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106-hr-5659 106 hr 5659 Personal Social Security Account Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-12-14 2000-12-14 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Kasich, John R. [R-OH-12] OH R K000016 0 Personal Social Security Account Act of 2000 - Title I: Personal Social Security Accounts - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to create a new OASDI part B (Personal Social Security Accounts) program similar to the Thrift Savings Program for Federal employees for eligible individuals.Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish in the Personal Social Security Account Fund, which this Act establishes, a personal social security account for each eligible individual: (1) born after December 31, 1945; (2) credited for any calendar year with four quarters of coverage; and (3) who has requested such an account. Provides for: (1) deposit in such accounts of specified percentages of an individual's annual income, as well as transfers from the Social Security trust funds; (2) investment of account amounts; and (3) distribution of account balances, in either a lump sum or equal annual installments, when the account holder reaches the old-age insurance entitlement age.Title II: Maintaining the Solvency of the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program - Amends SSA title II to provide for: (1) modification of indexing initial old-age or disability insurance benefits; (2) reduction of such benefits by reason of a transfer to an eligible individual's personal Social Security account; and (3) borrowing authority for the Social Security trust funds taking into account the present value of future benefit reductions. 2025-08-20T14:21:42Z  
106-hr-5593 106 hr 5593 Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-27 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Portman, Rob [R-OH-2] OH R P000449 1 Bipartisan Commission on Social Security Reform Act of 2000 - Establishes in the legislative branch a Bipartisan Commission on 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 for maintaining retirement income security in the United States. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:20:39Z  
106-hr-5575 106 hr 5575 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 2000-10-26 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. 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. 2025-01-02T17:15:41Z  
106-hr-5576 106 hr 5576 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 2000-10-26 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. 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. 2025-01-02T17:15:30Z  
106-hr-5577 106 hr 5577 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 2000-10-26 2000-11-01 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. 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. 2025-01-02T17:15:30Z  
106-hr-5578 106 hr 5578 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 2000-10-26 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. 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. 2025-01-02T17:15:30Z  
106-hr-5553 106 hr 5553 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish, for purposes of disability determinations under such title, 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 2000-10-25 2000-11-03 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. English, Phil [R-PA-21] PA R E000187 0 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act, with respect to disability determinations, to repeal the restriction to blind individuals of the requirement for a specified minimum level of earnings for demonstrating ability to engage in substantial gainful activity. (Thus applies to all OASDI eligible persons a uniform minimum level of earnings for demonstrating such ability at the level currently applicable solely to blind individuals.) 2025-01-02T17:15:29Z  
106-hr-5556 106 hr 5556 Medicare Disability Eligibility Waiting Period Reduction Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-25 2000-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1] TX D S000044 0 Medicare Disability Eligibility Waiting Period Reduction Act of 2000 - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVIII (Medicare) to reduce the waiting period for benefits from 24 to 18 months for individuals with disabilities. 2025-08-20T14:20:26Z  
106-s-3214 106 s 3214 Assets for Independence Act Amendments of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-18 2000-10-18 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions. Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 2 Assets for Independence Act Amendments of 2000 - Amends the Assets for Independence Act (AIA) (which is title IV of the Community Opportunities, Accountability, and Training and Educational Services Act of 1998) to revise various provisions relating to program administration and flexibility in the AIA demonstration program (which is to determine the effects that certain savings accounts called individual development accounts (IDAs) can have on low-income individuals and their families).Excludes funds attributable to matching contributions by qualified entities from IDA emergency withdrawals.Includes among eligible grantees low-income credit unions and community development financial institutions.Revises requirements for withdrawals from IDA accounts for the purchase of a home.Increases the amount of funds set aside for economic literacy training and administrative costs.Includes a Federal poverty measure among alternative eligibility criteria.Declares that funds in an IDA shall be disregarded entirely for purposes of determining eligibility for Federal programs based on need. 2025-08-20T14:21:23Z  
106-s-3200 106 s 3200 Social Security KidSave Accounts Act Social Welfare 2000-10-12 2000-10-12 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Kerrey, J. Robert [D-NE] NE D K000146 4 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, 2000, an individual retirement account in the Thrift Savings Fund known as a KidSave Account. Requires such Account to be treated in the same manner as an account maintained by a Federal employee under the Federal Employees Retirement System (FERS) (into which contributions by or on behalf of the individual are deposited into one or more designated investment funds).Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to transfer from the Federal Old- Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund to each account holder's KidSave Account: (1) $2,000, on the date such individual's KidSave Account is established; plus (2) other, including rollover, contributions, by or on behalf of the individual, the aggregate amount of which in the case of any individual below age 19 is capped at $500 for any taxable year. Provides for the treatment of distributions.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from gross income any rollovers into a KidSave Account. 2025-08-20T14:19:59Z  
106-hr-5447 106 hr 5447 Social Security Administration Preparedness Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-11 2000-10-20 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 5 Social Security Administration Preparedness Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) increase the earmarks out of the OASDI trust funds for FY 2001 and 2002 for continuing disability reviews; (2) add requirements concerning program performance reports of the Commissioner of Social Security pursuant to applicable Federal money and finance law provisions; and (3) direct the Commissioner to establish and to maintain an advance, proven technology system sufficient to meet the increasing future demands of the programs administered by the Social Security Administration.Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to prescribe additional limits for adjustments to discretionary spending limits for FY 2201 and 2002 Social Security administrative expenses.Amends SSA title VII (Administration) to make Social Security administrative expenses off-budget. 2025-08-20T14:16:51Z  
106-s-3189 106 s 3189 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-11 2000-10-11 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 7 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 - Title I: Distribution of Child Support - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for the distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children receiving certain welfare benefits.Title II: Review and Adjustment of Child Support Orders - Requires the chief executive officer of a State to certify that the State has established procedures to ensure that the State agency administering the child support enforcement program will be notified of certain families leaving the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program under SSA title IV part A.(Sec. 201) Requires the State child support enforcement agency to review and, if appropriate, adjust any child support order relating to any individual leaving the TANF program.Title III: Demonstration of Expanded Information and Enforcement - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations which address the participation of public non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies in establishing and enforcing child support obligations.(Sec. 302) Prescribes requirements for ten demonstration projects involving establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by such public non-IV-D agencies.(Sec. 303) Requires a Comptroller General report to Congress on private child support enforcement agencies.Title IV: Expanded Enforcement - Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the amount of child support arrearage which shall trigger denial of a passport.(Sec. 402) Revises requirements for the use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of non-minor children.(Sec. 403) Prohibits garnishment of certain compensation for a service-connected disability paid to a former member of the Armed Forces for: (1) alimony; or (2) child support less than 60 days in arrears. Permits no more than 50 percent of such compensation to be garnished to pay for such child support.Title V: Fatherhood Progr… 2025-08-20T14:18:46Z  
106-hr-5412 106 hr 5412 Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act Social Welfare 2000-10-06 2000-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Deal, Nathan [R-GA-9] GA R D000168 0 Social Security Act Improvements for the Terminally Ill Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five- month waiting period in the disability insurance program for terminally ill individuals. 2025-08-20T14:20:58Z  
106-hr-5425 106 hr 5425 To amend the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to include participation in a volunteer firefighting agency as one of the national service programs specifically authorized to receive assistance under the AmeriCorps program. Social Welfare 2000-10-06 2000-10-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. House Rep. Weldon, Curt [R-PA-7] PA R W000268 0 Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 to include, as one of the national service programs authorized to receive assistance under the AmeriCorps program, a program to provide incentives for the recruitment and retention of volunteer firefighting personnel for volunteer firefighting agencies and other firefighting agencies that use volunteers. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-s-3164 106 s 3164 Protecting Seniors From Fraud Act Social Welfare 2000-10-05 2000-11-22 Became Public Law No: 106-534. Senate Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] IN D B001233 4 Protecting Seniors From Fraud Act - Authorizes appropriations to the Attorney General for FY 2001 through 2005 for programs for the National Association of TRIAD (a program originally sponsored by the National Sheriffs' Association, International Association of Chiefs of Police, and the American Association of Retired Persons to unite sheriffs, police chiefs, senior volunteers, elder care providers, families, and seniors to reduce the criminal victimization of the elderly). Directs the Comptroller General of the United States to submit to Congress a report on the effectiveness of the TRIAD program.Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services, acting through the Assistant Secretary of Health and Human Services for Aging, to provide to the Attorney General of each State and to publicly disseminate in each State, including to area agencies on aging, information designed to educate senior citizens and raise awareness about the dangers of fraud, including telemarketing and sweepstakes fraud. Directs the Secretary to give priority, in disseminating information, to areas with high incidents of fraud against senior citizens.Directs the Attorney General to: (1) conduct a study to assist in developing new strategies to prevent and otherwise reduce the incidence of crimes against seniors; and (2) include as part of each National Crime Victimization Survey statistics related to crimes targeting or disproportionately affecting seniors, crime risk factors for seniors, and specific characteristics of the victims of crimes who are seniors.Expresses the sense of Congress that State and local governments should fully incorporate fraud avoidance information and programs into programs that provide assistance to the aging. 2025-07-21T19:32:26Z  
106-hr-5387 106 hr 5387 Railroad Retirement Reform Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-04 2000-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] MI R S000597 0 Railroad Retirement Reform Act of 2000 - Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), and the Railroad Retirement Solvency Act of 1983 and to outline provisions to restructure the railroad retirement system, with changes: (1) prohibiting the transfer of funds from the Social Security Equivalent Benefit Account to the Railroad Retirement Account or the Railroad Trust Fund, and restricting their use for paying for Social Security equivalent benefits and related administrative expenses; (2) transitioning to full Social Security coverage (with corresponding reductions in the railroad retirement benefit) and subjecting to employment taxes under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA taxes) any railroad employees who have performed service before January 1, 2002; (3) revising employer, employee representative, and employee tier 2 tax rates, tying the basis of their determination to the average account benefits ratio as defined in this Act; and (4) repealing the general fund subsidy to the Railroad Retirement Account.Directs the labor and management members of the Railroad Retirement Board to transmit a plan to the Secretary of Labor for a (private) multiemployer pension plan for individuals who would otherwise be covered by the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974.Amends IRC to: (1) repeal the 4.3-cent special motor fuel excise tax on railroads and inland waterway transportation; and (2) subject diesel fuel used in trains to the additional tax for the Leaking Underground Storage Tank Trust Fund. 2025-08-20T14:17:01Z  
106-hr-5369 106 hr 5369 Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-10-03 2000-10-11 Referred to the Subcommittee on Courts and Intellectual Property. House Rep. Pryce, Deborah [R-OH-15] OH R P000555 4 Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000 - 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, notification to the State or appropriate child welfare agency, considerations in evaluating grant applications, diversity and length of awards, fund availability, and reporting requirements for grantees and the Attorney General. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to award grants to State and local courts for the purposes of: (1) promoting the permanency goals established in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; and (2) enabling such courts to reduce existing backlogs of cases pending in abuse and neglect courts, especially regarding cases to terminate parental rights and cases in which parental rights to a child have been terminated but an adoption of the child has not yet been finalized.Sets forth provisions regarding applications, use of funds, number of grants, availability of funds, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 6) Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to make a grant to the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association for purposes of: (1) expanding the recruitment, and building the capacity, of court-appointed special advocate programs located in the 15 largest urban areas; (2) developing regional,… 2025-08-20T14:19:25Z  
106-hr-5373 106 hr 5373 Social Security Guarantee Act Social Welfare 2000-10-03 2000-10-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Tancredo, Thomas G. [R-CO-6] CO R T000458 7 Social Security Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue to each individual receiving benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and, thereafter, to each individual who applies for such benefits, a certificate representing a legally enforceable guarantee: (1) of the monthly amount of benefits that the individual will receive under that title, as determined on the certificate's date of issuance; and (2) that the benefits will be adjusted at least annually on the basis of an accurate determination of the increase in the individual's cost-of-living, and as a result in a change in the eligibility status of the individual under that title.States that any certificate issued under the authority of this Act constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment to the individual to whom the certificate is issued OASDI benefits in the amounts set forth in the certificate and subsequently adjusted. 2025-08-20T14:20:27Z  
106-hr-5329 106 hr 5329 Social Security Students' Benefits Restoration Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-09-27 2000-10-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. House Rep. Wu, David [D-OR-1] OR D W000793 0 Social Security Students' Benefits Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for the restoration of child's insurance benefits for students attending postsecondary schools. 2025-08-20T14:18:06Z  
106-hr-5007 106 hr 5007 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the nine-month duration of marriage requirement for widows and widowers in cases in which the marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity. Social Welfare 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] ME D A000357 0 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the nine-month minimum duration of a marriage required to qualify a surviving spouse for OASDI benefits. Allows a less than nine-month duration of a marriage in the case of widows or widowers whose marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity. 2025-01-02T17:14:55Z  
106-hr-5028 106 hr 5028 Straight Talk on Social Security Act Social Welfare 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. DeMint, Jim [R-SC-4] SC R D000595 40 Straight Talk on Social Security Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require social security account statements to contain: (1) a comparison of the annual social security tax inflows to the amount paid in benefits annually and a statement of whether the ratio will result in a cash flow deficit and what year such deficit will commence as well as the first year in which funds in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds will cease to be sufficient to cover the deficit and the percentage of benefits due at that time that could be paid from annual tax inflows; and (2) an explanation of the average rate of return that a taxpayer can expect to receive on old-age insurance benefits as compared to the total amount of social security taxes a taxpayer expects to pay. 2025-08-20T14:19:10Z  
106-hr-5081 106 hr 5081 Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-07-27 2000-07-27 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15] NY D R000053 7 Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2000 - Amends part B (Child Welfare- Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible State and Indian tribe applicants to promote joint activities among Federal, State, and local public child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies that focus on families with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Requires such activities to: (1) increase the capacity of both the child welfare system and the alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment system to address the needs of such families to improve child safety, family stability, and permanence; and (2) promote recovery from alcohol and drug abuse problems. Makes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:17:34Z  
106-s-2926 106 s 2926 Social Security Family Relief Act Social Welfare 2000-07-26 2000-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S7666-7667) Senate Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] NM D B000468 0 Social Security Family Relief Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month.Provides that such individual's benefit shall be payable for such month only in proportion to the number of days preceding the date of death.Provides for disregard of such benefits for the month of death in determining maximum family benefits. 2025-08-20T14:17:35Z  
106-s-2930 106 s 2930 Social Security Guarantee Act Social Welfare 2000-07-26 2000-07-26 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] PA R S000059 0 Social Security Guarantee Act - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to issue to each individual receiving benefits under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) and, thereafter, to each individual who applies for such benefits, a certificate representing a legally enforceable guarantee: (1) of the monthly amount of benefits that the individual will receive under that title, as determined on the certificate's date of issuance; and (2) that the benefits will be adjusted at least annually on the basis of an accurate determination of the increase in the individual's cost-of-living, and as a result in a change in the eligibility status of the individual under that title.States that any certificate issued under the authority of this Act constitutes budget authority in advance of appropriations Acts and represents the obligation of the Federal Government to provide for the payment to the individual to whom the certificate is issued OASDI benefits in the amounts set forth in the certificate and subsequently adjusted. 2025-08-20T14:20:52Z  
106-hr-4873 106 hr 4873 Social Security Child's Insurance Benefit Restoration Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-07-18 2000-07-18 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Social Security Child's Insurance Benefits Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors' Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to restore child's insurance benefits in the case of children who are 18 through 22 years of age and attend postsecondary schools. 2025-08-20T14:19:24Z  
106-s-2876 106 s 2876 Privacy and Identity Protection Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-07-14 2000-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Bunning, Jim [R-KY] KY R B001066 0 Privacy and Identity Protection Act of 2000 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Social Security Account Number - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) governmental use and treatment of social security account numbers, including restrictions on the sale of such account numbers by governmental agencies; and (2) prohibitions against public access to such account numbers in governmental agency possession, and against use of such account numbers on checks issued for payment by such agencies.(Sec. 101) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to the Congress on: (1) the current usage by governmental agencies of the Social Security account numbers of individuals, and derivatives of such numbers, for identification purposes; and (2) the most effective means by which any such usage extending beyond the original purposes of the Social Security account number may be minimized.Amends SSA title II to provide for independent verification of birth records provided in support of applications for Social Security account numbers.Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Attorney General to report jointly to Congress on the progress of the Social Security Administration and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in implementing a process for enumeration at entry for aliens entering the United States.Amends SSA title II to prohibit: (1) the appearance of Social Security account numbers on driver's licenses or motor vehicle registrations; and (2) the display of such account numbers, or any derivative, on any card or tag provided by governmental agencies to their employees for identification purposes.(Sec. 102) Provides for the regulation and restriction of the sale and purchase of the Social Security account number in the private sector.(Sec. 103) Amends SSA title II to subject criminal penalties the sale and purchase of Social Security account numbers.(Sec. 104) Amends SSA title XI with regard to civil monetary penalty aut… 2025-08-20T14:19:28Z  
106-hr-4857 106 hr 4857 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-07-13 2000-12-07 House Committee on Commerce Granted an extension for further consideration ending not later than Dec. 15, 2000. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 50 Social Security Number Privacy and Identity Theft Prevention Act of 2000 - Title I: Provisions Relating to the Social Security Account Number in the Public Sector - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) specify restrictions on the sale and public display of Social Security account numbers (SSNs) (or any derivatives) by Federal, State, or local governments; (2) prohibit the display of SSNs on checks issued for payment by such governments, or on driver's licenses or motor vehicle registrations issued by a State or local government; (3) prohibit the Federal, State, or local government display of SSNs or any derivatives on employee identification cards or tags (IDs); (4) prohibit access to the SSNs of other individuals by prisoners employed by Federal, State, or local governments; and (5) require States to require independent verification of birth records provided in support of applications for SSNs.(Sec. 107) Directs the Commissioner of Social Security (Commissioner) and the Attorney General to report jointly to Congress on the progress of the Social Security Administration (Administration) and the Immigration and Naturalization Service in implementing a process, at the admission of aliens to the United States, for enumeration of those aliens needing a SSN.(Sec. 108) Directs the Comptroller General to study and report to Congress on the: (1) current usage by the Federal, State, and local governments of SSNs of individuals and their derivatives for ID purposes; and (2) most effective means by which any such usage extending beyond the original purposes of the SSN may be minimized.Title II: Provisions Relating to the Social Security Account Number in the Private Sector - Directs the Federal Trade Commission to issue regulations restricting, in accordance with specified guidelines, the sale and purchase of SSNs in the private sector.(Sec. 202) Provides that any person who refuses to do business with an individual because the individual will not con… 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hr-4839 106 hr 4839 Personal Lockbox Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-07-12 2000-07-12 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Sanford, Marshall (Mark) [R-SC-1] SC R S000051 39 Personal Lockbox Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to add a new part B (Personal Retirement Account Program), as well as the Internal Revenue Code (IRC), to structure a tax-exempt personalized retirement program for covered individuals through the designation of a personal retirement account for each such individual that is funded by deposits from amounts in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund not otherwise required for immediate withdrawal, and by rollover and other contributions made by eligible individuals for investment in any of at least three specified portfolios approved by the Commissioner of Social Security. Provides for tax treatment of distributions.Directs the Securities and Exchange Commission to study and report to Congress on personal retirement account reinsurance.Amends SSA title II with regard to primary insurance amounts.Amends IRC to provide for: (1) annual $300 contributions (tax credits) by the Secretary of the Treasury on behalf of each eligible individual to a personal retirement account; and (2) an excise tax on excess contributions to such accounts.Amends SSA title XI with regard to information requirements for Social Security account statements.Amends SSA title II make appropriations annually to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund to maintain a balance ratio of at least 20 percent. 2025-08-20T14:19:16Z  
106-hr-4817 106 hr 4817 To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining supplemental security income benefits. Social Welfare 2000-07-10 2000-07-10 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Reynolds, Thomas M. [R-NY-27] NY R R000569 7 Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to disregard State paid annuities for blind veterans and their spouses in determining SSI benefits. 2025-01-02T17:14:40Z  
106-hr-4740 106 hr 4740 National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-23 2000-08-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. House Rep. Shays, Christopher [R-CT-4] CT R S001144 145 National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) to reauthorize and revise various programs.(Sec. 103) Revises provisions for school-based and community-based service-learning programs to: (1) include Indian tribes as qualified organizations for program participation; and (2) eliminate a requirement that the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) give priority to grant applications containing specified proposals.(Sec. 104) Revises provisions for the national service trust program to: (1) eliminate provisions authorizing CNCS to transfer funds to another Federal agency to support a national service program; (2) limit the CNCS's share of the aggregate cost of national service positions, through a formula based on a specified amount per participant; (3) eliminate Federal agency positions from eligibility for approval for national service positions or educational awards; (4) establish a State minimum for national service grant awards; (5) provide for grants to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities, and for demonstration programs of outreach to such individuals; (6) reserve certain funds to support programs reducing CNCS costs; and (7) modify provisions relating to participant performance, selection, terms of service, and living allowances.(Sec. 105) Revises provisions for the national service trust to include, as an allowable use of trust funds, national service scholarships (under the program established by this Act). Makes expenditures from the trust available for interest payments during forbearance on loan repayment and for national service scholarship awards. Provides that a prohibition against using the educational award to pay off loans made to parents also applies to loans made to parents under the direct student loan program. Allows educational awards to be used to pay off private or State loans. Permits the trust to be used to support a … 2025-08-20T14:18:21Z  
106-s-2774 106 s 2774 Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-22 2000-06-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of meassure as introduced: CR S5669-5676) Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 6 Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act of 2000 - Title I: Individual Savings Accounts - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Individual Savings Fund (ISF), and an ISF Board to manage it in a manner similar to that in which the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees is administered; and (2) require the Commissioner of Social Security to establish in the ISF tax-exempt Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) for eligible individuals electing to contribute to one, and KidSave Accounts (KSAs) for individuals born on or after January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 101) Excludes ISF receipts and disbursements (and any ISF accounts) from the Federal budget, and exempts them from statutory limitations on Federal budgetary outlays.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for reductions in OASDI taxes and contribution of resulting savings to ISAs. Entitles ISA holders to a specified tax credit.(Sec. 102) Specifies Federal contributions to individual KSAs.(Sec. 103) Amends SSA title II to provide for adjustments to primary insurance amounts under the old OASDI program (redesignated as part A (Insurance Benefits) of SSA title II).Title II: Social Security System Adjustments - Amends SSA title II with regard to: (1) adjustments to bend points in determining primary insurance amounts; (2) adjustment of widows' and widowers' insurance benefits; (3) elimination of the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary who has attained early retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits; (4) gradual increase in the number of benefit computation years, and the use of all years in computation; (5) maintenance of benefit and contribution base; (6) actuarial adjustment for retirement; and (7) modification of primary insurance amount factors to reflect change in life expectancy.(Sec. 203) Requires the Commissioner of Social Security to report to Congress on: (1) a study on th… 2025-08-20T14:21:42Z  
106-hr-4714 106 hr 4714 Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-21 2000-06-21 Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned. House Rep. Saxton, Jim [R-NJ-3] NJ R S000097 3 Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission Act of 2000 - Title I: Findings and Objectives of Reform - Sets forth congressional findings and objectives regarding reform of the Social Security system under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.Title II: Social Security Reform Commission - Establishes the Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission to make specific recommendations to Congress for reform of such social security system in a manner that incorporates such objectives. Authorizes appropriations.Title III: Congressional Consideration of Recommendations - Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of Commission recommendations, which include an expedited procedure. 2025-08-20T14:20:52Z  
106-s-2764 106 s 2764 National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-21 2000-08-25 Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 742. Senate Sen. Kennedy, Edward M. [D-MA] MA D K000105 35 National and Community Service Amendments Act of 2000 - Title I: Amendments to National and Community Service Act of 1990 - Amends the National and Community Service Act of 1990 (NCSA) to reauthorize and revise various programs.(Sec. 103) Revises provisions for school-based and community-based service-learning programs to: (1) add requirements with respect to minimum grant awards for States when appropriations exceed a specified amount; (2) include Indian tribes as qualified organizations for program participation; and (3) eliminate a requirement that the Corporation for National and Community Service (CNCS) give priority to grant applications containing specified proposals.(Sec. 104) Revises provisions for the national service trust program to: (1) eliminate provisions authorizing CNCS to transfer funds to another Federal agency to support a national service program; (2) limit the CNCS's share of the aggregate cost of national service positions, through a formula based on a specified amount per participant; (3) include E-Corps programs among eligible programs; (4) eliminate Federal agency positions from eligibility for approval for national service positions or educational awards; (5) establish a State minimum for national service grant awards; (6) provide for grants to increase the participation of individuals with disabilities, and for demonstration programs of outreach to such individuals; (7) reserve certain funds to support programs reducing CNCS costs; and (8) modify provisions relating to participant performance, selection, terms of service, and living allowances.(Sec. 105) Revises provisions for the national service trust to include, as an allowable use of trust funds, national service scholarships (under the program established by this Act). Makes expenditures from the trust available for interest payments during forbearance on loan repayment and for national service scholarship awards. Provides that a prohibition against using the educational award to pay off loans made to parents also applies to loans… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
106-hr-4671 106 hr 4671 Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-15 2000-08-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. House Rep. Jackson, Jesse L., Jr. [D-IL-2] IL D J000283 0 Responsible Fatherhood Act of 2000 - Title I: Public Awareness and Community Involvement in Fatherhood Issues - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States to: (1) develop and carry out media campaigns promoting the formation and maintenance of married two-parent families, strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible fatherhood; and (2) obtain donations of media access necessary for such campaigns.Requires the Secretary to contract with a fatherhood promotion organization (meeting certain requirements) to: (1) develop and distribute a media campaign to interested States, local governments, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations; and (2) develop a national clearinghouse to assist States and communities to promote and support responsible fatherhood by making available to other States information regarding media campaigns and programs instituted by States using grant funds under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.Amends SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to mandate block grants to States to provide support to responsible fatherhood efforts of local governments, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Removal of Burdensome Federal Restrictions - Amends SSA title IV part A with regard to TANF grant recipient requirements, custodial and non-custodial parent requirements, in-kind donations, additional use of TANF funds, and a TANF bonus to reward a State's effort to encourage the formulation and maintenance of two-parent families.Amends SSA title IV part D to give States various specified options to: (1) pass through directly to the family a portion of child support collected, including amounts collected pursuant to a continued assignment; (2) disregard child support received in determining a family's eligibility for, or amount of, TANF assistance; and (3) use amounts collecte… 2025-08-20T14:17:51Z  
106-hr-4678 106 hr 4678 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-15 2000-09-08 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 3 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 - Title I: Distribution of Child Support - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise requirements for the distribution of child support collected by States on behalf of children receiving certain welfare benefits.Title II: Review and Adjustment of Child Support Orders - Requires the chief executive officer of a State to certify that the State has established procedures to ensure that the State agency administering the child support enforcement program will be notified of certain families leaving the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program under SSA title IV part A.(Sec. 201) Requires the State child support enforcement agency to review and, if appropriate, adjust any child support order relating to any individual leaving the TANF program.Title III: Demonstration of Expanded Information and Enforcement - Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop recommendations which address the participation of public non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies in establishing and enforcing child support obligations.(Sec. 302) Prescribes requirements for ten demonstration projects involving establishment and enforcement of child support obligations by such public non-IV-D agencies.(Sec. 303) Requires a Comptroller General report to Congress on private child support enforcement agencies.Title IV: Expanded Enforcement - Reduces from $5,000 to $2,500 the amount of child support arrearage which shall trigger denial of a passport.(Sec. 402) Revises requirements for the use of tax refund intercept program to collect past-due child support on behalf of non-minor children.(Sec. 403) Prohibits garnishment of certain compensation for a service-connected disability paid to a former member of the Armed Forces for: (1) alimony; or (2) child support less than 60 days in arrears. Permits no more than 50 percent of such compensation to be garnished to pay for such child support.Title V: Fatherhood Progr… 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-s-2740 106 s 2740 Savings Accounts Are Valuable for Everyone Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-15 2000-10-30 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11359) Senate Sen. Landrieu, Mary L. [D-LA] LA D L000550 0 Savings Accounts Are Valuable for Everyone Act of 2000 - Title I: Qualified Individual Development Accounts for Low-Income Workers - Allows any qualified financial institution or qualified nonprofit organization to establish one or more qualified individual development account (IDA) programs which meet the requirements of this Act. Requires each qualified IDA program to consist of: (1) an IDA to which an eligible individual contributes money; and (2) a tax-exempt parallel account for receiving matching funds.(Sec. 101) Limits qualified IDA programs to those in which at least one third of the IDAs under such program are owned by eligible individuals each of whom is a member of a household whose gross income does not exceed 50 percent of the area median income.(Sec. 102) Sets forth procedures for opening an IDA and qualifying for IDA matching funds.Requires completion of a financial education course before holders of IDAs are eligible to withdraw matching funds to pay for qualified expenses.(Sec. 103) Provides that except in the case of a qualified rollover, individual contributions to an IDA will not be accepted for the taxable year in excess of the lesser of the following: (1) $2,000; or (2) an amount equal to the compensation includible in the individual's gross income for such taxable year.(Sec. 104) Requires the qualified financial institution or qualified nonprofit organization to deposit all matching funds for each IDA into a parallel account, which shall earn not less than the market rate of interest.Requires the qualified financial institution or qualified nonprofit organization to deposit not less than quarterly into the parallel account with respect to each eligible individual: (1) a dollar-for-dollar match for the first $500 the eligible individual contributes into an IDA with respect to any taxable year; and (2) any matching funds provided by State, local, or private sources in accordance to the matching ratio set by those sources.(Sec. 105) Outlines withdrawal procedures for qualified (higher educatio… 2025-08-20T14:19:30Z  
106-hr-4651 106 hr 4651 To amend the Social Security Act to provide additional safeguards for beneficiaries with representative payees under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program or the supplemental security income program. Social Welfare 2000-06-13 2000-06-13 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] WV D W000654 8 Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) authority to reissue OASDI and SSI benefits misused by organizational representative payees; (2) bonding and licensing requirements applicable to nongovernmental organizational representative payees; (3) fee forfeiture in case of benefit misuse by qualified organizational representative payees; and (4) liability of nongovernmental representative payees for misused benefits. 2025-01-02T17:14:31Z  
106-hr-4633 106 hr 4633 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve the Social Security Administration's payment system for representation of claimants. Social Welfare 2000-06-09 2000-06-09 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Shaw, E. Clay, Jr. [R-FL-22] FL R S000303 16 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to authorize the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration to impose an assessment in connection with any past-due benefits only if the payment required in connection with such benefits is certified by the Commissioner within 30 days after the initial certification for the payment of benefits based on the application for them. 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z  
106-hr-4611 106 hr 4611 Social Security Number Protection Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-08 2000-06-19 Referred to the Subcommittee on Telecommunications, Trade, and Consumer Protection. House Rep. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA-7] MA D M000133 2 Social Security Number Protection Act of 2000 - Provides for the regulation of the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers.Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish criminal sanctions for sales and purchases of the Social Security number and Social Security account number of any person in violation of the laws of the United States. 2025-08-20T14:19:49Z  
106-s-2699 106 s 2699 Social Security Number Protection Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-06-08 2000-06-08 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA] CA D F000062 3 Social Security Number Protection Act of 2000 - Provides for the regulation of the sale and purchase of Social Security numbers and Social Security account numbers.Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to establish criminal sanctions for sales and purchases of the Social Security number and Social Security account number of any person in violation of the laws of the United States. 2025-08-20T14:20:08Z  
106-hr-4481 106 hr 4481 To amend titles IV and XX of the Social Security Act to restore funding for the Social Services Block Grant, to restore the ability of States to transfer up to 10 percent of TANF funds to carry out activities under such block grant, and to require an annual report on such activities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Social Welfare 2000-05-17 2000-05-17 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 83 Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to restore the authority of States to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to carry out State programs pursuant to SSA title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services).Amends SSA title XX to restore funds to States and territories for FY 2001 and each fiscal year thereafter and to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to compile the information submitted by the States and report it annually to Congress. 2025-01-02T17:14:17Z  
106-s-2585 106 s 2585 A bill to amend titles IV and XX of the Social Security Act to restore funding for the Social Services Block Grant, to restore the ability of the States to transfer up to 10 percent of TANF funds to carry out activities under such block grant, and to require an annual report on such activities by the Secretary of Health and Human Services. Social Welfare 2000-05-17 2000-05-17 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Graham, Bob [D-FL] FL D G000352 27 Amends titles IV (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) and XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to restore: (1) State authority to transfer up to ten percent of TANF funds to the Social Services Block Grant; and (2) funds for the Social Services Block Grant.Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report annually to Congress on State activities. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
106-hr-4469 106 hr 4469 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-05-16 2000-06-07 Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 3 Child Support Distribution Act of 2000 - Title I: Distribution of Child Support - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to: (1) modify the rule requiring assignment of support rights to the State as a condition for receiving TANF; (2) revise child support payment and distribution guidelines; and (3) mandate that State plans for child and spousal support ban the use of TANF to recover Medicaid costs for the birth of a child for whom support rights have been assigned.(Sec. 101) Amends the Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 to accelerate from September 30, 2001, to September 30, 2000, the repeal of hold harmless provisions governing the increased State share of distribution of collected child support.Title II: Review and Adjustment of Child Support Orders - Requires State plans to prescribe mandatory triennial review and update of child support orders for TANF recipients, including certification that the child support enforcement program will receive notice when certain families leave the TANF program.Title III: Expanded Information and Enforcement - Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make a public report containing separate sets of recommendations regarding participation of certain public and private child support enforcement agencies in child support enforcement, including privacy safeguards, data security, and due process rights.Subtitle A: State Option to Provide Information and Enforcement Mechanisms to Public Non-IV-D Child Support Enforcement Agencies - Requires State plans for child and spousal support to set forth a State plan option to provide information and enforcement mechanisms to public non-IV-D child support enforcement agencies, including all information in the State Directory of New Hires and information obtained through certain information comparisons.(Sec. 312) Authorizes a State agency implementing such option to use certain enforcement mechanisms, including: (1) Federal tax refund intercepts; (2) reports of a… 2025-08-20T14:18:21Z  
106-s-2554 106 s 2554 Amy Boyer's Law Social Welfare 2000-05-15 2000-05-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3946-3947) Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 4 Amy Boyer's Law - Amends the Social Security Act to bar the public display of any individual's social security number, or any identifiable derivative of such number, without the expressed consent, electronically or in writing, of such individual. Prohibits obtaining a social security number for purposes of locating or identifying an individual with the intent to physically injure, harm, or use the identity of the individual for illegal purposes. Provides prerequisites for consent, including that the individual be informed of the general purposes for which the number will be utilized and the types of persons to whom the number may be available.Provides that nothing in this law shall be construed to prohibit the use of social security numbers: (1) required or permitted under certain Federal laws; (2) for retrieving information about an individual without displaying the number publicly;(3) for law enforcement; or (4) obtained from a public record lawfully acquired from a governmental agency.Authorizes persons aggrieved by violations of this law to bring civil actions in district courts to recover damages. Prohibits actions from being commenced more than three years after the date the violation was or should have been reasonably discovered. Subjects violators to civil money penalties as determined by the Commissioner of Social Security in addition to any other penalties that may be prescribed. 2025-08-20T14:18:49Z  
106-s-2510 106 s 2510 Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-05-04 2000-05-04 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S3526-3528) Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 4 Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission Act of 2000 - Title I: Findings and Objectives of Reform - Sets forth congressional findings and objectives regarding reform of the Social Security system under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act.Title II: Social Security Reform Commission - Establishes the Social Security Protection, Preservation, and Reform Commission to make specific recommendations to Congress for reform of such social security system in a manner that incorporates such objectives. Authorizes appropriations.Title III: Congressional Consideration of Recommendations - Sets forth procedures for congressional consideration of Commission recommendations, which include an expedited procedure. 2025-08-20T14:17:21Z  
106-s-2477 106 s 2477 Social Security Beneficiaries Protection Act Social Welfare 2000-04-27 2000-04-27 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Grassley, Chuck [R-IA] IA R G000386 8 Social Security Beneficiaries Protection Act - Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with regard to: (1) authority to reissue OASDI and SSI benefits misused by organizational representative payees; (2) bonding and licensing requirements applicable to nongovernmental organizational representative payees; (3) fee forfeiture in case of benefit misuse by qualified organizational representative payees; and (4) liability of nongovernmental representative payees for misused benefits.Amends SSA title XI part A (General Provisions) to extend civil monetary penalty authority for SSA titles II and XVI with respect to representative payees who misuse and convert a payment under such titles to unauthorized uses. 2025-08-20T14:20:56Z  
106-hr-4309 106 hr 4309 To make supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2000 to enable the Inspector General of the Corporation for National and Community Service to conduct reviews and audits of the State Commissions on National and Community Service. Social Welfare 2000-04-13 2000-04-13 Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations. House Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] MI R H000676 0 Makes supplemental appropriations for FY 2000 for the Corporation for National and Community Service Office of Inspector General for reviews and audits of the State Commissions on National and Community Service. 2025-04-07T13:42:35Z  
106-hr-4310 106 hr 4310 Family Survivor's Benefits Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-04-13 2000-04-27 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Hoekstra, Peter [R-MI-2] MI R H000676 6 Family Survivor's Benefits Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month.Provides for disregard of such benefits for the individual for the month of death under provisions for determining maximum family benefits. 2025-08-20T14:18:22Z  
106-s-2435 106 s 2435 Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-04-13 2000-04-13 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2746-2749) Senate Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] ME R S000663 7 Child Protection/Alcohol and Drug Partnership Act of 2000 - Amends part B (Child Welfare- Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act to authorize the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to eligible State and Indian tribe applicants to promote joint activities among Federal, State, and local public child welfare and alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment agencies that focus on families with alcohol or drug abuse problems. Requires such activities to: (1) increase the capacity of both the child welfare system and the alcohol and drug abuse prevention and treatment system to address the needs of such families to improve child safety, family stability, and permanence; and (2) promote recovery from alcohol and drug abuse problems. Makes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:18:26Z  
106-s-2381 106 s 2381 Straight Talk on Social Security Act Social Welfare 2000-04-07 2000-04-07 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. McCain, John [R-AZ] AZ R M000303 0 Straight Talk on Social Security Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require social security account statements to contain: (1) a comparison of the annual social security tax inflows to the amount paid in benefits annually and a statement of whether the ratio will result in a cash flow deficit and what year such deficit will commence as well as the first year in which funds in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds will cease to be sufficient to cover the deficit and the percentage of benefits due at that time that could be paid from annual tax inflows; and (2) an explanation of the average rate of return that a taxpayer can expect to receive on old-age insurance benefits as compared to the total amount of social security taxes a taxpayer expects to pay. 2025-08-20T14:21:36Z  
106-s-2364 106 s 2364 Social Security Right to Know Act Social Welfare 2000-04-05 2000-04-05 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Santorum, Rick [R-PA] PA R S000059 1 Social Security Right to Know Act - Amends title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to require social security account statements to include information relating to: (1) projected deficits in the Old Age, Survivors and Disability (OASDI) Insurance program; and (2) the nature of the OASDI trust funds, describing them as claims on the Treasury that, when redeemed, will have to be financed by raising taxes, public borrowing, or reducing benefits or other expenditures.Amends title II (OASDI) of the SSA to require the annual report of the Board of the Trustees of the OASDI Trust Funds to include: (1) an estimate of the year in which annual outlays from such Funds are first projected to exceed the annual cash income (including payroll and benefit tax revenues); (2) the annual excess of such projected outlays over such income in each year extending through the year of projected program insolvency; (3) the aggregate amount of such excesses for the 75-year projection period and the change from the previous year; (4) the amount of deficit or surplus that the OASDI program will run in the last year of such period and the aggregate assets and unfunded obligations contained in the Funds in that final projected year; (5) the amount that payroll taxes would have to be raised or benefits be reduced in order to keep the OASDI program in annual financial balance after cumulative balances in the Funds are exhausted; (6) how the annual amounts identified in (2) above would change if either raising payroll taxes or reducing benefits to keep the program in financial balance is delayed for five, ten, 25, and 50 years; and (7) the nature of the OASDI Trust Funds as described in the social security account statements. 2025-08-20T14:20:05Z  
106-hr-4106 106 hr 4106 Savings for Working Families Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-03-28 2000-03-28 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. House Rep. Pitts, Joseph R. [R-PA-16] PA R P000373 37 Savings for Working Families Act of 2000 - Title I: Individual Development Accounts For Low-Income Workers - Sets forth requirements for qualified individual development accounts (IDAs) for low-income workers, including: (1) the basic structure and administration of qualified IDA programs established by qualified financial institutions (QFIs) or qualified nonprofit organizations (QNOs); (2) procedures for opening an IDA with a QFI or a QNO and contributing money (of up to a certain amount, except in the case of qualified rollovers) in accordance with specified guidelines to qualify for matching funds from QFIs, QNOs, State, local, or private sources to be held in a parallel account; (3) QFI or QNO deposits of all matching funds (matched dollar-for-dollar for the first 500 contributed by an eligible individual to an IDA for any taxable year) for each IDA in a parallel, interest-bearing account at a QFI or QNO; (4) procedures for withdrawals from an IDA for qualified higher education expenses, first-time homebuyer costs, business capitalization costs, or rollovers to other IDAs of the individual or the individual's spouse or dependents; (5) certification to the Secretary of the Treasury or designated organization that qualified IDAs and other described accounts are operating pursuant to this Act, and termination of qualified IDA programs if the Secretary, or designated organization, determines that a QFI, or QNO, is not operating a qualified IDA program in accordance with this Act; and (6) reporting, monitoring, and evaluation requirements. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 105) Allows for withdrawal from an IDA for non-qualified expenses, but with forfeiture of all corresponding matching funds and interest earned on them, unless the withdrawn funds are recontributed within one year.(Sec. 108) Disregards funds in parallel accounts of program participants for purposes of certain means-tested Federal programs.Title II: Qualified Individual Development Account Program Investment Credits - Amends the Internal Revenue Cod… 2025-08-20T14:18:01Z  
106-s-2271 106 s 2271 Training and Knowledge Ensure Children a Risk-Free Environment (TAKE CARE) Act Social Welfare 2000-03-22 2000-03-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S1602-1604) Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 14 Training and Knowledge Ensure Children a Risk-Free Environment (TAKE CARE) Act - Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to: (1) payment for training of judges, attorneys, and other concerned persons in child abuse and neglect court proceedings; and (2) State standards for attorneys who represent the State or local agency administering the programs under SSA title IV parts B (Child and Family Services) and E.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide technical assistance, training, and evaluations under this Act through grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements with other entities, including universities, and national, State, and local organizations. Authorizes appropriations. 2025-08-20T14:17:58Z  
106-s-2272 106 s 2272 Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-03-22 2000-10-17 Became Public Law No: 106-314. Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 16 Strengthening Abuse and Neglect Courts Act of 2000 - 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, notification to the State or appropriate child welfare agency, considerations in evaluating grant applications, diversity and length of awards, fund availability, and reporting requirements for grantees and the Attorney General. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 5) Directs the Attorney General to award grants to State and local courts for the purposes of: (1) promoting the permanency goals established in the Adoption and Safe Families Act of 1997; and (2) enabling such courts to reduce existing backlogs of cases pending in abuse and neglect courts, especially regarding cases to terminate parental rights and cases in which parental rights to a child have been terminated but an adoption of the child has not yet been finalized.Sets forth provisions regarding applications, use of funds, number of grants, availability of funds, and reporting requirements. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 6) Directs the Administrator of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention of the Department of Justice to make a grant to the National Court-Appointed Special Advocate Association for purposes of: (1) expanding the recruitment, and building the capacity, of court-appointed special advocate programs located in the 15 largest urban areas; (2) developing regional,… 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z  
106-s-2249 106 s 2249 Social Security Reporting Improvements Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-03-20 2000-03-20 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 3 Social Security Reporting Improvements Act of 2000 - Amends title VII of the Social Security Act (Administration) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security, in conjunction with the Secretaries of Health and Human Services and of the Treasury and the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, to report annually to Congress on the social security program.Expresses the sense of Congress that Congress and the President should not miss a critical opportunity to enact comprehensive bipartisan social security reform legislation that meets the standard of 75-year actuarial solvency, and also addresses outlined issues, including the permanent sustainability of the social security program and the long-term impact of reform upon fiscal operations of the Federal Government as a whole.Expresses the sense of Congress that the recommendations of the Technical Panel on Assumptions and Methods of the Social Security Advisory Board should be implemented to the extent reasonable by the Board of Trustees of the social security trust funds. 2025-08-20T14:20:27Z  
106-hr-3890 106 hr 3890 Social Security Benefits Protection Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-03-09 2000-03-21 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Social Security Benefits Protection Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to continue an individual's entitlement to benefits through the month of his or her death, without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month.Disregards monthly benefits received for the month in which the individual dies for purposes of maximum benefit provisions.Provides that the monthly benefit otherwise payable for the month in which the individual dies shall be payable only if the date of death occurs after the first 15 days of the month. 2025-08-20T14:17:16Z  
106-hr-3824 106 hr 3824 Child Support for Children Act Social Welfare 2000-03-02 2000-03-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD-3] MD D C000141 3 Child Support for Children Act - Amends parts A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) and D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act (SSA) with respect to: (1) mandatory pass-through to families of current child support payments to the extent that the amount of such payment does not exceed the amount required to be paid to the family for the month in which collected; (2) payment rules in connection with child support collected by the State on behalf of families receiving assistance under SSA title IV parts A and E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) in determining the family's TANF eligibility; (3) maintenance of effort; (4) State part A plan requirements to ensure timely TANF payments when child support payments are delayed; (5) payment rules in connection with child support arrearages; and (6) State part D requirements to ban the use of child support enforcement to collect certain Medicaid (SSA title XIX) expenses from noncustodial parents. 2025-08-20T14:19:46Z  
106-s-2180 106 s 2180 Senior Citizens' Financial Freedom Act Social Welfare 2000-03-02 2000-03-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Abraham, Spencer [R-MI] MI R A000355 0 Senior Citizens' Financial Freedom Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to terminate a specified increase in the tax on social security benefits after December 31, 2000.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.Amends the IRC to provide for a graduated increase in age from calendar year 2000 to 2014 and thereafter for required distributions from qualified trusts. 2025-08-20T14:16:52Z  
106-s-2074 106 s 2074 Social Security Earnings Test Elimination Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-02-22 2000-03-21 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S1475) Senate Sen. Ashcroft, John [R-MO] MO R A000356 43 Social Security Earnings Test Elimination Act of 2000 - 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. 2025-08-20T14:17:06Z  
106-s-2085 106 s 2085 RARE Act I Social Welfare 2000-02-22 2000-02-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 2 Retired Americans Right of Employment Act I (RARE Act I) - 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 early retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. Provides for the use of all years of earnings in benefit computation, actuarial adjustment for early retirement, and acceleration of increase in delayed retirement credit.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce by ten percent the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rate on the income of every individual who has attained early retirement age. 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z  
106-s-2086 106 s 2086 RARE Act II Social Welfare 2000-02-22 2000-02-22 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Lugar, Richard G. [R-IN] IN R L000504 2 Retired Americans Right of Employment Act II (RARE Act II) - 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 early retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. Provides for the use of all years of earnings in benefit computation, actuarial adjustment for early retirement; and acceleration of increase in delayed retirement credit.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a nonrefundable credit against income tax for qualified individuals who have attained early retirement age. 2026-02-10T13:38:48Z  
106-hr-3666 106 hr 3666 Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-02-15 2000-02-18 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Wise, Robert E., Jr. [D-WV-2] WV D W000654 0 Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 2000 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to direct the Commissioner of Social Security, in cases where the failure (currently, negligent failure) of the Commissioner to investigate or monitor a representative payee results in misuse of benefits by such payee, to certify for payment (or make payment under title XVI) to the beneficiary or the beneficiary's alternative payee an amount equal to such misused benefits. Makes this Act retroactively effective. 2025-08-20T14:17:22Z  
106-hconres-248 106 hconres 248 Encouraging the people of the United States to show support for and become active participants in the American Red Cross and its local chapters. Social Welfare 2000-02-10 2000-03-14 Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights. House Rep. Baca, Joe [D-CA-42] CA D B001234 0 Encourages the people of the United States to show support for and become active participants in the American Red Cross and its local chapters. 2025-01-02T17:07:34Z  
106-hr-3599 106 hr 3599 Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-02-08 2000-02-15 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] MI R S000597 0 Social Security Earnings Test Repeal Act of 2000 - 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 age 70 may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits. 2025-08-20T14:19:50Z  
106-hr-3578 106 hr 3578 Social Security Right To Know Act Social Welfare 2000-02-03 2000-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Sununu, John E. [R-NH-1] NH R S001078 23 Social Security Right To Know Act - Amends the Social Security Act to require a certain annual report by the Board of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds on the operation and status of such Funds to include information on: (1) the unfunded long-term projected liability of the social security system and any change in such amount from the preceding year as well as the deficit or surplus that the system will run in the last year of the long-term projection period, with any aggregate assets or liabilities held by the Trust Funds in that final projected year; and (2) the economic model and relevant data used to make such projections.Requires social security account statements to contain: (1) a comparison of the annual social security tax inflows to the amount paid in benefits annually and a statement whether the ratio will result in a cash flow deficit and what year such deficit will commence as well as the first year in which funds in the Trust Funds will cease to be sufficient to cover the deficit and the percentage of benefits due at that time that could be paid from annual tax inflows; and (2) an explanation of the average rate of return that a taxpayer can expect to receive on old- age insurance benefits as compared to the total amount of social security taxes a taxpayer expects to pay.Makes Social Security Administration Continuous Work History Sample data publicly available for statistical research purposes subject to certain limitations. 2025-08-20T14:21:16Z  
106-s-2023 106 s 2023 Savings for Working Families Act of 2000 Social Welfare 2000-02-02 2000-02-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Lieberman, Joseph I. [D-CT] CT D L000304 11 Savings for Working Families Act of 2000 - Title I: Individual Development Accounts For Low-Income Workers - Sets forth requirements for qualified individual development accounts (IDAs) for low-income workers, including: (1) the basic structure and administration of qualified IDA programs established by qualified financial institutions (QFIs) or qualified nonprofit organizations (QNOs); (2) procedures for opening an IDA with a QFI or a QNO and contributing money (of up to a certain amount, except in the case of qualified rollovers) in accordance with specified guidelines to qualify for matching funds from QFIs, QNOs, State, local, or private sources to be held in a parallel account; (3) QFI or QNO deposits of all matching funds (matched dollar-for-dollar for the first 500 contributed by an eligible individual to an IDA for any taxable year) for each IDA in a parallel, interest-bearing account at a QFI or QNO; (4) procedures for withdrawals from an IDA for qualified higher education expenses, first-time homebuyer costs, business capitalization costs, or rollovers to other IDAs of the individual or the individual's spouse or dependents; (5) certification to the Secretary of the Treasury or designated organization that qualified IDAs and other described accounts are operating pursuant to this Act, and termination of qualified IDA programs if the Secretary, or designated organization, determines that a QFI, or QNO, is not operating a qualified IDA program in accordance with this Act; and (6) reporting, monitoring, and evaluation requirements. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 105) Allows for withdrawal from an IDA for non-qualified expenses, but with forfeiture of all corresponding matching funds and interest earned on them, unless the withdrawn funds are recontributed within one year.(Sec. 108) Disregards funds in parallel accounts of program participants for purposes of certain means-tested Federal programs.Title II: Qualified Individual Development Account Program Investment Credits - Amends the Internal Revenue Cod… 2025-08-20T14:21:24Z  
106-hr-3443 106 hr 3443 Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-11-18 1999-12-14 Became Public Law No: 106-169. House Rep. Johnson, Nancy L. [R-CT-6] CT R J000163 1 Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 - Title I: Improved Independent Living Program - Subtitle A: Improved Independent Living Program - Amends title IV part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to revise the program of grants to States for independent living programs providing education, training, employment services, and financial support for individuals between ages 16 and 18 leaving foster care for independent living. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to: (1) develop outcome measures to assess State performance in operating such programs; (2) identify data elements needed to track such performance, services, and the individuals served; and (3) develop and implement a plan to collect such data.(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations.Expresses the sense of Congress that States should provide medical assistance under the State plan approved under (SSA) title XIX (Medicaid) to 18-, 19-, and 20-year-olds who have been emancipated from foster care.Subtitle B: Related Foster Care Provision - Increases the amount of assets allowable for children in foster care.(Sec. 112) Mandates that State plans for foster care and adoption assistance include a certification that before foster care placement the prospective parents will be adequately prepared to provide for the needs of the child, and that such preparation will continue, as necessary, after placement of the child.Subtitle C: Medicaid Amendments - Amends SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to authorize a State to limit the eligibility of independent foster care adolescents to individuals for whom foster care maintenance payments or independent living services were furnished under the Improved Independent Living Program.(Sec. 121) Sets forth contingency provisions for coordination of this Act with the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999.Subtitle D: Adoption Incentive Payments - Instructs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to make supplemental grants to adoption incentive-eligible States. Increases t… 2025-04-07T13:47:02Z  
106-hr-3434 106 hr 3434 Postsecondary Adult Vocational Education Act Social Welfare 1999-11-17 2000-02-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. 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. 2025-08-20T14:18:21Z  
106-hr-3280 106 hr 3280 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for continued entitlement to child's insurance benefits of individuals who marry after attaining age 18 and who have Hansen's disease. Social Welfare 1999-11-09 1999-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to continued entitlement to child's insurance benefits of an individual who attains age 18 and who marries. Requires the individual's spouse also to be entitled to continuing child's insurance benefits. Entitles to continued child's insurance benefits, also, an individual who attains age 18, is married, and has Hansen's disease or a disability based in whole or in part on an impairment resulting from such disease. 2025-01-02T17:12:47Z  
106-hr-3281 106 hr 3281 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment in all cases of lump-sum death payments. Social Welfare 1999-11-09 1999-11-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Mink, Patsy T. [D-HI-2] HI D M000797 0 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require lump-sum death payments to be made in the manner provided with respect to payment of underpayments to survivors or heirs when the eligible person is deceased. 2025-01-02T17:12:47Z  
106-hr-3206 106 hr 3206 Social Security Solvency Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-11-03 2000-06-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5088-5089) House Rep. Smith, Nick [R-MI-7] MI R S000597 7 Social Security Solvency Act of 1999 - 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 (Program) in which a covered individual and spouse, upon the attainment of a minimum deposit balance of $2,500 in the Interim Investment Fund (IIF) established by this Act in the Treasury and governed by the Board (Board) of Trustees of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, may designate one or more personal retirement savings accounts to which the Secretary of the Treasury shall make deposits from the IIF with respect to the individual according to prescribed formulae.(Sec. 101) Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a public education effort regarding the Program.Mandates that the Board divide the IIF into three accounts for investment in common stock and corporate bonds according to prescribed guidelines.Requires the Secretary to deposit into the IIF, from amounts otherwise available in the general fund of the Treasury, a total amount equal, in the aggregate, to 100 percent of the redirected social security taxes for such calendar year of each covered individual for such calendar year.(Sec. 102) Requires a reduction in Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance appropriations, according to a certain formula.Directs the Board 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 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 for the fiscal year beginning on October 1 of each calendar year.(Sec. 103) Provides for adjustments to primary OASDI insurance amounts of such covered indiv… 2025-08-20T14:21:36Z  
106-hr-3214 106 hr 3214 National Center for Social Work Research Act Social Welfare 1999-11-03 1999-11-12 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment. House Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28] TX D R000568 30 National Center for Social Work Research Act - Amends the Public Health Service Act to establish the National Center for Social Work Research as an agency of the National Institutes of Health. Authorizes the Center to establish research traineeships and fellowships, provide stipends and allowances, and make grants. Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to establish an advisory council for the Center. 2025-08-20T14:20:26Z  
106-s-1844 106 s 1844 Child Support Miscellaneous Amendments of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-11-02 1999-11-08 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. Senate Sen. Roth Jr., William V. [R-DE] DE R R000460 11 Child Support Miscellaneous Amendments of 1999 - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from disapproving a noncompliant State plan for child and spousal support, because of failure to operate an approved State Disbursement Unit (SDU) by October 1, 1999, if the State makes a good faith effort to comply and has submitted an approved corrective compliance plan by April 1, 2000. Directs the Secretary to reduce the amount otherwise payable to the State for the fiscal year by an alternative penalty amount determined according to a specified scale, which increases for each fiscal year of noncompliance.Requires waiver of all penalties for any State subject to a penalty which achieves compliance by April 1, 2000. Reduces the penalty amount for any State achieving compliance after April 1 but before September 30, 2000. Prohibits a penalty against a State for a fiscal year for which the State has already been penalized for noncompliance with respect to the automated data processing system requirement.Exempts failure to comply substantially with SDU or automated systems requirements from the current penalty of loss of Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF) block grant funds under part A of SSA title IV. 2025-08-20T14:18:18Z  
106-s-1831 106 s 1831 Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-10-29 1999-10-29 Read twice and referred jointly to the Committees on Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 1 See summary of: S. 1828 2025-08-20T14:18:54Z  
106-hr-3165 106 hr 3165 Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-10-28 1999-11-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Gephardt, Richard A. [D-MO-3] MO D G000132 31 Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make additional appropriations, in amounts prescribed by a specified formula, and allocated between the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Trust Funds), through FY 2016 to assure that the interest savings on the public debt achieved as a result of Social Security surpluses from 2000 to 2015 are dedicated to Social Security solvency.Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in Congress to consider any budget resolution that would: (1) set forth an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year; or (2) decrease the on-budget surplus below a level of Medicare surplus reserve determined according to a certain formula, except for any portion of such reserve appropriated in new amounts for Medicare prescription drug benefits, or to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend: (1) discretionary spending limits in specified amounts; (2) the pay-as-you-go requirement; (3) the Act itself; and (4) the Social Security firewall.Declares that any legislation that would reduce, reverse, or repeal the transfers to the Trust Funds made by this Act shall not be counted on the pay-as-you-go scorecard and shall not be included in any pay- as-you-go estimates of the Congressional Budget Office or the Office of Management and Budget under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act. 2025-08-20T14:19:58Z  
106-hr-3172 106 hr 3172 Welfare-to-Work Amendments of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-10-28 1999-11-05 Reported (Amended) by the Committee on Education and the Workforce. H. Rept. 106-456, Part I. House Rep. Goodling, William F. [R-PA-19] PA R G000291 2 Welfare-to-Work Amendments of 1999 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to Welfare-to-Work grants to States. Changes from mandatory to discretionary the authority of a project grantee to expend its funds for the benefit of TANF recipients. Repeals current allocation percentage requirements, as well as the current requirement that a recipient meet two of the following criteria: (1) be a school dropout or have no general equivalency degree, and have low reading or math skills; (2) require substance abuse treatment for employment; or (3) have a poor work history. (Retains the current requirement that a recipient must either have received Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) or TANF for 30 months or be within 12 months of losing eligibility because of a time limit.)Prescribes criteria for the provision of project funds to assist certain noncustodial parents to participate in employment or related activities that will enable them to make regular child support payments. Prescribes requirements for such recipients, including an oral or written personal responsibility contract containing certain conditions.Authorizes Welfare-to-Work projects to assist: (1) children between ages 18 and 25 who have received foster care maintenance payments; (2) State TANF recipients with significant barriers to self-sufficiency (as determined according to criteria of the local private industry council); and (3) custodial parents with incomes below 100 percent of the poverty line.Makes vocational educational or job training for up to six months an allowable activity.Permits certain grantees which are not private industry councils or workforce investment boards to provide Welfare-to-Work employment services directly.Repeals the requirement for quarterly State data reports on the Welfare-to-Work program.Reduces the set-aside under provisions for grants for successful performance bonuses.Reduces appropriations for FY 1999. 2025-07-21T19:44:15Z  
106-s-1828 106 s 1828 Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-10-28 1999-10-28 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] NY D M001054 0 Strengthening Social Security and Medicare Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to make additional appropriations, in amounts prescribed by a specified formula, and allocated between the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund (Trust Funds), through FY 2016 to assure that the interest savings on the public debt achieved as a result of Social Security surpluses from 2000 to 2015 are dedicated to Social Security solvency.Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to make it out of order in Congress to consider any budget resolution that would: (1) set forth an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year; or (2) decrease the on-budget surplus below a level of Medicare surplus reserve determined according to a certain formula, except for any portion of such reserve appropriated in new amounts for Medicare prescription drug benefits, or to the Medicare Hospital Insurance Trust Fund.Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm- Rudman-Hollings Act) to extend: (1) discretionary spending limits in specified amounts; (2) the pay-as-you-go requirement; (3) the Act itself; and (4) the Social Security firewall.Declares that any legislation that would reduce, reverse, or repeal the transfers to the Trust Funds made by this Act shall not be counted on the pay-as-you-go scorecard and shall not be included in any pay- as-you-go estimates of the Congressional Budget Office or the Office of Management and Budget under the Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act. 2025-08-20T14:19:23Z  
106-hr-3150 106 hr 3150 To require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to provide bonus grants to high performance States based on certain criteria and to collect data to evaluate the outcome of welfare reform, and for other purposes. Social Welfare 1999-10-26 1999-11-02 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 40 Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act with regard to the formula for measuring State performance for determining the bonus grant to reward high performance States to establish specified criteria measures for use in such formula.Requires States not participating in the bonus reward grant program for high performance States to report on the characteristics and well-being of former TANF recipients for six months after such assistance has ceased.Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to report to Congress on: (1) characteristics of former and current TANF recipients based on information currently received from States; (2) criteria measures regarding subsidized child care and changes in income; and (3) domestic violence. 2025-04-07T13:46:25Z  
106-s-1740 106 s 1740 Social Security Consumer Protection Act Social Welfare 1999-10-15 1999-10-15 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Harkin, Tom [D-IA] IA D H000206 3 Social Security Consumer Protection Act - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act to prohibit any person from charging fees for services or products the person knows or should know are provided without charge by the Social Security Administration (SSA) or the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). Permits the offer of assistance for a fee only if, at the time of offer, the person gives prominent written notice that the services or products involved are available for free from SSA or HHS. Prohibits the sale, transfer, or use of any information obtained in connection with such offer, except with prior authorization from the individual receiving assistance. Sets forth civil monetary penalties for violation of this Act. 2025-08-20T14:19:15Z  
106-hr-3070 106 hr 3070 Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-10-13 1999-10-19 Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 232. House Rep. Hulshof, Kenny C. [R-MO-9] MO R H000948 14 Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act of 1999 - Title I: Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency and Related Provisions - Subtitle A: Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency - Amends part A (General Provisions) of title XI of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a Ticket to Work and Self-Sufficiency Program (TWSSP) under which a disabled beneficiary may use a TWSSP ticket issued by the Commissioner to obtain employment, vocational rehabilitation services, or other support services, pursuant to an appropriate individual beneficiary work plan that meets specified requirements. Includes among such requirements goals for earnings and job advancement, at the Commissioner's expense, from a participating employment network, public or private. Allows State agencies administering or supervising the administration of the State plan under title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 to elect to participate as an employment network. Sets forth requirements applicable to agreements between State agencies and employment networks. Describes employment network payment systems.(Sec. 101) Provides that during any period for which an individual is using a TWSSP ticket, the Commissioner and any applicable State agency may not initiate a continuing disability or similar review to determine whether the individual is or is not disabled.Requires payments to employment networks: (1) out of the social security trust funds in the case of SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) disability beneficiaries who return to work; or (2) from the appropriation for making Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments under SSA title XVI, in the case of SSI disability beneficiaries who return to work.Establishes within the Social Security Administration the Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Advisory Panel to advise the President, the Congress, and the Commissioner with respect to TWSSP work incentive issues, and those issues under OASDI, SSI, Medicare (SSA title XVIII), an… 2025-04-07T13:47:21Z  
106-hr-2934 106 hr 2934 National Youth Technology Corps Act Social Welfare 1999-09-23 2000-06-29 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E1150) House Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1] CT D L000557 85 National Youth Technology Corps Act - Amends the Domestic Volunteer Service Act of 1973 to establish a National Youth Technology Corps (NYTC) as part of the Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA) program, using VISTA volunteers who are highly proficient in computer technologies. Includes under NYTC functions: (1) recruiting and organizing youth to implement and maintain computer systems for public schools, community centers, public senior centers, and libraries, and to teach students, teachers, senior citizens, and others how to use computer and other information technologies and systems; (2) promoting such youth's involvement in community services involving the use of technology; (3) promoting entrepreneurship among, and employment opportunities for, such youth in technology-related fields; and (4) providing recognition to affiliated youth and organizations for outstanding efforts and achievements. Requires assignment of such volunteers to projects and programs that meet the antipoverty criteria and provide assistance to persons who are unserved or underserved by computer education programs, according to specified priorities. Allows such programs and projects to be administered by various specified types of entities. Requires equitable distribution of such volunteers. Requires NYTC to consist of all VISTA volunteers who are working on the described projects and programs. Provides for proportionate reduction of NYTC funds for any fiscal year for which VISTA funding is reduced. 2025-08-20T14:18:33Z  
106-hr-2877 106 hr 2877 Child Support Penalty Fairness Act Social Welfare 1999-09-15 1999-09-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5] CA D M000249 2 Child Support Penalty Fairness Act - Amends title IV part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the Secretary of Health and Human Services from disapproving a State plan for child and spousal support for noncompliance with Federal requirements for State disbursement unit operations while the State is receiving a grant-reduction penalty for noncompliance with Federal requirements for an automated data processing and information retrieval system. 2025-08-20T14:21:00Z  
106-hr-2850 106 hr 2850 Older Americans Amendments of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-09-14 1999-10-04 Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education, Training and Life-Long Learning. House Rep. Barrett, Bill [R-NE-3] NE R B000179 1 Older Americans Amendments of 1999 - Revises the Older Americans Act of 1965 in toto.Older Americans Act of 1999 - Retains the Administration on Aging in the Office of the Secretary of Health and Human Services, as well as the Assistant Secretary for Aging. Directs the Assistant Secretary to establish: (1) an Office on Native Americans (currently, the Office for American Indian, Alaskan Native, and Native Hawaiian Programs) and (2) an office of long-term care ombudsman programs (currently, the Office of Long-term Care Ombudsman Programs).(Sec. 3) 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. Directs the Assistant Secretary to: (1) make education and training grants to institutions of higher education, historically Black colleges or universities, Hispanic Centers of Excellence in Applied Gerontology, and other educational institutions that serve the needs of minority students, to prepare students for careers in the field of aging; (2) establish and carry out pension rights demonstration projects; and (3) make grants to eligible public agencies and nonprofit private organizations for health care service demonstration projects through multipurpose senior centers in rural areas.Authorizes the Assistant Secretary or the Secretary of Labor, as the case may be, to bar recipients from receiving grants under this Act for a maximum five-year period for misuse of such funds. 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, an… 2025-08-20T14:18:19Z  
106-hr-2855 106 hr 2855 Child Support Reserve Trust Act Social Welfare 1999-09-14 1999-09-22 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Andrews, Robert E. [D-NJ-1] NJ D A000210 0 Child Support Reserve Trust Act - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act to require a State plan for child and spousal support to provide that, on and after January 1, 2000, the State agency will have in effect a State reserve trust system that meets specified requirements. Requires as parts of the system that the State: (1) have in effect laws requiring the use of certain procedures; and (2) establish a State reserve trust unit to carry out such laws and procedures.Requires a State reserve unit to: (1) withhold the net proceeds from the sale or refinancing of real property in the State against which a lien for overdue child support by the seller or refinancer has arisen; (2) hold a certain amount of such proceeds (anticipated future child support) in trust for the benefit of the child or children for whom the person has a support obligation; and (3) apply such amounts to satisfy such overdue child support, if all other available remedies are insufficient to do so. 2025-08-20T14:18:03Z  
106-hr-2717 106 hr 2717 Social Security Investment Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-08-05 1999-08-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] OR D D000191 0 Social Security Investment Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with regard to, among other items, the following: (1) investment of the social security trust funds, making use of a Common Stock Investment Account; (2) rules governing investment of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund in common stock; (3) establishment in the Social Security Administration of an Independent Social Security Investment Oversight Board to establish policies for investments in common stock of amounts in the Common Stock Investment Account of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund; (4) repeal of the limitation on the social security wage base for FICA (Federal Insurance Contributions Act) and SECA (Self-Employment Contributions Act of 1954) taxes; (5) a graduated increase in Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits for individuals attaining age 85; and (6) disregard of years of low earnings while providing child care for purposes of determining the number of an individual's benefit computation years used in determining such individual's primary insurance amount.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide a described amount of earnings from wages and self-employment income that is to be exempt from social security taxes.Provides for a reduction in the number of elapsed years in determining the number of computation years for purposes of computing an individual's primary insurance amount. 2025-08-20T14:18:06Z  
106-hr-2787 106 hr 2787 To count as an expenditure under the program of block grants to States for temporary assistance for needy families any reduction in State tax revenues for the provision of an earned income tax credit to recipients of assistance under the program. Social Welfare 1999-08-05 1999-08-09 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3] VA D S000185 7 Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act, with respect to avoidance of the penalty for failure to maintain a certain expenditure level of historic effort, to treat as an expenditure under the TANF program any reduction in State tax revenues resulting from the provision of a State earned income tax credit to TANF recipients. 2025-01-02T17:12:12Z  
106-s-1516 106 s 1516 A bill to amend title III of the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. 11331 et seq.) to reauthorize the Federal Emergency Management Food and Shelter Program, and for other purposes. Social Welfare 1999-08-05 2000-01-27 Referred to the House Committee on Banking and Financial Services. Senate Sen. Thompson, Fred [R-TN] TN R T000457 10 Amends the Stewart B. McKinney Homeless Assistance Act to: (1) authorize appropriations for the Federal emergency management food and shelter program; and (2) require the participation of homeless individuals on local boards. 2025-01-14T19:03:55Z  
106-s-1536 106 s 1536 Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 Social Welfare 1999-08-05 2000-10-26 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S11028-11030) Senate Sen. DeWine, Mike [R-OH] OH R D000294 73 Older Americans Act Amendments of 2000 - Title I: Amendment to Title I of the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 (the Act) to define: (1) disease prevention and health promotion services; (2) in-home services; (3) Native American; (4) domestic violence; and (5) sexual assault.Title II: Amendments to Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 and the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987 - Subtitle A: Amendments to Title II of the Older Americans Act of 1965 - Requires the Administration on Aging to: (1) establish information and assistance services as priority services for older individuals and develop a National Eldercare Locator Service; (2) establish pension counseling and information programs; and (3) develop a set of performance outcome measures to be used for planning, managing, and evaluating activities performed and services provided under the Act.(Sec. 202) Directs the Assistant Secretary of the Administration to award grants to eligible entities to establish pension counseling and information programs. Provides for a national telephone hotline to provide information regarding pension and other retirement benefits and rights.Requires the Assistant Secretary to report to specified congressional committees on such programs and to make recommendations on services that can be incorporated into ongoing State and area agencies, senior centers, and other similar entities.(Sec. 204) Provides that a service or benefit provided under the Act is not a Federal public benefit within the meaning of that term under the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996.(Sec. 205) Reauthorizes appropriations for the Administration on Aging for FY 2001 through 2005. Authorizes appropriations for the National Eldercare Locator Service and the pension counseling and information programs.Subtitle B: Amendments to the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987 - Amends the Older Americans Act Amendments of 1987 to require the President to convene the White House Conference… 2025-04-21T12:24:17Z  
106-hr-2690 106 hr 2690 To prohibit States from imposing a family cap under the program of temporary assistance to needy families. Social Welfare 1999-08-03 1999-08-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Smith, Christopher H. [R-NJ-4] NJ R S000522 1 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 TANF and to prohibit TANF funds for the programs of States which do so. 2025-01-02T17:12:01Z  
106-s-1478 106 s 1478 A bill to amend part E of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide equitable access for foster care and adoption services for Indian children in tribal areas. Social Welfare 1999-08-03 1999-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Daschle, Thomas A. [D-SD] SD D D000064 7 Amends part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of title IV of the Social Security Act to provide Federal foster care maintenance payments to qualifying Indian tribal plans designed for foster and adoptive care of an Indian child.Sets forth parameters within which programs operated by Indian tribal organizations are eligible for Federal payments for foster care and adoption assistance (including Federal medical assistance). 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  
106-s-1473 106 s 1473 Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-08-02 1999-08-02 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Robb, Charles S. [D-VA] VA D R000295 23 Empowerment Zones and Enterprise Communities Enhancement Act of 1999 - Amends title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services) of the Social Security Act to revise additional grants requirements, providing for: (1) additional State entitlements to grants for designated qualified empowerment zones and qualified enterprise communities as well as for strategic planning communities (currently not provided for); (2) specified funding for such additional designated qualified empowerment zone State grants (according to urban or rural status) as well as for additional designated qualified enterprise community State grants and strategic planning community State grants; (3) direct grants to the governing bodies of eligible Indian tribes or Alaska Native villages or regional or village corporations, subject to certain conditions; (4) use of grant funds for revolving loan fund loans to residents, institutions, organizations, or businesses that hire disadvantaged adults and youths; and (5) environmental review to ensure that the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and other applicable Federal law are most effectively implemented in connection with the expenditure of grant funds under SSA title XX additional grants provisions. 2025-08-20T14:21:05Z  
106-hr-2590 106 hr 2590 Older American's Protection From Violence Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-07-22 2000-10-03 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H8629) House Rep. Maloney, Carolyn B. [D-NY-14] NY D M000087 16 Older American's Protection From Violence Act of 1999 - 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 inclusion of cases addressing issues of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence and sexual assault against older or disabled individuals; and (2) develop curricula and training programs to assist prosecutors and Federal and State law enforcement personnel (including local courts) in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting instances of such abuse.(Sec. 101) Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Family Violence Prevention and Services Act - Amends the Family Violence Prevention and Services Act to instruct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to include, within grants for State domestic violence coalitions, funds to develop outreach, support groups, and counseling targeted towards victims of elder domestic abuse.(Sec. 204) Expands the eligibility criteria for community initiative demonstration grants to include adult protective services entities.Title III: Older Americans Act of 1965 - Amends the Older Americans Act of 1965 to direct the Assistant Secretary for Aging to consider the importance of research about the sexual assault of women who are older or disabled individuals when establishing research priorities.(Sec. 304) Expands the scope of eligible demonstration projects to include domestic violence shelters and programs for elder and disabled individuals.(Sec. 305) Authorizes appropriations without fiscal year limitation to implement the ombudsman program and the elder abuse prevention program.(Sec. 306) Directs the Secretary to: (1) make grants to nonprofit private organizations to support local community initiatives to coordinate activities concerning intervention and prevention of elder abuse, neglect, and exploitation, including domestic violence and sexual assault against older or disabled individuals; (2) develop and implement outrea… 2025-08-20T14:17:17Z  
106-s-1383 106 s 1383 Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-07-16 1999-07-16 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Gregg, Judd [R-NH] NH R G000445 6 Bipartisan Social Security Reform Act of 1999 - Title I: Individual Savings Accounts - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) establish in the Treasury the Individual Savings Fund (ISF), and an ISF Board to manage it in a manner similar to that in which the Thrift Savings Plan for Federal employees is administered; and (2) require the Commissioner of Social Security to establish in the ISF tax-exempt Individual Savings Accounts (ISAs) for eligible individuals electing to contribute to one, and KidSave Accounts (KSAs) for individuals born on or after January 1, 1995. Authorizes appropriations.(Sec. 101) Excludes ISF receipts and disbursements (and any ISF accounts) from the Federal budget, and exempts them from statutory limitations on Federal budgetary outlays.Amends the Internal Revenue Code to provide for reductions in OASDI taxes and contribution of resulting savings to ISAs. Entitles ISA holders to a specified tax credit.(Sec. 102) Specifies Federal contributions to individual KSAs.(Sec. 103) Amends SSA title II to provide for adjustments to primary insurance amounts under the old OASDI program (redesignated as part A (Insurance Benefits) of SSA title II).Title II: Social Security System Adjustments - Amends SSA title II with regard to: (1) adjustments to bend points in determining primary insurance amounts; (2) adjustment of widows' and widowers' insurance benefits; (3) elimination of the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary who has attained early retirement age may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits; (4) gradual increase in the number of benefit computation years, and the use of all years in computation; (5) maintenance of benefit and contribution base; (6) actuarial adjustment for retirement; (7) modification of the increase in normal retirement age; and (8) modification of primary insurance amount factors to reflect change in life expectancy.(Sec. 203) Requires the Commissioner of … 2025-08-20T14:18:50Z  
106-hconres-155 106 hconres 155 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Federal Government should not directly invest Social Security trust funds in private financial markets. Social Welfare 1999-07-14 1999-07-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Schaffer, Bob [R-CO-4] CO R S000112 9 Expresses the sense of Congress that the Federal Government should not directly invest any contributions made to the social security trust funds in private financial markets. 2025-01-02T17:07:36Z  
106-s-1364 106 s 1364 Responsible Fatherhood Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-07-14 1999-07-14 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Bayh, Evan [D-IN] IN D B001233 19 Responsible Fatherhood Act of 1999 - Title: I Public Awareness and Community Involvement In Fatherhood Issues - Amends part D (Child Support and Establishment of Paternity) of title IV of the Social Security Act (SSA) to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to States and territories to: (1) develop and carry out media campaigns promoting the formation and maintenance of married two-parent families, strengthen fragile families, and promote responsible fatherhood; and (2) obtain donations of media access necessary for such campaigns.Requires the Secretary to contract with a fatherhood promotion organization (meeting certain requirements) to: (1) develop and distribute a media campaign to interested States, local governments, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations; and (2) develop a national clearinghouse to assist States and communities to promote and support responsible fatherhood by making available to other States information regarding media campaigns and programs instituted by States using grant funds under this Act. Authorizes appropriations.Amends SSA title IV part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) to mandate block grants to States to provide support to responsible fatherhood efforts of local governments, public agencies, and private nonprofit organizations. Authorizes appropriations.Title II: Removal of Burdensome Federal Restrictions - Amends SSA title IV part A with regard to TANF grant recipient requirements, custodial and non-custodial parent requirements, in-kind donations, additional use of TANF funds, and a TANF bonus to reward a State's effort to encourage the formulation and maintenance of two-parent families.Amends SSA title IV part D to give States various specified options to: (1) pass through directly to the family a portion of child support collected, including amounts collected pursuant to a continued assignment; (2) disregard child support received in determining a family's eligibility for, or amount of, TANF assistance; and (3) use … 2025-08-20T14:20:36Z  
106-s-1317 106 s 1317 Welfare-to-Work Amendments of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-07-01 1999-07-01 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Akaka, Daniel K. [D-HI] HI D A000069 11 Welfare-to-Work Amendments of 1999 - Amends part A (Temporary Assistance for Needy Families) (TANF) of title IV of the Social Security Act to revise requirements for welfare-to-work grants for welfare-to-work States.Includes among such revisions the following major changes: (1) extending and reauthorizing the Welfare-to-Work (WtW) program through FY 2000 at reduced levels; (2) changing State mandates to options to expend funds for hard-to-employ recipients and noncustodial parents for whom separate expanded categories of eligibility criteria for WtW services have been created; (3) authorizing WtW services for children aging out of the foster care system; (4) establishing a new minimum level of State expenditures for noncustodial parents for FY 2000; (5) requiring additional specified elements for the State's plan for consideration of the State as a WtW State; (6) replacing requirements for the reversion of unallotted formula funds to the General Fund of the Treasury with requirements for the transfer of unallotted formula funds for use in FY 2000 or 2001 for awarding competitive grants; (7) adding requirements for eligible service providers; (8) modifying requirements for performance bonuses, including set-aside provisions; (9) increasing the reserve for WtW grants for Indian tribes for FY 2000; (10) establishing a reserve for funding technical assistance for entities carrying out WtW projects and modifying the current funding reserves for WtW and abstinence education evaluations; and (11) including job skills training, vocational educational training, and basic education as allowable WtW activities to move individuals into and keep them in lasting unsubsidized employment.Revises requirements for reports to Congress on evaluation of WtW programs. Directs the Secretary of Labor to establish reporting requirements for the collection and maintenance of financial and WtW program participant information. 2025-08-20T14:19:12Z  
106-s-1327 106 s 1327 Foster Care Independence Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-07-01 2000-05-24 Committee on Finance Subcommittee on Health Care. Hearings held. With printed Hearing: S.Hrg. 106-473. Senate Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] RI R C000269 20 Foster Care independence Act of 1999 - Title I: Improved Independent Living Program - Subtitle A: Improved Independent Living Program - Amends title IV (Grants for Dependent Children) Part E (Foster Care and Adoption Assistance) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prescribe State plan contents pursuant to which a State may apply for funds from its allotment to establish an independent living program providing education, training, employment services and financial support for young adults leaving foster care.(Sec. 101) Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to develop performance measures and a data collection system.Authorizes appropriations.Subtitle B: Related Foster Care Provision - Increases the amount of assets allowable for children in foster care.Subtitle C: Medicaid Amendments - Grants States the option of providing Medicaid coverage for adolescents leaving foster care (independent foster care adolescents).Subtitle D: Welfare-To-Work Amendments - Makes children aging out of foster care eligible for welfare-to-work programs.Title II: SSI Fraud Prevention - Subtitle A: Fraud Prevention and Related Provisions - Amends SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to subject representative payees to liability for overpayments made after a recipient's demise. Instructs the Commissioner of Social Security (the Commissioner) to establish an overpayment control record under the representative payee's Social Security account number.(Sec. 202) Provides for recovery of overpayments of SSI benefits from lump sum SSI benefit payments.(Sec. 203) Authorizes the Commissioner to employ certain statutory debt collection practices to collect delinquent accounts.(Sec. 205) Sets forth additional rules relating to collection of overpayments from individuals convicted of crimes, including: (1) a ten-year period of ineligibility for persons failing to notify the Commissioner of overpayments in months in which the beneficiary is a prisoner or a fu… 2025-08-20T14:16:54Z  
106-hr-2403 106 hr 2403 Seniors' Accelerated Payment Act of 1999 Social Welfare 1999-06-30 1999-07-06 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. House Rep. Manzullo, Donald A. [R-IL-16] IL R M001138 2 Seniors' Accelerated Payment Act of 1999 - Directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of the Treasury jointly to take necessary action to ensure that monthly social security benefits which are otherwise payable in January 2000 will be paid in December 1999.Expresses the sense of Congress that, in determining the amount of, eligibility for, or entitlement to, any benefit or assistance under certain State and local welfare programs, the payment of any social security benefit in December 1999 because of this Act should be deemed to have been made on the date such payment would have been made if this Act had not been enacted. 2025-08-20T14:18:47Z  
106-hr-2320 106 hr 2320 To allow States to use a portion of their welfare block grants for general education spending. Social Welfare 1999-06-23 1999-06-28 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources. House Rep. Miller, Gary G. [R-CA-41] CA R M001139 5 Amends the Social Security Act to allow a State to use specified limited amounts of its title IV (Temporary Assistance to Needy Families) (TANF) welfare block grant funds for: (1) State programs under title XX (Block Grants to States for Social Services); and (2) State education programs. 2025-01-02T17:11:36Z  
106-s-1245 106 s 1245 A bill to allow access for researchers to Continuous Work History Sample data of the Social Security Administration. Social Welfare 1999-06-21 1999-06-21 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. Senate Sen. Grams, Rod [R-MN] MN R G000367 0 Directs the Social Security Administration to make publicly available its Continuous Work History Sample data, subject to specified restrictions. 2025-01-14T18:59:41Z  

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