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Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act [HB-1583]
[Retirement ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/24/2017
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Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act of 2017 [S.656]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act of 2017
Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Lee
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 03/15/2017
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Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act [HB-1540]
[Social Security ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Healthcare ]
[Disabilities ]
Social Security Disability Insurance Return to Work Act
Sponsored by: Sen. Marsha Blackburn
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/23/2017
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Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2017 [HB-1513]
[Social Security ]
[Data Privacy ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Social Security Must Avert Identity Loss (MAIL) Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration to ensure that no document it sends by mail includes a complete Social Security account number unless necessary.
Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan A. Costello
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/21/2017
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Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018 [HB-1512]
[Social Security ]
[Children and Youth ]
Social Security Child Protection Act of 2018
Sponsored by: Rep. Earl Blumenauer
Received In The Senate And Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 04/18/2018
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Social Worker Safety Act of 2017 [HB-1484]
[Crime ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Safety ]
[Healthcare ]
[Human Services ]
[Law Enforcement ]
Social Worker Safety Act of 2017 This bill allows the Department of Health and Human Services to award grants to states for providing safety measures to social workers and other similar professionals working with violent, illicit drug-using, or other at-risk populations.
Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 03/09/2017
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Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act [HB-1352]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Human Services ]
[Poverty ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Education ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Preparing More Welfare Recipients for Work Act This bill revises mandatory work requirements under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) program. Specifically, for purposes of counting work activities toward the satisfaction of such requirements, the bill: eliminates the distinction between core work activities and other specified work activities related to training and education; in general, eliminates separate requirements for two-parent families and other families; allows partial credit with respect to families that participate in
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Sponsored by: Rep. Patrick Meehan
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 03/15/2017
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Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act [HB-1289]
[Healthcare ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Mental Health ]
[Human Services ]
[Funding ]
[Grants ]
[Public Health ]
[Education ]
Dorothy I. Height and Whitney M. Young, Jr., Social Work Reinvestment Act This bill directs the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to establish the Social Work Reinvestment Commission to provide independent counsel to Congress and HHS on policy issues related to recruitment, retention, research, and reinvestment in the profession of social work. In addition, HHS shall award specified grants to support grantees in carrying out workplace improvement programs to address concerns related to the social work profession. HHS shall also award
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Sponsored by: Rep. Barbara Lee
Introduced In House on 03/01/2017
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Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act [HB-1218]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Social Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Healthcare ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Investments ]
Social Security and Medicare Lock-Box Act This bill establishes: (1) in the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund, a Social Security Surplus Protection Account; and (2) in the Federal Hospital Insurance Trust Fund, a Medicare Surplus Protection Account. The Managing Trustee of each trust fund (in both cases, the Secretary of the Treasury): (1) must transfer the annual surplus of the trust fund to its respective account; and (2) may not invest the balance in the account until a law takes effect that authorizes, for amounts in the trust
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Sponsored by: Rep. Scott Taylor
Introduced In House on 02/24/2017
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Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-1205]
[Social Security ]
[Pensions ]
[Retirement ]
Social Security Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to repeal the "government pension offset" and the "windfall elimination provision." Under current law, those provisions reduce OASDI benefits for individuals who receive a pension based on earnings in government employment that was not covered under the Social Security program.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/06/2017
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Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act [S.439]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act This bill amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to state plans for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for children in a foster care placement. An initial mental health screening of any child in foster care must be completed within 30 days after the child enters into foster care. In the case of any child for whom a mental health issue is identified in such initial screening, a comprehensive assessment of the child's mental
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Sponsored by: Sen. Robert P. Casey
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/17/2017
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Social Security Expansion Act [S.427]
[Social Security ]
[Taxes ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Budget and Spending ]
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
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Sponsored by: Sen. Cory A. Booker
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/16/2017
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Social Security Expansion Act [HB-1114]
[Social Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Taxes ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Healthcare ]
[Retirement ]
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
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/01/2017
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ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 [HB-1171]
[Healthcare ]
[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments can begin.
Sponsored by: Rep. Mike Johnson
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/02/2017
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Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017 [HB-1113]
[Social Security ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Social Security Protection and Truth in Budgeting Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to: (1) separate the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund ("Social Security trust funds") from the federal budget; and (2) specify that amounts made available to the Social Security trust funds from Social Security taxes be used solely for OASDI purposes, and not for the establishment or funding of private accounts.
Sponsored by: Rep. Peter A. DeFazio
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 03/02/2017
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ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 [S.379]
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[Social Security ]
[Disabilities ]
[Public Health ]
ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments can begin.
Sponsored by: Sen. Jack Reed
Read Twice And Referred To The Committee On Finance. on 02/15/2017
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Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act [HB-1069]
[Healthcare ]
[Mental Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Human Services ]
[Public Health ]
Timely Mental Health for Foster Youth Act This bill amends part B (Child and Family Services) of title IV of the Social Security Act with respect to state plans for the ongoing oversight and coordination of health care services for children in a foster care placement. An initial mental health screening of any child in foster care must be completed within 30 days after the child enters into foster care. In the case of any child for whom a mental health issue is identified in such initial screening, a comprehensive assessment of the child's mental
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Sponsored by: Rep. James R. Langevin
Referred To The Subcommittee On Human Resources. on 02/24/2017
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Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2017 [HB-991]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Social Security ]
[Medicare and Medicaid ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Inflation ]
Guaranteed 3 Percent COLA for Seniors Act of 2017 This bill directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics 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 who are age 62 or older. The bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) 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 case
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Sponsored by: Rep. Steve Cohen
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 02/22/2017
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Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2017 [HB-892]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2017 This bill directs the Social Security Administration to increase an individual's monthly Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefit amount in accordance with the locality-based comparability payment rate applicable to the federal locality-pay area in which the individual resides.
Sponsored by: Rep. Grace Meng
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 02/17/2017
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Notch Fairness Act of 2017 [HB-867]
[Social Security ]
[Senior Citizens ]
[Retirement ]
Notch Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) 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 individuals born between 1917 and 1921 who as retirees received lower Social Security cost-of-living increases than others after
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Sponsored by: Rep. Raul M. Grijalva
Referred To The Subcommittee On Social Security. on 02/16/2017