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HR 568 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 14, 2000 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Budget surplusesDeficit 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.
 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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To President
Became law
May 13, 1999
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E957-958)
Feb 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 3, 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.
Feb 3, 1999
Introduced in House
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 Latest action May 13, 1999

Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E957-958)

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Notch Fairness Act of 1999 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) 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.

Provides that any additional spending resulting from this Act shall not be counted as direct spending for purposes of budgetary limits in the Congressional Budget Act of 1974 and the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 (Gramm-Rudman-Hollings Act).

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 4 Republican 1
D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Sep 14, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Mar 22, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 14, 2000
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Oct 1, 1999
SANDLIN, MAX
· Sep 9, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 9, 1999
TURNER, JIM
· Feb 3, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 568: Notch Fairness Act of 1999. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-568/
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