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119-hr-6724119th CongressWALLET

Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act

Sponsored By: Representative Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]

Introduced

Summary

Excludes disaster-related settlement payments from SSI income and resource tests. This bill would prevent money from personal injury, physical sickness, or property damage settlements from counting when determining Supplemental Security Income eligibility and benefit amounts.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

1 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.

Protect SSI for disaster victims

If enacted, this bill would stop certain settlement money from counting against Supplemental Security Income (SSI). Amounts you or your spouse get in settlement for personal injury, physical sickness, or damage to property would not count as income. For resource tests, such money would be ignored in the month you receive it and every month after. The rule would apply to settlements received before, on, or after enactment and would explicitly treat the settlement in In Re: East Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23-CV-00242, as excluded even for months before enactment.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Rulli, Michael A. [R-OH-6]

OH • R

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Deluzio, Christopher R. [D-PA-17]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 12/15/2025

  • Rep. Mannion, John W. [D-NY-22]

    NY • D

    Sponsored 12/16/2025

  • Rep. Carey, Mike [R-OH-15]

    OH • R

    Sponsored 3/27/2026

Roll Call Votes

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