An act to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 to reduce the rate of certain taxes paid to the Virgin Islands on Virgin Islands source income, to amend the Social Security Act to provide for a temporary period that payment of disability benefits may continue through the hearing stage of the appeals process, and for other purposes.
Public Law 97-455 · H.R. 7093 · 97th Congress · began in the House
Signed by Ronald Reagan (R) on Jan 12, 1983 · Taxation
Sponsor: Rep. Ron de Lugo (D-VI)
Cosponsors (3): Rep. Kenneth Holland, Rep. Cecil Heftel,
Passage votesYeaNay
- HouseRecorded vote: 259 yea, 0 nay259–0
- SenateVoice vote
Data notes
The final version of the law, as each chamber passed it. A chamber that passed it by voice vote or unanimous consent has no count. “Method not stated” means the record does not say how the chamber voted. Where the record has a member-by-member vote, the “Who voted for it” section shows who voted yea.
Summary
The Congressional Research Service’s plain-language summary of what the law does.
Amends the Internal Revenue Code to limit to ten percent the income tax rate on Virgin Islands source income and provide for corresponding changes in tax withholding.
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to permit an individual who has been found to be no longer eligible for disability benefits and who has requested a hearing with respect to such determination to elect to have the payment of such benefits continued during the administrative appeals process, through June 1984.
Provides that if the decision after the hearing affirms the determination that the individual is not entitled to such benefits, any benefits paid pending the hearing shall be considered overpayments. Limits the above provisions to determinations of ineligibility made before October, 1983.
Makes the requirement that disability determinations under title II be reviewed at least every three years applicable only to the extent that sufficient personnel and processing time are available. Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to determine the number of cases which may be adequately reviewed by the applicable State agency or by the Secretary. Requires the Secretary to report annually to specified Congressional committees with respect to such determinations.
Requires evidentiary hearings accessible to the disabled individual in reconsiderations of disability benefit terminations. States that this requirement shall become effective no later than 1984.
Directs the Secretary to take the necessary steps to assure public understanding of the importance Congress places on face-to-face reconsiderations. Requires the Secretary to develop procedures for the conduct of such reconsiderations and to advise beneficiaries of the importance of submitting all evidence.
Directs the Secretary to report semiannually to specified Congressional committees on the number and results of continuing disability reviews.
Amends the Social Security Amendments of 1977 to revise provisions for the reduction of spousal security benefits by a certain percent of the amount received as a public pension. Provides that such offset shall not apply to dependent spouses who become eligible for a public pension prior to July 1983. Requires the Secretary to study the pension offset provisions and make legislative recomendations to Congress by May 15, 1983.
Who voted for it
Every House member of the 97th Congress on the ideology compass. Highlighted: the 259 who voted yea on final passage. Faded: everyone else, including those who voted nay, did not vote, or had not yet taken office.
259 yea0 nay174 present or did not vote
Democrats who voted yea(143)
- Rep. Bill ClayD-MO-1
- Rep. Martin SaboD-MN-5
- Rep. Patricia SchroederD-CO-1
- Rep. Parren MitchellD-MD-7
Rep. John ConyersD-MI-1- Rep. Ronald DellumsD-CA-8
- Rep. Henry GonzálezD-TX-20
- Rep. George CrockettD-MI-13
- Rep. Mickey LelandD-TX-18
- Rep. Gus SavageD-IL-2
- Rep. Louis StokesD-OH-21
Rep. Charlie RangelD-NY-19- Rep. Theodore WeissD-NY-20
- Rep. Edward RoybalD-CA-25
- Rep. John SeiberlingD-OH-14
- Rep. Robert KastenmeierD-WI-2
- Rep. Robert GarciaD-NY-21
- Rep. George BrownD-CA-36
- Rep. Anthony BeilensonD-CA-23
- Rep. William FordD-MI-15
Rep. James OberstarD-MN-8- Rep. William BrodheadD-MI-17
- Rep. Peter RodinoD-NJ-10
- Rep. Julian DixonD-CA-28
Rep. George MillerD-CA-7- Rep. Katie HallD-IN-1
- Rep. Gerry StuddsD-MA-12
Rep. John DingellD-MI-16- Rep. Henry ReussD-WI-5
- Rep. James ShannonD-MA-5
Rep. Daniel AkakaD-HI-2- Rep. Robert MatsuiD-CA-3
- Rep. William CoyneD-PA-14
Rep. Henry WaxmanD-CA-24
Rep. Dale KildeeD-MI-7- Rep. Claude PepperD-FL-14
- Rep. John WilliamsD-MT-1
- Rep. Michael LowryD-WA-7
- Rep. James HowardD-NJ-3
- Rep. Sidney YatesD-IL-9
- Rep. John MoakleyD-MA-9
- Rep. Thomas DowneyD-NY-2
- Rep. Stephen SolarzD-NY-13
- Rep. Bruce VentoD-MN-4
Rep. Dave ObeyD-WI-7- Rep. Robert EdgarD-PA-7
Rep. Chuck SchumerD-NY-16- Rep. Norman MinetaD-CA-13
- Rep. Brian DonnellyD-MA-11
Rep. Barbara MikulskiD-MD-3- Rep. Raymond KogovsekD-CO-3
Rep. Ed MarkeyD-MA-7
Rep. Steny HoyerD-MD-5- Rep. Donald BaileyD-PA-21
- Rep. Anthony CoelhoD-CA-15
- Rep. Barbara KennellyD-CT-1
- Rep. Frank GuariniD-NJ-14
- Rep. Thomas FoleyD-WA-5
- Rep. Mary OakarD-OH-20
- Rep. James WrightD-TX-12
- Rep. Morris UdallD-AZ-2
- Rep. Matthew McHughD-NY-27
- Rep. Nicholas MavroulesD-MA-6
- Rep. Howard WolpeD-MI-3
Rep. Ron WydenD-OR-3- Rep. John FaryD-IL-5
- Rep. Jack BrooksD-TX-9
Rep. John MurthaD-PA-12- Rep. William RatchfordD-CT-5
- Rep. Bill AlexanderD-AR-1
- Rep. James FlorioD-NJ-1
- Rep. Henry NowakD-NY-37
- Rep. Lindy BoggsD-LA-2
- Rep. Clement ZablockiD-WI-4
- Rep. Les AuCoinD-OR-1
- Rep. Leslie AspinD-WI-1
- Rep. Daniel RostenkowskiD-IL-8
Rep. Norm DicksD-WA-6- Rep. Robert RoeD-NJ-8
- Rep. Allan SwiftD-WA-2
- Rep. Fernand St. GermainD-RI-1
- Rep. Dennis EckartD-OH-22
- Rep. Donald PeaseD-OH-13
- Rep. Timothy WirthD-CO-2
- Rep. Joseph GaydosD-PA-20
- Rep. John LaFalceD-NY-36
- Rep. Sam GejdensonD-CT-2
- Rep. Stanley LundineD-NY-39
Rep. Byron DorganD-ND- Rep. Tom BevillD-AL-4
- Rep. Wyche FowlerD-GA-5
- Rep. David BowenD-MS-2
- Rep. William NatcherD-KY-2
- Rep. Dick GephardtD-MO-3
- Rep. Michael BarnesD-MD-8
- Rep. Berkley BedellD-IA-6
- Rep. Clarence LongD-MD-2
- Rep. Jamie WhittenD-MS-1
- Rep. Robert YoungD-MO-2
- Rep. Beryl AnthonyD-AR-4
- Rep. James JonesD-OK-1
- Rep. Butler DerrickD-SC-3
- Rep. Abraham KazenD-TX-23
- Rep. Samuel StrattonD-NY-28
- Rep. Bill HefnerD-NC-8
- Rep. Norman D’AmoursD-NH-1
- Rep. Harold VolkmerD-MO-9
- Rep. Glenn AndersonD-CA-32
- Rep. Royden DysonD-MD-1
- Rep. Romano MazzoliD-KY-3
- Rep. William HughesD-NJ-2
- Rep. Charles WilsonD-TX-2
- Rep. Daniel GlickmanD-KS-4
- Rep. Stephen NealD-NC-5
- Rep. Charles WhitleyD-NC-3
- Rep. Philip SharpD-IN-10
- Rep. Jack BrinkleyD-GA-3
- Rep. Lee HamiltonD-IN-9
- Rep. William PatmanD-TX-14
- Rep. Carroll HubbardD-KY-1
- Rep. Sam GibbonsD-FL-7
Rep. Ike SkeltonD-MO-4- Rep. Jake PickleD-TX-10
- Rep. Andrew JacobsD-IN-11
- Rep. Douglas ApplegateD-OH-18
- Rep. Earl HuttoD-FL-1
- Rep. Richard WhiteD-TX-16
- Rep. Charles BennettD-FL-3
- Rep. Glenn EnglishD-OK-6
- Rep. Kent HanceD-TX-19
- Rep. Beverly ByronD-MD-6
- Rep. Lawrence FountainD-NC-2
- Rep. John BreauxD-LA-7
- Rep. Thomas HuckabyD-LA-5
Rep. Ralph HallD-TX-4- Rep. Billy TauzinD-LA-3
- Rep. Sonny MontgomeryD-MS-3
- Rep. James LeathD-TX-11
- Rep. Charlie StenholmD-TX-17
- Rep. Buddy RoemerD-LA-4
- Rep. Phil GrammD-TX-6
- Rep. Robert StumpD-AZ-3
- Rep. Lawrence McDonaldD-GA-7
Republicans who voted yea(115)
- Rep. Harold HollenbeckR-NJ-9
- Rep. Claudine SchneiderR-RI-2
- Rep. Bill GreenR-NY-18
- Rep. Matthew RinaldoR-NJ-12
- Rep. Jim JeffordsR-VT
- Rep. Margaret HecklerR-MA-10
- Rep. Silvio ConteR-MA-1
- Rep. Marc MarksR-PA-24
- Rep. Charles DoughertyR-PA-4
- Rep. Stewart McKinneyR-CT-4
- Rep. Benjamin GilmanR-NY-26
- Rep. Robert DavisR-MI-11
- Rep. Frank HortonR-NY-34
- Rep. Jim LeachR-IA-1
Rep. Chris SmithR-NJ-4- Rep. Eugene AtkinsonR-PA-25
Rep. Olympia SnoweR-ME-2- Rep. Huey DeckardR-IN-8
- Rep. George O’BrienR-IL-17
- Rep. William WamplerR-VA-9
- Rep. John DuncanR-TN-2
- Rep. William ClingerR-PA-23
- Rep. Arlen ErdahlR-MN-1
- Rep. Millicent FenwickR-NJ-5
- Rep. Donald ClausenR-CA-2
- Rep. Norman LentR-NY-4
- Rep. Guy MolinariR-NY-17
- Rep. Paul FindleyR-IL-20
- Rep. Pete McCloskeyR-CA-12
Rep. Ralph RegulaR-OH-16- Rep. John NapierR-SC-6
- Rep. Marge RoukemaR-NJ-7
Rep. Frank WolfR-VA-10- Rep. Thomas TaukeR-IA-2
- Rep. John HammerschmidtR-AR-3
- Rep. Stanford ParrisR-VA-8
- Rep. Earl ColemanR-MO-6
- Rep. John PorterR-IL-10
- Rep. Chalmers WylieR-OH-15
- Rep. Guy Vander JagtR-MI-9
- Rep. James CoyneR-PA-8
- Rep. Doug BereuterR-NE-1
- Rep. Paul TribleR-VA-1
- Rep. Marion SnyderR-KY-4
- Rep. Lynn MartinR-IL-16
- Rep. Bobbi FiedlerR-CA-21
- Rep. Robert CoughlinR-PA-13
- Rep. William CarneyR-NY-1
- Rep. George WortleyR-NY-32
Rep. W. Bill YoungR-FL-6- Rep. Charles PashayanR-CA-17
- Rep. John MyersR-IN-7
- Rep. Edward MadiganR-IL-21
- Rep. Toby RothR-WI-8
- Rep. Steven GundersonR-WI-3
- Rep. Floyd SpenceR-SC-2
- Rep. Newton GingrichR-GA-6
- Rep. Thomas EvansR-IA-3
- Rep. Manuel LujánR-NM-1
- Rep. Virginia SmithR-NE-3
- Rep. Carroll CampbellR-SC-4
- Rep. Joseph SkeenR-NM-2
- Rep. William MooreR-LA-6
Rep. Tom PetriR-WI-6- Rep. Jack KempR-NY-38
- Rep. Richard SchulzeR-PA-5
- Rep. Clay ShawR-FL-12
- Rep. Hal DaubR-NE-2
- Rep. Robert WhittakerR-KS-5
- Rep. John ErlenbornR-IL-14
- Rep. William LoweryR-CA-41
- Rep. David StatonR-WV-3
- Rep. Donald RitterR-PA-15
- Rep. James RobinsonR-VA-7
- Rep. Robert MichelR-IL-18
- Rep. Bill McCollumR-FL-5
- Rep. Thomas HagedornR-MN-2
- Rep. Bud ShusterR-PA-9
Rep. Pat RobertsR-KS-1- Rep. Tom BlileyR-VA-3
- Rep. Bill ThomasR-CA-18
- Rep. Kenneth KramerR-CO-5
- Rep. Robert LagomarsinoR-CA-19
- Rep. William HendonR-NC-11
Rep. Daniel CoatsR-IN-4- Rep. Barber ConableR-NY-35
- Rep. Thomas LoefflerR-TX-21
- Rep. William FrenzelR-MN-3
- Rep. William GoodlingR-PA-19
- Rep. Mickey EdwardsR-OK-5
- Rep. Marjorie HoltR-MD-4
- Rep. Robert DornanR-CA-27
- Rep. Thomas KindnessR-OH-8
- Rep. Edward DerwinskiR-IL-4
- Rep. John WeberR-MN-6
- Rep. Carlos MoorheadR-CA-22
- Rep. John HilerR-IN-3
- Rep. Richard CheneyR-WY
Rep. James SensenbrennerR-WI-9- Rep. Albert SmithR-AL-6
- Rep. Wendell BaileyR-MO-8
- Rep. Bill EmersonR-MO-10
- Rep. Clarence MillerR-OH-10
Rep. Larry CraigR-ID-1- Rep. Bill ArcherR-TX-7
- Rep. Gerald SolomonR-NY-29
- Rep. Norman ShumwayR-CA-14
- Rep. Hank BrownR-CO-4
- Rep. Jack FieldsR-TX-8
- Rep. John RousselotR-CA-26
- Rep. Robert WalkerR-PA-16
- Rep. George HansenR-ID-2
- Rep. William DannemeyerR-CA-39
- Rep. Jean AshbrookR-OH-17
- Rep. Phil CraneR-IL-12
Data notes
The House’s recorded vote on the final version of the law (roll call 811 in Voteview), matched to the vote the record cites and checked against its totals. Positions are each member’s DW-NOMINATE score for that Congress, as on the Ideology page; left to right is more liberal to more conservative. Paired and announced yea votes count as yea. Lists follow the compass, most liberal first. 1 yea vote was cast by members of neither major party and is highlighted on the compass but not listed. A name links to a profile only for members of the current Congress. A law passed by voice vote or unanimous consent has no member list, and neither does a vote Voteview has not yet recorded.
Committees
The committees the bill was sent to, and what each did with it.
Data notes
A committee links to its page only where it exists in the current Congress; older and renamed committees are named without a link.
Timeline
From introduction to signing, newest first: the committees, the floor and the president. 28 actions.
- Jan 12, 1983Became lawBecame law · Became Public Law No: 97-455.
- Became lawBecame law · Signed by President.
- Jan 3, 1983PresidentPresident · Presented to President.
- Dec 21, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in Senate: Senate agreed to conference report by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 259 - 0 (Record Vote No: 487).House roll call 487
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report agreed to in House: House Agreed to Conference Report by Yea-Nay Vote: 259 - 0 (Record Vote No: 487).House roll call 487
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference Report 97-985 Filed in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference report filed: Conference Report 97-985 Filed in House.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · Conference committee actions: Conferees agreed to file conference report.
- Dec 18, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Agreed to Request for Conference and Speaker Appointed Conferees: Rostenkowski, Pickle, Jacobs, Gephardt, Archer, Gradison, Martin (NC).
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Insisted on its Amendment to Senate Amendment 001.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Insisted on its Disagreement to Senate Amendments 002, 003, 004.
- Dec 17, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · Senate requests a conference. Appoints conferees. Dole; Packwood; Armstrong; Long; Byrd, of VA.
- FloorFloor · Senate disagreed to House amendments to Senate Amendment No. 1 by Voice Vote.
- FloorFloor · Senate insists on its amendments Nos. 2, 3, and 4. By Voice Vote.
- Dec 14, 1982Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Disagreed to Senate Amendments 002, 003, 004 by Voice Vote.
- Resolving differencesResolving differences · House Concurred, in Senate Amendment 001 , with Amendments by Voice Vote.
- Dec 3, 1982FloorFloor · Passed Senate with amendments and an amendment to the Title by Yea-Nay Vote. 70-4. Record Vote No: 394.Senate roll call 394
- Oct 1, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by Senate Finance Committee
- Sep 28, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Markup by Senate Finance Committee
- Sep 22, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to Senate Finance Committee
- Sep 20, 1982FloorFloor · Passed House by Voice Vote.
- Sep 16, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Reported by House Ways and Means Committee
- Sep 15, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Markup by House Ways and Means Committee
- Sep 14, 1982CommitteeCommittee · Referred to House Ways and Means Committee
- IntroducedIntroduced · Introduced in the House
Data notes
Shows the introduction, each committee and subcommittee step the source dates (referral, hearings, markup, report, discharge), and the floor, conference, presidential and became-law steps. Calendar placements, messages between the chambers, amendments and committee report numbers are not shown for laws before the 108th Congress. Two entries the source lists twice are shown once.
Official record
The bill’s full text and every action, including introduction and committee steps, are on Congress.gov. Data through Oct 7, 2026.