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,mr4 ,evans ( ,colorado7 introduc$ !    
foll[+ bill2 :i* 0 ref]r$ to !          
,committee on ,ways & ,means  ,a ,,bill 
,to mod]nize ! application process =    
survivors insurance b5efits "u section  
#bjb ( ! ,social ,security ,act1 & = o!r
 purposes4  #a4 ,%ort title ,?is ,act   
may be cit$ z ! ,survivor ,b5efits      
,application ,mod]nization ,act4  #b4   
,mod]nization ( application process =   
survivors insurance b5efits  7a7        
,self-,s*$ule option  ,n lat] ?an #ahj  
days aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 
! ,commission] ( ,social ,security 79   
?is ,act ref]r$ to z ,commission]7 %all 
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fil+ an application = b5efits "u        
subsections 7d7 ?r\gh 7h7 ( section #bjb
 ( ! ,social ,security ,act 7#db        
,u4,s4,c4 #djb7 to s*$ule appo9tm5ts    
relat$ to su* applications4  7b7 ,onl9e 

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date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 !           
,commission] %all develop a me?od =     
individuals to file an application = !  
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subsection4  #c4 ,report ,n lat] ?an #c 
ye>s aft] ! date ( enactm5t ( ?is ,act1 
! ,commission] %all submit to ,congress 
a report on ! developm5t & implem5tation
 ( ! onl9e portal describ$ 9 section #b1
 includ+--  7#a7 any increase or        
decrease 9 ! numb] ( applications =     
b5efits "u subsections 7d7 ?r\gh 7h7 (  
section #bjb ( ! ,social ,security ,act 
7#db ,u4,s4,c4 #djb7 receiv$ & process$ 
by ! ,social ,security ,adm9i/ration    
s9ce ! date ( implem5tation ( su* onl9e 
portal2  7#b7 ! co/s or sav+s attribut$ 
to implem5tation ( su* onl9e portal2 &  
7#c7 any increase or decrease 9 ! numb] 
( fraudul5t applications = su* b5efits  
s9ce ! date ( implem5tation ( su* onl9e 
portal4  #d4 ,au?orization (            
appropriations ,!re is au?oriz$ to be   

appropriat$ su* sums z may be necess>y  
to c>ry out ?is ,act4