HR 615 · 109th Congress 2005–2007, ended

Notch Fairness Act of 2005

Introduced Feb 8, 2005 Originated House Sponsor Ralph M. Hall R-TX

Latest action · Feb 25, 2005 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.

IntroducedFeb 8, 2005
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Notch Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who reached age 65 after 1979 and before 1989.

Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1989.

Provides for an election to receive such payments in a lump sum.

Cosponsors 118

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 8, 2005 to Sep 27, 2006; 15 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 8, 2005
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Feb 8, 2005
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-NC	Charles H. Taylor	Original	Feb 8, 2005
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-NJ	Jim Saxton	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-SC	Joe Wilson	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-TN	John J. Duncan, Jr.	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-CA	Mary Bono	Original	Feb 8, 2005
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-OH	Paul E. Gillmor	Original	Feb 8, 2005
D-FL	Robert Wexler	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-TX	Ron Paul	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-MI	Thaddeus G. McCotter	Original	Feb 8, 2005
R-VA	Virgil H. Goode Jr.	Original	Feb 8, 2005
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Feb 10, 2005
R-FL	Ginny Brown-Waite		Feb 10, 2005
R-NH	Jeb Bradley		Feb 10, 2005
R-VA	Jo Ann Davis		Feb 10, 2005
R-IL	John Shimkus		Feb 10, 2005
R-IL	Ray LaHood		Feb 10, 2005
R-OH	Robert W. Ney		Feb 10, 2005
R-PA	Todd Russell Platts		Feb 10, 2005
D-WA	Adam Smith		Feb 17, 2005
D-CA	Bob Filner		Feb 17, 2005
D-TX	Gene Green		Feb 17, 2005
R-FL	Jeff Miller		Feb 17, 2005
D-NC	Mike McIntyre		Feb 17, 2005
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Feb 17, 2005
D-AL	Robert E. (Bud) Cramer Jr.		Feb 17, 2005
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Feb 17, 2005
R-CA	Elton Gallegly		Mar 2, 2005
R-NV	Jon C. Porter		Mar 2, 2005
D-IL	Lane Evans		Mar 2, 2005
R-NC	Robin Hayes		Mar 2, 2005
D-OH	Sherrod Brown		Mar 2, 2005
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Mar 15, 2005
D-GU	Madeleine Z. Bordallo		Mar 15, 2005
D-MI	Bart Stupak		Apr 12, 2005
R-AL	Jo Bonner		Apr 12, 2005
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Apr 12, 2005
D-NV	Shelley Berkley		Apr 12, 2005
R-WI	Mark Green		Apr 14, 2005
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Apr 26, 2005
D-TX	Henry Cuellar		Apr 26, 2005
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello		Apr 26, 2005
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Apr 26, 2005
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Apr 26, 2005
R-WV	Shelley Moore Capito		May 12, 2005
R-OH	Steven C. LaTourette		May 12, 2005
R-NC	Walter B. Jones		May 12, 2005
R-NC	Sue Wilkins Myrick		May 16, 2005
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud		May 17, 2005
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		May 19, 2005
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		May 24, 2005
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		May 25, 2005
D-PA	Robert A. Brady		Jun 7, 2005
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman		Jun 7, 2005
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Jun 15, 2005
D-MA	Barney Frank		Jun 24, 2005
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Jun 28, 2005
D-OK	Dan Boren		Jun 30, 2005
R-GA	Lynn A. Westmoreland		Jun 30, 2005
R-TN	William L. Jenkins		Jun 30, 2005
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Jul 22, 2005
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva		Jul 27, 2005
D-CA	Tom Lantos		Jul 27, 2005
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Jul 28, 2005
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Sep 14, 2005
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings		Sep 14, 2005
D-TN	Harold E. Ford Jr.		Sep 14, 2005
D-AR	Mike Ross		Oct 17, 2005
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Oct 17, 2005
D-NY	Joseph Crowley		Oct 28, 2005
R-NM	Heather Wilson		Nov 9, 2005
R-FL	Michael Bilirakis		Dec 8, 2005
R-PA	Phil English		Dec 13, 2005
D-LA	William J. Jefferson		Dec 13, 2005
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson		Dec 15, 2005
R-CT	Rob Simmons		Dec 15, 2005
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Dec 16, 2005
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Dec 16, 2005
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Dec 16, 2005
D-AL	Artur Davis		Dec 17, 2005
R-NC	Virginia Foxx		Dec 17, 2005
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Feb 1, 2006
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		Feb 1, 2006
R-PA	Michael G. Fitzpatrick		Feb 1, 2006
D-NY	Steve Israel		Feb 1, 2006
R-IL	Timothy V. Johnson		Feb 1, 2006
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Feb 28, 2006
R-PA	Melissa A. Hart		Feb 28, 2006
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Mar 7, 2006
R-NY	John E. Sweeney		Mar 29, 2006
R-WY	Barbara Cubin		Apr 26, 2006
R-PA	Jim Gerlach		May 25, 2006
D-NY	Major R. Owens		Jun 6, 2006
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Jun 6, 2006
R-AZ	J. D. Hayworth		Jun 8, 2006
D-IN	Julia Carson		Jun 13, 2006
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Jun 15, 2006
R-TX	Louie Gohmert		Jun 20, 2006
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne		Jul 19, 2006
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Jul 24, 2006
R-TX	Pete Sessions		Jul 24, 2006
R-TN	Zach Wamp		Jul 27, 2006
D-TN	Lincoln Davis		Sep 6, 2006
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Sep 6, 2006
R-TX	Kenny Marchant		Sep 7, 2006
R-SC	Henry E. Brown, Jr.		Sep 13, 2006
R-GA	Charles W. Norwood		Sep 14, 2006
D-CA	Loretta Sanchez		Sep 14, 2006
R-FL	John L. Mica		Sep 20, 2006
R-FL	Ric Keller		Sep 20, 2006
R-AL	Spencer Bachus		Sep 20, 2006
R-PA	Tim Murphy		Sep 20, 2006
R-KS	Jerry Moran		Sep 27, 2006
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Sep 27, 2006

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 Feb 8, 2005
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Feb 25, 2005

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 25, 2005Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 8, 2005Introduced in House
Feb 8, 2005Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 80	Notch Baby Act of 2005	Related bill	Jan 31, 2005

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 allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.
Short Titles as Introduced: Notch Fairness Act of 2005

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 8, 2005Introduced in House

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