[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 237 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 237

    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an 
 individual who has been denied benefits by reason of confinement to a 
  public institution by reason of conviction for a sex offense shall 
 continue to be denied benefits, upon completion of such confinement, 
 while continuing to be confined thereafter by court order in a public 
                              institution.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 7, 1997

  Mr. Meehan 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 provide that an 
 individual who has been denied benefits by reason of confinement to a 
  public institution by reason of conviction for a sex offense shall 
 continue to be denied benefits, upon completion of such confinement, 
 while continuing to be confined thereafter by court order in a public 
                              institution.

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

SECTION 1. CONTINUED DENIAL OF BENEFITS TO SEX OFFENDERS REMAINING 
              CONFINED TO PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS UPON COMPLETION OF PRISON 
              TERM.

    Section 202(x)(1)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(x)(1)(A)) is amended--
            (1) in clause (i), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in clause (ii)(IV), by striking the period and 
        inserting ``, or''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following new clause:
            ``(iii) upon completion of confinement as described in 
        clause (i) pursuant to conviction of a criminal offense an 
        element of which is sexual activity, is thereafter immediately 
        confined by court order in an institution at public expense 
        pursuant to a finding based on insanity or a similar factor 
        described in clause (ii)(IV).''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to 
benefits for months ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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