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To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-867| House 
| Updated: 2/16/2017
Grace Meng

Grace Meng

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (8)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Gene Green (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Notch Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979, and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. ("Notch" refers to individuals born between 1917 and 1921 who as retirees received lower Social Security cost-of-living increases than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.) This bill sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55% to 5% and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. This bill allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.
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Timeline
Feb 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
  • February 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • February 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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Inflation and pricesSocial security and elderly assistance

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow workers who attain age 65 after 1981 and before 1992 to choose either lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000 or an improved benefit computation formula under a new 10-year rule governing the transition to the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977, and for other purposes.

USA115th CongressHR-867| House 
| Updated: 2/16/2017
Notch Fairness Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to revise the formula for the computation of minimum Old Age Insurance benefits for individuals who reached age 65 in or after 1979, and to whom applies the 15-year transition period for the changes in benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977. ("Notch" refers to individuals born between 1917 and 1921 who as retirees received lower Social Security cost-of-living increases than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.) This bill sets forth a schedule of additional benefit increases for such beneficiaries (and related beneficiaries), with percentages declining from 55% to 5% and keyed to the year an individual became eligible for such benefits between 1979 and 1988. This bill allows such beneficiaries, in the alternative, to receive lump sum payments over four years totaling $5,000.
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Timeline
Feb 3, 2017
Introduced in House
Feb 3, 2017
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 16, 2017
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
  • February 3, 2017
    Introduced in House


  • February 3, 2017
    Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.


  • February 16, 2017
    Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Grace Meng

Grace Meng

Democratic Representative

New York

Cosponsors (8)
Raúl M. Grijalva (Democratic)John A. Yarmuth (Democratic)Sanford D. Bishop (Democratic)Wm. Lacy Clay (Democratic)Gene Green (Democratic)Elijah E. Cummings (Democratic)James P. McGovern (Democratic)Zoe Lofgren (Democratic)

Ways and Means Committee, Social Security Subcommittee

Social Welfare

  • Introduced
  • In Committee
  • On Floor
  • Passed Chamber
  • Enacted
Inflation and pricesSocial security and elderly assistance