S 2722 · 96th Congress · Social Welfare
A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that disability insurance benefits may not be paid to inmates of penal institutions or facilities for the criminally insane.
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Introduced2
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EnactedLatest: Referred to Senate Committee on Finance.(1980-05-15)
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Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) of the Social Security Act to prohibit the payment of disability insurance benefits to: (1) any individual for any month during which such individual is an inmate of a penal institution after being convicted of a crime or a facility for the criminally insane or other psychiatric facility after having been found (a) not guilty of a crime by reason of insanity or (b) mentally incompetent to stand trial; and (2) any individual otherwise entitled to benefits on the basis of the wages and income of such inmate for the same period.…
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Cosponsors (20)
9 Democrats11 Republicans