A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to suspend the payment of old-age or disability insurance benefits to any individual who is confined in a penal institution or correction facility, and to provide instead (if specified conditions are met) for the payment of such benefits to the individual's dependents or to such institution or facility.
Latest action. Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of old-age or disability insurance benefits to any individual for any month during which such individual is confined in a penal institution or correctional facility. Requires payment of any benefit so withheld from such individual to any person entitled to a dependent's benefit on the basis of such individual's wages and self-employment income, or, if no such person exists, to the officer or agency having jurisdiction over the facility where such individual is confined, provided such officer or agency has agreed to pay such individual a personal expense allowance.
Written by analysts at the Congressional Research Service and published on Congress.gov, not by Civibrief. Summarized at the "Introduced in House" stage on July 2, 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 July 2, 1980: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
- 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?
MATTHEW RINALDO (R-NJ) introduced it on July 2, 1980. No cosponsors are recorded.
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 July 2, 1980, 16871 days ago. The most recent recorded action was 16871 days ago, on July 2, 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