HR 208
116th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Administrative remedies
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
Social Security Administration
U.S. territories and protectorates
Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Jan 31, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Jan 3, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Jan 3, 2019
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
This bill extends the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to Guam. (When Congress created the SSI program in 1972, it excluded Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.)
The Social Security Administration may waive or modify statutory requirements relating to the provision of benefits as necessary to adapt the program to Guam.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
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Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
30
D
Barragán, Nanette Diaz
D
Jayapal, Pramila
D
Khanna, Ro
Murphy, Stephanie
D
Nadler, Jerrold
D
Sherman, Brad
D
Brownley, Julia
D
Chu, Judy
D
McGovern, James P.
SERRANO, JOSE
D
Gallego, Ruben
D
Gonzalez, Vicente
D
Vargas, Juan
D
Norton, Eleanor Holmes
D
Case, Ed
Gabbard, Tulsi
D
Horsford, Steven
D
Plaskett, Stacey E.
R
Radewagen, Aumua Amata Coleman
D
Garcia, Sylvia R.
D
Castro, Joaquin
D
Cisneros, Gilbert Ray
D
Correa, J. Luis
D
Escobar, Veronica
D
Espaillat, Adriano
D
García, Jesús G. "Chuy"
D
Gomez, Jimmy
D
Ruiz, Raul
D
Soto, Darren
D
Trahan, Lori
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 208: Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality Act. 116th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/116-HR-208/
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