Bill > HR9234

This bill, the Surviving Widow(er) Income Fair Treatment Act of 2023 (SWIFT Act), aims to increase survivors' benefits for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses. The key provisions include: 1. Eliminating the age and duration of marriage requirements for disabled widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses to receive unreduced survivors' benefits at any age. 2. Preventing the reduction of survivors' benefits for those who claim them before reaching retirement age. 3. Increasing the age limit for child-in-care benefits from 16 to 18 (or 19 if the child is a full-time student). 4. Modifying the benefit limit for widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses by allowing for increased benefits based on the deceased individual's delayed receipt of retirement benefits. 5. Ensuring that any additional income from increased Social Security benefits does not affect the individual's eligibility for or amount of benefits or assistance received from other federal, state, or local programs. 6. Requiring the Social Security Administration to provide information to widows, widowers, and surviving divorced spouses about available benefits and how to claim them.

Budget and Finance, Labor and Employment

https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/9234/all-info