United States · Bill · HR
H.R. 559 (99th)
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to liberalize eligibility for disability benefits by providing for the determination of an individual's eligibility for such benefits without regard to the recency of such individual's coverage.
Introduced
22 January 1985
Last action
—
Status
Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Sponsors
—
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
7 February 2024
Summary
Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the requirement that the 20 quarters of coverage necessary for disability insurance must have occurred within a 40-quarter period.
This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.
Timeline
No timeline events have been ingested for this record yet.
Votes
No vote records are attached yet.
Versions
No version snapshots stored. Document URLs remain at the source.
Documents
1 official file
Introduced in House
summary · EN · 22 January 1985
Sponsors
No sponsors or actors listed by the source.
Related records
No cross-record relationships stored yet.
Sources
PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.
- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/99th-congress/house-bill/559
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/99/hr/559