United States · Bill · S
S. 427 (115th)
Social Security Expansion Act
Introduced
16 February 2017
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Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
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Summary
Social Security Expansion Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; and (3) increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000, and (2) increase the tax rate on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% and allocate specified amounts of such tax revenue to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
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Introduced in Senate (text)
Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 February 2017
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Introduced in Senate · EN · 16 February 2017
Introduced in Senate
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/427
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