[Congressional Bills 118th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7304 Introduced in House (IH)]

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118th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7304

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish that benefits 
 paid to a parent caring for the child of an individual who died while 
   performing active duty as a member of the Armed Services are not 
       subject to deductions under the retirement earnings test.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            February 7, 2024

Mr. Waltz (for himself, Ms. Houlahan, Mr. Bishop of Georgia, Mr. Bacon, 
   Mr. Davis of North Carolina, and Mr. Nunn of Iowa) 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 establish that benefits 
 paid to a parent caring for the child of an individual who died while 
   performing active duty as a member of the Armed Services are not 
       subject to deductions under the retirement earnings test.

    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 ``Protecting the Families of Our 
Fallen Patriots Act''.

SEC. 2. EXEMPTION FROM RETIREMENT EARNINGS TEST.

    (a) In General.--Section 203(b) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 403(b)) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(3) In any case in which an surviving spouse or surviving 
divorced parent is entitled to a mother's or father's insurance benefit 
under section 202(g) and such benefit is based on the wages and self-
employment income of a deceased individual who died while performing 
active duty as a member of the Armed Forces, the benefit to which such 
surviving spouse or surviving divorced parent is entitled on the basis 
of the wages and self-employment income of such deceased individual 
shall not be subject to deductions under this subsection.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to benefits payable for months that begin on or 
after the date of enactment of this Act.
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