Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

Guam Supplemental Security Income Equality Act

This bill extends the Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program to Guam. This is a federal program designed to help aged, blind, and disabled individuals with limited income and resources meet basic needs. When Congress created the SSI program in 1972, it excluded Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and Guam.

The Social Security Administration may waive or modify statutory requirements relating to the provision of benefits as necessary to adapt the program to Guam.

[Congressional Bills 117th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 157 Introduced in House (IH)]

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117th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 157

      To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 4, 2021

 Mr. San Nicolas (for himself, Mr. Cardenas, Miss Gonzalez-Colon, Ms. 
Plaskett, Mr. Sablan, Mr. Gallego, Mr. Trone, Mr. McGovern, Mrs. Murphy 
  of Florida, Mr. Khanna, and Ms. Barragan) introduced the following 
      bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
      To extend the supplemental security income program to Guam.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Guam Supplemental Security Income 
Equality Act''.

SEC. 2. EXTENSION OF THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM TO GUAM.

    (a) In General.--Section 303(b) of the Social Security Amendments 
of 1972 (86 Stat. 1484) is amended by striking ``, Guam,''.
    (b) Conforming Amendments.--
            (1) Definition of state.--Section 1101(a)(1) of the Social 
        Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1301(a)(1)) is amended in the 5th 
        sentence by striking ``, the Virgin Islands, and Guam'' each 
        place it appears and inserting ``and the Virgin Islands''.
            (2) Guam included in geographic meaning of united states.--
        Section 1614(e) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382c(e)) is amended by 
        striking ``and the District of Columbia'' and inserting ``, the 
        District of Columbia, and Guam''.
    (c) Waiver Authority.--The Commissioner of Social Security may 
waive or modify any statutory requirement relating to the provision of 
benefits under the Supplemental Security Income Program under title XVI 
of the Social Security Act in Guam, to the extent that the Commissioner 
deems it necessary in order to adapt the program to the needs of Guam.
    (d) Effective Date.--This section and the amendments made by this 
section shall take effect on the 1st day of the 1st Federal fiscal year 
that begins 1 year or more after the date of the enactment of this Act.
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