Establishes up to a two percent reduction in the next fiscal year's grant to any State as a penalty for failure to disregard such payments. Amends the United States Housing Act of 1937 to require a similar disregard for EITC payments under public housing and rental assistance programs. | 2025-08-21T16:12:16Z | |
| 105-s-2607 | 105 | s | 2607 | Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-10-09 | 1998-10-13 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12452) | Senate | Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] | OH | R | D000294 | 3 | Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 1998 - Directs the Attorney General to award grants to State and local courts to: (1) enable such courts to develop and implement automated data collection and case-tracking systems for proceedings conducted by, or under the supervision of, an abuse and neglect court; (2) encourage the replication of such systems in abuse and neglect courts in other jurisdictions; and (3) require the use of such systems to evaluate a court's performance in complying with requirements of part B (child and family services) and part E (Federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act. Sets forth provisions regarding limits on the number and use of grants, application and matching requirements, considerations in evaluating grant applications, length of awards, fund availability, and reporting requirements for grantees and the Attorney General. Authorizes appropriations. (Sec. 5) Amends the Social Security Act to: (1) increase appropriated sums for FY 1999 to promote safe and stable families and directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reserve $10 million of such sums for making grants to enable the highest State courts in States participating in the program under part E to reduce existing backlogs of cases pending in abuse and neglect courts; (2) make specified sums available to States for the training of judges, judicial and law enforcement personnel, guardians ad litem, and attorneys representing the State or local agency administering the program, representing parents in proceedings conducted by or under the supervision of an abuse and neglect court, and representing children in such proceedings, to the extent such training is related to provisions of, and amendments made by, the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; and (3) require States, to be eligible for foster care and adoption assistance, to develop and encourage (by January 1, 2001) the implementation of practice standards for all attorneys representing the State… | 2025-08-21T16:15:03Z | |
| 105-s-2586 | 105 | s | 2586 | Children First Child Support Reform Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-10-08 | 1998-10-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kohl, Herb [D-WI] | WI | D | K000305 | 0 | Children First Child Support Reform Act of 1998 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require States to pass through directly to families on assistance under SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) all child support collected by the State on behalf of such families on TANF assistance. Amends SSA title IV part A to require a State to disregard child support collected for purposes of determining the amount of TANF assistance; but allows the State to include such support in family income for purposes of determining TANF eligibility. Repeals the TANF requirement that families assign certain support rights to the State. | 2025-08-21T16:11:54Z | |
| 105-hr-4716 | 105 | hr | 4716 | To allow certain individuals who provided service to the Armed Forces of the United States in the Philippines during World War II to receive a reduced SSI benefit after moving back to the Philippines. | Social Welfare | 1998-10-07 | 1998-10-07 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Gilman, Benjamin A. [R-NY-20] | NY | R | G000212 | 4 | Provides that eligibility for benefits under title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act shall not terminate by reason of a change of residence to the Philippines, but such benefit shall be reduced by 25 percent, in the case of individuals who, as of January 1, 1990, were eligible for such benefits and, before August 15, 1945, served in the Philippine military forces while such forces were in the service of U.S. armed forces pursuant to the President's military order. | 2025-01-02T17:51:53Z | |
| 105-s-2552 | 105 | s | 2552 | Personal Security and Wealth in Retirement Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-10 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12279-12281) | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 0 | Individual Social Security Retirement Accounts Act of 1997 - Expresses the sense of the Congress that: (1) it is the right of American workers to choose to remain in the current social security retirement system and to be protected from that system's becoming insolvent; and (2) the Federal Government should take all necessary actions to guarantee that for those Americans that choose to stay in the current system there shall be no increase in the normal retirement age and no reduction in the amount of social security benefits that they will receive. (Sec. 4) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce social security taxes for eligible individuals, whether employed by others or self-employed, who elect to participate in the Individual Retirement Program (IRP) created under a new part B of title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (part B eligible individual). Reduces the employers' tax for employers of such individuals. Reduces such social security taxes applicable to employees and employers even further for each calendar year beginning after 2000. Leaves the respective tax rates at their current levels with respect to individuals who remain covered under the current OASDI program (redesignated as part A of SSA title II). (Sec. 5) Amends SSA title II to require, under new part B, that employers have in effect an individual retirement payroll deduction plan (IRPDP) for eligible employees who elect to enroll under it. Requires the plan to provide for employers to deduct five percent of the employee's wages, together with an employer contribution also equal to five percent of the employee's wages, for transfer to the employee's personalized retirement account (PRA). Provides for deduction of: (1) up to an additional 20 percent of the employee's wages for payment to the employee's PRA or to the PRA of the employee's spouse, child, or grandchild, or any combination the employee designates. Allows the employee to designate that no contributions be deducted after … | 2025-08-21T16:13:30Z | |
| 105-s-2558 | 105 | s | 2558 | Battered Women's Economic Security Act | Social Welfare | 1998-10-06 | 1998-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. | Senate | Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] | WA | D | M001111 | 1 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Domestic Violence Prevention Subtitle A: Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence Subtitle B: Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Subtitle C: Access to Safety and Advocacy Subtitle D: Conforming Amendments Subtitle E: Battered Immigrants Women's Economic Security Title II: Violence Against Women and the Workplace Subtitle A: National Clearinghouse on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault in the Workplace Grant Subtitle B: Victims' Employment Rights Subtitle C: Workplace Violence Against Women Prevention Tax Credit Subtitle D: Employment Protection for Battered Women Subtitle E: Battered Women's Shelters and Services Title III: Protections for Victims of Domestic Violence Under Programs Authorized Under the Social Security Act Battered Women's Economic Security Act - Title I: Domestic Violence Prevention - Subtitle A: Housing for Victims of Domestic Violence - Domestic Violence Victims' Housing Act -Authorizes increased budget authority under section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937 to be made available exclusively to public housing agencies and qualified nonprofit organizations solely to provide tenant-based assistance to families who must leave their residence as a result of domestic violence. Subtitle B: Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection - Victims of Abuse Insurance Protection Act - Prohibits insurers from engaging in specified discriminatory practices with respect to individuals who are, have been, or may be the subject of abuse or have incurred or may incur abuse-related claims. Prescribes confidentiality guidelines governing disclosure of an individual's abuse status. (Sec. 127) Prohibits subrogation of claims resulting from abuse without the informed consent of the subject of abuse. (Sec. 128) Grants the Federal Trade Commission authority to enforce this Act. Authorizes a privat… | 2025-08-21T16:13:07Z | |
| 105-hr-4692 | 105 | hr | 4692 | To make any State whose child poverty rate increases by 5 percent or more in a fiscal year ineligible for a high performance bonus for the next fiscal year under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families. | Social Welfare | 1998-10-02 | 1998-10-02 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Towns, Edolphus [D-NY-10] | NY | D | T000326 | 7 | Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to make any State with an increase in child poverty of five percent or more in a fiscal year ineligible for a high performance bonus for the next fiscal year. | 2025-01-02T17:51:36Z | |
| 105-s-2518 | 105 | s | 2518 | Enhancing Family Life Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-09-24 | 1998-09-24 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 0 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Assistance for Children Title II: Parent Grants Enhancing Family Life Act of 1998 - Title I: Assistance for Children - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to entitle States and Indian tribes to funds to establish second chance homes for custodial parents under age 19 and their children. Defines a second chance home as one with a supportive and supervised living arrangement in which such parents would be required to learn parenting skills, including child development, family budgeting, health and nutrition, and other skills to promote their long-term economic independence and the well-being of their children. Specifies funds for such program. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to submit recommendations to the Congress on the extent to which surplus Federal properties may be used for such homes. (Sec. 102) Amends SSA title IV (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) to revise eligibility criteria for children with special needs with respect to the adoption assistance program. Prohibits adoption assistance payments to parents of any child with special needs who is not a U.S. citizen or resident, and was adopted outside the United States or was brought into the United States in order to be adopted. Allows such payments for such a child placed in foster care subsequent to the failure of the initial adoption by such parents. Requires a State to spend, for specified services (including post-adoption services) to children or families, an amount equal to the amount of any savings in State expenditures resulting from the application of revised eligibility criteria for children with special needs. Instructs the Secretary to approve at least three child welfare demonstration projects designed to test a per capita approach for the successful resolution of a foster care placement under which a private entity contracts to either restore a child in foster care to the child's parents or locate an adoptive… | 2025-08-21T16:14:32Z | |
| 105-hr-4578 | 105 | hr | 4578 | To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Protect Social Security Account into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust funds. | Social Welfare | 1998-09-16 | 1998-09-26 | Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 552, H.R. 4578 is laid on the table. (consideration: CR H8973) | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 3 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Treasury the Protect Social Security Account to save budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust funds. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay into the Account annually during each fiscal-year period from FY 1998 through 2008 amounts totalling, in the aggregate, 90 percent of the projected surplus (if any) in the total Government budget (including both on-budget and off-budget accounts) for that fiscal-year period; and (2) invest the funds held in the Account in public debt obligations. | 2025-04-07T15:33:05Z | |
| 105-hr-4571 | 105 | hr | 4571 | Emergency Food Assistance Enhancement Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-09-15 | 1998-09-15 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Goodlatte, Bob [R-VA-6] | VA | R | G000289 | 1 | Emergency Food Assistance Enhancement Act of 1998 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to: (1) eliminate the additional authorization of appropriations for employment and training programs; and (2) increase the amount of required commodity purchases for distribution under the Emergency Food Assistance Act of 1983. | 2025-08-21T16:12:58Z | |
| 105-hr-4558 | 105 | hr | 4558 | Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-09-14 | 1998-10-28 | Became Public Law No: 105-306. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 1 | Noncitizen Benefit Clarification and Other Technical Amendments Act of 1998 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRAWORA) to provide that the new restrictions it imposes on alien eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) under title XVI of the Social Security Act (SSA) (and thus Medicaid under SSA title XIX) shall not apply to a nonqualified alien who was receiving such benefits on August 22, 1996 (the date of enactment of PRAWORA). (Sec. 3) Amends the North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act (NAFTA) to permanently extend the authorization of the Self-Employment Assistance programs. (Sec. 4) Amends SSA title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to reduce, by 20 percent, the penalty for State failure to meet the deadline for compliance with child support data processing and information retrieval requirements, for each performance measure under the child support enforcement incentive payment system for which the State does achieve maximum performance. Amends the Child Support Performance and Incentive Act of 1998 to amend the effective date for State enactment of certain medical child support requirements (in order to allow State legislatures that meet biennially to pass such laws after October 1, 2001). (Sec. 5) Amends PRAWORA to allow nonresident alien professionals to renew their U.S. professional licenses. (Sec. 6) Amends SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) with regard to welfare-to-work grants to eliminate the one year obligation requirement and allow a State to retain certain funds reserved for special projects (or for States small enough to have only one Service Delivery Area), without passing them through to a sub-State entity, even if all the money has not been obligated each fiscal year. (Sec. 7) Amends SSA title XVI to exclude from SSI eligibility and Medicaid benefit calculations up to $2,000 in cash awards made by tax-exempt organizat… | 2025-04-07T15:30:54Z | |
| 105-s-2447 | 105 | s | 2447 | A bill to require the Secretary of Agriculture, in consultation with the heads of other agencies, to conduct a feasibility and cost-benefit study of options for the design, development, implementation, and operation of a national database to track participation in Federal means-tested public assistance programs. | Social Welfare | 1998-09-08 | 1998-09-08 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] | IN | R | L000504 | 0 | Directs the Secretary of Agriculture to conduct a feasibility and cost-benefit study of options for the design and implementation of a national database to track participation in Federal means-tested public assistance programs. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z | |
| 105-hr-4426 | 105 | hr | 4426 | Nonqualified Aliens Discovery Act | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 7 | Nonqualified Aliens Discovery Act - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to extend the transition and redetermination of eligibility period for certain aliens who were receiving supplemental security income benefits on the date of enactment of such Act. | 2025-08-21T16:14:30Z | |
| 105-hr-4456 | 105 | hr | 4456 | Social Security Caregiver Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Social Security Caregiver Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase of up to five in the number of years of either zero or low earnings disregarded in determining average annual earnings on which benefits are based, provided the individual was precluded from remunerative work during such years in order to provide care to a child under the age of 12 or to a chronically dependent spouse or relative. | 2025-08-21T16:11:19Z | |
| 105-hr-4457 | 105 | hr | 4457 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability. | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the seven-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability. | 2025-01-02T17:51:19Z | |
| 105-hr-4458 | 105 | hr | 4458 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following the divorce. | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse's benefits following a divorce in cases of prior receipt of spouse's benefits. | 2025-01-02T17:51:20Z | |
| 105-hr-4459 | 105 | hr | 4459 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement. | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for: (1) increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement; and (2) the treatment of delayed retirement in cases of simultaneous entitlement to OASDI benefits and widow's or widower's insurance benefits. | 2025-01-02T17:51:19Z | |
| 105-hr-4460 | 105 | hr | 4460 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age. | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age or any previous reduction in OASDI benefits. Declares that there shall be no reduction in the widow's or widower's insurance benefit of an individual for any month in which such individual is under a disability. | 2025-01-02T17:51:20Z | |
| 105-hr-4486 | 105 | hr | 4486 | To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to define good cause to include the loss of adequate child care, for the purpose of determining whether voluntarily quitting a job results in a failure to satisfy the work requirement applicable under section 6(d)(1)(A)(v) of such Act. | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide that leaving a job due to loss of adequate child care shall not be considered as failure to meet the food stamp program work requirements. | 2025-01-02T17:51:09Z | |
| 105-hr-4487 | 105 | hr | 4487 | To amend the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to define good cause to include demonstrating facts sufficient to show victimization by sexual harassment in violation of title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, for the purpose of determining whether voluntarily quitting a job results in a failure to satisfy the work requirement applicable under section 6(d)(1)(A)(v) of such Act. | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to the House Committee on Agriculture. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977 to provide that leaving a job due to sexual harassment shall not be considered as failure to meet the food stamp program work requirements. | 2025-01-02T17:51:09Z | |
| 105-hr-4503 | 105 | hr | 4503 | Social Security Budget Transparency Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-08-06 | 1998-08-06 | Referred to House Ways and Means | House | Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] | FL | R | S000303 | 0 | Social Security Budget Transparency Act of 1998 - Requires that outlays and revenues totals of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code be excluded from official budget pronouncements of the Office of Management and Budget and the Congressional Budget Office. | 2025-08-21T16:13:40Z | |
| 105-hr-4369 | 105 | hr | 4369 | Social Security Earnings Test Grace Year Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-07-31 | 1998-07-31 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Canady, Charles T. [R-FL-12] | FL | R | C000107 | 3 | Social Security Earnings Test Grace Year Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify provisions concerning the months to which earnings are charged (grace year rule) that are used in applying provisions limiting the amount of outside income (earnings test) which a beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits during the first year of an individual's entitlement to benefits. Declares that in determining excess earnings for such taxable year: (1) earnings for any month in such year preceding the first month in such year to which such excess earnings are chargeable shall not be taken into account; and (2) the number of months in such taxable year shall be deemed to be the number beginning with or after such first month. | 2025-08-21T16:14:39Z | |
| 105-hr-4344 | 105 | hr | 4344 | To amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1998-07-29 | 1998-07-29 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] | OR | D | D000191 | 188 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to authorize appropriations for FY 1999 through 2001 for: (1) the Federal Council on the Aging; (2) administration; (3) grants for State and community programs on aging; (4) the availability of surplus commodities; (5) training, research, and discretionary projects and programs; (6) community service employment for older Americans; (7) grants for Native Americans; (8) allotments for vulnerable elder rights protection activities; and (9) the Native American Program. Revises guidelines governing the transfer between specified grant programs of certain Federal funds received by a State. | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 105-s-2369 | 105 | s | 2369 | Personal Retirement Accounts Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-07-29 | 1998-07-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] | DE | R | R000460 | 0 | Personal Retirement Accounts Act of 1998 - Establishes in the Treasury the Save Social Security First Trust Fund (Trust Fund). Appropriates specified amounts to it for FY 1998 and 1999 for investment in public debt securities, with investment income credited to the Trust Fund. Prohibits Trust Fund amounts from being appropriated or used for any purpose other than transfer to the Personal Retirement Savings Fund (PRSF) established by this Act under the Personal Retirement Accounts Program for the benefit of individuals eligible for personal retirement savings accounts (PRSAs) (eligible individuals). Slates the Trust Fund for dissolution upon the transfer of all its amounts to PRSF. (Sec. 4) Amends the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new title I, Personal Retirement Accounts Program (PRAP), redesignating current SSA title I (Old Age Assistance) as SSA title VI. Establishes in the executive branch, to administer PRAP, a Personal Retirement Accounts Board (Board), which shall appoint an Executive Director to manage the PRSF. Appropriates specified amounts for FY 2000 through 2003 for the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer to the PRSF, along with amounts in the Trust Fund, where they are to be held in PRSF, along with all net investment earnings in PRSF, in trust for the benefit of eligible individuals. Establishes the PRSF in the Treasury for paying benefits, making distributions, and other uses as specified in connection with PRAP, including most notably for the investment of PRSA funds. Prohibits sums in PRSF that are credited to the individual's PRSA from being used for, or diverted to, purposes other than for the exclusive benefit of the PRSA holder or that holder's beneficiaries. Requires the Executive Director to establish a PRSA for any individual who has worked four qualifying quarters of coverage, as determined under SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI). Directs the Executive Director to allocate annually to each PRSA a minimum amount of $250, plus an additional amo… | 2025-08-21T16:13:03Z | |
| 105-hr-4271 | 105 | hr | 4271 | Community Services Authorization Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-07-17 | 1998-08-07 | Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 388. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to the Community Services Block Grant Act Title II: Amendments to the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Act of 1981 Title I: Amendments to the Community Services Block Grant Act - Community Services Authorization Act of 1998 - Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act (CSBGA) to reauthorize and revise its programs. (Sec. 102) Extends through FY 2003 the authorization of appropriations for community services block grants. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to reserve specified portions of annual appropriations for payments to territories, training and technical assistance and other activities, and discretionary activities. Revises or adds provisions relating to: (1) program authorization; (2) apportionment of funds to territories; (3) allotment and payment of funds to States; (4) use of funds by States for grants to eligible entities; (5) State applications and plans; (6) designation and redesignation by States of eligible entities in unserved areas of the State; (7) tripartite boards for eligible entities; (8) direct payment of funds by the Secretary to Indian tribes and tribal organizations; (9) the Secretary's carrying out certain functions of the Act through the Office of Community Services, and through grants, contracts, or cooperative agreements; (10) the Secretary's use of set-aside funds for training, technical assistance, planning, evaluation, and data collection activities; (11) State monitoring of eligible entities to determine whether such entities meet performance goals, administrative standards, financial management requirements, and other State requirements, and evaluations by the Secretary; (12) corrective action, termination and reduction of funding, in cases where a State determines that an eligible entity materially fails to comply with the terms of an agreement or the State plan, or to meet appropriate standards, goals, and other State requirements, and the Secretary's direct assistance to eligib… | 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z | |
| 105-s-2325 | 105 | s | 2325 | A bill to provide an opportunity for States to modify agreements under title II of the Social Security Act with respect to student wages. | Social Welfare | 1998-07-17 | 1998-07-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hutchison, Kay Bailey [R-TX] | TX | R | H001016 | 2 | Provides that any agreement with a State (or any modification thereof) entered into for coverage of State and local government employees under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act may, at the State's option, be modified at any time before January 1, 2000, to exclude service performed in the employ of a school, college, or university by a student enrolled and regularly attending classes at such institution. Makes any such modification irrevocable. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-4254 | 105 | hr | 4254 | Assets for Independence Act | Social Welfare | 1998-07-16 | 1998-07-27 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 1 | Amends the Community Services Block Grant Act to add a Part B (Assets for Independence), which may be cited as the Assets for Independence Act. Provides for the establishment of individual development account (IDA) demonstration projects designed to determine: (1) the social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets by saving a portion of their earned income in an IDA; (2) the extent to which an asset-based policy that promotes saving for education, home ownership, and microenterprise development may be used to enable individuals and families with limited means to increase their economic self-sufficiency; and (3) the extent to which an asset-based policy stabilizes and improves families and the community in which they live. (Sec. 1) Limits the use of IDA distributions to specified postsecondary educational, first-home purchase, and business capitalization expenses, as well as transfers to IDAs of family members. Allows not-for-profit organizations, State or local government agencies, and tribal governments to apply to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for grants for such demonstration projects. Directs the Secretary to publicly announce funding for such projects and make applications widely available to qualified entities. Sets forth criteria for application approval, including project sufficiency, administrative ability, ability to assist participants, commitment of non-Federal funds, and adequacy of information for evaluation. Directs the Secretary to make annual grants for five project years for such demonstration projects to entities with approved applications. Limits the amount of such a grant to any qualified entity in a single year to the lesser of $1 million or an amount equal to the amount of non-Federal matching funds. Requires each qualified not-for-profit organization receiving a grant to establish a reserve fund for deposit of private and public funds provided for the demonstration project, as … | 2025-08-21T16:11:11Z | |
| 105-hr-4256 | 105 | hr | 4256 | 21st Century Retirement Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-07-16 | 1998-07-30 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Kolbe, Jim [R-AZ-5] | AZ | R | K000306 | 4 | 21st Century Retirement Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Security Accounts). Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to establish an individual security account (ISA) for each individual who is employed or self-employed. Requires each employed or self-employed individual (or, if need be, the Commissioner) to designate the investment type of ISA to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit, for such individual, the contribution amount deducted from the individual's income. Requires investment of an ISA in a manner similar to that under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Prescribes rules for the transfer and distribution of account funds, including providing for the off-budget treatment of ISAs. (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury an Individual Security Fund composed of all established ISAs, and managed by an Individual Security Fund Board. Directs the Board to study and report to the President and the Congress on ways to increase an individual's ISA investment options, especially with respect to rollovers or distributions from such account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates on the income and self-employment income of every individual, as well as to impose an ISA contribution on such income, computed according to a specified formula, and adjusted for inflation. (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title II to: (1) establish a new minimum monthly social security benefit for certain low-income individuals who become eligible for Old-Age or Disability Insurance benefits after December 31, 2005; and (2) eliminate the limitation on the amount of outside income (earnings test) which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. (Sec. 5) Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to provide for a phased reduction to ze… | 2025-08-21T16:11:42Z | |
| 105-s-2313 | 105 | s | 2313 | 21st Century Retirement Act | Social Welfare | 1998-07-15 | 1998-09-09 | Committee on Finance. Hearings held. | Senate | Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] | NH | R | G000445 | 5 | 21st Century Retirement Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Security Accounts). Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to establish an individual security account (ISA) for each individual who is employed or self-employed. Requires each employed or self-employed individual (or, if need be, the Commissioner) to designate the investment type of ISA to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall credit, for such individual, the contribution amount deducted from the individual's income. Requires investment of an ISA in a manner similar to that under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Prescribes rules for the transfer and distribution of account funds, including providing for the off-budget treatment of ISAs. (Sec. 2) Establishes in the Treasury an Individual Security Fund composed of all established ISAs, and managed by an Individual Security Fund Board. Directs the Board to study and report to the President and the Congress on ways to increase an individual's ISA investment options, especially with respect to rollovers or distributions from such account. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates on the income and self-employment income of every individual, as well as to impose an ISA contribution on such income, computed according to a specified formula, and adjusted for inflation. (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title II to: (1) establish a new minimum monthly social security benefit for certain low-income individuals who become eligible for Old-Age or Disability Insurance benefits after December 31, 2005; and (2) eliminate the limitation on the amount of outside income (earnings test) which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits. (Sec. 5) Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983, as amended by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1993, to provide for a phased reduction to zero, begi… | 2025-08-21T16:11:40Z | |
| 105-s-2295 | 105 | s | 2295 | A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend the authorizations of appropriations for that Act, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1998-07-13 | 1998-07-13 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 67 | Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to extend through FY 2001 the authorization of appropriations for: (1) the Federal Council on the Aging; (2) administration; (3) grants for State and community programs on aging; (4) the availability of surplus commodities; (5) training, research, and discretionary projects and programs; (6) community service employment for older Americans; (7) grants for Native Americans; (8) allotments for Vulnerable Elder Rights Protection activities; and (9) the Native American program. | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 105-hr-4172 | 105 | hr | 4172 | Criminal Welfare Prevention Act, Part III | Social Welfare | 1998-06-25 | 1998-07-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Herger, Wally [R-CA-2] | CA | R | H000528 | 22 | Criminal Welfare Prevention Act, Part III - Amends the Social Security Act to require (current law authorizes) the Commissioner of Social Security to provide prisoner information obtained from the State and local penal institutions or correctional facilities to Federal or federally-assisted cash, food, or medical assistance programs for eligibility purposes. | 2025-08-21T16:12:29Z | |
| 105-hres-483 | 105 | hres | 483 | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding strengthening the Social Security system to meet the challenges of the next century. | Social Welfare | 1998-06-23 | 1998-06-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-8] | NY | D | N000002 | 94 | Expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that: (1) the Congress must assure that the fundamental protections that social security provides for American families are available for generations to come; (2) the problems facing the social security system are manageable and can be prudently addressed by making careful and modest changes; (3) hastily conceived and radical solutions, such as utilizing social security system resources to fund individual accounts, require significant reductions in guaranteed benefits, are not necessary to assure the financial solvency of the system, and should be rejected; (4) solutions to a projected shortfall should be enacted within the existing social security structure, without compromising the guaranteed nature of benefits to individuals and families under the social security system; and (5) any solutions adopted by the Congress must be nondiscriminatory and equitable to Americans of all ages and must help insure American workers and their families against the economic risks associated with disability, the death of a parent or spouse, and retirement. | 2025-01-02T17:44:34Z | |
| 105-s-2206 | 105 | s | 2206 | Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-06-23 | 1998-10-27 | Became Public Law No: 105-285. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 3 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Head Start Programs Title II: Community Services Block Grant Program Title III: Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Title IV: Assets for Independence Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act of 1998 or Coats Human Services Reauthorization Act of 1998 - Title I: Head Start Programs - Head Start Amendments of 1998 - Amends the Head Start Act to reauthorize and revise its programs. (Sec. 102) Revises the statement of purpose to promote school readiness by enhancing the social and cognitive development of low-income children. (Sec. 103) Revises definitions of family literacy services, of full-working-day, and of migrant or seasonal Head Start program. Adds definitions of child with a disability and of reliable and replicable research. (Sec. 104) Provides for financial assistance to Head Start programs that enable children to attain school readiness (as well as to attain their full potential). (Sec. 105) Extends through FY 2003 the authorization of appropriations for Head Start program activities. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to make available certain amounts for such program activities, transition activities, impact studies, and other research, demonstration and evaluation activities. (Sec. 106) Revises requirements for allotment of funds. Requires that each State initially receive an amount of Head Start funds equal to the amount received in FY 1998. Extends Head Start program eligibility for the Freely Associated States (the Republic of the Marshall Islands, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of Palau) through FY 2001 (or FY 2002, if legislation implementing the Compact of Free Association has not been enacted before the end of FY 2001). Terminates such eligibility after FY 2002. Directs the Secretary to use a specified minimum portion of technical assistance funds to assist Head Start grantees currently providing family literacy services to: (1) improve such services; and (… | 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z | |
| 105-hr-4099 | 105 | hr | 4099 | Older Americans Amendments of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-06-19 | 1998-06-19 | Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. | House | Rep. Riggs, Frank [R-CA-1] | CA | R | R000252 | 0 | Older Americans Amendments of 1998 - Revises the Older Americans Act of 1965 in toto. (Sec. 3) Retains the Administration on Aging in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as well as the Assistant Secretary for Aging. Changes from mandatory to optional: (1) the Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs (renamed the Office on Native Americans); and (2) the Office of Long-Term Care Ombudsman Programs. Directs the Assistant Secretary to designate individuals with pertinent expertise who shall be responsible for administration of: (1) grants for Native American programs on aging; (2) Federal activities relating to State long-term care ombudsman programs; and (3) nutrition services. Revises the duties of the Assistant Secretary. Repeals the specific mandate for the Assistant Secretary to engage in certain activities with respect to policy alternatives for long-term care. Eliminates the National Center on Elder Abuse, the National Aging Information Center, and the Federal Council on the Aging. Authorizes appropriations. Revises and consolidates programs of grants to Native Americans, Alaskan Natives, and Native Hawaiians for the delivery costs of supportive and nutrition services. Prescribes the distribution of funds among the appropriate organizations. Retains the Secretary of the Interior's authority, acting through the Bureau of Indian Affairs, to make surplus educational facilities available for multipurpose senior centers. Authorizes appropriations. Revises the programs of grants for State and community programs on aging. Prescribes the allotment of funds for supportive services, multipurpose senior centers, and nutrition services. Retains basic existing requirements for such grants, services, and centers. Eliminates certain rights relating to in-home services for frail older individuals. Repeals authority for: (1) school-based meals for volunteer older individuals and multigenerational programs; (2) specified in-home services for frail older individuals;… | 2025-08-21T16:12:26Z | |
| 105-hr-4084 | 105 | hr | 4084 | Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-06-18 | 1998-07-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 15 | Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers Act of 1998 - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to establish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (age 62 and over) for use in computing cost-of-living increases for benefits provided under titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 105-hr-4076 | 105 | hr | 4076 | Retirement Security Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-06-17 | 1998-06-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Petri, Thomas E. [R-WI-6] | WI | R | P000265 | 0 | Retirement Security Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Retirement Investment Program) (IRIP) under which a personal social security investment account (PSSIA) shall be established with an initial balance of $1,000 for eligible individuals with social security account numbers for investment, according to a variety of electable options (including a Government Securities Investment Fund, a Fixed Income Investment Fund, and a Common Stock Index Investment Fund) similar to those under the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees. Prescribes rules for the transfer and distribution of account funds. Limits to $7,000 the total amount of annual PSSIA contributions per PSSIA. Establishes in the Treasury the Social Security Investment Trust Fund, consisting of all contributions to all IRIP PSSIAs. Makes the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board the Board of Trustees of such Trust Fund. Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1983 to provide for the financing of initial Government contributions for PSSIAs by means of a reduction in appropriations to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund under the Medicare program under SSA title XVIII of certain taxes on retirement benefits. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for the tax treatment of amounts contributed to, and distributed from, PSSIAs. Allows, in the case of an individual, a deduction from gross income of the amount contributed in cash during the taxable year to an eligible individual's PSSIA, up to a maximum $2,000 per year. Includes, generally, any PSSIA distribution in the gross income of the person to whom it is distributed. | 2025-08-21T16:14:17Z | |
| 105-s-2184 | 105 | s | 2184 | Social Security KidSave Accounts Act | Social Welfare | 1998-06-17 | 1998-06-17 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] | NE | D | K000146 | 3 | Social Security KidSave Accounts Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to create a new part B (KidSave Accounts). Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish in the name of each individual born on or after January 1, 1997, an individual retirement account known as a KidSave Account. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the Federal OASDI Trust Fund to the Commissioner for crediting to each account holder's KidSave Account: (1) $1,000, on the date such individual's KidSave Account is established, in the case of any individual born on or after January 1, 1999; plus (2) in the case of any individual born on or after January 1, 1997, $500 on each of the individual's first five birthdays occurring on or after January 1, 2002. Establishes in the Treasury the KidSave Investment Fund in the same manner as the Thrift Savings Fund under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS). Establishes the KidSave Investment Fund Board in the Social Security Administration in the same manner as the Federal Retirement Thrift Investment Board under the FERS Thrift Savings Program. Requires the KidSave Investment Fund to be managed in the same manner as the FERS Thrift Savings Fund. Makes appropriations to the Federal OASDI Trust Fund of any sums necessary to carry out the KidSave Accounts program. | 2025-08-21T16:14:26Z | |
| 105-hr-4066 | 105 | hr | 4066 | To prohibit States from imposing a family cap under the program of temporary assistance to needy families. | Social Welfare | 1998-06-16 | 1998-06-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] | NJ | R | S000522 | 11 | Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit participating States from imposing a family cap under the TANF program and to impose a penalty in the form of no TANF funds for the programs of States which do so. | 2025-01-02T17:50:45Z | |
| 105-hr-4033 | 105 | hr | 4033 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require investment of the Social Security trust funds in marketable securities, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1998-06-10 | 1998-09-17 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H7929) | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 4 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to investment of the social security trust funds. Repeals authorization for the issuance of public-debt obligations for purchase by the trust funds. Declares that nothing in Federal law shall be construed to authorize the Federal Government to issue such obligations solely for purchase by the trust funds. Requires the Managing Trustee of the trust funds to: (1) ensure that obligations in which investments are made bear interest at a rate at least equal (currently, equal) to the average market yield on all marketable interest-bearing U.S. bonds (thus allowing the interest rate to exceed the average market yield); and (2) compute the average market yield on the basis of market quotations as of the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of purchase (currently, date of issuance). Provides that any description of, or reference to, surplus or deficit totals for the Government in any document or other material prepared by the Office of Management and Budget or by the Congressional Budget Office shall not include the outlays and revenue totals of the social security trust funds. | 2025-01-02T17:50:44Z | |
| 105-s-2114 | 105 | s | 2114 | Older Women's Protection From Violence Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-05-22 | 1998-05-22 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Durbin, Richard J. [D-IL] | IL | D | D000563 | 20 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Violence Against Women Act of 1994 Title II: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act Title III: Older Americans Act of 1965 Title IV: Public Health Service Act Title V: Financial Exploitation of Older Individuals Older Women's Protection From Violence Act of 1998 - Title I: Violence Against Women Act of 1994 - Amends the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 to direct the Attorney General to: (1) make grants to law school clinical programs to fund the inclusion of cases addressing issues of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence, and sexual assault against older individuals; and (2) develop curricula and provide for the offering of training programs regarding such issues for law enforcement officers, prosecutors, and relevant Federal, State, and local court officials. Authorizes appropriations. Title II: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to include elder domestic abuse and adult protective services within its ambit of services, grants, and demonstration grants for community initiatives. (Sec. 205) Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to request the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences, in collaboration with the Family Violence Prevention Fund, to study (for a report to the Congress on) the adequacy of training for health professionals with respect to the detection and referral of victims of family violence. Title III: Older Americans Act of 1965 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging to consider the importance of research about the sexual assault of older women when establishing research priorities for grants or contracts for research and demonstration projects on elder abuse. (Sec. 303) Authorizes appropriations without fiscal year limitation for grants to implement a State long-term care ombudsman program. (Sec. 304) Directs the Assistant Secret… | 2025-08-21T16:14:05Z | |
| 105-hr-3912 | 105 | hr | 3912 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-05-20 | 1998-05-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Johnson, Sam [R-TX-3] | TX | R | J000174 | 12 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | 2025-08-21T16:12:22Z | |
| 105-hr-3822 | 105 | hr | 3822 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require investment of the Social Security trust funds in marketable securities, and for other purposes. | Social Welfare | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-12 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H3029) | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 2 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to investment of the social security trust funds. Repeals authorization for the issuance of public-debt obligations for purchase by the trust funds. Declares that nothing in Federal law shall be construed to authorize the Federal Government to issue such obligations solely for purchase by the trust funds. Requires the Managing Trustee of the trust funds to: (1) ensure that obligations in which investments are made bear interest at a rate at least equal (currently, equal) to the average market yield on all marketable interest-bearing U.S. bonds (thus allowing the interest rate to exceed the average market yield); and (2) compute the average market yield on the basis of market quotations as of the end of the calendar month next preceding the date of purchase (currently, date of issuance). Requires such obligations also to be subject to an option to redeem at any time at the purchase price. Provides that any description of, or reference to, surplus or deficit totals for the Government in any document or other material prepared by the Office of Management and Budget or by the Congressional Budget Office shall not include the outlays and revenue totals of the social security trust funds. | 2025-01-02T17:50:26Z | |
| 105-s-2046 | 105 | s | 2046 | Charitable Choice Expansion Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-05-07 | 1998-05-07 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs. | Senate | Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] | MO | R | A000356 | 1 | Charitable Choice Expansion Act of 1998 - Requires the Federal Government, or a State or local government receiving Federal funds, when authorized to use a nongovernmental organization to provide assistance to beneficiaries under a program, to consider religious organizations on the same basis as other nongovernmental organizations to provide such assistance, so long as the program is implemented in a manner consistent with the Establishment Clause of the Constitution. Excepts from such requirement activities carried out under: (1) Federal programs providing education to children eligible to attend elementary or secondary schools (except for activities to assist students in obtaining the recognized equivalents of secondary school diplomas); (2) the Higher Education Act of 1965; (3) the Head Start Act; and (4) the Child Care and Development Block Grant Act of 1990. Declares that a religious organization that provides assistance under such a program shall retain its independence from Federal, State, and local governments and shall not be required to alter its form of internal governance or remove religious art, icons, scripture, or other symbols. Requires the appropriate governmental entity, if a beneficiary or applicant for assistance under such a program has an objection to the religious character of the organization providing the assistance, to provide such assistance through an alternative organization. Requires the governmental entity to ensure that notice is provided to beneficiaries and applicants of the right to make such objection. Prohibits a religious organization from discriminating against a beneficiary or applicant in rendering assistance based on religion or religious belief. Requires any religious organization providing assistance under such a program to segregate government funds provided under such program into a separate account. Subjects only such funds to audit by the government. Authorizes civil actions by parties alleging that their rights under this Act have been violated by the Federal G… | 2025-08-21T16:12:10Z | |
| 105-s-2003 | 105 | s | 2003 | Notch Fairness Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-04-29 | 1998-04-29 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Reid, Harry [D-NV] | NV | D | R000146 | 1 | Notch Fairness Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum old age insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979 and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. Allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000. Provides that amounts offset by this Act shall not be counted as direct spending for purposes of the budgetary limits provided in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act). | 2025-08-21T16:11:32Z | |
| 105-hr-3739 | 105 | hr | 3739 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow for distribution of the lump sum death payment, in the absence of a widow or widower or surviving children, to any other person as certified by the deceased worker to the Commissioner of Social Security. | Social Welfare | 1998-04-28 | 1998-05-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to allow for the distribution of the lump sum death payment under the Old Age and Survivors Insurance program, in the absence of a widow or widower or surviving children, to any other person last certified by the deceased insured individual. | 2025-01-02T17:50:12Z | |
| 105-hr-3732 | 105 | hr | 3732 | Rex Brewer Social Security Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-04-23 | 1998-04-28 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Tiahrt, Todd [R-KS-4] | KS | R | T000260 | 1 | Rex Brewer Social Security Disability Fairness and Equity Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to waive the waiting period otherwise required for disability beneficiaries in the case of individuals with terminal illnesses with not more than six months to live. Amends SSA titles II and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI): (1) in the case of the OASDI program, to provide for payments to State and local prisons for monthly reports on the identities of inmates whose OASDI benefits cease to become payable as a result of such reports; and (2) in the case of the SSI program, to provide that no amount shall be payable to such an institution with respect to such information if the Commissioner of Social Security has determined, before receiving substantiating information from the institution, that the prisoner is no longer eligible for SSI. Transfers from the OASDI trust funds any sums necessary to enable the Commissioner to make such payments. Eliminates the SSA title II requirement that confinement stem only from a crime punishable by imprisonment for more than one year. Provides for a 50 percent reduction in institution payments under both SSA title II and XVI in cases involving a comparable payment under the other title with respect to the same prisoner. Exempts OASDI and SSI matches performed under this Act from computer matching requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974. | 2025-08-21T16:12:30Z | |
| 105-hr-3638 | 105 | hr | 3638 | To require a preference for Federal contractors that hire welfare recipients, to require the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to assist States and other entities in financing transportation services for welfare recipients, and to allow the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide guarantees of State loans to current or recent welfare recipients. | Social Welfare | 1998-04-01 | 1998-06-09 | See H.R.2400. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 0 | Requires the head of a Federal agency to give preference (except where no entry-level jobs are expected to be created, or national security reasons preclude) to contractors that hire recipients of assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act for jobs created to carry out any contract in excess of $500,000 that was awarded using competitive procedures. Directs the Secretary of Transportation to make grants to States to assist State agencies, local governmental authorities, and nonprofit organizations in financing transportation services designed to transport TANF recipients to and from jobs and activities related to their employment. Authorizes appropriations. Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide loan guarantees to States with respect to State loans taken out by TANF recipients in a principal amount of between $20 and $5,000, and bearing a certain annual interest rate. | 2026-03-23T12:17:56Z | |
| 105-hr-3649 | 105 | hr | 3649 | Social Security Sunshine Act | Social Welfare | 1998-04-01 | 1998-04-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Dunn, Jennifer [R-WA-8] | WA | R | D000549 | 0 | Social Security Sunshine Act - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for social security account statements to: (1) direct the Commissioner of Social Security to provide an annual social security account statement to each eligible individual for whom a mailing address can be determined (currently the Secretary of Health and Human Services is required to provide such a statement only upon the individual's request); and (2) require such statements to contain, in the case of an eligible individual receiving Old Age and Survivors Insurance benefits under SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), an estimate of the total amount of benefits paid to such individual. | 2025-08-21T16:11:23Z | |
| 105-hr-3670 | 105 | hr | 3670 | Food Stamp Criminal Backgound Check Requirement Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-04-01 | 1998-04-08 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ-13] | NJ | D | M000639 | 0 | Food Stamp Criminal Background Check Requirement Act of 1998 - Amends the Food Stamp Act of 1977, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to require States to check the criminal backgrounds of adult members of applicant households for purposes of food stamp program eligibility and verification. | 2025-08-21T16:11:15Z | |
| 105-hr-3560 | 105 | hr | 3560 | Social Security Solvency Pilot Program Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-26 | 1998-04-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2378) | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 1 | Social Security Solvency Pilot Program Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Individual Retirement Security Program). Establishes a system of personal retirement savings accounts which covered employees and self-employed individuals between the ages of 16 and 21 may elect, between November 30, 1998, and February 1, 1999, to open. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to deposit into such an account (including any designated account of a covered employee or self-employed individual who is the spouse of another electing employee or individual) the equivalent of 2.5 percent of the wages or self-employed income with respect to which social security taxes were determined. Sets forth a formula for restricting the number of electing employees or individuals so that projected deposits do not exceed the surplus in the FY 1998 Federal budget. Requires periodic reports by account trustees to account holders. Makes the surplus in the FY 1998 Federal budget available for account deposits. Authorizes additional appropriations as necessary. (Sec. 4) Requires a 20 percent reduction in appropriations to the Federal OASDI and Disability Insurance Trust Funds, to the extent attributable to the taxes paid during the fiscal year with respect to a covered employee or self-employed individual. (Sec. 5) Provides for formula adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered individuals with designated accounts in such program. (Sec. 6) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in the case of an electing personal retirement savings account participant in an amount equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of the amount the individual contributed during the taxable year to a personal retirement savings account maintained for the individual's benefit, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. Excludes from gross income any amount deposited in a personal retirement savings account. Includ… | 2025-08-21T16:14:08Z | |
| 105-hr-3561 | 105 | hr | 3561 | National and Community Service Amendments Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-26 | 1998-05-05 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] | NJ | D | A000210 | 60 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 Subtitle A: Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) Subtitle B: Amendments to Subtitle B (School-Based and Community-Based Service-Learning Programs) Subtitle C: Amendments to Subtitle C (National Service Trust Program) Subtitle D: Amendments to Subtitle D (National Service Trust and Provision of National Service Educational Awards) Subtitle E: Amendments to Subtitle E (National Civilian Community Corps) Subtitle F: Amendments to Subtitle F (Administrative Provisions) Subtitle G: Amendments to Subtitle G (Corporation for National and Community Service) Subtitle H: Amendment to Title III (Points of Light Foundation) Subtitle I: Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) Title II: Amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 Subtitle A: Amendments to Title I (National Volunteer Antipoverty Programs) Subtitle B: Amendments to Title II (National Senior Volunteer Corps) Subtitle C: Amendments to Title IV (Administration and Coordination) Subtitle D: Amendments to Title V (Authorization of Appropriations) Title III: Technical Amendments Subtitle A: Technical Amendments to the National and Community Service Act of 1990 Subtitle B: Technical Amendments to the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 Title IV: Amendments to Other Laws National and Community Service Amendments Act of 1998 - Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Subtitle A: Amendments to Subtitle A (General Provisions) - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 … | 2025-08-21T16:11:22Z | |
| 105-s-1865 | 105 | s | 1865 | Safeguard of New Employee Information Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-26 | 1998-03-26 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Baucus, Max [D-MT] | MT | D | B000243 | 0 | Safeguard of New Employee Information Act of 1998 - Amends title IV of the Social Security Act to establish: (1) an administrative penalty and fine for the misuse of information in the National Directory of New Hires; and (2) a 24-month limit on the retention of New Hire data. | 2025-08-21T16:11:17Z | |
| 105-hr-3546 | 105 | hr | 3546 | National Dialogue on Social Security Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-25 | 1998-04-30 | Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 7 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: National Dialogue on Social Security Title II: Bipartisan Panel to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform National Dialogue on Social Security Act of 1998 - Title I: National Dialogue on Social Security - Directs the President, the Speaker of the House of Representatives, and the Majority Leader of the Senate to jointly convene a National Dialogue (ND) on the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program under title II of the Social Security Act. Makes ND's stated purpose to engage the American public, through regional conferences and national Internet exchanges, in understanding OASDI, its problems, and the need for workable solutions and to generate public comments and recommendations for social security reform. Establishes a Dialogue Council to advise the two national Facilitators appointed to administer and coordinate ND in its development and operations, the final plans for such to be transmitted to the President and the Congress by the Facilitators. Requires ND to operate by means of private sponsorship. Authorizes each Member of Congress, to the extent practicable, to develop with grassroots organizations and other constituency groups within the Member's district ongoing systems of communication through the Internet to assure the widest possible degree of receipt of public opinion. Establishes an Internet Advisory Board to advise the Internet Dialogue Coordinator appointed by the Facilitators to assist Members in establishing such systems of communication with regard to the most appropriate and effective means of employing the Internet to generate constituency input. Requires the Coordinator to establish a national dialogue web site. Authorizes appropriations from the general fund of the Treasury. Title II: Bipartisan Panel to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform - Establishes the Bipartisan Panel to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform, which shall design, and report to the President and specified congressional committees, a s… | 2025-04-07T15:33:49Z | |
| 105-s-1790 | 105 | s | 1790 | Social Security Preservation Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-18 | 1998-03-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Brownback, Sam [R-KS] | KS | R | B000953 | 0 | Social Security Preservation Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Managing Trustee of the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to ensure that the annual surplus of the trust funds is invested in: (1) marketable interest-bearing obligations of the United States or obligations guaranteed by the United States; or (2) certificates of deposit in insured depository institutions. Prescribes a formula for determining the annual surplus of the trust funds. Prohibits disinvestment of trust fund amounts from public debt obligations, any refraining from making such investments, or any delay in making normal deposits in such trust funds for public debt limit-related purposes, if a purpose of such action or inaction is to not increase, or to reduce, the amount of outstanding public debt obligation. Declares that, during any period for which cash benefits or administrative expenses would not otherwise be payable from either Trust Fund by reason of an inability to issue further public debt obligations because the public debt limit has been reached, public debt obligations held by such Trust Fund shall be sold or redeemed only for the purpose of making payment of such benefits or administrative expenses, and only to the extent Trust Fund cash assets are not available from month to month to pay such benefits or expenses. Authorizes the Secretary of the Treasury, in order to sell or redeem public debt obligations held by either Trust Fund, to issue corresponding public debt obligations in order to obtain the cash necessary to pay benefits or administrative expenses from such Trust Fund, notwithstanding the public debt limit. | 2025-08-21T16:11:35Z | |
| 105-s-1792 | 105 | s | 1792 | Social Security Solvency Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-18 | 1998-03-18 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] | NY | D | M001054 | 2 | Social Security Solvency Act of 1998 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to modify Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) rates applicable to employees, employers, and the self-employed to provide for pay-as-you-go financing for the social security system and continued solvency of the social security trust funds under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA). Prescribes: (1) reduced FICA rates for 2001 through 2029; (2) return to the current rate (6.2 percent, or 12.4 for the self-employed) for 2030 through 2044; and (3) specified higher rates for ensuing decades, culminating with 6.7 percent (13.4 for the self-employed) for 2060 and thereafter. (Sec. 2) Provides for: (1) the reallocation of employment taxes through 2054; and (2) adjustment of such taxes to keep the social security trust funds in actuarial balance. Makes conforming amendments to the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) to protect the FICA tax cut. (Sec. 3) Voluntary Investment Contribution Act (VICA) - Amends SSA title II to add a new part B (Voluntary Investment Accounts) (VICA). Establishes in the Treasury the Voluntary Investment Fund, to be managed by the Voluntary Investment Fund Board. Requires electing employees of covered employers to designate a particular VICA to which contributions on their behalf (of up to two percent of wages) are to be deposited and invested in a manner similar to that under the FERS Thrift Savings Plan. Mandates participation by self-employed individuals. Amends IRC to impose on: (1) the income of an electing employee a VICA contribution of one percent of wages; (2) such employee's employer a matching contribution equal to one percent of such employee's wages; and (3) the income of a self-employed individual a VICA contribution of two percent of self-employment income. (Sec. 4) Amends SSA title II to provide for a graduated increase in the social security wage base from $60,600 to $97,500. (Sec. 5) Amends SSA title XI to add a new part D (C… | 2025-08-21T16:11:23Z | |
| 105-s-1763 | 105 | s | 1763 | Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-16 | 1998-03-16 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Agriculture. | Senate | Sen. Wellstone, Paul D. [D-MN] | MN | D | W000288 | 0 | Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to eliminate specified eligibility restrictions for qualified aliens (as defined in such Acts) with respect to: (1) food stamps; and (2) Federal means- tested public benefits. (Sec. 4) Prohibits States from attributing sponsor or spousal income and resources in determining an alien's food stamp or comparable program eligibility or benefits. (Sec. 5) Repeals the prohibition on an alien's derivative food stamp eligibility based upon supplemental security income eligibility. (Sec. 6) States that with respect to a sponsor affidavit of support means-tested public benefit does not include food stamps. (Sec. 7) Amends the Food Stamp Act to make Cuban or Haitian refugee entrants eligible for food stamps. | 2025-08-21T16:13:18Z | |
| 105-hr-3456 | 105 | hr | 3456 | Personal Retirement Savings Account Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-12 | 1998-03-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] | OH | R | K000016 | 6 | Personal Retirement Savings Account Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Personal Social Security Plus Accounts). Establishes in the Treasury a Social Security Plus Fund to hold 80 percent of the surplus (if any) in the Federal budget for each fiscal year for investment in accordance with rules governing the Thrift Savings Plan which shall otherwise govern other Fund operations. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish in the Social Security Plus Fund a personal social security plus account for each living individual who has been assigned a social security number. Requires the Commissioner to allocate: (1) evenly among all personal social security plus accounts the amount transferred annually to the Social Security Plus Fund; as well as (2) an amount equal to the net earnings and net losses from each investment of sums in the Fund. Makes eligible for such an account any individual the amount of whose wages paid and self-employment income derived in the year equals, in the aggregate, at least the amount such individual must have in order to be credited with four quarters of coverage in such year. Requires distribution to an account holder of the balance in a personal social security plus account when the account holder becomes entitled to Old-Age insurance benefits under SSA title II. | 2025-08-21T16:12:44Z | |
| 105-hr-3459 | 105 | hr | 3459 | Disabled Children's Fairness Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-12 | 1998-03-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1] | IL | D | R000515 | 5 | Disabled Children's Fairness Act of 1998 - Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act with respect to disability eligibility redeterminations for SSI recipients who attain age 18. Repeals the requirement for application of the criteria used in determining the initial eligibility for individuals who are age 18 or older. Requires the application of medical improvement and other current law standards previously not applied in SSI disability eligibility redeterminations for 18-year-olds. Provides for expanded use of dedicated savings account funds for food, clothing, shelter, utility, and personal items for disabled children. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to provide reasonable notice and, upon request, opportunity for a hearing and review to an eligible individual or representative payee who disagrees with any expense disallowance with regard to such an account. Makes this Act applicable to expenditures made before, on, or after the enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:12:59Z | |
| 105-hr-3351 | 105 | hr | 3351 | To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Protect Social Security Account into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust funds. | Social Welfare | 1998-03-05 | 1998-03-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Bunning, Jim [R-KY-4] | KY | R | B001066 | 9 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Treasury the Protect Social Security Account to save budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Fund. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay into the Account at the end of each fiscal year an amount equal to any such surplus; and (2) invest all such amounts in public debt obligations. | 2025-04-07T15:32:37Z | |
| 105-hr-3379 | 105 | hr | 3379 | Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-03-05 | 1998-03-23 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Gutierrez, Luis V. [D-IL-4] | IL | D | G000535 | 9 | Food Stamp Benefits for Aliens Restoration Act of 1998 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997, to eliminate specified eligibility restrictions for qualified aliens (as defined in such Acts) with respect to: (1) food stamps; and (2) Federal means- tested public benefits. (Sec. 4) Prohibits States from attributing sponsor or spousal income and resources in determining an alien's food stamp or comparable program eligibility or benefits. (Sec. 5) Repeals the prohibition on an alien's derivative food stamp eligibility based upon supplemental security income eligibility. (Sec. 6) States that with respect to a sponsor affidavit of support means-tested public benefit does not include food stamps. (Sec. 7) Amends the Food Stamp Act to make Cuban or Haitian refugee entrants eligible for food stamps. | 2025-08-21T16:11:59Z | |
| 105-sres-185 | 105 | sres | 185 | A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that Congress should save Social Security first and should finance any tax cuts or new investments with other funds until legislation is enacted to make Social Security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled. | Social Welfare | 1998-02-26 | 1998-02-26 | Referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] | SC | D | H000725 | 8 | Expresses the sense of the Senate that the Congress should save social security first by reserving any unified budget surplus until legislation is enacted to make social security actuarially sound and capable of paying future retirees the benefits to which they are entitled. | 2025-04-07T13:47:40Z | |
| 105-hr-3207 | 105 | hr | 3207 | To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Save Social Security First Reserve Fund into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses pending Social Security reform. | Social Welfare | 1998-02-12 | 1998-02-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] | NY | D | R000053 | 51 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Treasury the Save Social Security First Reserve Fund to save any surpluses in the Federal budget pending social security reform. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay into the Fund at the end of each fiscal year an amount equal to any such surplus; and (2) invest all such amounts in public debt securities with suitable maturities and bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary. | 2025-04-07T15:32:37Z | |
| 105-hr-3134 | 105 | hr | 3134 | Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-01-28 | 1998-02-11 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. | House | Rep. Weygand, Robert A. [D-RI-2] | RI | D | W000315 | 47 | Protection Against Scams on Seniors Act of 1998 - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary for Aging, to publicly disseminate by specified means in each State certain information designed to educate senior citizens and raise awareness about the dangers of telemarketing fraud. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:11:15Z | |
| 105-hr-3095 | 105 | hr | 3095 | Bipartisan Panel to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-01-27 | 1998-01-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Archer, Bill [R-TX-7] | TX | R | A000215 | 3 | Bipartisan Panel to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform Act of 1998 - Establishes the Bipartisan Panel to Design Long-Range Social Security Reform to design a single set of legislative and administrative recommendations for long-range reforms for restoring the solvency of the social security system and maintaining retirement income security in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:14:58Z | |
| 105-s-1571 | 105 | s | 1571 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998 | Social Welfare | 1998-01-27 | 1998-01-27 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] | AZ | R | M000303 | 3 | Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 1998 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. | 2025-08-21T16:12:42Z | |
| 105-hr-3077 | 105 | hr | 3077 | Social Security Benefits Restoration Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-13 | 1997-11-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] | TX | D | S000044 | 8 | Social Security Benefits Restoration Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate provisions that reduce primary insurance amounts for individuals receiving pensions from noncovered employment. | 2025-08-21T16:12:28Z | |
| 105-hr-3082 | 105 | hr | 3082 | Social Security Solvency Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-13 | 1998-04-28 | Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2378) | House | Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] | MI | R | S000597 | 5 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Individual Retirement Security Program Title II: Social Security Benefit Reforms Social Security Solvency Act of 1997 - Title I: Individual Retirement Security Program - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new Individual Retirement Security Program in which a covered employee or covered self-employed individual may designate one or more personal retirement savings accounts to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall make deposits with respect to the individual according to formulae based on the respective social security employment taxes paid with respect to such covered individuals and certain budget surpluses. (Sec. 102) Directs the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to publish in the Federal Register each year the reallocation percentage (calculated according to a specified formula) for amounts otherwise appropriated for the following fiscal year to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund from Federal Insurance Contributions Act taxes imposed with regard to wages and self-support income. Requires a reduction in trust fund appropriations, to the extent attributable to the taxes paid during the fiscal year with respect to a covered employee or self-employed individual, according to a certain formula. (Sec. 103) Provides for adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered individuals with designated accounts in such program. (Sec. 104) Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a tax deduction in the case of an electing personal retirement savings account participant in an amount equal to 50 percent (up to $2,000) of the amount the individual contributed during the taxable year to a personal retirement savings account maintained for the individual's benefit, regardless of whether or not the taxpayer itemizes other deductions. Excludes from gross income any amount deposited in a … | 2025-08-21T16:11:51Z | |
| 105-hr-3002 | 105 | hr | 3002 | Postsecondary Adult Vocational Education Act | Social Welfare | 1997-11-09 | 1997-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-18] | NY | D | L000480 | 0 | Postsecondary Adult Vocational Education Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) provide that 24 months of higher education and participation in a Federal work-study program are permissible work activities under TANF; and (2) repeal the limitation on the number of teen heads of household whose vocational educational training may count as work. Limits the number of persons whose higher education may count as work. | 2025-08-21T16:12:08Z | |
| 105-hr-3004 | 105 | hr | 3004 | Omnibus Foster Care Improvement Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-09 | 1997-11-20 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 3 | Omnibus Foster Care Improvement Act of 1997 - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to administer qualifying examinations to all State employees with new authority to make decisions regarding child welfare services. Prohibits the Secretary of Health and Human Services from making a child welfare assistance payment to a State unless the State has in effect procedures requiring the State agency, at the time a child is removed from a home and placed in foster care under State supervision, to locate any parent of the child who is not living at the home and evaluate that parent's ability to provide a suitable home for the child. Gives States the option of deeming as adoption the placement of a child who was under State-supervised foster care with a blood relative given legal custody of the child. Prohibits the Secretary, after a five-year interim period, from making a child welfare assistance payment to a State unless the State requires a State agency to give preference to applications of a foster parent or caretaker relative of the child in considering applications to adopt certain foster children. | 2025-08-21T16:13:20Z | |
| 105-hr-3005 | 105 | hr | 3005 | Standby Guardianship Act | Social Welfare | 1997-11-09 | 1997-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] | NY | D | M000087 | 6 | Standby Guardianship Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require States to have laws that permit a parent who is chronically ill or near death, without surrendering parental rights, to designate a standby guardian for a minor child whose authority would take effect upon the parent's death, mental incapacity, or physical debilitation and consent. | 2025-08-21T16:13:49Z | |
| 105-hr-3008 | 105 | hr | 3008 | Notch Fairness Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-09 | 1997-12-01 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Neumann, Mark W. [R-WI-1] | WI | R | N000054 | 56 | Notch Fairness Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum old age insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979 and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. Allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000. Specifies offsetting nondefense and discretionary spending reductions the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make over a four-year period for the increase in direct spending estimated to result from enactment of this Act. | 2025-08-21T16:12:35Z | |
| 105-hr-3015 | 105 | hr | 3015 | Senior Nutrition Funding Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-09 | 1997-11-09 | Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. | House | Rep. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT-At Large] | VT | I | S000033 | 0 | Senior Nutrition Funding Act of 1997 - Provides additional appropriations for FY 1999 and 2000 for purposes of making grants under the Older Americans Act of 1965 for congregate nutrition and home delivered nutrition programs. | 2025-08-21T16:14:33Z | |
| 105-hr-2929 | 105 | hr | 2929 | Individual Social Security Retirement Accounts Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-08 | 1997-12-10 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Porter, John Edward [R-IL-10] | IL | R | P000444 | 7 | Individual Social Security Retirement Accounts Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce social security taxes for eligible individuals, whether employed by others or self-employed, who elect to participate in the Individual Retirement Program (IRP) created under a new part B of title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) (part B eligible individual). Reduces the employers' tax for employers of such individuals. Leaves the respective tax rates at their current levels with respect to individuals who remain covered under the current OASDI program (redesignated as part A of SSA title II). (Sec. 3) Amends SSA title II to require, under new part B, that employers have in effect a social security payroll deduction plan for eligible employees who elect to enroll under it. Requires the plan to provide for employers to deduct five percent of the employee's wages, together with an employer contribution also equal to five percent of the employee's wages, for transfer to the employee's individual social security retirement (ISSR) account. Requires self-employed individuals to contribute ten percent of their income to such accounts. Makes employees between ages 18 and 61 who are not entitled to OASDI disability benefits eligible to elect to enroll under new part B. Entitles eligible individuals who attain age 62 to a supplemental minimum benefit payment to their ISSR accounts. Requires a trustee of an ISSR account to purchase, from amounts available in the account, disability insurance and preretirement survivor benefits for each account holder. Sets forth penalties for failure to establish and maintain a social security payroll deduction plan. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to require amounts deducted from employee wages to be shown on their wage receipts. Amends the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) to exempt social security payroll deduction plans from certain requirements for employee benefit plans. (Sec. 4) Amends the Internal… | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 105-hr-2944 | 105 | hr | 2944 | Social Security Family Protection Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-08 | 1997-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Cummings, Elijah E. [D-MD-7] | MD | D | C000984 | 6 | Social Security Family Protection Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly OASDI benefit shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month. | 2025-08-21T16:11:55Z | |
| 105-hr-2849 | 105 | hr | 2849 | Assets for Independence Act | Social Welfare | 1997-11-06 | 1997-11-18 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Hall, Tony P. [D-OH-3] | OH | D | H000074 | 43 | Assets for Independence Act - Provides for the establishment of four-year demonstration projects designed for the stated purpose of determining: (1) the social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets by saving a portion of their earned income in an individual development account; (2) the extent to which an asset-based policy that promotes saving for education, home ownership, and microenterprise development may be used to enable individuals and families with limited means to increase their economic self-sufficiency; and (3) the extent to which an asset-based policy stabilizes and improves families and the community in which they live. Authorizes not-for-profit organizations and qualified State or local government agencies to participate in the grant program. Requires each qualified not-for-profit organization receiving a grant to establish a Reserve Fund for deposit of private and public funds provided for the demonstration project, as well as proceeds from investments. Provides for individual development accounts (IDAs), held by federally insured financial institutions, into which qualified individuals may make contributions, which shall be matched by the qualified entity conducting a demonstration project under a grant, according to a certain formula, in an amount up to $2,000 per individual ($4,000 per household). Limits the use of IDA distributions to specified postsecondary educational, first-home purchase, and business capitalization expenses, as well as transfers to IDAs of family members. Makes an individual eligible for assistance under a demonstration project if the individual is a member of a household that: (1) is eligible for assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act; or (2) meets certain income and net worth tests. Authorizes appropriations. Disregards funds in the IDA of a demonstration project participant for purposes of all means-teste… | 2025-08-21T16:13:06Z | |
| 105-hr-2861 | 105 | hr | 2861 | Welfare to Work Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-11-06 | 1997-11-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY-9] | NY | D | S000148 | 0 | Welfare to Work Act of 1997 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) rename the program the Assistance for Needy Families Program; (2) require work activities after three months of receiving program assistance (instead of the current 24 months), with certain good cause exceptions; (3) require cash benefits to recipients based on the number of hours engaged in required work activities; (4) increase child care funding; (5) eliminate the five-year limit on program assistance; (6) establish a supplemental grant for operation of work programs; (7) repeal authority for Federal loans for State welfare programs; (8) make mandatory the currently optional domestic violence certification with regard to State plans; and (9) eliminate State discretion with respect to an initial assessment of assistance recipients, making such assessments mandatory. | 2025-08-21T16:13:04Z | |
| 105-s-1370 | 105 | s | 1370 | Social Security Family Protection Act | Social Welfare | 1997-11-05 | 1997-11-05 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 12 | Social Security Family Protection Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that a monthly OASDI benefit shall be paid for the month in which the recipient dies, subject to a reduction of 50 percent if the recipient dies during the first 15 days of such month. | 2025-08-21T16:12:57Z | |
| 105-s-1365 | 105 | s | 1365 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in tHE case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. | Social Welfare | 1997-11-04 | 1997-11-04 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Mikulski, Barbara A. [D-MD] | MD | D | M000702 | 14 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation. | 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z | |
| 105-hr-2781 | 105 | hr | 2781 | To amend the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security to submit specific legislative recommendations to ensure the solvency of the Social Security trust funds. | Social Welfare | 1997-10-30 | 1997-11-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security, in the annual report of the OASDI trust funds' Board of Trustees to the Congress, to include specific legislative recommendations to place the OASDI trust funds in close actuarial balance if the Board has found that one or both of them are not in close actuarial balance for the succeeding 75 years. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 105-hr-2782 | 105 | hr | 2782 | Strengthening Social Security Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-10-30 | 1997-11-25 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations. | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 0 | Strengthening Social Security Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code and title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require covered employers to have a plan for withholding certain contributions from the wages of their eligible employees for investment according to the individual employee's personal investment plan. Defines personal investment plan as: (1) any personal investment retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits in the Personal Investment Fund, established in the Treasury by this Act; or (2) any individual retirement plan restricted to certain contribution deposits and administered or issued by a bank. Requires the Personal Investment Fund to be governed by a Personal Investment Fund Board under a system similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees. Covers self-employed individuals. Applies this Act only to employees who have not attained age 55. Specifies reduced social security tax rates for plan participants. Sets forth civil penalties for employers who fail to establish a personal investment payroll deduction plan or observe certain requirements with respect to it. Provides for the adjustment of the primary insurance amount for plan participants. Provides for specified graduated increases in normal and early retirement ages. Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics to reduce by .5 percentage point the annual percentage change in the Consumer Price Indexes used with respect to the OASDI cost of living adjustment calculations. | 2026-03-23T12:41:21Z | |
| 105-hr-2682 | 105 | hr | 2682 | Social Security Access to Information Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-10-21 | 1997-10-24 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5] | MA | D | M000627 | 1 | Social Security Access to Information Act of 1997 - Amends title XI (General Provisions and Peer Review) of the Social Security Act to require annual social security account statements to: (1) express wages, contributions, and benefits in terms of actual dollars and in terms of current dollars; and (2) contain the total amount of benefits paid as of the date of the request to the eligible individual and the total amount of benefits paid as of such date to all beneficiaries on the basis of the eligible individual's wages and self-employment income. Shifts from the Secretary of Health and Human Services to the Commissioner of Social Security the responsibility for supplying such statements. Requires the Commissioner to provide them to all eligible individuals for whom a current mailing address can be determined through such methods as the Commissioner determines to be appropriate. | 2025-08-21T16:13:11Z | |
| 105-hr-2669 | 105 | hr | 2669 | Social Security Information Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-10-09 | 1997-10-17 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] | SC | R | S000051 | 23 | Social Security Information Act of 1997 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the social security account statements distributed annually by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires such statements to include: (1) a separate estimate of the interest earned on employee and self-employment contributions for hospital insurance and old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; (2) specified information on the projected value of the aggregate amount of employer and employee contributions for old-age and survivors insurance, as well as annual and total amounts of benefits, in dollars adjusted for inflation; (3) the average annual rates of return on Treasury ten-year savings bonds and the Standard and Poor's 500; and (4) monthly and projected annual trust fund balances. | 2025-08-21T16:11:10Z | |
| 105-hr-2638 | 105 | hr | 2638 | Hardship Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-10-08 | 1997-10-14 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] | HI | D | M000797 | 0 | Hardship Act of 1997 - Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Act of 1996 to make certain elderly permanent resident aliens eligible for food stamp and supplemental security income benefits. | 2025-08-21T16:13:36Z | |
| 105-s-1255 | 105 | s | 1255 | Assets for Independence Act | Social Welfare | 1997-10-06 | 1997-10-06 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Labor and Human Resources. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 10 | Assets for Independence Act - Provides for the establishment of four-year demonstration projects designed for the stated purpose of determining: (1) the social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets by saving a portion of their earned income in an individual development account; (2) the extent to which an asset-based policy that promotes saving for education, home ownership, and microenterprise development may be used to enable individuals and families with limited means to increase their economic self-sufficiency; and (3) the extent to which an asset-based policy stabilizes and improves families and the community in which they live. Authorizes not-for-profit organizations and qualified State or local government agencies to participate in the grant program. Requires each qualified not-for-profit organization receiving a grant to establish a Reserve Fund for deposit of private and public funds provided for the demonstration project, as well as proceeds from investments. Provides for individual development accounts (IDAs), held by federally insured financial institutions, into which qualified individuals may make contributions, which shall be matched by the qualified entity conducting a demonstration project under a grant, according to a certain formula, in an amount up to $2,000 per individual ($4,000 per household). Limits the use of IDA distributions to specified postsecondary educational, first-home purchase, and business capitalization expenses, as well as transfers to IDAs of family members. Makes an individual eligible for assistance under a demonstration project if the individual is a member of a household that: (1) is eligible for assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act; or (2) meets certain income and net worth tests. Authorizes appropriations. Disregards funds in the IDA of a demonstration project participant for purposes of all means-test… | 2025-08-21T16:13:09Z | |
| 105-hr-2597 | 105 | hr | 2597 | Equity for Immigrants Act | Social Welfare | 1997-10-01 | 1997-10-06 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Furse, Elizabeth [D-OR-1] | OR | D | F000434 | 26 | TABLE OF CONTENTS: Title I: Termination of Provisions of Public Law 104-193 Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Legal Immigrants Title II: Reduction in Arms Transfer Subsidies Equity for Immigrants Act - Title I: Termination of Provisions of Public Law 104-193 Restricting Welfare and Public Benefits for Legal Immigrants - Declares that, on October 1, 1998, the provisions of title IV of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (Public Law 104-193, as amended by the Balanced Budget Act of 1997 (Public Law 105-33)), which restrict welfare and public benefits for legal immigrants, shall cease to be effective, the amendments made by that title shall be repealed, and any provision of law repealed by that title shall be reenacted. Title II: Reduction in Arms Transfer Subsidies - Amends the Arms Export Control Act to repeal provisions with respect to: (1) leases of defense articles and loan authority for cooperative research and development purposes; and (2) the President's authority to waive specified charges for sales that would significantly advance North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) standardization, standardization with armed forces of specified other countries, or foreign procurement in the United States under coproduction arrangements. (Sec. 202) Amends the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to repeal the President's authority to transfer excess defense articles to certain other countries. (Sec. 203) Amends the Arms Export Control Act to state that any sale involving the export of major defense equipment pursuant to a license or other approval, except in certain circumstances, shall include an appropriate charge, comparable to a specified charge imposed for government-to-government sales, for a proportionate amount of the nonrecurring costs incurred by the United States in the research, development, and production of such equipment. (Sec. 204) Declares that no military financing program funds under the Arms Export Control Act may be ma… | 2025-08-21T16:13:49Z | |
| 105-hr-2549 | 105 | hr | 2549 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount. | Social Welfare | 1997-09-25 | 1997-09-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Frank, Barney [D-MA-4] | MA | D | F000339 | 52 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from the individual's primary insurance amount under such title and the monthly periodic payment attributable to noncovered service performed after 1956 exceeds $2,000; and (2) provide for a graduated implementation of such provision by specified percentages with respect to incremental amounts above such threshold, up to 100 percent for combined amounts over $3,000. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 105-hr-2463 | 105 | hr | 2463 | To amend part A of title IV of the Social Security Act to prevent States from requiring employees of work experience and community service programs to work in exchange for child support collected on their behalf. | Social Welfare | 1997-09-11 | 1997-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Kennelly, Barbara B. [D-CT-1] | CT | D | K000118 | 17 | Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to prohibit States from requiring employees of work experience and community service programs to work in exchange for (or as a condition of providing) child support collected on their behalf. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 105-s-1165 | 105 | s | 1165 | Social Security Advisory Board Sunshine Act | Social Welfare | 1997-09-11 | 1997-09-11 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] | IA | R | G000386 | 0 | Social Security Advisory Board Sunshine Act - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act to provide for application of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to the Social Security Advisory Board, and establish compensation for Advisory Board members. | 2025-08-21T16:11:50Z | |
| 105-hr-2452 | 105 | hr | 2452 | Parents as First Teachers Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-09-10 | 1997-09-26 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. | House | Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6] | CA | D | W000738 | 1 | Parents as First Teachers Act of 1997 - Authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make grants to eligible counties to carry out programs to provide: (1) early childhood development and education training to parents in families that receive assistance under State programs funded under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act, for the purpose of preparing such parents to obtain employment as caregivers of high quality child care services; and (2) supportive services and job placement services to such parents necessary for their participation in such training and their obtaining such employment at the completion of such training. Authorizes appropriations. | 2025-08-21T16:13:20Z | |
| 105-hr-2422 | 105 | hr | 2422 | To amend the Social Security Act to provide for findings of presumptive disability under title II of such Act in the same manner and to the same extent as is currently applicable under title XVI of such Act. | Social Welfare | 1997-09-05 | 1997-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman. | House | Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13] | CA | D | S000810 | 7 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to provide for findings of presumptive disability under such title in the same manner and to the same extent as are currently applicable under SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income). Amends SSA title XVI to provide that any individual who receives a benefit under SSA title II on the basis of presumptive disability shall be deemed for purposes of SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to be a recipient of a benefit under SSA title XVI in any case in which he or she would be eligible for such benefit under SSA title XVI if the amount of such benefit under SSA title II were disregarded. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 105-hr-2399 | 105 | hr | 2399 | Family Investment Package | Social Welfare | 1997-09-04 | 1997-09-19 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Early Childhood, Youth and Families. | House | Rep. Clayton, Eva M. [D-NC-1] | NC | D | C000494 | 0 | Family Investment Package - Amends the Child Care Development Block Grant Act of 1990 to increase the authorization of appropriations for FY 1997 through 2002 for block grants to States for child care assistance for low-income working families. Authorizes separate appropriations for such period for grants to States for specified child care activities in geographic areas with child care supply shortages. Authorizes appropriations in a specified amount to the Secretary of Health and Human Services for FY 1997 through 2002 to award grants to States for providing child care services for families who have left the State program of assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) of title IV of the Social Security Act because of employment, families that are at risk of becoming dependent on such assistance program, and low-income working families. Requires States and the Secretary to report on access to child care by low-income working families. | 2025-08-21T16:13:56Z | |
| 105-s-1145 | 105 | s | 1145 | Social Security Information Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-09-03 | 1997-09-03 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] | MN | R | G000367 | 1 | Social Security Information Act of 1997 - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for the social security account statements distributed annually by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Requires such statements to include: (1) a separate estimate of the interest earned on employee and self-employment contributions for hospital insurance and old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; (2) specified information on the projected value of the aggregate amount of employer and employee contributions for old-age and survivors insurance, as well as annual and total amounts of benefits, in dollars adjusted for inflation; (3) the average annual rates of return on Treasury ten-year savings bonds and the Standard and Poor's 500; and (4) monthly and projected annual trust fund balances. | 2025-08-21T16:12:10Z | |
| 105-hr-2333 | 105 | hr | 2333 | Senior Citizen Bill of Rights Act of 1997 | Social Welfare | 1997-07-31 | 1997-08-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity. | House | Rep. Fox, Jon D. [R-PA-13] | PA | R | F000332 | 1 | Senior Citizen Bill of Rights Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the additional (85 percent) tax on social security benefits after a four-year phased-in reduction period. (Sec. 3) Excludes from gross income up to $250,000 ($500,000 in the case of a joint return) from the sale or exchange of a principal residence owned and used as such for two years aggregate during the five-year period prior to sale. Limits such exclusion to one sale every two years. Repeals the nonrecognition of gain on residence rollovers. (Sec. 4) Repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax provisions. (Sec. 5) Requires qualifying health plans to continue coverage for persons 55 years or older who lose their jobs until such persons are eligible for Medicare. Increases maximum permitted premiums during such period. (Sec. 6) Amends Federal criminal law to provide for the forfeiture and use of telemarketing fraud proceeds for a specified national information hotline. Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to increase sentencing guidelines in cases involving: (1) vulnerable victims; and (2) use of a foreign location to impede fraud prosecution. (Sec. 7) Amends the Social Security Act to provide that certain transitional primary insurance amounts under the old age, survivors and disability insurance (OASDI) program shall be no lower than those under a specified pre-1977 formula. (Sec. 8) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act to provide for reasonable pet ownership in federally assisted housing by elderly or disabled tenants. (Sec. 9) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for off-budgeting treatment of OASDI administrative costs. | 2025-08-21T16:11:13Z | |
| 105-hr-2371 | 105 | hr | 2371 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require that contracts entered into by the Commissioner of Social Security and the States and local governments providing for furnishing the Commissioner with death certificate information require that such information be furnished within 30 days after the death involved. | Social Welfare | 1997-07-31 | 1997-08-13 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. | House | Rep. Vento, Bruce F. [D-MN-4] | MN | D | V000087 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to contracts with State and local governments for the furnishing of death certificate information to the Commissioner of Social Security. Requires such contracts to require that such information be furnished within 30 days after the death involved. | 2025-04-07T15:23:42Z | |
| 105-s-1106 | 105 | s | 1106 | Assets for Independence Act | Social Welfare | 1997-07-31 | 1997-07-31 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Coats, Daniel [R-IN] | IN | R | C000542 | 1 | Assets for Independence Act - Provides for the establishment of demonstration projects designed for the stated purpose of determining: (1) the social, civic, psychological, and economic effects of providing to individuals and families with limited means an incentive to accumulate assets by saving a portion of their earned income in an individual development account; (2) the extent to which an asset-based policy that promotes saving for education, home ownership, and microenterprise development may be used to enable individuals and families with limited means to increase their economic self-sufficiency; and (3) the extent to which an asset-based policy stabilizes and improves families and the community in which they live. Authorizes not-for-profit organizations and qualified State or local government agencies to participate in the grant program. Requires each qualified not-for-profit organization receiving a grant to establish a Reserve Fund for deposit of private and public funds provided for the demonstration project, as well as proceeds from investments. Makes an individual eligible for assistance under a demonstration project if the individual is a member of a household that: (1) is eligible for assistance under part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act; or (2) meets certain income and net worth tests. Authorizes appropriations. Disregards funds in an individual development account of a demonstration project participant for purposes of all means-tested Federal programs. | 2025-08-21T16:13:14Z | |
| 105-hr-2273 | 105 | hr | 2273 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in social security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200. | Social Welfare | 1997-07-25 | 1997-07-25 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Jefferson, William J. [D-LA-2] | LA | D | J000070 | 183 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. | 2024-02-07T16:32:33Z | |
| 105-s-1054 | 105 | s | 1054 | A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish, for purposes of disability determinations under such titles, a uniform minimum level of earnings, for demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, at the level currently applicable solely to blind individuals. | Social Welfare | 1997-07-23 | 1997-07-23 | Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. | Senate | Sen. Cochran, Thad [R-MS] | MS | R | C000567 | 1 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to establish, for purposes of disability determinations, a uniform minimum level of earnings for demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity, at the level currently applicable solely to blind individuals. Repeals the restriction of such minimum earnings level to blind individuals only. | 2025-04-07T15:24:13Z | |
| 105-hr-2154 | 105 | hr | 2154 | To provide for food stamp eligibility for aliens who were receiving supplemental security income benefits on August 22, 1996, or aliens who are eligible for supplemental security income benefits. | Social Welfare | 1997-07-11 | 1997-07-15 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Department Operations, Nutrition and Foreign Agriculture. | House | Rep. Meek, Carrie P. [D-FL-17] | FL | D | M000628 | 41 | Amends the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 to make aliens eligible for food stamps if they were receiving supplemental security income benefits as of a specified date or if they are eligible for such benefits. | 2024-02-05T11:45:06Z | |
| 105-hr-2025 | 105 | hr | 2025 | Self-Sufficiency Through Education Act | Social Welfare | 1997-06-24 | 1997-07-02 | Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. | House | Rep. Hinchey, Maurice D. [D-NY-26] | NY | D | H000627 | 1 | Self-Sufficiency Through Education Act - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow up to 24 months of postsecondary education or vocational educational training to count as a permissible work activity under the TANF program; and (2) remove single teen parent heads of households who maintain satisfactory school attendance from the 20 percent limitation on the number of persons that may be treated as engaged in work for monthly participation rate purposes. | 2025-08-21T16:13:02Z |
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CREATE INDEX idx_leg_policy ON legislation(policy_area);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_date ON legislation(introduced_date);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor ON legislation(sponsor_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_leg_sponsor_bioguide ON legislation(sponsor_bioguide_id);