[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3077 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3077

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the provision 
   that reduces primary insurance amounts for individuals receiving 
                  pensions from noncovered employment.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           November 13, 1997

 Mr. Sandlin 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 provision 
   that reduces primary insurance amounts for individuals receiving 
                  pensions from noncovered employment.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Benefits Restoration 
Act of 1997''.

SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF PROVISION THAT REDUCES PRIMARY INSURANCE AMOUNTS 
              FOR INDIVIDUALS RECEIVING PENSIONS FROM NONCOVERED 
              EMPLOYMENT.

    (a) In General.--Section 215(a) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 415(a)) is amended by striking paragraph (7).
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 215(d) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(d)) is 
        amended by striking paragraph (3).
            (2) Section 215(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(f)) is 
        amended by striking paragraph (9).
            (3) Subsections (e)(2) and (f)(3) of section 202 of such 
        Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(2), (f)(3)) are each amended by striking 
        ``section 215(f)(5), 215(f)(6), or 215(f)(9)(B)'' each place it 
        appears and inserting ``paragraph (5) or (6) of section 
        215(f)''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
benefits payable for months after December 1997, and the Commissioner 
of Social Security shall recompute primary insurance amounts 
(notwithstanding section 215(f) of the Social Security Act) to the 
extent necessary to carry out such amendments.
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