WashingtonWatch.com - Subject: Widowers

H.R. 1222, The Keep Our Promise to America's Military Retirees Act - Cost per Average Family: $79.25

Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1222 would restore health care coverage to retired members of the uniformed services....

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P.L. 110-428, The Inmate Tax Fraud Prevention Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.03

Fri, 03 Oct 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 7082 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permit the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose certain prisoner return information to the Federal Bureau of Prisons....

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H.R. 6608, The House Reservists Pay Adjustment Act of 2008 - Cost per Average Family: $0.00

Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6608 would provide for the replacement of lost income for employees of the House of Representatives who are members of a reserve component of the armed forces who are on active duty for a period of more than 30 days....

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S. 3369, A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children, and for other purposes

Wed, 30 Jul 2008 00:00:00 EDT

S. 3369 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children....

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H.R. 6118, To amend the charter of the Gold Star Wives of America to remove the restriction on the federally chartered corporation, and directors and officers of the corporation, attempting to influence legislation

Wed, 21 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6118 would amend the charter of the Gold Star Wives of America to remove the restriction on the federally chartered corporation, and directors and officers of the corporation, attempting to influence legislation....

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H.R. 6034, To amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children

Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 6034 would amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide for relief to surviving spouses and children....

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H.R. 1223, The Keeping Faith With the Greatest Generation Military Retirees Act - Cost per Average Family: $136.09

Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1223 would amend part B of title XVIII of the Social Security Act to waive Medicare part B premiums for certain military retirees....

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P.L. 110-142, To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income, and for other purposes - Savings per Average Family: $0.56

Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 3648 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude discharges of indebtedness on principal residences from gross income....

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H.R. 4777, To amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities; to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor, and for other purposes

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 4777 would amend chapters 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to provide for the indexation of deferred annuities and to provide that a survivor annuity be provided to the widow or widower of a former employee who dies after separating from Government service with title to a deferred annuity under the Civil Service Retirement System but before establishing a valid claim therefor....

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H.R. 3086, To amend title 28, United States Code, to provide, in the case of certain widows and widowers whose judicial survivors' annuities are terminated on account of remarriage, for the restoration of benefits upon the dissolution of the remarriage

Wed, 18 Jul 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 3086 would amend title 28, United States Code, to provide, in the case of certain widows and widowers whose judicial survivors' annuities are terminated on account of remarriage, for the restoration of benefits upon the dissolution of the remarriage....

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P.L. 110-28, The U.S. Troop Readiness, Veterans' Care, Katrina Recovery, and Iraq Accountability Appropriations Act, 2007 - Cost per Average Family: $1348.47

Tue, 08 May 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 2206 would make emergency supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2007....

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H.R. 1927, To repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes

Wed, 18 Apr 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1927 would repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans dependency and indemnity compensation....

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H.R. 1710, To modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index

Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1710 would modify the calculation of back pay for persons who were approved for promotion as members of the Navy and Marine Corps while interned as prisoners of war during World War II to take into account changes in the Consumer Price Index....

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H.R. 1645, The Security Through Regularized Immigration and a Vibrant Economy Act of 2007

Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

H.R. 1645 would provide for comprehensive immigration reform....

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S. 935, A bill to repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation, and for other purposes

Tue, 20 Mar 2007 00:00:00 EDT

S. 935 would repeal the requirement for reduction of survivor annuities under the Survivor Benefit Plan by veterans' dependency and indemnity compensation....

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H.R. 1159, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1159 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for full benefits for disabled widows and widowers without regard to age....

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H.R. 1160, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1160 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for increases in widow's and widower's insurance benefits by reason of delayed retirement....

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H.R. 1162, To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability

Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1162 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the 7-year restriction on eligibility for widow's and widower's insurance benefits based on disability....

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H.R. 1090, The Social Security Guarantee Plus Act of 2007

Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 1090 would amend the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to preserve and strengthen the Social Security Program through the creation of personal Social Security guarantee accounts that ensure full benefits for all workers and their families, restore long-term Social Security solvency, and make certain benefit improvements....

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H.R. 959, The Forgotten Military Widows Annuity Act of 2007

Thu, 08 Feb 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 959 would expand a Department of Defense survivor annuity program that covers unremarried surviving spouses of certain members of the uniformed services who died before October 1, 1978, to include any otherwise eligible surviving spouse who remarries after age 55 or whose remarriage before age 55 is terminated....

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H.R. 704, To amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse

Mon, 29 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 704 would amend title 38, United States Code, to reduce from age 57 to age 55 the age after which the remarriage of the surviving spouse of a deceased veteran shall not result in termination of dependency and indemnity compensation otherwise payable to that surviving spouse....

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H.R. 685, The Social Security and Medicare Improved Burn Injury Treatment Access Act of 2007

Wed, 24 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 685 would amend the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for Social Security disability and the 24-month waiting period for Medicare benefits in the cases of individuals with disabling burn injuries....

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H.R. 340, The Remarried Widows' and Widowers' Benefits Act of 2007

Tue, 09 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 340 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow remarried widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to become or remain entitled to widow's or widower's insurance benefits if the prior marriage was for at least 10 years....

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H.R. 69, The Disability Benefit Fairness Act of 2007

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

H.R. 69 would amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the 5-month waiting period for entitlement to disability benefits and to eliminate reconsideration as an intervening step between initial benefit entitlement decisions and subsequent hearings on the record on such decisions....

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S. 138, A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply the joint return limitation for capital gains exclusion to certain post-marriage sales of principal residences by surviving spouses

Thu, 04 Jan 2007 00:00:00 EST

S. 138 would amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to apply the joint return limitation for capital gains exclusion to certain post-marriage sales of principal residences by surviving spouses....

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