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S 349 108th Congress Senate Social Welfare Civil service retirement 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 2003

Introduced: February 11, 2003 See on congress.gov
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Feb 11, 2003
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Feb 11, 2003
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S2209-2210)
Feb 11, 2003
Introduced in Senate
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service
Social Security Fairness Act of 2003 - 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 February 11, 2003

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 594 Identical bill Social Security Fairness Act of 2003
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 7
All 7 Democratic 3 Republican 4
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Crapo, Mike
Idaho · Mar 1, 2004
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Murkowski, Lisa
Alaska · Oct 2, 2003
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Murray, Patty
Washington · Sep 9, 2003
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Durbin, Richard J.
Illinois · May 14, 2003
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Cantwell, Maria
Washington · Mar 19, 2003
 R
Graham, Lindsey
South Carolina · Mar 4, 2003
 R
Collins, Susan M.
Maine · Feb 11, 2003
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 349: Social Security Fairness Act of 2003. 108th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/108-S-349/
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