THE TECHNICAL AND MISCELLANEOUS REVENUE ACT OF 1988 (TAMRA) H.R. 4333 MR. ROSTENKOWSKI AND MR. DUNCAN Mar. 31, 1988 To make technical corrections relating to the Tax Reform Act of 1986, July 14, 1988. Ordered reported with amendments. July 26, 1988. Reported to House. H. Rept. 100-795. Aug. 2, 1988. Hearing before Rules Committee. Aug. 2, 1988. H. Res. 507, providing for a closed rule with one hour of Aug. 4, 1988. H. Res. 507 passed the House by a vote of 288 yeas, 123 Aug. 4, 1988. Passed House by a vote of 380 yeas, 25 nays, and agreed to Oct. 11, 1988. Passed Senate with an amendment in the nature of a Oct. 11, 1988. Senate insisted on its amendment and requested a confer- Oct. 12, 1988. House disagreed to the Senate amendment and agreed to a Oct. 21, 1988. Conference report filed in House. H.Rept. 100-1104. Oct. 21, 1988. Conference report agreed to in House under suspension of Oct. 22, 1988. Conference report agreed to in Senate by voice vote. THE OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1989 (OBRA 89) H.R. 3299 MR. PANETTA Sept. 20, 1989 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 5 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for the fiscal year 1990. Sept. 20, 1989. Reported to the House. H. Rept. 101-247. Sept. 21, 1989. H.Res. 245, providing six hours of general debate, reported to the House. H.Rept. 101-248. Sept. 26, 1989. H. Res. 245 passed the House by a record vote of 316 yeas, 109 nays. Sept. 26, 1989. H. Res. 249, providing for further consideration of the bill reported to the House. H. Rept. 101-261. Sept. 27, 1989. H. Res. 249 passed the House by a vote of 371 year, 49 nays. Sept. 27, 1989. House agreed to the Roukema amendment that deletes provisions that require trustee boards that administer single-employer pension plans to consist of equal representation of employees and employers. Agreed to Dorgan amendment that deletes the provision which denies favorable tax treatment to certain employee health benefit plans that discriminate in favor of owners and executives. Agreed to the Anderson amendment that requires a portion of the aviation user taxes collected each year to be placed in the Treasury, instead of the Airport and Airway Trust Fund as required by current law. Sept. 28, 1989. House continued consideration of amendments. Rejected the Rostenkowski amendment that sought to eliminate the capital gains tax cuts, expand the availability of Individual Retirements Accounts, allow funds to be withdrawn from IRAs without penalty if used to help buy a first home or to pay college costs, extend the current 33 percent tax rate to apply to incomes above the level at which the rate drops from 33 percent to 28 percent under current law. Rejected by a record vote of 190 yeas, 239 nays. Oct. 3, 1989. House continued consideration of amendments. Rejected the Oxley amendment that sought to delete the provisions that enact the "fairness doctrine" into law and that permit the FCC to fine broadcasters for violation of the doctrine. Oct. 4, 1989. House continued consideration of amendments. Agreed to the Donnelly amendment that completely repeals the provisions of the Medicare Catastrophic Act except for the following medicaid provisions: returns the medicare hospital, skilled nursing facility, and physician benefits to the levels available prior to enactment of the act; eliminates new medicare coverage for high outpatient prescription drug costs, respite care, and mammograms; and return of medicare home health and hospice benefits to levels available prior to enactment of the act by a vote of 360 yeas, 66 nays. Agreed to the Panetta amendment to the Donnelly amendment that strikes provisions specifying that the deficit increases resulting from repeal or modification of the act shall not be counted for purposes of determining compliance with the Gramm-Rudman deficit ceilings. Rejected the Stark amendment that sought to repeal the act's income-based supplemental premium; repeal the catastrophic hospital, skilled nursing facility and physician benefits; retain the increase in the medicare flat-rate premium; return the new prescription drug, respite care, and mammogram benefits; and retain certain medicaid provisions also retained in the Donnelly substitute amendment by a vote of 156 yeas, 269 nays. Oct. 5, 1989. Passed the House by a vote of 333 yeas, 91 nays. Oct. 13, 1989. Passed the Senate amended (text of S. 1750) by a vote of 87 yeas, 7 nays. Oct. 18, 1989. House disagreed to the Senate amendment and asked for a conference. Appointed as conferees from the Committee on Way: and Means, for consideration of subtitle B of title III and title XI (except sections 11901 through 11903) of the House bill, and title VI and sections 302, 4004 through 4013, and 8001 of the Senate amendment, Representatives Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Pickle, Rangel, Stark, Ford of Tennessee, Downey, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane, and Schulze. For consideration of subtitle A of title IV, section 4101 (insofar as it relates to section 1142 of the Social Security Act), 4111, and 4121 (insofar as it relates to section 1142 of the Social Secuirty Act), and title X (except sections 10181 through 10191) of the House bill, and title V (except section 5501) of the Senate amendment, Representatives Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Pickle, Rangel, Stark, Jacobs, Downey, Crane, Brown of Colorado, Chandler, and Shaw. For consideration of sections 10181 through 10191 of the House bill, Representatives Rostenkowski, Stark, Donnelly, Coyne, Pickle, Anthony, Levin of Michigan, Archer, Vander Jagt, Crane, and Schulze. For consideration of sections 11901 through 11903 of the House bill, Representatives Rostenkowski, Downey, Ford of Tennessee, Pease, Matsui, Kennelly, Andrews, Schulze, Shaw, Sundquist, and Johnson of Connecticut. For consideration of section 304 of the Senate amendment, Representatives Rostenkowski, Downey, and McGrath. Oct. 19, 1989. Senate insisted on its amendments and agreed to a conference. Appointed as conferees from the Committee on Finance: Senators Bentsen, Matsunaga, Moynihan, Baucus, Mitchell, Riegle, Rockefeller, Packwood, Dole, Roth, Danforth, Chafee, and Heinz. Oct. 25, 1989. The first panel from the Committee on Ways and Means (revenues-pensions-fees) is appointed also for consideration of the third item listed under miscellaneous charges in the fee schedules set forth in section: 301(a)(1) of the Senate amendment. Nov. 16, 1989. Hearing before Rules Committec. H. Res. 291, waiving all points of order against the conference report, reported to House. H. Rept. 101-364. Nov. 21, 1999. Conference report filed. H. Rept. 101-386. Nov. 21, 89. House agreed to conference report by a record vote of of 272 yeas, 128 nays. Nov. 21, 1989. Senate agreed to conference report by voice vote. Dec. 19, 1989. Approved. Public Law 101-239. THE OMNIBUS BUDGET RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1990 (OBRA 90) H.R. 5835 MR. PANETTA Oct. 15, 1990 To provide for reconciliation pursuant to section 4 of the concurrent resolution on the budget for fiscal year 1991. (Referred to Committee on Budget) Oct. 15, 1990. House Budget Committee reported an original measure. H. Rept. 101-881. Oct. 15, 1990. Rules Committee granted a modified closed rule providing three hours of debate. Oct. 16, 1990. Rules Committee reported to House. H. Res. 509. Oct. 16, 1990. Oct. 16, 1990. of Whole. Oct. 16, 1990. House agreed to amendments adopted by the Committee Passed House amended by a record vote of 227 yeas, 203 nays. Oct. 18, 1990. House disagreed to Senate amendments by unanimous consent and agreed to request for conference, and appointed conferees. Representatives Panetta, Gephardt, Frenzel, Gonzalez, Oakar, Wylie, Hawkins, Ford (MI), Goodling, Dingell, Waxman, Lent, Thomas Luken, Sharp, Conyers, Horton, Brooks, Kastenmeier, Moorhead, Clay, Gilman, Anderson, Oberstar, Hammerschmidt, Mineta, Moakley, Derrick, Quillen, Roe, Lloyd, Walker, Montgomery, Applegate, Stump, Rostenkowski, Gibbons, Archer, Stark, Jacobs, and Downey. Oct. 19, 1990. Passed Senate in lieu of S. 3209 with an amendment by a record vote of 54 yeas, 46 nays. Oct. 19, 1990. Senate struck all after the Enacting Clause and substituted the language of S. 3209 amended. Oct. 19, 1990. Senate insists on its amendments and ask for a conferees. Oct. 19, 1990. Senate appointed conferees for purposes of budget reform Nowak, Moakley, Derrick, Beilenson, Frost, Quillen, Pashayan, Roe, ⚫ Oct. 22, 1990. Conference held. Oct. 26, 1990. Committee on Rules granted a rule waiving all points of order against conference report. Oct. 27, 1990. Senate passed conference report by a record vote of 54 yeas, 45 nays. Oct. 27, 1990. Conference report filed in House. H. Rept. 101-964. Oct. 27, 1990. House passed conference report by a record vote of 228 yeas, 200 nays. Nov. 5, 1990. Approved. Public Law 101-508. |