[Congressional Bills 103th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[S. 559 Introduced in Senate (IS)]

103d CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                 S. 559

    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the rule 
   providing for termination of disabled adult child's benefits upon 
                               marriage.


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                   IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES

               March 10 (legislative day, March 3), 1993

  Mr. Breaux introduced the following bill; which was read twice and 
                  referred to the Committee on Finance

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                                 A BILL


 
    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to repeal the rule 
   providing for termination of disabled adult child's benefits upon 
                               marriage.

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

SECTION 1. REPEAL OF RULE PROVIDING FOR TERMINATION OF DISABLED ADULT 
              CHILD'S BENEFITS UPON MARRIAGE.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1)(D), by striking ``or marries,'';
            (2) by striking paragraph (5); and
            (3) in paragraph (6)--
                    (A) by inserting ``(other than by reason of 
                death)'' after ``terminated'',
                    (B) by striking ``(provided no event specified in 
                paragraph (1)(D) has occurred)'', and
                    (C) by striking ``the first month in which an event 
                specified in paragraph (1)(D) occurs'' in subparagraph 
                (C) and inserting ``the month in which the child's 
                death occurs''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Section 202(d) of such Act (as amended by subsection 
        (a)) is further amended by redesignating paragraphs (6), (7), 
        (8), and (9) as paragraphs (5), (6), (7), and (8), 
        respectively.
            (2) Section 202(s)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(s)(2)) is 
        amended by striking ``So much of subsections (b)(3), (c)(4), 
        (d)(5), (g)(3), and (h)(4) of this section as precedes the 
        semicolon,'' and inserting ``Subsections (b)(3), (c)(4), 
        (g)(3), and (h)(4) of this section''.
            (3) Section 223(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 423(e)) is 
        amended by striking ``(d)(6)(A)(ii), (d)(6)(B),'' and inserting 
        ``(d)(5)(A)(ii), (d)(5)(B)''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall 
apply with respect to marriages occurring on or after May 1, 1991.

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