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Katrina and Leslie Schaller Act
To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam, and for other purposes.
Summary
This bill extends the Supplemental Security Income program to Guam, making Guam residents eligible for the same SSI benefits available to residents of the 50 states and the District of Columbia. The bill removes previous statutory exclusions of Guam from SSI and makes conforming changes to Social Security Act provisions to include Guam in program definitions and remove limits on total payments to the territory. The Social Security Commissioner is granted authority to waive or modify SSI program requirements as needed to adapt the program to Guam's circumstances. The changes take effect one fiscal year after the bill's enactment.
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- Jan 31, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. · house
- Jan 31, 2025 Introduced in House
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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
January 31, 2025
Mr. Moylan introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam, and for other purposes.
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 “Katrina and Leslie Schaller Act”.
SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM TO GUAM.
(a) In General.—Section 303(b) of the Social Security Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by striking “, Guam,”.
(b) Conforming Amendments.—
(1) Guam included in definition of “state” for purposes of certain programs.—Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended in the 5th sentence, by striking “, the Virgin Islands, and Guam” each place it appears and inserting “and the Virgin Islands”.
(2) Elimination of limit on total payments to guam under certain programs.—Section 1108 of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1308) is amended—
(A) in the section heading, by striking “, guam,”; and
(B) in subsection (c)—
(i) in paragraph (1), by striking “, Guam,”; and
(ii) in paragraph (4), by striking subparagraph (B) and redesignating subparagraphs (C) and (D) as subparagraphs (B) and (C), respectively.
(3) Guam included in geographic meaning of united states under the ssi program.—Section 1614(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is amended by striking “and the District of Columbia” and inserting “, the District of Columbia and Guam”.
(c) Waiver Authority.—The Commissioner of Social Security may waive or modify any statutory requirement relating to the provision of benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program under title XVI of the Social Security Act in Guam, to the extent that the Commissioner deems it necessary in order to adapt the program to the needs of Guam.
(d) Effective Date.—This section and the amendments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins 1 year or more after the date of the enactment of this Act. <all>
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