I 
119TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 6724 
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to ensure stability in payments 
to Supplemental Security Income beneficiaries. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 15, 2025 
Mr. RULLI (for himself and Mr. DELUZIO) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means 
A BILL 
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to ensure 
stability in payments to Supplemental Security Income 
beneficiaries. 
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 ‘‘Protecting Supple-
mental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act’’. 
SEC. 2. DISREGARD OF PAYMENTS RECEIVED IN SETTLE-
MENT OF CERTAIN CLAIMS. 
(a) INCOME DISREGARD.—Section 1612(b) of the So-
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended— 
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(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(25); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (26) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(27) any amount received by such individual 
(or such spouse) in settlement of a claim of personal 
injury, physical sickness, or damage to, or deprecia-
tion of, property of such individual (or such spouse), 
including any amount so received, whether before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, in settlement of the case styled In Re: East 
Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23–CV– 
00242, in the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio.’’. 
(b) RESOURCE DISREGARD.—Section 1613(a) of 
such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382b(a)) is amended— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and’’ at the end of paragraph 
(16); 
(2) by striking the period at the end of para-
graph (17) and inserting ‘‘; and’’; and 
(3) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(18) for the month of receipt and every month 
thereafter, any amount received by such individual 
(or such spouse) in settlement of a claim of personal 
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injury, physical sickness, or damage to, or deprecia-
tion of, property of such individual (or such spouse), 
including any amount so received, whether before, 
on, or after the date of the enactment of this para-
graph, in settlement of the case styled In Re: East 
Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23–CV– 
00242, in the United States District Court for the 
Northern District of Ohio.’’. 
(c) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this Act shall apply with respect to benefits payable for 
months beginning on or after the date of the enactment 
of this Act, except that, in the case of the settlement speci-
fied in sections 1612(b)(27) and 1613(a)(18) of the Social 
Security Act, the amendments shall also apply with re-
spect to benefits paid for months beginning before such 
date of enactment. 
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