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H.R. 4218 No Social Security Benefits for Prisoners Act of 2009

December 8, 2009

Status: Signed by President Obama on December 15, 2009.  Became Public Law 111-115.

Prevents retroactive Social Security and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefit payments from being issued to individuals while they are in prison, along with beneficiaries in violation of conditions of parole or probation, or who are fleeing to avoid prosecution for a felony or a crime punishable by sentence of more than one year.

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