,i  #aafth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #haga  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,september #d1 #bjbj 
,mr4 ,larson of ,connecticut 7for       
himself1 ,mr4 ,neal1 ,mr4 ,thompson of  
,california1 ,mr4 ,suozzi1 ,mr4 ,beyer1 
,ms4 ,moore1 ,mr4 ,blumenauer1 ,mr4     
,panetta1 ,mr4 ,horsford1 ,ms4 ,snchez1 
,mr4 ,pascrell1 ,mr4 ,higgins of ,new   
,york1 ,mr4 ,danny ,k4 ,davis of        
,illinois1 ,mr4 ,evans1 ,mr4 ,kildee1   
,ms4 ,del,bene1 ,mr4 ,kind1 ,mr4        
,courtney1 ,ms4 ,de,lauro1 ,mr4 ,himes1 
,mrs4 ,hayes1 and ,ms4 ,sewell of       
,alabama7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to       
nullify certain executive actions to    
permit the delayed withholding and      
deposit of payroll taxes4  #a4 ,short   
title2 ,findings  7a7 ,short title ,this
 ,act may be cited as the ,save our     
,social ,security ,now ,act4  7b7       
,findings ,congress finds the following3
  7#a7 ,social ,security is ,americans' 

commitment to each other2 it is the     
foundation of retirement security and   
provides nearly all workers and their   
families with essential insurance       
protections for retirement1 disability1 
or death of a family breadwinner4  7#b7 
,americans are relying on ,social       
,security more than ever during the     
,,covid-#ai pandemic which is harming   
the very ,americans who most rely on    
,social ,security1 our seniors1 people  
with disabilities1 women and people of  
color4  7#c7 ,americans have            
consistently ranked ,social ,security as
 one of the most important ,federal     
programs4  7#d7 ,social ,security enjoys
 deep and sustained public support      
because it is a benefit workers earn    
through their payroll contributions with
 each and every paycheck under the      
,federal ,insurance ,contributions ,act 
7,,fica74  7#e7 #fe million people1 or  
nearly #a in #c households1 receive     
their earned ,social ,security benefits 
each month1 including seniors1 widows1  

people with disabilities1 children1 and 
veterans4  7#f7 ,social ,security's     
progressive benefit formula1 family     
benefits1 and disability and survivor   
protections make the program especially 
important to communities of color and to
 women1 as it partially mitigates the   
systemic inequalities in the rest of the
 retirement system1 which mirror        
systemic inequalities in the labor      
market4  7#g7 ,social ,security's       
guaranteed benefits lift #bb million    
,americans out of poverty each year1 and
 allow millions more to live with       
dignity after their retirement or       
disability4  7#h7 ,social ,security pays
 #a trillion in benefits each year1 and 
beneficiaries return those funds to     
their local economies in every          
,congressional ,district in the nation  
when they pay for their homes1          
groceries1 and medical care4  7#i7      
,social ,security functions as an       
automatic stabilizer and economic       
stimulus during recessions1 and the     

current economic and public health      
crises make the program's role more     
important than ever1 as beneficiaries   
can count on its monthly payments as a  
reliable source of income4  7#aj7 ,at   
its inception #he years ago1 ,social    
,security was created by ,president     
,roosevelt as an earned benefit program 
where workers' benefits are             
fundamentally linked to their earnings  
from work4  7#aa7 ,payroll deductions   
under the ,,fica are the contributions  
that workers and their employers pay    
into ,social ,security1 and represent   
the direct link between earnings and    
benefits4  7#ab7 ,these payroll         
contributions provide a secure and      
dedicated source of revenue to finance  
the earned benefits4  7#ac7 ,eliminating
 these payroll contributions would end  
,social ,security1 making it unable to  
pay any disability benefits beginning in
 #bjba and unable to pay any retirement 
or survivor benefits beginning in #bjbc4
  7#ad7 ,social ,security is            

irreplaceable and has been a cornerstone
 of our nation's social compact for more
 than three-quarters of a century4      
7#ae7 ,the ,president's recent executive
 action to defer payroll taxes from     
,september through ,december #bjbj is   
the first step in his announced plan to 
entirely defund ,social ,security by    
eliminating payroll contributions       
altogether beginning in #bjba4  7#af7   
,eliminating the payroll tax would      
destroy ,social ,security and with it   
the financial stability of generations  
of retirees1 widows1 children1 and      
people with severe disabilities4  7#ag7 
,therefore1 ,congress rejects the       
,president's proposals to defer now and 
eliminate later the payroll             
contributions which fund ,social        
,security's earned benefits4  #b4       
,nullification of certain executive     
actions to permit the delayed           
withholding and deposit of payroll taxes
 ,as of the date of the enactment of    
this ,act1 neither the ,secretary of the

 ,treasury1 nor any delegate of the     
,secretary of the ,treasury1 shall      
implement ,internal ,revenue ,service   
,notice #bjbj-fe 7entitled 8,relief with
 ,respect to ,employment ,tax ,deadlines
 ,applicable to ,employers ,affected by 
the ,ongoing ,coronavirus 7,,covid-#ai7 
,disease #bjai ,pandemic07 and such     
,notice shall be null and void4