S6912 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — SENATE May 18, 1995

Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the

State of Nevada, jointly, That Congress is

hereby urged to enact legislation to eliminate inequities in the payment of social security benefits to persons based on the year

in which they initially become eligible for

such benefits; and be it further

Resolved, That Congress is hereby urged to

eliminate these inequities without reducing

the benefits of persons who were born before

1917; and be it further

Resolved, That a copy of this resolution be

transmitted by the Chief Clerk of the Assembly to the Vice President of the United

States as presiding officer of the Senate, the

Speaker of the House of Representatives and

each member of the Nevada Congressional

Delegation; and be it further

Resolved, That this resolution becomes effective upon passage and approval.’’

POM–128. A joint resolution adopted by the

Legislature of the State of Washington; to

the Committee on Finance.

‘‘SENATE JOINT MEMORIAL 8012

‘‘Whereas, the Federal Internal Revenue

Code currently requires individuals to pay

income taxes on unemployment benefit payments that they have received; and

‘‘Whereas, the taxation of Unemployment

Insurance Benefits impacts over eight million persons annually and reduces their income on average by seventeen percent for a

total of three billion dollars; and

‘‘Whereas, this taxation of Unemployment

Benefits is an onerous burden on individuals

that are generally experiencing a dramatic

reduction in income due to their loss of employment; and

‘‘Whereas, the taxation of Unemployment

Benefits undermines the purpose of Unemployment Insurance, by dramatically reducing the amount of moneys available to workers and their families that are experiencing

a loss of wages due to no fault of their own.

In addition, local economies are adversely

impacted due to the loss of income in the

community; and

‘‘Whereas, the Washington State Unemployment Insurance Task Force, comprised

of Business, Labor, and Legislative members,

in their 1995 Report, found the Taxation of

Unemployment Insurance Benefits to be an

unfair burden on workers;

‘‘Now, therefore, Your Memorialists respectively request that the Congress of the

United States enact legislation removing

Unemployment Insurance Benefits from taxation under the Internal Revenue Code. Now,

therefore, be it

‘‘Resolved, That copies of this Memorial be

immediately transmitted to the Honorable

Bill Clinton, President of the United States,

the President of the United States Senate,

the Speaker of the House of Representatives,

and each member of Congress from the State

of Washington.’’

The following reports of committees

REPORTS OF COMMITTEES

fwere submitted:

By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on

the Judiciary, without amendment:

S. 419. A bill to grant the consent of Congress to the Texas Low-Level Radioactive

Waste Disposal Compact.

S. 677. A bill to repeal a redundant venue

provision, and for other purposes.

EXECUTIVE REPORTS OF

COMMITTEES

fThe following executive reports of

committees were submitted:

By Mr. HATCH, from the Committee on

the Judiciary:

John Garvan Murtha, of Vermont, to be

U.S. District Judge for the District of Vermont.

George K. McKinney, of Maryland, to be

U.S. Marshal for the District of Maryland for

the term of 4 years.

Rose Ochi, of California, to be an Associate

Director for National Drug Control Policy.

Susan Y. Illston, of California, to be U.S.

District Judge for the Northern District of

California.

George A. O’Toole, Jr., of Massachusetts,

to be U.S. District Judge for the District of

Massachusetts vice an additional position in

accordance with 28 USC 133(b)(1).

Mary Beck Briscoe, of Kansas, to be U.S.

Circuit Judge for the Tenth Circuit.

Patrick M. Ryan, of Oklahoma, to be U.S.

Attorney for the Western District of Oklahoma for the term of 4 years.

(The above nominations were reported with the recommendation that

they be confirmed, subject to the nominees’ commitment to respond to requests to appear and testify before any

duly constituted committee of the Senate.)

INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND

JOINT RESOLUTIONS

fThe following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the first

and second time by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

By Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself, Mr.

COCHRAN, Mr. HATCH, Mr. MACK, Mr.

DEWINE, and Mr. MCCAIN):

S. 817. A bill to require the Secretary of

the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Native American history and culture; to the Committee on Banking, Housing,

and Urban Affairs.

By Mr. KERREY (for himself and Mr.

SIMPSON):

S. 818. A bill to amend title II of the Social

Security Act to increase the normal retirement age to age 70 by the year 2029 and the

early retirement age to age 65 by the year

2017, to provide for additional increases

thereafter, and for other purposes; to the

Committee on Finance.

S. 819. A bill to amend chapters 83 and 84 of

title 5, United States Code, to provide for

more uniform treatment of Members of Congress, congressional employees, and Federal

employees, to reform the Federal retirement

systems, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.

S. 820. A bill to amend title 10, United

States Code, to eliminate the increase in the

retired pay multiplier for service in the uniformed services in excess of 20 years by members first entering the uniformed services

after July 31, 1986; to the Committee on

Armed Services.

S. 821. A bill to require a commission to

study ways to improve the accuracy of the

consumer price indexes and to immediately

modify the calculation of such indexes; to

the Committee on Banking, Housing, and

Urban Affairs.

S. 822. A bill to provide for limitations on

certain retirement cost-of-living adjustments, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

S. 823. A bill to amend the Congressional

Budget Act of 1974 to require that the report

accompanying the concurrent resolution on

the budget include an analysis, prepared

after consultation with the Director of the

Congressional Budget Office, of the concurrent resolution’s impact on revenues and

outlays for entitlements for the period of 30

fiscal years and to require the President to

include a 30 year budget projection and

generational accounting information each

year in the President’s budget; to the Committee on the Budget and the Committee on

Governmental Affairs, jointly, pursuant to

the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions

that if one Committee reports, the other

Committee has thirty days to report or be

discharged.

S. 824. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 and the Social Security Act

to provide for personal investment plans

funded by employee social security payroll

deductions; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. KERREY (for himself, Mr.

SIMPSON, and Mr. ROBB):

S. 825. a bill to provide for the long-range

solvency of the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. THURMOND:

S. 826. A bill to authorize the Secretary of

Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for

employment in the coastwise trade for the

vessel PRIME TIME, and for other purposes;

to the Committee on Comerce, Science, and

Transportation.

By Mr. PRESSLER:

S. 827. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to limit an employer’s deduction for health care costs of its employees if the employer fails to honor its commitment to provide health care to its retirees; to the Committee on Finance.

By Mr. MOYNIHAN:

S. 828. A bill to enable each State to assist

applicants and recipients of aid to families

with dependent children in providing for the

economic well-being of their children, to

allow States to test new ways to improve the

welfare system, and for other purposes; to

the Committee on Finance.

By Mrs. HUTCHISON:

S. 829. A bill to provide waivers for the establishment of educational opportunity

schools; to the Committee on Labor and

Human Resources.

By Mr. SPECTER:

S. 830. A bill to amend title 18, United

States Code, with respect to fraud and false

statements; to the Committee on the Judiciary.

By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. DOLE,

Mr. HELMS, Mr. THURMOND, Mr.

GRASSLEY, Mr. GRAMM, Mr. CAMPBELL, and Mr. THOMAS):

S.J. Res. 34. A joint resolution prohibiting

funds for diplomatic relations and most favored nation trading status with the Socialist Republic of Vietnam unless the President

certifies to Congress that Vietnamese officials are being fully cooperative and forthcoming with efforts to account for the 2,205

Americans still missing and otherwise unaccounted for from the Vietnam War, as determined on the basis of all information available to the United States Government, and

for other purposes; to the Committee on Foreign Relations.

BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

STATEMENTS ON INTRODUCED

fBy Mr. CAMPBELL (for himself,

Mr. COCHRAN, Mr. HATCH, Mr.

MACK, Mr. DEWINE and Mr.

MCCAIN):

S. 817. A bill to require the Secretary

of the Treasury to mint coins in commemoration of the Native American

history and culture; to the Committee

on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.