To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit and to allow for payment of such a benefit, in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or child, to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased individual.

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

16 cosponsors — 4 Republicans, 12 Democrats

4 of 16 cosponsors (25%) are from the other party.

John Baldacci (D-ME), David Bonior (D-MI), Barney Frank (D-MA), Martin Frost (D-TX), Paul Gillmor (R-OH), Bart Gordon (D-TN), Melissa Hart (R-PA), Michael Honda (D-CA), Steven LaTourette (R-OH), Tom Lantos (D-CA), Michael McNulty (D-NY), Eleanor Norton (D-DC), Todd Platts (R-PA), Charles Rangel (D-NY), Karen Thurman (D-FL), Robert Wexler (D-FL).

More from the sponsor

Other 107th Congress bills sponsored by Rep. Bob Clement.

• H.R. 2521 (107th) To permit States to place supplemental guide signs relating to veterans cemeteries on Federal-aid highways.
• H.R. 870 (107th) Social Security Notch Act of 2001
• H.R. 2654 (107th) Transit Rail Accommodation Improvement and Needs Act for the 21st Century
• H.Con.Res. 64 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress supporting music education and Music in Our Schools Month.
• H.R. 329 (107th) Nashville INS Suboffice Act
• H.Con.Res. 343 (107th) Expressing the sense of the Congress supporting music education and Music in Our Schools Month.

Sponsor’s state and district

Tennessee in Congress · TN-5 district