Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

I 116TH CONGRESS 1ST SESSION H. R. 208 To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam. IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES JANUARY 3, 2019 Mr. SAN NICOLAS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means A BILL To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam. Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa- 1 tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2 SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3 This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Guam Supplemental 4 Security Income Equality Act’’. 5 SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY IN- 6 COME PROGRAM TO GUAM. 7 (a) IN GENERAL.—Section 303(b) of the Social Secu- 8 rity Amendments of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by 9 striking ‘‘, Guam,’’. 10 (b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.— 11 VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:24 Jan 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6201 E:\BILLS\H208.IH H208 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS 2 •HR 208 IH (1) DEFINITION OF STATE.—Section 1 1101(a)(1) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 2 1301(a)(1)) is amended in the 5th sentence by strik- 3 ing ‘‘, the Virgin Islands, and Guam’’ each place it 4 appears and inserting ‘‘and the Virgin Islands’’. 5 (2) GUAM INCLUDED IN GEOGRAPHIC MEANING 6 OF UNITED STATES.—Section 1614(e) of such Act 7 (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is amended by striking ‘‘and 8 the District of Columbia’’ and inserting ‘‘, the Dis- 9 trict of Columbia, and Guam’’. 10 (c) WAIVER AUTHORITY.—The Commissioner of So- 11 cial Security may waive or modify any statutory require- 12 ment relating to the provision of benefits under the Sup- 13 plemental Security Income Program under title XVI of the 14 Social Security Act in Guam, to the extent that the Com- 15 missioner deems it necessary in order to adapt the pro- 16 gram to the needs of Guam. 17 (d) EFFECTIVE DATE.—This section and the amend- 18 ments made by this section shall take effect on the 1st 19 day of the 1st Federal fiscal year that begins 1 year or 20 more after the date of the enactment of this Act. 21 Æ VerDate Sep 11 2014 19:24 Jan 16, 2019 Jkt 089200 PO 00000 Frm 00002 Fmt 6652 Sfmt 6301 E:\BILLS\H208.IH H208 pamtmann on DSKBFK8HB2PROD with BILLS