Social Security 2100 Act

Bill: 118-hr-4583
Sponsor: Rep. Larson, John B. [D-CT-1]
Introduced: 2023-07-12 in the House
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Adult day care
Congressional oversight
Disability assistance
Employee benefits and pensions
Employment taxes
Family relationships
Government buildings, facilities, and property
Government information and archives
Government trust funds
Health care costs and insurance
Hospital care
Income tax credits
Inflation and prices
Medicaid
Poverty and welfare assistance
Self-employed
Social Security Administration
Social security and elderly assistance
Wages and earnings

Summary:
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: 

Social Security 2100 Act

 
This bill modifies the Social Security system, particularly with respect to benefit calculations, fund administration, and beneficiary resources.
 
For example, the bill temporarily increases the primary insurance amount for Social Security benefits for all individuals (from 90% of a certain portion of average indexed monthly earnings to 93%). It also modifies benefit calculations for certain individuals, including by temporarily (1) increasing benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households; and (2) allowing children of a deceased, disabled, or retired worker to remain eligible for benefits through age 25 if they are full-time students. 
 
Additionally, the bill temporarily eliminates (1) the 
government pension offset
, which reduces Social Security benefits for spouses, widows, and widowers who also receive government pensions of their own; and (2) the 
windfall elimination provision
, which reduces Social Security benefits for individuals who also receive a pension or disability benefit from an employer that did not withhold Social Security taxes. 
 
The bill also modifies the financing and administration of the Social Security trust funds. For example, the bill (1) subjects income over $400,000 to Social Security payroll taxes, and (2) combines the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund into a single Social Security Trust Fund.
 
Finally, the bill establishes requirements relating to Social Security services and resources, including by prohibiting the closure of field offices unless certain conditions are met (e.g., public hearings).


Legislative actions:
action_date: 2024-12-17
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
action_date: 2023-07-14
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and the Workforce, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House
action_date: 2023-07-12
text: Introduced in House