Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act

[Congressional Bills 119th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 6724 Introduced in House (IH)]

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119th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 6724

 To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in 
        payments to Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries.


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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

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                                 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.
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