HR 2 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 8, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Wally Herger R-CA

Latest action · Feb 15, 2001 Referred jointly to the Committee on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the orders of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

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.

IntroducedFeb 8, 2001
Passed HouseFeb 13, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act of 2001 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order against consideration of any: (1) budget resolution that sets forth a surplus for any fiscal year that is less than the surplus of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund for such year; or (2) legislation that would cause any surplus to be less than the Fund surplus for the covered fiscal year.

Makes the point of order described in (1) above inapplicable to the extent that a violation would result from an assumption in the resolution of an increase in outlays or decrease in revenue relative to the baseline underlying the resolution for social security or Medicare reform legislation. Makes the point of order described in (2) above inapplicable to social security or Medicare reform legislation. Establishes the levels of surplus for purposes of enforcing the preceding points of order. Authorizes a waiver or suspension of such points of order only by an affirmative vote of three-fifths of the Members of the Senate.

Requires any Federal budget submitted by the President that recommends an on-budget surplus for any fiscal year that is less than the surplus of the Fund for such year to include a proposal for social security or Medicare reform legislation. Makes this Act inapplicable upon the enactment of social security and Medicare reform legislation. Defines "social security reform legislation" and "Medicare reform legislation" as a bill or joint resolution to save social security or Medicare, respectively, that specifies that it constitutes reform legislation.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 13	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed407–2	Feb 13, 2001

Cosponsors 70

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2001 to Feb 13, 2001; 31 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Adam H. Putnam	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-ID	C. L. (Butch) Otter	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-CA	David Dreier	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-OH	Deborah Pryce	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-MT	Denny Rehberg	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-FL	E. Clay Shaw Jr.	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-CA	Edward R. Royce	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-TX	John Abney Culberson	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-GA	John Linder	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-GA	Mac Collins	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-IL	Mark Kirk	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-FL	Porter J. Goss	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-MO	Sam Graves	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-MO	W. Todd Akin	Original	Feb 8, 2001
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		Feb 12, 2001
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Feb 12, 2001
R-CA	Gary G. Miller		Feb 12, 2001
R-OR	Greg Walden		Feb 12, 2001
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Feb 12, 2001
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Feb 12, 2001
R-NJ	Marge Roukema		Feb 12, 2001
R-FL	Ric Keller		Feb 12, 2001
R-NC	Richard Burr		Feb 12, 2001
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Feb 12, 2001
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Feb 12, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Feb 12, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Feb 12, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Feb 12, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Feb 12, 2001
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 12, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo		Feb 12, 2001
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Feb 12, 2001
R-TN	Van Hilleary		Feb 12, 2001
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Feb 13, 2001
R-IN	Brian D. Kerns		Feb 13, 2001
R-MI	Dave Camp		Feb 13, 2001
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Feb 13, 2001
R-NY	Felix J. Grucci Jr.		Feb 13, 2001
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo		Feb 13, 2001
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Feb 13, 2001
R-SC	Jim DeMint		Feb 13, 2001
R-FL	Joe Scarborough		Feb 13, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu		Feb 13, 2001
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Feb 13, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green		Feb 13, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono		Feb 13, 2001
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Feb 13, 2001
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan		Feb 13, 2001
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Feb 13, 2001
R-TX	Sam Johnson		Feb 13, 2001
R-CO	Scott McInnis		Feb 13, 2001
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly		Feb 13, 2001
R-VA	Tom Davis		Feb 13, 2001

Committees 5

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

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Rules Committee	Referred Feb 8, 2001Re-referred Feb 13, 2001
House	Budget Committee	Referred Feb 8, 2001Re-referred Feb 13, 2001
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Feb 14, 2001Discharged Feb 15, 2001
Senate	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	Referred Feb 15, 2001
Senate	Budget Committee	Referred Feb 15, 2001

Actions 15

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 15, 2001Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Feb 15, 2001Referred jointly to the Committee on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the orders of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
Feb 14, 2001Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 13, 2001Rereferred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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. (Rereferred to change order of committees.)
Feb 13, 2001Rereferred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, 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.

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In the Congressional Record 6

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
House	Debate and remarks H656	John Cooksey R-LA	Mar 7, 2001
Extensions	Debate and remarks E214, E219	Baron P. Hill D-IN, Jack Quinn R-NY	Feb 27, 2001
Extensions	Debate and remarks E208	Dennis Moore D-KS	Feb 26, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S1542	Frank H. Murkowski R-AK	Feb 15, 2001
House · Extensions	Debate and remarks E185, E194, E200, H354, H380–H384	Bob Riley R-AL, Danny K. Davis D-IL, John Shimkus R-IL, Nick Smith R-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX	Feb 14, 2001

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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 7

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. 107-94	RETIREMENT SECURITY AND DEFINED BENEFIT PENSION PLANS118 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jun 20, 2002
S. Hrg. 107-483	YUCCA MOUNTAIN REPOSITORY DEVELOPMENT244 pages	Energy and Natural Resources Committee	May 16, 2002–May 23, 2002
Serial No. 107-72	SOCIAL SECURITY IMPROVEMENTS FOR WOMEN, SENIORS, AND WORKING AMERICANS184 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Feb 28, 2002–Mar 6, 2002
Serial No. 107-44	MISLEADING MAILINGS TARGETED TO SENIORS201 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jul 26, 2001
Serial No. 107-14	FEDERAL BUDGET PROCESS STRUCTURAL REFORM138 pages	Budget Committee	Jul 19, 2001

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Titles 5

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

Official Title as Introduced: To establish a procedure to safeguard the combined surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.
Official Titles as Amended by House: To establish a procedure to safeguard the surpluses of the Social Security and Medicare hospital insurance trust funds.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act of 2001
Short Titles as Passed House: Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act of 2001
Popular Titles: Social Security and Medicare Safeguard of Surpluses Lockbox bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 4

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 15, 2001Referral Instructions Senate
Feb 14, 2001Referred in Senate
Feb 13, 2001Engrossed in House
Feb 8, 2001Introduced in House

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