[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 5329 Introduced in House (IH)]







106th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 5329

    To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore child's 
  insurance benefits in the case of students attending postsecondary 
                                schools.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 27, 2000

    Mr. Wu 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 restore child's 
  insurance benefits in the case of students attending postsecondary 
                                schools.

    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 ``Social Security Students' Benefits 
Restoration Act of 2000''.

SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF CHILD'S INSURANCE BENEFITS IN THE CASE OF 
              STUDENTS ATTENDING POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS.

    (a) In General.--Section 202(d) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended--
            (1) in paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(E)(ii), (1)(F)(i), 
        (1)(G)(ii), (6)(D)(i), (6)(E)(i), (7)(A), (7)(B), and (7)(D), 
        by striking ``full-time elementary or secondary school 
        student'' each place it appears and inserting ``full-time 
        student'';
            (2) in paragraphs (1)(B)(i), (1)(F)(ii), (1)(G)(iii), 
        (6)(D)(ii), (6)(E)(ii), and (7)(D), by striking ``19'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``22'';
            (3) in paragraphs (7)(A), (7)(B), and (7)(D), by striking 
        ``elementary or secondary school'' each place it appears and 
        inserting ``educational institution''; and
            (4) by striking paragraph (7)(C) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(C) An `educational institution' is (i) a school or 
        college or university operated or directly supported by the 
        United States, or by any State or local government or political 
        subdivision thereof, or (ii) a school or college or university 
        which has been approved by a State or accredited by a State-
        recognized or nationally-recognized accrediting agency or body, 
        or (iii) a non-accredited school or college or university whose 
        credits are accepted, on transfer, by not less than three 
        institutions which are so accredited, for credit on the same 
        basis as if transferred from an institution so accredited.''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--Section 202(d) of such Act is amended 
further--
            (1) by striking paragraph (6)(A) and inserting the 
        following:
            ``(A) (i) is a full-time student or is under a disability 
        (as defined in section 223(d)), and (ii) has not attained the 
        age of 22, or'';
            (2) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ``schools involved'' 
        and inserting ``institutions involved''; and
            (3) in paragraph (7)(D), by striking ``diploma or 
        equivalent certificate from a secondary school (as defined in 
        subparagraph (C)(i))'' and inserting ``degree from a four-year 
        college or university''.

SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply to child's insurance 
benefits under section 202(d) of the Social Security Act for months 
ending after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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