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119-hr-8298119th CongressWALLET

SSI Savings and Efficiency Act of 2026

Sponsored By: Representative Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]

Introduced

Summary

Removing in-kind support from Supplemental Security Income (SSI) income calculations would stop goods or services given directly from being treated as income. The bill would also bar sponsor cash given during the first 3 years after a noncitizen's entry from counting toward SSI income.

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  • SSI recipients: Would have non-cash help like food, housing assistance, or services excluded from income, which can raise eligibility or monthly payments.
  • Recent immigrants with sponsors: Sponsor cash support during the first 3 years after entry would be disregarded for SSI income calculations so sponsor payments would not reduce eligibility or benefits during that period.
  • Families and service providers: Giving goods or services directly to a person on SSI would no longer lower that person’s SSI because those in-kind contributions would not count as income.

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Bill Overview

Analyzed Economic Effects

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

More SSI help for recipients, immigrants

If enacted, this bill would stop counting non-cash help you get—like food, shelter, or services—as income when calculating Supplemental Security Income (SSI). For three years after a noncitizen enters the United States, cash that a sponsor gives would not count as the noncitizen's income to the extent that cash already was counted in deeming decisions. These changes would reduce counted income for affected SSI applicants and recipients and could raise eligibility or payment amounts for those people.

One-year delay for SSI changes

If enacted, the Act's changes to SSI would not take effect until one year after the date of enactment. That means SSI applicants, current recipients, recent immigrants, sponsors, and agencies would continue using current rules for one more year before the new income-counting rules apply.

Sponsors & CoSponsors

Sponsor

Davids, Sharice [D-KS-3]

KS • D

Cosponsors

  • Rep. Scanlon, Mary Gay [D-PA-5]

    PA • D

    Sponsored 4/15/2026

Roll Call Votes

No roll call votes available for this bill.

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