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107TH CONGRESS
1ST SESSION
H. R. 2698
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide monthly benefits
for certain uninsured children living without parents.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
AUGUST 1, 2001
Mr. ANDREWS introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
Committee on Ways and Means
A BILL
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide
monthly benefits for certain uninsured children living
without parents.
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 ‘‘Social Security Unin-
sured Children’s Entitlement Act of 2001’’.
SEC. 2. BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN UNINSURED CHILDREN.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Title II of the Social Security Act
is amended by adding after section 234 (42 U.S.C. 434)
the following new section:
‘‘BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN UNINSURED CHILDREN
‘‘Eligibility
‘‘SEC. 235. (a) Every individual who would not be
entitled to child’s insurance benefits under section 202(d)
upon filing application therefor and who—
‘‘(1) has not attained the age of 18 and has not
married,
‘‘(2)(A) has no living parent or (B) with respect
to any parent (including an adoptive parent) who is
living, has provided to the Commissioner of Social
Security (in such form and manner as shall be pre-
scribed in regulations of the Commissioner) a nota-
rized statement that such individual has had no con-
tact with such parent for at least 2 years and that
reasonable attempts by a guardian or appropriate
government agency to locate such parent have not
been successful,
‘‘(3) is a resident of the United States (as de-
fined in subsection (c)), and is (A) a citizen of the
United States or (B) an alien lawfully admitted for
permanent residence who has resided in the United
States (as defined in subsection 210(i)) continuously
during the 5 years immediately preceding the month
in which he or she files application under this sec-
tion, and
‘‘(4) has filed application for benefits under this
section,
shall (subject to the limitations in this section) be entitled
to a benefit under this section for each month beginning
with the first month in which he or she becomes so entitled
to such benefits and ending with the month preceding the
month in which he or she attains 18 years of age or mar-
ries. No application under this section which is filed by
an individual more than 3 months before the first month
in which he or she meets the requirements of paragraphs
(1), (2), and (3) shall be accepted as an application for
purposes of this section.
‘‘Benefit Amount
‘‘(b) The benefit amount to which an individual is en-
titled under this section for any month shall be the larger
of $200 or the amount most recently established in lieu
thereof under section 215(i).
‘‘Suspension Where Individual Is Residing Outside the
United States
‘‘(c) The benefit to which any individual is entitled
under this section for any month shall not be paid if, dur-
ing such month, such individual is not a resident of the
United States. For purposes of this subsection, the term
‘‘United States’’ means the 50 States and the District of
Columbia.
(b) 
COST
OF
LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS.—Section
215(i)(2)(A)(ii) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 415(i)(2)(A)(ii))
is amended—
(1) in subdivision (II), by striking ‘‘and’’ at the
end;
(2) in subdivision (III), by striking ‘‘1978.’’ and
inserting ‘‘1978, and’’;
(3) by adding at the end the following new
subsivision:
‘‘(IV) the benefit amount to which an individual
is entitled for that month under 235.’’; and
(4) in the matter following subclause (IV)
(added by paragraph (3)), by striking ‘‘subdivisions
(I), (II), and (III)’’ and inserting ‘‘subdivisions (I),
(II), (III), and (IV)’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect
with respect to application filed on or after January 1,
2002.
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