[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 4197 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 4197

      To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the 
 retroactivity of applications for survivor's insurance benefits, and 
                          for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 28, 2021

  Mr. Estes 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 extend the 
 retroactivity of applications for survivor's insurance benefits, and 
                          for other purposes.

    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 ``Strengthening Social Security for 
Survivors Act''.

SEC. 2. RETROACTIVE APPLICATIONS FOR SURVIVORS.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(j)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(j)(1)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``(i) is filing application for a 
                benefit under subsection (e) or (f), and satisfies 
                paragraph (1)(B) of such subsection by reason of clause 
                (ii) thereof, or (ii)''; and
                    (B) by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) by redesignating subparagraph (B) as subparagraph (C);
            (3) by inserting after subparagraph (A) the following:
                    ``(B) any month succeeding such month in any case 
                where the individual is filing application for a 
                benefit under subsection (d), (e), (f), (g), or (h) and 
                the entitlement of the individual to such benefit is 
                established upon the death of the individual upon whose 
                wages and self-employment income such entitlement is 
                based, or''; and
            (4) in subparagraph (C), as redesignated by paragraph (2), 
        by striking ``subparagraph (A) does not apply'' and inserting 
        ``the preceding subparagraphs do not apply''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to applications for monthly insurance benefits filed 
on or after the date of enactment of this Act.
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