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Social Security Expansion Act

Introduced: June 9, 2022 See on congress.gov
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Jun 10, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines, and Hazardous Materials.
Jun 10, 2022
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jun 9, 2022
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on 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.
Jun 9, 2022
Introduced in House
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Social Security Expansion Act

This bill increases benefits and certain taxes related to the Social Security program.

Changes to benefits include (1) increasing the primary insurance amount for certain beneficiaries; (2) revising the method of calculating cost-of-living adjustments; (3) establishing a new minimum benefit for certain low earners; and (4) allowing certain children of retired, deceased, or disabled workers to receive benefits until age 22 if they are a full-time student.

Changes to taxes include (1) increasing the net investment income tax and making active trade or business income subject to this tax; and (2) extending payroll taxes on wages, salaries, and self-employment earnings to income above $250,000 (the maximum amount subject to the Social Security payroll tax is currently $147,000 for 2022).

The bill also combines the existing Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a single Social Security Trust Fund.

What's happening now June 10, 2022

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

 Related & companion bills 2
  • HR 5215 Related bill Social Security Stabilization and Enhancement Act
  • S 4365 Identical bill Social Security Expansion Act
 Bill text 1 version

Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 16
Jones, Mondaire
· Jul 27, 2022
MALONEY, CAROLYN
· Jul 1, 2022
 D
Nadler, Jerrold
New York · Jul 1, 2022
 D
Stansbury, Melanie A.
New Mexico · Jul 1, 2022
 D
Larsen, Rick
Washington · Jun 13, 2022
 D
Adams, Alma S.
North Carolina · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Cohen, Steve
Tennessee · Jun 9, 2022
 D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
Illinois · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Jayapal, Pramila
Washington · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Lynch, Stephen F.
Massachusetts · Jun 9, 2022
 D
McGovern, James P.
Massachusetts · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Moore, Gwen
Wisconsin · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
District of Columbia · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Ocasio-Cortez, Alexandria
New York · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Raskin, Jamie
Maryland · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Schakowsky, Janice D.
Illinois · Jun 9, 2022
 D
Tlaib, Rashida
Michigan · Jun 9, 2022
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 8005: Social Security Expansion Act. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8005/
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"H.R. 8005: Social Security Expansion Act." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8005/.
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H.R. 8005, 117th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/117-HR-8005/.
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