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HR 772 111th Congress House Social Welfare Disability and paralysis Marriage and family status Social security and elderly assistance

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age.

Introduced: January 28, 2009 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 28, 2009
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age or any previous reduction in OASDI benefits.

Declares that there shall be no reduction in the widow's or widower's insurance benefit of an individual for any month in which such individual is under a disability.


What's happening now January 28, 2009

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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