[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3281 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3281

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for payment in 
                 all cases of lump-sum death payments.


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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 payment in 
                 all cases of lump-sum death payments.

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

SECTION 1. PAYMENT OF LUMP-SUM DEATH PAYMENTS.

    Section 202(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i)) is 
amended, in the second sentence, by striking ``shall be paid--'' and 
all that follows through the end of such sentence and inserting the 
following: ``shall be paid in the manner provided under section 204(d) 
for payments due to deceased individuals.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendment made by section 1 shall apply with respect to amounts 
becoming payable after 180 days after the date of the enactment of this 
Act.
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