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<title>Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013</title>
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<action-date>2013-09-17</action-date>
<action-desc>Introduced in House</action-desc>
<summary-text><![CDATA[<p>Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013 - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of taxable wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013.</p> <p>Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.</p> <p>Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in expenditures for consumption which are typical for individuals in the United States who have attained early retirement age for purposes of an old-age, wife's, or husband's insurance benefit.</p> <p>Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals. </p>]]></summary-text>
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