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HR 3126 102th Congress House Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues Architecture and the disabled Automobile parts Disabled Employment of the handicapped Excise tax Federal aid to handicapped services Health Home care services Housing for the handicapped Medicaid Motor vehicles Old age, survivors and disability insurance Public assistance programs Supplemental security income program Tax deductions Taxation

Expansion of Federal Benefits for Americans With Disabilities Act

Introduced: July 31, 1991 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 6 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Sep 9, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.
Aug 2, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Aug 2, 1991
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Jul 31, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jul 31, 1991
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
Jul 31, 1991
Introduced in House
 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Expansion of Federal Benefits for Americans With Disabilities Act - Amends the Internal Revenue Code to: (1) exempt from the luxury excise tax certain accessories to make automobiles accessible to individuals with disabilities; (2) allow as a specific itemized deduction the costs of making homes more accessible to individuals with disabilities; and (3) exempt such deduction from the two percent flood and the overall limitation on itemized deductions.

Amends title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act to: (1) allow all States to offer community supported living arrangements services; and (2) remove the limit on expenditures for such services in FY 1993.

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to: (1) raise the minimum earnings level for a finding of substantial gainful activity for all disability beneficiaries to the higher earnings test exempt amount applicable to blind individuals; and (2) phase out (rather than suspend entirely) disability benefits during the final months of the trial work period in which the individual engages in substantial gainful activity.

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to: (1) index the personal needs allowance and resource limitations for inflation; and (2) take into account siblings of the child with disabilities for purposes of applying the resource deeming rules.

What's happening now September 9, 1991

Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and the Environment.

 Committees of jurisdiction 5
 Cosponsors 1
All 1 Democratic 1