HR 4069 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002

Introduced Mar 20, 2002 Originated House Sponsor E. Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL

Latest action · May 15, 2002 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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 20, 2002
Passed HouseMay 14, 2002
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002--Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) repeal the seven year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability; (2) waive the two-year waiting period for a divorced spouse's benefits upon the other spouse's remarriage; and (3) disregard months ending after a deceased individual's death in applying early retirement rules with respect to the deceased individual for purposes of the limitation on widow's and widower's benefits.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exclude from gross income interest paid on any overpayment of income tax by individuals; (2) allow a taxpayer to make cash deposits to pay any tax not yet assessed (in order to suspend the running of interest on any potential future underpayments); and (3) permit partial collection of tax liability in installment agreements (currently allowed only for full collections).

Recorded votes 1

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

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 160	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Passed418–0	May 14, 2002

Cosponsors 39

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Mar 20, 2002 to May 14, 2002; 17 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-NY	Amo Houghton	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-LA	Jim McCrery	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-MN	Jim Ramstad	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-TX	Kevin Brady	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-GA	Mac Collins	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-OH	Rob Portman	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui	Original	Mar 20, 2002
R-KY	Ron Lewis	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Mar 20, 2002
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Apr 17, 2002
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Apr 17, 2002
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Apr 17, 2002
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 17, 2002
D-TX	Martin Frost		Apr 17, 2002
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Apr 17, 2002
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie		Apr 17, 2002
D-MN	Betty McCollum		May 14, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		May 14, 2002
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		May 14, 2002
R-MI	Dave Camp		May 14, 2002
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		May 14, 2002
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 14, 2002
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		May 14, 2002
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		May 14, 2002
D-CT	James H. Maloney		May 14, 2002
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci		May 14, 2002
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		May 14, 2002
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		May 14, 2002
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		May 14, 2002
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		May 14, 2002
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink		May 14, 2002

Committees 2

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 Mar 20, 2002
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred May 15, 2002

Actions 12

Everything that happened, newest first.

May 15, 2002Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
May 14, 2002Mr. Shaw moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
May 14, 2002Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H2413-2422)
May 14, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 4069.
May 14, 2002At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.

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In the Congressional Record 3

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S9703	Harry Reid D-NV, Jeff Sessions R-AL	Oct 1, 2002
House	Debate and remarks H2413–H2422Text printed H2413Recorded votes H2428enactExplanations H2415	Carolyn B. Maloney D-NY, Constance A. Morella R-MD, E. Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL, Karen L. Thurman D-FL, Max Sandlin D-TX, Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Robert T. Matsui D-CA, Rosa L. DeLauro D-CT, Xavier Becerra D-CA	May 14, 2002
Extensions	Debate and remarks E416, E435	E. Clay Shaw Jr. R-FL, Robert T. Matsui D-CA	Mar 21, 2002

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. 107-83	CHALLENGES FACING THE NEW COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY150 pages	Ways and Means Committee	May 2, 2002

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2533	Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002	Identical bill	May 17, 2002

Titles 4

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

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for miscellaneous enhancements in Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.
Official Titles as Amended by House: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for miscellaneous enhancements in Social Security benefits, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002
Short Titles as Passed House: Social Security Benefit Enhancements for Women Act of 2002

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 3

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

May 15, 2002Referred in Senate
May 14, 2002Engrossed in House
Mar 20, 2002Introduced in House

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