3.0.0 1739 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z 2023-01-11T13:38:47Z Senate S 2017-08-03 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-08-03T16:29:26Z BASIC Act 115 5302 HR 2018-03-29 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security. Identical bill CRS 2017-08-03 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress M001169 Sen. Murphy, Christopher [D-CT] Christopher Murphy D CT S. N Social Welfare Disability assistance Family relationships Marriage and family status Social security and elderly assistance Social Welfare 00 2017-08-03 Introduced in Senate 2019-09-03T21:05:58Z Benefit Adjustment of Social Security Income Compensation Act or the BASIC Act

This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to continue monthly insurance benefit payments to a beneficiary, on a prorated basis, through the month of the beneficiary's death. The bill also revises the SSA's methodology for calculating certain lump-sum payments to survivors.

]]> BASIC Act Display Title BASIC Act Short Titles as Introduced BASIC Act Short Titles as Introduced Benefit Adjustment of Social Security Income Compensation Act Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual's entitlement to any benefit thereunder shall continue through the month of his or her death (without affecting any other person's entitlement to benefits for that month) and that such individual's benefit shall be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the number of days in such month preceding the date of such individual's death. Introduced in Senate 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1739is/xml/BILLS-115s1739is.xml 2017-08-03 Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. text/xml EN Pursuant to Title 17 Section 105 of the United States Code, this file is not subject to copyright protection and is in the public domain. Congressional Research Service, Library of Congress This file contains bill summaries and statuses for federal legislation. A bill summary describes the most significant provisions of a piece of legislation and details the effects the legislative text may have on current law and federal programs. Bill summaries are authored by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) of the Library of Congress. As stated in Public Law 91-510 (2 USC 166 (d)(6)), one of the duties of CRS is "to prepare summaries and digests of bills and resolutions of a public general nature introduced in the Senate or House of Representatives". For more information, refer to the User Guide that accompanies this file.