HR-4583 : Still Just a Bill

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).

Action Timeline

Action DateTypeTextSource
2024-12-17CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.House committee actions
2023-07-14CommitteeReferred to the Subcommittee on Health.House committee actions
2023-07-12IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-07-12IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-07-12IntroReferralReferred 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.House floor actions
2023-07-12IntroReferralIntroduced in HouseLibrary of Congress

Sponsor :

John B. Larson [D] (CT-1)
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Policy Area :

Social Welfare
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  • 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 and elderly assistance
  • Wages and earnings
  • Social Security Administration

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