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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION S. 1685 

To provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, and persons 

with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for the lack of a cost-of-living 

adjustment for such year, and for other purposes. 

IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 

Mr. SANDERS (for himself, Mr. LEAHY, Mr. WHITEHOUSE, and Mr. DODD) 

introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the 

Committee on Finance 

A BILL 

To provide an emergency benefit of $250 to seniors, veterans, 

and persons with disabilities in 2010 to compensate for 

the lack of a cost-of-living adjustment for such year, 

and for other purposes. 

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 ‘‘Emergency Senior Citi5 zens Relief Act of 2009’’. 


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1 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF CERTAIN ECONOMIC RECOVERY 

2 PAYMENTS. 

3 Section 2201 of title II of division B of the American 

4 Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 is amended— 

5 (1) by inserting ‘‘in each of calendar years 

6 2009 and 2010’’ after ‘‘the Secretary of the Treas7 ury shall disburse’’ in subsection (a)(1)(A), 

8 (2) by inserting ‘‘(for purposes of payments 

9 made for calendar year 2009), or the 3-month pe10 riod ending with the month which ends prior to the 

11 month that includes the date of the enactment of the 

12 Emergency Senior Citizens Relief Act of 2009 (for 

13 purposes of payments made for calendar year 

14 2010)’’ after ‘‘the month that includes the date of 

15 the enactment of this Act’’ in subsection (a)(1)(A), 

16 (3) by inserting ‘‘(for purposes of payments 

17 made under this paragraph for calendar year 2009), 

18 or the 3 month period ending with the month which 

19 ends prior to the month that includes the date of the 

20 enactment of the Emergency Senior Citizens Relief 

21 Act of 2009 (for purposes of payments made under 

22 this paragraph for calendar year 2010)’’ after ‘‘the 

23 month that includes the date of the enactment of 

24 this Act’’ in subsection (a)(1)(B)(iii), 

25 (4) by inserting ‘‘An individual who is entitled 

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1 scribed in paragraph (1) in both of the 3-month pe2 riods described in paragraph (1)(A) shall be paid a 

3 payment under this section in each of calendar years 

4 2009 and 2010.’’ at the end of paragraph (3) of 

5 subsection (a), 

6 (5) by inserting ‘‘IN 1 YEAR’’ after ‘‘NO DOU7 BLE PAYMENTS’’ in the heading of paragraph (3) of 

8 subsection (a), 

9 (6) by inserting ‘‘applicable’’ before ‘‘3-month 

10 period’’ in subsection (a)(4)(A), 

11 (7) by inserting ‘‘applicable’’ before ‘‘3 month 

12 period’’ in subsection (a)(4)(B), 

13 (8) by inserting ‘‘for purposes of payments 

14 made for calendar year 2009, or after December 31, 

15 2011, for purposes of payments made for calendar 

16 year 2010,’’ after ‘‘December 31, 2010,’’ in sub17 section (a)(5)(B), and 

18 (9) by striking ‘‘2011’’ in subsection (e) and in19 serting ‘‘2012’’. 

20 SEC. 3. TEMPORARY APPLICATION OF OLD-AGE, SUR21 VIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE TAX TO 

22 CERTAIN EARNINGS IN EXCESS OF $250,000. 

23 In the case of an individual who receives remunera24 tion for employment (within the meaning of section 

25 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, without 


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1 regard to paragraph (1) thereof) or net earnings from self2 employment (within the meaning of section 1402(b) of 

3 such Code, without regard to paragraph (1) thereof) in 

4 excess of $250,000 in calendar year 2010, for purposes 

5 of sections 3121(a)(1) and 1402(b)(1) of the Internal Rev6 enue Code of 1986, the amount of the contribution and 

7 benefit base as determined under section 230 of the Social 

8 Security Act shall be increased for such year by the 

9 amount of such excess. For purposes of the preceding sen10 tence, the amount of the excess over $250,000 which is 

11 taken into account under this section shall not exceed 

12 $109,000. In no event shall any individual’s primary in13 surance amount be determined under title II of the Social 

14 Security Act by taking into account the portion of the 

15 wages or self-employment income by which the contribu16 tion and benefit base is increased under this section. 

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