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H.R. 4578 (105th)
To amend the Social Security Act to establish the Protect Social Security Account into which the Secretary of the Treasury shall deposit budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust funds.
Introduced
16 September 1998
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Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 552, H.R. 4578 is laid on the table. (consideration: CR H8973)
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Summary
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to establish in the Treasury the Protect Social Security Account to save budget surpluses until a reform measure is enacted to ensure the long-term solvency of the OASDI trust funds. Requires the Secretary of the Treasury to: (1) pay into the Account annually during each fiscal-year period from FY 1998 through 2008 amounts totalling, in the aggregate, 90 percent of the projected surplus (if any) in the total Government budget (including both on-budget and off-budget accounts) for that fiscal-year period; and (2) invest the funds held in the Account in public debt obligations.
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Reported in House (text)
Passed House amended
summary · EN · 25 September 1998
Reported in House (text)
Reported in House · EN · 23 September 1998
Reported in House (PDF)
Reported in House · EN · 23 September 1998
Introduced in House (text)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 September 1998
Introduced in House (PDF)
Introduced in House · EN · 16 September 1998
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 16 September 1998
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/105th-congress/house-bill/4578
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/105/hr/4578