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HR 2229 100th Congress House

A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by those Acts from the unified budget, and…

Official title: A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by th… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by those Acts from the unified budget, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 29, 1987 See on congress.gov
Transportation and Public Works Administrative procedureEconomics and Public FinanceEmployee benefit plansFederal budgets
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Federal receipts and expendituresGovernment Operations and PoliticsLabor and EmploymentOff-budget expendituresRailroad Retirement BoardRailroad employeesRailroad retirement plansRailroadsSocial security taxesTaxationUnemployment insurance
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It never became law before the 100th Congress (1987–1988) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 15, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
May 7, 1987
Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 30, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 30, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Government Operations.
Apr 30, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 15, 1987

Referred to Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to remove specified accounts related to railroad retirement funds, taxes, and revenues from inclusion in the Federal budget totals submitted by the President or the Congress, and to exempt such accounts from any general budget limitation imposed by law on Federal expenditures and net lending (budget outlays).

Amends the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to prohibit from inclusion in the Federal budget totals submitted by the President or the Congress certain railroad unemployment insurance accounts, taxes, and funds, and to exempt them from any general statutory budget limitations imposed upon Federal expenditures and budget outlays.

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 to direct the Railroad Retirement Board (the Board) to submit an annual budget program to the Office of Management and Budget which shall include separate statements of the Board's requested appropriations. Directs the President to include such requested amounts (without revision) in the budget transmitted to the Congress.

Amends the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide that the Board's authority to determine the number of individuals it shall employ shall not be subject to review by other Federal administrative or accounting personnel.

Precludes regulations promulgated by the Board from being subject to review by other Federal administrative or accounting personnel.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 3
All 3 Democratic 2
D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Sep 29, 1987
 D
Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Sep 29, 1987
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Apr 30, 1987
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2229: A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by those Acts from the unified budget, and for other purposes.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2229/
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"H.R. 2229: A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by those Acts from the unified budget, and for other purposes.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2229/.
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H.R. 2229, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2229/.
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[H.R. 2229: A bill to amend the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the Railroad Unemployment Insurance Act to provide for the removal of the trust funds established by those Acts from the unified budget, and for other purposes.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-2229/)
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