HR 5152 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Equal Access to Social Security Act of 2006

Introduced Apr 6, 2006 Originated House Sponsor Jerrold Nadler D-NY

Fact sheet Spreadsheet

Latest action · Apr 6, 2006 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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. IntroducedApr 6, 2006
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Equal Access to Social Security Act of 2006 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under the OASDI program based on permanent partnership as well as marriage.

Provides for: (1) determination of permanent partner status; and (2) lump sum death payments for surviving permanent partners.

Cosponsors 17

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Apr 6, 2006 to Apr 26, 2006; 16 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MABarney FrankOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-NYCharles B. RangelOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-CAFortney Pete StarkOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-CAGeorge MillerOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-CAHenry A. WaxmanOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-CAHoward L. BermanOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-WAJim McDermottOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-MIJohn Conyers, Jr.OriginalApr 6, 2006
D-NYJoseph CrowleyOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-CALynn C. WoolseyOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-RIPatrick J. KennedyOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-ILRahm EmanuelOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-CASam FarrOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-WITammy BaldwinOriginalApr 6, 2006
D-NVShelley BerkleyApr 26, 2006

Committees 1

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

ChamberCommitteeWhat it did
HouseWays and Means Committee
Referred Apr 6, 2006

Actions 2

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House
  2. Apr 6, 2006Referred 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 provide for entitlement to dependents' and survivors' benefits under the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program under title II of the Social Security Act based on permanent partnership as well as marriage.
Short Titles as Introduced
Equal Access to Social Security Act of 2006

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Apr 6, 2006Introduced in House

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