[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3251 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3251

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the provisions 
 which currently suspend payment of old-age, survivors, and disability 
   insurance benefits to individuals imprisoned upon conviction of a 
felony so as to apply to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least 
1 month upon conviction of any criminal offense, and to amend title XVI 
of such Act to suspend payment of supplemental security income benefits 
                          to such individuals.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 7, 1993

 Mr. Torkildsen (for himself, Mr. Meehan, Mr. Canady, Mr. Coppersmith, 
Mr. Frank of Massachusetts, Mr. Blute, Mr. Klug, Mr. Zimmer, Mr. Goss, 
 Mr. Levy, and Mrs. Thurman) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to extend the provisions 
 which currently suspend payment of old-age, survivors, and disability 
   insurance benefits to individuals imprisoned upon conviction of a 
felony so as to apply to all individuals imprisoned throughout at least 
1 month upon conviction of any criminal offense, and to amend title XVI 
of such Act to suspend payment of supplemental security income benefits 
                          to such individuals.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SUSPENSION OF PAYMENT OF OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY 
              INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR INDIVIDUALS IMPRISONED THROUGHOUT 
              AT LEAST 1 MONTH UPON CONVICTION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(x) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(x)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``during which'' and 
        inserting ``throughout which'', and by striking ``an offense'' 
        and all that follows and inserting ``a criminal offense.''; and
            (2) in paragraph (3), by striking ``an offense which 
        constituted a felony under applicable law'' and inserting ``a 
        criminal offense''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
apply with respect to months beginning on or after the date of the 
enactment of this Act.

SEC. 2. SUSPENSION OF SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS FOR 
              INDIVIDUALS IMPRISONED THROUGHOUT AT LEAST 1 MONTH UPON 
              CONVICTION OF A CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

    (a) In General.--Section 1611(e) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382c(a)(1)) is amended by inserting after paragraph (3) the 
following:
    ``(4)(A) A person shall not be an eligible individual or an 
eligible spouse for purposes of this title with respect to any month 
if, throughout the month, the person is confined in a jail, prison, or 
other penal institution or correctional facility, pursuant to a 
conviction of a criminal offense.
    ``(B) The requirements of section 202(x)(3) shall apply in like 
manner to the carrying out of this paragraph.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by subsection (a) shall 
apply to benefits for calendar months beginning on or after the date of 
the enactment of this Act.

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