Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021
- Last Action
- 6/15/2021
Actions
- 2021-06-15Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- 2021-06-15Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2021-06-15 (00)
Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021
This bill modifies eligibility for, and other components of, the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program, including by (1) increasing applicable income and resource limits used to determine SSI eligibility, (2) equalizing treatment of married couples when both spouses receive SSI as compared to two unmarried individuals, and (3) eliminating the penalty on SSI applicants or recipients who transfer resources to another individual for less than fair market value.
Cosponsors (20)
- Bernard Sanders (I-VT)
- Elizabeth Warren (D-MA)
- Alex Padilla (D-CA)
- Tammy Baldwin (D-WI)
- Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
- Edward Markey (D-MA)
- Cory Booker (D-NJ)
- Tammy Duckworth (D-IL)
- Mazie Hirono (D-HI)
- Richard Blumenthal (D-CT)
- Patty Murray (D-WA)
- Ron Wyden (D-OR)
- Richard Durbin (D-IL)
- Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI)
- Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
- Bob Casey (D-PA)
- Tina Smith (D-MN)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
- Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY)
- Michael Bennet (D-CO)
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