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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 See on congress.gov
 Everywhere this bill has been 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 Congressional Research Service

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.

What's happening now October 5, 1981

Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.

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