Jeremy Sanchez Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act
Latest action · Jun 18, 2014 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Progress
Where this bill reached, and when. A stage with no date was not reached; one that failed a vote and later carried shows the date it carried.
- IntroducedJun 18, 2014
- Passed HouseNot reached
- Passed SenateNot reached
- To the PresidentNot reached
- Became lawNot reached
Summary
Jeremy Sanchez Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to waive the waiting period for disability insurance benefits for a beneficiary under a disability if the individual is terminally ill or the Commissioner of Social Security determines that the application of the waiting period would work an undue hardship.
Cosponsors 1
Members who signed on, in the order they did. All signed on Jun 25, 2014.
| Seat | Cosponsor | Signed on | |
|---|---|---|---|
| D-NY | Jerrold Nadler | Jun 25, 2014 |
Committees 1
Where it was sent and what each committee and subcommittee did with it, in order.
| Chamber | Committee | What it did |
|---|---|---|
| House | Ways and Means Committee | Referred Jun 18, 2014 |
Actions 2
Everything that happened, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2014Introduced in House
- Jun 18, 2014Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Research
What has been written about this bill: committee reports, cost estimates, the sponsor’s authority statement, printed hearings and the Congressional Research Service’s work.
Constitutional authority
The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the page H5494.
Printed hearings 1
Hearings whose printed record names this bill, newest first: hearings on it, and wider hearings where it came up.
| Number | Hearing | Committee | Held |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. Hrg. 113-502 | INDIAN GAMING: THE NEXT 25 YEARS150 pages | Indian Affairs Committee | Jul 23, 2014 |
Titles 2
Every title it has carried, official and short, at each stage.
- Official Title as Introduced
- To amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide for the non-application of the waiting period for disability insurance benefits in cases of terminally ill beneficiaries, and for other purposes.
- Short Titles as Introduced
- Jeremy Sanchez Social Security Disability Insurance Fairness Act
Subjects
Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Armed Forces and National Security.
- Armed Forces and National Security
- Child care and development
- Congressional oversight
- Disability and paralysis
- Employee leave
- Executive agency funding and structure
- Financial services and investments
- Government employee pay, benefits, personnel management
- Government studies and investigations
- Lawyers and legal services
- Mental health
- Neurological disorders
- Student aid and college costs
- Veterans' education, employment, rehabilitation
- Veterans' medical care
Text 1
Each version as it was printed, newest first.
- Jun 18, 2014Introduced in House
Everything here is as published by Congress: the summary is the Congressional Research Service's, the action wording is the clerks', and the subjects are the Library of Congress's. How far it got is read from the actions themselves, taking the most recent one of each kind, so a bill that failed a vote and later passed is shown as having passed. Records come from this bill on Congress.gov and govinfo.gov; cost estimates are the Congressional Budget Office's, and the hearings are the printed hearings GovInfo publishes, which can appear months after the hearing.
