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<dc:title>114 HR 2780 IH: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce.</dc:title>
<dc:publisher>U.S. House of Representatives</dc:publisher>
<dc:date>2015-06-15</dc:date>
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		<distribution-code display="yes">I</distribution-code>
		<congress>114th CONGRESS</congress>
		<session>1st Session</session>
		<legis-num>H. R. 2780</legis-num>
		<current-chamber>IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES</current-chamber>
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			<action-date date="20150615">June 15, 2015</action-date>
			<action-desc><sponsor name-id="L000480">Mrs. Lowey</sponsor> introduced the following bill; which was referred to the <committee-name committee-id="HWM00">Committee on Ways and Means</committee-name></action-desc>
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		<legis-type>A BILL</legis-type>
		<official-title>To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the two-year waiting period for divorced
			 spouse’s benefits following the divorce.</official-title>
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		<section display-inline="no-display-inline" id="HAF229C7137EE4F90A90AEE649E297585" section-type="section-one"><enum>1.</enum><header>Exemption from two-year waiting period for divorced spouse’s benefits following the divorce in
			 cases of prior receipt of spouse’s benefits</header>
 <subsection id="HB6BC4EEE347E4801984485887B49EDD9"><enum>(a)</enum><header>Wife’s insurance benefits</header><text>Section 202(b)(4)(A) of the <act-name parsable-cite="SSA">Social Security Act</act-name> (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402(b)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>divorced wife—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be entitled</quote> and inserting <quote>divorced wife meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1), shall be entitled</quote>.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H9FCA0FDC2DDB425E863DA4EF61D20CBF"><enum>(b)</enum><header>Husband’s insurance benefits</header><text>Section 202(c)(4)(A) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/402">42 U.S.C. 402(c)(4)(A)</external-xref>) is amended by striking <quote>divorced husband—</quote> and all that follows through <quote>shall be entitled</quote> and inserting <quote>divorced husband meets the requirements of subparagraphs (A) through (D) of paragraph (1), shall be entitled</quote>.</text>
 </subsection><subsection id="H168ED91CF82C401A8C2488034A727305"><enum>(c)</enum><header>Exemption from deductions on account of work</header><text>Section 203(b)(2) of such Act (<external-xref legal-doc="usc" parsable-cite="usc/42/403">42 U.S.C. 403(b)(2)</external-xref>) is amended—</text> <paragraph id="H861A412F1AF64C0496CE240DEC06465B"><enum>(1)</enum><text>by striking <quote>(2)(A) Except as</quote> and all that follows through <quote>the benefit to which</quote> and inserting the following: <quote>(2) In any case in which any of the other persons referred to in paragraph (1)(B) are entitled to monthly benefits as a divorced spouse under subsection (b) or (c) of section 202 for any month, the benefit to which</quote>; and</text>
 </paragraph><paragraph id="HB7D3589223F94304906D3C76B1549B04"><enum>(2)</enum><text>by striking subparagraph (B).</text> </paragraph></subsection></section><section id="H87E0A2B8AF8840CA8A97D62AAA44675A"><enum>2.</enum><header>Effective date</header><text display-inline="no-display-inline">The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to benefits for months after the date of the enactment of this Act.</text>
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