Senior Citizen Bill of Rights Act of 1997
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Under committee review
What it doesSummary introduced in house (Jul 31, 1997)
Senior Citizen Bill of Rights Act of 1997 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to eliminate the additional (85 percent) tax on social security benefits after a four-year phased-in reduction period.
(Sec. 3) Excludes from gross income up to $250,000 ($500,000 in the case of a joint return) from the sale or exchange of a principal residence owned and used as such for two years aggregate during the five-year period prior to sale. Limits such exclusion to one sale every two years. Repeals the nonrecognition of gain on residence rollovers.
(Sec. 4) Repeals the estate, gift, and generation-skipping tax provisions.
(Sec. 5) Requires qualifying health plans to continue coverage for persons 55 years or older who lose their jobs until such persons are eligible for Medicare. Increases maximum permitted premiums during such period.
(Sec. 6) Amends Federal criminal law to provide for the forfeiture and use of telemarketing fraud proceeds for a specified national information hotline.
Directs the United States Sentencing Commission to increase sentencing guidelines in cases involving: (1) vulnerable victims; and (2) use of a foreign location to impede fraud prosecution.
(Sec. 7) Amends the Social Security Act to provide that certain transitional primary insurance amounts under the old age, survivors and disability insurance (OASDI) program shall be no lower than those under a specified pre-1977 formula.
(Sec. 8) Amends the Housing and Urban-Rural Recovery Act to provide for reasonable pet ownership in federally assisted housing by elderly or disabled tenants.
(Sec. 9) Amends the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 to provide for off-budgeting treatment of OASDI administrative costs.
What just happenedAug 15, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Who’s behind it
- Introduced in HouseJul 31, 1997
- Aug 15, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Community Opportunity.
Housing and Insurance Subcommittee - Aug 8, 1997CommitteeH11000
Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Crime and Federal Government Surveillance Subcommittee - Jul 31, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Budget
Budget Committee - Jul 31, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Banking and Financial Services
Financial Services Committee - Jul 31, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Judiciary
Judiciary Committee - Jul 31, 1997IntroReferralH11100-A
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on the Judiciary, Banking and Financial Services, and the Budget, 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.
- Jul 31, 1997IntroReferralH11100
Referred to House Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee - Jul 31, 1997IntroReferralIntro-H
Introduced in House
- Jul 31, 1997IntroReferral1000
Introduced in House