112TH CONGRESS
I 112TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3812 To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 24, 2012 Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Security 4 Income Equality Act’’. 5 VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:40 Jan 25, 2012 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3812.IH H3812 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3812 IH SEC. 2. …
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I 112TH CONGRESS 2D SESSION H. R. 3812 To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 24, 2012 Mr. PIERLUISI (for himself, Mr. FALEOMAVAEGA, Mrs. CHRISTENSEN, Ms. BORDALLO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. SERRANO, and Ms. VELA´ZQUEZ) intro- duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To extend the supplemental security income program to Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa, and for other purposes. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Supplemental Security 4 Income Equality Act’’. 5 VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:40 Jan 25, 2012 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3812.IH H3812 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 3812 IH SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY IN- 1 COME PROGRAM TO PUERTO RICO, THE 2 UNITED STATES VIRGIN ISLANDS, GUAM, AND 3 AMERICAN SAMOA. 4 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303 of the Social Security 5 Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by strik- 6 ing subsection (b). 7 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 8 (1) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 9 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 10 1301(a)(1)) is amended by striking the 5th sentence 11 and inserting the following: ‘‘Such term when used 12 in title XVI includes Puerto Rico, the United States 13 Virgin Islands, Guam, and American Samoa.’’. 14 (2) ELIMINATION OF LIMIT ON TOTAL PAY- 15 MENTS TO THE TERRITORIES.—Section 1108 of 16 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended— 17 (A) in the section heading, by striking ‘‘; 18 LIMITATION ON TOTAL PAYMENTS’’; 19 (B) by striking subsection (a); and 20 (C) in subsection (c), by striking para- 21 graphs (2) and (4) and redesignating para- 22 graphs (3) and (5) as paragraphs (2) and (4), 23 respectively. 24 VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:40 Jan 25, 2012 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H3812.IH H3812 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS 3 •HR 3812 IH (3) UNITED STATES NATIONALS TREATED THE 1 SAME AS CITIZENS.—Section 1614(a)(1)(B) of such 2 Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(1)(B)) is amended— 3 (A) in clause (i)(I), by inserting ‘‘or na- 4 tional,’’ after ‘‘citizen’’; 5 (B) in clause (i)(II), by adding ‘‘; or’’ at 6 the end; and 7 (C) in clause (ii), by inserting ‘‘or na- 8 tional’’ after ‘‘citizen’’. 9 (4) TERRITORIES INCLUDED IN GEOGRAPHIC 10 MEANING OF UNITED STATES.—Section 1614(e) of 11 such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is amended by strik- 12 ing ‘‘and the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘, 13 the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United 14 States Virgin Islands, Guam, and American 15 Samoa’’. 16 (c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 17 this section shall take effect on October 1, 2012. 18 Æ VerDate Mar 15 2010 03:40 Jan 25, 2012 Jkt 099200 PO 00000 Frm 00003 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H3812.IH H3812 pwalker on DSK7TPTVN1PROD with BILLS