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HR 3788 100th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act

Introduced: December 17, 1987 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Became law
Jan 4, 1988
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Dec 17, 1987
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Dec 17, 1987
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish a new alternative formula for computing the primary insurance amount (used in calculating the amount of OASDI benefits to which an individual is entitled) of workers born after 1916 and before 1930. Makes the new formula effective beginning January 1987, but provides retroactive benefits of up to $1,000 for months prior to January 1987.

Excludes the earnings an individual who was born before 1917 earns in or after the year he or she reaches age 70 from the calculation of benefits payable to such individual after 1985.

What's happening now January 4, 1988

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Mfume, Kweisi
Maryland · Mar 16, 1988
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 3788: Social Security Notch Adjustment Act. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-HR-3788/
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