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Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act [S.46]
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Ensuring the Full Faith and Credit of the United States and Protecting America's Soldiers and Seniors Act - Requires the following to take equal priority over all other federally incurred obligations in the event that the public debt reaches the statutory limit: (1) the authority of the Department of the Treasury to pay with legal tender the principal and interest on debt held by the public; (2) the authority of the Commissioner of Social Security to pay monthly Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance benefits under title II of the Social Security
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Sponsored by: Sen. Chuck Grassley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/22/2013
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Startup Act 3.0 [S.310]
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[Economic Development ]
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Startup Act 3.0 - Amends the Immigration and Nationality Act to authorize the Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS) to adjust to conditional permanent resident status up to 50,000 aliens who have earned a master's or doctorate degree in a science, technology, engineering, or mathematics field (STEM field) and permit such an alien to remain in the United States: (1) for up to one year after the expiration of the alien's student visa, if the alien is searching for STEM field employment; and (2) indefinitely if the alien remains actively engaged in
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/13/2013
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Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act [S.308]
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[Senior Citizens ]
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[Inflation ]
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPIEC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPIEC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-lving increases in OASDI
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Sponsored by: Sen. Mazie K. Hirono
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/13/2013
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Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014 [S.3009]
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Advance Planning and Compassionate Care Act of 2014
Sponsored by: Sen. Richard Blumenthal
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 12/12/2014
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Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014 [S.3003]
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Protecting Social Security Disability Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old, Age and Survivors Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) to revise the Disability Insurance program to declare any individual who is entitled to both an old-age insurance benefit and a disability insurance benefit for a month to be entitled only to the old-age insurance benefit for that month, except those whose medical improvement is not expected. Directs the Commissioner of Social Security to establish a system for classifying any individual who
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tom Coburn
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6627-6628) on 12/11/2014
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No Social Security for Nazis Act [S.2944]
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No Social Security for Nazis Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to consider the following individuals to be removed under the Immigration and Nationality Act and so to have their OASDI benefits terminated: an individual with respect to whom an order admitting the individual to citizenship has been revoked and set aside where such action is based on conduct relating to participation in Nazi persecution, concealment of a material fact about such conduct, or willful misrepresentation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/19/2014
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American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act [S.2940]
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[Climate Change ]
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[Air Quality ]
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American Opportunity Carbon Fee Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to impose a fee on: (1) fossil fuel products, including coal, petroleum products, and natural gas, for carbon dioxide emissions; and (2) emissions of any greenhouse gas other than carbon dioxide from any greenhouse gas emission source. Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to establish, implement, and report on a program to collect data on methane emissions by major non-natural sources, including emissions attributable to the extraction and distribution of coal, petroleum products,
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Sponsored by: Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S6149-6153) on 11/19/2014
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Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 [S.2920]
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Nazi Social Security Benefits Termination Act of 2014 - Makes any participant in Nazi persecution ineligible for: (1) Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (OASDI) benefits under title II of the Social Security Act (SSA), and (2) Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits under SSA title XVI. Requires the Attorney General (AG), as soon as practicable after determining that an individual is a participant in Nazi persecution, to notify the Commissioner of Social Security of the individual's identity and residence. Directs the AG, in cooperation
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 11/13/2014
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Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 [S.2896]
[Student Loans ]
[Social Security ]
[Education ]
Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2014 - Exempts an inflation-adjusted $9,000 each year of an individual's benefits under the Social Security Act from being used by the Department of Education to offset the amount the individual owes on a defaulted student loan under title IV (Student Assistance) of the Higher Education Act of 1965.
Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S5795) on 09/18/2014
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Improving Access to Social Security Services Act [S.2742]
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Improving Access to Social Security Services Act - Amends title VII (Administration) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from imposing any reduction in public access on a Social Security Administration field or hearing office without a public comment period meeting specified deadlines, including at least one public hearing. Requires each field office to provide services necessary for: (1) Social Security number printout services until August 1, 2015, and (2) benefit verification letter services until
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 07/31/2014
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Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act [S.2455]
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Retirement and Income Security Enhancements (RAISE) Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to entitle divorced spouses to OASDI benefits after 5 (currently 10) years of marriage. Makes the monthly divorced spouse's benefits equal to one-half of the former spouse's primary insurance amount, reduced 10% for each year less than 10 the individual was married to the former spouse. Revises the widow's or widower's insurance benefit for any month to equal the greater of: (1) the primary
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Sponsored by: Sen. Patty Murray
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S3546-3547) on 06/10/2014
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Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 [S.2453]
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[Children and Youth ]
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Social Security Overpayments Fairness Act of 2014 - Reinstates the 10-year statute of limitations period applicable to the collection of amounts paid to Social Security beneficiaries by administrative offset. (This former statute of limitations was repealed effective May 22, 2008.) Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disabillity Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA), with respect to overpayments under OASDI or SSA title XVI (Supplementary Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) (SSI), to prevent the recovery of any such
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Sponsored by: Sen. Barbara Boxer
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 06/10/2014
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Fair Raises for Seniors Act [S.2382]
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[Social Security ]
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[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Retirement ]
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Fair Raises for Seniors Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) that indicates the average change over time in the prices paid by individuals in the United States who are age 62 and older for a market basket of consumer goods and services. Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-E the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living
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Sponsored by: Sen. Jeff Merkley
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/22/2014
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Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 [S.2336]
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[Retirement ]
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Let Seniors Work Act of 2014 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) eliminate the payroll tax for individuals who have attained retirement age, and (2) remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn (earnings test) without incurring a reduction in benefits.
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/14/2014
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Social Security and Marriage Equality Act [S.2305]
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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.
Sponsored by: Sen. Edward J. Markey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 05/08/2014
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Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act [S.2249]
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Grand Portage Band Per Capita Adjustment Act - Amends the Indian Tribal Judgment Funds Use or Distribution Act to exclude funds paid by Minnesota to members of the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, pursuant to the agreements of such Band to voluntarily restrict tribal rights to hunt and fish in territory ceded under the Treaty of September 30, 1854, from: (1) federal or state income taxes; or (2) use in denying or reducing a member's benefits under the Social Security Act or, except for payments in excess of $2,000, a federal
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Sponsored by: Sen. Amy Klobuchar
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/10/2014
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Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act [S.2038]
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Solutions to Long-Term Unemployment Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to exclude from the definition of full-time employee, for purposes of the employer mandate to provide minimum essential health care coverage, any individual who is a long-term unemployed individual. Defines "long-term unemployed individual" as an individual who: (1) begins employment after enactment of this Act, and (2) has been unemployed for 27 weeks or longer. Exempts from the payment of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance (OASDI), hospital insurance, and railroad
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Sponsored by: Sen. John Thune
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/25/2014
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Responsible Unemployment Compensation Extension Act of 2014 [S.1931]
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[Social Security ]
[Unemployment ]
[Veterans ]
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Amends the Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2008 (SSA, 2008) to extend emergency unemployment compensation (EUC) payments for eligible individuals to weeks of employment ending on or before April 1, 2014. Reauthorizes Tier-1, Tier-2, Tier-3, and Tier-4 of the EUC program for weeks ending after December 29, 2013, but reduces the duration of the first two Tiers, to up to six weeks each. Amends the Assistance for Unemployed Workers and Struggling Families Act to extend until March 31, 2014, requirements that federal payments to states cover 100% of
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Sponsored by: Sen. Susan M. Collins
Read The Second Time. Placed On Senate Legislative Calendar Under General Orders. Calendar No. 296. on 01/16/2014
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Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 [S.193]
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Startup Innovation Credit Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its payroll tax liability under the Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA). Defines "qualified small business" as a corporation, partnership, or S corporation if the gross receipts of such entity for the taxable year are less than $5 million and such entity did not have gross receipts for any period preceding
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Sponsored by: Sen. Tim Kaine
Sponsor Introductory Remarks On Measure. (cr S439-440) on 01/31/2013
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Innovators Job Creation Act [S.1920]
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Innovators Job Creation Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) make permanent the tax credit for increasing research activities; (2) allow an offset of such credit against liability for the alternative minimum tax (AMT); (3) make permanent the five-year carryback of research tax credit amounts of certain small businesses; and (4) allow a qualified small business, other than a tax-exempt organization, to use a portion, up to $250,000 in a taxable year, of its tax credit for increasing research expenditures as an offset against its employment
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Sponsored by: Sen. Michael B. Enzi
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 01/14/2014