United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 8456 (95th)
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that a woman divorced from an insured individual may qualify for wife's or widow's insurance benefits on such individual's wage record if she had been married to him for a total of 20 years, whether or not such years were consecutive.
Introduced
21 July 1977
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Status
Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.
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1 August 2024
Summary
Amends Title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to provide that a woman divorced from an insured individual may qualify for wife's or widow's insurance benefits on such individual's wage record if she had been married to him for a total of 20 years, whether or not such years were consecutive.
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Introduced in House
summary · EN · 21 July 1977
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/95th-congress/house-bill/8456
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