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HR 1363 99th Congress House Social Welfare Divorcees Old age, survivors and disability insurance Social security eligibility Widowers Widows

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse or surviving divorced spouse may qualify for benefits based on an insured individual's wage record in any case…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse or surviving divorced spouse may qualify for benefits based on an insured individual's wage record in any case where they had been married for at least a year (rather than only if they had been married for 10 years as required under existing law), with the monthly amount of such benefits being proportionately reduced if the marriage lasted for less than 10 years.

Introduced: February 28, 1985 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
Mar 7, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Feb 28, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 28, 1985
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 provide that a divorced spouse or a surviving divorced spouse can qualify for benefits based on an insured's wage record if the marriage lasted for at least a year. (Current law requires the marriage to have lasted ten years.) Provides that such benefits shall be reduced to an amount equal to ten percent of such benefit, as otherwise determined, multiplied by the number of ten years of the marriage.

What's happening now March 7, 1985

Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Jul 18, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1363: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse or surviving divorced spouse may qualify for benefits based on an insured individual's wage record in any case where they had been married for at least a year (rather than only if they had been married for 10 years as required under existing law), with the monthly amount of such benefits being proportionately reduced if the marriage lasted for less than 10 years.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1363/
MLA
"H.R. 1363: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse or surviving divorced spouse may qualify for benefits based on an insured individual's wage record in any case where they had been married for at least a year (rather than only if they had been married for 10 years as required under existing law), with the monthly amount of such benefits being proportionately reduced if the marriage lasted for less than 10 years.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1363/.
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H.R. 1363, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1363/.
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[H.R. 1363: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a divorced spouse or surviving divorced spouse may qualify for benefits based on an insured individual's wage record in any case where they had been married for at least a year (rather than only if they had been married for 10 years as required under existing law), with the monthly amount of such benefits being proportionately reduced if the marriage lasted for less than 10 years.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1363/)
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