[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3119 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3119

To amend title II of the Social Security Act to increase to $1,000 the 
 maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit and to allow for payment 
 of such a benefit, in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or 
   child, to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased 
                              individual.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            October 12, 2001

   Mr. Hastings of Florida 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 increase to $1,000 the 
 maximum amount of the lump-sum death benefit and to allow for payment 
 of such a benefit, in the absence of an eligible surviving spouse or 
   child, to the legal representative of the estate of the deceased 
                              individual.

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

SECTION 1. INCREASE IN MAXIMUM LUMP-SUM DEATH BENEFIT AND ELIGIBILITY 
              OF LEGAL REPRESENTATIVE OF ESTATE.

    Section 202(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(i)) is 
amended--
            (1) by striking ``$255'' and inserting ``$1,000'';
            (2) in paragraph (1), by striking ``or'' at the end;
            (3) in paragraph (2), by striking ``death.'' and inserting 
        ``death; or''; and
            (4) by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new 
        paragraph:
            ``(3) if there is no person who qualifies for payment under 
        paragraph (1) or (2), or if such person dies before receiving 
        payment, to the legal representative of the estate of the 
        deceased individual, if any.''.

SEC. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to deaths 
occurring on or after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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