,i  #aaith ,,congress  #b;d ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #ajfjh  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of 
,,representatives  ,september #bd1      
#bjbf,ms4 ,stevens introduced the       
following bill2 which was referred to   
the ,committee on ,ways and ,means  ,a  
,,bill  ,to amend title ,,ii of the     
,social ,security ,act to provide early 
access to old-age insurance benefits for
 individuals engaged in physically      
demanding jobs1 and for other purposes4 
#a4 ,short title ,this ,act may be cited
 as the ,blue ,collar ,social ,security 
,fairness ,act4  #b4 ,old-age insurance 
benefits for individuals engaged in     
physically demanding jobs  7a7 ,old-,age
 insurance benefits ,section            
#bjb7;a77#b7 of the ,social ,security   
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7;a77#b77 is    
amended by inserting after #fb the      
following3 7or1 in the case of such a   
fully insured individual who is a       
covered worker 7as defined in section   
#baf7m771 has attained age #fj74  7b7   
,covered worker defined ,section #baf of

 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #daf7 is amended by adding at 
the end the following3  7m7 ,covered    
worker  7#a7 ,the term covered worker   
means an individual who has earned--    
7,a7 #bj or more base points earned as  
described in subparagraph 7,b7 of       
paragraph 7#b72 or  7,b7 #ae or more    
adjusted points as described in         
subparagraph 7,c7 of paragraph 7#b74    
7#b7  7,a7 ,an individual shall be      
eligible to earn points under           
subparagraph 7,b7 and 7,c7 for a        
calendar year if the individual works at
 a physically demanding job not less    
than #h months in such calendar year4   
7,b7 ,an eligible individual shall earn 
#a base point for each calendar year    
under this subparagraph4  7,c7 ,the     
number of points earned as described    
under this subparagraph shall be        
determined as follows3 ,if1 on ,december
 #ca of a calendar year1,the number of  
points the eligible individual is3earned
 is3 ,not less than #ah and not more    

than age #cdj4e ,not less than age #ce  
and not more than age #dda ,not less    
than age #de and not more than age      
#eda4e ,not less than age #eeb  7,d7 7i7
 ,not later than #a year after the date 
of enactment of the ,blue ,collar       
,social ,security ,fairness ,act1 the   
,commissioner of ,social ,security1 in  
consultation with the ,secretary of     
,labor and ,secretary of ,health and    
,human ,services1 shall publish1 and    
update every #c years thereafter1 a list
 of occupations that are physically     
demanding jobs for the purposes of this 
subsection4 ,such list shall include    
each occupation that the ,commissioner  
determines qualify as a physically      
demanding job1 and the calendar years   
with respect to which such occupation   
qualifies as a physically demanding job4
 ,the ,commissioner may not overturn or 
reverse any determination that an       
occupation qualifies as a physically    
demanding job with respect to a calendar
 year after publishing such             

determination4  7ii7 ,for the purposes  
of clause 7i71 an occupation shall be   
determined to qualify as a physically   
demanding job if the occupation1 as a   
condition of employment1 imposes on an  
individual substantial physical demands 
that may be reasonably expected to      
diminish the ability of the individual  
to perform such occupation1 or other    
occupations imposing substantial        
physical demands1 at an advanced age4  4
  7c7 ,inapplicability of early         
retirement reduction ,section #bjb7w7 of
 the ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #djb7w77 is amended--  7#a7 in
 paragraph 7#a71 by striking paragraph  
7#i7 and inserting paragraphs 7#i7 and  
7#ab72 and  7#b7 by adding at the end   
the following3  7#ab7 ,this subsection  
shall not apply with respect to the     
old-age benefit of an individual who is 
a covered worker 7as defined in section 
#baf7m774  4  7d7 ,retirement earnings  
test ,section #bjc7;f77#h7 of the       
,social ,security ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   

#djc7;f77#h77 is amended--  7#a7 in     
subparagraph 7,b7-- 7,a7 in the matter  
preceding clause 7i71 by striking       
subparagraph 7,d7 and inserting         
subparagraphs 7,d7 and 7,e72 and  7,b7  
in clause 7ii71 by inserting before or  
#aiib the following3 1 #bjbe 7with      
respect to individuals who are not      
described in subparagraph 7,d7 and are  
described in subparagraph 7,f7712 and   
7#b7 by redesignating subparagraph 7,e7 
as subparagraph 7,f7 and inserting after
 subparagraph 7,d7 the following3  7,e7 
,notwithstanding any other provision of 
this subsection 7except for subparagraph
 7,d771 the exempt amount which is      
applicable to an individual who is a    
covered worker 7as defined in section   
#baf7m77 shall be for each month of any 
taxable year ending after #bjbf and     
before #bjbh1 #hcc4cca_/c4  4  7e7      
,effective date ,the amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to
 benefits paid for any month after      
#bjbf4