Amendment106th Congress
Amendment makes clarifying and technical corrections; allows States to spend each year's appropriation over a 2 year period; authorizes adoption incentive payments to the States; ensures that SSI recipients who lose benefits will not automatically lose Medicaid benefits; and allows certain World War II veterans to receive SSI benefits if they move outside of the United States.
- Amendment Number
- 240
- Description
- Amendment makes clarifying and technical corrections; allows States to spend each year's appropriation over a 2 year period; authorizes adoption incentive payments to the States; ensures that SSI recipients who lose benefits will not automatically lose Medicaid benefits; and allows certain World War II veterans to receive SSI benefits if they move outside of the United States.
- Purpose
- An amendment no. 1 and printed in H. Rept. 106-199 to clarify that eligible children are those who left foster care because they reached age 18; eliminate the Secretary's authority to redistribute funds that are not used by States and allow States to spend each year's appropriation over a 2 year period; authorize adoption incentive payments; ensure that SSI recipients who lose benefits will not automatically lose Medicaid benefits; and allow certain World War II veterans to receive SSI benefits if they move outside of the United States.
- Congress
- 106
- Type
- HAMDT
- Latest Action Date
- Jun 25, 1999
- Latest Action Text
- On agreeing to the Johnson (CT) amendment (A001) Agreed to by voice vote.
- Latest Action Time
- 11:03:51
- Submitted Date
- Jun 25, 1999
- Chamber
- House of Representatives
- Update Date
- Aug 15, 2021