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HR 3207 105th Congress House Social Welfare Balanced budgets Budget surpluses Economics and Public Finance Federal budgets Government securities Government trust funds Investment of public funds Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security finance

To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Save Social Security First Reserve Fund into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses pending Social Security reform.

Introduced: February 12, 1998 See on congress.gov
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Feb 19, 1998
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 12, 1998
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 12, 1998
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E176)
Feb 12, 1998
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Treasury the Save Social Security First Reserve Fund to save any surpluses in the Federal budget pending social security reform. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay into the Fund at the end of each fiscal year an amount equal to any such surplus; and (2) invest all such amounts in public debt securities with suitable maturities and bearing interest at rates determined by the Secretary.

What's happening now February 19, 1998

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 10
All 10 Democratic 10
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Jul 29, 1998
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · Jun 11, 1998
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 11, 1998
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 9, 1998
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Mar 9, 1998
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Mar 9, 1998
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 9, 1998
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Mar 9, 1998
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Mar 9, 1998
 D
Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · Feb 12, 1998
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3207: To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Save Social Security First Reserve Fund into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses pending Social Security reform.. 105th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3207/
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"H.R. 3207: To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Save Social Security First Reserve Fund into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses pending Social Security reform.." 105th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3207/.
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H.R. 3207, 105th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/105-HR-3207/.
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