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Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments to Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries.
Summary
The bill amends the Supplemental Security Income program to disregard certain settlement payments when determining eligibility and benefit amounts. Specifically, the bill excludes from income calculations any amounts received in settlement of personal injury, property damage, or property depreciation claims, including settlements from the East Palestine train derailment case. The bill also excludes these settlement amounts from resource calculations for the month of receipt and every month thereafter. The amendments apply retroactively to the East Palestine settlement, meaning benefits paid before enactment can be adjusted if affected by the disregard.
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- Dec 15, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Dec 15, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
December 15, 2025
Mr. Rulli (for himself and Mr. Deluzio) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments to Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the “Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act”.
SEC. 2. DISREGARD OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED IN SETTLEMENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS.
(a) Income Disregard.—Section 1612(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended—
(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (25);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (26) and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(27) any amount received by such individual (or such spouse) in settlement of a claim of personal injury, physical sickness, or damage to, or depreciation of, property of such individual (or such spouse), including any amount so received, whether before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, in settlement of the case styled In Re: East Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23-CV-00242, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.”.
(b) Resource Disregard.—Section 1613(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382b(a)) is amended—
(1) by striking “and” at the end of paragraph (16);
(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) and inserting “; and”; and
(3) by adding at the end the following:
“(18) for the month of receipt and every month thereafter, any amount received by such individual (or such spouse) in settlement of a claim of personal injury, physical sickness, or damage to, or depreciation of, property of such individual (or such spouse), including any amount so received, whether before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, in settlement of the case styled In Re: East Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23-CV-00242, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.”.
(c) Effective Date.—The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to benefits payable for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that, in the case of the settlement specified in sections 1612(b)(27) and 1613(a)(18) of the Social Security Act, the amendments shall also apply with respect to benefits paid for months beginning before such date of enactment. <all>
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