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HR 4529 114th Congress House

Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an annual increase in the contribution and benefit base, to exclude a certain number of childcare y… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an annual increase in the contribution and benefit base, to exclude a certain number of childcare years from the benefit computation formula, and for other purposes.

Introduced: March 14, 2016 See on congress.gov
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Feb 16, 2016
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 10, 2016
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 10, 2016
Introduced in House
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 Latest action February 16, 2016

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act

This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration to determine and publish in the Federal Register on or before November 1 of each year a revised contribution and benefit base, which shall be effective with respect to remuneration paid in subsequent calendar and taxable years. The bill also revises the formula for determining that base.

The number of an individual's benefit computation years, for the purpose of determining the individual's primary OASDI insurance amount, shall be further reduced (after a specified initial reduction) by the number of the individual's childcare years (not exceeding five), except that not more than two years may be determined to be a childcare year on the basis of the individual's status as a primary caregiver for the same child.

"Childcare year" means an elapsed year of the individual:

  • during which the individual is the primary caregiver for a child under age 6, and
  • for which the total of the individual's wages and self-employment income is $0.
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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 5
D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Mar 17, 2016
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Mar 14, 2016
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Mar 14, 2016
 D
Takano, Mark
California · Mar 14, 2016
 D
Vargas, Juan
California · Mar 14, 2016
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4529: Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4529/
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"H.R. 4529: Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4529/.
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H.R. 4529, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-HR-4529/.
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