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HR 615 109th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security beneficiaries Social security eligibility

Notch Fairness Act of 2005

Introduced: February 8, 2005 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 25, 2005
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 8, 2005
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 8, 2005
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Notch Fairness Act of 2005 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act with respect to the benefit computation formula for individuals affected by the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 who reached age 65 after 1979 and before 1989.

Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55 percent to five percent keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1989.

Provides for an election to receive such payments in a lump sum.

What's happening now February 25, 2005

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 80 Related bill Notch Baby Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 17
All 17 Democratic 10 Republican 7
R
Moran, Jerry
Kansas · Sep 27, 2006
 R
Sessions, Pete
Texas · Jul 24, 2006
 D
McCollum, Betty
Minnesota · Feb 28, 2006
 D
Meeks, Gregory W.
New York · Feb 1, 2006
 R
Foxx, Virginia
North Carolina · Dec 17, 2005
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Dec 16, 2005
 D
Cleaver, Emanuel
Missouri · Jun 15, 2005
 R
Aderholt, Robert B.
Alabama · May 19, 2005
 R
Capito, Shelley Moore
West Virginia · May 12, 2005
 D
Cuellar, Henry
Texas · Apr 26, 2005
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Apr 26, 2005
 D
Sánchez, Linda T.
California · Apr 12, 2005
 D
DeLauro, Rosa L.
Connecticut · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Smith, Adam
Washington · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Velázquez, Nydia M.
New York · Feb 17, 2005
 D
Schiff, Adam B.
California · Feb 8, 2005
 R
Wilson, Joe
South Carolina · Feb 8, 2005
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 615: Notch Fairness Act of 2005. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-615/
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"H.R. 615: Notch Fairness Act of 2005." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-615/.
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H.R. 615, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-615/.
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