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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1682 
To update the supplemental security income program, and to increase 
incentives for working, saving, and pursuing an education. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
APRIL 19, 2005 
Mr. CARDIN (for himself, Mr. RANGEL, Mr. MCDERMOTT, Mr. STARK, Mr. 
LEVIN, and Mr. EMANUEL) introduced the following bill; which was re-
ferred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To update the supplemental security income program, and 
to increase incentives for working, saving, and pursuing 
an education. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘SSI Modernization Act 
of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. GENERAL INCOME EXCLUSION. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 1612(b)(2)(A) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(2)(A)) is amended by
striking ‘‘$240’’ and inserting ‘‘$480 (or, if greater, the 
amount determined under section 1617)’’. 
(b) COST-OF-LIVING ADJUSTMENT.—Section 1617 of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382f) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)(1), by inserting ‘‘sub-
section (b)(2)(A) of section 1612,’’ after ‘‘section 
1611,’’; and 
(2) in subsection (b), by striking ‘‘section 
1611’’ and inserting ‘‘sections 1611 and 1612’’. 
SEC. 3. EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 1612(b)(4) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(4)) is amended by striking 
‘‘$780’’ each place it appears and inserting ‘‘$1,560 (or, 
if greater, the amount determined under section 1617)’’. 
(b) 
COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT.—Section 
1617(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382f), as amended 
by section 2(b)(1) of this Act, is amended by striking 
‘‘subsection 
(b)(2)(A)’’ 
and 
inserting 
‘‘subsections 
(b)(2)(A), (b)(4)(A), (b)(4)(B), and (b)(4)(C)’’. 
SEC. 4. RESOURCE LIMITS. 
(a) INCREASE.—Section 1611(a)(3) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(a)(3)) is amended— 
(1) in subparagraph (A)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the last place it ap-
pears; and
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and to $4,500 on Janu-
ary 1, 2006’’ before the period; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B)— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and’’ the last place it ap-
pears; and 
(B) by inserting ‘‘, and to $3,000 on Janu-
ary 1, 2006’’ before the period. 
(b) 
COST-OF-LIVING
ADJUSTMENT.—Section 
1617(a)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382f), as amended 
by sections 2(b)(1) and 3(b) of this Act, is amended by 
inserting ‘‘(b)(3)(A), (b)(3)(B),’’ after ‘‘(b)(2)(A),’’. 
SEC. 5. REDETERMINATIONS FOR SECONDARY SCHOOL 
STUDENTS TURNING 18. 
Section 1614(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
23 1382c(a)) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing: 
‘‘(5) If, as of the date an individual attains 18 
years of age, the individual is regularly attending (as 
defined in regulations) a secondary school or a local 
school system is maintaining responsibility for the 
individual through an individualized education plan, 
the individual shall not be considered to have at-
tained 18 years of age for purposes of paragraphs 
(3) and (4) until the earlier of—
‘‘(A) the earliest subsequent date the indi-
vidual ceases to be regularly attending a sec-
ondary school or participating in such a plan; 
or 
‘‘(B) the date the individual attains 21 
years of age.’’. 
SEC. 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
on January 1, 2006. 
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