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S 3070 117th Congress Senate Social Welfare

Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2021

Introduced: October 26, 2021 Introduced by: Schatz, Brian Democratic · Hawaii See on congress.gov
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Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2021

This bill makes various changes to Social Security benefits, including phasing out the cap on earnings subject to Social Security payroll taxes (currently $142,800 for 2021) and revising the method of calculating Social Security benefits to account for the additional earnings subject to the taxes.

What's happening now October 26, 2021

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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Duckworth, Tammy
Illinois · Oct 26, 2021
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U.S. Congress. (2026). S. 3070: Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2021. 117th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3070/
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"S. 3070: Safeguarding American Families and Expanding Social Security Act of 2021." 117th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/117-S-3070/.
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