Title: Social Security Equity Act of 2018
Policy area: Social Welfare

Summary:
Social Security Equity Act of 2018
This bill expands the exception to the windfall elimination provision of the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance (OASDI) program by lowering the required number of years of coverage. (The windfall elimination provision reduces OASDI benefits for those who receive pensions for certain non-covered employment.)

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6962 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6962

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to expand the exception to 
     the windfall elimination provision based on years of coverage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2018

   Mr. Smith of Washington introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to expand the exception to 
     the windfall elimination provision based on years of coverage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Social Security Equity Act of 
2018''.

SEC. 2. EXPANSION OF THE EXCEPTION TO THE WINDFALL ELIMINATION 
              PROVISION BASED ON YEARS OF COVERAGE.

    (a) Reduction in the Number of Years of Coverage Required.--
            (1) In general.--Section 215(a)(7)(D) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking 
        ``30'' each place it appears and inserting ``25''.
            (2) Partial exemptions.--Section 215(a)(7)(D) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 415(a)(7)(D)) is further amended by 
        striking the table and inserting the following:

If the number of such                                    The applicable
  individual's years of coverage                            percent is:
  (as so defined) is:
        24.....................................................     80 
        23.....................................................     70 
        22.....................................................     60 
        21.....................................................     50.

    (b) Reduction of the Dollar Amount Required To Constitute a Year of 
Coverage.--Section 215(a)(7)(D) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
415(a)(7)(D)) is amended by striking ``the reference to `15 percent' 
therein shall be deemed to be a reference to `25 percent''' and 
inserting ``each of the references to `25 percent' and the reference to 
`15 percent' therein shall each be deemed to be a reference to `12.5 
percent'''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to primary insurance amounts computed or recomputed 
on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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