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
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
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
Plain-English summary
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
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Committees of jurisdiction
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