A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the restrictions on the lump-sum death payment which were enacted by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 and to restore the order of priority (for potential recipients of a lump-sum death payment) which existed before the enactment of the latter Act.

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Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to permit the payment of lump-sum death benefits for burial expenses in the case of an insured individual who has no surviving spouse living in the same household at the time of his or her death. (Currently, the payment of lump-sum death benefits in such a case is restricted to a widow or widower entitled to benefits on the basis of the insured's wages and self-employment income or a child so entitled.)

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• Introduced in House

  summary · EN · 1 March 1982

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