Skip to content
PoliticalRepoPoliticalRepo

United States · Bill · S

S. 379 (115th)

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017

referredUnited States· United States Congress· EN

Introduced

15 February 2017

Last action

15 February 2017 · Introduced

Status

Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

Sponsors

Sen. Whitehouse, Sheldon [D-RI], Sen. Cotton, Tom [R-AR], Sen. Nelson, Bill [D-FL], Sen. Murkowski, Lisa [R-AK], Sen. Reed, Jack [D-RI], Sen. Warren, Elizabeth [D-MA], Sen. Coons, Christopher A. [D-DE], Sen. Feinstein, Dianne [D-CA], Sen. King, Angus S., Jr. [I-ME], Sen. Blumenthal, Richard [D-CT], Sen. Klobuchar, Amy [D-MN], Sen. Bennet, Michael F. [D-CO], Sen. Tillis, Thomas [R-NC], Sen. Menendez, Robert [D-NJ], Sen. Merkley, Jeff [D-OR], Sen. Stabenow, Debbie [D-MI], Sen. Burr, Richard [R-NC], Sen. Franken, Al [D-MN], Sen. Brown, Sherrod [D-OH], Sen. Gillibrand, Kirsten E. [D-NY], Sen. Cortez Masto, Catherine [D-NV], Sen. Capito, Shelley Moore [R-WV], Sen. Tester, Jon [D-MT], Sen. Schumer, Charles E. [D-NY], Sen. Rubio, Marco [R-FL], Sen. Markey, Edward J. [D-MA], Sen. Cassidy, Bill [R-LA], Sen. Booker, Cory A. [D-NJ], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Sanders, Bernard [I-VT], Sen. Kennedy, John [R-LA], Sen. Wicker, Roger F. [R-MS], Sen. Jones, Doug [D-AL], Sen. Rounds, Mike [R-SD], Sen. Harris, Kamala D. [D-CA], Sen. Shaheen, Jeanne [D-NH]

Subjects

Discovery layer

Source updated

11 August 2025

Official sourceDownload fileView documentsShare

Summary

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2017 This bill amends title II (Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments can begin.

This text is taken from the official record. PoliticalRepo does not editorialize.

Timeline

  1. 15 February 2017

    Introduced

    Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.

    Source: IntroReferral

  2. 15 February 2017

    Introduced

    Introduced in Senate

    Source: IntroReferral

Votes

No vote records are attached yet.

Versions

Documents

3 official files

Introduced in Senate (text)

View fileDownload file

This file cannot be previewed here. Use View or Download.

Leesvertaling

Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate (text)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 February 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

  • Introduced in Senate (PDF)

    Introduced in Senate · EN · 15 February 2017

    ViewDownloadOpen at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

  • Introduced in Senate

    summary · EN · 15 February 2017

    Open at official source

    Leesvertaling

    Vertaal dit document naar jouw taal. PoliticalRepo bewaart geen aparte kopie per EU-taal.

    Documentvertaling op verzoek met downloadbare PDF (logo + link naar de officiële bron). Het bronbestand blijft leidend.

Sponsors

Related records

Sources

PoliticalRepo is an index and interpretation layer, not the authoritative legal source.