[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 99 (Thursday, June 13, 2019)]
[Senate]
[Page S3503]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

  SA 455. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Braun, and Mr. 
Jones) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the 
bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for 
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military 
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy, 
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for 
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

       At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

     SEC. 1086. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECURITY 
                   DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR DISABLED 
                   INDIVIDUALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS 
                   (ALS).

       (a) In General.--Section 223(a)(1) of the Social Security 
     Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended in the matter following 
     subparagraph (E) by striking ``or (ii)'' and inserting ``(ii) 
     in the case of an individual who has been medically 
     determined to have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, for each 
     month beginning with the first month during all of which the 
     individual is under a disability and in which the individual 
     becomes entitled to such insurance benefits, or (iii)''.
       (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section 
     shall apply with respect to applications for disability 
     insurance benefits filed after the date of the enactment of 
     this Act.
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