A bill to amend title 42, United States Code, chapter 7, subchapter II to reduce from ten to five years the length of time a divorced woman's marriage to an insured individual must have lasted in order for her to qualify for wife's or widow's benefits on his wage record.

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Introduced

5 January 1981

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Referred to House Committee on The Judiciary.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to decrease to five the number of years a divorced woman must have been married to an insured individual in order for her to qualify for wife's or widow's benefits on his wage record.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/651
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