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HR 213 100th Congress Social Welfare

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the benefits of the delayed retirement credit to surviving spouses and surviving divorced spouses who work and whose widow's or widower's…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the benefits of the delayed retirement credit to surviving spouses and surviving divorced spouses who work and whose widow's or widower's insurance benefits are higher than their old-age insurance benefits.

Introduced: January 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 213: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the benefits of the delayed retirement credit to surviving spouses and surviving divorced spouses who work and whose widow's or widower's insurance benefits are higher than their old-age insurance benefits.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-213/
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"H.R. 213: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the benefits of the delayed retirement credit to surviving spouses and surviving divorced spouses who work and whose widow's or widower's insurance benefits are higher than their old-age insurance benefits.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-213/.
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H.R. 213, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-213/.
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[H.R. 213: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the benefits of the delayed retirement credit to surviving spouses and surviving divorced spouses who work and whose widow's or widower's insurance benefits are higher than their old-age insurance benefits.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-213/)
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