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HR 4450 100th Congress House Transportation and Public Works Annuities Appropriations Budget deficits Department of Transportation Economics and Public Finance Employee benefit plans Federal budgets Government spending reductions Government trust funds Labor and Employment Railroad employees Railroad retirement plans Railroads

A bill to ensure that certain Railroad Retirement benefits paid out of the Dual Benefits Payments Account are not reduced, and for other purposes.

Introduced: April 21, 1988 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 5 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
May 17, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
May 9, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Transportation, Tourism, and Hazardous Materials.
Apr 21, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 21, 1988
Referred to House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Apr 21, 1988
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

States that the payment of certain annuities under the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 and the appropriation of funds to the Dual Benefits Payments Account shall: (1) be considered a mandatory Federal obligation (rather than a discretionary activity); (2) not be subject to sequestration or reduction under the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act); and (3) have the same status for Federal budgetary and accounting purposes as benefits paid under title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act (thus ensuring that certain railroad retirement benefits paid out of the Dual Benefits Account are not reduced).

Appropriates funds to the Dual Benefits Payments Account for FY 1988.

What's happening now May 17, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1