HR 664 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in Social Security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200.

Introduced Feb 14, 2001 Originated House Sponsor William J. Jefferson D-LA

Latest action · Feb 28, 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 14, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to modify the formula for determining the amount of reduced monthly OASDI benefits payable to a spouse, surviving spouse, or parent receiving monthly payments from a Federal or State pension plan. Declares that such benefit reductions shall be equal to the lesser of: (1) the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation; or (2) an amount equal to two-thirds of the amount of any such monthly pension plan payment.

Cosponsors 298

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 14, 2001 to Oct 9, 2002; 110 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Albert Russell Wynn	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	Barney Frank	Original	Feb 14, 2001
I-VT	Bernard Sanders	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	Bill Delahunt	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MN	Bill Luther	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-WA	Brian Baird	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Carolyn McCarthy	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Carrie P. Meek	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Constance A. Morella	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OR	Darlene Hooley	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-ND	Earl Pomeroy	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-KY	Ed Whitfield	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Edward L. Schrock	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Eric Cantor	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NJ	Frank A. LoBiondo	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Frank Pallone, Jr.	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-VA	Frank R. Wolf	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-PA	George W. Gekas	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Henry A. Waxman	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Howard L. Berman	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MI	James A. Barcia	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	James T. Walsh	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MO	Jo Ann Emerson	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	John M. McHugh	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-SD	John Thune	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	John W. Olver	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MO	Karen McCarthy	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Ken Bentsen	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NJ	Marge Roukema	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-FL	Mark Foley	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NC	Melvin L. Watt	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Michael R. McNulty	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Nancy Pelosi	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-GA	Nathan Deal	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-HI	Neil Abercrombie	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-HI	Patsy T. Mink	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-IL	Ray LaHood	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NC	Richard Burr	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-VA	Rick Boucher	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Rob Portman	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-CT	Rob Simmons	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Borski	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Robert Menendez	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Robert W. Ney	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-IL	Rod R. Blagojevich	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Roscoe G. Bartlett	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NY	Sue W. Kelly	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-WI	Thomas E. Petri	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-ME	Thomas H. Allen	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	Tim Holden	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Tom Lantos	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-OH	Tom Sawyer	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NM	Tom Udall	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest	Original	Feb 14, 2001
R-OK	Wes Watkins	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-PA	William J. Coyne	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Feb 14, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Feb 27, 2001
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor		Feb 27, 2001
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Feb 27, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Feb 27, 2001
D-LA	Christopher John		Feb 27, 2001
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer		Feb 27, 2001
R-TX	Henry Bonilla		Feb 27, 2001
D-VA	James P. Moran		Feb 27, 2001
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Feb 27, 2001
D-PA	John P. Murtha		Feb 27, 2001
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey		Feb 27, 2001
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Feb 27, 2001
D-AR	Mike Ross		Feb 27, 2001
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II		Feb 27, 2001
D-VA	Norman Sisisky		Feb 27, 2001
R-LA	Richard H. Baker		Feb 27, 2001
R-KY	Ron Lewis		Feb 27, 2001
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Feb 27, 2001
D-MD	Steny H. Hoyer		Feb 27, 2001
D-OH	Stephanie Tubbs Jones		Feb 27, 2001
R-VA	Tom Davis		Feb 27, 2001
D-WA	Adam Smith		Mar 6, 2001
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Mar 6, 2001
D-TX	Jim Turner		Mar 6, 2001
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Mar 6, 2001
D-MA	John F. Tierney		Mar 6, 2001
D-PA	Joseph M. Hoeffel		Mar 6, 2001
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Mar 6, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans		Mar 6, 2001
D-CA	Lois Capps		Mar 6, 2001
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Mar 6, 2001
D-OH	Ted Strickland		Mar 6, 2001
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Mar 6, 2001
D-WI	Gerald D. Kleczka		Mar 8, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.		Mar 8, 2001
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Mar 8, 2001
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Mar 8, 2001
D-OH	Tony P. Hall		Mar 8, 2001
D-IL	William O. Lipinski		Mar 8, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner		Mar 13, 2001
D-OK	Brad Carson		Mar 13, 2001
D-IN	Peter J. Visclosky		Mar 13, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Mar 19, 2001
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Mar 19, 2001
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.		Mar 19, 2001
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Mar 19, 2001
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Mar 22, 2001
R-NY	Benjamin A. Gilman		Mar 22, 2001
D-NC	Bob Etheridge		Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Calvin M. Dooley		Mar 22, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green		Mar 22, 2001
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Mar 22, 2001
D-RI	James R. Langevin		Mar 22, 2001
D-WA	Jay Inslee		Mar 22, 2001
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca		Mar 22, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Mar 22, 2001
D-MA	Martin T. Meehan		Mar 22, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Mar 22, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Mar 22, 2001
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Apr 3, 2001
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Apr 3, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 3, 2001
D-KS	Dennis Moore		Apr 3, 2001
R-KY	Ernie Fletcher		Apr 3, 2001
R-OK	Frank D. Lucas		Apr 3, 2001
D-IN	Julia Carson		Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Apr 3, 2001
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Robert T. Matsui		Apr 3, 2001
R-MO	Roy Blunt		Apr 3, 2001
D-NY	Steve Israel		Apr 3, 2001
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Apr 3, 2001
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Apr 26, 2001
D-TN	Bob Clement		Apr 26, 2001
R-AZ	Bob Stump		Apr 26, 2001
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Apr 26, 2001
D-NC	Eva M. Clayton		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Gary A. Condit		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Hilda L. Solis		Apr 26, 2001
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky		Apr 26, 2001
R-IL	Jerry Weller		Apr 26, 2001
R-NM	Joe Skeen		Apr 26, 2001
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Apr 26, 2001
D-CO	Mark Udall		Apr 26, 2001
D-TX	Max Sandlin		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Apr 26, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson		Apr 26, 2001
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Apr 26, 2001
R-NJ	Rodney P. Frelinghuysen		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Sam Farr		Apr 26, 2001
D-WV	Alan B. Mollohan		May 2, 2001
R-NE	Doug Bereuter		May 2, 2001
D-AZ	Ed Pastor		May 2, 2001
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		May 2, 2001
R-SC	Floyd Spence		May 2, 2001
D-WA	Norman D. Dicks		May 2, 2001
R-OH	Patrick J. Tiberi		May 2, 2001
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		May 2, 2001
D-AR	Vic Snyder		May 2, 2001
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		May 2, 2001
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		May 8, 2001
R-OH	Deborah Pryce		May 8, 2001
R-MN	Jim Ramstad		May 8, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		May 8, 2001
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		May 8, 2001
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		May 8, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		May 8, 2001
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		May 15, 2001
D-IL	David D. Phelps		May 15, 2001
R-PA	John E. Peterson		May 15, 2001
D-MA	John Joseph Moakley		May 15, 2001
D-MA	Michael E. Capuano		May 15, 2001
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey		May 15, 2001
R-VA	Bob Goodlatte		May 21, 2001
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick		May 21, 2001
D-NC	David E. Price		May 21, 2001
D-CO	Diana DeGette		May 21, 2001
D-MI	Lynn N. Rivers		May 21, 2001
D-FL	Peter Deutsch		May 21, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		May 23, 2001
D-MA	Edward J. Markey		May 23, 2001
R-TN	Ed Bryant		Jun 20, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Jun 20, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Jun 20, 2001
D-SC	John M. Spratt, Jr.		Jun 20, 2001
R-GA	Johnny Isakson		Jun 20, 2001
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jun 20, 2001
R-OH	David L. Hobson		Jun 26, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Jun 26, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Lee		Jun 28, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn		Jun 28, 2001
R-CA	John T. Doolittle		Jul 10, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Jul 11, 2001
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Jul 11, 2001
D-CA	Juanita Millender-McDonald		Jul 11, 2001
D-MS	Ronnie Shows		Jul 11, 2001
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Jul 12, 2001
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel		Jul 12, 2001
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Jul 12, 2001
D-OR	David Wu		Jul 12, 2001
D-AS	Eni F. H. Faleomavaega		Jul 12, 2001
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Jul 12, 2001
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Jul 12, 2001
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jul 12, 2001
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Jul 12, 2001
D-GA	John Lewis		Jul 12, 2001
R-NY	Sherwood Boehlert		Jul 12, 2001
D-FL	Allen Boyd		Jul 17, 2001
D-MD	Benjamin L. Cardin		Jul 17, 2001
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 17, 2001
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Jul 17, 2001
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Jul 17, 2001
D-GU	Robert A. Underwood		Jul 17, 2001
R-IA	James A. Leach		Jul 19, 2001
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Jul 25, 2001
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Jul 25, 2001
R-NY	Amo Houghton		Jul 31, 2001
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jul 31, 2001
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Jul 31, 2001
R-CT	Nancy L. Johnson		Jul 31, 2001
D-PA	Chaka Fattah		Aug 2, 2001
D-UT	Jim Matheson		Aug 2, 2001
D-NY	John J. LaFalce		Aug 2, 2001
R-KY	Harold Rogers		Sep 5, 2001
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		Sep 5, 2001
R-GA	Bob Barr		Oct 4, 2001
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Oct 4, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Oct 16, 2001
D-LA	W. J. (Billy) Tauzin		Nov 29, 2001
R-IL	John Shimkus		Dec 12, 2001
R-KY	Anne M. Northup		Feb 5, 2002
R-LA	David Vitter		Feb 5, 2002
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes		Feb 5, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Feb 5, 2002
R-FL	Ileana Ros-Lehtinen		Mar 12, 2002
R-AZ	John B. Shadegg		Mar 12, 2002
R-SC	Lindsey Graham		Mar 12, 2002
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Mar 12, 2002
R-MS	Charles W. "Chip" Pickering		Jun 4, 2002
R-GA	Jack Kingston		Jun 4, 2002
D-MI	John D. Dingell		Jun 4, 2002
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Jun 4, 2002
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Jul 8, 2002
R-TN	Van Hilleary		Jul 15, 2002
D-PR	Anibal Acevedo-Vila		Sep 9, 2002
D-IL	Luis V. Gutierrez		Sep 11, 2002
R-PA	Curt Weldon		Oct 9, 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 14, 2001
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Feb 28, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 28, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House
Feb 14, 2001Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

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Printed hearings 3

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. 107-72	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. 107-29	LISTEN TO AMERICANS' VIEWS ON THE FUTURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY77 pages	Ways and Means Committee	Jun 18, 2001

Titles 1

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Official Title as Introduced: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the reductions in Social Security benefits which are required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions shall be equal to the amount by which the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200.

Subjects

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Text 1

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Feb 14, 2001Introduced in House

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