[Congressional Bills 103th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 1674 Introduced in House (IH)] 103d CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 1674 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the reductions in social security benefits which are presently required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES April 2, 1993 Ms. Furse 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 to eliminate the reductions in social security benefits which are presently required in the case of spouses and surviving spouses who are also receiving certain Government pensions. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. REPEAL OF REDUCTIONS IN BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND SURVIVING SPOUSES RECEIVING GOVERNMENT PENSIONS. (a) Wife's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``and paragraph (4) of this subsection'' in paragraph (2); and (2) by striking paragraph (4) and redesignating paragraph (5) as paragraph (4). (b) Husband's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(c) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)) is amended-- (1) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (5) as paragraphs (2) through (4), respectively; and (2) by striking ``and paragraph (2) of this subsection'' in paragraph (2) as so redesignated. (c) Widow's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``, paragraph (7) of this subsection,'' in paragraph (2)(A); and (2) by striking paragraph (7). (d) Widower's Insurance Benefits.-- (1) In general.--Section 202(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)) is amended-- (A) by striking paragraph (2) and redesignating paragraphs (3) through (7) as paragraphs (2) through (6), respectively; and (B) by striking ``, paragraph (2) of this subsection,'' in paragraph (2) as so redesignated. (2) Conforming amendments.-- (A) Section 202(f)(1)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(B)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''. (B) Section 202(f)(1)(F) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(1)(F)) is amended by striking ``paragraph (6)'' and ``paragraph (5)'' (in clauses (i) and (ii)) and inserting ``paragraph (5)'' and ``paragraph (4)'', respectively. (C) Section 202(f)(5)(B) of such Act (as redesignated by paragraph (1)(A) of this subsection) is amended by striking ``paragraph (5)'' and inserting ``paragraph (4)''. (D) Section 202(k)(2)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)(2)(B)) is amended by striking ``or (f)(4)'' each place it appears and inserting ``or (f)(3)''. (E) Section 202(k)(3)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)(3)(A)) is amended by striking ``or (f)(3)'' and inserting ``or (f)(2)''. (F) Section 202(k)(3)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(k)(3)(B)) is amended by striking ``or (f)(4)'' and inserting ``or (f)(3)''. (G) Section 226(e)(1)(A) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 426(e)(1)(A)) is amended by striking ``and 202(f)(5)'' and inserting ``and 202(f)(4)''. (e) Mother's and Father's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(g) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(g)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``Except as provided in paragraph (4) of this subsection, such'' in paragraph (2) and inserting ``Such''; and (2) by striking paragraph (4). SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to monthly insurance benefits payable under title II of the Social Security Act for months after December 1993. <all>