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