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HR 5189 109th Congress House

Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 2006

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to any benefit thereunder shall continue through the month of his or h… Show full official titleShow less

Official title: To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to any benefit thereunder shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month) and that such individual's benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in such month preceding the date of such individual's death.

Introduced: June 6, 2006 See on congress.gov
Social Welfare DeathFamiliesOld age, survivors and disability insuranceSocial security beneficiariesSocial security eligibility
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Apr 25, 2006
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Apr 25, 2006
Introduced in House
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 Latest action April 25, 2006

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 2006 - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to provide that: (1) an individual's entitlement to any OASDI benefit shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month); and (2) the benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in the month preceding the date of death.

 Related & companion bills 1
  • HR 4224 Related bill Proportionate Final Benefit Act of 2005
 Bill text 1 version

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 Committees of jurisdiction 1
 Cosponsors 2
All 2 Democratic 1 Republican 1
R
Calvert, Ken
California · Sep 26, 2006
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Jun 6, 2006
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5189: Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 2006. 109th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5189/
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"H.R. 5189: Social Security Decedent's Family Relief Act of 2006." 109th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5189/.
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H.R. 5189, 109th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/109-HR-5189/.
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