H.R. 1114: Social Security Expansion Act

115th Congress · introduced 2017-02-16 · Social Welfare · Latest: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2017-02-16 · official record
Who proposed it: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · what a sponsor is
What happened next: no floor votes in our records yet. Why?
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Official title

Social Security Expansion Act

Plain summary

Social Security Expansion Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) increase the primary insurance amount for all eligible beneficiaries, beginning in 2023; (2) revise computation of cost-of-living adjustments to use the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers; and (3) increase the special minimum primary insurance amount for lifetime low earners based on years in the workforce. This bill amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) apply employment and self-employment taxes to remuneration up to the contribution and benefit base and to remuneration in excess of $250,000, and (2) increase the tax rate on investment gain from 3.8% to 10% and allocate specifed amounts of such tax revenue to the Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund and the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund.

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Official text

Social Security Expansion Act

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in House)

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Officials and money

Sponsor: Rep. DeFazio, Peter A. [D-OR-4] · 39 cosponsors

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Cosponsors on this site

Yvette D. Clarke (D-NY), Steve Cohen (D-TN), Al Green (D-TX), Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Marcy Kaptur (D-OH), William R. Keating (D-MA), Pramila Jayapal (D-WA), Ro Khanna (D-CA), James P. McGovern (D-MA), Gwen Moore (D-WI), Mark Pocan (D-WI), Jamie Raskin (D-MD), Janice D. Schakowsky (D-IL), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-VA), Paul Tonko (D-NY), Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr. (D-GA), Nanette Diaz Barragán (D-CA), Adam Smith (D-WA), Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Brendan F. Boyle (D-PA), Stephen F. Lynch (D-MA)

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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 House)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-115hr1114.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/115/hr>

Record fed-us-cong115-hr1114 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong115 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong115