An Act to make permanent the existing temporary provision for disregarding Income of old-age, survivors, and disability insurance and railroad retirement recipients in determining their need for public assistance
PL 91-669 (H.R.19915), enacted 01/11/1971

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PUBLIC LAW 91-669-JAN. 11, 1971 
[84 STAT. 
Xavy; Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Air Force; and 
Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation, Defense Agencies shall 
not be available for obligation after June 30, 1972. Each such appro-
priation shall be merged with and shall be a^ ailable for the same time 
period as appropriations made in this Act under the same head. 
(b) Section 642 of the Department of Defense Appropriation Act, 
1970 (Public Law 91-171, approved December 29, 1969), is hereby 
repealed. 
SEC. 843. In line with the expressed intention of the President of 
the United States, none of the funds appropriated by this Act shall 
be used to finance the introduction of American ground combat 
troops into Laos or Thailand. 
SEC. 844. None of the funds appropriated in this Act shall be 
available for the purposes authorized by section 610, Public Law 
91-511, approved October 26,1970. 
Certain Defense 
SEC. 845. After Juue 15,1971, uo part of the funds in this Act shall 
employees, limita- j-^g, available to supj)ort in excess of 138,000 personnel of the Depart-
ment of Defense (military and civilian) assigned to activities managed 
under the Intelligence and Security Program of the Department of 
Defense. 
This Act may be cited as the "Department of Defense Appropriation 
Act, 1071." 
Approved January 11, 1971. 
Repeal. 
83 Stat. 487. 
Laos or Thai-
land, introduc-
tion of combat 
troops, prohibi-
tion. 
ABM sites, 
prohibition. 
Ante, 
p. 1224. 
Short title. 
Public Law 91-669 
January 11, 1971 
[H.R. 19915] 
OASDI and rail-
road retirement re-
cipients. 
Public assist-
ance, extension. 
Ante, p. 408. 
42 
use 
301, 
1201, 1351, 1381. 
AN ACT 
To extend the temporary provision for disregarding income of old-age, survivors, 
and disability insurance and railroad retirement recipients in determining 
their need for public assistance. 
Be it enacted hy the Semite and House of Representatives 
of the 
United States of Amenca 
in Congress assembled. That section 1007 
of the Social Security Amendments of 1969, as amended by section 
2 (b) of Public Law 91-306, is amended to read as follows: 
"SEC. 1007. In addition to the requirements imposed by law as a 
condition of approval of a State plan to provide aid to individuals 
under title I, X, XIV, or XVI of the Social Security Act, there is 
hereby imposed the requirement (and the plan shall be deemed to 
require) that, in the case of any individual found eligible (as a result 
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of the requirement imposed by this section or otherwise) for aid for 
any month after March 1970 and before January 1972 who also receives 
in such month— 
"(1) a monthly insurance benefit under title I I of such Act, 
42usc40i. 
the sum of the aid received by him for such month, plus the 
montlily insurance benefit received by him in such month, shall 
not be less than the sum of the aid which would have been received 
by him for such month under the State plan as in effect for March 
1970, plus either 
"(A) the monthly insurance benefit which was or would 
have been received by him in March 1970 without regard to 
the other provisions of this title plus $4, or 
"(B) the monthly insurance benefit which was or would 
have been received by him in March 1970 under the provisions 
of this title, 
whichever is less (whether this requirement is satisfied by disre-
garding a portion of his monthly insurance benefit or other-
wise) , or 
" (2) a monthly payment of annuity or pension under the Rail-
road Retirement Act of 1937 or the Railroad Retirement Act of 
so stat. so?. 
1935, the sum of the aid received by him in such month, plus the 228^s-^!^ ^^^^" 
monthly payment of such annuity or pension received by him in 
49 stat. 96 7. 
such month (not including any part of such annuity or pension 228^n^fe^s^^^" 
w^hich is disregarded mider section 1006), shall (except as other-
wise provided in the succeeding sentence) not be less than the 
sum of the aid which would have been received by him for such 
month under such plan as in effect for March 1970, plus either 
"(A) the monthly payment of annuity or pension which 
was or would have been received by him in March 1970 with-
out regard to the provisions of any Act enacted after May 30, 
1970, and before December 31, 1970, which provides general 
increases in the amount of such monthly payment of annuity 
or pension plus $4, or 
"(B) the monthly payment of annuity or pension which 
was or would have been received by him in March 1970, tak-
ing into account the provisions of such Act (if any), 
whichever is less (whether this requirement is satisfied by dis-
regarding a portion of his monthly payment of annuity or pension 
or otherwise)." 
Approved January 11, 1971. 
Ante, 
p. 407,,