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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 1674
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reductions
in social security benefits which are presently required in the case of
spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government
pensions.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL 2, 1993
Ms. FURSE 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 eliminate
the reductions in social security benefits which are pres-
ently required in the case of spouses and surviving
spouses who are also receiving certain Government
pensions.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS FOR
SPOUSES AND SURVIVING SPOUSES RECEIV-
ING GOVERNMENT PENSIONS.
(a) WIFE’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—Section 202(b)
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)) is amend-
ed—
(1) by striking ‘‘and paragraph (4) of this sub-
section’’ in paragraph (2); and
(2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating
paragraph (5) as paragraph (4).
(b) HUSBAND’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section
202(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)) is amended—
(1) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating
paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2)
through (4), respectively; and
(2) by striking ‘‘and paragraph (2) of this sub-
section’’ in paragraph (2) as so redesignated.
(c) 
WIDOW’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section
202(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)) is amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘, paragraph (7) of this sub-
section,’’ in paragraph (2)(A); and
(2) by striking paragraph (7).
(d) WIDOWER’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(f) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(f)) is amended—
(A) by striking paragraph (2) and redesig-
nating paragraphs (3) through (7) as para-
graphs (2) through (6), respectively; and
(B) by striking ‘‘, paragraph (2) of this
subsection,’’ in paragraph (2) as so redesig-
nated.
(2) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—
(A) Section 202(f)(1)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘paragraph (5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(4)’’.
(B) Section 202(f)(1)(F) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(F)) is amended by striking
‘‘paragraph (6)’’ and ‘‘paragraph (5)’’ (in
clauses (i) and (ii)) and inserting ‘‘paragraph
(5)’’ and ‘‘paragraph (4)’’, respectively.
(C) Section 202(f)(5)(B) of such Act (as
redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) of this sub-
section) is amended by striking ‘‘paragraph
(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘paragraph (4)’’.
(D) Section 202(k)(2)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(k)(2)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘or (f)(4)’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘or (f)(3)’’.
(E) Section 202(k)(3)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(k)(3)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘or (f)(3)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (f)(2)’’.
(F) Section 202(k)(3)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(k)(3)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘or (f)(4)’’ and inserting ‘‘or (f)(3)’’.
(G) Section 226(e)(1)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 426(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘and 202(f)(5)’’ and inserting ‘‘and 202(f)(4)’’.
(e) MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)) is
amended—
(1) by striking ‘‘Except as provided in para-
graph (4) of this subsection, such’’ in paragraph (2)
and inserting ‘‘Such’’; and
(2) by striking paragraph (4).
SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with
respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title
II of the Social Security Act for months after December
1993.
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