ENT-67 RESTRICT COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENTS IN NON-MEANS-TESTED BENEFIT
       PROGRAMS

                                  Annual Savings              Cumulative
                               (Millions of dollars            Five-Year
Savings from         -----------------------------------------   Savings
CBO Baseline         1994     1995      1996     1997     1998
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                         Eliminate COLAs for One Year

Social Security/
Railroad Retirement  6,600    8,950     8,900    8,700    8,350      41,500

Other Non-Means-
Tested Programs      1,700    2,350     2,350    2,400    2,500      11,250

Offsets in Means-
Tested Programs and
Medicare Premiums   -1,450     -800      -380     -360     -360      -3,350

  Total              6,850   10,500    10,900   10,700   10,450      49,400

         Limit COLAs to Two-Thirds of the CPI Increase for Five Years

Social Security/
Railroad Retirement  2,200    5,050     7,900   10,800   13,700     39,700

Other Non-Means-
Tested Programs        580    1,350     2,050    2,800    3,650      10,450

Offsets in Means-
Tested Programs and
Medicare Premiums      -95     -230      -450     -750   -1,050      -2,600

  Total              2,700    6,150     9,550   12,850   16,300      47,550

   Limit COLAs to the CPI Increase Minus 2 Percentage Points for Five Years

Social Security/
Railroad Retirement  4,400   10,550    16,800   23,050   29,300      84,100

Other Non-Means-
Tested Programs      1,150    2,750     4,400    6,000    7,850      22,150

Offsets in Means-
Tested Programs and
Medicare Premiums      -260    -640     -1,050   -1,650  -2,300      -5,950

  Total              5,300   12,650    20,100   27,400   34,800     100,250

Pay the Full COLA on Benefits Below a Certain Level and 50 Percent of the COLA
                on Benefits Exceeding That Level for Five Years

Social Security/
Railroad Retirement      0      740     1,750    2,800    3,850       9,150
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NOTE:Reductions in Social Security spending or increases in Social Security
taxes would reduce the total federal deficit and the amount of federal
borrowing from the public.  These savings would not be counted, however,
under the pay-as-you-go provisions of the Budget Enforcement Act of 1990.

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