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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 3591
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for a gradual increase
by the year 2030 in the normal retirement age and the early retirement
age to ages 70 and 67, respectively.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NOVEMBER 20, 1993
Mr. PENNY 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 provide
for a gradual increase by the year 2030 in the normal
retirement age and the early retirement age to ages
70 and 67, respectively.
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 ‘‘Social Security Retire-
ment Age Reform Act of 1993’’.
SEC. 2. PHASED IN 5-YEAR INCREASE IN AGE FOR ELIGI-
BILITY FOR OASDI BENEFITS BY THE YEAR
2030.
(a) DEFINITIONS.—Section 216(l) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 416(l)) is amended to read as follows:
‘‘Normal Retirement Age; Early Retirement Age
‘‘(l)(1) The term ‘normal retirement age’ means—
‘‘(A) with respect to an individual who attains
(or would attain) the reference age (as defined in
paragraph (3)(A)) before January 1, 2000, 65 years
of age;
‘‘(B) with respect to an individual who attains
(or would attain) the reference age after December
31, 1999, and before January 1, 2030, 65 years of
age plus the number of months in the age increase
factor (as determined under paragraph (3)(B)) for
the calendar in which such individual attains the ref-
erence age; and
‘‘(C) with respect to an individual who attains
(or would attain) the reference age after December
31, 2030, 70 years of age.
‘‘(2) The term ‘early retirement age’ means 3 years
less than normal retirement age.
‘‘(3) For purposes of paragraphs (1) and (2)—
‘‘(A) the term ‘reference age’ means 62 years of
age in the case of an old-age, wife’s, or husband’s
insurance benefit, and 60 years of age in the case
of a widow’s or widower’s insurance benefit, and
‘‘(B) the age increase factor for any individual
shall be equal to 2⁄12 of the number of months in the
period beginning with January 2000 and ending
with December of the year in which the individual
attains the reference age.’’.
(b) ADDITIONAL AMENDMENTS.—
(1) RETIREMENT AGE REDESIGNATED NORMAL
RETIREMENT AGE.—
(A) Title II of such Act is further amend-
ed—
(i) in subsections (a), (b), (c), (d), (e),
(f), (q), (r), and (w) of section 202 (42
U.S.C. 402),
(ii) in subsections (c) and (f) of sec-
tion 203 (42 U.S.C. 403),
(iii) in section 215(f)(5) (42 U.S.C.
415(f)(5)), and
(iv) in section 223(a) (42 U.S.C.
423(a)),
by striking ‘‘retirement age (as defined in sec-
tion 216(l))’’ each place it appears and insert-
ing ‘‘normal retirement age (as defined in sec-
tion 216(l)(1))’’.
(B) Subsections (h) and (i) of section 216
of such Act (42 U.S.C. 416) are each amended
by striking ‘‘retirement age (as defined in sub-
section (l))’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘normal retirement age (as defined in sub-
section (l)(1))’’.
(2) AGE 62 CURRENTLY DESIGNATED AS EARLY
RETIREMENT AGE.—
(A) Title II of such Act is further amend-
ed—
(i) in subsections (a), (b), (c), (e), (f),
(h), and (q) of section 202 (42 U.S.C.
402),
(ii) in section 213(a)(2)(A)(ii) of such
Act (42 U.S.C. 413(a)(2)(A)(ii)),
(iii) in section 213(a)(2)(B) of such
Act (the first place it appears) (42 U.S.C.
413(a)(2)(B)),
(iv) in section 214(a)(1) (42 U.S.C.
414(a)(1)),
(v) in subsections (a) and (d)(5) of
section 215 (42 U.S.C. 415), and
(vi) 
in 
subsections 
(a)(2) 
and
(c)(1)(A) of section 223 (42 U.S.C. 423),
by striking ‘‘age 62’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘early retirement age (as defined in
section 216(l)(2))’’.
(B) 
Subsections 
(b)(3)(A), 
(c)(6)(A),
(f)(3)(A), (g)(6)(A), and (i)(3)(A) of section
216 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 416) are each
amended by striking ‘‘age 62’’ each place it ap-
pears and inserting ‘‘early retirement age (as
defined in subsection (l)(2))’’.
(C) Subparagraphs (F) and (G) of section
202(q)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(q)(3))
are each amended by striking ‘‘the age of 62’’
and inserting ‘‘early retirement age (as defined
in section 216(l)(2)).’’.
(3) CONFORMING ADJUSTMENTS TO OTHER AGE
REFERENCES.—
(A) Title II of such Act is further amend-
ed—
(i) in subsections (e) and (f) of section
202 (42 U.S.C. 402),
(ii) in subsections (b)(1), (c)(3), and
(d)(1)(C) of section 222 (42 U.S.C. 422),
and
(iii) in section 225(a) (42 U.S.C.
425(a)),
by striking ‘‘age 60’’ each place it appears and
inserting ‘‘5 years less than normal retirement
age (as defined in section 216(l)(2))’’.
(B) 
Subsections 
(e)(1)(B)(ii) 
and
(f)(1)(B)(ii) of section 202 of such Act (42
U.S.C. 402) is further amended by striking
‘‘age 50’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘15 years less than normal retirement age (as
defined in section 216(l)(1))’’.
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