[Congressional Bills 114th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4728 Introduced in House (IH)]

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114th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 4728

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to expand the exception to 
     the windfall elimination provision based on years of coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 10, 2016

   Mr. Smith of Washington 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 expand the exception to 
     the windfall elimination provision based on years of coverage.

    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 ``SWEPT Act of 2016''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE EXCEPTION TO THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION 
              PROVISION BASED ON YEARS OF COVERAGE.

    (a) Reduction in the Number of Years of Coverage Required.--
            (1) In general.--Section 215(a)(7)(D) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking 
        ``30'' each place it appears and inserting ``25''.
            (2) Partial exemptions.--Section 215(a)(7)(D) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)(D)) is further amended by 
        striking the table and inserting the following:

If the number of such                                    The applicable
  individual's years of coverage                            percent is:
  (as so defined) is:
        24.....................................................     80 
        23.....................................................     70 
        22.....................................................     60 
        21.....................................................     50.
    (b) Reduction of the Dollar Amount Required To Constitute a Year of 
Coverage.--Section 215(a)(7)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking ``the reference to `15 percent' 
therein shall be deemed to be a reference to `25 percent''' and 
inserting ``each of the references to `25 percent' and the reference to 
`15 percent' therein shall each be deemed to be a reference to `12.5 
percent'''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to primary insurance amounts computed or recomputed 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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