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Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013

Introduced: September 17, 2013 Introduced by: Sánchez, Linda T. Democratic · California See on congress.gov

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Jan 22, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Sep 17, 2013

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

Sep 17, 2013

Introduced in House

Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013.

Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.

Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who have attained early retirement age for purposes of an old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefit.

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals.

What's happening now January 22, 2014

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

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