S. 1317: Retirement Freedom Act
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S. 1317: Retirement Freedom Act
112th Congress · introduced 2011-06-30 · Health · Latest: Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92.
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- Where it came from: introduced 2011-06-30 · official record
- Who proposed it: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · what a sponsor is
- What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
- Where it stands now: Introduced in the Senate. Read twice. Ordered Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 92. Not final yet: this can still change. We check for updates every day.
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Official title
Retirement Freedom Act
Plain summary
Retirement Freedom Act - Allows any individual who is otherwise entitled to benefits under part A (Hospital Insurance) of title XVIII (Medicare) of the Social Security Act (SSA) to elect to opt out of such entitlement. Allows an individual who has opted out of Medicare to opt back in without penalty. Prohibits any requirement to opt out of SSA title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) as a condition for opting out of Medicare.
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Official text
Retirement Freedom Act
Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Officials and money
Sponsor: Sen. DeMint, Jim [R-SC] · 15 cosponsors
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Rand Paul (R-KY), Mike Lee (R-UT), James E. Risch (R-ID), Ron Johnson (R-WI)
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Words on this page, explained (1)
- Securities
- Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.
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Sources
- Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
- Congress.gov
- Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-112s1317.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/112/s>
Record fed-us-cong112-s1317 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong112 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong112