To amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder.

Summary: Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to remove the limitation on the amount of outside income which a beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.

That subsections (b), 
(d), (f), (h), (j), and (k) of section 203 of the Social Security Act 
are repealed.
    Sec. 2. (a) Subsection (c) of section 203 of the Social Security 
Act is redesignated as subsection (b); and such subsection as so 
redesignated is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``Noncovered Work Outside the United 
        States or'' in the heading;
            (2) by striking out paragraph (1);
            (3) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) as 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
            (4) by striking out ``For purposes of paragraphs (2), (3), 
        and (4)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``For purposes of 
        paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)''; and
            (5) by striking out the last sentence.
    (b) Subsection (e) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (c); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsections (c) and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``subsection (b)''.
    (c) Subsection (g) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (d); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsection (c)'' each place it appears and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``subsection (b)''.
    (d) Subsection (i) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (e); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsection (b), (c), (g), or (h)'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subsection (b) or (d)''.
    (e) Subsection (l) of such section 203 is redesignated as 
subsection (f); and such subsection as so redesignated is amended by 
striking out ``subsection (g) or (h)(1)(A)'' and inserting in lieu 
thereof ``subsection (d)''.
    Sec. 3. (a) Section 202(j)(4)(B) of the Social Security Act is 
amended by striking out clause (iv), and by redesignating clause (v) as 
clause (iv).
    (b) Section 202(n)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``Sections 203 (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``Section 203(b)''.
    (c)(1) Section 202(q)(5)(B) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``section 203(c)(2)'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``section 
203(b)(1)''.
    (2) Section 202(q)(7)(A) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``deductions under section 203(b), 203(c)(1), 203(d)(1), or 222(b)'' 
and inserting in lieu thereof ``deductions on account of work under 
section 203 or deductions under section 222(b)''.
    (d)(1) Section 202(s)(1) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 203(c)'' and inserting in 
lieu thereof ``paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of section 203(b)''.
    (2) Section 202(s)(3) of such Act is amended by striking out ``The 
last sentence of subsection (c) of section 203, subsection (f)(1)(C) of 
section 203, and subsections'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``Subsections''.
    (e) Section 202(t)(7) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``Subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``Subsection (b)''.
    (f) Section 202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended to read as 
follows:
                            ``(ii) such individual (I) was not entitled 
                        to an old-age insurance benefit, (II) suffered 
                        deductions, in amounts equal to the amount of 
                        such benefit, under section 203(b) as in effect 
                        in the month or months involved, or (III) would 
                        have suffered deductions on account of work, in 
                        amounts equal to the amount of such benefit (as 
                        determined under regulations of the Secretary), 
                        under subsections (b) through (l) of section 
                        203 as in effect immediately prior to the 
                        enactment of this clause (III) if such 
                        subsections (other than paragraph (8) of 
                        subsection (f)) had remained in effect through 
                        such month or months.''.
    (g) Section 203(a)(3)(B)(iii) of such Act is amended by striking 
out ``and subsections (b), (c), and (d)'' and inserting in lieu thereof 
``and subsection (b)''.
    (h) Section 208(a)(3) of such Act is amended by striking out 
``under section 203(f) of this title for purposes of deductions from 
benefits'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``under section 203 for 
purposes of deductions from benefits on account of work''.
    (i) Clause (I) in the last sentence of section 215(b)(2)(A) of such 
Act is amended by striking out ``no earnings as described in section 
203(f)(5) in such year'' and inserting in lieu thereof ``no wages, and 
no net earnings from self-employment (in excess of net loss from self-
employment), in such year''.
    (j) Section 215(g) of such Act is amended by striking out ``and any 
deduction under section 203(b)''.
    (k) The third sentence of section 223(d)(4) of such Act is amended 
by striking out ``the exempt amount under section 203(f)(8) which is 
applicable to individuals described in subparagraph (D) thereof'' and 
inserting in lieu thereof the following: ``an amount equal to the 
exempt amount which would have been applicable under section 203(f)(8), 
to individuals described in subparagraph (D) thereof, if subsections 
(b) through (l) of section 203 as in effect in December 1984 had 
remained in effect through the month in which such earnings were 
derived''.
    (l) Section 1612(a) of such Act is amended--
            (1) by striking out ``as determined under section 
        203(f)(5)(C)'' in paragraph (1)(A) and inserting in lieu 
        thereof ``as defined in the last sentence of this subsection'', 
        and
            (2) by adding at the end thereof the following new 
        sentence: ``For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term 
        ``wages'' means wages as defined in section 209, but computed 
        without regard to the limitations as to amounts of remuneration 
        specified in subsections (a), (g)(2), (g)(3), (h)(2), and (j) 
        of such section; and in making such computation services which 
        do not constitute employment as defined in section 210, 
        performed within the United States by an individual as an 
        employee or performed outside the United States in the active 
        military or naval service of the United States, shall be deemed 
        to be employment as so defined if the remuneration for such 
        services is not includible in computing the individual's net 
        earnings or net loss from self-employment for purposes of title 
        II; but such term does not include (i) the amount of any 
        payment made to or on behalf of an employee or any of his 
        dependents (including any amount paid by an employer for 
        insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to provide for any such 
        payment) on account of retirement, or (ii) any payment or 
        series of payments by an employer to an employee or any of his 
        dependents upon or after the termination of the employee's 
        employment relationship because of retirement after attaining 
        an age specified in a plan referred to in section 209(m)(2) or 
        in a pension plan of the employer.''.
    (m) Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974 is amended by 
striking out subsections (f) and (g)(2).
    Sec. 4. The amendments and repeals made by this Act shall be 
effective with respect to taxable years ending on and after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.