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Senate Bills of Interest to Senior Citizens The U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging is not an authorizing committee and does not craft or vote on legislation at committee meetings. We do, however, keep a close watch on legislation moving in the Senate and have listed many aging related bills on this page. Below, you will find brief summaries of bills which pertain in some way to aging or older Americans and clicking on each of the bill numbers will open a new window containing details about that bill. This bill search is provided by THOMAS, which is Congress' legislative information website. To return to this page, simply close the new window. For the past fifty years, an average of over 3,800 bills have been introduced in the Senate during each two-year session of Congress. Even once a bill passes the Senate, a similar bill must be passed by the House. If the bills passed in both bodies are the same, the legislation goes to the President for his signature � or veto. However, if the House and Senate passed bills are different, then those two bills must be reconciled by a joint House-Senate committee, and that reconciled bill must then be voted on and passed by both the House and Senate before being sent to the President � again for his signature or veto. Out of thousands of pieces of legislation, during the past twenty years an average of about 250 become law each year.   Bill Number Title   H.Con.Res.95.EAS Concurrent Budget Resolution: Graham-Craig Amendment 308: Social Security Restructuring   S.9 Pension Protection and Expansion Act of 2003   S.22 Justice Enhancement and Domestic Security Act of 2003 - Title II: Protect America's Chidren and Seniors   S.54 Greater Access to Affordable Pharmaceuticals Act of 2003   S.51 Generic Pharmaceutical Access and Choice for Consumers Act of 2003   S.95 To make permanent the pension and individual retirement arrangment provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001   S.142 Amend the IRS Code of 1986 to allow Medicare beneficiaries an advanced refundable credit against income tax for the purchase of outpatient prescription drugs   S.172 Rural Health Care Equity Act of 2003   S.191 Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage Act of 2003   S.178 Comprehensive Immunosuppressive Drug Coverage for Transplant Patients Act of 2003   S.209 Charitable IRA Rollover Act of 2003   S.228 Social Security Number Misuse Prevention Act   S.368 Straight Talk on Social Security Act of 2003   S.439 Social Security Protection Act of 2003   S.514 Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2003   S.566 Alzheimer's Disease Research, Prevention and Care Act of 2003   S.598 David Jayne Medicare Homebound Modernization Act of 2003   S.632 Medicare Medical Nutrition Therapy Amendment Act of 2003   S.629 Catch-Up Lost Retirement Savings Act   S.646 Medicare Mental Health Modernization Act of 2003   S.697 A bill to amend IRS Code regarding stock options and employee stock purchase plans-- including Railroad Retirement   S.778 Medicare RX Drug Discount and Security Act of 2003   S.776 Payments to certain trusts under the Social Security Act   S.362 Social Security Family Protection Act   S.349 Social Security Fairness Act of 2003   S.306 Seniors Health and Independence Preservation Act of 2003   S.310 Seniors Mental Health Access Improvement Act of 2003   S.465 Access to Innovation for Medicare Patients Act of 2003   S.767 Repeal the tax increase on Social Security benefits   S.176 Veterans Health Care Reimbursement Act of 2003   S.036 Medicare Equity Act of 2003   S.526 Medicare Improvements for Special Needs Beneficiaries Act of 2003   S.590 Medicare+Choice Equity and Access Act of 2003   S.379 Medicare Incentive Payment Program Improvement Act of 2003   S.654 Medicare Safety Net Access Act of 2003   S.345 Equal Access to Medicare Act of 2003   S.740 Colon Cancer Screen for Life Act of 2003   S.343 Clinical Social Work Medicare Equity Act of 2003   S.542 Rx Flexibility for States Act   S.477 Preserving Prescription Drug Discounts Act   S.468 Senior Nutrition Act of 2003   S.538 Lifespan Respite Care Act of 2003   S.333 Elder Justice Act   S.386 Education for Retirement Security Act of 2003   S.375 Medicare Access Equity Act of 2003   S.373 Safe Nursing and Patient Care Act of 2003   S.698 YMCA Retirement Fund -- clarification of status with the Internal Revenue Code   S.380.ES Postal Civil Service Retirement System Funding Reform Act of 2003   S.640 Federal Prosecutors Retirement Benefit Equity Act of 2003   S.744 A bill to require the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation (PBGC) to notify plan participants and beneficiaries of the commencement of proceedings to terminate such plan.   S.869 Assure Access to Mammography Act of 2003   S.881 Rural Equity Payment Index Reform Act of 2003   S.891 Prescription Drug Equity for Seniors Act of 2003   S.892 Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2003   S.942 Rural Community Hospital Assistance Act of 2003   S.387 Geriatric Care Act of 2003   S.1033 Start Healthy, Stay Healthy Act of 2003   S.1095 Medicare Vision Rehabilitation Services Act of 2003   S.1135 Medicare Physician Payment Equity Act of 2003   S.1148 A bill regarding Medicare demonstration programs   S.1 Prescription Drug and Medicare Improvement Act of 2003   S.2077 Long-Term Care Insurance Partnership Program Act of 2004   S.2072 Senior Elder Care Relief and Empowerment (SECURE) Act   S.2307 Reliable Entry for Medicines at Everyday Discounts through Importation with Effective Safeguards Act of 2004   S.1697 Elderly Housing Plus Health Support Demonstration Act   S.1217 Elder Fall Prevention Act of 2003   S.971 Medicaid Community-Based Attendant Services and Supports Act of 2003   S.381 LEGACY Act of 2003   S.1456 Positive Aging Act of 2003   S.811 To support certain housing proposals in the fiscal year 2003 budget for the Federal Government, including the downpayment assistance initiative under the HOME Investment Partnership...   S.947 Housing Assistance for Needy Families Act of 2003   S.1012 SOS Act of 2003   S.2137 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003   S.1781 Pharmaceutical Market Access Act of 2003   S.1630 Calling for 2-1-1 Act of 2003   S.556 Indian Health Care Improvement Act Reauthorization of 2003   S.1950 Medicare Prescription Drug Savings Act of 2003   S.1257 Medicare Payment for Quality and Value Act of 2003   S.2130 Medicare Prescription Drug Cost Containment Act of 2004   S.2257 Medicare Prescription Drug Savings and Choice Act of 2004   S.2135 MediFair Act of 2004   S.2300 Defense of Medicare Act   S.2343 Medicare Modernization Improvement Act of 2004   S.2487 Right Prescription for Seniors Act of 2004   S.1992 Defense of Medicare and Real Medicare Prescription Drug Benefit Act   S.1994 Efficiency in Government Health Care Spending Act   S.816 Health Care Access and Rural Equity Act of 2003   S.745 Privacy Act of 2003   S.2502 Simple Tax for Seniors Act of 2004   S.2530 Unshackle Seniors Act of 2004   S.1286 Seniors Safety Act of 2003   S.1227 Medicare Adult Day Services Alternative Act of 2003   S.1335 Long-Term Care and Retirement Security Act of 2003   S.958 Patient Abuse Prevention Act   S.2533 Ronald Reagan Alzheimer's Breakthrough Act of 2004   S.1394 Money Follows the Person Act of 2003   S.1031 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a tax credit for long-term care givers.   S.1156 Department of Veterans Affairs Long-Term Care and Personnel Authorities Enhancement Act of 2003   S.100 Access to Affordable Health Care Act   S.1214 Family Caregiver Relief Act of 2003   S.637 Health Insurance Tax Relief Act   S.2003 Health Information for Quality Improvement Act   S.169 Permanent Death Tax Repeal Act of 2003   S.13 Death Tax Fairness Act of 2003