Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003
Latest action · Jul 2, 2003 Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
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 11, 2003
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003 - Entitles domestic partners of Federal employees to benefits available to spouses of Federal employees. Specifies certifications required for benefit eligibility, filing requirements regarding partnership dissolution, and confidentiality requirements. Amends the Internal Revenue Code to extend the tax exemption for employer contributions to accident and health plans to domestic partners under this Act.
Cosponsors 99
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jun 11, 2003 to Oct 8, 2004; 50 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Anthony D. Weiner | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-CA | Barbara Lee | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-MA | Bill Delahunt | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Bill Pascrell, Jr. | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-CA | Bob Filner | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-NY | Carolyn B. Maloney | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-MI | Carolyn C. Kilpatrick | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-OR | David Wu | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-KS | Dennis Moore | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-CO | Diana DeGette | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-DC | Eleanor Holmes Norton | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-NY | Eliot L. Engel | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-CA | Ellen O. Tauscher | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-CA | Fortney Pete Stark | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
| D-NJ | Frank Pallone, Jr. | Original | Jun 11, 2003 |
Committees 2
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Oversight and Government Reform Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2003 |
| Civil Service and Agency Organization Subcommittee | Referred Jul 2, 2003 | |
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 11, 2003 |
Actions 3
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jul 2, 2003Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil Service and Agency Organization.
- Jun 11, 2003Introduced in House
- Jun 11, 2003Referred to the Committee on Government Reform, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, 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.
Congressional Budget Office cost estimates 2
- Aug 4, 2003H.R. 2426, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003<p>Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on June 11, 2003, with a modification requested by the sponsor</p>
- Aug 4, 2003H.R. 2426, Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003Cost estimate for the bill as introduced in the House of Representatives on June 11, 2003, with a modification requested by the sponsor
Printed hearings 1
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. 108-29 | H.R. 2057 and H.R. 241667 pages | Natural Resources Committee | Jun 19, 2003 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To provide benefits to domestic partners of Federal employees.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Domestic Partnership Benefits and Obligations Act of 2003
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Government Operations and Politics.
- Accident insurance
- Civil service retirement
- Domestic partners
- Families
- Federal employees
- Finance and Financial Sector
- Government employees' health insurance
- Government employees' life insurance
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Income tax
- Labor and Employment
- Survivors' benefits
- Tax exclusion
- Taxation
- Workers' compensation
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 11, 2003Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.