[Congressional Bills 110th Congress] [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office] [H.R. 441 Introduced in House (IH)] 110th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 441 To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the threshold requirement for coverage of domestic employees under Social Security with the amount required for a quarter of coverage. _______________________________________________________________________ IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES January 12, 2007 Mr. Becerra introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means _______________________________________________________________________ A BILL To amend title II of the Social Security Act and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to coordinate the threshold requirement for coverage of domestic employees under Social Security with the amount required for a quarter of coverage. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. This Act may be cited as the ``Retirement Security for America's Domestic Workers Act of 2007''. SEC. 2. COORDINATION OF THRESHOLD REQUIREMENT FOR COVERAGE OF DOMESTIC EMPLOYEES WITH AMOUNT REQUIRED FOR QUARTER OF COVERAGE. (a) Amendments to the Social Security Act.--Section 209(a)(6)(B) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 409(a)(6)(B)) is amended-- (1) by striking ``is less than'' and all that follows and inserting ``is less than the greater of--''; and (2) by adding at the end the following: ``(i) $1,500, or ``(ii) the amount of wages and self-employment income which an individual must have in such year in order to be credited with a quarter of coverage in such year under section 213(a)(2)(A)(ii) (as determined under section 213(d)).''. (b) Amendments to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986.--Section 3121 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (relating to definitions under FICA) is amended-- (1) in subsection (a)(7)(B)-- (A) by striking ``is less than'' and all that follows and inserting ``is less than the greater of-- ''; and (B) by adding at the end the following: ``(i) $1,500, or ``(ii) the amount of wages and self-employment income which an individual must have in such year in order to be credited with a quarter of coverage in such year under section 213(a)(2)(A)(ii) of the Social Security Act (as determined under section 213(d) of such Act).''; and (2) by striking subsection (x). SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to remuneration paid after December 31, 2006. <all>