US Congress House Bill 4140 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1-1)
Status: Introduced on December 1 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-12-04 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Energy and Power Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

SENIORS Act of 2015 Saving the Earnings and Noting the Investment of Our Retired Seniors Act of 2015 This bill expresses the sense of Congress on a cost-of-living increase to Social Security benefits for seniors. The Department of the Treasury shall disburse a one-time payment to certain individuals who are entitled to a benefit under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (SSAct), an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974, or a veterans benefit, or are eligible for a cash benefit under SSAct title XVI (Supplemental Security Income). The amount disbursed shall be 12% of the amount of such benefit payment or SSI cash benefit payable to the individual for November 2015. The Internal Revenue Code is amended to require a Social Security number to claim the refundable portion of the child tax credit. As offsets for these payments: all balances under the United States Enrichment Corporation Fund are hereby permanently rescinded; of the amounts obligated, but not expended, under the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008 for the Making Home Affordable Program, Treasury shall transfer $2.5 million to the general fund of the Treasury; and of the funds made available to the Department of Energy under the Consolidated Security, Disaster Assistance, and Continuing Appropriations Act, 2009 for the Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program Account for the cost of direct loans as authorized by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007, the unobligated balance is hereby rescinded.

SENIORS Act of 2015 Saving the Earnings and Noting the Investment of Our Retired Seniors Act of 2015

Rep. Frank Guinta [R-NH]	Sen. Kyrsten Sinema [I-AZ]	Rep. Stephen Fincher [R-TN]	Rep. Daniel Webster [R-FL]
Rep. Christopher Gibson [R-NY]	Rep. Richard Nugent [R-FL]	Rep. Derek Kilmer [D-WA]	Rep. Leonard Lance [R-NJ]
Rep. David Trott [R-MI]

Date	Chamber	Action
2015-12-04	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Power.
2015-12-03	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
2015-12-02	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
2015-12-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Financial Services
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Energy and Commerce
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Appropriations
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
2015-12-01	House	Referred to House Ways and Means
2015-12-01	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Veterans' Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2015-12-01	House	Introduced in House

HB192 (Related) 2015-01-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB2956 (Related) 2015-07-07 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
HB4012 (Related) 2015-12-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
HB4144 (Related) 2015-12-03 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
SB2251 (Related) 2015-11-05 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB4722 (Related) 2016-03-23 - Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 362.
HB5297 (Related) 2016-05-19 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4140/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/114/bills/hr4140/BILLS-114hr4140ih.pdf