HR 97 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Notch Fairness Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 3, 2001 Originated House Sponsor Ralph M. Hall R-TX

Latest action · Feb 9, 2001 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Progress

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IntroducedJan 3, 2001
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Notch Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979 and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977.

Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988.

Allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.

Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, when estimating any additional spending under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) resulting from this Act, to decrease the adjusted discretionary spending limits for budget authority and outlays for FY 2002 set forth in such Act by the increase in direct spending estimated to result from enactment of this Act for that fiscal year.

Cosponsors 98

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 3, 2001 to Oct 3, 2002; 23 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-WA	Adam Smith	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-AL	Bob Riley	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-AL	Earl F. Hilliard	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CA	Gary A. Condit	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-TX	Gene Green	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-NY	Jack Quinn	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-MI	James A. Barcia	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-ME	John Elias Baldacci	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-TX	Nick Lampson	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-WI	Paul D. Ryan	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-OH	Robert W. Ney	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Jan 3, 2001
R-CA	Stephen Horn	Original	Jan 3, 2001
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Feb 27, 2001
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Feb 27, 2001
R-CO	Bob Schaffer		Feb 27, 2001
D-GA	Cynthia A. McKinney		Feb 27, 2001
D-MI	David E. Bonior		Feb 27, 2001
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Feb 27, 2001
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Feb 27, 2001
D-PA	Frank Mascara		Feb 27, 2001
D-SC	James E. Clyburn		Feb 27, 2001
R-NJ	Jim Saxton		Feb 27, 2001
D-FL	Karen L. Thurman		Feb 27, 2001
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Feb 27, 2001
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor		Feb 27, 2001
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Feb 27, 2001
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Feb 27, 2001
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio		Feb 27, 2001
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Feb 27, 2001
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Feb 27, 2001
R-TX	Ron Paul		Feb 27, 2001
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Feb 27, 2001
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Feb 27, 2001
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.		Feb 27, 2001
R-MD	Wayne T. Gilchrest		Feb 27, 2001
D-NY	Edolphus Towns		Mar 8, 2001
D-OH	James A. Traficant Jr.		Mar 8, 2001
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Mar 8, 2001
R-FL	John L. Mica		Mar 8, 2001
D-IL	Lane Evans		Mar 8, 2001
R-NJ	Mike Ferguson		Mar 8, 2001
D-OK	Brad Carson		Mar 27, 2001
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Mar 27, 2001
D-TX	Jim Turner		Mar 27, 2001
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Mar 27, 2001
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Mar 27, 2001
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz		Mar 27, 2001
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Mar 27, 2001
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Mar 27, 2001
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Apr 4, 2001
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Apr 4, 2001
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		Apr 4, 2001
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson		Apr 26, 2001
D-CT	James H. Maloney		Apr 26, 2001
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Apr 26, 2001
R-CA	Mary Bono		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Apr 26, 2001
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff		Jun 5, 2001
D-TN	Bart Gordon		Jun 5, 2001
D-CT	John B. Larson		Jun 5, 2001
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Jun 5, 2001
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Jun 5, 2001
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Jun 5, 2001
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Jun 21, 2001
D-IL	David D. Phelps		Jun 21, 2001
R-LA	David Vitter		Jun 21, 2001
D-CA	Joe Baca		Jun 21, 2001
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Jun 21, 2001
D-MN	James L. Oberstar		Jun 28, 2001
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jul 26, 2001
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Aug 1, 2001
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Aug 1, 2001
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Oct 11, 2001
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Oct 11, 2001
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Jan 24, 2002
D-CA	Diane E. Watson		Jan 24, 2002
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez		Feb 13, 2002
D-MA	Barney Frank		May 2, 2002
R-TN	Van Hilleary		Jul 22, 2002
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		Jul 22, 2002
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jul 22, 2002
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Sep 5, 2002
D-KY	Ken Lucas		Sep 5, 2002
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Sep 5, 2002
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Sep 26, 2002
D-NY	Steve Israel		Sep 26, 2002
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Oct 3, 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 Jan 3, 2001
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Feb 9, 2001
House	Budget Committee	Referred Jan 3, 2001

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 9, 2001Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House
Jan 3, 2001Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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. 107-72	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

Titles 3

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 allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Notch Fairness Act of 2001
Popular Titles: Notch Baby bill

Subjects

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

Text 1

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Jan 3, 2001Introduced in House

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