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S 1830 100th Congress Senate

Social Security Notch Adjustment Act

Official title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a more gradual period of transition (and a new alternative formula with respect to such tran… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a more gradual period of transition (and a new alternative formula with respect to such transition) to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 as they apply to workers born in years after 1916 and before 1930 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide for increases on their benefits accordingly, and for other purposes.

Introduced: October 29, 1987 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance
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Oct 29, 1987
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 29, 1987
Introduced in Senate
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 Latest action October 29, 1987

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 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.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 3788 Identical bill Social Security Notch Adjustment Act
 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Dec 10, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 1830: Social Security Notch Adjustment Act. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-1830/
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"S. 1830: Social Security Notch Adjustment Act." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-1830/.
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