SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 6675 Continued Bill page Amendment 389 (494) through (496) 390-405 405 Description Long (Louisiana) floor amendment added same provision for aid to the permanently and totally disabled program; added committee amendment so that a State may, at its option, exempt the first $20 and half of the next $60 of a recipient's monthly earnings (same as old-age assistance exemption in both Senate and House bills); also committee amendment provided that the State agency may, for a period not in excess of 36 months, disregard other income and resources in the case of an individual who has a plan for achieving self-support approved by the State agency, but only if he is actually undergoing Vocational rehabilitation. Long (Louisiana) floor amendment added same provision as amendment No. 483-485 for title XVI (adult combined program) to reflect changes in titles I, X, and XIV. Committee-administration amendment placed a limitation of 30 days in judicial review section on the time between the Secretary's receipt of a petition from the State and the time the hearing is set. The House bill set no time limitation. Technical-editorial. Committe-administration amendment changed terminology relating to substantial evidence rule to substitute "if supported by substantial evidence" for "unless substantially contrary to the weight of the evidence" in the House bill. Technical-relettering. Committee-administration amendment clarified Hcuse provision as to disregarding of OASDI retroactive increase in public assistance programs, to make clear that only payments based on retroactive feature are covered. (497) Committee amendment struck provisions rethrough pealing existing medical vendor provisions in (509) public assistance titles, since new title XIX medical assistance is optional. (510) Committee added amendment stating "Notwithstanding any other provisions of the Social Security Act, whenever payment is authorized for services which an optometrist is licensed to perform, the beneficiary shall have the freedom. to obtain the services of either a physician skilled in diseases of the eye or an optometrist, whichever he may select." SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.R. 6675 Continued Bill Amendment Description Committee added an amendment broadening the definition of a "school" to include colleges, at the State's option with respect to continuation of AFDC assistance payments up to age 21. Present law is limited to high school. Committee amendment will allow States, at option, to exempt up to $50 of earnings for each of not more than three children in the same family in AFDC program in determining need. Kuchel floor amendment will (1) permit a State that has a medical assistance program under title XIX to claim Federal sharing in total expenditures for money payments under titles I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI under the same formula used for determining the Federal share for medical assistance under title XIX, and (2) for a State that does not have medical assistance under title XIX, if the Secretary finds the medical care provided under titles I, IV, X, XIV, and XVI as a whole meets substantially the objectives and requirements of title XIX, permit the State, from January 1, 1966, to July 1, 1966, to claim Federal matching for its total expenditures for money payments and/or for medical care under the formula used for determining the Federal share for medical assistance under title XIX. O 2d Session 58-3460 COMMITTEE ON FINANCE UNITED STATES SENATE THE UNIVERSHY FEB 23 1966 MAIN READING ROOM RUSSELL B. LONG, Chairman TEXTURED YARNS Report of the President, pursuant to FEBRUARY 1, 1966 Printed for the use of the Committee on Finance U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE WASHINGTON: 1966 PURCHASED THROUGH Public Law 89-229 89th Congress, H.R. 5768 October 1, 1965 AN ACT To extend for an additional temporary period the existing suspension of duties on certain classifications of yarn of silk, and for other purposes Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That * * * SEC. 2. The President shall promptly cause a study to be made of the feasibility and desirability of separate classification in the Tariff Schedules of the United States for those yarns of man-made fibers commonly referred to as textured or texturized yarns. He shall report the results of such study, including any recommendations as to the appropriate rate or rates of duty for such yarns, to the House of Representatives and to the Senate not later than February 1, 1966. Approved October 1, 1965. III |