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H.R. 4671 (107th)

Social Security Widow's Benefit Guarantee Act of 2002

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Introduced

7 May 2002

Last action

17 May 2002 · Referred

Status

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

Sponsors

Rep. Matsui, Robert T. [D-CA-5], Rep. Rangel, Charles B. [D-NY-15], Rep. DeLauro, Rosa L. [D-CT-3], Rep. Doggett, Lloyd [D-TX-37], Sen. Cardin, Benjamin L. [D-MD], Rep. Pomeroy, Earl [D-ND-At Large], Rep. Becerra, Xavier [D-CA-34], Rep. Stark, Fortney Pete [D-CA-13], Rep. Levin, Sander M. [D-MI-12], Rep. McDermott, Jim [D-WA-7], Rep. Kleczka, Gerald D. [D-WI-4], Rep. Lewis, John [D-GA-5], Rep. Neal, Richard E. [D-MA-1], Rep. McNulty, Michael R. [D-NY-23], Rep. Thurman, Karen L. [D-FL-5], Rep. Holden, Tim [D-PA-17], Rep. Maloney, James H. [D-CT-5], Rep. Pallone, Frank [D-NJ-6], Rep. Brown, Corrine [D-FL-5], Rep. Kaptur, Marcy [D-OH-9], Rep. Pascrell, Bill, Jr. [D-NJ-9], Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9], Rep. Filner, Bob [D-CA-51], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Rep. Capps, Lois [D-CA-24], Rep. Kucinich, Dennis J. [D-OH-10], Rep. Farr, Sam [D-CA-20], Rep. Murtha, John P. [D-PA-12], Rep. Sandlin, Max [D-TX-1], Rep. Kildee, Dale E. [D-MI-5], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Rep. Millender-McDonald, Juanita [D-CA-37], Rep. Kind, Ron [D-WI-3], Rep. Rodriguez, Ciro D. [D-TX-28], Rep. Nadler, Jerrold [D-NY-12], Rep. Kanjorski, Paul E. [D-PA-11], Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12], Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large], Sen. Baldwin, Tammy [D-WI], Rep. Kilpatrick, Carolyn C. [D-MI-13], Rep. Jones, Stephanie Tubbs [D-OH-11], Rep. Thompson, Mike [D-CA-4], Rep. Berkley, Shelley [D-NV-1], Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18], Rep. Woolsey, Lynn C. [D-CA-6], Rep. Lowey, Nita M. [D-NY-17], Rep. Watson, Diane E. [D-CA-33], Rep. Meehan, Martin T. [D-MA-5]

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Summary

Social Security Widow's Benefit Guarantee Act of 2002 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to: (1) provide for an increase in widow's and widower's insurance benefits; (2) repeal the seven year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability; (3) waive the two-year waiting period for a divorced spouse's benefits upon the other spouse's remarriage; and (4) disregard months ending after a deceased individual's death in applying early retirement rules with respect to the deceased individual for purposes of the limitation on widow's and widower's benefits. Amends SSA title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) to provide that an eligible widow or widower who is entitled to a widow's or widower's insurance benefit for any month under OASDI, but is not eligible for benefits under SSI in that month, shall be deemed for purposes of SSA title XIX (Medicaid) to be an individual with respect to whom SSI benefits are paid in that month, if he or she: (1) has been continuously entitled to such widow's or widower's insurance benefits from the first month for which the increase in widow's or widower's insurance benefits resulting from this Act is reflected in such benefits through the month involved; and (2) would be eligible for benefits under SSI in the month involved if the amount of the increase in his or her widow's or widower's insurance benefits were disregarded.

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Timeline

  1. 7 May 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 7 May 2002

    Introduced

    Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, 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. 7 May 2002

    Introduced

    Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR E736-737)

    Source: IntroReferral

  4. 7 May 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  5. 7 May 2002

    Introduced

    Introduced in House

    Source: IntroReferral

  6. 17 May 2002

    Referred

    Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.

    Source: Committee

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