I 
117TH CONGRESS 
2D SESSION 
H. R. 6925 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase the monthly exempt 
amount for individuals not attaining full retirement age, and for other 
purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 3, 2022 
Mr. GROTHMAN 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 increase 
the monthly exempt amount for individuals not attaining 
full retirement age, and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Senior Independence 
Act of 2022’’. 
SEC. 2. PURPOSE AND FINDINGS. 
(a) PURPOSE.—The purpose of this Act is to increase 
the base exemption used by the Social Security Adminis-
tration in determining the annual earnings limit for early 
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retirees before monthly benefits are reduced. This legisla-
tion would increase the annual earnings limitation to 
$30,000 (or $2,500 per month for less than full year cal-
culations) for the year 2023 and adjusted for wage infla-
tion in the following years as required by current law. 
(b) FINDINGS.—Congress finds the following: 
(1) Allowing early retirees to earn more while 
retaining their Social Security benefits will have no 
impact on the solvency of the program because, 
under current law, any reductions in benefits for ex-
cess earnings are returned to the beneficiary after 
attaining full retirement age through increased 
monthly benefits. 
(2) Increasing the earning limit for Social Secu-
rity beneficiaries will result in the potential for in-
creased collection of FICA taxes used to fund the 
program. 
SEC. 3. INCREASE IN MONTHLY EXEMPT AMOUNT FOR IN-
DIVIDUALS 
NOT 
ATTAINING 
RETIREMENT 
AGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 203(f)(8) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)) is amended by adding 
at the end the following: 
‘‘(F) Notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subsection, the exempt amount which is applica-
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ble to an individual other than an individual de-
scribed in subparagraph (D) shall be, for months in 
any taxable year ending after 2022 and before 2024, 
$2,500.’’. 
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 203(f)(8) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 403(f)(8)) is further 
amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (B)(ii)— 
(A) in the matter preceding subclause (I), 
by striking ‘‘the taxable year ending after 1993 
and before 1995’’ and inserting ‘‘the taxable 
year ending after 2022 and before 2024’’; and 
(B) in subclause (II), by striking ‘‘1992’’ 
and inserting ‘‘2021’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to months in taxable 
years ending in any calendar year after 2022. 
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