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HCONRES 83 105th Congress House

Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional…

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Official title: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional basketball players.

Introduced: June 6, 1997 See on congress.gov
Labor and Employment AthletesBasketballPension fundsProfessional sportsSports and Recreation
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
Jun 11, 1997
Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.
May 16, 1997
Referred to the House Committee on Education and the Workforce.
May 16, 1997
Introduced in House
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 Latest action June 11, 1997

Referred to the Subcommittee on Employer-Employee Relations.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expresses the sense of the Congress that the surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 Basketball Association of America, National Basketball League, and National Basketball Association players with a minimum of three years of eligible service should be entitled to pension benefits.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 4 Independent 1
D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Jun 6, 1997
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jun 6, 1997
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Jun 6, 1997
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jun 6, 1997
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 16, 1997
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 83: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional basketball players.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-83/
MLA
"H. Con. Res. 83: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional basketball players.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-83/.
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H. Con. Res. 83, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-83/.
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[H. Con. Res. 83: Expressing the sense of Congress that the National Basketball Association and the Players Association should extend pension benefits to certain surviving post-World War II, pre-1965 professional basketball players.](https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HCONRES-83/)
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