[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1455 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1455

    To preserve the eligibility for Federal loans and guarantees of 
   disabled children whose supplemental security income benefits are 
    terminated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
                      Reconciliation Act of 1996.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 24, 1997

  Mr. Rush (for himself, Mr. Frost, Ms. Christian-Green, Mrs. Mink of 
    Hawaii, Ms. DeGette, Ms. Lofgren, Mr. Gonzalez, Mr. Sawyer, Mr. 
  Ackerman, Ms. Waters, Mr. Towns, Mr. Rangel, Mr. Hilliard, and Ms. 
 Kilpatrick) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the 
              Committee on Government Reform and Oversight

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                                 A BILL


 
    To preserve the eligibility for Federal loans and guarantees of 
   disabled children whose supplemental security income benefits are 
    terminated by the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
                      Reconciliation Act of 1996.

    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 ``Disabled Children's Federal 
Assistance Protection Act''.

SEC. 2. PRESERVATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR FEDERAL LOANS AND GUARANTEES OF 
              DISABLED CHILDREN WHOSE SSI BENEFITS ARE TERMINATED BY 
              THE PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY AND WORK OPPORTUNITY 
              RECONCILIATION ACT OF 1996 BUT ARE CONTINUED PENDING 
              FINAL COURT ACTION.

    Section 3720B of title 31, United States Code, is amended by adding 
at the end the following:
    ``(c) As used in subsection (a) of this section, the term `debt' 
does not include any overpayment of supplemental security income 
benefits by reason of disability under title XVI of the Social Security 
Act to an individual whose eligibility for such benefits terminated by 
reason of the provisions of, or amendments made by, subsections (a) and 
(b) of section 211 of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity 
Reconciliation Act of 1996, to the extent that the overpayment is 
attributable to benefits paid for months--
            ``(1) beginning on or after the later of--
                    ``(A) July 1, 1997; or
                    ``(B) the date such eligibility was redetermined 
                under subsection (d)(2)(A) of such section 211; and
            ``(2) ending on or before the month in which there is a 
        final adjudication of the claim of the individual for such 
        benefits.''.
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