A bill to amend section 5(1) (1) of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1937 to simplify administration of the act; and to amend section 226(e) of the Social Security Act to extend kidney disease medicare coverage to railroad employees, their spouses, and their dependent children.

Summary

Sets forth conditions for purposes of determining specified benefits under the Railroad Retirement Act. States that a child whose entitlement to an annuity under the Railraod Retirement Act was terminated because he ceased to be disabled and who becomes again disabled as provided in such Act, may become reentitled to an annuity on the basis of such disability upon his application for such reentitlement. States that a child who attains age twenty-two at a time when he is a full-time student but has not (at such time) completed the requirements for, or received, a degree from a four-year college or university shall be deemed (for purposes of determining whether his entitlement to an annuity under this Act has terminated and for purposes of dertermining his initial entitlement to such an annuity) not to have attained such age until the first day of the first month following the end of the quarter or semester in which he is enrolled at such time. Extends the kidney disease medicare coverage under the Social Security Act to railroad employees, their spouses and their dependent children. States that any child whose entitlement to an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act was terminated by reason of his adoption prior to the enactment of this Act, and who, except for such adoption, would be entitled to an annuity under such Act for a month after the month in which this Act is enacted, may, upon filing application for an annuity under the Railroad Retirement Act after the date of enactment of this Act, become reentitled to such annuity; except that no child shall, by reason of the enactment of this Act, become reentitled to such annuity for any month prior to the effective date of the relevant amendments made by this Act to the Railroad Retirement Act.

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Timeline

1. 23 May 1973

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Labor and Public Welfare.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 23 May 1973

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

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1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 23 May 1973

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Sponsors

• Sen. Hathaway, William D. [D-ME] · D · Sponsor
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