,i  #aagth ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #fggf  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of  
,,representatives  ,february #ah1       
#bjbb,mr4 ,katko 7for himself1 ,mr4     
,trone1 ,mr4 ,delgado1 and ,mr4 ,johnson
 of ,south ,dakota7 introduced the      
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to provide for the exemption of
 certain earnings from the retirement   
earnings test1 and for other purposes4  
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,health ,care ,worker and ,first
 ,responder ,social ,security           
,beneficiary ,choice ,act of #bjbb4  #b4
 ,exemption of certain earnings from    
retirement earnings test  7a7 ,in       
general ,for purposes of subsection 7b7 
of section #bjc of the ,social ,security
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djc7;b771 wages   
paid to an individual who attests to    
being employed in the healthcare        
workforce or as a first responder 7as   
determined by the ,commissioner of      
,social ,security7 during the           

,,covid-#ai public health emergency1    
shall not be included in the            
determination of the individual's excess
 earnings under subsection 7f77#c7 of   
such section for any taxable year4  7b7 
,,covid-#ai public health emergency ,in 
this section1 the term ,,covid-#ai      
public health emergency means the period
 during which there exists-- 7#a7 the   
public health emergency declared by the 
,secretary pursuant to section #cai of  
the ,public ,health ,service ,act on    
,january #ca1 #bjbj1 entitled           
,determination that a ,public ,health   
,emergency ,exists ,nationwide as the   
,result of the #bjai ,novel             
,coronavirus2 and  7#b7 any renewal of  
such declaration pursuant to such       
section #cai4  7c7 ,guidance ,not later 
than #cj days after the date of the     
enactment of this ,act1 the             
,commissioner of ,social ,security shall
 issue guidance providing for           
appropriate procedures for the          
implementation of subsection 7a74  #c4  

,future pandemic preparedness  7a7 ,in  
general ,for purposes of subsection 7b7 
of section #bjc of the ,social ,security
 ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djc7;b771 wages   
paid to an eligible individual 7as      
defined in subsection 7b7 of this       
section7 during any public health       
emergency declared by the ,secretary of 
,health and ,human ,services under      
section #cai7;a7 of the ,public ,health 
,service ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7a77 
shall not be included in the            
determination of the individual's excess
 earnings under subsection 7f77#c7 of   
such section for any taxable year4  7b7 
,eligible individual ,for purposes of   
this section1 an eligible individual is 
any individual who has in effect1 as    
determined by the ,commissioner of      
,social ,security1 a waiver issued to   
the individual by the ,secretary of     
,health and ,human ,services in         
accordance with subsection 7c74  7c7    
,issuance of waivers ,during a public   
health emergency declared by the        

,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services under section #cai7;a7 of the 
,public ,health ,service ,act 7#db      
,u4,s4,c4 #bdg;d7a77 in which the       
,secretary has determined that1 wholly  
or partially as a result of the public  
health emergency1 there is a shortage of
 healthcare workers1 the ,secretary may 
issue a waiver to any eligible          
individual who attests to being employed
 in the healthcare workforce or as a    
first responder during such public      
health emergency4  7d7 ,report ,the     
,secretary of ,health and ,human        
,services shall annually submit a report
 to ,congress describing each waiver    
that has been issued under this section 
during the previous year4