US Congress House Bill 5182 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-0)
Status: Introduced on July 23 2014 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2014-07-23 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Pending: House Ways And Means Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Social Security and Marriage Equality Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the determination of a valid marriage to account for marriages in jurisdictions other than a state. Authorizes the courts of any state to find that an OASDI benefit applicant and an insured individual were validly married in a jurisdiction other than a state at the time the applicant files a benefit application or, if the insured individual is dead, at the time the individual died. Waives the nine-month marriage requirement to make eligible for widow or widower benefits certain widows or widowers whose marriage to a deceased individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the deceased individual as a result of such a marriage. Waives the one-year marriage requirement to make eligible for husband's or wife's OASDI benefits certain husbands and wives whose marriage to an individual would not have been treated as a marriage for federal law purposes before June 26, 2013. Waives the same requirement for anyone who became a stepchild of the individual as a result of such a marriage. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to conduct a comprehensive and effective three-year outreach campaign to encourage benefit applications by individuals newly eligible for OASDI benefits as a result of changes in law relating to same-sex marriage and occurring on or after June 26, 2013.

Social Security and Medicare Parity Act of 2014

Rep. Mark Takano [D-CA]	Rep. Xavier Becerra [D-CA]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. David Cicilline [D-RI]
Rep. Katherine Clark [D-MA]	Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Susan Davis [D-CA]	Rep. Elizabeth Esty [D-CT]
Rep. Sam Farr [D-CA]	Rep. Lois Frankel [D-FL]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]
Rep. Brian Higgins [D-NY]	Rep. James Himes [D-CT]	Rep. Rush Holt [D-NJ]	Rep. Michael Honda [D-CA]
Rep. Jared Huffman [D-CA]	Rep. Ron Kind [D-WI]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. Sander Levin [D-MI]
Rep. John Lewis [D-GA]	Rep. Alan Lowenthal [D-CA]	Rep. Sean Maloney [D-NY]	Rep. Doris Matsui [D-CA]
Rep. Jim McDermott [D-WA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]	Rep. Scott Peters [D-CA]
Rep. Chellie Pingree [D-ME]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jared Polis [D-CO]	Rep. Charles Rangel [D-NY]
Rep. Lucille Roybal-Allard [D-CA]	Rep. Adam Schiff [D-CA]	Rep. Allyson Schwartz [D-PA]	Rep. Jose Serrano [D-NY]
Rep. Jackie Speier [D-CA]	Rep. Mike Thompson [D-CA]	Rep. Juan Vargas [D-CA]	Rep. Frederica Wilson [D-FL]

Date	Chamber	Action
2014-07-23	House	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

HB4664 (Related) 2014-05-15 - Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
SB2305 (Related) 2014-05-08 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5182/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/113/bills/hr5182/BILLS-113hr5182ih.pdf