United States · Bill · S
S. 427 (111th)
A bill to amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to clarify that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements are not to be considered available resources under the supplemental security income program.
Introduced
12 February 2009
Last action
12 February 2009 · Introduced
Status
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Sponsors
Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR], Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME], Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD], Sen. Thune, John [R-SD], Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM], Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME], Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID], Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID], Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE]
Subjects
Discovery layer
Source updated
5 December 2025
Summary
Amends title XVI (Supplemental Security Income) (SSI) of the Social Security Act to provide that the value of certain funeral and burial arrangements involving an irrevocable trust whose named beneficiary is the funeral provider are not to be considered, under the SSI program, as resources available to the individual.
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Timeline
12 February 2009
Introduced
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Source: IntroReferral
12 February 2009
Introduced
Introduced in Senate
Source: IntroReferral
Votes
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Versions
- Introduced in Senate · 12 February 2009 · Download file
Documents
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Sponsors
- Sen. Lincoln, Blanche L. [D-AR] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Snowe, Olympia J. [R-ME] · R · Sponsor
- Sen. Johnson, Tim [D-SD] · D · Sponsor
- Sen. Thune, John [R-SD] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Bingaman, Jeff [D-NM] · D · Cosponsor
- Sen. Collins, Susan M. [R-ME] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Crapo, Mike [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Risch, James E. [R-ID] · R · Cosponsor
- Sen. Johanns, Mike [R-NE] · R · Cosponsor
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Sources
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- Official source: https://www.congress.gov/bill/111th-congress/senate-bill/427
- Open data entity: https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/111/s/427
- us · 111-s-427 · source updated 5 December 2025