Social Security Amendments of 1977

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United States federal statute social security legislation

The Social Security Amendments of 1977 were U.S. federal legislation that overhauled the Social Security benefit formula and financing to correct prior calculation errors and improve the program’s long-term solvency.

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Label	Occurrences
Social Security Amendments of 1977 canonical	1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	United States federal statute ⓘ social security legislation ⓘ
addressed	projected exhaustion of Social Security Trust Funds ⓘ
affects	Social Security beneficiaries ⓘ workers covered by Social Security ⓘ
affectsProgram	Social Security ⓘ surface form: Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance Social Security disability benefits ⓘ Social Security retirement benefits ⓘ Mother’s and Father’s Insurance Benefits ⓘ surface form: Social Security survivors benefits
aimedTo	correct Social Security benefit calculation errors ⓘ improve long-term solvency of Social Security ⓘ stabilize Social Security Trust Funds ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
changed	Social Security benefit formula ⓘ Social Security wage base limit ⓘ surface form: Social Security payroll tax schedule Social Security wage base limit ⓘ surface form: Social Security taxable wage base
componentOf	history of Social Security reform in the United States ⓘ
corrected	double-indexing problem in benefit calculations ⓘ overly generous automatic benefit increases created by 1972 amendments ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
field	public finance ⓘ retirement policy ⓘ social insurance ⓘ
followedBy	Social Security Amendments of 1983 ⓘ
follows	Social Security Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
hasEffectOn	Social Security replacement rates ⓘ Social Security trust fund balances ⓘ distribution of Social Security benefits across earnings levels ⓘ
implementedBy	Social Security Administration ⓘ
introduced	bend points in Social Security benefit formula ⓘ revised wage-indexed benefit formula ⓘ
legalArea	retirement income security law ⓘ social welfare law ⓘ
legislativeBody	United States Congress ⓘ
objective	reduce long-term Social Security financing shortfall ⓘ restore actuarial balance to Social Security ⓘ
partOf	United States Social Security program ⓘ
precededBy	Social Security Amendments of 1972 ⓘ
presidentAtEnactment	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
resultedIn	higher maximum taxable earnings for Social Security ⓘ higher payroll tax rates over time ⓘ lower replacement rates for some future retirees compared with prior law ⓘ
signedBy	Jimmy Carter ⓘ
topic	Social Security financing crisis of the 1970s ⓘ
usesIndexation	price indexing for post-entitlement cost-of-living adjustments ⓘ wage indexing for initial benefit computation ⓘ

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Subject: Social Security Amendments of 1977
Description of subject: The Social Security Amendments of 1977 were U.S. federal legislation that overhauled the Social Security benefit formula and financing to correct prior calculation errors and improve the program’s long-term solvency.

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Social Security Act amendments → notableAmendment → Social Security Amendments of 1977 ⓘ