Social Security And Elderly Assistance
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Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2015 [HB-3747]
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Social Security Garnishment Modernization Act of 2015
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Regulatory Reform, Commercial And Antitrust Law. on 11/04/2015
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To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes. [HB-3679]
[Social Security ]
[Human Services ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Crime ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
To provide that the Social Security Administration pay fees associated with obtaining birth certificate or State identification card for purposes of obtaining a replacement social security card for certain victims of domestic violence, and for other purposes. This bill directs the Social Security Administration to pay, upon the request of a victim of domestic violence, dating violence, family violence, sexual assault, or stalking, the fees charged by any governmental authority associated with obtaining the birth certificate or state residence identification
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Sponsored by: Rep. Ted Poe
Introduced In House on 10/01/2015
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To provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam. [HB-3642]
[Social Security ]
To provide for increased flexibility in the extension of the Social Security program to Guam. This bill amends the Social Security Amendments of 1960 with respect to the extension of the Social Security program to Guam. If certain legislation enacted by the government of Guam expresses the desire that title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSAct) extend only to those officers and employees initially employed by the government of Guam, local governments, and government instrumentalities, then specified
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Sponsored by: Rep. Madeleine Bordallo
Introduced In House on 09/29/2015
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Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2015 [HB-3625]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Workers' Compensation ]
[Mining ]
[Public Health ]
Black Lung Benefits Improvement Act of 2015 This bill amends the Black Lung Benefits Act to revise requirements for miners' claims for pneumoconiosis (black lung) benefits. A mine operator must give a copy of the examining physician's report to miners required to have a medical examination of their respiratory condition. The Department of Labor must pay the attorneys' fees of prevailing parties on a qualifying black lung benefit claim. This bill revises: (1) the standards of medical evidence that establish a presumption that a miner is totally disabled
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Sponsored by: Rep. Matthew Cartwright
Referred To The Subcommittee On Workforce Protections. on 03/23/2016
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Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act [HB-3621]
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Social Security Earned Benefits Payment Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require allocations to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund equal to: (1) 2.65% of the amount of wages and self-employment income paid between December 31, 2015, and January 1, 2021, and (2) 1.80% of wages and self-employment income paid after December 31, 2020.
Sponsored by: Rep. Eleanor Norton
Introduced In House on 09/28/2015
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Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015 [HB-3588]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Inflation ]
Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2015 Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are 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: (1) require the use of such index to compute cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits; and (2) provide, in the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 03/23/2016
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Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act [HB-3516]
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[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
Social Security Beneficiary 2nd Amendment Rights Protection Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to prohibit any determination by the Commissioner of Social Security with respect to an individual, including one that OASDI and SSI benefits to which that individual is entitled shall be paid to a representative payee, from being considered to be a determination that the individual has been adjudicated as a mental defective to make
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Sponsored by: Rep. Alexander Mooney
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 09/21/2015
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Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act [HB-3499]
[Veterans ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Healthcare ]
Veteran Disability Rating Parity Act This bill amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to treat service-connected disability rated and certified as total by the Department of Veterans Affairs as disability for purposes of the OASDI (including child's, widow's, and widower's benefits) and SSI programs.
Sponsored by: Rep. David Jolly
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 09/16/2015
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Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 [HB-3482]
[Disabilities ]
[Social Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Insurance ]
[Crime ]
Disability Insurance Protection and Fraud Prevention Act of 2015 Requires the Inspector General of the Social Security Administration to increase the number of cooperative disability investigative units to 54 and distribute them equally among the most densely populated areas. Prohibits the Commissioner of Social Security, in determining whether an individual is under a disability for insurance benefit payment purposes, from considering: (1) an individual as approaching advanced age unless he or she has attained age 58; (2) an individual as having
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Sponsored by: Rep. Sam Graves
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 09/16/2015
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Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2015 [HB-3442]
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[Finance ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Healthcare ]
Debt Management and Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2015 (Sec. 2) This bill requires the Secretary of the Treasury to provide a report to Congress prior to any date on which the Secretary anticipates the public debt will reach the statutory limit. The Secretary must appear before the House Ways and Means Committee and the Senate Finance Committee to submit a report including: historic, current, and projected levels of debt; historic levels of revenue; the drivers and composition of future debt; how the United States will meet debt obligations if the
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/22/2016
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Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015 [HB-3377]
[Social Security ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Wages shall be deemed to have been paid (according to a specified formula) during each month in which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 08/12/2015
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CPI-E Act of 2015 [HB-3351]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Veterans ]
[Social Security ]
[Retirement ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Military ]
[Pensions ]
CPI-E Act of 2015 This bill bases cost-of -living increases in benefits under the Civil Service Retirement System, the Federal Employees Retirement System, military retirement and survivor benefit programs, old-age, survivors, or disability insurance benefit program, and specified veterans benefits programs on increases in the Consumer Price Index for the elderly.
Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Military Personnel. on 11/23/2015
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Paycheck Relief Act of 2015 [HB-3267]
[Taxes ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Small Business ]
Paycheck Relief Act of 2015 This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to reduce Federal Insurance Contributions Act (FICA) tax rates on wage income and corresponding tax rates on self-employment income.
Sponsored by: Rep. Roger Williams
Introduced In House on 07/28/2015
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One Social Security Act [HB-3150]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
One Social Security Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to merge the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a new, restructured Social Security Trust Fund to consist of the employment and self-employment taxes imposed with respect to wages and self-employment income. The annual report to Congress on the operation and status of the Trust Fund shall include an actuarial analysis of the benefit cost with respect to disabled
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 07/27/2015
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Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 [HB-3147]
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[Student Loans ]
[Veterans ]
[Social Security ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Constituent Services Disclosure Act of 2015 This bill amends the House of Representatives Administrative Reform Technical Corrections Act to prohibit the availability of 20% of the Members' Representational Allowance to a Member's office unless it provides certain free assistance with respect to: passports; individual federal income tax returns; 501(c)(3) tax-exempt status applications; benefits under titles XVIII (Medicare), II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance), and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act; student
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Peters
Introduced In House on 07/21/2015
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Notch Fairness Act of 2015 [HB-314]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 02/27/2015
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To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. [HB-3126]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Mental Health ]
[Social Security ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Public Safety ]
[Crime ]
To prohibit the Commissioner of Social Security from furnishing the name of any individual in a report to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System unless a Federal court has determined the individual to be mentally defective. This bill prohibits the Social Security Administration from providing to the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) the name of any individual entitled to benefits, including any individual whose benefits are paid to a representative payee, unless a federal court has determined the individual
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Sponsored by: Rep. H. Morgan Griffith
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 07/23/2015
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Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act of 2015 [HB-3078]
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[Military ]
Commission on Americans Living Abroad Act of 2015 Establishes the Commission on Americans Living Abroad which shall conduct a study of how federal laws and policies affect U.S. citizens living abroad, including civilians and members of the Armed Forces. Requires the head of any federal agency that is affected by a recommendation in the report required by this Act to submit a response to the President, Congress, and the Commission.
Sponsored by: Rep. Carolyn Maloney
Referred To The Subcommittee On The Constitution And Civil Justice. on 12/15/2015
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CPI for Seniors Act of 2015 [HB-3074]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Inflation ]
CPI for Seniors Act of 2015 This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish a monthly index, to be known as the Consumer Price Index for Seniors, that indicates monthly changes in expenditures for consumption that are typical for individuals in the United States who are 62 years of age or older.
Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Health, Employment, Labor, And Pensions. on 11/16/2015
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Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 [HB-3020]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
[Pharmaceuticals ]
[Disabilities ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Veterans ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Libraries ]
[Human Rights ]
[Religion ]
Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2016 Provides FY2016 appropriations for the Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, Education, and several related agencies. Department of Labor Appropriations Act, 2016 TITLE I--DEPARTMENT OF LABOR Provides FY2016 appropriations for agencies and programs within the Department of Labor. Provides appropriations to the Employment and Training Administration for: Training and Employment Services, Job Corps, Community Service Employment
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Sponsored by: Rep. Tom Cole
The House Committee On Appropriations Reported An Original Measure, H. Rept. 114-195, By Mr. Cole. on 07/10/2015