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SOCIAL SECURITY LEGISLATION
*Topic*	*Title/Bill Numbers*	*Sponsors*	*Summary*
Medicare & Social Security Fair Share Act	S. 1690 H.R. 3271	Sen. Whitehouse Rep. Boyle	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would extend the solvency of the Social Security and Medicare trust funds for 75 years by making the wealthy pay their fair share of payroll taxes or the Net Investment Income Tax.
Social Security POWR Act		Rep. Sanchez	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would provide an important benefit enhancement for millions of low-income widows who rely on Social Security benefits for their income in retirement.
Strengthening Social Security Act		Rep. Sanchez	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would extend the solvency of both the Old-Age and Survivors and the Disability Insurance Social Security trust funds for many years while at the same time making needed improvements in Social Security benefits.
Social Security Enhancement and Protection Act		Rep. Gwen Moore	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would increase the special minimum benefit that is paid to workers who have spent long careers in relatively low-wage employment. It also recognizes the value of childrearing by allowing credits of up to five years toward the minimum benefit when a parent leaves the workforce or reduces participation in the workforce for the purpose of caring for a child under age six.
Social Security Expansion Act		Sen. Bernie Sanders	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would give all Americans confidence that Social Security will be there for them when they need it, whether they apply for retirement or disability benefits. Moreover, it achieves this while at the same time making important updates to the benefits Social Security provides.
Protecting and Preserving Social Security Act		Sen. Mazie K. Hirono Rep. Jill Tokuda	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would strengthen the financial condition of the Social Security Trust Funds for many years while also adopting the Consumer Price Index for Elderly Consumers (CPI-E) for Social Security beneficiaries, which more accurately measures the inflationary pressures faced by today’s seniors.
The Women’s Retirement Protection Act		Sen. Tammy Baldwin	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would take important steps toward closing the retirement income gap that leaves women reaching retirement age with significantly fewer resources than men by expanding access to employer-sponsored plans to many long-term, part-time workers who are not currently eligible. The bill also applies the spousal protections that currently exist in traditional pensions to defined contribution plans, and helps low-income women protect their legal rights to retirement benefits when they go through divorce or legal separation.
Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act	S. 1666	Sen. Maggie Hassan, Sen. Chuck Grassley	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would help protect seniors from fraud and identity theft by requiring the Social Security Administration to provide a single point of contact for any individual whose Social Security account number has been misused. The SSA point of contact would be required to track the individual’s case to completion and coordinate with other specialized units to resolve case issues as quickly as possible.
SAFE Social Security Act		Sen. Brian Schatz	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would update and modernize Social Security benefits and extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds to the year 2050.
Social Security 2100: A Sacred Trust		Rep. John Larson	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would improve Social Security benefits and extend the solvency of the Social Security Trust Funds while not increasing taxes for those earning under $400,000.

Social Security Fairness Act *(ENACTED)*	Public Law 118-273	Sen. Sherrod Brown Rep. Garret Graves	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would repeal both the Windfall Elimination Provision (WEP) and the Government Pension Offset (GPO) provisions of the Social Security Act which unfairly prevent millions of Americans including teachers, firefighters, and police officers, from receiving the Social Security benefits that they have earned.

Supplemental Social Security Income Restoration Act of 2024			NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would strengthen and modernize the Supplemental Security Income program, which is vitally important for the 8.3 million disabled or elderly individuals who depend on it for basic income support.
Fair COLA for Seniors Act		Rep. John Garamendi	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would require the use of the Consumer Price Index for the Elderly for the purpose of determining cost-of-living adjustments for a broad array of Federal retirement programs, including Social Security. Using the CPI-E will ensure that benefits for retirees are not diminished by rising costs in the goods and services that seniors disproportionately consume.
MEDICARE LEGISLATION
*Topic*	*Title/Bill Numbers*	*Sponsors*	*Summary*
Protecting America’s Seniors’ Access to Care Act	H.R. 1303	Rep. Fischbach	NCPSSM opposes this legislation. Would force the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to abandon a proposed rule that would require staffing standard for nursing facilities participating in the Medicare and Medicare programs.
Nursing Home Disclosure Act		Rep. Levin Rep. Fitzpatrick	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Directs the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to require nursing facilities to report information on medical directors.
SAVE Prescription Drugs Act		Rep. Susan Lee Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would help low-income seniors and individuals with disabilities access the prescription drugs they need by expanding access to Medicare subsidies.
Medicare Hearing Aid Coverage Act of 2025	H.R. 500	Rep. Debbie Dingell	NCPSSM supports this legislation. The bill would require Medicare to cover hearing examinations and hearing aids.

HEALTH CARE AND AGING LEGISLATION
*Topic*	*Title/Bill Numbers*	*Sponsors*	*Summary*
Reestablish the Permanent Select Committee on Aging		Rep. Magaziner	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would amend the rules of the U.S. House of Representatives to require that the Permanent Select Committee on Aging be reestablish.

BUDGET LEGISLATION
*Topic*	*Title/Bill Numbers*	*Sponsors*	*Summary*
Fiscal Commission	H.R. 3289	Rep. Huizenga	NCPSSM opposes this legislation. Would establish a Fiscal Commission that would likely recommend to Congress that legislation be approved to cut Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.
CIVIL RIGHTS LEGISLATION
*Topic*	*Title/Bill Numbers*	*Sponsors*	*Summary*
Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act (POWADA)	S. 1820 H.R. 3522	Sen. Baldwin Sen. Grassley Rep. Scott	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would protect older workers from employment discrimination and would treat age discrimination as unjust as other forms of employment discrimination.
Paycheck Fairness Act	S. 1115 H.R. 17	Sen. Murray Rep. DeLauro	NCPSSM supports this legislation. Would prevent wage discrimination and help women and their families secure the paychecks they have earned by putting an end to pay secrecy, strengthening workers’ ability to challenge discrimination, and bringing equal pay law into line with other civil rights laws. This would strengthen retirement security for women as they generally work for lower wages due to persistent gender wage discrimination, leading to a smaller Social Security benefit.
ALZHEIMER’S LEGISLATION
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