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HCONRES 222 97th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

A concurrent resolution directs the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services to immediately conduct a study and report to Congress on steps which can be taken to correct the benefit disparity known as the notch problem, in order to insure equitable and fair treatment for those who have based their retirement plans on benefit levels which have existed for the past decade.

Introduced: November 17, 1981 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Nov 20, 1981
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Nov 17, 1981
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Nov 17, 1981
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Declares that the Commissioner of Social Security and the Secretary of Health and Human Services should immediately study and report to Congress on ways to correct the benefit disparity caused by the 1977 changes in the social security retirement benefit formula.

What's happening now November 20, 1981

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

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