To amend title II of the Social Security Act to make certain changes in the benefit computation rules enacted in the Social Security Amendments of 1977 as they apply to workers attaining age 65 in or after 1982 (and related beneficiaries) and to provide for increases in their benefits accordingly, to remove the limitation upon the amount of outside income which an individual may earn while receiving benefits thereunder, to allow earnings in determining substantial gainful activity of all disabled beneficiaries at levels currently allowed only for blind individuals, and to provide for payment of a benefit for the month of the recipient's death.
Social Security Benefits Improvement Act of 1990 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to alter the formula for computing the primary insurance amount of individuals who attain age 65 in or after 1982 and are subject to the benefit computation rules of the Social Security Amendments of 1977.
Removes the limitation on the amount of outside income which an OASDI beneficiary may earn without incurring a reduction in benefits.
Provides that individuals shall not be considered to have engaged in substantial gainful activity for disability benefit eligibility purposes unless their earnings exceed the amount currently allowed only for blind individuals.
Pays a prorated benefit for the month of an OASDI recipient's death.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
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