HR 5436 97th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

Social Security Minimum Benefit Restoration Act of 1982

Introduced: February 3, 1982 See on congress.gov

Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps

Introduced

In committee

Reported out

Passed House

Passed Senate

To President

Became law

Feb 9, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

Feb 3, 1982

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Feb 3, 1982

Introduced in House

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Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Minimum Benefit Restoration Act of 1982 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to restore the minimum monthly social security benefit with respect to benefits for months after December 1981.

What's happening now February 9, 1982

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

Committees of jurisdiction 2

Social Security Subcommittee
House of Representatives · subcommittee of Ways and Means Committee
Ways and Means Committee
House of Representatives

Cosponsors 1

Wyden, Ron

Oregon · Mar 10, 1982

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APA

U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5436: Social Security Minimum Benefit Restoration Act of 1982. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5436/

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"H.R. 5436: Social Security Minimum Benefit Restoration Act of 1982." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5436/.

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H.R. 5436, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5436/.

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