HR 649 · 113th Congress 2013–2015, ended

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act

Introduced Feb 13, 2013 Originated House Sponsor Theodore E. Deutch D-FL

Fact sheet

Latest action · Apr 23, 2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.

Progress

Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.

  1. IntroducedFeb 13, 2013
  2. Passed HouseNot reached
  3. Passed SenateNot reached
  4. To the PresidentNot reached
  5. Became lawNot reached

Summary

Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act - Directs the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) of the Department of Labor to prepare and publish for each calendar month a Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-EC) that indicates changes over time in consumption expenditures typical for individuals in the United States age 62 or older.

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to make the CPI-EC the applicable Consumer Price Index (CPI) for computation of cost-of-living increases in OASDI benefits for such individuals.

Amends the Internal Revenue Code to prescribe special rules for the determination of wages and self-employment income above the contribution and benefit base after 2013.

Amends SSA title II to include surplus average indexed monthly earnings (AIME) in the determination of primary OASDI amounts.

Cosponsors 28

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 13, 2013 to Nov 12, 2014, with 5 there on the day it was introduced.

SeatCosponsorSigned on
D-MEChellie PingreeOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-RIDavid N. CicillineOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-RIJames R. LangevinOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-ILJanice D. SchakowskyOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-OHMarcy KapturOriginalFeb 13, 2013
D-FLFrederica S. WilsonFeb 27, 2013
D-WAJim McDermottFeb 27, 2013
D-CAJuan VargasFeb 27, 2013
D-CAJudy ChuFeb 27, 2013
D-CALucille Roybal-AllardFeb 27, 2013
D-AZRaúl M. GrijalvaFeb 27, 2013
D-FLAlcee L. HastingsMar 12, 2013
D-NHCarol Shea-PorterMar 12, 2013
D-TXGene GreenMar 12, 2013
D-CATony CárdenasMar 12, 2013
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Actions 4

Everything that happened, newest first.

  1. Apr 23, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions.
  2. Feb 19, 2013Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
  3. Feb 13, 2013Introduced in House
  4. Feb 13, 2013Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Education and the Workforce, 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.

Related bills 3

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

BillTitleRelationshipLatest action
S 308Protecting and Preserving Social Security ActIdentical billFeb 13, 2013
S 567Strengthening Social Security Act of 2013Related billMar 14, 2013
S 2382Fair Raises for Seniors ActRelated billMay 22, 2014

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

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  1. Feb 13, 2013Introduced in House

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