JOINT RESOLUTIONS
Signed May 19, 1989.

No. 12
(House Joint Resolution No. 23)

A House Joint Resolution concerning

Social Security "Notch Year" Benefit Cut Repeal

FOR the purpose of urging Congress to adopt the pending federal legislation to restore
certain Social Security benefits to Americans born in the "notch years".

WHEREAS, The Social Security System was designed to be fair to all Americans; and

WHEREAS, The "notch year" benefit cut enacted by Congress in 1977 unfairly
reduces Social Security benefits for up to 20 million retired workers born between 1917 and
1928; and

WHEREAS, These discriminatory benefit cuts may be over 20 percent of some
people's Social Security benefits and cost the individuals affected an average of about $660
per year; and

WHEREAS, The projected annual surplus in the Social Security Trust Funds would
enable Congress to remedy this injustice and restore a fair level of benefits to "notch year"
Americans without increasing scheduled payroll tax rates; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF MARYLAND, That the General
Assembly urges the United States Congress to adopt the program introduced into the last
United States Congress by Senator Terry Sanford and Congressman Harold Ford to restore
benefits which "notch year" Americans have paid for and earned; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Reference to the Honorable George Bush, President of the United States, 1600
Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20500; to the Honorable J. Danforth Quayle, Vice
President of the United States, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20501;
and the Honorable James C. Wright, Jr., the Speaker of the House of Representatives,
Room H-204, The Capitol, Washington, D. C. 20515; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Reference to the Maryland Congressional Delegation: Senators Paul S.
Sarbanes and Barbara A. Mikulski, Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20510; and
Representatives Royden P. Dyson, Helen Delich Bentley, Benjamin L. Cardin, C. Thomas
McMillen, Steny H. Hoyer, Beverly B. Byron, Kweisi Mfume, and Constance A. Morella,
House Office Building, Washington, D.C. 20515; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded by the Department of
Legislative Reference to the Honorable William Donald Schaefer, Governor of Maryland;
the Honorable Thomas V. Mike Miller, Jr., President of the Senate of Maryland; and the
Honorable R. Clayton Mitchell, Jr., Speaker of the House of Delegates.

Signed May 19, 1989.

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