S.Amdt. 455

SA 455. Mr. WHITEHOUSE (for himself, Mr. Cotton, Mr. Braun, and Mr.
Jones) submitted an amendment intended to be proposed by him to the
bill S. 1790, to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2020 for
military activities of the Department of Defense, for military
construction, and for defense activities of the Department of Energy,
to prescribe military personnel strengths for such fiscal year, and for
other purposes; which was ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

At the end of subtitle H of title X, add the following:

SEC. 1086. ELIMINATION OF WAITING PERIOD FOR SOCIAL SECURITY
DISABILITY INSURANCE BENEFITS FOR DISABLED
INDIVIDUALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS
(ALS).

(a) In General.--Section 223(a)(1) of the Social Security
Act (42 U.S.C. 423(a)(1)) is amended in the matter following
subparagraph (E) by striking ``or (ii)'' and inserting ``(ii)
in the case of an individual who has been medically
determined to have amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, for each
month beginning with the first month during all of which the
individual is under a disability and in which the individual
becomes entitled to such insurance benefits, or (iii)''.
(b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section
shall apply with respect to applications for disability
insurance benefits filed after the date of the enactment of
this Act.
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