# 114-hr-4529: Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act

114-hr-4529, Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act, is a 114th Congress bill sponsored by Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] (D-FL); status Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. (as of 2025-11-18).

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## Facts
- Bill: 114-hr-4529
- Congress: 114
- Title: Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act
- Status: Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- Introduced: 2016-02-10
- Sponsor: Rep. Murphy, Patrick [D-FL-18] (D-FL)
- Cosponsors: 7
- Policy area: Social Welfare
- Touches household money: no
- Last recorded action: 2025-11-18

## Summary

Social Security Parent Penalty Repeal Act This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to direct the Social Security Administration to determine and publish in the Federal Register on or before November 1 of each year a revised contribution and benefit base, which shall be effective with respect to remuneration paid in subsequent calendar and taxable years. The bill also revises the formula for determining that base. The number of an individual's benefit computation years, for the purpose of determining the individual's primary OASDI insurance amount, shall be further reduced (after a specified initial reduction) by the number of the individual's childcare years (not exceeding five), except that not more than two years may be determined to be a childcare year on the basis of the individual's status as a primary caregiver for the same child. "Childcare year" means an elapsed year of the individual: during which the individual is the primary caregiver for a child under age 6, and for which the total of the individual's wages and self-employment income is $0.

## Cosponsors (7)

- Rep. Adams, Alma S. [D-NC-12] (D-NC), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large] (D-DC), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Vargas, Juan [D-CA-52] (D-CA), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Takano, Mark [D-CA-39] (D-CA), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Hastings, Alcee L. [D-FL-20] (D-FL), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7] (D-AZ), 2016-03-14T00:00:00.000Z
- Rep. Beatty, Joyce [D-OH-3] (D-OH), 2016-03-17T00:00:00.000Z

## Related bills

- 114-hr-5044: Making supplemental appropriations for fiscal year 2016 to respond to Zika virus.
- 114-hr-4592: Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame Commemorative Coin Act
- 114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act
- 114-hr-3514: WAGE Act
- 114-hr-3308: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act
- 114-hr-3268: PAST Act

## Sources
- [114-hr-4529 on Congress.gov](https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4529)

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- [114-hr-4479: Families of Flint Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4479)
- [114-hr-3514: WAGE Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3514)
- [114-hr-3308: Seniors Have Eyes, Ears, and Teeth Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3308)
- [114-hr-3268: PAST Act](https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-3268)
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Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/legislation/114-hr-4529 (as of 2025-11-18).