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109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 2622
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 
MAY 25, 2005
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 2005’’. 
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.
‘‘Treatment as Monthly Insurance Benefits 
‘‘(d) For purposes of subsections (t) and (u) of sec-
tion 202, a monthly benefit under this section shall be 
treated as a monthly insurance benefit payable under sec-
tion 202. 
‘‘Annual Reimbursement of Federal Old-Age and 
Survivors Insurance Trust Fund 
‘‘(e) There are authorized to be appropriated to the 
Federal Old-Age and Survivors Insurance Trust Fund for 
the fiscal year ending September 30, 2006, and for each 
fiscal year thereafter, such sums as the Commissioner of 
Social Security deems necessary on account of—
‘‘(1) payments made under this section during 
the second preceding fiscal year and all fiscal years 
prior thereto to individuals entitled to benefits under 
this section, 
‘‘(2) the additional administrative expenses re-
sulting from the payments described in paragraph 
(1), and 
‘‘(3) any loss in interest to such Trust Fund re-
sulting from such payments and expenses, in order 
to place such Trust Fund in the same position at 
the end of such fiscal year as it would have been in 
if such payments had not been made.’’.
(b) COST
OF
LIVING
ADJUSTMENTS.—Section 
215(i)(2)(A)(ii)(I) 
of 
such 
Act 
(42 
U.S.C. 
415(i)(2)(A)(ii)(I)) is amended by striking ‘‘section 227 
or 228’’ and inserting ‘‘section 227, 228, or 235’’. 
SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE. 
The amendments made by this Act shall take effect 
with respect to applications filed on or after January 1, 
2006.
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