HR 5987 · 111th Congress 2009–2011, ended

Seniors Protection Act of 2010

Introduced Jul 30, 2010 Originated House Sponsor Earl Pomeroy D-ND

Latest action · Dec 8, 2010 On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 254 - 153 (Roll no. 611).

Progress

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IntroducedJul 30, 2010
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Seniors Protection Act of 2010 - Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a $250 payment to recipients of Social Security, SSI (Supplemental Security Income under title XVI of the Social Security Act), railroad retirement benefits, and veterans disability compensation or pension benefits if no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Recorded votes 1

Newest first. Open one to see how every member voted.

Roll call	Question	Result	Date
House 611	On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended	Failed254–153	Dec 8, 2010

Cosponsors 158

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 30, 2010 to Dec 7, 2010; 84 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-FL	Alan Grayson	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-PA	Allyson Y. Schwartz	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-TN	Bart Gordon	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OH	Betty Sutton	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Bob Filner	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-AL	Bobby Bright	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NH	Carol Shea-Porter	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MI	Carolyn C. Kilpatrick	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OH	Charles A. Wilson	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Charles B. Rangel	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-TX	Ciro D. Rodriguez	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OK	Dan Boren	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-IL	Danny K. Davis	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-IA	David Loebsack	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-GA	David Scott	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Edolphus Towns	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MD	Elijah E. Cummings	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Fortney Pete Stark	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-AZ	Gabrielle Giffords	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MI	Gary C. Peters	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	George Miller	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MP	Gregorio Kilili Camacho Sablan	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MN	James L. Oberstar	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-IL	Jerry F. Costello	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Jim Costa	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CT	Joe Courtney	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CT	John B. Larson	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	John J. Hall	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Joseph Crowley	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-PA	Kathleen A. Dahlkemper	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MN	Keith Ellison	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-FL	Kendrick B. Meek	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NC	Larry Kissell	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Laura Richardson	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Lois Capps	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MI	Mark H. Schauer	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-PA	Mark S. Critz	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Maurice D. Hinchey	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-HI	Mazie K. Hirono	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Michael A. Arcuri	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-ME	Michael H. Michaud	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NC	Mike McIntyre	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-WV	Nick J. Rahall II	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MA	Niki Tsongas	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-IL	Phil Hare	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MA	Richard E. Neal	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-PA	Robert A. Brady	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-FL	Ron Klein	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MI	Sander M. Levin	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NV	Shelley Berkley	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-TX	Solomon P. Ortiz	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-OH	Steve Driehaus	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Steve Israel	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-WI	Steve Kagen	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NJ	Steven R. Rothman	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-FL	Suzanne M. Kosmas	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-VA	Thomas S.P. Perriello	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Timothy H. Bishop	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MN	Timothy J. Walz	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-CA	Xavier Becerra	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 30, 2010
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Aug 10, 2010
D-OH	John A. Boccieri		Aug 10, 2010
D-OH	Mary Jo Kilroy		Aug 10, 2010
D-TX	Silvestre Reyes		Aug 10, 2010
D-IN	André Carson		Sep 22, 2010
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Sep 22, 2010
D-ME	Chellie Pingree		Sep 22, 2010
D-NY	Gary L. Ackerman		Sep 22, 2010
D-IL	Jesse L. Jackson, Jr.		Sep 22, 2010
D-CA	Michael M. Honda		Sep 22, 2010
D-AR	Mike Ross		Sep 22, 2010
D-NJ	Robert E. Andrews		Sep 22, 2010
D-CA	Sam Farr		Sep 22, 2010
D-MA	Barney Frank		Sep 23, 2010
D-CT	Christopher Murphy		Sep 23, 2010
D-PA	Paul E. Kanjorski		Sep 23, 2010
D-NY	Paul Tonko		Sep 23, 2010
D-TX	Chet Edwards		Sep 28, 2010
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Sep 28, 2010
D-CA	Joe Baca		Sep 28, 2010
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.		Sep 28, 2010
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter		Sep 28, 2010
D-NM	Martin Heinrich		Sep 28, 2010
D-VA	Rick Boucher		Sep 28, 2010
D-SD	Stephanie Herseth Sandlin		Sep 28, 2010
D-OH	Zachary T. Space		Sep 28, 2010
D-IN	Baron P. Hill		Sep 29, 2010
D-MN	Betty McCollum		Sep 29, 2010
D-MI	Dale E. Kildee		Sep 29, 2010
D-NY	Daniel B. Maffei		Sep 29, 2010
D-VA	Glenn C. Nye		Sep 29, 2010
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Sep 29, 2010
D-MO	Ike Skelton		Sep 29, 2010
D-MA	James P. McGovern		Sep 29, 2010
D-PA	Jason Altmire		Sep 29, 2010
D-PA	Joe Sestak		Sep 29, 2010
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Sep 29, 2010
D-IA	Leonard L. Boswell		Sep 29, 2010
D-CA	Lynn C. Woolsey		Sep 29, 2010
D-NY	Michael E. McMahon		Sep 29, 2010
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.		Sep 29, 2010
D-WI	Tammy Baldwin		Sep 29, 2010
D-PA	Tim Holden		Sep 29, 2010
D-TX	Al Green		Nov 16, 2010
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Nov 16, 2010
D-NY	Anthony D. Weiner		Nov 16, 2010
D-MA	Bill Delahunt		Nov 16, 2010
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.		Nov 16, 2010
D-CA	Brad Sherman		Nov 16, 2010
D-IA	Bruce L. Braley		Nov 16, 2010
D-TX	Charles A. Gonzalez		Nov 16, 2010
D-FL	Corrine Brown		Nov 16, 2010
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski		Nov 16, 2010
D-NC	David E. Price		Nov 16, 2010
D-OH	Dennis J. Kucinich		Nov 16, 2010
D-VI	Donna M. Christensen		Nov 16, 2010
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton		Nov 16, 2010
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel		Nov 16, 2010
D-TX	Gene Green		Nov 16, 2010
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Nov 16, 2010
D-NJ	John H. Adler		Nov 16, 2010
D-CA	Judy Chu		Nov 16, 2010
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Nov 16, 2010
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Nov 16, 2010
D-RI	Patrick J. Kennedy		Nov 16, 2010
D-PR	Pedro R. Pierluisi		Nov 16, 2010
D-VT	Peter Welch		Nov 16, 2010
D-NJ	Rush Holt		Nov 16, 2010
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Nov 16, 2010
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Nov 16, 2010
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Nov 16, 2010
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Nov 16, 2010
D-WA	Rick Larsen		Nov 30, 2010
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Dec 7, 2010

Committees 3

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 Jul 30, 2010
House	Transportation and Infrastructure Committee	Referred Jul 30, 2010
	Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials Subcommittee	Referred Aug 2, 2010
House	Veterans' Affairs Committee	Referred Jul 30, 2010

Actions 13

Everything that happened, newest first.

Dec 8, 2010Mr. Pomeroy moved to suspend the rules and pass the bill, as amended.
Dec 8, 2010Considered under suspension of the rules. (consideration: CR H8094-8100; text of measure as introduced: CR H8094-8096)
Dec 8, 2010DEBATE - The House proceeded with forty minutes of debate on H.R. 5987.
Dec 8, 2010At the conclusion of debate, the Yeas and Nays were demanded and ordered. Pursuant to the provisions of clause 8, rule XX, the Chair announced that further proceedings on the motion would be postponed.
Dec 8, 2010Considered as unfinished business. (consideration: CR H8107-8108)

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In the Congressional Record 6

Days the Record’s own index lists this bill, newest first, with the pages and the members it names. Pages starting H are the House, S the Senate, E Extensions of Remarks.

Where	In the Record	Members	Date
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2205	Lucille Roybal-Allard D-CA	Dec 18, 2010
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2140	Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH	Dec 15, 2010
Extensions	Debate and remarks E2119	Rush Holt D-NJ	Dec 14, 2010
House	Debate and remarks H8276	Debbie Wasserman Schultz D-FL	Dec 9, 2010
House	Debate and remarks H8093, H8094–H8101, H8244Text printed H8094–H8096Recorded votes H8107enact	Anthony D. Weiner D-NY, Bill Pascrell, Jr. D-NJ, Brian Higgins D-NY, Carolyn McCarthy D-NY, David Loebsack D-IA, Dennis J. Kucinich D-OH, Doris O. Matsui D-CA, Earl Blumenauer D-OR, Earl Pomeroy D-ND, Gene Green D-TX, James R. Langevin D-RI, Jerry F. Costello D-IL, Joe Courtney D-CT, John Conyers, Jr. D-MI, Kathy Castor D-FL, Mazie K. Hirono D-HI, Peter A. DeFazio D-OR, Sam Johnson R-TX, Sheila Jackson Lee D-TX, Steve Kagen D-WI	Dec 8, 2010

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Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

Cite it 1

Products on other subjects that cite it, usually among other measures.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
R41488	One-time Payment in Lieu of a Social Security COLA Archived	Report	Nov 12, 2010

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
HR 6294	Social Security Safety Dividend Act	Related bill	Sep 30, 2010
HR 6413	To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.	Related bill	Nov 16, 2010

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To ensure that seniors, veterans, and people with disabilities who receive Social Security and certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time $250 payment in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.
Short Titles as Introduced: Seniors Protection Act of 2010

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 30, 2010Introduced in House

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