[History of Bills, Volume 130 (1984)]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]


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H.R. 4280--A bill to amend the Employee Retirement Income Security Act 
    of 1974 and the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to improve the 
    delivery of retirement benefits and provide for greater equity 
    under private pension plans for workers and their spouses and 
    dependents by taking into account changes in work patterns, the 
    status of marriage as an economic partnership, and the substantial 
    contribution to that partnership of spouses who work both in and 
    outside the home, and for other purposes; jointly, to the 
    Committees on Education and Labor; Ways and Means.
  By Mr. CLAY (for himself, Mrs. Roukema, Ms. Ferraro, Mr. Erlenborn, 
    Mr. Ford of Michigan, Mr. Kildee, Mr. Murphy, Mr. Martinez, Mr. 
    Miller of California, Mr. Biaggi, Mr. Perkins, Mr. Bartlett, Mr. 
    Chandler, Mrs. Schroeder, Ms. Snowe, Mrs. Boggs, Ms. Kaptur, Mrs. 
    Boxer, Mrs. Collins, Mrs. Hall of Indiana, Mrs. Johnson, Mrs. 
    Kennelly, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Oakar, Mrs. Schneider, Mr. Simon, Mr. 
    Williams of Montana, Mr. Harrison, Mr. Ackerman, Mrs. Burton of 
    California, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. Packard, Ms. Fiedler, Mr. Hayes, 
    Mrs. Holt, Mrs. Martin of Illinois, and Mr. Rinaldo)
  Cosponsors added
  Reported with amendments (H. Rept. 9809655)
  Reported with amendments (H. Rept. 9809655, part II)
  Debated
  Amendments
  Rules suspended. Amended and passed House
  Referred to Committee on Finance
  Reported (no written report)
  Debated
  Amendments
  Amended and passed Senate
  Reported (S. Rept. 9809575)
  House concurs in Senate amendment
  Examined and signed in the Senate
  Approved [Public Law 9809397]
  Examined and signed in the House
  Presented to the President