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

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.

IntroducedFeb 7, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
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; 63 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-FL	Ander Crenshaw	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-KY	Anne M. Northup	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-FL	Carrie P. Meek	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-MD	Constance A. Morella	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-IL	David D. Phelps	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-WA	George R. Nethercutt Jr.	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-IA	Greg Ganske	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-NC	Howard Coble	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-UT	James V. Hansen	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-IA	Jim Nussle	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-KS	Jim Ryun	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NY	John J. LaFalce	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-GA	Johnny Isakson	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-OH	Michael G. Oxley	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-MI	Mike Rogers	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-OH	Robert W. Ney	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-GA	Saxby Chambliss	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-CO	Thomas G. Tancredo	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Feb 7, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren	Original	Feb 7, 2001
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn		Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Feb 14, 2001
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Feb 14, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Feb 14, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders		Feb 14, 2001
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Feb 14, 2001
R-NC	Cass Ballenger		Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Feb 14, 2001
R-UT	Chris Cannon		Feb 14, 2001
R-CT	Christopher Shays		Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Feb 14, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Feb 14, 2001
D-OR	Darlene Hooley		Feb 14, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Feb 14, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price		Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Feb 14, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Feb 14, 2001
R-WA	Doc Hastings		Feb 14, 2001
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Feb 14, 2001
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		Feb 14, 2001
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Feb 14, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard		Feb 14, 2001
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock		Feb 14, 2001
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	Ernest J. Istook Jr.		Feb 14, 2001
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf		Feb 14, 2001
R-MI	Fred Upton		Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	George Radanovich		Feb 14, 2001
R-MN	Gil Gutknecht		Feb 14, 2001
R-OR	Greg Walden		Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman		Feb 14, 2001
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Feb 14, 2001
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	J. C. Watts Jr.		Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn		Feb 14, 2001
R-PA	James C. Greenwood		Feb 14, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Feb 14, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney		Feb 14, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran		Feb 14, 2001
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Feb 14, 2001
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Feb 14, 2001
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		Feb 14, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson		Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca		Feb 14, 2001
R-LA	John Cooksey		Feb 14, 2001
R-NH	John E. Sununu		Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Feb 14, 2001
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans		Feb 14, 2001
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Feb 14, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers		Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Feb 14, 2001
R-NJ	Marge Roukema		Feb 14, 2001
D-AR	Marion Berry		Feb 14, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green		Feb 14, 2001
D-MN	Martin Olav Sabo		Feb 14, 2001
R-ID	Michael K. Simpson		Feb 14, 2001
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Feb 14, 2001
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Feb 14, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink		Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	Randy (Duke) Cunningham		Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	Richard E. Neal		Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski		Feb 14, 2001
D-VA	Robert C. "Bobby" Scott		Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Robert Menendez		Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Feb 14, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Feb 14, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Feb 14, 2001
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Feb 14, 2001
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 14, 2001
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	Steve Largent		Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Tim Holden		Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Tom Davis		Feb 14, 2001
R-NE	Tom Osborne		Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Tom Sawyer		Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Tony P. Hall		Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	Wes Watkins		Feb 14, 2001
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Feb 14, 2001
D-TN	Bob Clement		Feb 28, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner		Feb 28, 2001
R-AL	Bob Riley		Feb 28, 2001
R-CO	Bob Schaffer		Feb 28, 2001
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Feb 28, 2001
R-FL	Cliff Stearns		Feb 28, 2001
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Feb 28, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Feb 28, 2001
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		Feb 28, 2001
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Feb 28, 2001
R-AK	Don Young		Feb 28, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara		Feb 28, 2001
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Feb 28, 2001
R-IA	James A. Leach		Feb 28, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Feb 28, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Feb 28, 2001
R-WA	Jennifer Dunn		Feb 28, 2001
R-CA	Jerry Lewis		Feb 28, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver		Feb 28, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Feb 28, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		Feb 28, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy		Feb 28, 2001
R-TX	Kay Granger		Feb 28, 2001
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Feb 28, 2001
R-FL	Lincoln Diaz-Balart		Feb 28, 2001
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Feb 28, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Feb 28, 2001
R-IN	Mike Pence		Feb 28, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal		Feb 28, 2001
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		Feb 28, 2001
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		Feb 28, 2001
R-NC	Richard Burr		Feb 28, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich		Feb 28, 2001
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Feb 28, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn		Feb 28, 2001
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Feb 28, 2001
D-LA	W. J. (Billy) Tauzin		Feb 28, 2001
R-MO	W. Todd Akin		Feb 28, 2001
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Feb 28, 2001
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Feb 28, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 7, 2001
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Mar 7, 2001
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Mar 7, 2001
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Mar 7, 2001
R-SC	Floyd Spence		Mar 7, 2001
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		Mar 7, 2001
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Mar 7, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott		Mar 7, 2001
D-CT	John B. Larson		Mar 7, 2001
R-PA	John E. Peterson		Mar 7, 2001
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Mar 7, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Mar 7, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Mar 7, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		Mar 7, 2001
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Mar 7, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Mar 7, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr		Mar 7, 2001
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 7, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Mar 7, 2001
R-IA	Tom Latham		Mar 7, 2001
D-AR	Vic Snyder		Mar 7, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Mar 7, 2001
D-PA	William J. Coyne		Mar 7, 2001
D-CA	Howard L. Berman		Mar 14, 2001
R-TX	Joe Barton		Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Mar 14, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Mar 14, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Mar 14, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Mar 14, 2001
D-CA	Xavier Becerra		Mar 14, 2001
R-CA	Doug Ose		Mar 29, 2001
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		Mar 29, 2001
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Mar 29, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Mar 29, 2001
R-IL	Judy Biggert		Mar 29, 2001
D-CO	Mark Udall		Mar 29, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Mar 29, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Mar 29, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Mar 29, 2001
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		Mar 29, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Jun 6, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 6, 2001
D-MN	Bill Luther		Jun 6, 2001
D-WA	Brian Baird		Jun 6, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jun 6, 2001
D-LA	Christopher John		Jun 6, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 6, 2001
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jun 6, 2001
R-MS	Roger F. Wicker		Jun 6, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel		Jun 6, 2001
R-NY	Thomas M. Reynolds		Jun 6, 2001
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jun 6, 2001
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Feb 6, 2002
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Feb 6, 2002
R-LA	David Vitter		Feb 6, 2002
D-OR	David Wu		Feb 6, 2002
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Feb 6, 2002
R-MN	Mark R. Kennedy		Feb 6, 2002
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt		Feb 6, 2002
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Feb 6, 2002
R-GA	Bob Barr		Feb 14, 2002
R-AZ	Bob Stump		Feb 14, 2002
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Feb 14, 2002
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Feb 14, 2002
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Feb 14, 2002
R-NE	Lee Terry		Feb 14, 2002
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Feb 14, 2002
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Apr 10, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Apr 10, 2002
R-CA	Howard P. "Buck" McKeon		Apr 10, 2002
D-TX	Jim Turner		Apr 10, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Apr 10, 2002
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Jun 19, 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 Feb 7, 2001
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Feb 14, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

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

In the Congressional Record 1

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
Extensions	Debate and remarks E612	Benjamin A. Gilman R-NY	Apr 23, 2002

Titles 2

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 increase the level of earnings under which no individual who is blind is determined to have demonstrated an ability to engage in substantial gainful activity for purposes of determining disability.
Short Titles as Introduced: Blind Empowerment Act of 2001

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 7, 2001Introduced in House

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