,i  #aacth ,,congress  #ast ,session    
,h4 ,r4 #cfd  ,,in ,,the ,,house ,,of   
,,representatives  ,january #bc1 #bjac  
,mr4 ,pierluisi 7for himself1 ,mr4      
,faleomavaega1 ,mrs4 ,christensen1 ,ms4 
,bordallo1 ,mr4 ,sablan1 and ,mr4       
,serrano7 introduced the following bill2
 which was referred to the ,committee on
 ,ways and ,means  ,a ,,bill  ,to extend
 the supplemental security income       
program to ,puerto ,rico1 the ,united   
,states ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 and    
,american ,samoa1 and for other         
purposes4  #a4 ,short title ,this ,act  
may be cited as the ,supplemental       
,security ,income ,equality ,act4  #b4  
,extension of the supplemental security 
income program to ,puerto ,rico1 the    
,united ,states ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1
 and ,american ,samoa  7a7 ,in general  
,section #cjc of the ,social ,security  
,amendments of #aigb 7#hf ,stat4 #adhd7 
is amended by striking subsection 7b74  
7b7 ,conforming amendments  7#a7        
,definition of state ,section           

#aaja7;a77#a7 of the ,social ,security  
,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #acja7;a77#a77 is   
amended by striking the #eth sentence   
and inserting the following3 ,such term 
when used in title ,,xvi includes       
,puerto ,rico1 the ,united ,states      
,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 and ,american  
,samoa44  7#b7 ,elimination of limit on 
total payments to the territories       
,section #aajh of such ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #acjh7 is amended--  7,a7 in  
the section heading1 by striking 2      
limitation on total payments2  7,b7 by  
striking subsection 7a72 and  7,c7 in   
subsection 7c71 by striking paragraphs  
7#b7 and 7#d7 and redesignating         
paragraphs 7#c7 and 7#e7 as paragraphs  
7#b7 and 7#d71 respectively4  7#c7      
,united ,states nationals treated the   
same as citizens ,section               
#afad7;a77#a77;,b7 of such ,act 7#db    
,u4,s4,c4 #achb;c7a77#a77;,b77 is       
amended--  7,a7 in clause 7i77,i71 by   
inserting or national1 after citizen2   
7,b7 in clause 7i77,,ii71 by adding 2 or

 at the end2 and  7,c7 in clause 7ii71  
by inserting or national after citizen4 
7#d7 ,territories included in geographic
 meaning of ,united ,states ,section    
#afad7;e7 of such ,act 7#db ,u4,s4,c4   
#achb;c7e77 is amended by striking and  
the ,district of ,columbia and inserting
 1 the ,district of ,columbia1 ,puerto  
,rico1 the ,united ,states ,virgin      
,islands1 ,guam1 and ,american ,samoa4  
7c7 ,waiver ,authority ,the             
,commissioner of ,social ,security may  
waive or modify any statutory           
requirement relating to the provision of
 benefits under the ,supplemental       
,security ,income ,program under title  
,,xvi of the ,social ,security ,act in  
the ,virgin ,islands1 ,guam1 or ,puerto 
,rico1 to the extent that the           
,commissioner deems it necessary in     
order to adapt the program to the needs 
of the territory involved4  7d7         
,effective date ,this section and the   
amendments made by this section shall   
take effect on the #ast day of the #ast 

,federal fiscal year that begins #a year
 or more after the date of the enactment
 of this ,act4