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HR 4851
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act
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Bill overview
Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act This bill increases Social Security benefits for widows or widowers in two-income households by establishing an alternative method to calculate survivors benefits based on combined household benefit amounts.
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Primary sponsor
Linda T. Sánchez
HouseCADemocratDistrict 38
Cosponsors
Debbie Dingell
HouseMIDemocratDistrict 12
Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] Norton
HouseDistrict 0
Frederica S. Wilson
HouseFLDemocratDistrict 24
Grace F. Napolitano
HouseCADemocratDistrict 32
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