HR 538
106th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Social security eligibility
Social Security Notch Act of 1999
Introduced: February 3, 1999
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 3, 1999
Introduced in House
Feb 3, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Plain-English summary
Social Security Notch Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1982 and to whom applies the period of transition to 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 70 percent to 35 percent keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1983.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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