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HR 5815 116th Congress House Social Welfare Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management Inflation and prices Social security and elderly assistance Wages and earnings

Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019

Introduced: February 7, 2020 Introduced by: Meng, Grace Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Feb 7, 2020
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 7, 2020
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 7, 2020
Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E152)
Feb 7, 2020
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019

This bill directs the Social Security Administration to increase an individual's monthly Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefit amount in accordance with the locality-based comparability payment rate applicable to the federal locality-pay area in which the individual resides.

What's happening now February 7, 2020

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5815: Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5815/
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"H.R. 5815: Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5815/.
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H.R. 5815, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-5815/.
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