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HR 920 99th Congress Social Welfare

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits payable to the former individuals may never be less than those payable to the latter.

Introduced: February 4, 1985 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 920: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits payable to the former individuals may never be less than those payable to the latter.. 99th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-920/
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"H.R. 920: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits payable to the former individuals may never be less than those payable to the latter.." 99th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-920/.
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H.R. 920, 99th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-920/.
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[H.R. 920: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the disparity between the benefits payable to individuals who retired in or after 1979 (when the decoupling changes in the benefit formula became effective) and the benefits payable to individuals similarly situated who retired before that year, by providing that the benefits payable to the former individuals may never be less than those payable to the latter.](https://openamerica.io/bill/99-HR-920/)
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