[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3280 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3280

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for continued 
  entitlement to child's insurance benefits of individuals who marry 
         after attaining age 18 and who have Hansen's disease.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            November 9, 1999

 Mrs. Mink of Hawaii 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 for continued 
  entitlement to child's insurance benefits of individuals who marry 
         after attaining age 18 and who have Hansen's disease.

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

SECTION 1. CONTINUED ENTITLEMENT TO CHILD'S INSURANCE BENEFITS OF 
              INDIVIDUALS WHO MARRY AFTER ATTAINING AGE 18 AND WHO HAVE 
              HANSEN'S DISEASE.

    Section 202(d)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(5)) 
is amended--
            (1) by striking ``who marries--'' and inserting ``who 
        marries, if the spouse is--''; and
            (2) by striking ``such child's entitlement'' and inserting 
        ``or if such child is under a disability based in whole or in 
        part on an impairment resulting from Hansen's disease, such 
        child's entitlement''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by section 1 shall apply in the case of 
marriages occurring before, on, or after the date of the enactment of 
this Act, but only with respect to benefits for months ending after 180 
days after such date.
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