HR 122 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Sam Johnson R-TX

Latest action · Jan 3, 2001 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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.

IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2001 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to repeal the 85 percent (second tier) taxation of Social Security and Railroad Retirement benefits. Appropriates, from the general fund, to the Hospital Insurance Trust Fund amounts equal to the reduction in revenue lost because of the repeal. Requires an annual report concerning the funds transferred from the general fund to the Trust Fund.

Cosponsors 163

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 6, 2001 to Nov 22, 2002.

Seat	Cosponsor	Signed on
R-WY	Barbara Cubin	Feb 6, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman	Feb 6, 2001
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte	Feb 6, 2001
R-CO	Bob Schaffer	Feb 6, 2001
R-AZ	Bob Stump	Feb 6, 2001
R-IN	Brian D. Kerns	Feb 6, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Feb 6, 2001
R-OH	Deborah Pryce	Feb 6, 2001
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Feb 6, 2001
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Feb 6, 2001
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Feb 6, 2001
R-IA	Greg Ganske	Feb 6, 2001
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Feb 6, 2001
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Feb 6, 2001
R-UT	James V. Hansen	Feb 6, 2001
R-KS	Jim Ryun	Feb 6, 2001
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Feb 6, 2001
R-MI	Joe Knollenberg	Feb 6, 2001
R-LA	John Cooksey	Feb 6, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu	Feb 6, 2001
R-NE	Lee Terry	Feb 6, 2001
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Feb 6, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Feb 6, 2001
R-PA	Phil English	Feb 6, 2001
R-IL	Philip M. Crane	Feb 6, 2001
R-FL	Porter J. Goss	Feb 6, 2001
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham	Feb 6, 2001
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Feb 6, 2001
R-NC	Richard Burr	Feb 6, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul	Feb 6, 2001
R-AL	Spencer Bachus	Feb 6, 2001
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Feb 6, 2001
R-AL	Terry Everett	Feb 6, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Feb 6, 2001
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds	Feb 6, 2001
R-NY	Vito Fossella	Feb 6, 2001
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Feb 6, 2001
R-AL	Bob Riley	Feb 14, 2001
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Feb 14, 2001
R-FL	Dave Weldon	Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	Duncan Hunter	Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Henry Bonilla	Feb 14, 2001
R-NC	Howard Coble	Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	J. C. Watts Jr.	Feb 14, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Feb 14, 2001
R-CO	Joel Hefley	Feb 14, 2001
R-IL	Judy Biggert	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Mac Thornberry	Feb 14, 2001
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	Peter T. King	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Richard K. Armey	Feb 14, 2001
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Feb 14, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent	Feb 14, 2001
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Feb 14, 2001
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Mar 13, 2001
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Mar 13, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith	Mar 13, 2001
R-IN	Dan Burton	Mar 13, 2001
R-MI	Dave Camp	Mar 13, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Mar 13, 2001
R-PA	John E. Peterson	Mar 13, 2001
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Mar 13, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Mar 13, 2001
R-CA	Ken Calvert	Mar 13, 2001
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Mar 13, 2001
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Mar 13, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley	Mar 13, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Mar 13, 2001
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson	Mar 13, 2001
R-LA	Richard H. Baker	Mar 13, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Mar 13, 2001
R-OH	Robert W. Ney	Mar 13, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Mar 13, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt	Mar 13, 2001
R-MO	Sam Graves	Mar 13, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Mar 13, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Mar 13, 2001
R-TN	Van Hilleary	Mar 13, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Mar 13, 2001
R-AR	Asa Hutchinson	May 1, 2001
R-FL	Dan Miller	May 1, 2001
R-TN	Ed Bryant	May 1, 2001
R-CA	Elton Gallegly	May 1, 2001
R-SC	Floyd Spence	May 1, 2001
R-NM	Heather Wilson	May 1, 2001
R-SC	Jim DeMint	May 1, 2001
R-MN	Jim Ramstad	May 1, 2001
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	May 1, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	May 1, 2001
R-GA	John Linder	May 1, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green	May 1, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono	May 1, 2001
R-KY	Ron Lewis	May 1, 2001
R-LA	David Vitter	Jun 5, 2001
R-NY	Felix J. Grucci Jr.	Jun 5, 2001
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg	Jun 5, 2001
R-TX	Lamar Smith	Jun 5, 2001
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Jun 5, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall	Jun 5, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Jun 5, 2001
R-OH	David L. Hobson	Jun 28, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus	Jun 28, 2001
R-SC	Lindsey Graham	Jun 28, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey	Jun 28, 2001
R-FL	Ric Keller	Jun 28, 2001
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Jun 28, 2001
R-TN	Zach Wamp	Jun 28, 2001
R-IL	Henry J. Hyde	Jul 18, 2001
R-IL	Jerry Weller	Aug 2, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Nov 6, 2001
R-CA	Wally Herger	Nov 6, 2001
R-MI	Fred Upton	Nov 7, 2001
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker	Dec 12, 2001
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Jan 29, 2002
R-OR	Greg Walden	Mar 18, 2002
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen	Apr 9, 2002
R-GA	Jack Kingston	Apr 9, 2002
R-NV	Jim Gibbons	Apr 9, 2002
R-FL	John L. Mica	Apr 9, 2002
R-IN	Mike Pence	Apr 9, 2002
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Apr 9, 2002
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Apr 16, 2002
R-IL	Donald A. Manzullo	Apr 16, 2002
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Apr 16, 2002
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Apr 16, 2002
R-IA	James A. Leach	Apr 16, 2002
D-KY	Ken Lucas	Apr 16, 2002
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson	Apr 16, 2002
R-VA	Tom Davis	Apr 16, 2002
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.	Apr 17, 2002
R-TX	Tom DeLay	Apr 17, 2002
R-PA	George W. Gekas	Apr 23, 2002
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Apr 23, 2002
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Apr 23, 2002
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart	May 1, 2002
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis	May 1, 2002
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	May 1, 2002
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn	May 7, 2002
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	May 7, 2002
R-OH	Rob Portman	May 7, 2002
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert	May 7, 2002
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	May 15, 2002
R-OH	Steve Chabot	May 15, 2002
R-TN	William L. Jenkins	May 15, 2002
R-SD	John Thune	May 22, 2002
R-NC	Robin Hayes	May 22, 2002
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	May 22, 2002
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Jun 4, 2002
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Jun 4, 2002
R-IN	John N. Hostettler	Jun 4, 2002
R-MI	Peter Hoekstra	Jun 19, 2002
R-AL	Sonny Callahan	Sep 10, 2002
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam	Sep 17, 2002
R-OK	John Sullivan	Sep 18, 2002
R-CA	Richard W. Pombo	Sep 25, 2002
R-CA	Christopher Cox	Oct 16, 2002
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Oct 16, 2002
R-FL	Jeff Miller	Nov 22, 2002

Committees 1

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Printed hearings 1

Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.

Number	Hearing	Committee	Held
Serial No. 107-44	MISLEADING MAILINGS TARGETED TO SENIORS201 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jul 26, 2001

Titles 2

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to repeal the 1993 income tax increase on Social Security benefits.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security Benefits Tax Relief Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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