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HR 5654 97th Congress Social Welfare

A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the restrictions on the lump-sum death payment which were enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and to restore the…

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A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the restrictions on the lump-sum death payment which were enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and to restore the order of priority (for potential recipients of a lump-sum death payment) which existed before the enactment of the latter Act.

Introduced: March 1, 1982 See on congress.gov
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 5654: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the restrictions on the lump-sum death payment which were enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and to restore the order of priority (for potential recipients of a lump-sum death payment) which existed before the enactment of the latter Act.. 97th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5654/
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"H.R. 5654: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the restrictions on the lump-sum death payment which were enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and to restore the order of priority (for potential recipients of a lump-sum death payment) which existed before the enactment of the latter Act.." 97th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5654/.
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H.R. 5654, 97th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5654/.
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[H.R. 5654: A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the restrictions on the lump-sum death payment which were enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and to restore the order of priority (for potential recipients of a lump-sum death payment) which existed before the enactment of the latter Act.](https://openamerica.io/bill/97-HR-5654/)
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