[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 2791 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 2791

To eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military 
   compensation other than basic pay under the supplemental security 
                        income benefits program.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             July 18, 2003

Mrs. Davis of California (for herself, Mr. Sanders, Ms. Lee, Mr. Moran 
  of Virginia, and Mr. Holt) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To eliminate the unfair and disadvantageous treatment of cash military 
   compensation other than basic pay under the supplemental security 
                        income benefits program.

    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 ``Military Families Financial Security 
Act''.

SEC. 2. TREATMENT OF UNIFORMED SERVICE COMPENSATION.

    (a) Treatment of Uniformed Service Cash Remuneration as Earned 
Income.--
            (1) In general.--Section 1612(a)(1)(A) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(a)(1)(A)) is amended by inserting 
        ``(and, in the case of cash remuneration paid for service as a 
        member of a uniformed service (other than payments described in 
        paragraph (2)(H)), without regard to the limitations contained 
        in section 209(d))'' before the semicolon.
            (2) Certain housing payments treated as in-kind support and 
        maintenance.--Section 1612(a)(2) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
        1382a(a)(2)) is amended--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' at the end of subparagraph 
                (F);
                    (B) by striking the period at the end of 
                subparagraph (G) and inserting ``; and''; and
                    (C) by adding at the end the following:
                    ``(H) payments to or on behalf of a member of a 
                uniformed service for housing of the member (and his or 
                her dependents, if any) on a facility of a uniformed 
                service, including payments provided under section 403 
                of title 37, United States Code, for housing that is 
                acquired or constructed under subchapter IV of chapter 
                169 of title 10 of such Code, or any related provision 
                of law, and any such payments shall be treated as 
                support and maintenance in kind subject to subparagraph 
                (A) of this paragraph.''.
    (b) Treatment of Pay as Received When Earned.--Section 1611(c) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(c)) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:
    ``(9) For purposes of this subsection, remuneration for service 
performed as a member of a uniformed service may be treated as received 
in the month in which it is earned, if the Commissioner determines that 
such treatment would promote the economical and efficient 
administration of the program authorized by this title.''.
    (c) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective with respect to benefits payable for months beginning at 
least 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act.

SEC. 3. REMOVAL OF RESTRICTION ON PAYMENT OF BENEFITS TO CHILDREN WHO 
              ARE BORN OR WHO BECOME BLIND OR DISABLED AFTER THEIR 
              MILITARY PARENTS ARE STATIONED OVERSEAS.

    (a) In General.--Section 1614(a)(1)(B)(ii) of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(a)(1)(B)(ii)) is amended--
            (1) by inserting ``and'' after ``citizen of the United 
        States,''; and
            (2) by striking ``, and who,'' and all that follows and 
        inserting a period.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall be 
effective with respect to benefits payable for months beginning after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, but only on the basis of an 
application filed after such date.
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