[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 413 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 413

   To amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the 
 limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may 
               earn while receiving benefits thereunder.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 1993

  Mr. Stump 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 so as to remove the 
 limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may 
               earn while receiving benefits thereunder.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled, That subsections (b), 
(d), (f), (h), (j), and (k) of section 203 of the Social Security are 
repealed.
    Sec. 2. (a) Subsection (c) of section 203 of the Social Security 
Act is redesignated as subsection (b); and such subsection as so 
redesignated is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``Noncovered Work Outside the United 
        States or'' in the heading;
            (2) by striking out paragraph (1);
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
            (4) by striking out ``For purposes of paragraphs (2), (3), 
        and (4)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``For purposes of 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)''; and
            (5) by striking out the last sentence.
    (b) Subsection (e) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (c); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsections (c) and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``subsection (b)''.
    (c) Subsection (g) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (d); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsection (c)'' each place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``subsection (b)''.
    (d) Subsection (i) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (e); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsection (b), (c), (g), or (h)'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subsection (b) or (d)''.
    (e) Subsection (l) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (f); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsection (g) or (h)(1)(A)'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subsection (d)''.
    Sec. 3. (a) Section 202(j)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act is 
amended by striking out clause (iii), and by redesignating clause (iv) 
as clause (iii).
    (b) Section 202(n)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``Section 203 (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``Section 203(b)''.
    (c)(1) Section 202(q)(5)(B) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``section 203(c)(2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
203(b)(1)''.
    (2) Section 202(q)(7)(A) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``deductions under section 203(b), 203(c)(1), 203(d)(1), or 222(b)'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``deductions on account of work under 
section 203 or deductions under section 222(b)''.
    (d)(1) Section 202(s)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 203(c)'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 203(b)''.
    (2) Section 202(s)(3) of such Act is amended by striking out ``the 
last sentence of subsection (c) of section 203, subsection (f)(1)(C) of 
section 203,''.
    (e) Section 202(t)(7) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``Subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``Subsection (b)''.
    (f) Section 202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended to read as 
follows:
                    ``(ii) such individual (I) was not entitled to an 
                old-age insurance benefit, (II) suffered deductions, in 
                amounts equal to the amount of such benefit, under 
                section 203(b) as in effect in the month or months 
                involved, or (III) would have suffered deductions on 
                account of work, in amounts equal to the amount of such 
                benefit (as determined under regulations of the 
                Secretary), under subsections (b) through (l) of 
                section 203 as in effect immediately prior to the 
                enactment of this clause (III) if such subsections 
                (other than paragraph (8) of subsection (f) had 
                remained in effect through such month or months.''.
    (g) Section 203(a)(3)(B)(iii) of such Act is amended by striking 
out ``and subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``and subsection (b)''.
    (h) Section 208(a)(3) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``under section 203(f) of this title for purposes of deductions from 
benefits'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``under section 203 for 
purposes of deductions from benefits on account of work''.
    (i) Section 215(g) of such Act is amended by striking out ``and 
deductions under section 203(b)''.
    (j) The last sentence of section 223(d)(4) of such Act is amended 
by striking out ``the exempt amount under section 203(f)(8) which is 
applicable to individuals described in subparagraph (D) thereof'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``an amount equal to the 
exempt amount which would have been applicable under section 203(f)(8), 
to individuals described in subparagraph (D) thereof, if subsections 
(b) through (l) of section 203 as in effect in January 1979 had 
remained in effect through the month in which such earnings were 
derived.''
    (k) Section 1612(a) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``as determined under section 
        203(f)(5)(C)'' in paragraph (1)(A) and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``as defined in the last sentence of this subsection''; 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        sentence:
``For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term `wages' means wages as 
defined in section 209, but computed without regard to the limitations 
as to amounts of remuneration specified in subsections (a), (g)(2), 
(g)(3), (h)(2), and (j) of such section; and in making such computation 
services which do not constitute employment as defined in section 210, 
performed within the United States by an individual as an employee or 
performed outside the United States in the active military or naval 
service of the United States, shall be deemed to be employment as so 
defined if the remuneration for such services is not includible in 
computing the individual's net earnings or new loss from self-
employment for purposes of title II.''.
    (l) Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking out subsections (f) and (g)(2).
    Sec. 4. The amendments and repeals made by this Act shall be 
effective with respect to taxable years ending on and after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

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