US HB314 | 2015-2016 | 114th Congress

Status

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 12-2)
Status: Introduced on January 13 2015 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2015-02-27 - Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Pending: House Subcommittee on Social Security Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Introduced) [PDF]

Summary

Notch Fairness Act of 2015 Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979, and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. ("Notch" refers to birth in the United States between 1917 and 1921, as a result of which a retiree born between those years received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.) Sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55% to 5% and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. Allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.

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Title

Notch Fairness Act of 2015

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History

DateChamberAction
2015-02-27HouseReferred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
2015-01-13HouseReferred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
2015-01-13HouseIntroduced in House

Same As/Similar To

SB99 (Same As) 2015-01-07 - Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

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