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HR 4671 107th Congress House Social Welfare Cost of living adjustments Disabled Divorce Divorcees Early retirement Economics and Public Finance Families Government trust funds Health Labor and Employment Medicaid Old age, survivors and disability insurance Remarriage Social security eligibility Supplemental security income program Welfare eligibility Widowers Widows Women

Social Security Widow's Benefit Guarantee Act of 2002

Introduced: May 7, 2002 See on congress.gov
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May 17, 2002
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
May 7, 2002
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E736-737)
May 7, 2002
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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.
May 7, 2002
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Social Security Widow's Benefit Guarantee Act of 2002 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for an increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits; (2) repeal the seven year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability; (3) waive the two-year waiting period for a divorced spouse's benefits upon the other spouse's remarriage; and (4) disregard months ending after a deceased individual's death in applying early retirement rules with respect to the deceased individual for purposes of the limitation on widow's and widower's benefits.

Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to provide that an eligible widow or widower who is entitled to a widow's or widower's insurance benefit for any month under OASDI, but is not eligible for benefits under SSI in that month, shall be deemed for purposes of SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to be an individual with respect to whom SSI benefits are paid in that month, if he or she: (1) has been continuously entitled to such widow's or widower's insurance benefits from the first month for which the increase in widow's or widower's insurance benefits resulting from this Act is reflected in such benefits through the month involved; and (2) would be eligible for benefits under SSI in the month involved if the amount of the increase in his or her widow's or widower's insurance benefits were disregarded.

What's happening now May 17, 2002

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 3
 Cosponsors 23
All 23 Democratic 23
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DeGette, Diana
Colorado · May 14, 2002
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Hoyer, Steny H.
Maryland · May 14, 2002
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Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 14, 2002
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Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · May 14, 2002
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Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · May 14, 2002
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Pelosi, Nancy
California · May 14, 2002
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McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · May 9, 2002
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Schiff, Adam B.
California · May 9, 2002
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Scott, Robert C. "Bobby"
Virginia · May 9, 2002
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Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · May 9, 2002
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Baldwin, Tammy
Wisconsin · May 7, 2002
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Davis, Danny K.
Illinois · May 7, 2002
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DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · May 7, 2002
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Doggett, Lloyd
Texas · May 7, 2002
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · May 7, 2002
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Lofgren, Zoe
California · May 7, 2002
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McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · May 7, 2002
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Nadler, Jerrold
New York · May 7, 2002
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Neal, Richard E.
Massachusetts · May 7, 2002
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Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · May 7, 2002
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Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · May 7, 2002
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Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · May 7, 2002
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Thompson, Mike
California · May 7, 2002
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4671: Social Security Widow's Benefit Guarantee Act of 2002. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4671/
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"H.R. 4671: Social Security Widow's Benefit Guarantee Act of 2002." 107th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HR-4671/.
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