XXXXXXX Act of 2018

This bill lowers, from 60 to 50, the minimum age at which a widowed individual may remarry and remain eligible to receive widow's or widower's benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program.

[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6247 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 6247

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce the minimum age 
    at which a widow or widower may remarry and remain eligible for 
                   benefits, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             June 27, 2018

 Mr. Hultgren introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to reduce the minimum age 
    at which a widow or widower may remarry and remain eligible for 
                   benefits, and for other purposes.

    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 ``_______ Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. WIDOW'S AND WIDOWER'S INSURANCE BENEFITS UPON REMARRIAGE.

    (a) Eligibility for Widow's Insurance Benefits.--Section 202(e)(3) 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``widow or'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated, 
        the following:
            ``(A) a widow marries after attaining age 50,''.
    (b) Eligibility for Widower's Insurance Benefits.--Section 
202(f)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``widower or'';
            (2) by redesignating subparagraphs (A) and (B) as 
        subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively; and
            (3) by inserting before subparagraph (B), as redesignated, 
        the following:
            ``(A) a widower marries after attaining age 50,''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to applications for widow's and widower's insurance 
benefits filed on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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