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[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act''.

SEC. 2. DESIGNATION OF AMOUNTS FOR REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 61 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to returns and records) is amended by adding at 
the end the following new part:

          ``PART IX--DESIGNATION FOR REDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT.

                              ``Sec. 6097. Designation.

``SEC. 6097. DESIGNATION.

    ``(a) In General.--Every individual with adjusted income tax 
liability for any taxable year may designate that a portion of such 
liability (not to exceed 10 percent thereof) shall be used to reduce 
the public debt.
    ``(b) Manner and Time of Designation.--A designation under 
subsection (a) may be made with respect to any taxable year only at the 
time of filing the return of tax imposed by chapter 1 for the taxable 
year. The designation shall be made on the first page of the return or 
on the page bearing the taxpayer's signature.
    ``(c) Adjusted Income Tax Liability.--For purposes of this section, 
the term `adjusted income tax liability' means income tax liability (as 
defined in section 6096(b)) reduced by any amount designated under 
section 6096 (relating to designation of income tax payments to 
Presidential Election Campaign Fund).''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of parts for such subchapter A 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Part IX. Designation for reduction of 
                                        public debt.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to taxable years ending after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.

SEC. 3. PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION TRUST FUND.

    (a) In General.--Subchapter A of chapter 98 of the Internal Revenue 
Code of 1986 (relating to trust fund code) is amended by adding at the 
end the following section:

``SEC. 9512. PUBLIC DEBT REDUCTION TRUST FUND.

    ``(a) Creation of Trust Fund.--There is established in the Treasury 
of the United States a trust fund to be known as the `Public Debt 
Reduction Trust Fund', consisting of any amount appropriated or 
credited to the Trust Fund as provided in this section or section 
9602(b).
    ``(b) Transfers to Trust Fund.--There are hereby appropriated to 
the Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund amounts equivalent to the amounts 
designated under section 6097 (relating to designation for public debt 
reduction).
    ``(c) Expenditures.--Amounts in the Public Debt Reduction Trust 
Fund shall be available only for purposes of paying at maturity, or to 
redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Federal Government 
included in the public debt. Any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or 
bought with amounts from such Trust Fund shall be canceled and retired 
and may not be reissued.''
    (b) Clerical Amendment.--The table of sections for such subchapter 
is amended by adding at the end the following new item:

                              ``Sec. 9512. Public Debt Reduction Trust 
                                        Fund.''
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply to amounts received after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 4. TAXPAYER-GENERATED SEQUESTRATION OF FEDERAL SPENDING TO REDUCE 
              THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    (a) Sequestration To Reduce the Public Debt.--Part C of the 
Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended by 
adding after section 253 the following new section:

``SEC. 253A. SEQUESTRATION TO REDUCE THE PUBLIC DEBT.

    ``(a) Sequestration.--Notwithstanding sections 255 and 256, within 
15 days after Congress adjourns to end a session, and on the same day 
as sequestration (if any) under sections 251, 252, and 253, but after 
any sequestration required by those sections, there shall be a 
sequestration equivalent to the estimated aggregate amount designated 
under section 6097 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the last 
taxable year ending before the beginning of that session of Congress, 
as estimated by the Department of the Treasury on May 1 and as modified 
by the total of (1) any amounts by which net discretionary spending is 
reduced by legislation below the discretionary spending limits (or, in 
the absence of such limits, any net deficit change from the baseline 
amount calculated under section 257, except that such baseline for 
fiscal year 1996 and thereafter shall be based upon fiscal year 1995 
enacted appropriations less any 1995 sequesters) and (2) the net 
deficit change that has resulted from direct spending legislation.
    ``(b) Applicability.--
            ``(1) In general.--Except as provided by paragraph (2), 
        each account of the United States shall be reduced by a dollar 
        amount calculated by multiplying the level of budgetary 
        resources in that account at that time by the uniform 
        percentage necessary to carry out subsection (a). All 
        obligational authority reduced under this section shall be done 
        in a manner that makes such reductions permanent.
            ``(2) Exempt accounts.--No order issued under this part 
        may--
                    ``(A) reduce benefits payable the old-age, 
                survivors, and disability insurance program established 
                under title II of the Social Security Act;
                    ``(B) reduce payments for net interest (all of 
                major functional category 900); or
                    ``(C) make any reduction in the following accounts:
                            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
                        Bank Insurance Fund;
                            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
                        FSLIC Resolution Fund;
                            ``Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, 
                        Savings Association Insurance Fund;
                            ``National Credit Union Administration, 
                        credit union share insurance fund; or
                            ``Resolution Trust Corporation.''.
    (b) Reports.--Section 254 of the Balanced Budget and Emergency 
Deficit Control Act of 1985 is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a), by inserting before the item 
        relating to August 10 the following:
    ``May 1 . . . Department of Treasury report to Congress estimating 
amount of income tax designated pursuant to section 6097 of the 
Internal Revenue Code of 1986.'';
            (2) in subsection (d)(1), by inserting ``, and 
        sequestration to reduce the public debt,'';
            (3) in subsection (d), by redesignating paragraph (5) as 
        paragraph (6) and by inserting after paragraph (4) the 
        following new paragraph:
            ``(5) Sequestration to reduce the public debt reports.--The 
        preview reports shall set forth for the budget year estimates 
        for each of the following:
                    ``(A) The aggregate amount designated under section 
                6097 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 for the last 
                taxable year ending before the budget year.
                    ``(B) The amount of reductions required under 
                section 253A and the deficit remaining after those 
                reductions have been made.
                    ``(C) The sequestration percentage necessary to 
                achieve the required reduction in accounts under 
                section 253A(b).''; and
            (4) in subsection (g), by redesignating paragraphs (4) and 
        (5) as paragraphs (5) and (6), respectively, and by inserting 
        after paragraph (3) the following new paragraph:
            ``(4) Sequestration to reduce the public debt reports.--The 
        final reports shall contain all of the information contained in 
        the public debt taxation designation report required on May 
        1.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--Notwithstanding section 275(b) of the Balanced 
Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985, the expiration date 
set forth in that section shall not apply to the amendments made by 
this section. The amendments made by this section shall cease to have 
any effect after the first fiscal year during which there is no public 
debt.
[A]: Taxpayer Debt Buy-Down Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow every individual with adjusted income tax liability to designate on their tax returns that a portion of such liability (not to exceed ten percent) be used to reduce the public debt. 
Establishes a Public Debt Reduction Trust Fund for the deposit of designated amounts.  Makes amounts in such Trust Fund available only to pay at maturity, or to redeem or buy before maturity, any obligation of the Federal Government included in the public debt.  Prohibits the reissuance of any obligation which is paid, redeemed, or bought with amounts from the Trust Fund. 
Amends the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) to provide for the sequestration of amounts designated to the Trust Fund.  Specifies accounts exempt from such sequestration.  Includes aggregated amounts designated to the Trust Fund and amounts sequestered to reduce the public debt in sequestration preview and final reports.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Section Commission to Advise on 
Reforming Elections Act''.

SEC. 2. ESTABLISHMENT OF SELECT COMMISSION TO ADVISE ON REFORMING 
              ELECTIONS.

    There is established a commission to be known as the ``Select 
Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections'' (referred to in this Act 
as the ``Commission''). The purposes of the Commission are to study the 
laws relating to the financing of campaigns for elections for Federal 
office and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws.

SEC. 3. MEMBERSHIP OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Appointment.--The Commission shall be composed of 12 members 
appointed not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of 
this Act by the President, of whom--
            (1) Three members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the majority leader of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (2) Three members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the majority leader of the Senate;
            (3) Two members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the minority leader of the House of 
        Representatives;
            (4) Two members shall be appointed from among a list of 
        nominees submitted by the minority leader of the Senate; and
            (5) Two members shall be appointed from individuals meeting 
        such criteria as the President may apply.
    (b) Chair.--The members of the Commission shall select two members 
to serve as co-chairs of the Commission.
    (c) Terms.--The members of the Commission shall serve for the life 
of the Commission.
    (d) Vacancies.--A vacancy in the Commission shall be filled in the 
manner in which the original appointment was made.

SEC. 4. POWERS OF COMMISSION.

    (a) Hearings.--The Commission may, for the purpose of carrying out 
this Act, hold hearings, sit and act at times and places, take 
testimony, and receive evidence as the Commission considers 
appropriate.
    (b) Quorum.--Five members of the Commission shall constitute a 
quorum, but a lesser number may hold hearings.

SEC. 5. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.

    (a) Pay and Travel Expenses of Members.--(1) Each member of the 
Commission, other than the co-chairs, shall be paid at a rate equal to 
the daily equivalent of the annual rate of basic pay payable for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code, for each day (including travel time) during which the 
member is engaged in the actual performance of duties vested in the 
Commission. Each co-chair shall be paid for each day referred to in the 
preceding sentence at a rate equal to the daily equivalent of the 
annual rate of basic pay payable for level III of the Executive 
Schedule under section 5314 of title 5, United States Code.
    (2) Members of the Commission shall receive travel expenses, 
including per diem in lieu of subsistence, in accordance with sections 
5702 and 5703 of title 5, United States Code.
    (b) Staff Director.--The Commission shall, without regard to 
section 5311(b) of title 5, United States Code, appoint a staff 
director, who shall be paid at the rate of basic pay payable for level 
IV of the Executive Schedule under section 5315 of title 5, United 
States Code.
    (c) Staff of Commission; Services.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to such rules as may be adopted by 
        the Commission, the staff director of the Commission, without 
        regard to the provisions of title 5, United States Code, 
        governing appointments in the competitive service and without 
        regard to the provisions of chapter 51 and subchapter III of 
        chapter 53 of that title relating to classifications and 
        General Schedule pay rates, and subject to the approval of the 
Commission, may appoint such personnel as the staff director considers 
necessary, except that an individual so appointed may not receive pay 
in excess of the maximum annual rate of basic pay payable for grade GS-
15 of the General Schedule under section 5332 of title 5, United States 
Code.
            (2) Temporary and intermittent services.--Subject to the 
        approval of the Commission, the staff director of the 
        Commission may procure temporary and intermittent services to 
        the same extent as is authorized by section 3109(b) of title 5, 
        United States Code.

SEC. 6. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CHANGES IN LAW.

    (a) Report.--Not later than 180 days after the appointment of its 
members, the Commission shall submit to the President, the Speaker and 
minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and 
minority leaders of the Senate a report of the activities of the 
Commission.
    (b) Recommendations for Changes in Campaign Finance Laws.--
            (1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (2), the Commission 
        shall submit to the President, the Speaker and minority leader 
        of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority 
        leaders of the Senate any recommendations for changes in the 
        laws (including regulations) governing the conducting and 
        financing of Federal campaigns (including any changes in the 
        rules of the Senate or the House of Representatives) to which 
        seven or more members of the Commission may agree--
                    (A) by including such recommendations in the report 
                submitted under subsection (a); or
                    (B) with the approval of a majority of its members, 
                by submitting a supplemental report containing such 
                recommendations not later than 180 days after 
                submitting the report under subsection (a).
            (2) Final deadline.--The Commission may not submit 
        recommendations under this subsection after July 15, 1998.
    (c) Dissenting Views.--The Commission shall include in the report 
submitted under subsection (a) and in any recommendations submitted 
under subsection (b) any dissenting or minority views of its members, 
including recommendations for changes in law which were proposed by any 
member and to which seven or more members did not agree.

SEC. 7. EXPEDITED CONGRESSIONAL CONSIDERATION OF LEGISLATION 
              IMPLEMENTING RECOMMENDATIONS.

    (a) Preparation of Legislation.--If the Commission submits any 
recommendation for changes in the laws under section 6(b), those 
members concurring in the recommendation shall include with the 
recommendation legislation to implement the recommendation.
    (b) Expedited Congressional Consideration of Legislation.--
            (1) In general.--If any legislation is introduced the 
        substance of which implements a recommendation of the 
        Commission submitted under section 6(b), subject to paragraph 
        (2), the provisions of section 2908 (other than subsection (a)) 
        of the Defense Base Closure and Realignment Act of 1990 shall 
        apply to the consideration of the legislation in the same 
        manner as such provisions apply to a joint resolution described 
        in section 2908(a) of such Act.
            (2) Special rules.--For purposes of applying paragraph (1) 
        with respect to such provisions, the following rules shall 
        apply:
                    (A) Any reference to the Committee on Armed 
                Services of the House of Representatives shall be 
                deemed a reference to the Committee on House Oversight 
                of the House of Representatives and any reference to 
                the Committee on Armed Services of the Senate shall be 
                deemed a reference to the Committee on Rules and 
                Administration of the Senate.
                    (B) Any reference to the date on which the 
                President transmits a report shall be deemed a 
                reference to the date on which the recommendation 
                involved is submitted under section 6(b).

SEC. 8. TERMINATION.

    The Commission shall cease to exist 90 days after the later of--
            (1) the date of the submission of its report under section 
        6(a); or
            (2) the date of the submission of its recommendations under 
        section 6(b).
[A]: Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections Act - Establishes the Select Commission to Advise on Reforming Elections to study the laws relating to the financing of campaigns for Federal elections and to report and recommend legislation to reform those laws. 
(Sec. 6) Requires the Commission to submit a report to the President, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate on its activities.  Directs the Commission, as specified, to submit to the President, the Speaker and minority leader of the House of Representatives, and the majority and minority leaders of the Senate, any recommendations for changes in campaign finance laws to which seven or more Commission members may agree.  Prohibits the submission of recommendations by the Commission after July 15, 1998. 
(Sec. 7) Requires that when the Commission submits any recommendation for changes in campaign finance laws, those Commission members concurring in the recommendation shall include legislation to implement the recommendation.  Provides for expedited congressional consideration of any legislation introduced which implements a recommendation of the Commission. 
(Sec. 8) Terminates the Commission after the later of:  (1) the submission of its report; or (2) the submission of its recommendations.


[Q]: SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Caregiver Act of 
1993''.

SEC. 2. INCREASE IN NUMBER OF YEARS DISREGARDED.

    (a) In General.--Section 215(b)(2) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 415(b)(2)) is amended--
            (1) by striking the period at the end of clause (ii) of 
        subparagraph (A) and inserting a comma;
            (2) by striking ``Clause (ii), once'' after and below 
        clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) and inserting the following:
``and reduced further to the extent provided in subparagraph (B). 
Clause (ii), once'';
            (3) by striking ``If an individual'' in the matter 
        following clause (ii) of subparagraph (A) and all that follows 
        through the end of subparagraph (A);
            (4) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (F); 
        and
            (5) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following new 
        subparagraphs:
    ``(B) Subject to subparagraph (C), in any case in which--
            ``(i) in any calendar year which is included in an 
        individual's computation base years--
                    ``(I) such individual is living with a child (of 
                such individual or his or her spouse) under the age of 
                12, or
                    ``(II) such individual is living with a child (of 
                such individual or his or her spouse), a parent (of 
                such individual or his or her spouse), or such 
                individual's spouse while such child, parent, or spouse 
                is a chronically dependent individual,
            ``(ii) such calendar year is not disregarded pursuant to 
        subparagraphs (A) and (E) (in determining such individual's 
        benefit computation years) by reason of the reduction in the 
        number of such individual's elapsed years under subparagraph 
        (A), and
            ``(iii) at any time during or after such calendar year and 
        on or before the date of the application by such individual for 
        benefits based on such individual's wages and self-employment 
        income, such individual submits to the Secretary, in such form 
        as the Secretary shall prescribe by regulations, a written 
        statement that the requirements of clause (i) are met with 
        respect to such calendar year,
then the number by which such elapsed years are reduced under this 
paragraph pursuant to subparagraph (A) shall be increased by one (up to 
a combined total not exceeding 5) for each such calendar year.
    ``(C)(i)(I) No calendar year shall be disregarded by reason of 
subparagraph (B) (in determining such individual's benefit computation 
years) unless the individual had less than the applicable dollar amount 
(in effect for such calendar year under this clause) of earnings as 
described in section 203(f)(5) for such year.
    ``(II) Except as otherwise provided in subclause (III), the 
applicable dollar amount in effect under this clause for any calendar 
year is $2,000.
    ``(III) In each calendar year after 1993, the Secretary shall 
determine and publish in the Federal Register, on or before November 1 
of such calendar year, the applicable dollar amount which shall be 
effective under this clause for the next calendar year. Such dollar 
amount shall be equal to the larger of the applicable dollar amount 
which is effective under this clause for the calendar year in which 
such determination is made or, subject to subclause (VII), the product 
described in subclause (IV).
    ``(IV) The product described in this subclause is the product 
derived by multiplying the applicable dollar amount which is effective 
under this clause for the calendar year in which the determination 
under subclause (III) is made, by the ratio of the amount described in 
subclause (V) to the amount described in subclause (VI).
    ``(V) The amount described in this subclause is the deemed average 
total wages (as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for the calendar year 
before the calendar year in which the determination under subclause 
(III) is made.
    ``(VI) The amount described in this subclause is the deemed average 
total wages (as defined in section 209(k)(1)) for 1992 or, if later, 
the calendar year before the most recent calendar year in which a 
determination resulting in an increase in the applicable dollar amount 
was made under subclause (III).
    ``(VII) If the product described in subclause (IV) is not a 
multiple of $1.00, such product shall be rounded to the next higher 
multiple of $1.00 in any case in which such product is a multiple of 
$0.50 but not of $1.00, and to the nearest multiple of $1.00 in any 
other case.
    ``(ii) No calendar year shall be disregarded by reason of 
subparagraph (B) (in determining such individual's benefit computation 
years) in connection with a child referred to in subparagraph (B)(i)(I) 
(and not referred to in subparagraph (B)(i)(II)) unless the individual 
was living with the child substantially throughout the period in such 
year in which the child was alive and under the age of 12 in such year.
    ``(iii) No calendar year shall be disregarded by reason of 
subparagraph (B) (in determining such individual's benefit computation 
years) in connection with a child, parent, or spouse referred to in 
subparagraph (B)(i)(II) unless the individual was living with such 
child, parent, or spouse substantially throughout a period of 180 
consecutive days in such year throughout which such child, parent, or 
spouse was a chronically dependent individual.
    ``(iv) The particular calendar years to be disregarded under this 
subparagraph (in determining such benefit computation years) shall be 
those years (not otherwise disregarded under subparagraph (A)) which, 
before the application of subsection (f), meet the conditions of the 
preceding provisions of this subparagraph.
    ``(v) This subparagraph shall apply only to the extent that its 
application would not result in a lower primary insurance amount.
    ``(D)(i) For purposes of this paragraph, the term `chronically 
dependent individual' means an individual who--
            ``(I) is dependent on a daily basis on another person who 
        is living with the individual and is assisting the individual 
        without monetary compensation in the performance of at least 2 
        of the activities of daily living (described in clause (ii)), 
        and
            ``(II) without such assistance could not perform such 
        activities of daily living.
    ``(ii) The `activities of daily living', referred to in clause (i), 
are the following:
            ``(I) Eating.
            ``(II) Bathing.
            ``(III) Dressing.
            ``(IV) Toileting.
            ``(V) Transferring in and out of a bed or in and out of a 
        chair.
    ``(E) The number of an individual's benefit computation years as 
determined under this paragraph shall in no case be less than 2.''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE AND RELATED PROVISIONS.

    (a) In General.--The amendments made by this Act shall apply only 
with respect to computation base years after 1982, and only with 
respect to benefits payable for months after December 1993.
    (b) Notice and Procedures.--
            (1) 60-day grace period after initial issuance of final 
        regulations for current beneficiaries and applicants.--The 
        requirements of clause (iii) of section 215(b)(2)(B) of the 
        Social Security Act (as amended by this Act) shall be treated 
        as satisfied, in the case of a statement--
                    (A) which is filed by an individual who is, as of 
                the date of the first issuance in final form of the 
                regulations required under such clause, a recipient of 
                monthly benefits under section 202(a) or 223 of the 
                Social Security Act, or an applicant for such benefits, 
                and
                    (B) with respect to which the requirements of such 
                clause would be met but for the date of the filing of 
                such statement,
        if such statement is submitted to the Secretary of Health and 
        Human Services not later than 60 days after the date of the 
        first issuance in final form of such regulations.
            (2) Notice requirements.--
                    (A) Notice to current beneficiaries and 
                applicants.--The Secretary of Health and Human Services 
                shall issue, not later than the date of the first 
                issuance in final form of the regulations required 
                under clause (iii) of section 215(b)(2)(B) of the 
                Social Security Act (as amended by this Act), 
                regulations establishing procedures to ensure that--
                            (i) persons who are, as of such date, 
                        recipients of monthly benefits under section 
                        202(a) or 223 of the Social Security Act, or 
                        applicants for such benefits, are fully 
                        informed of the amendments made by this Act; 
                        and
                            (ii) such persons are invited to comply, 
                        and given a reasonable opportunity to comply, 
                        with the requirements of section 
                        215(b)(2)(B)(iii) of the Social Security Act 
                        (as amended by this Act), as provided in 
                        paragraph (1).
                Upon receiving from a recipient described in clauses 
                (i) and (ii) a written statement referred to in clause 
                (iii) of section 215(b)(2)(B) of the Social Security 
                Act (as amended by this Act) with respect to which the 
                requirements of such clause are treated as satisfied, 
                the Secretary shall redetermine the amount of such 
                benefits to the extent necessary to take into account 
                the amendments made by this Act (and if such 
                redetermination results in an increase in such amount 
                the increase shall be effective as provided in 
                subsection (a)).
                    (B) Notice to future applicants.--Such regulations 
                required under subparagraph (A) shall also provide 
                procedures to ensure that applicants for benefits under 
                section 202(a) or 223 of the Social Security Act are 
                given the opportunity, at the time of their 
                application, to indicate and verify any additional 
                years which may be disregarded under section 
                215(b)(2)(B) of the Social Security Act (as amended by 
                this Act).
[A]:
Social Security Caregiver Act of 1993 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase of up to five in the number of years of either zero or low earnings disregarded in determining average annual earnings on which benefits are based provided such years were used to provide care to a child under the age of 12 or to a chronically dependent spouse or relative.