[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1897 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1897

     To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 
reductions in social security benefits which are presently required in 
   the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving 
                      certain Government pensions.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES



Mr. Jefferson (for himself, Mr. Traficant, Mr. Hobson, Mr. Cramer, Mr. 
Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Hefley, Mr. Wilson, Mr. Bonior, Mr. Rahall, 
 Mr. Schiff, Mrs. Unsoeld, Mrs. Schroeder, Ms. Furse, Mr. Coleman, Mr. 
  Peterson of Minnesota, Mr. Matsui, Mrs. Johnson of Connecticut, Mr. 
Towns, Mr. Sisisky, Mr. Blackwell, Ms. Kaptur, Ms. Pelosi, Mr. DeFazio, 
   Mr. Emerson, Mr. Myers of Indiana, and Mr. Spence) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
     To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 
reductions in social security benefits which are presently required in 
   the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving 
                      certain Government pensions.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND SURVIVING 
              SPOUSES RECEIVING GOVERNMENT PENSIONS.

    (a) Wife's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(b) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and paragraph (4) of this subsection'' in 
        paragraph (2); and
            (2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph 
        (5) as paragraph (4).
    (b) Husband's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(c) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(c)) is amended--
            (1) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs 
        (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; 
        and
            (2) by striking ``and paragraph (2) of this subsection'' in 
        paragraph (2) as so redesignated.
    (c) Widow's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(e) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(e)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``, paragraph (7) of this subsection,'' in 
        paragraph (2)(A); and
            (2) by striking paragraph (7).
    (d) Widower's Insurance Benefits.--
            (1) In general.--Section 202(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        402(f)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating 
                paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through 
                (6), respectively; and
                    (B) by striking ``, paragraph (2) of this 
                subsection,'' in paragraph (2) as so redesignated.
            (2) Conforming amendments.--
                    (A) Section 202(f)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                402(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (5)'' 
                and inserting ``paragraph (4)''.
                    (B) Section 202(f)(1)(F) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                402(f)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (6)'' 
                and ``paragraph (5)'' (in clauses (i) and (ii)) and 
                inserting ``paragraph (5)'' and ``paragraph (4)'', 
                respectively.
                    (C) Section 202(f)(5)(B) of such Act (as 
                redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection) is 
                amended by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and inserting 
                ``paragraph (4)''.
                    (D) Section 202(k)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                402(k)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``or (f)(4)'' each 
                place it appears and inserting ``or (f)(3)''.
                    (E) Section 202(k)(3)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                402(k)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``or (f)(3)'' and 
                inserting ``or (f)(2)''.
                    (F) Section 202(k)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                402(k)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``or (f)(4)'' and 
                inserting ``or (f)(3)''.
                    (G) Section 226(e)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
                426(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``and 202(f)(5)'' 
                and inserting ``and 202(f)(4)''.
    (e) Mother's and Father's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(g) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``Except as provided in paragraph (4) of 
        this subsection, such'' in paragraph (2) and inserting 
        ``Such''; and
            (2) by striking paragraph (4).

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to 
monthly insurance benefits payable under title II of the Social 
Security Act for months after December 1993.

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