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HR 860 106th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security beneficiaries

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other…

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To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.

Introduced: February 25, 1999 See on congress.gov
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Mar 12, 1999
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 25, 1999
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 25, 1999
Introduced in House
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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: (1) restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from the individual's primary insurance amount under such title and the portion of the monthly periodic payment attributable to noncovered service performed after 1956 exceeds $2,000; and (2) provide for a graduated implementation of such provision by specified percentages with respect to incremental amounts above such threshold, up to 100 percent for combined amounts over $3,000.

What's happening now March 12, 1999

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 15 Republican 1 Independent 1
D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Sep 26, 2000
 D
Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · Jul 27, 2000
 D
Thompson, Mike
California · Feb 29, 2000
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Feb 8, 2000
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 1, 2000
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jan 27, 2000
 I
Sanders, Bernard
Vermont · Jan 27, 2000
 D
Pelosi, Nancy
California · Sep 8, 1999
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 13, 1999
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Apr 15, 1999
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Mar 24, 1999
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Mar 4, 1999
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 1999
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Feb 25, 1999
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Feb 25, 1999
 D
Sherman, Brad
California · Feb 25, 1999
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 25, 1999
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 860: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.. 106th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-860/
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"H.R. 860: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.." 106th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-860/.
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H.R. 860, 106th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-860/.
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[H.R. 860: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restrict the application of the windfall elimination provision to individuals whose combined monthly income from benefits under such title and other monthly periodic payments exceeds $2,000 and to provide for a graduated implementation of such provision on amounts above such $2,000 amount.](https://openamerica.io/bill/106-HR-860/)
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