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H.R. 649 113th Congress House

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance pro… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to make improvements in the old-age, survivors, and disability insurance program, to provide for cash relief for years for which annual COLAs do not take effect under certain cash benefit programs, and to provide for Social Security benefit protection.

Introduced: February 13, 2013 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare Census and government statisticsInflation and pricesSelf-employedSocial security and elderly assistanceWages and earnings
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
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Became law
Apr 23, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
Feb 19, 2013
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 13, 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.
Feb 13, 2013
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 23, 2013

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

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older.

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.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of 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.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • S 308 Identical bill Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act
  • S 567 Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013
  • S 2382 Fair Raises for Seniors Act
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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 4
 Cosponsors 11
All 11 Democratic 8
D
Castor, Kathy
Florida · Oct 10, 2013
Grayson, Alan
· Jun 12, 2013
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Mar 19, 2013
GREEN, GENE
· Mar 12, 2013
Shea-Porter, Carol
· Mar 12, 2013
 D
Chu, Judy
California · Feb 27, 2013
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Feb 27, 2013
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Feb 27, 2013
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Feb 13, 2013
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Feb 13, 2013
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Feb 13, 2013
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 649: Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-649/
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