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HR 1947 93th Congress Social Welfare

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of wife's or husband's insurance benefits (and widow's or widower's insurance benefits in cases of continuous…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of wife's or husband's insurance benefits (and widow's or widower's insurance benefits in cases of continuous entitlement) without regard to age where the insured individual (on the basis of whose wage record such benefits are payable) is or has been entitled to disability insurance benefits.

Introduced: January 11, 1973 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1947: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of wife's or husband's insurance benefits (and widow's or widower's insurance benefits in cases of continuous entitlement) without regard to age where the insured individual (on the basis of whose wage record such benefits are payable) is or has been entitled to disability insurance benefits.. 93rd Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1947/
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"H.R. 1947: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of wife's or husband's insurance benefits (and widow's or widower's insurance benefits in cases of continuous entitlement) without regard to age where the insured individual (on the basis of whose wage record such benefits are payable) is or has been entitled to disability insurance benefits.." 93rd Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1947/.
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H.R. 1947, 93rd Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1947/.
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[H.R. 1947: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the payment of wife's or husband's insurance benefits (and widow's or widower's insurance benefits in cases of continuous entitlement) without regard to age where the insured individual (on the basis of whose wage record such benefits are payable) is or has been entitled to disability insurance benefits.](https://openamerica.io/bill/93-HR-1947/)
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