To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Referred to House Veterans' Affairs

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Version 00 · Introduced in House · Nov 16, 2010

Directs the Secretary of the Treasury to disburse a one-time payment equal to 60% [sic] of the total annual amount of their benefits under Social Security, SSI (Supplemental Security Income under title XVI of the Social Security Act), the railroad retirement benefits program, and the veterans disability compensation or pension benefits program to recipients of such benefits if no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

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People & committees

Who introduced it

Rep. Weiner, Anthony D. [D-NY-9] · D–NY

Committees

Veterans' Affairs Committee
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee
Ways and Means Committee

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Nov 16, 2010
Referred to House Veterans' Affairs
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to House Transportation and Infrastructure
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure, and Veterans' Affairs, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Nov 16, 2010
Referred to House Ways and Means
Nov 16, 2010
Introduced in House
Nov 16, 2010
Introduced in House

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Discuss H.R.6413, 111th Congress: To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/6413

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Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr6413/BILLS-111hr6413ih.htm

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Analyze H.R.6413 as objectively as possible. Explain its main provisions, who would be affected, possible benefits and harms, implementation, exceptions, and uncertainties. Present the strongest arguments for and against it, and identify evidence needed to assess its public impact.

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Discuss H.R.6413, 111th Congress: To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/6413

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-11-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr6413/BILLS-111hr6413ih.htm

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Discuss H.R.6413, 111th Congress: To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/6413

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-11-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr6413/BILLS-111hr6413ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-10T15:36:51Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Discuss H.R.6413, 111th Congress: To ensure that individuals who receive Social Security or certain other Federal benefits receive a one-time payment equal to 5 percent of the total annual amount of such benefit in the event that no cost-of-living adjustment is payable in 2011.

Official record: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/house-bill/6413

Text version to examine: Introduced in House · 2010-11-16.

Official full text: https://www.congress.gov/111/bills/hr6413/BILLS-111hr6413ih.htm

Imported record last updated by the source: 2025-12-10T15:36:51Z. Verify current status and distinguish any later version from the version above.

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Examine H.R.6413 through a civil-liberties and limited-government lens. Consider individual rights, privacy, voluntary choice, accountability, and government power. Explain tradeoffs, possible safeguards, and the strongest counterarguments without assuming the proposal is beneficial or harmful.