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S 225 100th Congress Senate Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who become eligible for benefits before 1979.

Introduced: January 6, 1987 See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Jan 6, 1987
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 so that they are equal to the benefit levels of individuals who became eligible for benefits before 1979.

What's happening now January 6, 1987

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Republican 1
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Grassley, Chuck
Iowa · Jan 20, 1987
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 225: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who become eligible for benefits before 1979.. 100th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-225/
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"S. 225: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who become eligible for benefits before 1979.." 100th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-225/.
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S. 225, 100th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-225/.
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[S. 225: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who become eligible for benefits before 1979.](https://openamerica.io/bill/100-S-225/)
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