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To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income…

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To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.

Introduced: May 10, 2012 See on congress.gov
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 Everywhere this bill has been 3 steps
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Passed Senate
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Became law
Mar 13, 2012
Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.
Mar 8, 2012
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 8, 2012
Introduced in House
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 Plain-English summary Congressional Research Service

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain prepaid funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be considered, under the SSI program, as resources available to the individual.

Includes among such arrangements a life insurance policy irrevocably assigning benefits covering funeral goods and services to: (1) a funeral provider, or (2) an irrevocable trust fully funding such goods and services and naming the funeral provider as the trust beneficiary.

What's happening now March 13, 2012

Referred to the Subcommittee on Human Resources.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 5
All 5 Democratic 1 Republican 1
Yoder, Kevin
· May 10, 2012
PENCE, MIKE
· Mar 26, 2012
 R
Walberg, Tim
Michigan · Mar 26, 2012
 D
Peters, Gary C.
Michigan · Mar 20, 2012
WHITFIELD, EDWARD
· Mar 20, 2012
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4176: To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.. 112th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4176/
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"H.R. 4176: To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.." 112th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4176/.
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H.R. 4176, 112th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4176/.
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[H.R. 4176: To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.](https://openamerica.io/bill/112-HR-4176/)
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