To amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to change benefit eligibility requirements so that individuals who have completed 30 years of service as an employee and have attained the age of 55 years are eligible and so that certain other individuals who have attained the age of 55 years and are related to employees are also eligible.

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

7 cosponsors — 1 Republican, 6 Democrats

6 of 7 cosponsors (86%) are from the other party.

Jerry Huckaby (D-LA), Dale Kildee (D-MI), Carl Perkins (D-KY), Arthur Ravenel (R-SC), Robert Roe (D-NJ), Charles Rose (D-NC), Bob Wise (D-WV).

More from the sponsor

Other 101st Congress bills sponsored by Rep. James Quillen.

• H.J.Res. 555 (101st) To commemorate the bicentennial of the enactment of the law which provided civil government for the territory from which the State of…
• H.R. 316 (101st) To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove the time limitation for the use of chapter 34 educational assistance benefits.
• H.R. 317 (101st) To amend title 38, United States Code, to require that burials be permitted in national cemeteries on weekends and holidays.
• H.R. 318 (101st) To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to benefits thereunder shall continue through the…
• H.R. 325 (101st) To amend title XVIII of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of services by psychologists under the medicare program.
• H.R. 4691 (101st) United States Coinage Reform Act of 1990

Sponsor’s state and district

Tennessee in Congress · TN-1 district