amount of any loan (including interest thereon) theretofore made to such Trust Fund under section 201(1) or 1817(j), to (2) the total amount which (for amounts which will be paid from the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund, as estimated by the Commissioner, and for amounts which will be paid from the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust and the Federal Supplementary Medical Insurance Trust Fund, as estimated by the Secretary) will be paid from such Trust Fund during such calendar year for all purposes authorized by section 201, 1817, or 1841 (as applicable), other than payments of interest on, or repayments of, loans under section 201(1) or 1817(j), but excluding any transfer payments between such Trust Fund and any other Trust Fund referred to in subsection (a) and reducing the amount of any transfers to the Railroad Retirement Account by the amount of any transfers into such Trust Fund from that Account. BUDGETARY TREATMENT OF TRUST FUND OPERATIONS 17 SEC. 710. [42 U.S.C. 911] (a) The receipts and disbursements of the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund and the taxes imposed under sections 1401 and 3101 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 18 shall not be included in the totals of the budget of the United States Government as submitted by the President or of the congressional budget and shall be exempt from any general budget limitation imposed by statute on expenditures and net lending (budget outlays) of the United States Government. (b) No provision of law enacted after the date of enactment of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 19 (other than a provision of an appropriation Act that appropriated funds authorized under the Social Security Act as in effect on the date of the enactment of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985) may provide for payments from the general fund of the Treasury to any Trust Fund specified in subsection (a) or for payments from any such Trust Fund to the general fund of the Treasury. 20 OFFICE OF RURAL HEALTH POLICY SEC. 711. [42 U.S.C. 912] (a) There shall be established in the Department of Health and Human Services (in this section referred to as the "Department") an Office of Rural Health Policy (in this section referred to as the "Office"). The Office shall be headed by a Director, who shall advise the Secretary on the effects of current policies and proposed statutory, regulatory, administrative, and budgetary changes in the programs established under titles XVIII and XIX on the financial viability of small rural hospitals, the ability of rural areas (and rural hospitals in particular) to attract and 17 See Vol. II, P.L. 93–344, §3(2), with respect to budget authority for fiscal year 1992 and subsequent fiscal years. 18 See P.L. 83-591 (this volume). 19 December 12, 1985 (P.L. 99-177; 99 Stat. 1037]. 20 P.L. 105-3 $10209(c), amended §710 in its entirety, effective August 5, 1997. For $710 as it formerly read, see Vol. II, Superseded Provisions, P.L. 105-33. retain physicians and other health professionals, and access to (and the quality of) health care in rural areas. (b) In addition to advising the Secretary with respect to the matters specified in subsection (a), the Director, through the Office, shall (1) oversee compliance with the requirements of section 1102(b) of this Act and section 4403 of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 21 (as such section pertains to rural health issues), (2) establish and maintain a clearinghouse for collecting and disseminating information on (A) rural health care issues, including rural mental health, rural infant mortality prevention, and rural occupational safety and preventive health promotion, (B) research findings relating to rural health care, and (C) innovative approaches to the delivery of health care in rural area, including programs providing communitybased mental health services, pre-natal and infant care services, and rural occupational safety and preventive health education and promotion, (3) coordinate the activities within the Department that relate to rural health care, and (4) provide information to the Secretary and others in the Department with respect to the activities, of other Federal departments and agencies, that relate to rural health care, including activities relating to rural mental health, rural infant mortality, and rural occupational safety and preventive health promotion. DUTIES AND AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY SEC. 712. [42 U.S.C. 913] The Secretary shall perform the duties imposed upon the Secretary by this Act. The Secretary is authorized to appoint and fix the compensation of such officers and employees, and to make such expenditures as may be necessary_for carrying out the functions of the Secretary under this Act. The Secretary may appoint attorneys and experts without regard to the civil service laws. 21 See Vol. II, 100-203. TITLE VIII-TAXES WITH RESPECT TO EMPLOYMENT] 1 'P.L. 74-271, 49 Stat. 620, approved August 14, 1935, included Title VIII. P.L. 76-1, §4, 53 Stat. 1, repealed Title VIII, effective February 11, 1939. The substance of Title VIII then was included in the Internal Revenue Code of 1939 at §§1400-1425. Currently, the substance of Title VIII may be found in the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 at §§3101-3126 (Subtitle C-Employment Taxes; Chapter 21-Federal Insurance Contributions Act). See P.L. 83-591 (this volume). TITLE IX-MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS Sec. 901. Sec. 903. Sec. 904. Sec. 907. Sec. 908. TABLE OF CONTENTS OF TITLE 2 Employment security administration account gress. Amounts transferred to State accounts Extended unemployment compensation account Advisory Council on Unemployment Compensation EMPLOYMENT SECURITY ADMINISTRATION ACCOUNT Establishment of Account SEC. 901. [42 U.S.C. 1101] (a) There is hereby established in the Unemployment Trust Fund an employment security administration account. 43 178 Page 505 510 Appropriations to Account (b)(1) There is hereby appropriated to the Unemployment Trust Fund for credit to the employment security administration account, out of any moneys in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1961, and for each fiscal year thereafter, an amount equal to 100 per centum of the tax (including interest, penalties, and additions to the tax) received during the fiscal year under the Federal Unemployment Tax Act3 and covered into the Treasury. 511 514 516 517 518 519 (2) The amount appropriated by paragraph (1) shall be transferred at least monthly from the general fund of the Treasury to 520 520 Title IX of the Social Security Act is administered by the Department of Labor. 42. 2 This table of contents does not appear in the law. 3 The "Federal Unemployment Tax Act" is in §§3301-3311 of P.L. 83-591 (this volume). Regulations of the Secretary of Labor relating to Title IX are contained in chapter V, Title 20, Code of Federal Regulations. See Vol. II, 31 U.S.C. 6504-6505, with respect to intergovernmental cooperation. See Vol. II, P.L. 88-352, §601, for prohibition against discrimination in federally assisted pro 17 grams. See Vol. II, P.L. 93-618, §§221-249, with respect to adjustment assistance for workers. See Vol. II, P.L. 95–521, §102(i), with respect to reporting of benefits received under the Social Security Act. See Vol. II, P.L. 100-203, §9151, with respect to the determination of the amount of the Federal share of certain extended benefits. |