Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002
Latest action · Jun 25, 2002 Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.
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.
- IntroducedJun 13, 2002
- Passed HouseJun 21, 2002
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Recorded votes 3
Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.
| Roll call | Question | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| House 248 | On Passage | Passed308–70 | Jun 21, 2002 |
| House 247 | On Motion to Recommit with Instructions | Failed186–192 | Jun 21, 2002 |
| House 246 | On Agreeing to the Amendment | Failed182–204 | Jun 21, 2002 |
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 13, 2002.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-MD | Benjamin L. Cardin | Original | Jun 13, 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 Jun 13, 2002 |
Actions 15
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2002Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 441.
- Jun 24, 2002Received in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- Jun 21, 2002Rule H. Res. 451 passed House.
- Jun 21, 2002Considered under the provisions of rule H. Res. 451. (consideration: CR H3789-3812)
- Jun 21, 2002Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4931 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order.
- Jun 21, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with one hour of debate on H.R. 4931.
- Jun 21, 2002DEBATE - Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 451, the House proceeded with one hour of debate on the Neal amendment.
- Jun 21, 2002Mr. Neal moved to recommit with instructions to Ways and Means. (consideration: CR H3809-3811)
- Jun 21, 2002DEBATE - The House proceeded with ten minutes of debate on Mr. Neal's motion to recommit with instructions.
- Jun 21, 2002On motion to recommit with instructions Failed by recorded vote: 186 - 192 (Roll no. 247). (text: CR H3809)
- Jun 21, 2002Passed/agreed to in House: On passage Passed by recorded vote: 308 - 70 (Roll no. 248). (text: CR H3789)
- Jun 21, 2002Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- Jun 20, 2002Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 451 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 4931 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall be considered as ordered without intervening motions except motion to recommit with or without instructions. Measure will be considered read. A specified amendment is in order.
- Jun 13, 2002Introduced in House
- Jun 13, 2002Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
In the Congressional Record 5
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 H6563, H6660–H6669, H6678–H6681Text printed H6660, H6678Amendments H6667Recorded votes H6668, H6681complete congressional action (H. Res. 544), consideration (H. Res. 547)—previous question | Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Cass Ballenger R-NC, Jerry Weller R-IL, John A. Boehner R-OH, John F. Tierney D-MA, John Sullivan R-OK, Kevin Brady R-TX, Martin Frost D-TX (amendment), Pete Sessions R-TX, Richard E. Neal D-MA, Rob Portman R-OH, Robert E. Andrews D-NJ, Robert T. Matsui D-CA | Sep 25, 2002 |
| Extensions | Debate and remarks E1157 | Fortney Pete Stark D-CA | Jun 27, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5969 | Harry Reid D-NV | Jun 25, 2002 |
| Senate | Debate and remarks S5966 | Harry Reid D-NV | Jun 24, 2002 |
| House | Debate and remarks H3781–H3789, H3789–H3812Text printed H3781, H3789Amendments H3798Motions H3809Recorded votes H3788, H3808, H3811Neal motion to recommit (prevent corporations from avoiding qualified plan rules by reincorporating in a foreign country)Neal amendment (substitute) | Benjamin A. Gilman R-NY, Benjamin L. Cardin D-MD, Charles W. Stenholm D-TX, Dave Camp R-MI, David Dreier R-CA, Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Earl Pomeroy D-ND, Elton Gallegly R-CA, Gene Green D-TX, George Miller D-CA, James H. Maloney D-CT, Jennifer Dunn R-WA, Jerry Weller R-IL, Jim McCrery R-LA, Jim McDermott D-WA, John Linder R-GA, Ken Bentsen D-TX, Kevin Brady R-TX, Lloyd Doggett D-TX, Louise McIntosh Slaughter D-NY, Mark Foley R-FL, Mark Kirk R-IL, Maurice D. Hinchey D-NY, Nancy L. Johnson R-CT, Nancy Pelosi D-CA, Paul D. Ryan R-WI, Richard A. Gephardt D-MO, Richard E. Neal D-MA (amendment, motion), Richard K. Armey R-TX, Rob Portman R-OH, Robert E. Andrews D-NJ, Robert T. Matsui D-CA, Ron Kind D-WI, Sam Johnson R-TX, Sander M. Levin D-MI, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Tom Osborne R-NE, William M. Thomas R-CA | Jun 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 2
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 |
| Serial No. 107-1 | PRESIDENT'S TAX RELIEF PROPOSALS: INDIVIDUAL INCOME TAX RATES144 pages | Ways and Means Committee | Feb 13, 2001 |
Amendments 1
Amendments offered to this bill.
| Amendment | Description | Offered by | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAmdt 507 | An amendment in the nature of a substitute to insert a complete new text which modifies the existing bill but retains the provisions making permanent the pension provisions contained in the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act (Public Law 107-16). | Richard E. Neal D-MA | On agreeing to the Neal amendment (A001) Failed by the Yeas and Nays: 182 - 204 (Roll no. 246). |
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HRES 451 | Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 4931) to provide that the pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent. | Procedurally related | Jun 21, 2002 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide that the pension and individual retirement arrangement provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Retirement Savings Security Act of 2002
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Labor and Employment.
- Accidents
- Accounting
- Aliens
- Annuities
- Business income tax
- Churches
- Civil Service pensions
- Commerce
- Congress
- Defined benefit pension plans
- Defined contribution plans
- Disasters
- Dividends
- Divorce
- Divorcees
- Economics and Public Finance
- Emergency Management
- Employee ownership
- Excise tax
- Executive compensation
- Executives
- Families
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Financial planning
- Fringe benefits
- Government Operations and Politics
- Government paperwork
- Government publicity
- Household workers
- Immigration
- Income tax
- Individual retirement accounts
- Labor and Employment
- Law
- Life expectancy
- Loans
- Local employees
- Merchant seamen
- Pension funds
- Pension portability
- Personal income tax
- Profit sharing
- Religion
- Small business
- Social Welfare
- State employees
- Stockholders
- Sunset legislation
- Tax administration
- Tax credits
- Tax deductions
- Tax exclusion
- Tax penalties
- Tax-deferred compensation plans
- Tax-exempt organizations
- Transportation and Public Works
- Trusts and trustees
- User charges
- Valuation
- Women
- Women's retirement
Text 3
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 25, 2002Placed on Calendar Senate
- Jun 21, 2002Engrossed in House
- Jun 13, 2002Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
