S 21 · 107th Congress 2001–2003, ended

Social Security and Medicare Off-Budget Lockbox Act of 2001

Introduced Jan 22, 2001 Originated Senate Sponsor Thomas A. Daschle D-SD

Latest action · Jan 30, 2001 Referred to the Committee on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.

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.

IntroducedJan 22, 2001
Passed SenateNot reached
Passed HouseNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security and Medicare Off-Budget Lockbox Act of 2001 - Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide that the receipts and disbursements of the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund shall not be counted as new budget authority, outlays, receipts, or deficit or surplus for purposes of the Federal or congressional budgets or the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act) (thus, making it off-budget).

Provides for related points of order in the House of Representatives and the Senate to enforce such requirement.

Amends the Social Security Act to provide the same budgetary treatment for the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund as is provided to the Federal Disability and Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Funds.

Amends the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 to provide a point of order in the House or the Senate against consideration of any budget resolution or legislation that would cause or increase an on-budget deficit for any fiscal year.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 22, 2001 to Jun 26, 2001; 25 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-MD	Barbara A. Mikulski	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-CA	Barbara Boxer	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-FL	Bill Nelson	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-AR	Blanche L. Lincoln	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-ND	Byron L. Dorgan	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MI	Carl Levin	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NY	Charles E. Schumer	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-HI	Daniel K. Akaka	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MI	Debbie Stabenow	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-CA	Dianne Feinstein	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MA	Edward M. Kennedy	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NY	Hillary Rodham Clinton	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-WV	John D. Rockefeller IV	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MA	John F. Kerry	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-NJ	Jon S. Corzine	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-DE	Joseph R. Biden Jr.	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-ND	Kent Conrad	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MN	Mark Dayton	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-WA	Patty Murray	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-MD	Paul S. Sarbanes	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-IL	Richard J. Durbin	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-OR	Ron Wyden	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-WI	Russell D. Feingold	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-DE	Thomas R. Carper	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-SD	Tim Johnson	Original	Jan 22, 2001
D-GA	Max Cleland		Jan 23, 2001
I-CT	Joseph I. Lieberman		Feb 8, 2001
D-IN	Evan Bayh		Apr 23, 2001
D-CT	Christopher J. Dodd		Jun 26, 2001

Committees 3

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
Senate	Finance Committee	Referred Jan 22, 2001Discharged Jan 31, 2001
Senate	Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2001
Senate	Budget Committee	Referred Jan 31, 2001

Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jan 30, 2001Senate Committee on Finance discharged by Unanimous Consent.
Jan 30, 2001Referred to the Committee on the Budget; Governmental Affairs pursuant to the order of August 4, 1977, with instructions that if one Committee reports, the other Committee have thirty days to report or be discharged.
Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate
Jan 22, 2001Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

In the Congressional Record 4

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
Senate	Debate and remarks S1734	Debbie Stabenow D-MI	Mar 1, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S1205	Thomas A. Daschle D-SD	Feb 8, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S833	Jeff Sessions R-AL	Jan 30, 2001
Senate	Debate and remarks S559	Trent Lott R-MS	Jan 25, 2001

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 560	Social Security and Medicare Off-Budget Lockbox Act of 2001	Identical bill	Feb 28, 2001

Titles 3

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: A bill to establish an off-budget lockbox to strengthen Social Security and Medicare.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security and Medicare Off-Budget Lockbox Act of 2001
Popular Titles: Social Security and Medicare Safeguard of Surpluses Lockbox bill

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Economics and Public Finance.

Text 2

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jan 30, 2001Referral Instructions Senate
Jan 22, 2001Introduced in Senate

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