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Introduced
01/30/2024
01/30/2024
In Committee
12/17/2024
12/17/2024
Crossed Over
Passed
Dead
01/03/2025
01/03/2025
Introduced Session
118th Congress
Bill Summary
A BILL To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for the supplemental security income program, and for other purposes.
AI Summary
This bill, the Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2024, aims to update the eligibility and benefit amounts for the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program. The key provisions include: increasing the general income and earned income exclusions, raising the resource limits for individuals and couples, adjusting SSI benefit amounts to be based on the annual poverty guideline, repealing the marriage penalty, excluding support and maintenance furnished in-kind from income, excluding retirement accounts from resources, repealing the penalty for disposing of resources for less than fair market value, clarifying the treatment of certain state tax credits, excluding tribal general welfare payments from income and resources, eliminating dedicated accounts for past-due benefits, and modifying the rules to determine marital relationships. The bill is intended to modernize and expand the SSI program to better support individuals with limited means.
Committee Categories
Budget and Finance
Sponsors (45)
Raúl Grijalva (D)*,
Becca Balint (D),
Lisa Blunt Rochester (D),
Jamaal Bowman (D),
Cori Bush (D),
Steve Cohen (D),
Madeleine Dean (D),
Lois Frankel (D),
Maxwell Frost (D),
Ruben Gallego (D),
Sylvia Garcia (D),
Jonathan Jackson (D),
Sheila Jackson-Lee (D),
Pramila Jayapal (D),
Hank Johnson (D),
Marcy Kaptur (D),
Ro Khanna (D),
Derek Kilmer (D),
John Larson (D),
Summer Lee (D),
Ted Lieu (D),
Stephen Lynch (D),
Lucy McBath (D),
Jim McGovern (D),
Gwen Moore (D),
Kevin Mullin (D),
Grace Napolitano (D),
Joe Neguse (D),
Eleanor Holmes Norton (D),
Mary Peltola (D),
Chellie Pingree (D),
Katie Porter (D),
Jamie Raskin (D),
Kilili Sablan (D),
Andrea Salinas (D),
Mary Gay Scanlon (D),
Jan Schakowsky (D),
Elissa Slotkin (D),
Adam Smith (D),
Melanie Stansbury (D),
Mark Takano (D),
Dina Titus (D),
Rashida Tlaib (D),
Paul Tonko (D),
Bonnie Watson Coleman (D),
Last Action
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare. (on 12/17/2024)
Official Document
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| Document Type | Source Location |
|---|---|
| State Bill Page | https://www.congress.gov/bill/118th-congress/house-bill/7138/all-info |
| BillText | https://www.congress.gov/118/bills/hr7138/BILLS-118hr7138ih.pdf |
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