Description: This article summarizes the Social Security changes that were signed into law P.L. 93-233 on Dec. 31, 1973. These changes were principally intended to advance the payment of part of the automatic benefit increase that would have been payable according to the provisions enacted in 1972.

Description: This article discusses the Social Security changes that were passed by Congress on June 30, 1973, as a rider to H.R. 7445 [a Bill extending the Renegotiation Act] and were signed into law [P.L. 93-66] by President Nixon on July 9, 1973.