S 1523
107th Congress
Senate
Social Welfare
Civil Service pensions
Families
Fathers
Government Operations and Politics
Labor and Employment
Married people
Mothers
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Social security beneficiaries
Widowers
Widows
Women
Social Security Fairness Act of 2001
Introduced: October 10, 2001
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 10, 2001
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Oct 10, 2001
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S10459)
Oct 10, 2001
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Social Security Fairness Act of 2001 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal: (1) pension offset provisions applicable to husband's and wife's insurance benefits, widow's and widower's insurance benefits, and mother's and father's insurance benefits with respect to Old-Age and Survivors insurance benefit payments; and (2) windfall elimination provisions with respect to computation of the primary insurance amount of an individual.
What's happening now
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Committees of jurisdiction
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