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HR 5737 117th Congress House Social Welfare

Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2021

Introduced: October 26, 2021 See on congress.gov
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Passed Senate
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Oct 28, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Oct 27, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Oct 26, 2021
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Oct 26, 2021
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Energy and Commerce, Education and Labor, and Transportation and Infrastructure, 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.
Oct 26, 2021
Introduced in House
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Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2021

This bill increases specified benefits and taxes related to, and otherwise modifies, the Social Security 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 payroll taxes. No taxes shall be applied to earnings between the contribution base (the maximum amount subject to the Social Security payroll tax, set at $142,800 for 2021) and $250,000.

The bill preserves eligibility for Supplemental Security Income payments and other means-tested programs, despite any changes to an individual's Social Security benefits under the bill.

What's happening now October 28, 2021

Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 7
 Cosponsors 12
All 12 Democratic 11
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Neguse, Joe
Colorado · Dec 14, 2021
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Evans, Dwight
Pennsylvania · Oct 26, 2021
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Green, Al
Texas · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Oct 26, 2021
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Oct 26, 2021
RUSH, BOBBY
· Oct 26, 2021
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Oct 26, 2021
 D
Wilson, Frederica S.
Florida · Oct 26, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5737: Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5737/
MLA
"H.R. 5737: Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5737/.
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H.R. 5737, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-5737/.
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