I 
112TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION 
H. R. 867 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to set the retirement benefits 
age for today’s four-year-olds at age 70. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
MARCH 2, 2011 
Mrs. LUMMIS 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 set the 
retirement benefits age for today’s four-year-olds at age 70. 
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 ‘‘Retirement Security 
for Today’s Four-Year-Olds Act of 2011’’. 
SEC. 2. INCREASE IN THE FULL RETIREMENT AGE AND THE 
EARLY RETIREMENT AGE. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 216(l) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended to read as follows: 
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‘‘Retirement Age and Early Retirement Age 
‘‘(l)(1) The term ‘retirement age’ means— 
‘‘(A) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age (as defined in paragraph 
(4)) before January 1, 2000, 65 years of age; 
‘‘(B) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age after December 31, 
1999, and before January 1, 2005, 65 years of age 
plus the number of months in the first age increase 
factor (as determined under paragraph (3)(A)) for 
the calendar year in which such individual attains 
the applicable reference age; 
‘‘(C) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age after December 31, 
2004, and before January 1, 2017, 66 years of age; 
‘‘(D) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age after December 31, 
2016, and before January 1, 2022, 66 years of age 
plus the number of months in the first age increase 
factor (as determined under paragraph (3)(A)) for 
the calendar year in which such individual attains 
the applicable reference age; 
‘‘(E) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age after December 31, 
2021, and before January 1, 2023, 67 years of age; 
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‘‘(F) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age after December 31, 
2022, and before January 1, 2069, 67 years of age 
plus the number of months in the second age in-
crease factor (as determined under paragraph 
(3)(B)) for the calendar year in which such indi-
vidual attains the applicable reference age; and 
‘‘(G) with respect to an individual who attains 
the applicable reference age after December 31, 
2068, 70 years of age. 
‘‘(2) The term ‘early retirement age’ means— 
‘‘(A) in the case of an old-age, wife’s, or hus-
band’s insurance benefit— 
‘‘(i) with respect to an individual who at-
tains the applicable reference age before Janu-
ary 1, 2023, 62 years of age; 
‘‘(ii) with respect to an individual who at-
tains the applicable reference age after Decem-
ber 31, 2022, and before January 1, 2069, 62 
years of age (in the case of an old-age, wife’s, 
or husband’s insurance benefit), plus the num-
ber of months in the second age increase factor 
(as determined under paragraph (3)(B)) for the 
calendar year in which such individual attains 
the applicable reference age; and 
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‘‘(iii) with respect to an individual who at-
tains the applicable reference age after Decem-
ber 31, 2068, 65 years of age; and 
‘‘(B) in the case of a widow’s or widower’s in-
surance benefit, 2 years less than the age provided 
under subparagraph (A). 
‘‘(3)(A) The first retirement age increase factor for 
any individual who attains the applicable reference age in 
a calendar year within the 5-year period consisting of the 
calendar years 2000 through 2004 or the calendar years 
2017 through 2021 shall be equal to 2⁄12 of the number 
of months in the period beginning with January of the 
first calendar year in such period and ending with Decem-
ber of the year in which the individual attains the applica-
ble reference age. 
‘‘(B) The second retirement age increase factor for 
any individual who attains the applicable reference age in 
the 46-year period consisting of the calendar years 2023 
through 2068 shall be equal to 3⁄47 of the number of 
months in the period beginning with January 2023 and 
ending with December of the year in which the individual 
attains the applicable reference age. In any case in which 
the second age increase factor for any calendar year is 
not a whole number of calendar months, such factor shall 
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