A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to eliminate the requirement that States reduce the amount of unemployment compensation payable for any week by the amount of certain retirement benefits, and for other purposes.
Latest action. Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
(Measure passed House, amended, roll call #34 (306-97)) Amends the Internal Revenue Code requirement that States reduce the amount of unemployment compensation payable for any week by the amount of any pension, retirement pay, annuity, or other similar benefits received by an individual, to limit the application of such requirement to payments under a plan maintained or contributed to by a base period employer (any employer who paid wages on which the unemployment insurance eligibility of the claimant and the amount and duration of benefits is based) where services performed for such employer by the individual during the base period (or remuneration for such services) affects eligibility for, or increases the amount of, such pension, retirement or retired pay, annuity, or other payment. Permits State law to provide for limitation on the amount of any such reduction to take into account contributions made by the individual for the pension, retirement pay, annuity, or other similar periodic payments. Postpones the effective date of such requirement from March 31, 1980, to January 1, 1982. Amends the Federal-State Extended Unemployment Compensation Act of 1970 to require a State law to extend an individual's period of eligibility for extended compensation benefits to any week beginning within two years after the last day of such individual's benefit year. Makes such requirement effective as of January 1, 1982.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Passed House amended" stage on February 6, 1980. It describes the bill, it is not the legal text.
Where is it in the process, and what happens next?
4 steps remain before this bill could become law.
The record's latest action, on February 7, 1980: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
- Clearing the committees it was referred to, and being scheduled for a floor vote
- Passage by the House
- Passage by the Senate
- The President's signature. If the President vetoes it, two-thirds of both chambers must vote to override.
How likely is it to become law?
Civibrief does not forecast outcomes and this page has no opinion about this one. What the record supports is a base rate, which is a fact about the whole pile, not a prediction about this measure.
In the 96th Congress (1979-80), 613 of the 12,581 bills and joint resolutions introduced became law, about 4.9 percent. That count covers every measure at every stage, including the many that never left committee.
This one is not there yet: 4 steps are still outstanding, listed above.
Has anyone actually voted on it?
No. No roll call in this Congress cites this measure. That is the ordinary outcome: most measures never reach a recorded floor vote, and a committee ends most of them simply by not acting.
A vote is not the only thing that happens to a measure. Hearings, markups, and referrals are all recorded actions, and none of them is a vote of the full chamber.
Who is behind it?
JAMES CORMAN (D-CA) introduced it on October 9, 1979, and 5 members have since signed on as cosponsors.
They come from both major parties: 2 Democrats, 3 Republicans.
Cosponsoring is a formal signature on the text. It is not a commitment to vote for the measure, it does not bind anyone's party, and a long list of cosponsors is a measure of attention rather than of prospects.
How long has it been in play?
It was introduced on October 9, 1979, 17138 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 17017 days ago, on February 7, 1980.
Measures do not carry over. Anything the 96th Congress has not finished by January 3, 1981 dies when the term ends, and has to be introduced again from the start in the next Congress.
Every answer above is assembled from this measure's own record on Congress.gov and from published counts of what Congress has passed before. Civibrief does not predict outcomes and takes no position on any measure.
Vote history
- HouseIn committee, no floor vote yet
- SenateAwaits House passage
- PresidentAwaits both chambers