To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase of up to 5 in the number of years disregarded in determining average annual earnings on which benefit amounts are based upon a showing of preclusion from remunerative work during such years occasioned by need to provide child care or care to a chronically dependent relative.
Social Security Caregiver Act of 1997 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide for an increase of up to five in the number of years of either zero or low earnings disregarded in determining average annual earnings on which benefits are based, provided the individual was precluded from remunerative work during such years in order to provide care to a child under the age of 12 or to a chronically dependent spouse or relative.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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