[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 46 (Thursday, March 11, 2021)]
[House]
[Page H1334]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




 MAKING TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO ALS DISABILITY INSURANCE ACCESS ACT OF 
                                  2019

  Mr. THOMPSON of California. Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to 
take from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 579) to make a technical 
correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019, and ask 
for its immediate consideration in the House.
  The Clerk read the title of the bill.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Williams of Georgia). Is there objection 
to the request of the gentleman from California?
  There was no objection.
  The text of the bill is as follows:

                                 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).

  The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third 
time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table.

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