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PUBLIC LAW 99-000—MMMM. DD, 1985

CONCURRENT RESOLUTIONS—AUG. 1, 1985

99 STAT. 1959

increase voluntary compliance with tax laws and that such steps may include increased staff for taxpayer assistance, speedier processing of returns and provision of public information designed to build public trust and understanding of Internal Revenue Service enforcement efforts and that such legislation should also provide that the resources of the Internal Revenue Service shall be increased to accomplish full enforcement of United States tax laws, increasing voluntary compliance. INTERNATIONAL MONETARY CONFERENCE

SEC. 8. It is the sense of the Congress that the Administration should consider convening a high level meeting of the major industrial countries for the express purpose of exploring options to improve the functioning of the international monetary system, including measures to stabilize currency exchange rates, reduce interest rates, promote maximum domestic and world economic growth, and help assure domestic price stability. COMMITTEE REVIEW OF THE PRESIDENT'S PRIVATE SECTOR SURVEY ON COST CONTROL

SEC 9. It is the sense of the House of Representatives that— (1) each of its standing committees should review and study, on a continuing basis, those portions of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control affecting subjects within its jurisdiction; (2) each of its standing committees should, in its consideration of any bill or joint resolution of a public character within its jurisdiction, review those portions of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control pertaining to such bill or resolution; and (3) each report of any such committee on a bill or joint resolution of a public character should contain— (A) an identification of each recommendation of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control implemented in such bill or resolution and the estimated dollar amount of program cost savings or revenue enhancement as a result of the implementation of each such recommendation; and (B) a statement setting forth each recommendation of the President's Private Sector Survey on Cost Control pertaining to such bill or resolution, the disposition of each such recommendation, and the reasons for such disposition. LIMITATION ON BENEFITS TO AUENS

SEC. 10. It is the sense of the Congress that functional totals should be reduced to reflect a limitation on the amount of social security benefits paid to illegal and nonresident aliens. It is assumed that the Finance Committee and the Ways and Means Committee will report legislation to accomplish the required changes in law. Such legislation may limit benefits to the amount of wage-earner's contribution plus interest, unless the wage-earner is a citizen of a country with which the United States has a treaty or totalization agreement and that this provision would apply to individuals becoming eligible on or after January 1, 1986. Agreed to August 1, 1985.