HR 2311 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Social Security Earnings Limit Repeal Act of 2003

Introduced Jun 3, 2003 Originated House Sponsor Pete Sessions R-TX

Latest action · Jun 5, 2003 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.

IntroducedJun 3, 2003
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security Earnings Limit Repeal Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the limitation on the amount of outside income which beneficiaries who have attained age 62 may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.

Cosponsors 24

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 3, 2003 to Jun 23, 2004; 19 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
R-FL	Cliff Stearns	Original	Jun 3, 2003
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-LA	David Vitter	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-WA	Doc Hastings	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-VA	J. Randy Forbes	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-CO	Joel Hefley	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-OK	John Sullivan	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-CA	John T. Doolittle	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-IN	Mark E. Souder	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-WI	Mark Green	Original	Jun 3, 2003
D-TX	Martin Frost	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-PA	Patrick J. Toomey	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-NC	Robin Hayes	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-NJ	Scott Garrett	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-NC	Walter B. Jones	Original	Jun 3, 2003
R-MT	Denny Rehberg		Jul 9, 2003
R-TX	Ralph M. Hall		Jul 9, 2003
R-KS	Todd Tiahrt		Jul 9, 2003
D-FL	Robert Wexler		Jul 25, 2003
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter		Jun 23, 2004

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 Jun 3, 2003
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Jun 5, 2003

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Jun 5, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jun 3, 2003Introduced in House
Jun 3, 2003Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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 eliminate the earnings test for individuals who have attained age 62.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security Earnings Limit Repeal Act of 2003

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jun 3, 2003Introduced in House

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