I 
114TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4140 
To provide for a one-time supplementary payment to beneficiaries of Social 
Security and Veterans benefits, and for other purposes. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
DECEMBER 1, 2015 
Mr. GUINTA (for himself and Ms. SINEMA) introduced the following bill; which 
was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to 
the Committees on Veterans’ Affairs, Transportation and Infrastructure, 
Appropriations, Energy and Commerce, and Financial Services, for a pe-
riod to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for con-
sideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the com-
mittee concerned 
A BILL 
To provide for a one-time supplementary payment to bene-
ficiaries of Social Security and Veterans benefits, 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. 
This Act may be cited as the ‘‘Saving the Earnings 
and Noting the Investment of Our Retired Seniors Act 
of 2015’’ or the ‘‘SENIORS Act of 2015’’. 
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SEC. 2. SENSE OF CONGRESS. 
It is the sense of Congress that— 
(1) seniors, especially those on a fixed income, 
who were promised social security benefits, paid into 
the system, and now rely on those benefits, receive 
a proper cost-of-living increase to fulfill their needs; 
and 
(2) Congress, in coordination with the heads of 
the Social Security Administration, the Railroad Re-
tirement Board, the Department of Veterans Affairs, 
and the Department of Labor, should develop a leg-
islative solution to ensure that the cost-of-living ad-
justment formula for Social Security adequately re-
flects beneficiaries’ needs. 
SEC. 3. ONE-TIME SUPPLEMENTARY PAYMENT TO BENE-
FICIARIES OF SOCIAL SECURITY AND VET-
ERANS BENEFITS. 
(a) AUTHORITY TO MAKE PAYMENTS.— 
(1) ELIGIBILITY.— 
(A) IN GENERAL.—Subject to paragraph 
(4)(C), the Secretary of the Treasury shall dis-
burse a payment equal to the amount described 
in subsection (e) to each individual who, for any 
month during the 3-month period ending with 
the month which ends prior to the month that 
includes the date of the enactment of this Act, 
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is entitled to a benefit payment described in 
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) of subparagraph (B), or 
is eligible for a SSI cash benefit described in 
subparagraph (C). 
(B) BENEFIT PAYMENT DESCRIBED.—For 
purposes of subparagraph (A): 
(i) TITLE II BENEFIT.—A benefit pay-
ment described in this clause is a monthly 
insurance benefit payable under title II of 
the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 401 et 
seq.). 
(ii) RAILROAD
RETIREMENT
BEN-
EFIT.—A benefit payment described in this 
clause is a monthly annuity or pension 
payment payable under subsection (a), (c), 
or (d) of section 2 of the Railroad Retire-
ment Act of 1974 (45 U.S.C. 231a). 
(iii) VETERANS BENEFIT.—A benefit 
payment described in this clause is a pay-
ment made by the Secretary of Veterans 
Affairs for a benefit under the laws admin-
istered by the Secretary— 
(I) that is covered by section 
5312 of title 38, United States Code; 
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(II) for which there was an in-
crease in rates made pursuant to the 
Veterans’ Compensation Cost-of-Liv-
ing Adjustment Act of 2014 (Public 
Law 113–181); or 
(III) that would otherwise be in-
creased pursuant to an increase in 
benefit amounts payable under title II 
of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 
401 et seq.). 
(C) SSI CASH
BENEFIT
DESCRIBED.—A 
SSI cash benefit described in this subparagraph 
is a supplemental security income benefit pay-
able under title XVI of the Social Security Act 
(42 U.S.C. 1381 et seq.). 
(2) NO
DOUBLE
PAYMENTS.—An individual 
shall be paid only 1 payment under this section, re-
gardless of whether the individual is entitled to, or 
eligible for, more than 1 benefit payment described 
in paragraph (1). 
(3) LIMITATION.—A payment under this section 
shall not be made in the case of any individual 
whose date of death occurs before the date on which 
the individual is certified under subsection (b) to re-
ceive a payment under this section. 
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