legislation: 106-hr-5007
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| 106-hr-5007 | 106 | hr | 5007 | To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide an exception to the nine-month duration of marriage requirement for widows and widowers in cases in which the marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity. | Social Welfare | 2000-07-27 | 2000-07-27 | Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. | House | Rep. Allen, Thomas H. [D-ME-1] | ME | D | A000357 | 0 | Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act with respect to the nine-month minimum duration of a marriage required to qualify a surviving spouse for OASDI benefits. Allows a less than nine-month duration of a marriage in the case of widows or widowers whose marriage was postponed by legal impediments to the marriage caused by State restrictions on divorce from a prior spouse institutionalized due to mental incompetence or similar incapacity. | 2025-01-02T17:14:55Z |