[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 3, 2021)]
[Senate]
[Page S1029]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]

      By Mr. BRAUN (for himself, Mr. Coons, Mr. Cotton, and Mr. 
        Whitehouse):
  S. 579. A bill to make a technical correction to the ALS Disability 
Insurance Access Act of 2019; considered and passed.

                                 S. 579

       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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