HR 498 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Blind Empowerment Act of 2001

Introduced Feb 7, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Robert L. Ehrlich Jr. R-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 14, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Blind Empowerment Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to increase, by specified increments over five years, the level of earnings demonstrating the ability of a blind person to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability insurance benefit payments.

Cosponsors 275

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 7, 2001 to Jun 19, 2002, with 63 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-CAAdam B. SchiffOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-FLAnder CrenshawOriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-PRAnibal Acevedo-VilaOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-KYAnne M. NorthupOriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-MABarney FrankOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-NYBenjamin A. GilmanOriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-FLCarrie P. MeekOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-MDConstance A. MorellaOriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-ILDavid D. PhelpsOriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-NJDonald M. PayneOriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-NYEdolphus TownsOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-VAEric CantorOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-WIF. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2001
D-TXGene GreenOriginalFeb 7, 2001
R-WAGeorge R. Nethercutt Jr.OriginalFeb 7, 2001
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 14, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
  2. Feb 7, 2001Introduced in House
  3. Feb 7, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

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