S 2860 · 94th Congress · Social Welfare
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit payment of benefits to divorced husbands and surviving divorced husbands in like manner as benefits thereunder presently are payable to divorced wives and surviving divorced wives, and to reduce from 20 to 15 years the number of years that a divorced spouse must have been married to an insured individual in order to be eligible for benefits on that individual's earnings record.
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1976-01-21)
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Amends the Social Security Act (title II, Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) to permit payment of benefits to divorced husbands and surviving divorced husbands. Reduces from 20 to 15 years the number of years that a divorced spouse must have been married to an insured individual in order to be eligible for benefits on that individual's earnings record.…
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