[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 980 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 980

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to require dependency as a 
condition of a stepchild's eligibility for child's insurance benefits, 
thereby preventing an insured individual's stepchildren from qualifying 
for such benefits on the insured individual's wage record (and thereby 
reducing the benefits of the insured individual's natural children) if 
   the stepchildren are being supported by a natural parent, and to 
provide for termination of an individual's child's insurance benefits, 
 based on the work record of a stepparent, upon the remarriage of the 
 child's natural parent after such natural parent's divorce from such 
                              stepparent.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           February 18, 1993

  Mr. Jacobs 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 require dependency as a 
condition of a stepchild's eligibility for child's insurance benefits, 
thereby preventing an insured individual's stepchildren from qualifying 
for such benefits on the insured individual's wage record (and thereby 
reducing the benefits of the insured individual's natural children) if 
   the stepchildren are being supported by a natural parent, and to 
provide for termination of an individual's child's insurance benefits, 
 based on the work record of a stepparent, upon the remarriage of the 
 child's natural parent after such natural parent's divorce from such 
                              stepparent.

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

SECTION 1. REQUIREMENT OF ACTUAL DEPENDENCY FOR FUTURE ENTITLEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(d)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(d)(4)) is amended by striking ``was living with or''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to benefits based on applications filed after the 
month in which this Act is enacted.

SEC. 2. TERMINATION OF CHILD'S INSURANCE BENEFITS BASED ON WORK RECORD 
              OF STEPPARENT UPON REMARRIAGE OF NATURAL PARENT AFTER 
              DIVORCE FROM STEPPARENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(d)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(d)(1)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``or'' at the end of clause (F);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of clause (G) and 
        inserting ``; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after clause (G) the following new clause:
            ``(H) if the benefits under this subsection are based on 
        the wages and self-employment income of a stepparent who is 
        divorced from such child's natural parent, the month in which 
        such natural parent remarries.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to remarriages occurring after the month in which 
this Act is enacted.

SEC. 3. REQUIREMENTS OF DEPENDENCY IN THE CASE OF EXISTING 
              ENTITLEMENTS.

    (a) In General.--For purposes of subsection (d) of section 202 of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)), a child shall be deemed as 
not dependent upon his or her stepfather or stepmother at the time 
specified in paragraph (1)(C) of such subsection if--
            (1) such stepfather or stepmother has been married to such 
        individual's natural parent for less than the preceding one-
        year period, and
            (2) such stepfather or stepmother has made no substantial 
        contribution to the support of such individual during the 
        preceding one-year period.
    (b) Effective Date.--Subsection (a) shall apply with respect to 
benefits under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act for months 
after the date of the enactment of this Act, but only if the 
application for such benefits was filed in or before the month in which 
this Act is enacted.

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