STAR Act
Latest action · Jan 4, 2007 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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.
- IntroducedJan 4, 2007
- Passed SenateNot reached
- Passed HouseNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Social Security Totalization Agreement Reform Act of 2007 or STAR Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that any agreement to establish a totalization arrangement which is entered into with another country shall enter into force with respect to the United States if (and only if): (1) the President, at least 90 calendar days before the date on which he enters into the agreement, notifies each House of Congress of his intention to enter into it, and promply thereafter publishes notice of such intention in the Federal Register; (2) he transmits the text of such agreement to each House of the Congress; and (3) a joint resolution regarding such agreement has passed both Houses of Congress and been enacted into federal law.
Sets forth procedures for the consideration of such a joint resolution.
Cosponsors 18
Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jan 4, 2007 to Jul 8, 2008, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| R-WY | Craig Thomas | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-NC | Elizabeth Dole | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-OK | James M. Inhofe | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-AL | Jeff Sessions | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-MN | Norm Coleman | Original | Jan 4, 2007 |
| R-MO | Christopher S. Bond | Jan 8, 2007 | |
| R-AK | Lisa Murkowski | Jan 8, 2007 | |
| R-KS | Pat Roberts | Jan 8, 2007 | |
| R-WY | Michael B. Enzi | Jan 10, 2007 | |
| R-TX | John Cornyn | Jan 18, 2007 | |
| R-ID | Larry E. Craig | Jan 18, 2007 | |
| R-NC | Richard Burr | Jan 23, 2007 | |
| R-VA | John Warner | Jan 29, 2007 | |
| R-GA | Johnny Isakson | Jan 30, 2007 | |
| R-ID | Mike Crapo | Feb 6, 2007 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
- Jan 4, 2007Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Related bills 1
Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.
| Bill | Title | Relationship | Latest action |
|---|---|---|---|
| HR 279 | Social Security Totalization Agreement Reform Act of 2007 | Related bill | Jan 18, 2007 |
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.
- Alien labor
- Congress
- Congress and foreign policy
- Congressional investigations
- Congressional oversight
- Government Operations and Politics
- Health
- Immigration
- International Affairs
- Labor and Employment
- Legislative resolutions
- Negotiations
- Old age, survivors and disability insurance
- President and foreign policy
- Social security beneficiaries
- Social security finance
- Social Welfare
- Treaties
- Vital statistics
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jan 4, 2007Introduced in Senate
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