[Congressional Bills 110th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 290 Introduced in House (IH)]







110th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 290

 To prevent ineligibility for supplemental security income benefits by 
           reason of an increase in the Federal minimum wage.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                            January 5, 2007

 Mr. English of Pennsylvania introduced the following bill; which was 
              referred to the Committee on Ways and Means

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                                 A BILL


 
 To prevent ineligibility for supplemental security income benefits by 
           reason of an increase in the Federal minimum wage.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Fair Wages for Americans with 
Disabilities Act''.

SEC. 2. PREVENTION OF INELIGIBILITY FOR SSI BENEFITS BY REASON OF AN 
              INCREASE IN THE FEDERAL MINIMUM WAGE.

    (a) Earned Income Exclusion.--Section 1612(b) of the Social 
Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended--
            (1) by striking ``and'' at the end of paragraph (22);
            (2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (23) and 
        inserting ``; and''; and
            (3) by adding at the end the following:
            ``(24)(A) if such individual does not have an eligible 
        spouse, the amount (if any) by which the minimum wage rate in 
        effect for the month under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor 
        Standards Act of 1938 multiplied by the number of hours for 
        which such individual is gainfully employed during the month 
        exceeds the total amount of earned income of such individual 
        excluded by the preceding provisions of this subsection for the 
        month; or
            ``(B) if such individual has an eligible spouse, the amount 
        (if any) by which the minimum wage rate in effect for the month 
        under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 
        multiplied by the total number of hours for which such 
        individual and such spouse are gainfully employed during the 
        month exceeds the total amount of earned income of such 
        individual and such spouse excluded by the preceding provisions 
        of this subsection for the month.''.
    (b) Effective Date.--The amendments made by subsection (a) of this 
section shall apply to benefits for months ending on or after the 
earliest date, after the date of the enactment of this Act, an increase 
in the Federal minimum wage rate under section 6(a)(1) of the Fair 
Labor Standards Act of 1938 takes effect.
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