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| 2 | 2 | | 118THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 256 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the |
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| 6 | 6 | | United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for |
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| 7 | 7 | | other purposes. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | JANUARY10, 2023 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Miss G |
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| 11 | 11 | | ONZA´LEZ-COLO´N(for herself, Mr. TORRESof New York, Ms. |
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| 12 | 12 | | P |
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| 13 | 13 | | LASKETT, Mr. MOYLAN, Mr. SOTO, and Mr. SABLAN) introduced the |
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| 14 | 14 | | following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 15 | 15 | | A BILL |
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| 16 | 16 | | To extend the supplemental security income program to |
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| 17 | 17 | | Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, |
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| 18 | 18 | | and American Samoa, and for other purposes. |
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| 19 | 19 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 20 | 20 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 21 | 21 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 22 | 22 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Security 4 |
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| 23 | 23 | | Income Equality Act’’. 5 |
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| 26 | 26 | | •HR 256 IH |
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| 27 | 27 | | SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY IN-1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | COME PROGRAM TO PUERTO RICO, THE 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AND 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | AMERICAN SAMOA. 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | (a) I |
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| 32 | 32 | | NGENERAL.—Section 303 of the Social Security 5 |
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| 33 | 33 | | Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by strik-6 |
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| 34 | 34 | | ing subsection (b). 7 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (b) C |
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| 36 | 36 | | ONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 8 |
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| 37 | 37 | | (1) D |
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| 38 | 38 | | EFINITION OF STATE .—Section 9 |
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| 39 | 39 | | 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 |
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| 40 | 40 | | 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the 5th sentence 11 |
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| 41 | 41 | | and inserting the following: ‘‘Such term when used 12 |
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| 42 | 42 | | in title XVI includes Puerto Rico, the United States 13 |
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| 43 | 43 | | Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.’’. 14 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) E |
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| 45 | 45 | | LIMINATION OF LIMIT ON TOTAL PAY -15 |
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| 46 | 46 | | MENTS TO THE TERRITORIES .—Section 1108 of 16 |
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| 47 | 47 | | such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 17 |
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| 48 | 48 | | (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; 18 |
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| 49 | 49 | | LIMITATION ON TOTAL PAYMENTS ’’; 19 |
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| 50 | 50 | | (B) by striking subsection (a); and 20 |
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| 51 | 51 | | (C) in subsection (c), by striking para-21 |
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| 52 | 52 | | graphs (2) and (4) and redesignating para-22 |
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| 53 | 53 | | graphs (3) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (4), 23 |
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| 54 | 54 | | respectively. 24 |
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| 58 | 58 | | (3) UNITED STATES NATIONALS TREATED THE 1 |
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| 59 | 59 | | SAME AS CITIZENS.—Section 1614(a)(1)(B) of such 2 |
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| 60 | 60 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 3 |
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| 61 | 61 | | (A) in clause (i)(I), by inserting ‘‘or na-4 |
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| 62 | 62 | | tional,’’ after ‘‘citizen’’; 5 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (B) in clause (i)(II), by adding ‘‘; or’’ at 6 |
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| 64 | 64 | | the end; and 7 |
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| 65 | 65 | | (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or na-8 |
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| 66 | 66 | | tional’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 9 |
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| 67 | 67 | | (4) T |
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| 68 | 68 | | ERRITORIES INCLUDED IN GEOGRAPHIC 10 |
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| 69 | 69 | | MEANING OF UNITED STATES .—Section 1614(e) of 11 |
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| 70 | 70 | | such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is amended by strik-12 |
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| 71 | 71 | | ing ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘, 13 |
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| 72 | 72 | | the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United 14 |
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| 73 | 73 | | States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 15 |
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| 74 | 74 | | Samoa’’. 16 |
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| 75 | 75 | | (c) W |
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| 76 | 76 | | AIVERAUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of So-17 |
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| 77 | 77 | | cial Security may waive or modify any statutory require-18 |
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| 78 | 78 | | ment relating to the provision of benefits under the Sup-19 |
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| 79 | 79 | | plemental Security Income Program under title XVI of the 20 |
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| 80 | 80 | | Social Security Act in Puerto Rico, the United States Vir-21 |
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| 81 | 81 | | gin Islands, Guam, or American Samoa, to the extent that 22 |
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| 82 | 82 | | the Commissioner deems it necessary in order to adapt 23 |
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| 83 | 83 | | the program to the needs of the territory involved. 24 |
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| 87 | 87 | | (d) EFFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-1 |
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| 88 | 88 | | ments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st 2 |
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| 89 | 89 | | day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins 1 year or 3 |
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| 90 | 90 | | more after the date of the enactment of this Act. 4 |
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