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106TH CONGRESS
2D SESSION
H. R. 4873
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to restore child’s insurance
benefits in the case of children who are 18 through 22 years of age
and attend postsecondary schools.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
JULY 18, 2000
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 restore
child’s insurance benefits in the case of children who
are 18 through 22 years of age and attend postsecondary
schools.
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 Child’s
Insurance Benefits Restoration Act of 2000’’.
SEC. 2. RESTORATION OF CHILD’S INSURANCE BENEFITS
IN THE CASE OF CHILDREN WHO ARE 18
THROUGH 22 YEARS OF AGE AND ATTEND
POSTSECONDARY SCHOOLS.
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(d) of the Social Secu-
rity Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)) is amended—
(1) in paragraphs (1)(B), (1)(E)(ii), (1)(F)(i),
(1)(G)(ii), (6)(D)(i), (6)(E)(i), (7)(A), (7)(B), and
(7)(D), by striking ‘‘full-time elementary or sec-
ondary school student’’ each place it appears and in-
serting ‘‘full-time student’’;
(2) 
in 
paragraphs 
(1)(B)(i), 
(1)(F)(ii),
(1)(G)(iii), (6)(D)(ii), (6)(E)(ii), and (7)(D), by
striking ‘‘19’’ each place it appears and inserting
‘‘22’’;
(3) in paragraphs (7)(A), (7)(B), and (7)(D),
by striking ‘‘elementary or secondary school’’ each
place it appears and inserting ‘‘educational institu-
tion’’; and
(4) by striking paragraph (7)(C) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(C) An ‘educational institution’ is (i) a school
or college or university operated or directly sup-
ported by the United States, or by any State or local
government or political subdivision thereof, or (ii) a
school or college or university which has been ap-
proved by a State or accredited by a State-recog-
nized or nationally-recognized accrediting agency or
body, or (iii) a non-accredited school or college or
university whose credits are accepted, on transfer, by
not less than three institutions which are so accred-
ited, for credit on the same basis as if transferred
from an institution so accredited.’’.
(b) CONFORMING AMENDMENTS.—Section 202(d) of
such Act is amended further—
(1) by striking paragraph (6)(A) and inserting
the following:
‘‘(A) (i) is a full-time student or is under a dis-
ability (as defined in section 223(d)), and (ii) has
not attained the age of 22, or’’;
(2) in paragraph (7)(A), by striking ‘‘schools
involved’’ and inserting ‘‘institutions involved’’; and
(3) in paragraph (7)(D), by striking ‘‘diploma
or equivalent certificate from a secondary school (as
defined in subparagraph (C)(i)’’ and inserting ‘‘de-
gree from a four-year college or university’’.
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
(a) IN GENERAL.—The amendments made by this
Act shall apply to child’s insurance benefits under section
202(d) of the Social Security Act for months ending after
the date of the enactment of this Act.
(b) RETROACTIVE TREATMENT FOR EXISTING STU-
DENTS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—A qualified student, upon fil-
ing application for child’s insurance benefits under
section 202(d) of the Social Security Act within 180
days after the date of the enactment of this Act,
shall be entitled to benefits under such section as
if—
(A) such student had filed application for
such benefits on the first date as of which such
student was a full-time student (as defined in
section 202(d)(7)(A) of the Social Security Act
(as amended by this Act)) and had attained the
age of 18 but had not attained the age of 22,
and
(B) the amendments made by this Act ap-
plied with respect to benefits for months ending
after the date described in subparagraph (A).
(2) QUALIFIED
STUDENT.—For purposes of
paragraph (1), the term ‘‘qualified student’’ means
an individual who—
(A) was not entitled to child’s insurance
benefits under section 202(d) of the Social Se-
curity Act for the month preceding the date of
the enactment of this Act,