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HR 4093 98th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who became eligible for benefits before 1979.

Introduced: October 5, 1983 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Oct 12, 1983
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Oct 5, 1983
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Oct 5, 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 revise the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 so that they are equal to the benefit levels of individuals who became eligible for benefits before 1979.

What's happening now October 12, 1983

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 3, 1984
 R
Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Oct 19, 1983
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4093: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who became eligible for benefits before 1979.. 98th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-4093/
MLA
"H.R. 4093: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who became eligible for benefits before 1979.." 98th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-4093/.
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H.R. 4093, 98th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-4093/.
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[H.R. 4093: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to protect the benefit levels of individuals becoming eligible for benefits in or after 1979 by eliminating the disparity (resulting from changes made in 1977 in the benefit computation formula) between those levels and the benefit levels of persons who became eligible for benefits before 1979.](https://openamerica.io/bill/98-HR-4093/)
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