[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 203 (Wednesday, December 2, 2020)]
[Senate]
[Page S7157]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                          LEGISLATIVE SESSION

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              ALS DISABILITY INSURANCE ACCESS ACT OF 2019

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, under the order obtained yesterday, I 
ask that the Senate proceed to S. 578.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. Under the previous order, the Finance 
Committee is discharged from further consideration.
  The clerk will report the bill by title.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       A bill (S. 578) to amend title II of the Social Security 
     Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability 
     insurance benefits under such title for individuals with 
     amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.


                           Amendment No. 2689

  Mr. McCONNELL. I call up the Grassley amendment at the desk.
  The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report.
  The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows:

       The Senator from Kentucky [Mr. McConnell], for Mr. 
     Grassley, proposes an amendment numbered 2689.

  The amendment (No. 2689) is as follows

(Purpose: To increase the overpayment collection threshold for old-age, 
             survivors, and disability insurance benefits)

       Insert the following after section 2:

     SEC. 3. INCREASING THE OVERPAYMENT COLLECTION THRESHOLD FOR 
                   OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS, AND DISABILITY INSURANCE 
                   BENEFITS.

       (a) In General.--Section 204(a)(1)(A) of the Social 
     Security Act (42 U.S.C. 404(a)(1)(A)) is amended--
       (1) by striking ``With respect to'' and inserting ``(i) 
     Subject to clause (ii), with respect to''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following new clause:
       ``(ii) For purposes of clause (i), if the Commissioner of 
     Social Security determines that decreasing a payment under 
     this title to an individual by 100 percent would defeat the 
     purpose of this title, the Commissioner may decrease such 
     payment by a smaller amount, provided that such smaller 
     amount is not less than 10 percent of the amount of such 
     payment.''.


                           Order of Business

  Mr. McCONNELL. For the information of all Senators, at 4 p.m. today 
the Senate will vote on the Grassley amendment to S. 578 and passage of 
the bill.
  Until that time, the Senate will resume consideration of the Waller 
nomination.

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