HR 3377 · 114th Congress 2015–2017, ended

Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015

Introduced Jul 29, 2015 Originated House Sponsor Nita M. Lowey D-NY

Latest action · Aug 12, 2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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.

IntroducedJul 29, 2015
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015

This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Wages shall be deemed to have been paid (according to a specified formula) during each month in which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation for up to five years of such service. This bill is not applicable in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if a larger benefit or payment would be payable without its application.

Cosponsors 61

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Jul 29, 2015 to Jul 14, 2016; 43 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-PA	Chaka Fattah	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MD	Chris Van Hollen	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-FL	Corrine Brown	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MI	Debbie Dingell	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NV	Dina Titus	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MD	Donna F. Edwards	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-WI	Gwen Moore	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Jackie Speier	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-IL	Janice D. Schakowsky	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-WA	Jim McDermott	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MI	John Conyers, Jr.	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MD	John K. Delaney	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark	Original	Jul 29, 2015
I-AZ	Kyrsten Sinema	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-FL	Lois Frankel	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Louise McIntosh Slaughter	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CA	Michael M. Honda	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NM	Michelle Lujan Grisham	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-VI	Stacey E. Plaskett	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-OH	Tim Ryan	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Jul 29, 2015
D-WA	Adam Smith		Sep 9, 2015
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Sep 9, 2015
D-MN	Keith Ellison		Sep 9, 2015
D-TN	Steve Cohen		Sep 9, 2015
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal		Nov 19, 2015
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings		Nov 19, 2015
D-CA	Jerry McNerney		Dec 18, 2015
D-CA	Karen Bass		Feb 12, 2016
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Feb 12, 2016
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Feb 25, 2016
D-WA	Derek Kilmer		Mar 2, 2016
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 21, 2016
D-FL	Kathy Castor		Mar 21, 2016
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Apr 12, 2016
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Apr 12, 2016
D-CA	Judy Chu		Apr 12, 2016
D-WA	Denny Heck		May 12, 2016
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz		Jul 14, 2016

Committees 1

Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.

Chamber	Committee	What it did
House	Ways and Means Committee	Referred Jul 29, 2015
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Aug 12, 2015

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Aug 12, 2015Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House
Jul 29, 2015Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Research

What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.

Constitutional authority

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: The General Welfare Clause of Article 1, Section 8, of the U.S. Constitution.

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 161, no. 121, July 29, 2015, page H5773.

Related bills 2

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

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 2721	Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2016	Related bill	Mar 17, 2016
HR 6952	Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2018	Reintroduced Bill	Oct 10, 2018

Titles 2

Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.

Official Title as Introduced: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service.
Short Titles as Introduced: Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2015

Subjects

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

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Jul 29, 2015Introduced in House

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