Eliminating or Reducing Marriage Penalties Bills Introduced in Congress

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H.R.1389 – Marriage Equality for Disabled Adults Act would

• Allow DAC recipients to marry without losing benefits
• Eliminate penalties for SSI recipients who marry DAC recipients
• End the “holding out” rule for all SSI recipients

S.1234 & H.R.2540 – SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act would

• Eliminate 25% asset penalty for married people receiving SSI.
• Increase SSI asset limits
  • $10,000 if unmarried
  • $20,000 if married
• Asset limits would adjust annually with inflation

S.73 – Eliminating the Marriage Penalty in SSI Act (EMPSA) would

• Eliminate 25% income and asset penalties and spousal deeming of income and assets for people diagnosed with an intellectual or developmental disability receiving SSI

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