Bill Sponsor
House Bill 1114
115th Congress(2017-2018)
Social Security Expansion Act
Introduced
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Introduced in House on Feb 16, 2017
Overview
Text
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Feb 16, 2017
Latest Action
Mar 1, 2017
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Bill Number
1114
Congress
115
Policy Area
Social Welfare
Social Welfare
Primary focus of measure is public assistance and Social Security programs; social services matters, including community service, volunteer, and charitable activities. Measures concerning such health programs as Medicare and Medicaid may fall under Health policy area.
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No House votes have been held for this bill.
Summary

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.

Text (1)
February 16, 2017
Actions (3)
03/01/2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
02/16/2017
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.
02/16/2017
Introduced in House
Public Record
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