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Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2019

Introduced: July 30, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Jul 31, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Jul 31, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jul 30, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jul 30, 2019
Introduced in House
Jul 30, 2019
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, Transportation and Infrastructure, and Energy and Commerce, 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.
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Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2019

This bill increases specified benefits and taxes related to the Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program and otherwise modifies the program.

Changes to benefits include

  • increasing the primary insurance amount for certain beneficiaries;
  • revising the method for calculating cost-of-living adjustments by using a price index that tracks the spending patterns of older consumers;
  • extending benefits through age 22 to full-time students who are eligible children of deceased, disabled, or retired workers;
  • establishing a new minimum benefit for certain lifetime low-earners; and
  • establishing an alternative benefit based on combined household benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households.

Changes to taxes include subjecting earnings in excess of $250,000 to Social Security taxes. No taxes shall be applied to earnings between the contribution base (the maximum amount subject to the Social Security payroll tax, set at $137,700 for 2020) and $250,000.

In addition, the bill preserves eligibility for Supplemental Security Income payments and other means-tested programs by limiting the amount of OASDI payments considered in eligibility determinations.

What's happening now July 31, 2019

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.

 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 4
D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Sep 10, 2019
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jul 30, 2019
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jul 30, 2019
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Jul 30, 2019
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4121: Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-4121/
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