United States · Bill · S
S. 427 (115th)
Social Security Expansion Act
Introduced
16 February 2017
Last action
16 February 2017 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
5 December 2025
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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Timeline
16 February 2017
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
16 February 2017
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 16 February 2017 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
- Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ] · D · Cosponsor
- · ssfi00 · Standing
Related records
- related to ← Social Security Expansion Act
- related to ← Social Security for Future Generations Act of 2017
- related to ← Social Security Expansion Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/115th-congress/senate-bill/427
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/115/s/427
- us · 115-s-427 · source updated 5 December 2025