S. 2418: A bill to amend chapter 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize payments to certain trusts under the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

108th Congress · introduced 2004-05-13 · Government Operations and Politics · Latest: Committee on Governmental Affairs referred to Subcommittee on Financial Management, the Budget, and International Security.

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Where it came from: introduced 2004-05-13 · official record
Who proposed it: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] · what a sponsor is
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Official title

A bill to amend chapter 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize payments to certain trusts under the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

Plain summary

Amends Federal law concerning the Civil Service Retirement System and the Federal Employees Retirement System to allow a payment due a minor or an individual mentally incompetent or under other legal disability to be made to the person who is a trustee under a trust meeting specified trust requirements of title XIX (Medicaid) of the Social Security Act that contains the assets of an individual who is disabled if: (1) in the case of a minor, the minor is a child of the person upon whom the benefit for payment due is based or a dependent (who is a child) of the person upon whom the benefit for payment due is based; or (2) in the case of an individual mentally incompetent or under legal disability, the incompetency or disability occurred during the period that the individual was a child or a dependent (who was a child) of the person upon whom the benefit for payment due is based and that incompetency or disability has been continuous since that occurrence through the date of the payment due. Provides for the assignability of payments under such Systems to a trustee under such a trust.

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Official text

A bill to amend chapter 83 and 84 of title 5, United States Code, to authorize payments to certain trusts under the Social Security Act, and for other purposes.

Source: Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)

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Sponsor: Sen. Campbell, Ben Nighthorse [R-CO] · 0 cosponsors

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Words on this page, explained (3)

Authorization: A law that creates or continues a government program and says what it may do, often with a suggested spending ceiling. An authorization alone does not provide money; a separate appropriation does.
Bill: A proposed law. It becomes law only if it passes the legislature and is signed by the president or governor (or a veto is overridden).
Securities: Financial investments that can be bought and sold, such as stocks and bonds.

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Sources

Congressional Research Service summary (Introduced in Senate)
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Data: GovInfo BILLSTATUS bulk data (Library of Congress), BILLSTATUS-108s2418.xml <https://www.govinfo.gov/bulkdata/BILLSTATUS/108/s>

Record fed-us-cong108-s2418 · catalog fed-us-congress-bills-cong108 · updated 2026-11-15 by psicol fed-bills-cong108