[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1682 Introduced in House (IH)]






109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1682

  To update the supplemental security income program, and to increase 
       incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 19, 2005

  Mr. Cardin (for himself, Mr. Rangel, Mr. McDermott, Mr. Stark, Mr. 
   Levin, and Mr. Emanuel) introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
  To update the supplemental security income program, and to increase 
       incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education.

    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 ``SSI Modernization Act of 2005''.

SEC. 2. GENERAL INCOME EXCLUSION.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1612(b)(2)(A) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382a(b)(2)(A)) is amended by striking ``$240'' and inserting 
``$480 (or, if greater, the amount determined under section 1617)''.
    (b) Cost-of-Living Adjustment.--Section 1617 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
1382f) is amended--
            (1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ``subsection 
        (b)(2)(A) of section 1612,'' after ``section 1611,''; and
            (2) in subsection (b), by striking ``section 1611'' and 
        inserting ``sections 1611 and 1612''.

SEC. 3. EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1612(b)(4) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382a(b)(4)) is amended by striking ``$780'' each place it 
appears and inserting ``$1,560 (or, if greater, the amount determined 
under section 1617)''.
    (b) Cost-of-Living Adjustment.--Section 1617(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382f), as amended by section 2(b)(1) of this Act, is amended by 
striking ``subsection (b)(2)(A)'' and inserting ``subsections 
(b)(2)(A), (b)(4)(A), (b)(4)(B), and (b)(4)(C)''.

SEC. 4. RESOURCE LIMITS.

    (a) Increase.--Section 1611(a)(3) of the Social Security Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382(a)(3)) is amended--
            (1) in subparagraph (A)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' the last place it appears; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and to $4,500 on January 1, 
                2006'' before the period; and
            (2) in subparagraph (B)--
                    (A) by striking ``and'' the last place it appears; 
                and
                    (B) by inserting ``, and to $3,000 on January 1, 
                2006'' before the period.
    (b) Cost-of-Living Adjustment.--Section 1617(a)(1) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382f), as amended by sections 2(b)(1) and 3(b) of this Act, is 
amended by inserting ``(b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B),'' after ``(b)(2)(A),''.

SEC. 5. REDETERMINATIONS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS TURNING 18.

    Section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 23 1382c(a)) 
is amended by adding at the end the following:
            ``(5) If, as of the date an individual attains 18 years of 
        age, the individual is regularly attending (as defined in 
        regulations) a secondary school or a local school system is 
        maintaining responsibility for the individual through an 
        individualized education plan, the individual shall not be 
        considered to have attained 18 years of age for purposes of 
        paragraphs (3) and (4) until the earlier of--
                    ``(A) the earliest subsequent date the individual 
                ceases to be regularly attending a secondary school or 
                participating in such a plan; or
                    ``(B) the date the individual attains 21 years of 
                age.''.

SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE.

    The amendments made by this Act shall take effect on January 1, 
2006.
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