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HR 1529 116th Congress House Social Welfare Disability and paralysis Disability assistance Marriage and family status Poverty and welfare assistance Wages and earnings

Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act

Introduced: March 5, 2019 See on congress.gov
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Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Mar 5, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Mar 5, 2019
Introduced in House
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Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act or the MAPSA Act

This bill excludes a spouse's income and resources when determining eligibility for Supplemental Security Income (SSI), and disregards marital status when calculating the SSI benefit amount, for an adult who has a diagnosed intellectual or developmental disability. (SSI is a federal income supplement program designed to help aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources meet basic needs.)


What's happening now March 5, 2019

Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

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Source documents hosted by congress.gov.

 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 18
All 18 Democratic 11 Republican 3
D
Scanlon, Mary Gay
Pennsylvania · Oct 23, 2020
CHABOT, STEVE
· Sep 23, 2020
 D
Beatty, Joyce
Ohio · Sep 14, 2020
 D
Pingree, Chellie
Maine · Mar 2, 2020
 D
Trahan, Lori
Massachusetts · Feb 25, 2020
Stivers, Steve
· Jan 24, 2020
 D
Kim, Andy
New Jersey · Dec 11, 2019
 D
Slotkin, Elissa
Michigan · Nov 19, 2019
Lipinski, Daniel
· Oct 23, 2019
Maloney, Sean
· Jul 24, 2019
 R
Griffith, H. Morgan
Virginia · Jun 27, 2019
 D
Lofgren, Zoe
California · Jun 10, 2019
 R
Budd, Ted
North Carolina · May 30, 2019
 D
Pocan, Mark
Wisconsin · May 30, 2019
 D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
California · May 8, 2019
 R
Fitzpatrick, Brian K.
Pennsylvania · Apr 30, 2019
 D
Huffman, Jared
California · Apr 30, 2019
 D
Keating, William R.
Massachusetts · Mar 5, 2019
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APA
U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 1529: Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1529/
MLA
"H.R. 1529: Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act." 116th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1529/.
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H.R. 1529, 116th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1529/.
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[H.R. 1529: Marriage Access for People with Special Abilities Act](https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-1529/)
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