HR 9234 · 94th Congress · Blind
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to liberalize the test for determining whether a blind individual is disabled for purposes of disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze, and to provide that blind individuals shall be considered to be automatically insured for such purposes.
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to House Committee on Ways and Means.(1975-08-01)
Plain Language Summary
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Revises the test for determining whether a blind individual is "disabled" for purposes of disability insurance benefits and the disability freeze under title II (Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act. Provides that blind individuals shall be considered to be automatically insured for such purposes. Authorizes appropriations to the Federal Disability Insurance Trust Fund of sums necessary to place such Trust Fund in the same position at the end of each fiscal year as it would have been if the provisions of this Act had not been enacted.…
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