[Congressional Record Volume 146, Number 32 (Tuesday, March 21, 2000)]
[Senate]
[Pages S1526-S1527]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          AMENDMENTS SUBMITTED

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              SENIOR CITIZENS' FREEDOM TO WORK ACT OF 1999

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                       KERREY AMENDMENT NO. 2885

  Mr. KERREY proposed an amendment to the bill (H.R. 5) to amend title 
II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the earnings test for 
individuals who have attained retirement age; as follows:


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       At the end add the following:

     SEC. ____. REDESIGNATION OF TERM FOR AGE AT WHICH AN 
                   INDIVIDUAL IS ELIGIBLE FOR FULL, UNREDUCED OLD-
                   AGE BENEFITS.

       (a) In General.--Title II of the Social Security Act (42 
     U.S.C. 401 et seq.) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``retirement age'' each place it appears 
     and inserting ``the age of eligibility for full, unreduced 
     old-age benefits'';
       (2) by striking ``early retirement age'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``the age of earliest eligibility for 
     old-age benefits''; and
       (3) by striking ``delayed retirement'' each place it 
     appears and inserting ``delayed entitlement for old-age 
     benefits''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 202(q)(9) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(q)(9)) is amended by striking 
     ``early retirement'' and inserting ``early entitlement for 
     old-age benefits''.
       (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section 
     shall take effect on the date of enactment of this Act.
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                 ROTH (AND MOYNIHAN) AMENDMENT NO. 2886

  Mr. ROTH (for himself and Mr. Moynihan) proposed an amendment to the 
bill, H.R. 5, supra; as follows:

       Strike all after the first word and insert the following:

     SEC. 1. SHORT TITLE.

       This Act may be cited as the ``Senior Citizens' Freedom to 
     Work Act of 2000''.

     SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF EARNINGS TEST FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE 
                   ATTAINED RETIREMENT AGE.

       Section 203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subsection (c)(1), by striking ``the age of 
     seventy'' and inserting ``retirement age (as defined in 
     section 216(l))'';
       (2) in paragraphs (1)(A) and (2) of subsection (d), by 
     striking ``the age of seventy'' each place it appears and 
     inserting ``retirement age (as defined in section 216(l))'';
       (3) in subsection (f)(1)(B), by striking ``was age seventy 
     or over'' and inserting ``was at or above retirement age (as 
     defined in section 216(l))'';
       (4) in subsection (f)(3), by striking ``age 70'' and 
     inserting ``retirement age (as defined in section 216(l))'';
       (5) in subsection (h)(1)(A), by striking ``age 70'' each 
     place it appears and inserting ``retirement age (as defined 
     in section 216(l))''; and
       (6) in subsection (j)--
       (A) in the heading, by striking ``Age Seventy'' and 
     inserting ``Retirement Age''; and
       (B) by striking ``seventy years of age'' and inserting 
     ``having attained retirement age (as defined in section 
     216(l))''.

     SEC. 3. NONAPPLICATION OF RULES FOR COMPUTATION OF EXEMPT 
                   AMOUNT FOR INDIVIDUALS WHO HAVE ATTAINED 
                   RETIREMENT AGE.

       (a) In General.--Section 203(f)(8) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)) is amended by adding at the end the 
     following new subparagraph:
       ``(E) Notwithstanding subparagraph (D), no deductions in 
     benefits shall be made under subsection (b) with respect to 
     the earnings of any individual in any month beginning with 
     the month in which the individual attains retirement age (as 
     defined in section 216(l)).''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment.--Section 203(f)(9) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(9)) is amended by striking 
     ``and (8)(D),'' and inserting ``(8)(D), and (8)(E),''.

     SEC. 4. ADDITIONAL CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.

       (a) Elimination of Redundant References to Retirement 
     Age.--Section 203 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403) 
     is amended--
       (1) in subsection (c), in the last sentence, by striking 
     ``nor shall any deduction'' and all that follows and 
     inserting ``nor shall any deduction be made under this 
     subsection from any widow's or widower's insurance benefit if 
     the widow, surviving divorced wife, widower, or surviving 
     divorced husband involved became entitled to such benefit 
     prior to attaining age 60.''; and
       (2) in subsection (f)(1), by striking clause (D) and 
     inserting the following: ``(D) for which such individual is 
     entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if such 
     individual became so entitled prior to attaining age 60,''.
       (b) Conforming Amendment to Provisions for Determining 
     Amount of Increase on Account of Delayed Retirement.--Section 
     202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
     402(w)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ``or suffered 
     deductions under section 203(b) or 203(c) in amounts equal to 
     the amount of such benefit'' and inserting ``or, if so 
     entitled, did not receive benefits pursuant to a request by 
     such individual that benefits not be paid''.

     SEC. 5. EFFECTIVE DATE.

       The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
     taxable years ending after December 31, 1999.

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