HR 6958 · 93th Congress · Social Welfare
Social Security Amendments
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Introduced2
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Senate5
EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.(1973-04-12)
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Social Security Amendments - Title I: Old Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance Benefits - Provides a thirty-five percent increase (with a $150 minimum) in benefits under the Old-Age, Survivors', and Disability Insurance program (title II) of the Social Security Act. Eliminates actuarial reductions in benefits. Establishes a new formula for computing the payment of benefits to married couples on the basis of their combined earning record. Increases to $15,000 the amount of outside earnings an individual may earn and still be eligible for title II benefits. Provides a cutoff of sixty years of age for both men and women in computing insured status and average monthly wage. Reduces to sixty the age requirement for entitlement to old age insurance benefits. Reduces to fifty the age requirement for entitlement to widow's and widower's insurance benefits. Reduces to sixty the age requirement for entitlement to benefits of dependent and surviving parents. Entitles specified brothers and sisters to survivor's benefits under this title. Relaxes the requirements to obtain disability benefits in the case of blind persons. Provides that in any case in which an individual would have been en…
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