To repeal the earnings ceiling of the Social Security Act for all beneficiaries age sixty-five or older. II IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 6 (legislative day, MAY 21), 1979 Mr. GOLDWATER (for himself, Mr. STONE, Mr. PRESSLER, Mr. DECONCINI, and Mr. BAYH) introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To repeal the earnings ceiling of the Social Security Act for all beneficiaries age sixty-five or older. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That (a) section 203(f)(8)(A) of the Social Security Act is 4 amended by striking out "the new exempt amounts (sepa5 rately stated for individuals described in subparagraph (D) 6 and for other individuals) which are" and inserting in lieu 7. thereof "the new exempt amount which is". 8 (b)(1) Section 203(f)((8)(B) of such Act is amended by 9 striking out "Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph 63-893 0 - 80 - 2 2 1 (D), the exempt amount which is applicable to individuals 2 described in such subparagraph and the exempt amount 3 which is applicable to other individuals, for each month of a 4 particular taxable year, shall each be" and inserting in lieu 5 thereof "The exempt amount for each month of a particular 6 taxable year shall be". 7 (2) Section 203(f)(8)(B)(i) of such Act is amended by 8 striking out "the corresponding exempt amount" and insert9 ing in lieu thereof "the exempt amount". 10 (3) The last sentence of section 203(f)(8)(B) of such Act 11 is amended by striking out "an exempt amount" and insert12 ing in lieu thereof "the exempt amount". 13 (c) Section 203(f)(8) of such Act is further amended by 14 striking out subparagraph (D) thereof. 15 (d) Subsections (f)(1), (f)(3), (f)(4)(B), and (h)(1)(A) of sec16 tion 203 of such Act are each amended by striking out "the 17 applicable exempt amount" and inserting in lieu thereof “the 18 exempt amount". 19 (e)(1) Subsections (c)(1), (d)(1), (f)(1)(B), and (j) of section 20 203 of such Act are each amended by striking out "seventy" 21 and inserting in lieu thereof "sixty-five". 22 (2) The last sentence of section 203(c) of such Act is 23 amended by striking out "nor shall any deduction" and all 24 that follows and inserting in lieu thereof "not shall any de25 duction be made under this subsection from any widow's or 3 1 widower's insurance benefit if the widow, widower, surviving 2 divorced wife, widower, or surviving divorced husband in3 volved became entitled to such benefit prior to attaining age 4 60.". 5 (3) Clause (D) of section 203(f)(1) of such Act is 6 amended to read as follows: "(D) for which such individual is 7 entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefit if she or 8 he became so entitled prior to attaining age 60, or". 9 (4) Subsection (f)(3) of section 203 of such Act is amend10 ed by striking out "age 70" and inserting in lieu thereof “age 11 65". 12 (5) Subsection (h)(1)(A) of section 203 of such Act is 13 amended by striking out "age 70" and inserting in lieu there14 of "age 65". 15 (6) The heading of subsection (j) of section 203 of such 16 Act is amended by striking out "Seventy" and inserting in 17 lieu thereof "Sixty-five". 18 SEC. 2. The amendments made by this Act shall apply 19 only with respect to taxable years ending after December 31, 20 1982. о II 96TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION S. 1418 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings shall not be applicable in the case of social security beneficiaries who have attained age sixty-five. IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES JUNE 27 (legislative day, JUNE 21), 1979 Mr. JEPSEN introduced the following bill; which was read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that deductions from benefits on account of excess earnings shall not be applicable in the case of social security beneficiaries who have attained age sixty-five. 1 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa2 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 3 That (a) section 203(f)(8) (A) of the Social Security Act is 4 amended by striking out "the new exempt amounts (sepa5 rately stated for individuals described in subparagraph (D) 6 and for other individuals) which are" and inserting in lieu 7 thereof "the new exempt amount which is". 1 2 (b)(1) Section 203(f)(8)(B) of such Act is amended by 2 striking out "Except as otherwise provided in subparagraph 3 (D), the exempt amount which is applicable to individuals 4 described in such subparagraph and the exempt amount 5 which is applicable to other individuals, for each month of a 6 particular taxable year, shall each be" and inserting in lieu 7 thereof "The exempt amount for each month of a particular 8 taxable year shall be". 9 (2) Section 203(f)(8)(B)(i) of such Act is amended by 10 striking out "the corresponding exempt amount" and insert11 ing in lieu thereof "the exempt amount". 12 (3) The last sentence of section 203(f)(8)(B) of such Act 13 is amended by striking out "an exempt amount" and insert 14 ing in lieu thereof "the exempt amount". 15 (c) Section 203(f)(8) of such Act is further amended by 16 striking out subparagraph (D) thereof. 17 (d) Subsections (f)(1), (f)(3), (f)(4)(B), and (h)(1)(A) of sec18 tion 203 of such Act are each amended by striking out "the 19 applicable exempt amount" and inserting in lieu thereof "the 20 exempt amount". 21 (e)(1) Subsections (c)(1), (d)(1), (f)(1)(B), and (j) of section 22 203 of such Act are each amended by striking out "seventy" 23 and inserting in licu thereof "sixty-five". 24 (2) The last sentence of section 203(c) of such Act is 25 amended by striking out "nor shall any deduction" and all |