SSI Savings Penalty Elimination Act
This bill raises the asset limits for Supplemental Security Income (SSI) program eligibility. It increases the maximum allowable savings for individuals from $2,250 to $20,000 (in 2025, with future inflation adjustments) and for couples from $1,500 to $10,000 (also starting in 2025). The bill adds a specific inflation adjustment mechanism using the Consumer Price Index to automatically update these limits annually after 2025. This change directly affects low-income SSI recipients who currently lose benefits when their savings exceed the current, low thresholds.
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Introduction
Apr 2025
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Introduced Apr 1, 2025
Last action Apr 1, 2025
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Apr 1, 2025
Committee
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
upper
Apr 1, 2025
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Introduced in Senate
upper
1 primary · 17 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Catherine Cortez Masto
DDemocratic
Co
Angus S. King, Jr.
IIndependent
Co
Bill Cassidy
RRepublican
Co
Jack Reed
DDemocratic
Co
James C. Justice
RRepublican
Co
James Lankford
RRepublican
Co
Jon Husted
RRepublican
Co
Kirsten E. Gillibrand
DDemocratic
Co
Lisa Murkowski
RRepublican
Co
Margaret Wood Hassan
DDemocratic
Co
Mike Rounds
RRepublican
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