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HR 160 113th Congress House

Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2013

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions.

Introduced: January 4, 2013 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Administrative remediesDepartment of Health and Human ServicesDisability assistanceSocial security and elderly assistance
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Jan 15, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jan 4, 2013
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 4, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action January 15, 2013

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2013 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to eliminate: (1) the five-month waiting period for an individual (including a disabled widow or widower) to be eligible for benefits based on disability, and (2) any intervening reconsideration from the review process governing decisions on benefit entitlement.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 160: Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2013. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-160/
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"H.R. 160: Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2013." 113th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-160/.
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H.R. 160, 113th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-160/.
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