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S 731 114th Congress Senate Social Welfare Aging Employment taxes Government trust funds Inflation and prices Interest, dividends, interest rates Self-employed Social security and elderly assistance Wages and earnings

Social Security Expansion Act

Introduced: March 12, 2015 Introduced by: Sanders, Bernard Independent · Vermont See on congress.gov
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Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Mar 12, 2015
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Social Security Expansion Act

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to:

  • increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2021;
  • revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers;
  • increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000; and (2) increase the tax on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% of the lesser of net investment income for such taxable year or the excess (if any) of the modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over the threshold amount, with 62% of such tax allocated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 9% allocated to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

What's happening now March 12, 2015

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

 Related & companion bills 3
  • HR 1391 Related bill Social Security 2100 Act
  • HR 5367 Related bill Seniors' Security Act of 2016
  • HR 5830 Related bill No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 731: Social Security Expansion Act. 114th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-731/
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"S. 731: Social Security Expansion Act." 114th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-731/.
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S. 731, 114th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/114-S-731/.
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