A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits may not be paid to individuals who are confined in penal institutions or correctional facilities.

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Introduced

16 October 1979

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Status

Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.

Summary

Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of benefits to any individual for any month in which such individual is confined in a penal institution. Stipulates that benefits withheld from such individuals shall be treated as having been paid to such individuals for purposes of determining the benefits to which other persons are entitled on the basis of the same wages and self-employment income.

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Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/96th-congress/house-bill/5610
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