To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes.
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers. The main policy domain is Education, Labor, Finance.
Who Benefits and How
schools, students, and education providers may benefit from new authority, funding, eligibility, regulatory clarity, or reduced risk created by the bill.
Who Bears the Burden and How
federal implementing agencies, schools, students, and education providers may take on implementation duties, reporting obligations, compliance costs, or oversight responsibilities.
Key Provisions
- Section HF5FD996B550D4FFE8A1FB1FB30A192BF: 1. Short title This Act may be cited as the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2023 or the SWIFT Act.
- Section H751A1B5FFC384F919185C82DC53274AA: 2. Eligibility for unreduced survivors benefits for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses with disabilities at any age Section 202 of the Social...
- Section H3CFC1921512C4EEE839AA4068CB05AFE: 3. Increase in child's age limit for child-in-care benefits Section 202(s)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(s)(1)) is amended by striking age of 16...
- Section HCC8D53CA3BF649A8A730672BD955F504: 4. Modification of benefit limit for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses; increase in benefit amount for delay in claiming benefits Section 202 of...
- Section HEB54D9F26B19493DA41AFD5F8813D166: 5. Holding current beneficiaries harmless In the case of an individual who is receiving benefits or assistance under any Federal program or under any State or...
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Key Policy Areas
Education, Labor, Finance
Primary Purpose
This bill, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase survivors benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses, and for other purposes., changes federal law or congressional policy affecting schools, students, and education providers.
Policy Domains
Whole bill
Identified Gains
- schools, students, and education providers
Identified Costs
- federal implementing agencies
- schools, students, and education providers
Sponsors
Legislative Progress
IntroducedMs. Wild (for herself, Mr. Grijalva, Ms. Schakowsky, Ms. Lee …
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Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
- "the_commission"
- → The commission identified in the operative section
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