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2025-01-10T21:56:38Z
House
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HR
2023-12-06
118
[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 201 (Wednesday, December 6, 2023)][House][Pages H6209-H6210]From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]By Mr. PANETTA:H.R. 6640.[[Page H6210]]Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuantto the following:Article I, Section 8, Clause 18The single subject of this legislation is:Married Disabled Adult Child eligibility for services
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Ways and Means Committee
House
Standing
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Social Security Subcommittee
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2024-12-17T20:42:58Z
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Work and Welfare Subcommittee
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2024-12-17T20:42:58Z
  - Referred To
2023-12-06T15:04:50Z
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Energy and Commerce Committee
House
Standing
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Health Subcommittee
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2023-12-08T16:07:58Z
  - Referred To
2023-12-06T15:05:00Z
- 2024-12-17
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Work and Welfare Subcommittee
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House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
Committee
- 2024-12-17
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Social Security Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
Committee
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Health Subcommittee
1
House committee actions
Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
Committee
- 2023-12-06
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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House floor actions
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Energy and Commerce Committee
- 2023-12-06
Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
IntroReferral
H11100
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House floor actions
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Ways and Means Committee
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Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Introduced in House
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Library of Congress
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Rep. Panetta, Jimmy [D-CA-19]
Jimmy
Panetta
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CA
19
N
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Rep. Lofgren, Zoe [D-CA-18]
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LOFGREN
D
CA
18
2023-12-06
True
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Del. Norton, Eleanor Holmes [D-DC-At Large]
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DC
HOLMES
2024-02-13
False
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Rep. Garcia, Robert [D-CA-42]
Robert
Garcia
D
CA
42
2024-02-14
False
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Rep. Napolitano, Grace F. [D-CA-31]
Grace
Napolitano
D
CA
F.
31
2024-03-06
False
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Rep. Amo, Gabe [D-RI-1]
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Amo
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RI
1
2024-04-05
False
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Rep. Lee, Summer L. [D-PA-12]
Summer
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D
PA
L.
12
2024-04-15
False
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Rep. Trone, David J. [D-MD-6]
David
Trone
D
MD
J.
6
2024-05-21
False
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Rep. Lee, Barbara [D-CA-12]
Barbara
Lee
D
CA
12
2024-05-22
False
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Rep. Garcia, Sylvia R. [D-TX-29]
Sylvia
Garcia
D
TX
R.
29
2024-05-31
False
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Rep. Kildee, Daniel T. [D-MI-8]
Daniel
Kildee
D
MI
T.
8
2024-06-04
False
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Rep. Schakowsky, Janice D. [D-IL-9]
Janice
Schakowsky
D
IL
D.
9
2024-06-13
False
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Rep. Pressley, Ayanna [D-MA-7]
Ayanna
Pressley
D
MA
7
2024-06-13
False
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Rep. Jackson Lee, Sheila [D-TX-18]
Sheila
Jackson Lee
D
TX
18
2024-06-18
False
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Rep. Torres, Ritchie [D-NY-15]
Ritchie
Torres
D
NY
15
2024-06-18
False
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Rep. Grijalva, Raúl M. [D-AZ-7]
Raúl
Grijalva
D
AZ
M.
7
2024-06-26
False
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Rep. DeGette, Diana [D-CO-1]
Diana
DeGette
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CO
1
2024-06-26
False
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Rep. Ramirez, Delia C. [D-IL-3]
Delia
Ramirez
D
IL
C.
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2024-07-22
False
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Rep. Waters, Maxine [D-CA-43]
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Waters
D
CA
43
2024-10-01
False
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Rep. Nickel, Wiley [D-NC-13]
Wiley
Nickel
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NC
13
2024-11-01
False
Social Welfare
- Disability and health-based discrimination
2024-04-02T13:08:27Z
- Disability and paralysis
2024-04-02T13:08:33Z
- Disability assistance
2024-04-02T13:09:07Z
- Family relationships
2024-04-02T13:08:43Z
- Marriage and family status
2024-04-02T13:08:38Z
- Medicaid
2024-04-02T13:08:48Z
- Poverty and welfare assistance
2024-04-02T13:09:11Z
- Social security and elderly assistance
2024-04-02T13:09:17Z
- Tax administration and collection, taxpayers
2024-04-02T13:08:52Z
Social Welfare
2024-01-18T22:00:53Z
00
2023-12-06
Introduced in House
2025-01-10T21:55:43Z
Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act
This bill eliminates certain marriage-related criteria for individuals entitled to Social Security child’s benefits and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).
Specifically, the bill removes the requirement that individuals receiving Social Security child’s benefits be unmarried. Those eligible for Social Security child’s benefits generally include the minor children of eligible or deceased workers and disabled adult children (the disabled adult children of such workers for whom the onset of disability occurred before age 22). Under current law, child beneficiaries generally lose their benefits upon marriage to an individual who is not also eligible for Social Security benefits.
With respect to SSI, the bill removes the requirement that couples who present themselves as married in their community be considered married for purposes of SSI eligibility. The bill also exempts SSI recipients who are disabled adult children, or who marry disabled adult children, from the general requirement that the income or resources of an SSI recipient’s spouse be considered in an eligibility determination.
Further, married disabled adult children and their spouses who would otherwise be eligible for Medicaid in a state if they were unmarried must remain eligible for Medicaid regardless of their marriage.

Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act
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Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act
2024-06-11T15:45:38Z
- Short Title(s) as Introduced
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Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act
2024-05-24T13:34:51Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Official Title as Introduced
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To secure the rights and dignity of marriage for Disabled Adult Children, and for other purposes.
2024-03-18T21:57:27Z
Introduced in House
IH
- Introduced in House
2023-12-06T05:00:00Z
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2024-12-17
Referred to the Subcommittee on Work and Welfare.
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