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111TH CONGRESS 

1ST SESSION H. R. 3597 

To extend certain economic recovery payments, and for other purposes. 

IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 

SEPTEMBER 17, 2009 

Mr. DEFAZIO (for himself, Mr. HINCHEY, Mr. OBERSTAR, Mr. WEINER, Ms. 

SCHAKOWSKY, and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the following bill; which was 

referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the 

Committees on Veterans’ Affairs and Transportation and Infrastructure, 

for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case 

for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the 

committee concerned 

A BILL 

To extend certain economic recovery payments, 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 wages (with24 in the meaning of section 3121(a) of the Internal Revenue 

25 Code of 1986, without regard to paragraph (1) thereof) 


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1 in calendar year 2010, receives self-employment income 

2 (within the meaning of section 1402(b) of such Code, with3 out regard to paragraph (1) thereof) for the taxable year 

4 beginning with or during such calendar year, or receives 

5 both, totaling in excess of $250,000, for purposes of sec6 tions 3121(a)(1) and 1402(b)(1) of the Internal Revenue 

7 Code of 1986, the amount of the contribution and benefit 

8 base as determined under section 230 of the Social Secu9 rity Act shall be increased for such year by the amount 

10 of such excess. For purposes of the preceding sentence, 

11 the amount of the excess over $250,000 which is taken 

12 into account under this section shall not exceed $109,000. 

13 In no event shall any individual’s primary insurance 

14 amount be determined under title II of the Social Security 

15 Act by taking into account the portion of the wages or 

16 self-employment income by which the contribution and 

17 benefit base is increased under this section. 

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