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103D CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 413
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 5, 1993
Mr. STUMP 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,
That subsections (b), (d), (f), (h), (j), and (k) of section
203 of the Social Security are repealed.
SEC. 2. (a) Subsection (c) of section 203 of the Social
Security Act is redesignated as subsection (b); and such
subsection as so redesignated is amended—
(1) by striking out ‘‘Noncovered Work Outside
the United States or’’ in the heading;
(2) by striking out paragraph (1);
(3) by redesignating paragraphs (2), (3), and
(4) as paragraphs (1), (2), and (3), respectively;
(4) by striking out ‘‘For purposes of para-
graphs (2), (3), and (4)’’ and inserting in lieu there-
of ‘‘For purposes of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3)’’;
and
(5) by striking out the last sentence.
(b) Subsection (e) of such section 203 is redesignated
as subsection (c); and such subsection as so redesignated
is amended by striking out ‘‘subsections (c) and (d)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsection (b)’’.
(c) Subsection (g) of such section 203 is redesignated
as subsection (d); and such subsection as so redesignated
is amended by striking out ‘‘subsection (c)’’ each place it
appears and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsection (b)’’.
(d) Subsection (i) of such section 203 is redesignated
as subsection (e); and such subsection as so redesignated
is amended by striking out ‘‘subsection (b), (c), (g), or
(h)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsection (b) or (d)’’.
(e) Subsection (l) of such section 203 is redesignated
as subsection (f); and such subsection as so redesignated
is amended by striking out ‘‘subsection (g) or (h)(1)(A)’’
and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘subsection (d)’’.
SEC. 3. (a) Section 202(j)(4)(B) of the Social Secu-
rity Act is amended by striking out clause (iii), and by
redesignating clause (iv) as clause (iii).
(b) Section 202(n)(1) of such Act is amended by
striking out ‘‘Section 203 (b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting
in lieu thereof ‘‘Section 203(b)’’.
(c)(1) Section 202(q)(5)(B) of such Act is amended
by striking out ‘‘section 203(c)(2)’’ and inserting in lieu
thereof ‘‘section 203(b)(1)’’.
(2) Section 202(q)(7)(A) of such Act is amended by
striking out ‘‘deductions under section 203(b), 203(c)(1),
203(d)(1), or 222(b)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘de-
ductions on account of work under section 203 or deduc-
tions under section 222(b)’’.
(d)(1) Section 202(s)(1) of such Act is amended by
striking out ‘‘paragraphs (2), (3), and (4) of section
203(c)’’ and inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘paragraphs (1), (2),
and (3) of section 203(b)’’.
(2) Section 202(s)(3) of such Act is amended by
striking out ‘‘the last sentence of subsection (c) of section
203, subsection (f)(1)(C) of section 203,’’.
(e) Section 202(t)(7) of such Act is amended by strik-
ing out ‘‘Subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’ and inserting in
lieu thereof ‘‘Subsection (b)’’.
(f) Section 202(w)(2)(B)(ii) of such Act is amended
to read as follows:
‘‘(ii) such individual (I) was not entitled to
an old-age insurance benefit, (II) suffered de-
ductions, in amounts equal to the amount of
such benefit, under section 203(b) as in effect
in the month or months involved, or (III) would
have suffered deductions on account of work, in
amounts equal to the amount of such benefit
(as determined under regulations of the Sec-
retary), under subsections (b) through (l) of
section 203 as in effect immediately prior to the
enactment of this clause (III) if such sub-
sections (other than paragraph (8) of sub-
section (f) had remained in effect through such
month or months.’’.
(g) Section 203(a)(3)(B)(iii) of such Act is amended
by striking out ‘‘and subsections (b), (c), and (d)’’ and
inserting in lieu thereof ‘‘and subsection (b)’’.
(h) Section 208(a)(3) of such Act is amended by
striking out ‘‘under section 203(f) of this title for purposes
of deductions from benefits’’ and inserting in lieu thereof
and (j) of such section; and in making such computation
services which do not constitute 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 military or naval service of the United
States, shall be deemed to be employment as so defined
if the remuneration for such services is not includible in
computing the individual’s net earnings or new loss from
self-employment for purposes of title II.’’.
(l) Section 2 of the Railroad Retirement Act of 1974
is amended by striking out subsections (f) and (g)(2).
SEC. 4. 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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