A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to exclude from resources burial plots and niches and certain funds set aside for burial or cremation expenses for purposes of the supplemental security income program.

Summary

Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) of the Social Security Act to exclude from an individual's resources in determining SSI eligibility: (1) any burial plot or niche; and (2) any funds set aside for burial or cremation.

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Timeline

1. 30 June 1982

   Introduced

   Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

   Source: IntroReferral

2. 30 June 1982

   Introduced

   Introduced in Senate

   Source: IntroReferral

3. 6 July 1982

   Committee

   Committee on Finance requested executive comment from OMB; Treasury Department; Health and Human Services Department.

   Source: Committee

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Documents

1 official file

• Introduced in Senate

  summary · EN · 30 June 1982

  Open at official source

Sponsors

• Sen. Cannon, Howard W. [D-NV] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. DeConcini, Dennis [D-AZ] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Chafee, John H. [R-RI] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Burdick, Quentin N. [D-ND] · D · Sponsor
• Sen. Andrews, Mark [R-ND] · R · Sponsor
• Sen. Moynihan, Daniel Patrick [D-NY] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Melcher, John [D-MT] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Heflin, Howell [D-AL] · D · Cosponsor
• Sen. Pressler, Larry [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
• Sen. Hollings, Ernest F. [D-SC] · D · Cosponsor
• · ssfi00 · Standing

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