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Senate bill · 104th Congress · Did not become law

A bill to amend titles II and XVIII of the Social Security Act to prohibit the use of social security and medicare trust funds for certain expenditures relating to union representatives at the Social Security Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services.

S. 1987Introduced Jul 24, 1996Policy area: Government Operations and Politics
Sponsor: Sen. Duncan Faircloth R-NC
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Where it went

Latest action: Jul 24, 1996 — Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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

9 cosponsors — 9 Republicans

0 of 9 cosponsors (0%) are from the other party.

Robert Bennett (R-UT), Christopher Bond (R-MO), Jesse Helms (R-NC), Nancy Kassebaum (R-KS), Jon Kyl (R-AZ), Chester Lott (R-MS), Richard Shelby (R-AL), Robert Smith (R-NH), James Thurmond (R-SC).

More from the sponsor

Other 104th Congress bills sponsored by Sen. Duncan Faircloth.

Sponsor’s state and district

North Carolina in Congress

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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.