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HR 5422 97th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 1982

Introduced: February 2, 1982 Introduced by: Schumer, Charles E. Democratic · New York See on congress.gov
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Feb 5, 1982
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 2, 1982
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 2, 1982
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 1982 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to reinstate, with specified revisions, the formulas for computing the primary insurance amount and maximum benefits which were in effect with respect to benefits for December 1978.

Requires the Secretary of Health and Human Services to recompute the primary insurance amounts of title II beneficiaries whose benefits are based upon the formula for computing the primary insurance amount as in effect with respect to benefits for months before January 1983. Makes such recomputation effective for benefits for months starting with January 1983.

What's happening now February 5, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5422: Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 1982. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5422/
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"H.R. 5422: Social Security Benefit Restoration Act of 1982." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5422/.
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H.R. 5422, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5422/.
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