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HR 97 108th Congress House

Notch Fairness Act of 2003

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: July 8, 2004 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insuranceSocial security beneficiariesSocial security eligibility
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Jan 16, 2003
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 7, 2003
Introduced in House
Jan 7, 2003
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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 Latest action January 16, 2003

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Notch Fairness Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) 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.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 28
All 28 Democratic 11 Republican 5
LAMPSON, NICK
· Sep 30, 2004
LIPINSKI, WILLIAM
· Jul 8, 2004
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Jul 8, 2004
Burns, Max
· May 4, 2004
JOHN, CHRISTOPHER
· May 4, 2004
 D
Pallone, Frank
New Jersey · Apr 22, 2004
SANDLIN, MAX
· Apr 22, 2004
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Mar 10, 2004
LUCAS, KEN
· Sep 24, 2003
 D
Clyburn, James E.
South Carolina · Sep 5, 2003
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Sep 5, 2003
FROST, MARTIN
· Sep 5, 2003
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Sep 5, 2003
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Sep 5, 2003
 D
Thompson, Bennie G.
Mississippi · Sep 5, 2003
Burr, Richard
· Jul 25, 2003
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Jul 9, 2003
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · Jun 25, 2003
Vitter, David
· Jun 25, 2003
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · Jun 3, 2003
QUINN, JACK
· Jun 3, 2003
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Jun 3, 2003
CARSON, BRAD
· May 7, 2003
 D
Larson, John B.
Connecticut · May 7, 2003
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Mar 18, 2003
TURNER, JIM
· Mar 18, 2003
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 5, 2003
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 5, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 97: Notch Fairness Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-97/
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"H.R. 97: Notch Fairness Act of 2003." 108th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-97/.
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H.R. 97, 108th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/108-HR-97/.
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