International Aspects of Proposed Amendments to the Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act

Railroad Retirement Act Amendments of 1951: Financial and Actuarial Aspects

The benefit provisions and legislative history of the 1951 amendments to the Railroad Retirement Act were summarized in the February Bulletin. In this issue the Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration discusses the financial and actuarial implications of the amended law, with special emphasis on the provisions coordinating in some measure the railroad program with old-age and surviv...

Proposed amendments to the medical devices Directives.

As 2005 came to a close, the European Commission issued its formal proposal for a Directive amending the medical devices Directives. This article discusses certain aspects of the proposed amendments and encourages readers to review them in their entirety.

Proposed Amendments to the AOA Constitution.

Recent Amendments to the Civil Service Retirement Act

* A c t u a r i a l C o n s u l t a n t , S o c i a l S e c u r i t y A d m i n i s t r a t i o n . Provision of survivor benefits under Federal old-age and survivors insurance in 1939 and under the Railroad Retirement Act in 1946 greatly strengthened and extended the protection given to wage earners and their families. The recent amendments to the Civil Service Retirement Act which, among othe...

Amendments to the Mental Health Act, 1987: key controversies.

1. Murthy P. The Mental Health Act 1987: Quo Vadimus? Indian J Med Ethics. 2010 Jul-Sep;7(3): 152-6. 2. Gupta i. Out of pocket expenditure and poverty: estimates from NSS-61st round. Draft paper presented for consideration of the Expert Group on Poverty [internet]. 2009 May 12 [cited 2010 Sep 24].Available from: http://www.planningcommission.gov.in/reports/genrep/indrani.pdf 3. Shah b, Parthee ...