A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to require actual dependency as a condition of a stepchild's eligibility for child's insurance benefits, thereby preventing an insured individual's stepchildren from qualifying for such benefits on his or her wage record (and thereby reducing the benefits of his or her natural children) if they are being supported by their natural parent.

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Introduced

21 February 1979

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Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to require as a condition of a stepchild's eligibility for child's insurance benefits that such child receive at least one-half of his or her support from his or her stepfather or stepmother.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/2300
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