A bill to amend titles XVI and II of the Social Security Act to promote the rehabilitation of blind beneficiaries under the SSI and OASDI programs, and to assure that they receive the most appropriate employment and training services which are available, by permitting them to select the agencies to which they will be referred for such services.

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

19 cosponsors — 3 Republicans, 16 Democrats

3 of 19 cosponsors (16%) are from the other party.

Helen Bentley (R-MD), Jim Chapman (D-TX), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), George Crockett (D-MI), Walter Fauntroy (D-DC), Martin Frost (D-TX), Robert Garcia (D-NY), Augustus Hawkins (D-CA), Jim Jontz (D-IN), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), Robert Matsui (D-CA), Charles Price (D-IL), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Robert Roe (D-NJ), Martin Sabo (D-MN), Robert Smith (R-NH), James Traficant (D-OH), Theodore Weiss (D-NY), George Wortley (R-NY).

More from the sponsor

Other 100th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Harold Ford.

• H.R. 1720 (100th) Family Support Act of 1988
• H.R. 3788 (100th) Social Security Notch Adjustment Act
• H.Con.Res. 143 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress concerning minority employment practices of the Department of State.
• H.R. 3265 (100th) Handicapped Transportation Amendments of 1987
• H.R. 1209 (100th) A bill to amend the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 to increase the minimum wage.
• H.R. 3002 (100th) A bill to amend chapter 215 of title 18, United States Code, to provide certain rights for persons who are subjected to grand jury…

Sponsor’s state and district

Tennessee in Congress · TN-9 district