COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS JANICE MAYS, Chief Counsel and Staff Director This document was prepared by the majority staff of the Committee on Ways and Means and is issued under the authority of Chairman Dan Rostenkowski. This document has not been reviewed or officially approved by the Members of the Committee. LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, COMMITTEE ON WAYS AND MEANS, Washington, D.C., June 14, 1993. The Honorable DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, Longworth House Office Building, Washington, D.C. DEAR MR. CHAIRMAN: Upon your election as Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means in 1981, you instructed the staff to prepare a resource document on programs within the Committee's jurisdiction. That year and annually since, the Committee has published the "Overview of Entitlement Programs," which presents background material and statistical data on Social Security, Medicare, trade adjustment assistance, unemployment compensation, Aid for Dependent Children, child support enforcement, Supplemental Security Income, the Title XX social services block grant program, child welfare, foster care, and adoption assistance. In 1987 and every other year thereafter, the Committee has published a trade resource document, "Overview and Compilation of U.S. Trade Statutes," which provides background material on the principal trade authorities within the Committee's jurisdiction. While initially intended for the use of the Members of the Committee and their staffs, these documents have become valuable resources for Members of Congress, Congressional staff, government officials at the Federal, State and local level, interested parties in the international trade community, academicians, public policy analysts, as well as the general public. Since 1990, the Committee has published a third resource document, "Overview of the Federal Tax System," which presents background material and statistical data on the Federal tax system, thus completing your original mandate issued in 1981. On behalf of the staff, I am pleased to transmit to you and the other Members of the Committee on Ways and Means, the 1993 edition of the "Tax Green Book." This document was prepared by the Committee's staff with assistance from the staffs of the Joint Committee on Taxation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress, the Congressional Budget Office, and the General Accounting Office. The staff wishes to express its appreciation to the many individuals who contributed to the publication of this document. The tax overview is intended to complement the published overviews of trade and entitlement programs within the Committee's jurisdiction. As with these other publications, it is the staff's intention to republish this document periodically to update the analytical material and statistical data presented herein. |