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H.R. 1114 (115th)

Social Security Expansion Act

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Introduced

16 February 2017

Last action

1 March 2017 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Sponsors

Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4], Rep. Cárdenas, Tony [D-CA-29], Rep. Clarke, Yvette D. [D-NY-9], Rep. Cohen, Steve [D-TN-9], Rep. Conyers, John, Jr. [D-MI-13], Rep. Ellison, Keith [D-MN-5], Rep. Green, Al [D-TX-9], Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Keating, William R. [D-MA-9], Rep. Jayapal, Pramila [D-WA-7], Rep. Khanna, Ro [D-CA-17], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Rep. McGovern, James P. [D-MA-2], Rep. Moore, Gwen [D-WI-4], Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-32], Rep. Pocan, Mark [D-WI-2], Rep. Raskin, Jamie [D-MD-8], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Scott, Robert C. "Bobby" [D-VA-3], Rep. Shea-Porter, Carol [D-NH-1], Rep. Slaughter, Louise McIntosh [D-NY-25], Rep. Tonko, Paul [D-NY-20], Rep. Johnson, Henry C. "Hank" [D-GA-4], Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20], Rep. Barragán, Nanette Diaz [D-CA-44], Rep. Engel, Eliot L. [D-NY-16], Rep. Smith, Adam [D-WA-9], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Del. Sablan, Gregorio Kilili Camacho [D-MP-At Large], Rep. Payne, Donald M., Jr. [D-NJ-10], Rep. Clay, Wm. Lacy [D-MO-1], Rep. Capuano, Michael E. [D-MA-8], Rep. Sires, Albio [D-NJ-13], ROBERT BRADY, Rep. Ryan, Tim [D-OH-13], Rep. Rush, Bobby L. [D-IL-1], Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-2], Rep. Lynch, Stephen F. [D-MA-8]

Subjects

Taxation

Source updated

5 December 2025

Taxation

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Summary

Social Security Expansion Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; and (3) increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000, and (2) increase the tax rate on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% and allocate specifed amounts of such tax revenue to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

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Timeline

  1. 16 February 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 16 February 2017

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

    Source: IntroReferral

  3. 16 February 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 16 February 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 1 March 2017

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

    Source: Committee

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