S 1696
97th Congress
Senate
Crime and Law Enforcement
Corrections and Correctional Institutions
Criminal justice information
Disability insurance
Government Operations and Politics
Government records, documents, and information
Old age, survivors and disability insurance
Prisoners
Social Welfare
Social security eligibility
Supplemental security income program
A bill to amend the Social Security Act to facilitate enforcement of provisions requiring suspension of benefits to inmates of prisons and other public institutions by ensuring the availability of necessary information from Federal instrumentalities.
Introduced: October 1, 1981
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3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
To President
Became law
Oct 5, 1981
Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.
Oct 1, 1981
Read second time and referred to Senate Committee on Finance.
Oct 1, 1981
Introduced in Senate
Plain-English summary
Amends titles II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) and XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to require Federal agencies to give to the Secretary of Health and Human Services, upon request, the names and social security account numbers of disability or SSI benefit recipients who are inmates of penal institutions.
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Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.
Committees of jurisdiction
1
Cosponsors
1