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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 505
To amend title II of the Social Security Act so as to remove the limitation
upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while
receiving benefits thereunder.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JANUARY 21, 1993
Mr. DARDEN 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 so as to remove
the limitation upon the amount of outside income which
an individual may earn while receiving benefits there-
under.
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 ‘‘Relief for Older Work-
ers Act of 1991’’.
SEC. 2. REPEAL OF PROVISIONS RELATING TO DEDUC-
TIONS ON ACCOUNT OF WORK.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Subsections (b), (c)(1), (d), (f),
(h), (j), and (k) of section 203 of the Social Security Act
(42 U.S.C. 403) are repealed.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 203 of
such Act (as amended by subsection (a)) is further amend-
ed—
(1) in subsection (c), by redesignating such sub-
section as subsection (b), and—
(A) by striking ‘‘NONCOVERED
WORK
OUTSIDE
THE UNITED STATES
OR’’ in the
heading;
(B) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3),
and (4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respec-
tively;
(C) by striking ‘‘For purposes of para-
graphs (2), (3), and (4)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘For purposes of paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3)’’; and
(D) by striking the last sentence;
(2) in subsection (e), by redesignating such sub-
section as subsection (c), and by striking ‘‘sub-
sections (c) and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (b)’’;
(3) in subsection (g), by redesignating such
subsection as subsection (d), and by striking ‘‘sub-
section (c)’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘subsection (b)’’;
(4) in subsection (i), by redesignating such sub-
section as subsection (e), and by striking ‘‘sub-
section (b), (c), (g), or (h)’’ and inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b) or (d)’’; and
(5) in subsection (l), by redesignating such sub-
section as subsection (f), and by striking ‘‘subsection
(g) or (h)(1)(A)’’ and inserting ‘‘subsection (d)’’.
(c) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS TO OTHER PROVI-
SIONS.—
(1) PROVISIONS RELATING TO BENEFITS TER-
MINATED UPON DEPORTATION.—Section 202(n)(1)
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(n)(1)) is amended by
striking ‘‘Sections 203 (b), (c), and (d)’’ and insert-
ing ‘‘Section 203(b)’’.
(2) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
EXEMPTIONS
FROM
REDUCTIONS
BASED
ON
EARLY
RETIRE-
MENT.—
(A) Section 202(q)(5)(B) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(q)(5)(B)) is amended by striking
‘‘section 203(c)(2)’’ and inserting ‘‘section
203(b)(1)’’.
(B) Section 202(q)(7)(A) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(q)(7)(A)) is amended by striking
‘‘deductions under section 203(b), 203(c)(1),
203(d)(1), or 222(b)’’ and inserting ‘‘deduc-
tions on account of work under section 203 or
deductions under section 222(b)’’.
(3) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
EXEMPTIONS
FROM REDUCTIONS BASED ON DISREGARD OF CER-
TAIN ENTITLEMENTS TO CHILD’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—
(A) Section 202(s)(1) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(s)(1)) is amended by striking
‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section 203(c)’’
and inserting ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of
section 203(b)’’.
(B) Section 202(s)(3) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(s)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘The
last sentence of subsection (c) of section 203,
subsection (f)(1)(C) of section 203, and sub-
sections’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsections’’.
(4) PROVISIONS RELATING TO SUSPENSION OF
ALIENS’ BENEFITS.—Section 202(t)(7) of such Act
(42 U.S.C. 402(t)(7)) is amended by striking ‘‘Sub-
sections (b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘Subsection
(b)’’.
(5) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
BENEFITS
IN-
CREASED
ON
ACCOUNT
OF
DELAYED
RETIRE-
MENT.—Section 202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402(w)(2)(B)(ii)) is amended by striking ‘‘or
203(c)’’.
(6) PROVISIONS RELATING TO REDUCTIONS IN
BENEFITS BASED ON MAXIMUM BENEFITS.—Section
203(a)(3)(B)(iii) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C.
403(a)(3)(B)(iii)) is amended by striking ‘‘and sub-
sections (b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting ‘‘and sub-
section (b)’’.
(7) PROVISIONS RELATING TO PENALTIES FOR
MISREPRESENTATIONS CONCERNING EARNINGS FOR
PERIODS SUBJECT TO DEDUCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF
WORK.—Section 208(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
408(a)(3)) is amended by striking ‘‘under section
203(f) of this title for purposes of deductions from
benefits’’ and inserting ‘‘under section 203 for pur-
poses of deductions from benefits on account of
work’’.
(8) PROVISIONS TAKING INTO ACCOUNT EARN-
INGS
IN
DETERMINING
BENEFIT
COMPUTATION
YEARS.—Clause (I) in the next to last sentence of
section 215(b)(2)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
415(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ‘‘no earnings
as described in section 203(f)(5) in such year’’ and
inserting ‘‘no wages, and no net earnings from self-
employment (in excess of net loss from self-employ-
ment), in such year’’.
(9) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
ROUNDING
OF
BENEFITS.—Section 215(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C.
415(g)) is amended by striking ‘‘and any deduction
under section 203(b)’’.
(10) PROVISIONS
RELATING
TO
EARNINGS
TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IN DETERMINING SUBSTAN-
TIAL GAINFUL ACTIVITY OF BLIND INDIVIDUALS.—
The second sentence of section 223(d)(4) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 423(d)(4)) is amended by striking
‘‘the exempt amount under section 203(f)(8) which
is applicable to individuals described in subpara-
graph (D) thereof’’ and inserting the following: ‘‘an
amount equal to the exempt amount which would
have been applicable under section 203(f)(8), to in-
dividuals described in subparagraph (D) thereof, if
the Relief for Older Workers Act of 1991 had not
been enacted’’.
(11) PROVISIONS DEFINING INCOME FOR PUR-
POSES OF SSI.—Section 1612(a) of such Act (42
U.S.C. 1382a(a)) is amended—
(A) by striking ‘‘as determined under sec-
tion 203(f)(5)(C)’’ in paragraph (1)(A) and in-
serting ‘‘as defined in the last two sentences of
this subsection’’; and
(B) by adding at the end (after and below
paragraph (2)(F)) the following new sentences:
‘‘For purposes of paragraph (1)(A), the term ‘wages’
means wages as defined in section 209, but computed
without regard to the limitations as to amounts of remu-
neration specified in subsections (a), (g)(2), (g)(3), (h)(2),
and (j) of such section. In making the computation under
the preceding sentence, (A) services which do not con-
stitute employment as defined in section 210, performed
within the United States by an individual as an employee
or performed outside the United States in the active mili-
tary or naval services of the United States, shall be
deemed to be employment as so defined if the remunera-
tion for such services is not includible in computing the
individual’s net earnings or net loss from self-employment
for purposes of title II, and (B) the term ‘wages’ shall
be deemed not to include (i) the amount of any payment
made to, or on behalf of, an employee or any of his or
her dependents (including any amount paid by an em-
ployer for insurance or annuities, or into a fund, to pro-
vide for any such payment) on account of retirement, or
(ii) any payment or series of payments by an employer
to an employee or any of his or her dependents upon or
after the termination of the employee’s employment rela-
tionship because of retirement after attaining an age spec-
ified in a plan referred to in section 209(m)(2) or in a
pension plan of the employer.’’.
(12) REPEAL OF DEDUCTIONS ON ACCOUNT OF
WORK
UNDER
THE
RAILROAD
RETIREMENT
PRO-
GRAM.—Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of
1974 (45 U.S.C. 231a) is amended by striking sub-
sections (f) and (g)(2).
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments and repeals made by this Act shall
be effective with respect to taxable years ending on and
after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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