HR 5306 · 113th Congress · Social Welfare

Social Security 2100 Act

Introduced 2014-07-31· Sponsored by Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]· House

Bill Progress

Introduced
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Committee
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House Vote
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Senate
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Enacted
Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.(2014-11-17)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Social Security 2100 Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: increase the primary insurance amount formula factor from 90% to 93% for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2015; revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments (COLAs) to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E); increase the special minimum primary insurance amount (25% above the federal poverty line) for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. Amends the Internal Revenue Code (IRC) to increase the gross income threshold for taxation of Social Security benefits from $25,000 to $50,000 for single taxpayers and from $32,000 to $100,000 for married taxpayers filing joint returns, beginning in 2015. Amends the IRC and SSA title II to impose the employment tax on all wage income above $400,000, effective in 2015. Requires incremental increases, up to 14.4% in 2037, in the employment and self-employment taxes. Amends SSA title II to include 2% of an individual's excess average indexed monthly earnings (over $400,000 per annum) in the formula for determining primary insurance amounts. Amends IRC to increase the Soci…

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Cosponsors (2)

2 Democrats