H.R. 4289 · 117th Congress

WISH Act

Introduced on Jun 30, 2021 by Thomas R. Suozzi (D-NY-3). Latest action (Jun 30, 2021): Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Stage
Introduced
Introduced
Jun 30, 2021
Cosponsors
0
Policy area
Social Welfare
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Progress

The furthest stage the measure reached. Simple and concurrent resolutions do not go to the President.

  1. Introduced
  2. 2Reported by committee
  3. 3Passed one chamber
  4. 4Passed both chambers
  5. 5Sent to the President
  6. 6Became law

Official title

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for long-term care insurance benefits, and for other purposes.

Summary

By the Congressional Research Service (Introduced in House, Jun 30, 2021). Public domain.

Well-Being Insurance for Seniors to be at Home Act or the WISH Act

This bill provides initial funding to establish a federal long-term care insurance benefit and puts in place a new payroll tax to finance the benefit in the future. The initial funding for the benefit and related outreach must be repaid to the Department of the Treasury within 10 years.

Sponsor and cosponsors

Cosponsors by party as of the day they signed on. Original cosponsors signed on the day of introduction.

Thomas R. SuozziD-NY-3Sponsor

No cosponsors.

Roll calls

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No recorded roll call on this measure: it moved by voice vote or unanimous consent, or has not reached the floor.

History

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  1. Jun 30, 2021Introduced in House
  2. Jun 30, 2021Introduced in House
  3. Jun 30, 2021 · HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
  4. Jun 30, 2021 · HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Committees

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Agencies in its committees' jurisdiction

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Who lobbied on it

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  1. THE NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY7 reports
    $5.9M reported (all issues)Federal contractor: NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE CO, THEAI match · 100%
  2. AMERICAN COUNCIL OF LIFE INSURERS6 reports
    $5.6M reported (all issues)
  3. AARP1 report
    $5.6M reported (all issues)

Reports filed in 2023, 2024.

Sources and method

Every figure on this page traces to these records.

  • Bill status: bills and resolutions, sponsors, actions, subjects and CRS summaries (U.S. Government Publishing Office (GovInfo), from Congress.gov (Library of Congress))GovInfo Bill Status bulk data (Congress.gov; summaries by the Congressional Research Service) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Members of Congress, their terms, committees and identifiers (The @unitedstates project (from the Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress, the House and the Senate))unitedstates/congress-legislators: legislators, committees and current committee membership · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)
  • House roll-call votes (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives)Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, roll-call vote records · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Senate roll-call votes and DW-NOMINATE scores (Voteview (UCLA Department of Political Science))Lewis, Jeffrey B., Keith Poole, Howard Rosenthal, Adam Boche, Aaron Rudkin, and Luke Sonnet (2026). Voteview: Congressional Roll-Call Votes Database. https://voteview.com/ · data current to Oct 3, 2026 · loaded Oct 3, 2026 · license: Free to use with the required citation
  • Lobbying disclosures (LD-1 registrations, LD-2 quarterly reports, LD-203 contribution reports) (Clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives)Clerk of the House, Lobbying Disclosure Act filings (organizations only; lobbyists' names are not loaded) · data current to Oct 9, 2026 · loaded Oct 9, 2026 · license: Public domain (U.S. Government work, 17 U.S.C. § 105)
  • Positions are shown only where a roll call recorded them; voice votes and unanimous consent record none.
  • Money and votes are shown side by side; neither explains the other.