To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the nine-month duration of marriage requirement for widows and widowers in cases in which the marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the nine-month minimum duration of a marriage required to qualify a surviving spouse for OASDI benefits. Allows a less than nine-month duration of a marriage in the case of widows or widowers whose marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity.

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Timeline

1. 8 January 2003

   Introduced

   Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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2. 8 January 2003

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   Introduced in House

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3. 8 January 2003

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   Introduced in House

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4. 21 January 2003

   Referred

   Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

   Source: Committee

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• Introduced in House · 8 January 2003 · Official file

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Sponsors

• Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] · D · Sponsor
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