United States · Bill · S
S. 731 (114th)
Social Security Expansion Act
Introduced
12 March 2015
Last action
12 March 2015 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT]
Subjects
Taxation
Source updated
12 August 2025
Summary
Social Security Expansion Act Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2021; revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. 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 on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% of the lesser of net investment income for such taxable year or the excess (if any) of the modified adjusted gross income for such taxable year, over the threshold amount, with 62% of such tax allocated to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and 9% allocated to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.
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Timeline
12 March 2015
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
12 March 2015
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
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Versions
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Sponsors
- Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT] · I · Sponsor
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Related records
- related to → Social Security Expansion Act
- related to ← Social Security 2100 Act
- related to ← Seniors' Security Act of 2016
- related to ← No Loopholes in Social Security Taxes Act
Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/senate-bill/731
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/s/731
- us · 114-s-731 · source updated 12 August 2025