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Social Security Retirement Earnings Test (RET): Earnings Exemption for COVID-19-Related Work Response
Published Sep 28, 2020Updated Jun 20, 2025
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- HR 6428116th Congress
Health Care Worker and First Responder Social Security Beneficiaries Choice Act
Apr 3, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- HR 6554116th Congress
To increase the exempt amount applicable for the retirement earnings test for months in 2020, and for other purposes.
Apr 17, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.