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On the recordMarch 3, 2021
I further ask that the bill be read a third time and passed and the motion to reconsider be considered made and laid upon the table with no intervening action or debate. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The bill (S. 579) was ordered to be engrossed for a third reading, was read the third time, and passed, 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). ____________________
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Dick Durbin
Democratic · Illinois
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Mar 3, 2021

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