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HR 2454 98th Congress House Social Welfare Indexing (Economic policy) Old age, survivors and disability insurance

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide increases in primary insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates.

Introduced: April 11, 1983 See on congress.gov
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Apr 14, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 11, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 11, 1983
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require the Secretary of Health and Human Services to prescribe annual adjustments to the formula for determining the primary insurance amount in order to ensure that the replacement rate for the primary insurance amount for January of the following year does not fall below a specified percentage.

What's happening now April 14, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

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 Cosponsors 1
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Nov 16, 1983
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 2454: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide increases in primary insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2454/
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"H.R. 2454: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide increases in primary insurance amounts to account for depressed replacement rates.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2454/.
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H.R. 2454, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-2454/.
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