[Congressional Bills 115th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 7261 Introduced in House (IH)]

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115th CONGRESS
  2d Session
                                H. R. 7261

 To amend title II of the Social Security Act to permit individuals to 
                 select a monthly benefit payment date.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2018

   Mr. Sam Johnson of Texas 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 permit individuals to 
                 select a monthly benefit payment date.

    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 ``Social Security Benefit Payments 
Choice Act of 2018''.

SEC. 2. PAYMENT DATE.

    (a) In General.--Section 205 of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
405) is amended by adding at the end the following:
    ``(v)(1) The Commissioner shall permit individuals entitled to 
monthly insurance benefits under this title (other than individuals 
concurrently entitled to benefits under this title and title XVI) to 
select, at the time of application for monthly insurance benefits or 
during the annual, coordinated election period (as defined in section 
1851(e)(3)(B)) for any calendar year, any day of the month as the 
individual's monthly payment date.
    ``(2) At the time an individual selects a monthly payment date as 
described in paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall ensure that the 
individual is notified of the effects of such selection, including any 
effects on the timing of delivery of benefit payments.
    ``(3) After an individual selects a monthly payment date as 
described in paragraph (1), the Commissioner shall send a notice to the 
individual that provides confirmation of the monthly payment date 
selected, the date of the selection and the manner in which the 
selection was made, and the 1st month for which the selection takes 
effect.
    ``(4) In any month in which the monthly payment date selected by an 
individual as described in paragraph (1) is a Saturday, Sunday, or 
Federal holiday, payment shall be made--
            ``(A) on the 1st day preceding such monthly payment date 
        that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal holiday in any case 
        in which such preceding day occurs during such month; and
            ``(B) in any other case, on the 1st day following such 
        monthly payment date that is not a Saturday, Sunday, or Federal 
        holiday.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by this section shall take 
effect 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act.
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