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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. R. 878 |
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| 5 | 5 | | To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam, and for |
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| 6 | 6 | | other purposes. |
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| 7 | 7 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 8 | 8 | | JANUARY31, 2025 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Mr. M |
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| 10 | 10 | | OYLANintroduced the following bill; which was referred to the |
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| 11 | 11 | | Committee on Ways and Means |
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| 12 | 12 | | A BILL |
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| 13 | 13 | | To extend the supplemental security income program to |
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| 14 | 14 | | Guam, and for other purposes. |
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| 15 | 15 | | Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-1 |
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| 16 | 16 | | tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 |
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| 18 | 18 | | This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Katrina and Leslie 4 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Schaller Act’’. 5 |
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| 20 | 20 | | SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY IN-6 |
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| 21 | 21 | | COME PROGRAM TO GUAM. 7 |
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| 22 | 22 | | (a) I |
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| 23 | 23 | | NGENERAL.—Section 303(b) of the Social Secu-8 |
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| 24 | 24 | | rity Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by 9 |
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| 25 | 25 | | striking ‘‘, Guam,’’. 10 |
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| 29 | 29 | | (b) CONFORMINGAMENDMENTS.— 1 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (1) G |
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| 31 | 31 | | UAM INCLUDED IN DEFINITION OF 2 |
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| 32 | 32 | | ‘‘ |
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| 33 | 33 | | STATE’’ FOR PURPOSES OF CERTAIN PROGRAMS .— 3 |
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| 34 | 34 | | Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 4 |
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| 35 | 35 | | U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended in the 5th sentence, 5 |
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| 36 | 36 | | by striking ‘‘, the Virgin Islands, and Guam’’ each 6 |
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| 37 | 37 | | place it appears and inserting ‘‘and the Virgin Is-7 |
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| 38 | 38 | | lands’’. 8 |
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| 39 | 39 | | (2) E |
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| 40 | 40 | | LIMINATION OF LIMIT ON TOTAL PAY -9 |
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| 41 | 41 | | MENTS TO GUAM UNDER CERTAIN PROGRAMS .—Sec-10 |
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| 42 | 42 | | tion 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amend-11 |
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| 43 | 43 | | ed— 12 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘, 13 |
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| 45 | 45 | | GUAM,’’; and 14 |
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| 46 | 46 | | (B) in subsection (c)— 15 |
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| 47 | 47 | | (i) in paragraph (1), by striking ‘‘, 16 |
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| 48 | 48 | | Guam,’’; and 17 |
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| 49 | 49 | | (ii) in paragraph (4), by striking sub-18 |
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| 50 | 50 | | paragraph (B) and redesignating subpara-19 |
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| 51 | 51 | | graphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) 20 |
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| 52 | 52 | | and (C), respectively. 21 |
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| 53 | 53 | | (3) G |
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| 54 | 54 | | UAM INCLUDED IN GEOGRAPHIC MEANING 22 |
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| 55 | 55 | | OF UNITED STATES UNDER THE SSI PROGRAM .— 23 |
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| 56 | 56 | | Section 1614(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is 24 |
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| 57 | 57 | | amended by striking ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ 25 |
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| 61 | 61 | | and inserting ‘‘, the District of Columbia and 1 |
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| 62 | 62 | | Guam’’. 2 |
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| 63 | 63 | | (c) W |
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| 64 | 64 | | AIVERAUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of So-3 |
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| 65 | 65 | | cial Security may waive or modify any statutory require-4 |
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| 66 | 66 | | ment relating to the provision of benefits under the Sup-5 |
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| 67 | 67 | | plemental Security Income Program under title XVI of the 6 |
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| 68 | 68 | | Social Security Act in Guam, to the extent that the Com-7 |
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| 69 | 69 | | missioner deems it necessary in order to adapt the pro-8 |
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| 70 | 70 | | gram to the needs of Guam. 9 |
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| 71 | 71 | | (d) E |
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| 72 | 72 | | FFECTIVEDATE.—This section and the amend-10 |
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| 73 | 73 | | ments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st 11 |
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| 74 | 74 | | day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins 1 year or 12 |
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| 75 | 75 | | more after the date of the enactment of this Act. 13 |
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