Consideration of H.R. 1143, Microenterprise for Self-
Reliance Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res.
136) (H. Rept. 106-85), [12AP]
Consideration of H.R. 1987, Fair Access to Indemnity

and Reimbursement Act: Committee on Rules
(House) (H. Res. 342) (H. Rept. 106-414), [25OC]
Consideration of H.R. 2990, Quality Care for the Unin-
sured Act: Committee on Rules (House) (H. Res.
323) (H. Rept. 106-366), [5OC]

Disaster Mitigation Coordination Act: Committee on
Small Business (House) (H.R. 818) (H. Rept. 106–
33), [1MR]

Facilitate Small Business Compliance With Certain
Federal Paperwork Requirements and Establish a
Task Force To Streamline Certain Requirements:
Committee on Government Reform (House) (H.R.
391) (H. Rept. 106-8), [8FE]

Fair Access to Indemnity and Reimbursement Act:
Committee on Education and the Workforce (House)
(H.R. 1987) (H. Rept. 106–385), [140C]
Mandates Information Act: Committee on Rules
(House) (H.R. 350) (H. Rept. 106–5), [2FE]
Microenterprise for Self-Reliance Act: Committee on
International Relations (House) (H.R. 1143) (H.
Rept. 106-82), [12AP]

Microenterprise Organization Grants To Assist Dis-
advantaged Entrepreneurs Using Funds From the
Community Development Financial Institutions
Fund: Committee on Banking and Financial Services
(House) (H.R. 413) (H. Rept. 106-184), [14JN]

Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R.
413) (H. Rept. 106–184), [12JY]
Paperwork Elimination Act: Committee on Small Busi-
ness (House) (H.R. 439) (H. Rept. 106-11), [8FE]
Rewarding Performance in Compensation Act: Com-
mittee on Education and the Workforce (House)
(H.R. 1381) (H. Rept. 106-358), [1OC]
SBA General Business Loan Program Improvements:
Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2615)
(H. Rept. 106-279), [2AU]

SBA Microloan Program Technical Corrections: Com-
mittee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 440) (H.
Rept. 106-12), [8FE]

SBA Women's Business Center Programs Funding and
Conditions of Participation: Committee on Small
Business (House) (H.R. 774) (H. Rept. 106-47),
[10MR]

Senate Amendment to H.R. 2990, Quality Care for
the Uninsured Act: Committee on Rules (House)
(H. Res. 348) (H. Rept. 106-430), [1NO]
Small Business Innovation Research Program Author-
ization Extension: Committee on Small Business
(House) (H.R. 2392) (H. Rept. 106-329), [23SE]
Small Business Investment Act Technical Corrections:
Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 68)
(H. Rept. 106-1), [19JA]
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Devel-
opment Act: Committee on Small Business (House)
(H.R. 1568) (H. Rept. 106–206), [29JN]
Wage and Employment Growth Act: Committee on
Ways and Means (House) (H.R. 3081) (H. Rept.
106-467), [11NO]

Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act: Commit-
tee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1497) (H. Rept.
106–365), (5OC]

SMALL BUSINESS ACT
Bills and resolutions

Amend (see H.R. 68), [7JA]
Contracts: provide a penalty for the failure by a Federal

contractor to subcontract with small businesses as
described in its subcontracting plan (see H.R. 1209),
[18MR]

SBA: improve the general business loan program (see
H.R. 2615), [27JY]

-women's business center programs funding (see
H.R. 392), [19JA]

-women's business center programs funding and
conditions of participation (see H.R. 774), [23FE]
(see H.R. 1497), [20AP]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture
Capital Program, America's Private Investment Com-
pany Program, and a new markets tax credit (see
H.R. 2848), [13SE]

Reports filed

SBA General Business Loan Program Improvements:
Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2615)
(H. Rept. 106-279), [2AU]

SBA Women's Business Center Programs Funding and
Conditions of Participation: Committee on Small
Business (House) (H.R. 774) (H. Rept. 106-47),
[10MR]

Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act: Commit-
tee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1497) (H. Rept.
106–365), (5OC]

SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION

Bills and resolutions

Certified development company program: improve (see
H.R. 2614), [27JY]

Computers: establish a loan guarantee program to ad-
dress year 2000 problems of small businesses (see
H.R. 1056), [10MR]

Contracts: review and adjust size standards used to
determine whether certain enterprises are small busi-
nesses relative to competing for Federal contracts
(see H.R. 234), [7JA]
Disasters: establish a disaster mitigation pilot program
(see H.R. 818), [24FE]

-make grants and loans to small businesses and
agricultural enterprises to enable them to reopen after
natural or other disasters (see H.R. 3479), [18NO]
Drug-Free Workplace Demonstration Program: extend
authorization (see H.R. 3213), [3NO]

General business loan program: improve (see H.R.
2615), [27JY]

Melville, NY: redesignate SBA branch office as a dis-
trict office (see H.R. 1028), [8MR]
Microloan Program: technical corrections (see H.R.
440), [2FE]

Reserves: provide financial and business development
assistance to military reservists' small businesses
(see H.R. 1614), [28AP] (see H.R. 1981), [27MY]
Small business: increase opportunities for veterans (see
H.R. 366), [19JA]

-provide regulatory assistance (see H.R. 296),
[7JA]

Small Business Innovation Research Program: extend
authorization (see H.R. 2392), [30JN]

States: establish a regional or branch office in each
State (see H.R. 536), [3FE]
Telecommunications: conduct a pilot program to raise
awareness about telecommuting among small busi-
ness employers (see H.R. 3500), [18NO]
Veterans: provide technical, financial, and procurement
assistance to veteran owned small businesses (see
H.R. 1568), [27AP]

Women's business center programs: funding (see H.R.
392), [19JA]

-funding and conditions of participation (see
H.R. 774), [23FE] (see H.R. 1497), [20AP]
Reports filed
Certified Development Company Program Improve-
ments Act: Committee on Small Business (House)
(H.R. 2614) (H. Rept. 106–278), [2AU]
Disaster Mitigation Coordination Act: Committee on
Small Business (House) (H.R. 818) (H. Rept. 106–
33), [1MR]

SBA General Business Loan Program Improvements:
Committee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 2615)
(H. Rept. 106-279), [2AU]

SBA Microloan Program Technical Corrections: Com-
mittee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 440) (H.
Rept. 106-12), [8FE]

SBA Women's Business Center Programs Funding and

Conditions of Participation: Committee on Small
Business (House) (H.R. 774) (H. Rept. 106-47),
[10MR]

Small Business Innovation Research Program Author-
ization Extension: Committee on Small Business
(House) (H.R. 2392) (H. Rept. 106-329), [23SE]
Veterans Entrepreneurship and Small Business Devel-

opment Act: Committee on Small Business (House)
(H.R. 1568) (H. Rept. 106–206), [29JN]
Women's Business Centers Sustainability Act: Commit-
tee on Small Business (House) (H.R. 1497) (H. Rept.
106-365), [50C]

SMALL BUSINESS FRANCHISE ACT
Bills and resolutions

Enact (see H.R. 3308), [10NO]

SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H.

SMALL BUSINESS INVESTMENT ACT
Bills and resolutions

SBA: improve the certified development company pro-
gram (see H.R. 2614), [27JY]

Small business: establish the New Markets Venture
Capital Program, America's Private Investment Com-
pany Program, and a new markets tax credit (see
H.R. 2848), [13SE]

Technical corrections (see H.R. 68), [7JA]
Reports filed

Certified Development Company Program Improve-
ments Act: Committee on Small Business (House)
(H.R. 2614) (H. Rept. 106-278), [2AU]
Technical Corrections: Committee on Small Business
(House) (H.R. 68) (H. Rept. 106–1), [19JA]
SMALL BUSINESS REGULATORY ENFORCE-
MENT FAIRNESS ACT

Conferee: H.R. 2116, Veterans' Millennium Health
Care Act, [8NO]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Asia: human rights violations and noncompliance with
Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe
commitments on democratization in Central Asia
(see H. Con. Res. 204), [21OC]

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: surveil-
lance and research of autism and related develop-
mental diseases to implement effective treatment and
prevention strategies (see H.R. 274), [7JA]
China, People's Republic of: persecution of Falun
Gong practitioners (see H. Con. Res. 218), [2NO]
Computers: restrict the transmission of unsolicited elec-
tronic mail messages (see H.R. 3024), [5OC]
Dept. of State and related agencies: authorizing appro-
priations (see H.R. 1211), [22MR] (see H.R. 2415),
[1JY] (see H.R. 3427), [17NO]

Dept. of Veterans Affairs: expand respite care program
(see H.R. 1762), [11MY]
Diseases: increase research, treatment, and public edu-
cation of Lyme disease (see H.R. 2790), [5AU]
Families and domestic relations: establish grant pro-
grams and provide Federal assistance to pregnant
women, children, and adoptive families (see H.R.
2540), [15JY]

Federal aid programs: prohibit States from imposing
restrictions on additional children relative to the tem-
porary assistance to needy families program (see
H.R. 2690), [3AU]

Foreign aid: prohibit certain defense services to coun-
tries ineligible for international military education,
training assistance, or arms transfers (see H.R. 1063),
[10MR]

Foreign policy: promote democracy in Serbia and Mon-
tenegro (see H.R. 1064), [10MR]
Human rights: combat trafficking in human beings and
provide assistance to victims (see H.R. 3244), [8NO]

-prevent trafficking of women and children for
forced prostitution and labor (see H.R. 1356),
[25MR]

John K. Rafferty Hamilton Post Office Building, Ham-
ilton, NJ: designate (see H.R. 1374), [12AP]
Milosevic, Slobodan: culpability for war crimes, crimes
against humanity, and genocide in the former Yugo-
slavia (see H. Con. Res. 118), [25MY]

SMITH, CHRISTOPHER H.

Nelson, Rosemary: killing of human rights lawyer in
car bomb attack in Lurgan, Northern Ireland (see
H. Res. 128), [23MR]
Nicaraguan Adjustment and Central American Relief

Act: provide certain nationals an opportunity to
apply for adjustment of status (see H.R. 2722),
[5AU]
Refugees: provide a comprehensive program of support
for victims of torture (see H.R. 2367), [29JN]
Russia: condemn anti-Semitic statements made by
members of the Duma (see H. Con. Res. 37), [24FE]

encourage the peaceful resolution of the armed
conflict in Chechnya in the North Caucasus region
(see H. Con. Res. 206), [25OC]
Taxation: permit penalty-free withdrawals from retire-
ment plans for medical expenses of certain older
relatives (see H.R. 275), [7JA]

-treatment of business meal and entertainment
expenses (see H.R. 2554), [19JY]

Veterans: add bronchiolo-alveolar carcinoma to the list
of service-connected diseases (see H.R. 690), [10FE]
World War II: commend veterans who fought in the
Battle of the Bulge (see H.J. Res. 65), [5AU]
SMITH, LAMAR S. (a Representative from Texas)
Appointments

Conferee: H.R. 1501, Juvenile Justice Reform Act,
[30JY]

Bills and resolutions introduced

Antitrust policy: treatment of voluntary guidelines gov-
erning telecast material, movies, video games, Inter-
net content, and music lyrics (see H.R. 1855),
[18MY]

Citizenship: confer U.S. citizenship automatically and
retroactively to foreign-born children adopted by
U.S. citizens (see H.R. 2883), [21SE]
Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House):
authorizing expenditures (see H. Res. 49), [9FE] (see
H. Res. 52), [10FE]

Immigration: extend the time period for admission of
certain aliens as nonimmigrants and authorize appro-
priations for refugee assistance programs (see H.R.
3061), [120C]

-give priority to certain immigrants in the allot-
ment of visas (see H.R. 1520), [22AP]
Strategic Petroleum Reserve: require additional pur-
chases by the Dept. of Energy (see H.R. 490), [2FE]
Reports filed

Consider Adopted Aliens Who Are Less Than 18 Years
of Age as Children if Adopted With, or After, a
Sibling Who Is a Child: Committee on the Judiciary
(House) (H.R. 2886) (H. Rept. 106-383), [140C]
Nursing Relief for Disadvantaged Areas Act: Commit-
tee on the Judiciary (House) (H.R. 441) (H. Rept.
106-135), [12MY]

Rules

Committee on Standards of Official Conduct (House),
[18MY]

SMITH, NICK (a Representative from Michigan)
Bills and resolutions introduced

Agriculture: provide supplemental market loss pay-
ments for farm owners and producers for certain
crops (see H.R. 2716), [5AU]
Bankruptcy: make chapter 12 of bankruptcy code per-
manent relative to the treatment of farmers' reorga-
nization plans by banks (see H.R. 706), [11FE]

-make debts to governmental units for the care
and maintenance of minor children nondischargeable
(see H.R. 3258), [8NO]

reenact chapter 12 of bankruptcy code relative
to family farmers (see H.R. 2920), [22SE]

temporarily extend chapter 12 of bankruptcy
code relative to the treatment of farmers' reorganiza-
tion plans by banks (see H.R. 808), [23FE] (see
H.R. 2942), [24SE]

Budget: constitutional amendment relative to spending
limitations (see H.J. Res. 74), [2NO]

Earthquake Hazards Reduction Act: authorizing appro-
priations (see H.R. 1184), [18MR]
House Rules: repeal relative to statutory limit on the
public debt (see H. Res. 20), [7JA]
Political action committees: reduce influence in elec-
tions for Federal office (see H.R. 2866), [14SE]
Social Security: provide for personalized retirement se-
curity through personal retirement savings accounts,

increase individual control over retirement income,
and protect surpluses (see H.R. 3206), [3NO]

-reduce the public debt by the amount of net
surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (see H.R. 420),
[19JA]

Taxation: provide a tax credit for families with young
children (see H.R. 419), [19JA]

-treatment of certain contiguous farmlands rel-
ative to sale of a principal residence (see H.R. 273),
[7JA]

U.S. Fire Administration: authorizing appropriations
(see H.R. 1550), [26AP]
SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION
Appointments

Board of Regents, [19JA], [7JN]
Bills and resolutions

Conable, Barber B., Jr.: appointment as citizen regent
of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see
H.J. Res. 26), [9FE]

Gray, Hanna H.: appointment as citizen regent of
Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see H.J.
Res. 27), [9FE]

National African-American Museum: establish (see
H.R. 923), [2MR]

Williams, Wesley S., Jr.: appointment as citizen regent
of Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents (see
H.J. Res. 28), [9FE]

SNYDER, VIC (a Representative from Arkansas)
Appointments

Committee To Escort the President, [19JA]
Bills and resolutions introduced
Insurance: disclose limitations placed on medical care
services to plan participants that would otherwise
be protected under State law (see H.R. 2113), [9JN]
Veterans: presumption of service connection for hepa-
titis C in certain veterans (see H.R. 1020), [4MR]
SOCIAL CUSTOMS
Bills and resolutions

Music and dance: tribute to Tejano music and other
forms of Latin music (see H. Con. Res. 65), [18MR]
SOCIAL SECURITY related term(s) PUBLIC WELFARE

PROGRAMS

Appointments

Conferees: H.R. 1180, Work Incentives Improvement
Act, [280C]

Social Security Advisory Board, [30SE]
Bills and resolutions

Account statements: improve information provided and
distribute annually to beneficiaries (see H.R. 247),
[7JA]

Armed Forces: improve access to treatment facilities,
provide Medicare reimbursement, and permit enroll-
ment in Federal Employees Health Benefits Program
for veterans and their dependents (see H.R. 1067,
1067), [10MR]

-provide for Medicare subvention demonstration
project for veterans and improve TRICARE program
(see H.R. 1347), [25MR]
Balanced Budget Act: make corrections in Medicare,
Medicaid, and State Children's Health Insurance Pro-
gram (see H.R. 3075), [140C] (see H.R. 3146),
[260C] (see H.R. 3426), [17NO]

Benefits: choice of benefit payment method relative
to computation rule application to workers attaining
age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 148), [7JA] (see
H.R. 568), [3FE]

computation rule application to workers attain-
ing age 65 in or after 1982 (see H.R. 120), [7JA]
earnings test for blind individuals (see H.R.
1601), [28AP]

eliminate earnings test for retirement age indi-
viduals (see H.R. 5), [1MR] (see H.R. 2698), [4AU]

increase earnings limit (see H.R. 107), [7JA]
-level of payment in the month of the bene-
ficiary's death (see H.R. 163), (see H.R. 287), [7JA]

-provide lump-sum death payments (see H.R.
3281), [9NO]

Budget: public disclosure on treatment of Social Secu-
rity trust funds (see H.R. 563), [3FE]

-require appropriate off-budget treatment for So-
cial Security in official budget pronouncements (see
H.R. 863), [25FE] (see H.R. 1157), [17MR]

-require that certain surplus amounts be used
for paying down the national debt (see H. Res. 302),
[23SE] (see H. Res. 306), [28SE]

-require two-thirds vote for legislation changing
discretionary spending limits or pay-as-you-go re-
quirements if the budget for the current or imme-
diately preceding year was not in surplus (see H.R.
343), [19JA]

-sequestration of all budgetary accounts except
Social Security, Federal retirement, and interest on
the debt (see H.R. 451), [2FE]

Children and youth: assist the transition of children
from foster care to independent adults and expand
the work opportunity tax credit to certain foster care
children (see H.R. 671), [10FE]

clarify exemption of certain children with spe-
cial needs from State option to use managed care
(see H.R. 3332), [10NO]

-improve coverage of low-income children under
State Children's Health Insurance Program and Med-
icaid (see H.R. 827), [24FE] (see H.R. 3480),
[18NO]

-permit children covered under the State Chil-
dren's Health Insurance Program to be eligible for
the Federal Vaccines for Children Program (see H.R.
2976), [29SE]

-promote identification of children eligible for
State Children's Health Insurance Program and Med-
icaid (see H.R. 2807), [8SE]

-require lead poisoning screening for enrollees
in certain Federal programs (see H.R. 1996), [27MY]
-State funding to assist the transition of children
from foster care to independent adults (see H.R.
1802), [13MY] (see H.R. 3443), [18NO]

-State funding to assist the transition of children
from foster care to independent adults (H.R. 1802),
consideration (see H. Res. 221), [24JN]
Community development: provide grant funding for ad-
ditional empowerment zones, enterprise communities,
and strategic planning communities (see H.R. 2170),
[10JN] (see H.R. 2463), [1JY]

Computers: early payment of certain benefits relative
to the year 2000 computer problem (see H.R. 2403),
[30JN]

Constitutional amendments: budget treatment of Old-
Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program
and the hospital insurance program (see H.J. Res.
40), [16MR]

Dept. of Defense: allow Medicare-eligible military
health care system beneficiaries to enroll in the Fed-
eral Employees Health Benefits Program (see H.R.
113), (see H.R. 205), [7JA]

Dept. of HHS: make additional payments to certain
home health agencies with high-cost patients and
provide for an interest-free grace period for repay-
ment of overpayments (see H.R. 1917), [25MY]
Disabled: combat fraud in and improve the administra-
tion of disability programs (see H.R. 545), [3FE]
(see H.R. 631), [9FE]

expand health care coverage for working, dis-
abled individuals and establish a Ticket to Work
and Self-Sufficiency Program to provide work oppor-
tunities for such individuals (see H.R. 1091), [11MR]
(see H.R. 1180), [18MR]

provide beneficiaries opportunities to return to
work, and extend Medicare coverage and tax credits
for such beneficiaries (see H.R. 3070), [130C]

-waive waiting period for disability benefits rel-
ative to individuals with terminal illnesses (see H.R.
1107), [11MR]
Employment: improve benefit computation formula for
certain workers affected by changes in benefit com-
putation rules (see H.R. 1771), [12MY]

improve quality of Social Security card and
criminalize the counterfeiting of work authorization
documents (see H.R. 191), [7JA]

treatment of severe spinal cord injuries relative
to certain earnings (see H.R. 401), [19JA]
Families and domestic relations: grants for projects de-
signed to promote responsible fatherhood (see H.R.
3073), [140C]

grants for projects designed to promote respon-
sible fatherhood (H.R. 3073), consideration (see H.
Res. 367), [8NO]

-reduction of teenage pregnancy rates through
evaluation of prevention programs (see H.R. 1636),
[29AP]

Federal-State relations: eliminate fees for Federal ad-
ministration of State supplemental SSI payments (see
H.R. 1051), [10MR]

-provide prisoner information obtained by States
to Federal benefit programs to prevent erroneous
provision of benefits (see H.R. 1919), [25MY]
Hawaii: increase the Federal medical assistance per-
centage (see H.R. 442), [2FE]

Health: assure coverage of emergency services under
group health plans and health insurance (see H.R.
904), [2MR]

-extend rural Advanced Life Support intercept
services to other areas (see H.R. 2711), [4AU]

-national policy to provide health care and re-
form insurance procedures (see H.R. 16), [6JA] (see
H.R. 1136), [16MR] (see H.R. 1200), [18MR] (see
H.R. 2990), [30SE] (see H.R. 3000), [1OC]

-national policy to provide health care and re-
form insurance procedures (H.R. 1136), consideration
(see H. Res. 311), [28SE]

-national policy to provide health care and re-
form insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), consideration
(see H. Res. 323), [5OC]

-national policy to provide health care and re-
form insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), Senate
amendment (see H. Res. 348), [1NO]

-promote purchase of private long-term care in-
surance by providing tax deductibility, State Medic-
aid flexibility, and information dissemination (see
H.R. 1261), [24MR]

-protect beneficiaries of group and individual
health plans, and Medicare+Choice plans in the use
of prescription drug formularies (see H.R. 3274),
[9NO]

-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and HMO's (see H.R. 358), [19JA] (see H.R. 448),
[2FE] (see H.R. 719), [11FE] (see H.R. 1133),
[16MR] (see H.R. 2723), [5AU] (see H.R. 2824),
[9SE] (see H.R. 2926), [23SE]

-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and HMO's (H.R. 358), consideration (see H. Res.
197), [27MY] (see H. Res. 310), [28SE]

-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and HMO's (H.R. 2723), consideration (see H. Res.
323), [50C]

-protection of enrollees in managed care plans
and preserve against preemption of certain State
causes of action (see H.R. 216), [7JA]

-provide a safe harbor under the anti-kickback
statute for hospital restocking of certain ambulance
drugs and supplies (see H.R. 557), [3FE]

-revise and extend organ procurement and trans-
plantation programs (see H.R. 2418), [1JY]
Health Care Financing Administration: moratorium on
new rules (see H.R. 2689), [3AU]
Health care professionals: establish a national abusive
and criminal background check system for patient
care workers (see H.R. 2627), [27JY]
Income: eliminate benefit penalties to individuals re-
ceiving pensions from noncovered employment (see
H.R. 742), [11FE]

-exemption from the requirement that all Federal
payments be made by electronic funds transfer rel-
ative to Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance
Program (see H.R. 1409), [14AP]

-improve computation system for certain workers
who attain age 65 (see H.R. 538), [3FE]

-remove limitations on outside income while re-
ceiving benefits (see H.R. 47), [6JA] (see H.R. 288),
[7JA] (see H.R. 519), [3FE]

-restrict application of windfall elimination pro-
visions to certain individuals (see H.R. 860), [25FE]
Insurance: continue eligibility for child's insurance ben-
efits to individuals who marry and have Hansen's
disease (see H.R. 3280), [9NO]

-coverage and treatment of emergency services
under health plans (see H.R. 2045), [8JN]

coverage of long-term care services (see H.R.
2691), [3AU] (see H. Con. Res. 8), [7JA]

coverage of prescription drugs (see H.R. 3319),
[10NO]

-coverage of screening mammography (see H.R.
524), [3FE] (see H.R. 1132), [16MR]

ensure access to information relative to plan
coverage, managed care procedures, health care pro-
viders, and quality medical care (see H.R. 2046),
[8JN]

establish hospital lengths of stay based on a
determination by an appropriate physician in con-
sultation with the patient (see H.R. 989), [4MR]
-study future long-term care needs (see H.R.
1716), [6MY]

-tax treatment of long-term care services, edu-
cational campaign on long-term care, and expansion
of State long-term care partnerships by exempting
partnership assets from Medicaid estate recovery (see
H.R. 2102), [9JN]

Investments: establish and maintain individual invest-
ment accounts (see H.R. 1897), [20MY]
Medicaid: allow fraud control units to investigate and
prosecute fraud in Medicare and other Federal pro-
grams and elder abuse in residential facilities (see
H.R. 3045), [70C]

-allow States to use State Children's Health In-
surance Program allotment to cover additional low-
income children (see H.R. 458), [2FE]

-assure preservation of safety net hospitals
through maintenance of Disproportionate Share Hos-
pital Program (see H.R. 3103), [190C]

-coverage of breast and cervical cancer treatment
services for certain women screened under federally
funded programs (see H.R. 1070), [11MR]

-coverage of disabled children and individuals
who became disabled as children without regard to
income or assets (see H.R. 821), [24FE]

-coverage of screening mammography and
screening pap smears (see H.R. 302), [7JA]

-coverage of services provided by nurse practi-
tioners and clinical nurse specialists (see H.R. 1514),
[21AP]

-definition of audiologist (see H.R. 1068),
[10MR]

-eliminate the termination of additional Federal
payments to States for outreach and eligibility deter-
mination administrative costs (see H.R. 2912),
[22SE]

establish new prospective payment system for
Federally-qualified health centers and rural health
clinics (see H.R. 2341), [24JN]

exempt disabled individuals from being required
to enroll with a managed care entity (see H.R. 797),
[23FE]

extend the higher Federal medical assistance
payment percentage for Indian Health Service facili-
ties to urban Indian health programs (see H.R. 470),
[2FE]

-make technical improvements, especially rel-
ative to treatment of disproportionate share hospitals
(see H.R. 3269), [9NO]

-permit presumptive eligibility of Medicare bene-
ficiaries for certain low-income Medicare beneficiary
programs (see H.R. 854), [25FE]

-permit public schools and other entities to deter-
mine presumptive eligibility for low-income children
(see H.R. 1298), [25MR]

-permit State waiver authority to provide medical
assistance in cases of congenital heart defects (see
H.R. 3325), [10NO]

-permit States the option to provide coverage
for low-income individuals infected with HIV (see
H.R. 1591), [28AP]

-prohibit transfers or discharges of residents of
nursing facilities (see H.R. 540), [3FE]

-protect payments to previously approved State
school-based health plans for Medicaid-eligible chil-
dren with individualized education programs (see
H.R. 3486), [18NO]

-provide State options to allow eligibility for
legal immigrant pregnant women, children, and cer-
tain disabled individuals (see H.R. 1399), [14AP]
-reduce infant mortality through improvement of
coverage of services to pregnant women and infants
(see H.R. 301), [7JA]

-reinstate prior level of disproportionate share
hospital payments to Minnesota (see H.R. 1610),
[28AP]

SOCIAL SECURITY

-reinstate prior level of disproportionate share
hospital payments to Minnesota, New Mexico, and
Wyoming (see H.R. 2800), [5AU]

-remove limit on disproportionate share hospital
payments to Ohio (see H.R. 3065), [130C]

-remove special financial limitations on Puerto
Rico and certain other territories relative to medical
assistance for Medicare cost-sharing and for veterans
(see H.R. 2333), [23JN]

-require criminal background checks on drivers
providing medical assistance transportation services
(see H.R. 2828), [9SE]

-require payment by States of certain individual-
ized education programs medical services under the
Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (see H.R.
1672), [4MY]

-require prorating of beneficiary contributions
relative to partial coverage for nursing facility serv-
ices during a month (see H.R. 2852), [14SE]

-restrict imposition of liens and estate recovery
for long-term care services provided to certain indi-
viduals (see H.R. 161), [7JA]

-treatment of payments made as a result of to-
bacco industry liability settlement (see H.R. 351),
[19JA]

-waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements
if State uses funds for smoking reduction programs
and economic assistance for tobacco farming com-
munities (see H.R. 1232), [23MR]

-waive Federal claim to State tobacco settlements
if State uses funds only for smoking reduction and
public health programs (see H.R. 610), [4FE] (see
H.R. 1289), [25MR]

Medicare: accelerate payments to hospitals relative to

costs of graduate medical education for

Medicare+Choice enrollees (see H.R. 2989), [30SE]

-administrative fee for submission of paper rather
than electronic claims (see H.R. 2114), [9JN]

-adverse impact of current payment policy for
noninvasive positive pressure ventilators on individ-
uals with severe respiratory diseases (see H. Con.
Res. 138), [22JN]

-allow certain organizations to purchase home-
care services from self-employed caregivers through
home-care referral agencies (see H.R. 3041), [70C]

-allow petitioners for coverage of new tech-
nologies or procedures to meet with the Health Care
Financing Administration to develop written plans.
(see H.R. 2338), [24JN]

-assure access to managed health care through
the cost contract program (see H.R. 2268), [17JN]

calculation of Medicare+Choice payments for
medical services at Dept. of Veterans Affairs and
Dept. of Defense facilities (see H.R. 2447), [1JY]
-change rate of increase for Medicare+ Choice
capitation rates (see H.R. 3092), [18OC]

clarify non-preemption of State prescription
drug benefit laws relative to Medicare+Choice plans
(see H.R. 549), [3FE]

combat fraud and abuse relative to partial hos-
pitalization services (see H.R. 1543), [22AP]

-combat waste, fraud, and abuse (see H.R. 2229),
[15JN] (see H.R. 3461), [18NO]

-comprehensive financing for graduate medical
education (see H.R. 1224), [23MR]

-contract reform (see H.R. 312), [7JA]

contracting with certain hospitals to provide cer-
tain surgical procedures and related services at a
single rate (see H.R. 1392), [13AP]

coverage of acupuncturist services (see H.R.
1890), [20MY]

-coverage of adult day care services (see H.R.
745), [11FE]

-coverage of advanced new therapies to treat
diabetic foot ulcers (see H.R. 2369), [29JN]

coverage of chiropractic services under
Medicare+Choice program (see H. Con. Res. 62),
[18MR]

-coverage of chronic disease prescription drugs
(see H.R. 1796), [13MY]

-coverage of frail elderly beneficiaries perma-
nently residing in certain nursing facilities (see H.R.
1998), [27MY]

SOCIAL SECURITY

coverage of glaucoma detection services (see
H.R. 2620), [27JY]

-coverage of marriage and family therapist serv-
ices (see H.R. 2945), [24SE]

coverage of medical nutrition therapy services
(see H.R. 1187), [18MR]

coverage of nursing facilities and in-home serv-
ices (see H.R. 131), [7JA]

-coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (see
H.R. 886), [1MR] (see H.R. 1109), [15MR] (see
H.R. 1495), [20AP] (see H.R. 2012), [8JN] (see H.R.
2782), [5AU] (see H.R. 3482), [18NO] (see H. Con.
Res. 149), [1JY]

-coverage of outpatient prescription drugs for
low-income beneficiaries and provision of stop-loss
protection for outpatient prescription drug expenses
(see H.R. 2925, 2925), [23SE]

-coverage of outpatient prescription drugs (H.R.
1495), consideration (see H. Res. 372), [9NO]

coverage of screening retinal eye examinations
for individuals with diabetes (see H.R. 1542), [22AP]
coverage of vision rehabilitation services (see
H.R. 2870), [15SE]

demonstration project to provide coverage for
cancer patients enrolled in certain clinical trials (see
H.R. 1388), [13AP]

-designate certain diabetes educators as certified
providers for purposes of outpatient diabetes edu-
cation services (see H.R. 3003), [40C]

develop and implement a single, unified pro-
spective payment system for post-care hospital serv-
ices (see H.R. 2070), [8JN]

-disclose staffing and performance data, provide
whistleblower protections, and review mergers and
acquisitions relative to Medicare providers (see H.R.
1288), [25MR]

eliminate budget neutrality adjustment factor
used in calculating blended capitation rate for
Medicare+Choice organizations (see H.R. 406),
[19JA] (see H.R. 1088), [11MR]

eliminate reduction in payment amounts to
home health agencies and provide for an interest-
free grace period for repayment of overpayments
(see H.R. 2618), [27JY]

eliminate time limitation on benefits for im-
munosuppressive drugs (see H.R. 1115), [16MR]

ensure access to comparable prescription drug
coverage in Medigap policies relative to termination.
of Medicare+ Choice plans (see H.R. 634), [9FE]

ensure geographic reclassifications of hospitals
in urban areas do not result in lower wage indexes
(see H.R. 3216), [3NO]

ensure proper payment of approved nursing and
paramedical education programs (see H.R. 1483),
[20AP]

ensure reimbursement for certain ambulance
services and improve the efficiency of the emergency
medical system (see H.R. 2831), [9SE]

establish a demonstration project to provide
beneficiaries greater information on various courses
of treatment for certain diseases or injuries (see H.R.
1544), [22AP]

establish a prospective payment system for psy-
chiatric hospital services (see H.R. 1006), [4MR]

exclude cancer treatment from the prospective
payment system for hospital outpatient services (see
H.R. 1090), [11MR]

exclude clinical social worker services from
coverage under the skilled nursing facility prospec-
tive payment system (see H.R. 655), [9FE]

exclude lobbying costs from the calculation of
the adjusted community rate for Medicare+Choice
plans (see H.R. 2230), [15JN]

exempt certain beneficiaries from financial limi-
tations imposed on physical, speech-language pathol-
ogy, and occupational therapy services (see H.R.
1837), [18MY]

exempt financial limitations imposed on phys-
ical, speech-language pathology, and occupational
therapy services and develop and implement a classi-
fication system to vary the limitations (see H.R.
1736), [6MY]

expand and make permanent the demonstration
project for military retirees and dependents (see H.R.
1413), [14AP]

expand coverage of certain self-injected
biologicals (see H.R. 2892), [21SE]

expand the use of competitive bidding (see H.R.
1900), [20MY]

extend community nursing organization dem-
onstration projects (see H.R. 1999), [27MY]

extend coverage of immunosuppressive drugs to
cases of transplants not paid for under the program
(see H.R. 3107, 3107), [190C]

extend health care coverage (see H.R. 402),

[19JA]

-facilitate use of private contracts (see H.R.
2867), [14SE]

-freeze reductions under Balanced Budget Act
(see H.R. 3145), [26OC]

-graduate medical education payments (see H.R.
1222), [23MR] (see H.R. 1785), [12MY]

-Health Care Financing Administration regu-
latory burdens imposed on suppliers of durable medi-
cal equipment (see H. Con. Res. 98), [5MY]

-implement budget neutrality adjustment factor
in determining payment rates for Medicare+Choice
organizations (see H.R. 2419), [1JY]

-improve access to benefits and programs to eli-
gible, low-income beneficiaries (see H.R. 1455),
[15AP]

-improve access to health insurance and benefits
for certain individuals (see H.R. 2228), [15JN]

-improve and streamline the physician self-refer-
ral law (see H.R. 2650), [29JY]

-improve coverage determination process relative
to new advances in medical technology (see H.R.
2030), [8JN]

-improve methodology for the calculation of
Medicare+Choice payment rates (see H.R. 3284),
[9NO]

-improve review procedures (see H.R. 2356),
[24JN]

-improve the operation of certain
Medicare+Choice and Medigap programs (see H.R.
491), [2FE]

-improve the telemedicine program and provide
grants for the development of telehealth networks
(see H.R. 3420), [17NO]

-increase certain payments to hospitals (see H.R.
2266), [17JN]

-increase payments for pap smear laboratory tests
(see H.R. 976), [4MR] (see H.R. 2930), [23SE]

increase payments for physician services pro-
vided in health professional shortage areas in Alaska
and Hawaii (see H.R. 2967), [28SE]

-increase payments to providers for case manager
services in rural areas (see H.R. 1646), [29AP]

-increase payments to skilled nursing facilities
that have a significant proportion of residents with
AIDS (see H.R. 3029), [6OC]

-limit penalty for late enrollment (see H.R. 914),
[2MR]

-limit reductions in Federal payments under the
prospective payment system for hospital outpatient
department services (see H.R. 2241), [16JN]

-make changes in payment methodologies and
provide coverage of outpatient prescription drugs to
beneficiaries who lose drug coverage under
Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 3086), [140C]

-make refinements in the prospective payment
system for outpatient hospital services (see H.R.
2979), [30SE]

-modify restrictions on physician self-referral
(see H.R. 2651), [29JY]

-modify treatment of certain patient days for pur-
poses of determining the amount of disproportionate
share adjustment payments to hospitals (see H.R.
1529), [22AP]

-payment for insulin pumps (see H.R. 360),
[19JA]

-payments to children's hospitals that operate
graduate medical education programs (see H.R.
1579), [27AP]

-payments to hospitals that have graduate medi-
cal education programs in critical need specialty
areas (see H.R. 1645), [29AP]

-preserve and expand (see H. Con. Res. 135),
[16JN]

-prevent sudden disruption of beneficiary enroll-
ment in Medicare+ Choice plans (see H.R. 141),
[7JA]

-prohibit collection of data from home health
agencies under the OASIS data collection program
from non-Medicare patients (see H.R. 2246), [16JN]

-protect right of beneficiaries enrolled in
Medicare+Choice plans to receive services at any
skilled nursing facility (see H.R. 3004), [40C]

-provide additional benefits to prevent or delay
the onset of illnesses (see H.R. 1968), [26MY]

-provide for a Doctors' Bill of Rights (see H.R.
3300), [10NO]

-provide for independent case managers for
home health services (see H.R. 746), [11FE]

-provide greater equity to home health agencies
and ensure access to medically necessary home
health services (see H.R. 2628), [27JY]

-provide more equitable payments to home
health agencies (see H.R. 2546), [16JY]

-provision of physical therapy, occupational ther-
apy, speech-language pathology services, and res-
piratory therapy by a comprehensive outpatient reha-
bilitation facility at a single, fixed location (see H.R.
3441), [17NO]

-reduce amount of coinsurance payable in con-
junction with outpatient department services (see
H.R. 421), [19JA]

-reduce capital payments to certain hospitals with
below average occupancy rates (see H.R. 2199),
[14JN]

reduce financial liability of physicians providing
certain care under Medicare+Choice program (see
H.R. 1375), [12AP]

-reductions in prescription drug prices (see H.R.
664), [10FE]

-reductions in prescription drug prices (H.R.
664), consideration (see H. Res. 371), [9NO]

-reform beneficiary payment limits for certain
long-existing home health agencies relative to the
interim payment system (see H.R. 2123), [10JN]

-reform purchasing, payment, and administrative
requirements (see H.R. 2115), [9JN]

-regulatory burdens on home health agencies (see
H. Con. Res. 79), [25MR]

-reimburse hospitals for psychologist, physician
assistant, and nurse practitioner training costs (see
H.R. 2794), [5AU]

-reimburse hospitals for psychologist training
costs (see H.R. 1140), [16MR]

-reimbursement for chiropractic services (see
H.R. 1046), [9MR]

-reimbursement for nurse-midwife services and
free-standing birth centers (see H.R. 2817), [8SE]
-reimbursement of routine patient care costs for
individuals participating in approved clinical trials
(see H.R. 61), [7JA]

-remove the sunset and numerical limitation on
participation in Medicare+Choice medical savings
account plans (see H.R. 2068), [8JN] (see H.R.
2173), [10JN]

-repeal interim payment system, eliminate man-
datory reduction under the prospective payment sys-
tem, and continue periodic interim payments for
home health services (see H.R. 2361), [24JN]

-repeal restriction on payment for hospital dis-
charges to post-acute care (see H.R. 405), [19JA]
(see H.R. 1936), [25MY]

-repeal the financial limitation on rehabilitation
services (see H.R. 1385), [13AP]

-require advanced notice to managed care plan
enrollees of hospital termination under such plans
(see H.R. 1639), [29AP]

require appropriate training and certification for
suppliers of certain listed items of orthotics or pros-
thetics (see H.R. 1938), [25MY]

-require certain additional information in state-
ments of explanation of benefits provided to bene-
ficiaries (see H.R. 1511), [21AP]

-require Dept. of HHS study on mortality and
adverse outcome rates of patients receiving anesthe-
sia services (see H.R. 632), [9FE] (see H.R. 2002),
[27MY]

-require governing boards of national accrediting
entities to have public representation and open meet-
ings (see H.R. 2174), [10JN]

require hospitals to establish and implement se-
curity procedures to reduce the likelihood of infant
patient abduction and baby switching (see H.R. 76),
[7JA]

-require universal product numbers on claims
forms for reimbursement for durable medical equip-
ment and other items (see H.R. 418), [19JA]

-restore the non-applicability of private contracts
for the provision of benefits (see H.R. 958), [3MR]
-restrictions on changes in benefits under
Medicare+Choice plans (see H.R. 1134), [16MR]

-revise inflation update factor used in making
payments to prospective payment system hospitals
(see H.R. 3114), [20OC]

-revise interim payment system to home health
agencies for home health services (see H.R. 2492),
[13JY] (see H.R. 2744), [5AU]

-revise payment amounts to home health agen-
cies (see H.R. 2240), [16JN]

-revise regulations on participating hospitals rel-
ative to nurse anesthetists' services (see H.R. 804),
[23FE]

standardize clinical practice guidelines to im-
prove delivery of services (see H.R. 2069), [8JN]

-treatment of payments to Medicare+Choice or-
ganizations relative to disproportionate share hospital
payments (see H.R. 1103), [11MR]

-waive waiting period for coverage and provide
coverage of drugs for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
(see H.R. 353), [19JA]

Medicare Eligible Military Retiree Health Care Consen-
sus Task Force: establish (see H.R. 119), [7JA]
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission: expand
membership and include individuals with expertise
in manufacturing and distributing finished medical
goods (see H.R. 3271), [9NO]
Medicare/Medicaid: ensure that individuals enjoy the
right to be free from restraint (see H.R. 3010), [40C]

expand and clarify requirements regarding ad-
vance directives to ensure that an individual's health
care decisions are observed (see H.R. 1149), [17MR]

-restrict use and require recording and reporting
of information on use of physical and chemical re-
straints and seclusion in mental health facilities (see
H.R. 1313), [25MR]

-surety bond requirements for home health agen-
cies, durable medical equipment suppliers, and others
(see H.R. 2325), [23JN]

Members of Congress: link annual salary adjustments
to cost-of-living adjustments for certain Social Secu-
rity benefits (see H.R. 1669), [4MY]

-prohibit pay rate adjustments from exceeding
certain cost-of-living increases for Social Security
benefits (see H.R. 2893), [21SE]

Mental health: provide for treatment parity (see H.R.
2593), [22JY]

National objectives: create a fair and modern Social
Security Program to strengthen and protect the retire-
ment income security of every U.S. citizen (see H.R.
1043), [9MR] (see H.J. Res. 32), [23FE] (see H.
Res. 48), [9FE] (see H. Res. 93), [3MR]

-provide for the retirement of every U.S. citizen
(see H.R. 249), [7JA]

Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Program:
budget treatment (see H.R. 74), (see H.R. 167),
[7JA]

-provide for an annual statement of accrued li-
ability (see H.R. 244), [7JA]
Pensions: computation system for benefits relative to
spouses' and surviving spouses' Government pen-
sions (see H.R. 1217), [23MR]

create personalized retirement accounts (see
H.R. 874), [25FE]

-investment of amounts held in the Federal Old-
Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund in private
sector securities markets (see H.R. 871), [25FE] (see
H.R. 990), [4MR]

-provide for personalized retirement security
through personal retirement savings accounts, in-
crease individual control over retirement income, and
protect surpluses (see H.R. 3206), [3NO]

-reform relative to State and local government
employees (see H. Con. Res. 101), [6MY]
Personal investment plans: diversion of percentage of
payroll tax payments and extend the Old-Age, Sur-
vivors, and Disability Insurance Program (see H.R.
250, 251), [7JA] (see H.R. 1793), [13MY]
Prisoners: prevent distribution of benefits (see H.R.
1918), [25MY]

Privacy: prohibit appearance of Social Security num-
bers on, or through, unopened Dept. of the Treasury
mailings (see H.R. 3218), [4NO]

-protect the integrity and confidentiality of Social
Security numbers and prohibit the establishment of
any uniform national identifying number (see H.R.
220), [7JA]

-protection of Social Security numbers and other
personal information (see H.R. 1450), [15AP]

-regulate use of Social Security numbers and
other personal information by interactive computer
services (see H.R. 367), [19JA]

Public welfare programs: make progress toward com-
pletion of high school or college a permissible work
activity (see H.R. 1362), [25MR]

Reform (see H.R. 1), [1MR]

Religion: permit members of the clergy to be exempt
from coverage at any time during career (see H.R.
1061), [10MR]

-permit members of the clergy to revoke their
exemption from coverage (see H.R. 133), [7JA]
Rural areas: promote and improve access to health
care services (see H.R. 1344), [25MR]
Senior citizens: establish a consumer price index for
elderly consumers to compute cost-of-living in-
creases for Social Security and Medicare benefits
(see H.R. 1422), [14AP] (see H.R. 2180), [10JN]

-protect Social Security surpluses and reserve a
portion of non-Social Security surpluses to strength-
en and protect Medicare (see H.R. 3165), [280C]
Solvency: improve (see H.R. 2717), [5AU]

SSI: extend benefits to Guam and the Virgin Islands
(see H.R. 1308), [25MR]

State Children's Health Insurance Program: allow
States to use allotment to cover uninsured pregnant
women (see H.R. 1843), [18MY]

States: eliminate requirement of providing Social Secu-
rity numbers on recreational license applications (see
H.R. 1345), [25MR]

-improve data collection and evaluation of chil-
dren's health coverage under the State Children's
Health Insurance Program and Medicaid (see H.R.
1545), [22AP]

-increase allotments to territories under the State
Children's Health Insurance Program (see H.R. 806),
[23FE]

Taxation: allow a refundable credit for certain Medi-
care premiums (see H.R. 122), [7JA] (see H.R.
1772), [12MY]

-allow credit to military retirees for Medicare
coverage (see H.R. 121), [7JA]

-authorize Federal entities to take control of cer-
tain State child support enforcement programs (see
H.R. 1488), [20AP]

-deductibility of the old-age, survivors, and dis-
ability insurance taxes paid by employees and self-
employed individuals (see H.R. 1458), [15AP]

-deduction for Social Security taxes (see H.R.
105), [7JA]

-disclose to Federal employees the Government's
share of taxes paid for old-age, survivors, disability,
and hospital insurance for the employee (see H.R.
1263), [24MR]

disclosure of employer's share of taxes paid
for old-age, survivors, disability, and hospital insur-
ance for the employee (see H.R. 1264), [24MR]
eliminate certain unfair provisions (see H.R.
2414), [1JY]

-impose a tax on certain unearned income and
provide tax relief by reducing the rate of the Social
Security payroll tax (see H.R. 1099), [11MR]

-provide inflation adjustments to income thresh-
old amounts applicable in determining taxable Social
Security benefits (see H.R. 3437), [17NO]

-provide tax relief, encourage savings and invest-
ment, establish incentives for school construction,

SOCIAL SECURITY

and eliminate Social Security earnings test (see H.R.
1084), [11MR]

-reduce employer and employee Social Security
taxes to the extent there is a Federal budget surplus
(see H.R. 1316), [25MR]

-reform Internal Revenue Code through revenue
neutral proposals which protect Social Security and
Medicare trust funds (see H. Con. Res. 85), [14AP]

religious exemption from requirement to provide
identifying numbers for dependents to claim certain
credits and deductions on tax return (see H.R. 2494),
[13JY]

–simplify Internal Revenue Code through revenue
neutral proposals (see H.R. 1420), [14AP]

-treatment of Government pensions relative to
Social Security benefits (see H.R. 372), [19JA]

-treatment of Social Security benefits (see H.R.
48), [6JA] (see H.R. 107), [7JA] (see H.R. 688),
[10FE] (see H.R. 761), [12FE] (see H.R. 3438),
[17NO]

-treatment of tax-exempt interest relative to So-
cial Security benefits and income determination (see
H.R. 291), [7JA]

Temporary Assistance to Needy Families Program: use
of funds for public school construction and hiring
of teachers (see H.R. 635), [9FE]

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
(H.R. 1180): consideration of conference report (see
H. Res. 387), [17NO]

-corrections in enrollment (see H. Con. Res.
236), [18NO]

Trust funds: budget treatment (see H.R. 685), [10FE]
(see H.R. 1259), [24MR] (see H.R. 1803), [13MY]
(see H.R. 2039), [8JN] (see H. Res. 18), [7JA]

-budget treatment (H.R. 1259), consideration (see
H. Res. 186), [24MY]

ensure solvency (see H.R. 37), [6JA] (see H.R.
3012), [50C]

extend and clarify pay-as-you-go requirements
(see H.R. 196), [7JA] (see H.R. 1059), [10MR]

-invest marketable interest-bearing securities and
insured certificates of deposit, and protect from pub-
lic debt limit (see H.R. 147), (see H.R. 160), (see
H.R. 219), [7JA]

-investment in marketable securities (see H.R.
1268), [24MR]

-preserve all budget surpluses until legislation
is enacted to strengthen and protect Social Security
and Medicare (see H.R. 1927), [25MY]

-prohibit investment in private financial markets
(see H. Con. Res. 155), [14JY]

-reduce the public debt by the amount of net
surplus in trust fund each fiscal year (see H.R. 420),
[19JA] (see H.R. 3175), [28OC]

-require specific legislative recommendations to
ensure solvency (see H.R. 245), [7JA]
Unemployment: improve the collection of Federal un-
employment taxes and the provision of such reve-
nues for employment security administration (see
H.R. 3174), [28OC]

Veterans: provide enrollment period for Medicare and
Medigap relative to certain military retirees and de-
pendents (see H.R. 743), [11FE]

-repeal computation system that reduces annuity
for surviving spouses at age 62 relative to Social
Security offset (see H.R. 363), [19JA]

Women: effects of reform proposals (see H. Res. 34),
[2FE]

Conference reports

Ticket to Work and Work Incentives Improvement Act
(H.R. 1180), [17NO]

Messages

Council of Economic Advisers Report: President Clin-
ton, [8FE]

Strengthen Social Security and Medicare Act: President
Clinton, [260C]

Motions

Families and domestic relations: grants for projects de-
signed to promote responsible fatherhood (H.R.
3073), [10NO]

Health: national policy to provide health care and re-
form insurance procedures (H.R. 2990), [60C],
[3NO]