HR 16566 · 93th Congress · Social Welfare

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the special dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits and to make certain other changes so that benefits for husbands and widowers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives and widows.

Introduced 1974-08-22· Sponsored by Rep. Roncallo, Angelo D. [R-NY-3]· 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 House Committee on Ways and Means.(1974-08-22)

Plain Language Summary

[AI summary unavailable — showing source text] Eliminates, under title II of the Social Security Act (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance), the special dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits, so that benefits for husbands and widowers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives and widows (under present law a widower must be able to show that half of his support was derived from his wife's earnings in order to qualify for survivors benefits; whereas no such proof is required of a widow receiving half her support from her husband's earnings.). Continues the benefits of a divorced husband who marries a person entitled to such benefits.…

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