HR 947
116th Congress
House
Social Welfare
Administrative remedies
American Samoa
Caribbean area
Guam
Poverty and welfare assistance
Puerto Rico
Social Security Administration
U.S. territories and protectorates
Virgin Islands
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
Introduced: February 4, 2019
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Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Feb 4, 2019
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Feb 4, 2019
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 4, 2019
Introduced in House
Plain-English summary
Supplemental Security Income Equality Act
This bill extends the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam. (When Congress created the SSI program in 1972, it excluded these territories.)
This bill also eliminates a limit on payments from various Department of Health and Human Services programs to the territories.
The Social Security Administration may waive or modify statutory requirements relating to the provision of benefits as necessary to adapt the program to each territory.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support.
Committees of jurisdiction
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