HR 1177 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.

Introduced Mar 22, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Barney Frank D-MA

Latest action · Apr 3, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

IntroducedMar 22, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends part B (Supplementary Medical Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act to limit the late enrollment penalty to a ten percent increase in the monthly part B premium due over a period equal to twice the number of years that the part B beneficiary could have been but was not enrolled under Medicare part B.

Cosponsors 56

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 22, 2001 to Jul 22, 2002; 28 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Mar 22, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Mar 22, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Mar 22, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Apr 24, 2001
R-MD	Constance A. Morella		Apr 24, 2001
D-WA	Adam Smith		Apr 25, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn		May 1, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		May 1, 2001
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Jun 5, 2001
D-PA	Tim Holden		Jun 12, 2001
D-OH	Tony P. Hall		Jun 18, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Jun 28, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen		Jul 10, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman		Jul 19, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr		Jul 26, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Jul 26, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Jul 26, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Jul 26, 2001
D-PA	William J. Coyne		Jul 26, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver		Aug 2, 2001
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Aug 2, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 28, 2001
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Dec 5, 2001
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Jan 23, 2002
R-FL	Mark Foley		Mar 13, 2002
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Apr 9, 2002
R-PA	George W. Gekas		Apr 9, 2002
D-NY	Steve Israel		Apr 18, 2002
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Apr 30, 2002
D-MI	Sander M. Levin		Jun 12, 2002
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Jul 22, 2002

Committees 2

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Energy and Commerce Committee	Referred Mar 22, 2001
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Mar 22, 2001
	Health Subcommittee	Referred Apr 3, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Apr 3, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Mar 22, 2001Introduced in House
Mar 22, 2001Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Titles 1

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to limit the penalty for late enrollment under the Medicare Program to 10 percent and twice the period of no enrollment.

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Health.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Mar 22, 2001Introduced in House

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