S 363 · 108th Congress 2003–2005, ended

Government Pension Offset Reform Act

Introduced Feb 11, 2003 Originated Senate Sponsor Barbara A. Mikulski D-MD

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 11, 2003 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2221)

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.

  1. IntroducedFeb 11, 2003
  2. Passed SenateNot reached
  3. Passed HouseNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Government Pension Offset Reform Act - 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 amount by which two-thirds of the total amount of the combined monthly benefit (before reduction) and monthly pension exceeds $1,200, adjusted for inflation.

Cosponsors 29

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 11, 2003 to Sep 23, 2004, with 12 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NDByron L. DorganOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-MAEdward M. KennedyOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-NYHillary Rodham ClintonOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-NMJeff BingamanOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-LAJohn B. BreauxOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-WAMaria CantwellOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-LAMary L. LandrieuOriginalFeb 11, 2003
R-MEOlympia J. SnoweOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-WAPatty MurrayOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-MDPaul S. SarbanesOriginalFeb 11, 2003
R-MESusan M. CollinsOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-SDThomas A. DaschleOriginalFeb 11, 2003
D-FLBill NelsonFeb 12, 2003
D-ARBlanche L. LincolnFeb 12, 2003
D-SDTim JohnsonFeb 12, 2003
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Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 11, 2003Introduced in Senate
  2. Feb 11, 2003Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. (text of measure as introduced: CR S2221)
  3. Feb 11, 2003Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2220-2221)

Subjects

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

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