HR 1093
111th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Administrative remedies
Department of Health and Human Services
Inflation and prices
Lawyers and legal services
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase in the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by representatives with respect to claims of entitlement to past-due benefits and to require cost-of-living adjustments to such level of authorized fees.
Introduced: February 13, 2009
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Feb 13, 2009
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 13, 2009
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to fees of persons representating claimants prevailing before the Commissioner of Social Security in a claim of entitlement to past-due benefits.
Increases the maximum level of fees authorized to be charged by such representatives with respect to such claims.
Requires the Commissioner to make annual cost-of-living adjustments to such fee level.
What's happening now
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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