I 
116TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 1407 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate the five-month 
waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
FEBRUARY 27, 2019 
Mr. MOULTON (for himself, Mr. KING of New York, Mr. ABRAHAM, Mr. 
AGUILAR, Mr. BERGMAN, Mr. BILIRAKIS, Mr. BISHOP of Georgia, Mr. 
BLUMENAUER, Ms. BONAMICI, Ms. BROWNLEY of California, Mr. CAR-
SON of Indiana, Mr. CARTWRIGHT, Mr. CASE, Ms. CASTOR of Florida, 
Mr. CICILLINE, Ms. CLARKE of New York, Mr. COHEN, Mr. COLLINS of 
New York, Mr. RODNEY DAVIS of Illinois, Ms. DEAN, Mr. DEFAZIO, Mr. 
DELGADO, Mr. DEUTCH, Mr. EMMER, Mr. ENGEL, Mr. FITZPATRICK, 
Mr. FOSTER, Ms. GABBARD, Mr. GALLEGO, Mr. GARAMENDI, Mr. GIBBS, 
Mr. GONZALEZ of Texas, Mr. GRIJALVA, Mr. HASTINGS, Mr. HECK, Ms. 
HERRERA BEUTLER, Mr. HOLDING, Ms. NORTON, Mr. HURD of Texas, 
Mr. KATKO, Ms. KELLY of Illinois, Mr. KILMER, Mr. KIM, Mr. KIND, 
Mr. KING of Iowa, Mr. LANGEVIN, Mr. LAWSON of Florida, Ms. LEE of 
California, Mr. LEWIS, Mr. TED LIEU of California, Mr. LIPINSKI, Mr. 
LOWENTHAL, Mrs. LURIA, Mr. SEAN PATRICK MALONEY of New York, 
Ms. MATSUI, Ms. MCCOLLUM, Mr. MCGOVERN, Mr. MEADOWS, Ms. 
MENG, Mr. O’HALLERAN, Ms. OMAR, Mr. PANETTA, Mr. PAYNE, Mr. 
PETERS, Mr. PETERSON, Ms. PINGREE, Mr. POCAN, Mr. PRICE of North 
Carolina, Mr. QUIGLEY, Mr. RASKIN, Miss RICE of New York, Mr. 
SCHIFF, Mr. SCHRADER, Ms. SEWELL of Alabama, Mr. SOTO, Ms. 
STEFANIK, Mr. SUOZZI, Mr. TAKANO, Mr. THOMPSON of Mississippi, Mr. 
TIPTON, Mr. TONKO, Mrs. TORRES of California, Mr. TURNER, Mr. 
VELA, Ms. WASSERMAN SCHULTZ, Mrs. WATSON COLEMAN, Ms. WILD, 
Mr. WOMACK, Mr. YARMUTH, Mr. ZELDIN, and Mr. PASCRELL) intro-
duced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Ways 
and Means 
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A BILL 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate 
the five-month waiting period for disability insurance 
benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis 
(ALS). 
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 ‘‘ALS Disability Insur-
ance Access Act of 2019’’. 
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR INDIVID-
UALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLE-
ROSIS (ALS). 
(a) IN GENERAL.—Section 223 of the Social Security 
Act (42 U.S.C. 423) is amended— 
(1) in subsection (a)— 
(A) in paragraph (1), in the matter fol-
lowing subparagraph (E), by striking ‘‘or (ii)’’ 
and inserting ‘‘(ii) in the case of an individual 
who has been medically determined to have 
amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), for each 
month beginning with the first month during all 
of which the individual is under a disability and 
in which the individual becomes entitled to such 
insurance benefits, or (iii)’’; and 
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(B) in paragraph (2)(B), by inserting ‘‘or 
(iii)’’ after ‘‘clause (ii)’’. 
(b) EFFECTIVE DATE.—The amendments made by 
this section shall apply with respect to applications for dis-
ability insurance benefits filed after the date of the enact-
ment of this Act. 
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