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- Public Welfare: Selected Bibliographic References
- This report is made up of materials relating to Public Welfare programs under Social Security Act.
- Key Facts on the Aid to the Permanently and Totally Disabled Public Assistance Program of the Social Security Act
- This report details information on people who were receiving aid through the Permanently and Totally Disabled Public Assistance Program through the social security act in 1968. Also includes how many people in each state received funding and how much federal funding was given to each state.
- Increasing Social Security Benefits as the Cost of Living Rises, 1968
- This report is about the proposal provided for increasing social security benefits as the cost of living rising.
- The Social Security Retirement Test, "Earnings Test", 1969
- This report is a brief description of the social security retirement test.
- The Family Assistance Act (A Selection of Statements and Articles)
- This report compiles articles for and against The Family Assistance Act in order to represent the variety of views associated with the Act.
- The Effect of the Social Security Increase on Veterans' Pensions
- This report discusses the veterans' pensions and how social security increases effect them. Related recent and pending legislation are also discussed.
- The Social Security Cash Benefits Provisions of H.R. 17550 As Passed By The Senate
- This report describes the major provisions of Senate bill H.R. 17550, that relate to social security cash benefits.
- Description and Information Relating To Automatic Increases in Social Security Tax Base and Benefits as Proposed in The House-Passed and Senate-Passed Versions of H.R. 17550, in the 90th Congress
- This report outlines processes for automatically increasing Social Security benefits
- The March 1971 Social Security Benefit Increase
- This report outlines the amendment H.R. 4690 that provides a general social security benefit increase by 10%.
- Limitation on Federal Funding of Social Services--Public Law 92-512
- This report is a summation of recently introduced limitations on federal funding for social services.
- The Effect of Social Security Increases on Veterans' Pensions
- This report is an analysis on how pensions for veterans are determined and the effect of a group of laws passed by the 92nd Congress affect Veterans Administration Pensioners
- The Social Security Provisions of P.L. 93-66
- This report outlines a proposed temporary benefits increase for Social Security.
- The Effect of Hew Social Service Regulations on Day Care
- This report outlines proposed regulations on day care provided by social services.
- Federal Programs Benefiting the Elderly
- From Introduction: This report describes federal programs either designed solely for the elderly or which benefit a significant number of elderly individuals.
- Effects of Social Security Increases on Benefits From Other Programs
- This report summarizes how certain cash and service benefit programs would be affected if Social Security cash benefits increased. Some of the programs mentioned include retirement programs, veteran benefits, food stamps, and housing programs.
- Social Service Regulations
- This report provides regulations on social security services.
- Payroll Taxes: Economic Effects and Legislative Proposals
- This report discusses legislative proposals related to payroll/social security taxes and studies the effects of these taxes on the economy.
- The Cost of Social Security Cash Benefits-The 1974 Report of the Trustees of the Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance Trust Funds.
- This report shows that the cash-benefit programs in the United States were underfinanced at the time of writing.
- Effects of Social Security Increases on Benefits from Other Programs
- This report is on the effects that increases in social security would have on other federal government programs, including veteran's benefits, food stamps, medical programs, housing programs, and more.
- Financing Social Security Cash Benefits
- This report's content shows the 1975 report of the trustees. It shows short range and long range estimates, including, the recommendations of trustees on both short and long range estimates.
- Federal Programs and Benefits Assisting the Elderly
- This report is categorized into six category: (I) Employment and Volunteer Programs, (II) Health Care Facilities and Health Care Programs,(III) Housing Programs, (IV) Income Maintenance Programs, (V) Social Service Programs and Related Programs and (VI) Training and Research Programs.
- Crimes against the Elderly
- This report discusses the problem faced by the elderly- criminal victimization of the elderly. It also lists out some reasons why the crimes against the elderly seem to be happening.
- The Social Security Retirement Test
- This report gives the details of the present retirement test which includes the Annual earnings limitations, Monthly benefits, etc. It lists out both the arguments in support and against for this retirement test and concludes by stating the proposals for change.
- The Social Security Deficit - 1976 Estimates
- This report tells us about the social security trust funds which are being helped for old-age, survivors, disability insurance and etc.
- The Social Security Deficit in 1977 and the Administration Proposals for reducing it.
- This report addresses the Social Security Deficit in 1977 and the Administration Proposals for reducing it.
- Title XX of the Social Security Act: Program Description, Current Issues
- This report is about the Title XX of the Social Security Act: Program Description, Current Issues
- Social Security Financing: A Guide to Sources of Information
- This research guide identifies the information sources for the issue of social security financing as well as for a number of specific topics related to this subject.
- A Comparison of Benefits Earned Under Social Security and Civil Service Retirement
- This report provides a brief side-by-side comparison of Civil Service Retirement and Social Security benefits.
- Universal Social Security Coverage: Extending Mandatory Coverage
- This report is on Universal Social Security Coverage: Extending Mandatory Coverage.
- Social Security Financing
- The Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) program, the largest of the social security programs, will not have sufficient resources to meet its benefit payments on time in July 1983. Even if the program were permitted to continue to borrow from the other social security programs, the financial the shortfall would re-emerge in 1984.
- Social Security Student Benefits
- As part of his program for economic recovery, President Reagan included a proposal to discontinue social security benefits for 18 to 22-year-old students attending college or vocational school. Critics of the student benefit believe that other federally funded educational assistance programs which tailor the amount of aid provided to actual educational costs and family income should be relied upon to help finance the college educations of students who are children of retired, disabled, and deceased workers.
- Social Security: Alien Beneficiaries
- Mounting concern about the payment of social security Benefits to aliens living abroad resulted in the enactment of legislation this year adding new restrictions on the payment of benefits to certain aliens, P.L. 98-21.
- Social Security Benefits for Prisoners
- On Mar. 24, 1983, the Congress adopted, as part of the Social Security Amendments of 1983 (P.L. 98-21), a measure to preclude virtually all incarcerated felons from receiving social security benefits of any kind, including retirement and survivor benefits. This action expanded previous legislation. In October 1980, legislation had been enacted (P.L. 96-473) that denied only social security disability benefits and student benefits to prisoners convicted of a felony.
- Social Security: Reexamining Eligibility for Disability Benefits
- No Description Available.
- Cash and Non-Cash Benefits for Persons with Limited Income: Eligibility Rules, Recipient and Expenditure Data, FY1981-83
- This report summarizes basic eligibility rules, as of May 1984, for more than 70 cash and non-cash programs that benefit primarily persons of limited income. It also gives funding formulas, benefit levels, and, for fiscal years 1981-1983, recipient numbers and expenditure data for each program.
- Social Security: The Cost-of-Living Adjustment (COLA) in January 1988
- No Description Available.
- Social Security: How is it Treated in Determining the Federal Budget?
- No Description Available.
- Summary of Major Changes in the Social Security Cash Benefits Program: 1935-1996
- No Description Available.
- Social Security: Recommendations of the 1994-1996 Advisory Council on Social Security
- No Description Available.
- Social Security Financing Reform: Lessons from the 1983 Amendments
- No Description Available.
- Social Security Reform: How Much of a Role Could Private Retirement Accounts Play?
- Numerous proposals have been made calling for creation of individual retirement accounts to replace or supplement future Social Security benefits. Some believe that having workers accumulate assets based on their own contributions would be a better way to secure future retirement incomes. Others see the creation of private accounts as a way to offset cuts in Social Security that may be needed to restore the system to a sound financial footing. Much of the debate is fueled by the perception that per dollar of contributions, individual accounts invested in the private sector would exceed the value of future Social Security benefits, particularly since those benefits will likely need to be curtailed as the post World War II baby boomers retire.
- Ideas for Privatizing Social Security
- This report summarizes the proposals that have emerged and the issues surrounding them.
- Ideas for Privatizing Social Security
- There has been considerable interest recently in privatizing Social Security. The ideas are wide-ranging: from adoption of a totally-revamped system of personal retirement accounts, similar to an approach taken by Chile in 1983, to permitting optional earmarking of a portion of existing payroll taxes for personal savings. This report summarizes the proposals that have emerged and the issues surrounding them.
- Social Security Taxes: Where Do Surplus Taxes Go and How Are They Used?
- The costs of the Social Security program, both its benefits and administrative expenses, are financed by a tax on wages and self-employment income. Commonly referred to as FICA and SECA taxes (because they are levied under the Federal Insurance and Self-Employment Contributions Acts), these taxes flow each day into thousands of depository accounts maintained by the government with financial institutions across the country. Along with many other forms of revenues, these Social Security taxes become part of the government’s operating cash pool, or what is more commonly referred to as the U.S. treasury. In effect, once these taxes are received, they become indistinguishable from other monies the government takes in.
- Social Security: Brief Facts and Statistics
- This document provides facts and statistics about Social Security that are frequently requested by Members of Congress and their staffs. Its purpose is to provide quick answers to basic questions about the program. It should not be treated as a guide to Social Security. The reader is advised to consult other publications for explanations of how eligibility and benefits are determined and how the program is financed. Among them are two pamphlets published by the Social Security Administration (SSA) entitled Basic Facts About Social Security and Understanding Social Security which are contained in the Congressional Research Service (CRS) Info Pack IP 153S, Social Security: An Introduction. SSA also issues numerous other pamphlets on various aspects of the program as well as a lengthy Handbook on Social Security. For other possible sources that provide data and basic descriptive material, see the references listed at the end of this document.
- Social Security and the Federal Budget: What Does Social Security's Being "Off Budget" Mean?
- As a result of a series of laws enacted in 1983, 1985 and 1990, Social Security is considered to be "off budget" for federal budget purposes. While the meaning of this might seem obvious -- that Social Security is not to be considered as part of the federal budget -- many people are perplexed by the use of aggregate budget figures that count all federal receipts and expenditures, including Social Security's.
- The Financial Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
- This report provides an overview of the financial outlook for social security and medicare programs.
- The Financial Outlook for Social Security and Medicare
- This report provides an overview of the financial outlook for Social Security and Medicare programs.
- Social Security: The Relationship of Taxes and Benefits for Past, Present, and Future Retirees
- In recent years considerable public attention has focused on Social Security's treatment of younger versus older workers. Analysts sometimes have addressed this issue by examining the value Social Security provides each generation of workers in relation to the Social Security taxes they pay. These are referred to as "moneys worth" analyses.
- Current Social Security Issues
- Social Security is the focus of intense public interest. Projected long-range funding problems, public skepticism about its future, and a growing perception that Social Security will not be as good a value for future retirees as it is today are fueling calls for reform. This report discusses a number of the major Social Security issues currently drawing congressional attention.