Expressing the sense of the Congress that all railroad retirement benefits are exempt from sequestration under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 and that any such benefits sequestered under the presidential order of October 16, 1989, should be restored.

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

42 cosponsors — 19 Republicans, 23 Democrats

23 of 42 cosponsors (55%) are from the other party.

Gary Ackerman (D-NY), Herbert Bateman (R-VA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Beverly Byron (D-MD), H. Callahan (R-AL), Jim Chapman (D-TX), William Clinger (R-PA), Cardiss Collins (D-IL), William Dannemeyer (R-CA), Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Bill Emerson (R-MO), James Florio (D-NJ), Martin Frost (D-TX), Claude Harris (D-AL), Henry Hyde (R-IL), Jim Jontz (D-IN), Norman Lent (R-NY), William Lipinski (D-IL), Marilyn Lloyd (D-TN), Thomas Luken (D-OH), Ronald Machtley (R-RI), Thomas Manton (D-NY), Lynn Martin (R-IL), J. McMillan (R-NC), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Constance Morella (R-MD), Bruce Morrison (D-CT), James Oberstar (D-MN), Nick Rahall (D-WV), Thomas Ridge (R-PA) and 12 more.

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Robert Whittaker.

• H.R. 1589 (101st) To amend title VII of the Social Security Act to place the Office of Rural Health Policy under the direction of a Deputy Under Secretary…
• H.R. 1494 (101st) Tobacco and Nicotine Health and Safety Act of 1989
• H.R. 2315 (101st) Rural Rail Service Preservation Act of 1989
• H.R. 2339 (101st) Railroad User Fee Act of 1989
• H.R. 2434 (101st) To change the name of "Marion Lake", located northwest of Marion, Kansas, to "Marion Reservoir".
• H.R. 5853 (101st) Railroad Workers' Injury Compensation Act of 1990

Sponsor’s state and district

Kansas in Congress