[117th Congress Public Law 3]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]


Public Law 117-3
117th Congress

                                 An Act


 
 To make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access 
            Act of 2019. <<NOTE: Mar. 23, 2021 -  [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) <<NOTE: 42 USC 423 note.>>  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) <<NOTE: 42 USC 423 note.>>  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).

    Approved March 23, 2021.

LEGISLATIVE HISTORY--S. 579:
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CONGRESSIONAL RECORD, Vol. 167 (2021):
            Mar. 3, considered and passed Senate.
            Mar. 11, considered and passed House.

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