HR 592 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that annuities paid by States to blind veterans shall be disregarded in determining supplemental security income benefits.

Fact sheet

Latest action · Feb 25, 2005 Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

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 2, 2005
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to disregard State paid annuities for blind veterans and their spouses in determining SSI benefits.

Cosponsors 23

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 2, 2005 to Apr 12, 2005, with 10 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-NYAnthony D. WeinerOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-NYCarolyn B. MaloneyOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-NYCarolyn McCarthyOriginalFeb 2, 2005
R-NJChristopher H. SmithOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-NYEliot L. EngelOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-NYGary L. AckermanOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-MAJames P. McGovernOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-NYJose E. SerranoOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-MAStephen F. LynchOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-NYTimothy H. BishopOriginalFeb 2, 2005
D-MABarney FrankFeb 10, 2005
R-NYJohn E. SweeneyFeb 10, 2005
D-PAJohn P. MurthaFeb 10, 2005
D-NYMajor R. OwensFeb 10, 2005
D-NYNita M. LoweyFeb 10, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
  2. Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House
  3. Feb 2, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

  1. Feb 2, 2005Introduced in House

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