To amend title II of the Social Security Act to improve social security benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households.
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement Act or the POWR Act
This bill increases Social Security benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households by establishing an alternative method to calculate survivor benefits based on combined household benefit amounts.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
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