[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 1649 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 1649

 To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access 
                              Act of 2019.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 8, 2021

Mr. Moulton (for himself, Mr. Fitzpatrick, and Mr. Crow) introduced the 
 following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access 
                              Act of 2019.

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

SECTION 1. RETROACTIVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS 
              INDIVIDUALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS).

    (a) In General.--Section 2(b) of the ALS Disability Insurance 
Access Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-250) is amended by striking 
``applications for disability insurance benefits filed after the date 
of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``applications for disability 
insurance benefits approved after the date that is 5 months before the 
date of enactment of this Act''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take 
effect as if included in the enactment of the ALS Disability Insurance 
Access Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-250).
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