[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 732 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 732

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce from 10 to 5 the 
 number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced 
          spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 30, 2007

   Mrs. Maloney of New York 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 reduce from 10 to 5 the 
 number of years of marriage prior to divorce required for a divorced 
          spouse to be eligible for benefits under such title.

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

SECTION 1. DECREASE FROM 10 TO 5 YEARS IN MARRIAGE REQUIREMENT FOR 
              DIVORCED SPOUSES.

    Paragraphs (1), (2), (4), and (5) of section 216(d) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 416(d)(1), (2), (4), and (5)) are each amended 
by striking ``10 years'' and inserting ``5 years''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
benefits for months after the date of the enactment of this Act for 
which applications are filed after such date.
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