H.R. 473 - The Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2003

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H.R. 473 The Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2003 would allow family caregivers who provide unpaid care to qualify for Social Security benefits for the time that they provided care. The Social Security “credits” would be equal to the 50% of the average wages and self-employment income for the time period when the caregiver provided assistance.

source: Family Caregiver's Alliance



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H.R.473
Title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to credit prospectively individuals serving as caregivers of dependent relatives with deemed wages for up to five years of such service.
Sponsor: Rep Lowey, Nita M. [NY-18] (introduced 1/29/2003) Cosponsors (26)
Latest Major Action: 2/6/2003 Referred to House subcommittee. Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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SUMMARY AS OF:
1/29/2003--Introduced.

Social Security Caregiver Credit Act of 2003 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to determining entitlement to and the amount of any monthly benefit, including any lump-sum death payment, payable under OASDI on the basis of the wages and self-employment income of any individual. Deems such an individual to have been paid a wage (according to a specified formula) during each month during which the individual was engaged for at least 80 hours in providing care to a dependent relative without monetary compensation for up to five years of such service. Makes this Act inapplicable in the case of any monthly benefit or lump-sum death payment if a larger benefit or payment would be payable without its application.

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MAJOR ACTIONS:

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ALL ACTIONS:

1/29/2003:

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

2/6/2003:

Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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TITLE(S): (italics indicate a title for a portion of a bill)

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COSPONSORS(26), ALPHABETICAL [followed by Cosponsors withdrawn]: (Sort: by date)

Rep Abercrombie, Neil [HI-1] - 1/29/2003
Rep Baldwin, Tammy [WI-2] - 1/29/2003
Rep Berkley, Shelley [NV-1] - 1/29/2003
Rep Clyburn, James E. [SC-6] - 2/27/2003
Rep Conyers, John, Jr. [MI-14] - 1/29/2003
Rep Crowley, Joseph [NY-7] - 1/29/2003
Rep DeLauro, Rosa L. [CT-3] - 1/29/2003
Rep Farr, Sam [CA-17] - 1/29/2003
Rep Filner, Bob [CA-51] - 1/29/2003
Rep Frost, Martin [TX-24] - 1/29/2003
Rep Hastings, Alcee L. [FL-23] - 1/29/2003
Rep Kucinich, Dennis J. [OH-10] - 1/29/2003
Rep Lofgren, Zoe [CA-16] - 5/8/2003
Rep McDermott, Jim [WA-7] - 1/29/2003
Rep McNulty, Michael R. [NY-21] - 2/27/2003
Rep Millender-McDonald, Juanita [CA-37] - 1/29/2003
Rep Miller, George [CA-7] - 5/8/2003
Rep Norton, Eleanor Holmes [DC] - 1/29/2003
Rep Oberstar, James L. [MN-8] - 1/29/2003
Rep Owens, Major R. [NY-11] - 2/27/2003
Rep Payne, Donald M. [NJ-10] - 1/29/2003
Rep Sanders, Bernard [VT] - 1/29/2003
Rep Schakowsky, Janice D. [IL-9] - 1/29/2003
Rep Scott, Robert C. [VA-3] - 1/29/2003
Rep Watson, Diane E. [CA-33] - 2/27/2003
Rep Woolsey, Lynn C. [CA-6] - 1/29/2003

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COMMITTEE(S):

Committee/Subcommittee:		Activity:
House Ways and Means		Referral, In Committee
	Subcommittee on Social Security	Referral

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RELATED BILL DETAILS:

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AMENDMENT(S):

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