A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish eligibility for husband's benefits based on having a child in care, and to provide benefits for widowed fathers with minor children.

Summary

Amends Title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act: (1) to grant eligibility for husband's insurance benefits to any husband of an individual entitled to old-age or disability insurance benefits, although such husband is under the age of 62, if such husband has in his care a child entitled to child's insurance benefits on the basis of the wife's eligibility; and (2) to provide benefits under Title II for widowed fathers with minor children on the same basis as benefits for widowed mothers with minor children.

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• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 6 April 1976

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