[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3737 Introduced in House (IH)]

103d CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3737

  To provide supplemental security income benefits to needy children.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 26, 1994

  Mrs. Mink introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
                      Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To provide supplemental security income benefits to needy children.

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

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Children's Security Act of 1994''.

SEC. 2. FINDINGS AND STATEMENT OF PURPOSE.

    (a) Findings.--The Congress finds that--
            (1) 14,300,000, or 1 out of every 5, children in the United 
        States live in poverty;
            (2) an unprecedented 12,000,000 children in the United 
        States go to sleep hungry every day, unsure about when they 
        will have their next meal;
            (3) 100,000 children in the United States go day after day 
        without a roof over their heads;
            (4) 10,000,000 children in the United States have no health 
        insurance;
            (5) significant cuts in Federal programs to help the poor 
        over the last decade, coupled with economic setbacks for 
        families with children and increasing child care costs for low 
        income working parents, have pushed child poverty rates back up 
        to 1965 levels;
            (6) crucial income support programs such as Aid to Families 
        with Dependent Children and unemployment insurance have been 
        eroded over the last decade beyond their already inadequate 
        levels; and
            (7) proposals to further reduce support for families in 
        poverty are receiving serious consideration at the State and 
        Federal levels.
    (b) Statement of Purpose.--The purpose of this Act is to create a 
safety net for children in the United States, which will provide 
children in poverty with income support in order to assure that they 
have adequate shelter, nutrition, clothing, education, and health care.

SEC. 3. SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME BENEFITS FOR NEEDY CHILDREN.

    (a) Eligibility for Benefits.--Section 1611(a) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(a)) is amended in each of paragraphs (1) 
and (2) by inserting ``, and each minor,'' after ``Each aged, blind, or 
disabled individual''.
    (b) Definition of Needy Child.--Section 1614 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382c) is amended by adding at the end the following:

                                ``minor

    ``(g) For purposes of this title, the term `minor' means an 
unmarried individual who has not attained 18 years of age.''.
    (c) Conforming Amendment.--Section 1612(b)(4)(C) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382a(b)(4)(C)) is amended by inserting ``or is a minor,'' after 
``age 65''.

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