Search Results for keywords:"survivor benefits"

Search Results: keywords:"survivor benefits"

H. R. 9234 — 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.
July 30, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:4,177
The proposed bill, known as the "Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2023" or "SWIFT Act," aims to amend the Social Security Act to improve survivors' benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses. It eliminates age restrictions, ensuring benefits are not...
Simple Explanation
The "Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2023" wants to help people whose husbands or wives have passed away, especially if they have disabilities, by giving them more money from Social Security. It also helps kids of these families stay supported while they're in school by raising the age when they can get extra benefits.
H. R. 7150 — To amend title 38, United States Code, to direct the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to improve equitable access to certain benefits under the laws administered by the Secretary of Veterans Affairs and to improve certain outreach to individuals who served uniformed services and dependents of such individuals, and for other purposes.
January 30, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:2,548
H.R. 7150, titled the "Survivor Benefits Delivery Improvement Act of 2024," proposes to amend Title 38 of the United States Code to ensure equitable access to benefits for survivors of veterans. The bill seeks to improve the collection of demographic data to...
Simple Explanation
In simple words, this bill wants to make sure that the families of veterans know about and can easily get the help they deserve, like benefits. It also wants to make sure there are more people ready to answer questions and help these families.
H. R. 7304 — To amend title II of the Social Security Act to establish that benefits paid to a parent caring for the child of an individual who died while performing active duty as a member of the Armed Services are not subject to deductions under the retirement earnings test.
February 07, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:396
H. R. 7304 aims to change the Social Security Act so that when a parent receives benefits for caring for a child of someone who died while serving in the Armed Forces, those benefits won't be reduced because of the retirement earnings test. This means that if a military...
Simple Explanation
In this bill, if a parent is taking care of a child because the other parent died while being a soldier, they can get money from the government without it being reduced because they have another job.
H. R. 8162 — To amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to treat domestic partnerships as marriage for purposes of the program of benefits paid by the Federal government for survivors of a District of Columbia police officer, firefighter, or teacher in the same manner and to the same extent that domestic partnerships are treated as marriage for purposes of such benefits which are paid by the District of Columbia, to conform the age limit after which a surviving spouse of a police officer, firefighter, or teacher may remarry without losing survivor benefits under such program to the age limit established with respect to survivor benefits of Federal employees, and for other purposes.
April 29, 2024
Status:Introduced in House
Congress:118
Words:1,329
H.R. 8162 seeks to amend the National Capital Revitalization and Self-Government Improvement Act of 1997 to recognize domestic partnerships as marriages for federal benefit programs for survivors of D.C. police officers, firefighters, and teachers. The bill also aims to align the age limit...
Simple Explanation
This bill wants to treat people in domestic partnerships the same as married couples for benefits if they are a surviving partner of a police officer, firefighter, or teacher in Washington, D.C., and it also changes rules for these surviving partners about when they can remarry without losing benefits.

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