A bill to amend the Social Security Act and other acts to make certain that recipients of supplemental security income benefits, recipients of social services, recipients of aid to families with veterans' benefit programs and certain other Federal and federally assisted programs will not have the amount of such benefits, services, aid, or payments reduced because of increases in monthly social security benefits, and to provide that cost-of-living increases in annuity, pension, retirement, disability, or other employment-related benefits being paid to an individual under a public program, occurring after such individual's initial entitlement to such benefits, shall not be included in such individual's income in determining his or her eligibility for supplemental security income benefits.

Summary

Amends the Social Security Act to prohibit the reduction in benefits, aid, or assistance in the following programs because of 1977 cost-of-living increases in monthly social security benefits: (1) old-age, survivors, and disability insurance; (2) aid to families with dependent children; (3) Veterans' Pension Act of 1959; (4) food stamp program; (5) low-income housing under the United States Housing Act of 1937; or (6) any other aid or assistance in any form under a Federal program, or a State or local program financed in whole or in part with Federal funds. Amends Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income for the Aged, Blind, and Disabled) to exclude cost-of-living increases in any retirement or disability benefits received from a public agency from consideration in determining income for purposes of such title.

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Timeline

1. 19 January 1977

   Introduced

   Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 19 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 19 January 1977

   Introduced

   Introduced in House

   Source: IntroReferral

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 19 January 1977

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Sponsors

• Rep. Roybal, Edward R. [D-CA-25] · D · Sponsor
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