HR 1407 · 116th Congress 2019–2021, ended

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

Introduced Feb 27, 2019 Originated House Sponsor Seth Moulton D-MA

Latest action · Feb 27, 2019 Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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.

IntroducedFeb 27, 2019
Passed HouseNot reached
Passed SenateNot reached
To the PresidentNot reached
Became lawNot reached

Summary

ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

This bill eliminates the five-month waiting period for disability benefits under the Old Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance program for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (a progressive neurodegenerative disease, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, that affects nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord). Under current law, individuals must wait five months after becoming disabled before their disability insurance benefit payments may begin.

Cosponsors 305

Members who signed on, in the order they did. Signatures ran from Feb 27, 2019 to Dec 3, 2020; 90 are original cosponsors, there from the day it was introduced.

Seat	Cosponsor		Signed on
D-CA	Adam B. Schiff	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-FL	Al Lawson, Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Alan S. Lowenthal	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-FL	Alcee L. Hastings	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-IN	André Carson	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NJ	Andy Kim	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Antonio Delgado	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Barbara Lee	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MS	Bennie G. Thompson	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MN	Betty McCollum	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-IL	Bill Foster	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NJ	Bill Pascrell, Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-OH	Bob Gibbs	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NJ	Bonnie Watson Coleman	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-PA	Brian K. Fitzpatrick	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-ME	Chellie Pingree	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NY	Chris Collins	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MN	Collin C. Peterson	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-IL	Daniel Lipinski	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-FL	Darren Soto	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NC	David E. Price	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-RI	David N. Cicilline	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Wasserman Schultz	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-WA	Denny Heck	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-WA	Derek Kilmer	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NJ	Donald M. Payne, Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Doris O. Matsui	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-OR	Earl Blumenauer	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-HI	Ed Case	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-VA	Elaine G. Luria	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-DC	Eleanor Holmes Norton	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Eliot L. Engel	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NY	Elise M. Stefanik	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-TX	Filemon Vela	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NC	George Holding	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Grace Meng	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-FL	Gus M. Bilirakis	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MN	Ilhan Omar	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-MI	Jack Bergman	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-WA	Jaime Herrera Beutler	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MA	James P. McGovern	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-RI	James R. Langevin	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MD	Jamie Raskin	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Jimmy Panetta	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-KY	John A. Yarmuth	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	John Garamendi	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NY	John Katko	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-GA	John Lewis	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Julia Brownley	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Kathleen M. Rice	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-FL	Kathy Castor	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-OR	Kurt Schrader	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NY	Lee M. Zeldin	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-PA	Madeleine Dean	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NC	Mark Meadows	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-WI	Mark Pocan	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Mark Takano	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-PA	Matt Cartwright	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-OH	Michael R. Turner	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-IL	Mike Quigley	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Norma J. Torres	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Paul Tonko	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Pete Aguilar	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-OR	Peter A. DeFazio	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-NY	Peter T. King	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-LA	Ralph Lee Abraham	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-AZ	Raúl M. Grijalva	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-IL	Robin L. Kelly	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-IL	Rodney Davis	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-WI	Ron Kind	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-AZ	Ruben Gallego	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-GA	Sanford D. Bishop, Jr.	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Scott H. Peters	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-CO	Scott R. Tipton	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Sean Patrick Maloney	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-TN	Steve Cohen	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-IA	Steve King	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-AR	Steve Womack	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-PA	Susan Wild	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-OR	Suzanne Bonamici	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-CA	Ted Lieu	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-AL	Terri A. Sewell	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-FL	Theodore E. Deutch	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Thomas R. Suozzi	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-MN	Tom Emmer	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-AZ	Tom O'Halleran	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-HI	Tulsi Gabbard	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-TX	Vicente Gonzalez	Original	Feb 27, 2019
R-TX	Will Hurd	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-NY	Yvette D. Clarke	Original	Feb 27, 2019
D-MD	C. A. Dutch Ruppersberger		Feb 28, 2019
D-IA	Cynthia Axne		Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr.		Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Lucille Roybal-Allard		Feb 28, 2019
R-VA	Robert J. Wittman		Feb 28, 2019
D-CA	Susan A. Davis		Feb 28, 2019
D-OH	Tim Ryan		Feb 28, 2019
R-MS	Trent Kelly		Feb 28, 2019
R-WA	Cathy McMorris Rodgers		Mar 4, 2019
R-CA	Duncan Hunter		Mar 4, 2019
R-WI	F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr.		Mar 4, 2019
D-NY	Brian Higgins		Mar 5, 2019
D-NM	Debra A. Haaland		Mar 5, 2019
R-AK	Don Young		Mar 5, 2019
D-NJ	Josh Gottheimer		Mar 5, 2019
D-CA	Tj Cox		Mar 5, 2019
R-AZ	Andy Biggs		Mar 6, 2019
D-MN	Angie Craig		Mar 6, 2019
D-PA	Mary Gay Scanlon		Mar 6, 2019
R-WI	Mike Gallagher		Mar 6, 2019
R-OK	Tom Cole		Mar 6, 2019
D-CA	Ami Bera		Mar 7, 2019
R-MO	Blaine Luetkemeyer		Mar 7, 2019
R-LA	Mike Johnson		Mar 7, 2019
R-MS	Steven M. Palazzo		Mar 8, 2019
D-PA	Brendan F. Boyle		Mar 11, 2019
R-PA	Glenn Thompson		Mar 11, 2019
D-CO	Jason Crow		Mar 11, 2019
D-CA	Judy Chu		Mar 11, 2019
D-CA	Salud O. Carbajal		Mar 11, 2019
R-CA	Ken Calvert		Mar 12, 2019
R-OH	Bill Johnson		Mar 18, 2019
D-IL	Bobby L. Rush		Mar 18, 2019
R-FL	Brian J. Mast		Mar 18, 2019
D-PA	Conor Lamb		Mar 18, 2019
D-OH	Marcia L. Fudge		Mar 18, 2019
R-OH	Steve Stivers		Mar 18, 2019
D-NY	Anthony Brindisi		Mar 26, 2019
R-OH	David P. Joyce		Mar 26, 2019
D-MA	Joseph P. Kennedy III		Mar 26, 2019
R-ND	Kelly Armstrong		Mar 26, 2019
D-CA	Maxine Waters		Mar 26, 2019
D-NJ	Tom Malinowski		Mar 26, 2019
D-NH	Ann M. Kuster		Apr 2, 2019
D-CA	Eric Swalwell		Apr 2, 2019
R-PA	Guy Reschenthaler		Apr 2, 2019
D-IA	Abby Finkenauer		Apr 29, 2019
R-GA	Barry Loudermilk		Apr 29, 2019
R-NJ	Christopher H. Smith		Apr 29, 2019
D-FL	Debbie Mucarsel-Powell		Apr 29, 2019
D-OH	Marcy Kaptur		Apr 29, 2019
D-CA	Zoe Lofgren		Apr 29, 2019
D-MA	Katherine M. Clark		May 2, 2019
D-NY	Gregory W. Meeks		May 8, 2019
D-NV	Dina Titus		May 20, 2019
D-CA	Harley Rouda		May 20, 2019
R-MO	Sam Graves		May 20, 2019
R-OH	Robert E. Latta		Jun 3, 2019
R-OH	Troy Balderson		Jun 3, 2019
D-MA	Ayanna Pressley		Jun 11, 2019
D-MN	Dean Phillips		Jun 11, 2019
R-WI	Glenn Grothman		Jun 11, 2019
D-NJ	Jefferson Van Drew		Jun 11, 2019
D-PA	Michael F. Doyle		Jun 11, 2019
D-CA	Ro Khanna		Jun 11, 2019
D-PA	Dwight Evans		Jun 18, 2019
R-AR	Eric A. "Rick" Crawford		Jun 18, 2019
D-CA	Josh Harder		Jun 18, 2019
R-TX	Michael T. McCaul		Jun 18, 2019
R-OH	Steve Chabot		Jun 18, 2019
R-VA	Ben Cline		Jun 25, 2019
R-WV	Carol D. Miller		Jun 25, 2019
R-PA	Daniel Meuser		Jun 25, 2019
D-NY	Jose E. Serrano		Jun 25, 2019
D-NJ	Albio Sires		Jun 26, 2019
D-ME	Jared F. Golden		Jun 26, 2019
R-AZ	Paul A. Gosar		Jul 10, 2019
R-CA	Paul Cook		Jul 10, 2019
D-NH	Chris Pappas		Jul 18, 2019
R-AZ	Debbie Lesko		Jul 18, 2019
D-CA	Jared Huffman		Jul 18, 2019
R-NE	Jeff Fortenberry		Jul 18, 2019
R-FL	John H. Rutherford		Jul 18, 2019
D-VT	Peter Welch		Jul 18, 2019
R-FL	Bill Posey		Jul 30, 2019
D-TX	Al Green		Aug 6, 2019
D-NY	Carolyn B. Maloney		Aug 6, 2019
D-FL	Charlie Crist		Aug 6, 2019
D-MI	Elissa Slotkin		Aug 6, 2019
D-CT	Jahana Hayes		Aug 6, 2019
D-NY	Nita M. Lowey		Aug 6, 2019
R-SC	Ralph Norman		Aug 6, 2019
D-KS	Sharice Davids		Aug 6, 2019
D-NM	Ben Ray Luján		Aug 20, 2019
D-IL	Cheri Bustos		Aug 20, 2019
D-OH	Joyce Beatty		Aug 20, 2019
D-NJ	Mikie Sherrill		Aug 20, 2019
R-TX	Bill Flores		Sep 16, 2019
D-NY	Joseph D. Morelle		Sep 16, 2019
D-TX	Lloyd Doggett		Sep 16, 2019
D-NY	Max Rose		Sep 16, 2019
D-IL	Danny K. Davis		Sep 17, 2019
R-OH	Anthony Gonzalez		Oct 4, 2019
D-TX	Colin Z. Allred		Oct 4, 2019
D-IA	David Loebsack		Oct 4, 2019
D-NC	G. K. Butterfield		Oct 4, 2019
R-KY	Thomas Massie		Oct 4, 2019
D-IL	Bradley Scott Schneider		Oct 16, 2019
D-GA	Lucy McBath		Oct 16, 2019
D-VA	Abigail Davis Spanberger		Oct 23, 2019
R-WI	Bryan Steil		Oct 23, 2019
R-NV	Mark E. Amodei		Nov 18, 2019
D-MI	Brenda L. Lawrence		Nov 19, 2019
D-GA	Henry C. "Hank" Johnson, Jr.		Nov 19, 2019
R-KS	Steve Watkins		Nov 19, 2019
D-MA	Stephen F. Lynch		Nov 26, 2019
D-WA	Suzan K. DelBene		Nov 26, 2019
D-MO	Wm. Lacy Clay		Nov 26, 2019
D-NC	Alma S. Adams		Dec 3, 2019
D-MA	Lori Trahan		Dec 3, 2019
D-CA	Mike Thompson		Dec 3, 2019
D-TX	Sheila Jackson Lee		Dec 3, 2019
R-CA	Tom McClintock		Dec 3, 2019
D-MA	William R. Keating		Dec 3, 2019
D-CA	Jim Costa		Dec 4, 2019
R-TX	John R. Carter		Dec 4, 2019
D-LA	Cedric L. Richmond		Dec 19, 2019
D-CO	Joe Neguse		Dec 19, 2019
D-IL	Raja Krishnamoorthi		Dec 19, 2019
D-PA	Chrissy Houlahan		Jan 13, 2020
R-MO	Jason Smith		Jan 13, 2020
D-TN	Jim Cooper		Jan 13, 2020
D-VA	Gerald E. Connolly		Jan 15, 2020
D-CA	Mark DeSaulnier		Jan 15, 2020
R-MN	Jim Hagedorn		Jan 21, 2020
R-TX	John Ratcliffe		Jan 24, 2020
D-OK	Kendra S. Horn		Feb 3, 2020
D-FL	Stephanie N. Murphy		Feb 3, 2020
D-CA	Grace F. Napolitano		Feb 10, 2020
D-CT	James A. Himes		Feb 10, 2020
D-CO	Diana DeGette		Feb 21, 2020
R-FL	Michael Waltz		Feb 21, 2020
R-AL	Mo Brooks		Feb 21, 2020
D-GA	David Scott		Feb 27, 2020
D-CA	J. Luis Correa		Mar 9, 2020
R-IL	Mike Bost		Apr 10, 2020
D-NV	Susie Lee		Apr 10, 2020
D-NY	Adriano Espaillat		May 19, 2020
R-UT	Chris Stewart		Jun 11, 2020
D-MI	Daniel T. Kildee		Jun 11, 2020
D-CO	Ed Perlmutter		Jun 11, 2020
R-PA	Fred Keller		Jun 11, 2020
R-KY	James Comer		Jun 11, 2020
D-NY	Jerrold Nadler		Jun 11, 2020
R-IN	Jim Banks		Jun 11, 2020
D-CT	Joe Courtney		Jun 11, 2020
R-SC	Joe Wilson		Jun 11, 2020
R-PA	John Joyce		Jun 11, 2020
R-TX	Kay Granger		Jun 11, 2020
R-AL	Martha Roby		Jun 11, 2020
R-PA	Mike Kelly		Jun 11, 2020
R-AL	Mike Rogers		Jun 11, 2020
D-NY	Nydia M. Velázquez		Jun 11, 2020
R-MN	Pete Stauber		Jun 11, 2020
R-FL	W. Gregory Steube		Jun 11, 2020
R-SC	William R. Timmons IV		Jun 11, 2020
D-AZ	Ann Kirkpatrick		Jun 26, 2020
R-TN	Charles J. "Chuck" Fleischmann		Jun 26, 2020
R-MI	Fred Upton		Jun 26, 2020
R-VA	H. Morgan Griffith		Jun 26, 2020
R-AR	J. French Hill		Jun 26, 2020
R-AL	Robert B. Aderholt		Jun 26, 2020
R-MO	Vicky Hartzler		Jun 26, 2020
D-NM	Xochitl Torres Small		Jun 26, 2020
R-WV	Alexander X. Mooney		Aug 25, 2020
D-MD	Anthony G. Brown		Aug 25, 2020
D-MD	David J. Trone		Aug 25, 2020
R-VA	Denver Riggleman		Aug 25, 2020
D-FL	Donna E. Shalala		Aug 25, 2020
R-CO	Doug Lamborn		Aug 25, 2020
D-MO	Emanuel Cleaver		Aug 25, 2020
D-FL	Frederica S. Wilson		Aug 25, 2020
R-LA	Garret Graves		Aug 25, 2020
D-AZ	Greg Stanton		Aug 25, 2020
D-VA	Jennifer Wexton		Aug 25, 2020
D-SC	Joe Cunningham		Aug 25, 2020
R-UT	John R. Curtis		Aug 25, 2020
R-WI	Thomas P. Tiffany		Aug 25, 2020
R-AZ	David Schweikert		Sep 1, 2020
R-NE	Don Bacon		Sep 1, 2020
D-TX	Eddie Bernice Johnson		Sep 1, 2020
D-WA	Kim Schrier		Sep 1, 2020
D-CA	Linda T. Sánchez		Sep 1, 2020
D-CA	Nanette Diaz Barragán		Sep 1, 2020
D-WA	Pramila Jayapal		Sep 1, 2020
R-TN	Tim Burchett		Sep 1, 2020
D-MI	Andy Levin		Sep 4, 2020
R-AR	Bruce Westerman		Sep 4, 2020
D-NY	Hakeem S. Jeffries		Sep 4, 2020
D-CA	Jackie Speier		Sep 4, 2020
D-DE	Lisa Blunt Rochester		Sep 4, 2020
D-FL	Lois Frankel		Sep 4, 2020
R-FL	Ted S. Yoho		Sep 4, 2020
D-MD	John P. Sarbanes		Sep 14, 2020
R-TX	Ron Wright		Sep 14, 2020
D-NJ	Donald Norcross		Sep 29, 2020
D-CA	Jimmy Gomez		Sep 29, 2020
R-OK	Kevin Hern		Sep 29, 2020
D-CT	Rosa L. DeLauro		Sep 29, 2020
R-TX	Van Taylor		Sep 29, 2020
D-MI	Haley M. Stevens		Nov 17, 2020
R-PA	Scott Perry		Nov 17, 2020
D-CA	Anna G. Eshoo		Dec 3, 2020
D-IL	Lauren Underwood		Dec 3, 2020
R-LA	Steve Scalise		Dec 3, 2020

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 Feb 27, 2019
	Social Security Subcommittee	Referred Feb 27, 2019

Actions 3

Everything that happened, newest first.

Feb 27, 2019Introduced in House
Feb 27, 2019Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Feb 27, 2019Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.

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

Congress has the power to enact this legislation pursuant to the following: Article I, Section 8, Clause 1 of the Constitution

The sponsor’s statement, as printed in the Congressional Record, vol. 165, no. 36, February 27, 2019, page H2272.

CRS reports 1

Congressional Research Service work that CRS links to this bill or the law it became, newest first.

About this bill 1

Products that name it in their title: its number, its law number or one of its short titles.

Product	Title	Kind	Published
IN11551	The ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 (S. 578) Archived	Insight	Dec 7, 2020

Related bills 1

Companion bills and other measures the record links to this one.

Bill	Title	Relationship	Latest action
S 578	ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019	Related bill	Dec 22, 2020

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 eliminate the five-month waiting period for disability insurance benefits for individuals with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).
Short Title(s) as Introduced: ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019

Subjects

Assigned by the Library of Congress. Policy area: Social Welfare.

Text 1

Each version as it was printed, newest first.

Feb 27, 2019Introduced in House

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