[Congressional Bills 109th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3951 Introduced in House (IH)]







109th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3951

To require compensation for jury service to be excluded in determining 
 income for purposes of the supplemental security income program under 
                 title XVI of the Social Security Act.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           September 29, 2005

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

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                                 A BILL


 
To require compensation for jury service to be excluded in determining 
 income for purposes of the supplemental security income program under 
                 title XVI of the Social Security Act.

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

SECTION 1. COMPENSATION FOR JURY SERVICE TO BE EXCLUDED IN DETERMINING 
              INCOME UNDER THE SSI PROGRAM.

    (a) Income Exclusion.--Section 1612(b) of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (22);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (23) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24) any amount received by such individual (or such 
        spouse) from any public agency as compensation for jury 
        service.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) shall 
take effect on the 1st day of the 1st calendar month that begins after 
the date of the enactment of this Act.
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