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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 1757 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide that the supple- |
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| 6 | 6 | | mental security income benefits of adults with intellectual or develop- |
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| 7 | 7 | | mental disabilities shall not be reduced by reason of marriage. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | FEBRUARY27, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. V |
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| 11 | 11 | | ALADAO(for himself and Ms. LEEof Nevada) introduced the following |
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| 12 | 12 | | bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 13 | 13 | | A BILL |
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| 14 | 14 | | To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to provide |
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| 15 | 15 | | that the supplemental security income benefits of adults |
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| 16 | 16 | | with intellectual or developmental disabilities shall not |
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| 17 | 17 | | be reduced by reason of marriage. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 19 | 19 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 21 | 21 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Eliminating the Mar-4 |
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| 22 | 22 | | riage Penalty in SSI Act’’ or the ‘‘EMPSA Act’’. 5 |
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| 25 | 25 | | •HR 1757 IH |
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| 26 | 26 | | SEC. 2. SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS. 1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | (a) E |
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| 28 | 28 | | LIGIBILITY FORBENEFITS.—Section 1611(a) of 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(a)) is amended 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | by adding at the end the following: 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | ‘‘(4) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | subsection, each individual who has attained 18 years of 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | age, who is diagnosed with an intellectual or develop-7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | mental disability, whose income, other than income ex-8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | cluded pursuant to section 1612(b), is at not more than 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | the rate in effect for purposes of paragraph (1)(A) of this 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | subsection, and whose resources, other than resources ex-11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | cluded pursuant to section 1613(a), are not more than the 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | applicable amount in effect for purposes of paragraph 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3)(B) of this subsection, shall be an eligible individual 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | for purposes of this title.’’. 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | (b) A |
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| 43 | 43 | | MOUNT OFBENEFIT.—Section 1611(b) of such 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended by adding at the end 17 |
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| 45 | 45 | | the following: 18 |
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| 46 | 46 | | ‘‘(3) Notwithstanding paragraphs (1) and (2) of this 19 |
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| 47 | 47 | | subsection, the benefit under this title for an individual 20 |
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| 48 | 48 | | described in subsection (a)(4) of this section, whether or 21 |
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| 49 | 49 | | not the individual has an eligible spouse, shall be payable 22 |
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| 50 | 50 | | at the rate in effect for purposes of such paragraph (1), 23 |
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| 51 | 51 | | reduced by the amount of income, not excluded pursuant 24 |
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| 52 | 52 | | to section 1612(b), of the individual.’’. 25 |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) INCOME ANDRESOURCEDEEMINGRULES.—Sec-1 |
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| 57 | 57 | | tion 1614(f) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(f)) is amended 2 |
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| 58 | 58 | | by adding at the end the following: 3 |
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| 59 | 59 | | ‘‘(5) Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of this sub-4 |
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| 60 | 60 | | section, for purposes of determining eligibility for, and the 5 |
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| 61 | 61 | | amount of, benefits for an individual described in section 6 |
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| 62 | 62 | | 1611(a)(4) who is married, the income and resources of 7 |
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| 63 | 63 | | the individual is deemed to not include any income or re-8 |
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| 64 | 64 | | sources of the spouse.’’. 9 |
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