Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019

Bill: 116-hr-5815
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Meng, Grace [D-NY-6]
Introduced: 2020-02-07
Policy area: Social Welfare
Subjects: Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management

Inflation and prices

Social security and elderly assistance

Wages and earnings
Latest action: action_date: 2020-02-07
text: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

Summaries:
action_date: 2020-02-07
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019</b></p> <p>This bill directs the Social Security Administration to increase an individual's monthly Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance benefit amount&nbsp;in&nbsp;accordance with the locality-based comparability payment rate applicable to the federal locality-pay area in which the individual resides.</p>

tv_txt: I 116th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 5815 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES February 7, 2020 Ms. Meng introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To adjust the amount of monthly old-age, survivors, and disability insurance payments under title II of the Social Security Act based on locality-based comparability payment rates.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Locality-based Social Security Benefits Act of 2019 . 2. Social Security benefit amounts adjusted to reflect locality-based comparability payment rates Notwithstanding title II of the Social Security Act, the Commissioner of Social Security shall increase the monthly benefit amount to which each individual is otherwise entitled under such title by the percentage determined by the President under sections 5304 and 5304a of title 5, United States Code, for the locality pay area (as established in section 531.603 of title 5, Code of Federal Regulations) in which the individual resides at the time of such increase.