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103D CONGRESS

1ST SESSION H. R. 3591

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a gradual increase

by the year 2030 in the normal retirement age and the early retirement

age to ages 70 and 67, respectively.

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

NOVEMBER 20, 1993

Mr. PENNY introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee

on Ways and Means

A BILL

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide

for a gradual increase by the year 2030 in the normal

retirement age and the early retirement age to ages

70 and 67, respectively.

1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

3 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

4 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Social Security Retire5 ment Age Reform Act of 1993’’.
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1 SEC. 2. PHASED IN 5-YEAR INCREASE IN AGE FOR ELIGI2 BILITY FOR OASDI BENEFITS BY THE YEAR

3 2030.

4 (a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 216(l) of the Social Secu5 rity Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended to read as follows:

6 ‘‘Normal Retirement Age; Early Retirement Age

7 ‘‘(l)(1) The term ‘normal retirement age’ means—

8 ‘‘(A) with respect to an individual who attains

9 (or would attain) the reference age (as defined in

10 paragraph (3)(A)) before January 1, 2000, 65 years

11 of age;

12 ‘‘(B) with respect to an individual who attains

13 (or would attain) the reference age after December

14 31, 1999, and before January 1, 2030, 65 years of

15 age plus the number of months in the age increase

16 factor (as determined under paragraph (3)(B)) for

17 the calendar in which such individual attains the ref18 erence age; and

19 ‘‘(C) with respect to an individual who attains

20 (or would attain) the reference age after December

21 31, 2030, 70 years of age.

22 ‘‘(2) The term ‘early retirement age’ means 3 years

23 less than normal retirement age.

24 ‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2)—

25 ‘‘(A) the term ‘reference age’ means 62 years of

26 age in the case of an old-age, wife’s, or husband’s
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1 insurance benefit, and 60 years of age in the case

2 of a widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit, and

3 ‘‘(B) the age increase factor for any individual

shall be equal to 2 4 ⁄12 of the number of months in the

5 period beginning with January 2000 and ending

6 with December of the year in which the individual

7 attains the reference age.’’.

8 (b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—

9 (1) RETIREMENT AGE REDESIGNATED NORMAL

10 RETIREMENT AGE.—

11 (A) Title II of such Act is further amend12 ed—

13 (i) in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),

14 (f), (q), (r), and (w) of section 202 (42

15 U.S.C. 402),

16 (ii) in subsections (c) and (f) of sec17 tion 203 (42 U.S.C. 403),

18 (iii) in section 215(f)(5) (42 U.S.C.

19 415(f)(5)), and

20 (iv) in section 223(a) (42 U.S.C.

21 423(a)),

22 by striking ‘‘retirement age (as defined in sec23 tion 216(l))’’ each place it appears and insert24 ing ‘‘normal retirement age (as defined in sec25 tion 216(l)(1))’’.
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1 (B) Subsections (h) and (i) of section 216

2 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 416) are each amended

3 by striking ‘‘retirement age (as defined in sub4 section (l))’’ each place it appears and inserting

5 ‘‘normal retirement age (as defined in sub6 section (l)(1))’’.

7 (2) AGE 62 CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS EARLY

8 RETIREMENT AGE.—

9 (A) Title II of such Act is further amend10 ed—

11 (i) in subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), (f),

12 (h), and (q) of section 202 (42 U.S.C.

13 402),

14 (ii) in section 213(a)(2)(A)(ii) of such

15 Act (42 U.S.C. 413(a)(2)(A)(ii)),

16 (iii) in section 213(a)(2)(B) of such

17 Act (the first place it appears) (42 U.S.C.

18 413(a)(2)(B)),

19 (iv) in section 214(a)(1) (42 U.S.C.

20 414(a)(1)),

21 (v) in subsections (a) and (d)(5) of

22 section 215 (42 U.S.C. 415), and

23 (vi) in subsections (a)(2) and

24 (c)(1)(A) of section 223 (42 U.S.C. 423),
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1 by striking ‘‘age 62’’ each place it appears and

2 inserting ‘‘early retirement age (as defined in

3 section 216(l)(2))’’.

4 (B) Subsections (b)(3)(A), (c)(6)(A),

5 (f)(3)(A), (g)(6)(A), and (i)(3)(A) of section

6 216 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 416) are each

7 amended by striking ‘‘age 62’’ each place it ap8 pears and inserting ‘‘early retirement age (as

9 defined in subsection (l)(2))’’.

10 (C) Subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section

11 202(q)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(q)(3))

12 are each amended by striking ‘‘the age of 62’’

13 and inserting ‘‘early retirement age (as defined

14 in section 216(l)(2)).’’.

15 (3) CONFORMING ADJUSTMENTS TO OTHER AGE

16 REFERENCES.—

17 (A) Title II of such Act is further amend18 ed—

19 (i) in subsections (e) and (f) of section

20 202 (42 U.S.C. 402),

21 (ii) in subsections (b)(1), (c)(3), and

22 (d)(1)(C) of section 222 (42 U.S.C. 422),

23 and

24 (iii) in section 225(a) (42 U.S.C.

25 425(a)),
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1 by striking ‘‘age 60’’ each place it appears and

2 inserting ‘‘5 years less than normal retirement

3 age (as defined in section 216(l)(2))’’.

4 (B) Subsections (e)(1)(B)(ii) and

5 (f)(1)(B)(ii) of section 202 of such Act (42

6 U.S.C. 402) is further amended by striking

7 ‘‘age 50’’ each place it appears and inserting

8 ‘‘15 years less than normal retirement age (as

9 defined in section 216(l)(1))’’.

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