US Congress House Bill 1114 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 40-0)
Status: Introduced on February 16 2017 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2017-03-01 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Social Security Expansion Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; and (3) increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000, and (2) increase the tax rate on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% and allocate specifed amounts of such tax revenue to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

Social Security Expansion Act

Rep. Peter DeFazio [D-OR]	Rep. Tony Cardenas [D-CA]	Rep. Yvette Clarke [D-NY]	Rep. Steve Cohen [D-TN]
Rep. John Conyers [D-MI]	Rep. Keith Ellison [D-MN]	Rep. Al Green [D-TX]	Rep. Raul Grijalva [D-AZ]
Rep. Eleanor Norton [D-DC]	Rep. Marcy Kaptur [D-OH]	Rep. William Keating [D-MA]	Rep. Pramila Jayapal [D-WA]
Rep. Ro Khanna [D-CA]	Rep. Barbara Lee [D-CA]	Rep. James McGovern [D-MA]	Rep. Gwen Moore [D-WI]
Rep. Grace Napolitano [D-CA]	Rep. Mark Pocan [D-WI]	Rep. Jamie Raskin [D-MD]	Rep. Janice Schakowsky [D-IL]
Rep. Robert Scott [D-VA]	Rep. Carol Shea-Porter [D-NH]	Rep. Louise Slaughter [D-NY]	Rep. Paul Tonko [D-NY]
Rep. Henry Johnson [D-GA]	Rep. Alcee Hastings [D-FL]	Rep. Nanette Barragan [D-CA]	Rep. Eliot Engel [D-NY]
Rep. Adam Smith [D-WA]	Rep. Zoe Lofgren [D-CA]	Rep. Gregorio Sablan [D-MP]	Rep. Donald Payne [D-NJ]
Rep. Lacy Clay [D-MO]	Rep. Michael Capuano [D-MA]	Rep. Albio Sires [D-NJ]	Rep. Robert Brady [D-PA]
Rep. Tim Ryan [D-OH]	Rep. Bobby Rush [D-IL]	Rep. Brendan Boyle [D-PA]	Rep. Stephen Lynch [D-MA]

Date	Chamber	Action
2017-03-01	House	Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-16	House	Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
2017-02-16	House	Introduced in House

SB427 (Related) 2017-02-16 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
HB2896 (Related) 2017-06-22 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
HB2855 (Related) 2017-06-20 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Type	Source
Summary	https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/house-bill/1114/all-info
Text	https://www.congress.gov/115/bills/hr1114/BILLS-115hr1114ih.pdf