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SENATE 427115th CongressRead twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Social Security Expansion Act

Last Action
2/16/2017

Actions

  • 2017-02-16Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
  • 2017-02-16Introduced in Senate

CRS Summary

As of 2017-02-16 (00)

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.

Cosponsors (4)

  • Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
  • Jeff Merkley (D-OR)
  • Kamala Harris (D-CA)
  • Cory Booker (D-NJ)

Subjects

  • Aging
  • Employment taxes
  • Government trust funds
  • Inflation and prices
  • Interest, dividends, interest rates
  • Self-employed
  • Social security and elderly assistance
  • Wages and earnings
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