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HR 148 106th Congress House

Notch Fairness Act of 1999

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years t… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totalling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.

Introduced: September 22, 1999 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Budget deficitsDeficit reductionEconomics and Public FinanceFederal budgets
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Government spending reductionsOld age, survivors and disability insuranceSocial security beneficiariesSocial security eligibility
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It never became law before the 106th Congress (1999–2000) adjourned, and bills don't carry over to the next Congress. It would have to be reintroduced. You can still save it for reference, but it won't receive updates.
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Jan 19, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 6, 1999
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on the Budget, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Jan 6, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 19, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Notch Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979 and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977.

Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988.

Allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.

Specifies offsetting nondefense and discretionary spending reductions the Director of the Office of Management and Budget shall make over a four-year period for the increase in direct spending estimated to result from this Act.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 16
All 16 Democratic 8 Republican 3
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 7, 2000
Vitter, David
· May 2, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 22, 2000
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Mar 1, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Mar 1, 2000
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Feb 15, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Sep 22, 1999
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · May 13, 1999
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · Mar 25, 1999
LUCAS, KEN
· Mar 25, 1999
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Feb 25, 1999
LAMPSON, NICK
· Feb 25, 1999
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 2, 1999
FROST, MARTIN
· Feb 2, 1999
QUINN, JACK
· Feb 2, 1999
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Feb 2, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 148: Notch Fairness Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-148/
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