[Congressional Bills 114th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 4728 Introduced in House (IH)] <DOC> 114th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 4728 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to expand the exception to the windfall elimination provision based on years of coverage. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES March 10, 2016 Mr. Smith of Washington 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 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 ``SWEPT Act of 2016''. 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. <all>