House bill · 105th Congress · Did not become law
Surviving Spouse Fairness Act of 1998
Open in Bill Explorer →Where it went
- IntroducedMar 24, 1998
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- Passed Senate—
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Latest action: Mar 24, 1998 — Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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
55 cosponsors — 34 Republicans, 21 Democrats
23 of 55 cosponsors (42%) are from the other party.
Robert Andrews (D-NJ), Douglas Bereuter (R-NE), Howard Berman (D-CA), Michael Bilirakis (R-FL), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Rick Boucher (D-VA), Allen Boyd (D-FL), Ed Bryant (R-TN), Ken Calvert (R-CA), Charles Canady (R-FL), Helen Chenoweth-Hage (R-ID), John Cooksey (R-LA), Lincoln Diaz-Balart (R-FL), Jo Emerson (R-MO), Lane Evans (D-IL), Bob Filner (D-CA), Mark Foley (R-FL), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Jim Gibbons (R-NV), Virgil Goode (R-VA), Robert Goodlatte (R-VA), Gene Green (D-TX), Ralph Hall (R-TX), Tony Hall (D-OH), Jane Harman (D-CA), Rick Hill (R-MT), John Hostettler (R-IN), Asa Hutchinson (R-AR), Jay Johnson (D-WI) and 25 more.
More from the sponsor
Other 105th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Marge Roukema.
- H.R. 1306 (105th) Riegle-Neal Amendments Act of 1997
- H.R. 4364 (105th) Depository Institution Regulatory Streamlining Act of 1998
- H.R. 3568 (105th) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Parity Amendments of 1998
- H.R. 4553 (105th) Small Business and Financial Institutions Tax Relief Act of 1998
- H.R. 264 (105th) ATM Fee Reform Act of 1997
- H.R. 2791 (105th) To amend the Communications Act of 1934 to prohibit Internet service providers from providing accounts to sexually violent predators.
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.