3.0.0 2741 2025-05-27T14:16:21Z 2025-05-27T14:16:21Z Senate S S 2023-09-07 118 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred To 2023-09-07T16:56:40Z 118 9234 HR 2024-12-17 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Identical bill CRS 2023-09-07 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2023-09-07 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress C001070 Sen. Casey, Robert P., Jr. [D-PA] Bob Casey D PA N B001277 Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT] Richard Blumenthal D CT 2023-09-07 True K000367 Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN] Amy Klobuchar D MN 2023-09-07 True S000770 Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI] Debbie Stabenow D MI 2023-09-07 True M001111 Sen. Murray, Patty [D-WA] Patty Murray D WA 2023-09-07 True S000033 Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] Bernard Sanders I VT 2023-09-07 True M001176 Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] Jeff Merkley D OR 2023-09-19 False Social Welfare Social Welfare 2023-09-22T00:00:35Z

00 2023-09-07 Introduced in Senate 2024-01-30T16:39:14Z <p><b>Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2023 or the SWIFT Act</b></p> <p>This bill modifies eligibility requirements and increases Social Security survivor benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses of a deceased worker.</p> <p>Specifically, the bill makes widow and widower's benefits available to disabled individuals at any age, whereas currently the benefits are limited to such individuals between ages 50 to 60. In addition, provisions reducing benefits in various instances, such as when a beneficiary is entitled to multiple types of benefits, shall not apply to widow and widower's benefits for individuals with disabilities. <p>Additionally, the bill raises the upper age limit for determining whether a beneficiary has a child in his or her care from 16 to 18 years (or 19, if the child is a full-time elementary or secondary school student). An individual with a child in care&nbsp;may receive increased benefits in&nbsp;specified instances. <p>The bill also increases various limits on&nbsp;widow and widower's benefits in certain instances and modifies the calculation for increased benefits for individuals who choose to delay receiving such benefits.</p> <p>For current beneficiaries, increases in Social Security benefits under this bill shall not affect the beneficiary's eligibility or benefit amount for any federal assistance program.</p>

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