Background Material and Data on Major Programs Within the Jurisdiction of the Committee on Ways and Means

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1992

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Page 1028 - ... visual acuity is greater than 20/200 but is accompanied by a limitation in the fields of vision such that the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees.
Page 1002 - For the diagnosis, cure, mitigation, treatment, or prevention of disease, or for the purpose of affecting any structure or function of the body (including amounts paid for accident or health insurance) , or (B) For transportation primarily for and essential to medical care referred to in subparagraph (A).
Page 71 - Extensive hearings followed before the House Committee on Ways and Means, and the Senate Committee on Finance.
Page 976 - tax expenditures" means those revenue losses attributable to provisions of the Federal tax laws which allow a special exclusion, exemption, or deduction from gross income or which provide a special credit, a preferential rate of tax, or a deferral of tax liability; and the term "tax expenditures budget" means an enumeration of such tax expenditures.
Page 1030 - You are considered permanently and totally disabled if you are unable to engage in any substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment that can be expected to result in death or that has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months.
Page 507 - ... if the wages, hours, or other conditions of the work offered are substantially less favorable to the individual than those prevailing for similar work in the locality; (c) if as a condition of being employed the individual would be required to join a company union or to resign from or refrain from joining any bona fide labor organization.
Page 880 - ... conducted by a panel of appropriate persons, at least one of whom is not responsible for the case management of, or the delivery of services to, the child or parents; — that procedural safeguards that pertain to parental rights are followed when: (16) the child is removed from the parents...
Page 397 - Salt Lake City, UT San Antonio, TX San Diego, CA San Francisco, CA San Jose, CA San Juan, PR Santa Ana, CA Savannah, GA Scranton, PA Seattle, WA Shreveport, LA Sioux Falls.
Page 629 - Federal matching is available only for emergency assistance which the State authorizes during one period of 30 consecutive days in any 12 consecutive months, including payments which are to meet needs which arose before such 30-day period or are for such needs as rent which extend beyond the 30-day period.
Page 983 - In any calendar year, or (B) such employees as qualify under a classification set up by the employer and found by the Secretary...

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