I 
109TH CONGRESS 
1ST SESSION H. R. 4224 
To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that an individual’s 
entitlement to any benefit thereunder shall continue through the month 
of his or her death (without affecting any other person’s entitlement 
to benefits for that month) and that such individual’s benefit shall 
be payable for such month only to the extent proportionate to the 
number of days in such month preceding the date of such individual’s 
death. 
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
NOVEMBER 3, 2005 
Mr. DAVIS of Tennessee 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 
that an individual’s entitlement to any benefit thereunder 
shall continue through the month of his or her death 
(without affecting any other person’s entitlement to bene-
fits for that month) and that such individual’s benefit 
shall be payable for such month only to the extent pro-
portionate to the number of days in such month pre-
ceding the date of such individual’s death. 
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 ‘‘Proportionate Final 
Benefit Act of 2005’’. 
SEC. 2. CONTINUATION OF BENEFITS THROUGH MONTH OF 
BENEFICIARY’S DEATH. 
(a) 
OLD-AGE
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(a) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402(a)) is 
amended by striking ‘‘the month preceding’’ in the matter 
following subparagraph (B). 
(b) WIFE’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.— 
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(b)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and ending with the 
month’’ in the matter immediately following 
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘and ending with the 
month in which she dies or (if earlier) with the 
month’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (J). 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
202(b)(5)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(b)(5)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(E), (F), (H), or (J)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(E), (G), or (I)’’. 
(c) HUSBAND’S INSURANCE BENEFITS.—
(1) IN GENERAL.—Section 202(c)(1) of such 
Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(1)) is amended— 
(A) by striking ‘‘and ending with the 
month’’ in the matter immediately following 
clause (ii) and inserting ‘‘and ending with the 
month in which he dies or (if earlier) with the 
month’’; 
(B) by striking subparagraph (E); and 
(C) by redesignating subparagraphs (F) 
through (K) as subparagraphs (E) through (J), 
respectively. 
(2) 
CONFORMING
AMENDMENTS.—Section 
202(c)(5)(B) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(c)(5)(B)) 
is amended by striking ‘‘(E), (F), (H), or (J)’’ and 
inserting ‘‘(E), (G), or (I)’’, respectively. 
(d) 
CHILD’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(d)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(d)(1)) is amend-
ed— 
(1) by striking ‘‘and ending with the month’’ in 
the matter immediately preceding subparagraph (D) 
and inserting ‘‘and ending with the month in which 
such child dies or (if earlier) with the month’’; and 
(2) by striking ‘‘dies, or’’ in subparagraph (D). 
(e) 
WIDOW’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(e)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(e)(1)) is amended
by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding the first 
month in which any of the following occurs: she remarries, 
dies,’’ in the matter following subparagraph (F) and in-
serting ‘‘ending with the month in which she dies or (if 
earlier) with the month preceding the first month in which 
she remarries’’. 
(f) WIDOWER’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(f)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(f)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding the first 
month in which any of the following occurs: he remarries, 
dies,’’ in the matter following subparagraph (F) and in-
serting ‘‘ending with the month in which he dies or (if 
earlier) with the month preceding the first month in which 
he remarries’’. 
(g) MOTHER’S AND FATHER’S INSURANCE BENE-
FITS.—Section 202(g)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 
402(g)(1)) is amended— 
(1) by inserting ‘‘with the month in which he or 
she dies or (if earlier)’’ after ‘‘and ending’’ in the 
matter following subparagraph (F); and 
(2) by striking ‘‘he or she remarries, or he or 
she dies’’ and inserting ‘‘or he or she remarries’’. 
(h) 
PARENT’S
INSURANCE
BENEFITS.—Section 
202(h)(1) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 402(h)(1)) is amended 
by striking ‘‘ending with the month preceding the first