House bill · 103rd Congress · Did not become law
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the provisions which currently suspend payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance benefits to individuals imprisoned upon conviction of a felony so as to apply to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least 1 month upon conviction of any criminal offense, and to amend title XVI of such Act to suspend a payment of supplemental security income benefits to such individuals.
Sponsor: Rep. Peter Torkildsen R-MAWhere it went
- IntroducedOct 7, 1993
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- Passed House—
- Passed Senate—
- To the President—
- Became law—
Latest action: Apr 28, 1994 — See H.R.4278.
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
61 cosponsors — 46 Republicans, 15 Democrats
17 of 61 cosponsors (28%) are from the other party.
Richard Baker (R-LA), Cass Ballenger (R-NC), Peter Barca (D-WI), Thomas Barrett (D-WI), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Peter Blute (R-MA), John Boehner (R-OH), Charles Canady (R-FL), William Clinger (R-PA), Sam Coppersmith (D-AZ), Philip Crane (R-IL), Tom DeLay (R-TX), John Doolittle (R-CA), Robert Dornan (R-CA), Bill Emerson (R-MO), Thomas Ewing (R-IL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Elton Gallegly (R-CA), Pete Geren (D-TX), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Porter Goss (R-FL), Jimmy Hayes (R-LA), Wally Herger (R-CA), Peter Hoekstra (R-MI), Earl Hutto (D-FL), Tim Johnson (D-SD), Jay Kim (R-CA), Peter King (R-NY), Jack Kingston (R-GA) and 31 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 103rd Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Peter Torkildsen.
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- H.R. 3504 (103rd) Federal Mandates Relief Act of 1993
- H.R. 1686 (103rd) Investment Tax Credit Act of 1993
- H.R. 5283 (103rd) To request the Secretary of the Navy to name an appropriate ship of the United States Navy the U.S.S. Joseph Vittori.
- H.R. 1069 (103rd) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a study of the historical and cultural resources in the vicinity of the city of Lynn…
- H.R. 4982 (103rd) To improve the enforcement of child support obligations in both intrastate and interstate cases by requiring the imposition and execution…
Sponsor’s state and district
Data as of Sep 29, 2026 · bill record checked by PORKER from Congress.gov · votes from Senate.gov and the House Clerk. PORKER is non-partisan.