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“Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (S. 579) to make a technical correction to the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019, and ask for its immediate consideration in the House. The Clerk read the title of the bill. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Williams of Georgia). Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from California? There was no objection. The text of the bill is as follows: S. 579 Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, SECTION 1. RETROACTIVE ACCESS TO SOCIAL SECURITY DISABILITY BENEFITS INDIVIDUALS WITH AMYOTROPHIC LATERAL SCLEROSIS (ALS). (a) In General.--Section 2(b) of the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-250) is amended by striking ``applications for disability insurance benefits filed after the date of enactment of this Act'' and inserting ``applications for disability insurance benefits approved after the date that is 5 months before the date of enactment of this Act''. (b) Effective Date.--The amendment made by this section shall take effect as if included in the enactment of the ALS Disability Insurance Access Act of 2019 (Public Law 116-250). The bill was ordered to be read a third time, was read the third time, and passed, and a motion to reconsider was laid on the table. ____________________”