I 
117TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 3824 
To amend title XVI of the Social Security Act to update eligibility for 
the supplemental security income program, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
JUNE 11, 2021 
Mr. GRIJALVA (for himself, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. KILMER, Mr. LAN-
GEVIN, Mr. BOWMAN, Mr. COHEN, Mr. LARSON of Connecticut, Mr. 
ESPAILLAT, Ms. BASS, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. COOPER, Ms. MOORE of Wis-
consin, Ms. NORTON, Ms. KAPTUR, Mrs. NAPOLITANO, Mr. SABLAN, Mr. 
KHANNA, Mr. SMITH of Washington, Ms. PRESSLEY, Mr. DEUTCH, Ms. 
SCHAKOWSKY, Ms. SLOTKIN, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. EVANS, Mr. CASTRO of 
Texas, Ms. SCANLON, Mr. AUCHINCLOSS, Ms. TLAIB, Ms. BLUNT ROCH-
ESTER, Mr. HORSFORD, Mr. DESAULNIER, Mr. GARCI´A of Illinois, and 
Ms. PINGREE) 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 update 
eligibility for the supplemental security income program, 
and for other purposes. 
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE; TABLE OF CONTENTS. 
(a) SHORT TITLE.—This Act may be cited as the 
‘‘Supplemental Security Income Restoration Act of 2021’’. 
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(b) TABLE OF CONTENTS.—The table of contents for 
this Act is as follows: 
Sec. 1. Short title; table of contents. 
Sec. 2. Update in eligibility for the supplemental security income program. 
Sec. 3. Update in supplemental security income benefit amounts and repeal of 
marriage penalty. 
Sec. 4. Support and maintenance furnished in kind not included as income. 
Sec. 5. Exclusion of retirement accounts from resources. 
Sec. 6. Repeal of penalty for disposal of resources for less than fair market 
value. 
Sec. 7. Clarifying the treatment of certain State tax credits. 
Sec. 8. Elimination of dedicated accounts for certain past-due benefits. 
Sec. 9. Elimination of installment payment requirement. 
Sec. 10. Extension of period of exclusion of certain payments from countable 
resources. 
Sec. 11. Modification of rules to determine marital relationships. 
Sec. 12. Effective date. 
SEC. 2. UPDATE IN ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL 
SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM. 
(a) UPDATE IN GENERAL INCOME EXCLUSION.— 
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 ‘‘$1,536 (increased as described in section 
1617(d) for each calendar year after 2022)’’. 
(b) UPDATE IN EARNED INCOME EXCLUSION.—Sec-
tion 1612(b)(4) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)(4)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘$780’’ each place it appears and 
inserting ‘‘$4,992 (increased as described in section 
1617(d) for each calendar year after 2022)’’. 
(c) UPDATE IN RESOURCE LIMIT FOR INDIVIDUALS 
AND COUPLES.—Section 1611(a)(3) of such Act (42 
U.S.C. 1382(a)(3)) is amended— 
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(1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ‘‘$2,250’’ 
and all that follows through the end of the subpara-
graph and inserting ‘‘$20,000 in calendar year 
2022, and shall be increased as described in section 
1617(d) for each subsequent calendar year.’’; and 
(2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ‘‘$1,500’’ 
and all that follows through the end of the subpara-
graph and inserting ‘‘$10,000 in calendar year 
2022, and shall be increased as described in section 
1617(d) for each subsequent calendar year.’’. 
(d) INFLATION ADJUSTMENT.—Section 1617 of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 1382f) is amended— 
(1) in the section heading, by inserting ‘‘; IN-
FLATION ADJUSTMENT’’ after ‘‘BENEFITS’’; and 
(2) by adding at the end the following: 
‘‘(d) In the case of any calendar year after 2022, each 
of the amounts specified in sections 1611(a)(3), 
1612(b)(2)(A), and 1612(b)(4) shall be increased by mul-
tiplying each such amount by the quotient (not less than 
1) obtained by dividing— 
‘‘(1) the average of the Consumer Price Index 
for Elderly Consumers (CPI–E, as published by the 
Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department of 
Labor) for the 12-month period ending with Sep-
tember of the preceding calendar year, by 
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‘‘(2) such average for the 12-month period end-
ing with September 2021.’’. 
SEC. 3. UPDATE IN SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME 
BENEFIT AMOUNTS AND REPEAL OF MAR-
RIAGE PENALTY. 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 1611(b) of the Social Se-
curity Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(b)) is amended to read as fol-
lows: 
‘‘Amounts of Benefits 
‘‘(b)(1) The benefit under this title for an individual 
who does not have an eligible spouse shall be payable— 
‘‘(A) for calendar years 1974 through 2021, at 
the rate of $1,752 (or, if greater, the amount deter-
mined under section 1617), and 
‘‘(B) for calendar years after 2021, at the rate 
equal to the annual poverty guideline for the cal-
endar year preceding such calendar year (as updated 
annually in the Federal Register by the Department 
of Health and Human Services under the authority 
of section 673(2) of the Omnibus Budget Reconcili-
ation Act of 1981) as applicable to a single indi-
vidual, 
reduced by the amount of income, not excluded pursuant 
to section 1612(b), of such individual. 
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