A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the special dependency requirements for entitlement to husband's and widower's insurance benefits, to provide benefits for certain divorced husbands and former husbands, to provide benefits to husbands based on having minor children in their care, and to provide benefits for widowed fathers with minor children, so that benefits for husbands, widowers, and fathers will be payable on the same basis as benefits for wives, widows, and mothers.

Summary

Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act: (1) to eliminate the requirement that a husband be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife, and that a widower be receiving at least one-half of his support from his wife at the time of her death in order to qualify for husband's and widower's insurance benefits; (2) to extend eligibility for such benefits to unmarried divorced husbands and widowers; (3) to extend without regard to any age limitation, husband's benefits to a husband who has in his care a minor child who is entitled to child's insurance benefits under Title II; and (4) to extend to widowers and surviving divorced fathers the same benefits as are available to widows and surviving divorced mothers with minor children in their care.

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Timeline

1. 2 June 1976

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

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2. 2 June 1976

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

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3. 2 June 1976

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 2 June 1976

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• Rep. Abzug, Bella S. [D-NY-20] · D · Sponsor
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