[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1187 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1187

To authorize the extension of the supplemental security income program 
                           to American Samoa.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 9, 2005

 Mr. Faleomavaega introduced the following bill; which was referred to 
                    the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
To authorize the extension of the supplemental security income program 
                           to American Samoa.

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

SECTION 1. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND THE SSI PROGRAM TO AMERICAN SAMOA.

    Title XVI of the Social Security Act, as in effect pursuant to the 
amendment made by section 301 of the Social Security Amendments of 
1972, (42 U.S.C. 1381-1383f) is amended by adding at the end the 
following:

          ``PART C--AUTHORITY TO EXTEND SSI TO AMERICAN SAMOA

``SEC. 1641. AUTHORITY TO EXTEND SSI TO AMERICAN SAMOA.

    ``(a) Authority to Extend Program.--
            ``(1) In general.--Subject to paragraph (3), the 
        Commissioner of Social Security may extend the supplemental 
        security income program under this title (in this section 
        referred to as the `SSI program') to any territory, and, to the 
        extent so extended, shall carry out the SSI program in 
        cooperation with the government of the territory, in accordance 
        with a memorandum of understanding between the government of 
        the territory and the Commissioner of Social Security.
            ``(2) Waiver authority.--Subject to paragraph (3), the 
        Commissioner of Social Security may waive or modify any 
        statutory requirement relating to the provision of benefits 
        under the SSI program in a territory, to the extent that the 
        Commissioner deems it necessary in order to adapt the program 
        to the needs of the territory.
            ``(3) Congressional notice required.--Not less than 60 days 
        before extending the SSI program to a territory under paragraph 
        (1) or waiving or modifying a statutory requirement under 
        paragraph (2), the Commissioner of Social Security shall notify 
        the Committee on Ways and Means of the House of Representatives 
        and the Committee on Finance of the Senate of the proposed 
        action together with an explanation of why the action is 
        necessary and the anticipated benefits to the territory 
        involved.
    ``(b) Program Review.--The Commissioner of Social Security shall 
provide for the review of the SSI program, to the extent extended under 
this section.
    ``(c) Technical Assistance.--The Commissioner of Social Security 
may provide technical assistance with respect to the extension of the 
SSI program under this section.
    ``(d) Territory Defined.--In this section, the term `territory' 
means American Samoa.''.
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