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HR 1917 99th Congress House Social Welfare Old age, survivors and disability insurance

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore and protect the benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 in or after 1982 (and their widows and widowers) by eliminating the "notch"…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore and protect the benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 in or after 1982 (and their widows and widowers) by eliminating the "notch" between those levels and the corresponding benefit levels of persons who reached age 65 before 1982.

Introduced: April 2, 1985 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 4 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Aug 5, 1986
Motion to Discharge Committee Filed by Murphy. Discharge Petition No: 09.
Apr 12, 1985
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Apr 2, 1985
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 2, 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 eliminate the benefit disparity between those born before 1916 and those born after 1916 which was effected by the enactment of the Social Security Amendments of 1977.

Directs the Secretary of Health and Human Services to recompute the primary insurance amount so as to take into account the amendments made by this Act and to pay to any individual so entitled any additional lump sum amount to which such individual is entitled by reason of this Act. Prohibits the recomputation from reducing any individual's benefit.

What's happening now August 5, 1986

Motion to Discharge Committee Filed by Murphy. Discharge Petition No: 09.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 4
All 4 Democratic 3 Republican 1
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Kaptur, Marcy
Ohio · Dec 5, 1985
 D
Markey, Edward J.
Massachusetts · Apr 2, 1985
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Schumer, Charles E.
New York · Apr 2, 1985
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Smith, Christopher H.
New Jersey · Apr 2, 1985
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1917: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore and protect the benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 in or after 1982 (and their widows and widowers) by eliminating the "notch" between those levels and the corresponding benefit levels of persons who reached age 65 before 1982.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1917/
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"H.R. 1917: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore and protect the benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 in or after 1982 (and their widows and widowers) by eliminating the "notch" between those levels and the corresponding benefit levels of persons who reached age 65 before 1982.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1917/.
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H.R. 1917, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1917/.
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[H.R. 1917: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore and protect the benefit levels of workers reaching age 65 in or after 1982 (and their widows and widowers) by eliminating the "notch" between those levels and the corresponding benefit levels of persons who reached age 65 before 1982.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-1917/)
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