[Congressional Bills 105th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3739 Introduced in House (IH)]







105th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 3739

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to allow for distribution 
of the lump sum death payment, in the absence of a widow or widower or 
 surviving children, to any other person as certified by the deceased 
             worker to the Commissioner of Social Security.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 28, 1998

  Mr. Frank of Massachusetts 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 allow for distribution 
of the lump sum death payment, in the absence of a widow or widower or 
 surviving children, to any other person as certified by the deceased 
             worker to the Commissioner of Social Security.

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

SECTION 1. DISTRIBUTION OF LUMP SUM DEATH PAYMENT TO CERTIFIED 
              RECIPIENT.

    Section 202(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i)) is 
amended--
            (1) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (2) in paragraph (2), by striking ``death.'' and inserting 
        ``death; or''; and
            (3) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) if no person qualifies for payment under paragraphs 
        (1) and (2), or if such person dies before receiving payment, 
        to the person last certified by such insured individual, in 
        such form and manner as shall be prescribed by the Commissioner 
        of Social Security, as such individual's intended recipient of 
        such payment in the absence of any person otherwise qualifying 
        for payment under this subsection.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply with respect to lump-
sum death payments made after one year after the date of the enactment 
of this Act.
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