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House bill · 100th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by those Acts from the unified budget, and for other purposes.

H.R. 2229Introduced Apr 30, 1987Policy area: Transportation and Public Works
Sponsor: Rep. Harley Staggers D-WV
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Where it went

Latest action: May 15, 1987 — Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

Vote results

No recorded roll-call votes on this bill in PORKER’s records (voice votes and unanimous consent are not roll calls; roll-call records start in 2011).

Cosponsors

81 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 62 Democrats

16 of 81 cosponsors (20%) are from the other party.

Douglas Applegate (D-OH), Doug Barnard (D-GA), Jim Bates (D-CA), Tom Bevill (D-AL), Don Bonker (D-WA), Robert Borski (D-PA), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Joseph Brennan (D-ME), John Bryant (D-TX), Beverly Byron (D-MD), William Clay (D-MO), William Clinger (R-PA), Hal Daub (R-NE), Robert Davis (R-MI), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Wayne Dowdy (D-MS), Bernard Dwyer (D-NJ), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Walter Fauntroy (D-DC), Edward Feighan (D-OH), Hamilton Fish (R-NY), James Florio (D-NJ), Robert Garcia (D-NY), Bill Grant (R-FL), Kenneth Gray (D-IL), Ralph Hall (R-TX), John Hammerschmidt (R-AR), Claude Harris (D-AL), Dennis Hertel (D-MI) and 51 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harley Staggers.

Sponsor’s state and district

West Virginia in Congress · WV-2 district

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Data as of Sep 30, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.