Bill > HR4851

This bill, the Protecting Our Widows and Widowers in Retirement (POWR) Act, aims to improve Social Security benefits for widows and widowers in two-income households. The key provisions include: 1) Increasing the widow(er)'s insurance benefit to the greater of the deceased spouse's primary insurance amount or 75% of the sum of the widow(er)'s own Social Security benefit and the deceased spouse's primary insurance amount, subject to a cap. 2) Ensuring that any increase in Social Security benefits does not reduce the individual's Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. The amendments made by this bill would apply to widow's and widower's insurance benefits payable for months after December 2021.