Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act

United States118th CongressHR-3926House of Representatives
Updated: Dec 17, 2024

Summary

Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act or the POWR Act This bill increases Social Security benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households by establishing an alternative method to calculate survivor benefits based on combined household benefit amounts.

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Timeline

  1. Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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  2. Introduced in House

  3. Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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  4. Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.

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