3.0.0 1944 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z 2023-01-11T13:38:16Z Senate S 2017-10-05 115 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Standing Referred to 2017-10-05T19:24:45Z 2017-10-05 ssfi00 Finance Committee Senate Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance. IntroReferral 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate IntroReferral 10000 9 Library of Congress N000032 Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL] CLARENCE NELSON D FL WILLIAM N Social Welfare Social Welfare 00 2017-10-05 Introduced in Senate 2018-02-09T17:31:53Z Disaster Income Assistance Act of 2017

This bill amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to waive the 30-day residency requirement with respect to SSI benefits for an individual who evacuates from an emergency area in Puerto Rico, American Samoa, Guam, or the U.S. Virgin Islands. Under current law, an individual who has been outside of the United States for 30 consecutive days is generally ineligible to receive SSI benefits until the individual has returned to the United States and resided there for 30 consecutive days.

]]> Disaster Income Assistance Act of 2017 Display Title Disaster Income Assistance Act of 2017 Short Titles as Introduced Disaster Income Assistance Act of 2017 Official Title as Introduced A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to allow the Commissioner of Social Security to waive the 30-day residency requirement for receipt of supplemental security income benefits for individuals who evacuate from certain territories of the United States as a result of an emergency or natural disaster. Introduced in Senate 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-115s1944is/xml/BILLS-115s1944is.xml 2017-10-05 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.