A bill to eliminate the reduction in social security benefits for spouses and surviving spouses receiving certain Government pensions, as recently added to title II of the Social Security Act by section 334 of the Social Security Amendments of 1977.

Summary

Repeals the requirement, under the Social Security Amendments of 1977, that the amount of monthly benefits payable to a spouse or surviving spouse under title II (Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act be reduced by the amount such spouse or surviving spouse receives in monthly payments from a Federal or State pension fund.

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Timeline

1. 31 January 1979

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 31 January 1979

   Introduced

   Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

Votes

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 31 January 1979

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Mathias, Charles McC., Jr. [R-MD] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Javits, Jacob K. [R-NY] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Huddleston, Walter (Dee) [D-KY] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Durkin, John A. [D-NH] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Tsongas, Paul E. [D-MA] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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