United States HR 930: Stop the Wait Act of 2025

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119THCONGRESS 
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STSESSION 
H. R. 930 
To  amend  titles  II  and  XVIII  of  the  Social  Security  Act  to  eliminate  the  
disability  insurance  benefits  waiting  period  for  individuals  with  disabil-
ities, and for other purposes. 
IN  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES  
FEBRUARY4, 2025 
Mr.  D
OGGETT(for  himself,  Mr.  FITZPATRICK,  Ms.  ANSARI,  Ms.  BARRAGA
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N, 
Mr.  B
EYER,  Mr.  BISHOP,  Ms.  BONAMICI,  Mr.  BOYLEof  Pennsylvania,  
Ms.  B
ROWNLEY,  Mr.  CARSON,  Mr.  CASAR,  Ms.  CASTORof  Florida,  Mr.  
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ASTROof  Texas,  Ms.  CHU,  Mr.  CLEAVER,  Mr.  COHEN,  Ms.  CROCKETT, 
Mr.   C
ROW,   Mr.   DAVISof   Illinois,   Mrs.   MCCLAINDELANEY,   Ms.   
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ELAURO,  Mrs.  DINGELL,  Ms.  ESCOBAR,  Mr.  ESPAILLAT,  Ms.  LEGER 
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ERNANDEZ,   Mr.   FIELDS,   Mrs.   FLETCHER,   Mr.   GARAMENDI,   Mr.   
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ARCI
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Aof  Illinois,  Ms.  GARCIAof  Texas,  Mr.  GOLDENof  Maine,  Mr.  
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OLDMANof  New  York,  Mr.  GOTTHEIMER,  Mr.  GREENof  Texas,  Mr.  
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RIJALVA, Mrs. HAYES, Ms. HOYLEof Oregon, Ms. JAYAPAL, Mr. JOHN-
SONof Georgia, Mr. KHANNA, Ms. LEEof Pennsylvania, Mr. LYNCH, Mr. 
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AGAZINER,  Mrs.  MCBATH,  Ms.  MENG,  Ms.  MOOREof  Wisconsin,  Mr.  
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ORCROSS,  Ms.  NORTON,  Ms.  OCASIO-CORTEZ,  Mr.  PANETTA,  Ms.  PIN-
GREE,  Mrs.  RAMIREZ,  Mr.  RASKIN,  Ms.  SALINAS,  Ms.  SA
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NCHEZ,  Ms.  
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CANLON,  Ms.  SCHAKOWSKY,  Mr.  SHERMAN,  Ms.  SHERRILL,  Mr.  SOTO, 
Mrs.  S
YKES,  Mr.  TAKANO,  Mr.  THOMPSONof  Mississippi,  Ms.  TITUS, 
Mr.  T
ONKO,  Mrs.  TRAHAN,  Mr.  TURNERof  Texas,  Mr.  VEASEY,  Ms.  
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ELA
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ZQUEZ,  Ms.  WASSERMANSCHULTZ,  Ms.  WATERS,  Mrs.  WATSON 
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OLEMAN,  Ms.  WILLIAMSof  Georgia,  and  Ms.  WILSONof  Florida)  intro-
duced  the  following  bill;  which  was  referred  to  the  Committee  on  Ways  
and  Means,  and  in  addition  to  the  Committee  on  Energy  and  Commerce,  
for  a  period  to  be  subsequently  determined  by  the  Speaker,  in  each  case  
for  consideration  of  such  provisions  as  fall  within  the  jurisdiction  of  the  
committee concerned 
A  BILL  
To  amend  titles  II  and  XVIII  of  the  Social  Security  Act  
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to  eliminate  the  disability  insurance  benefits  waiting  pe-
riod  for  individuals  with  disabilities,  and  for  other  pur-
poses. 
Be  it  enacted  by  the  Senate  and  House  of  Representa-1
tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled, 2
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE. 3
This  Act  may  be  cited  as  the  ‘‘Stop  the  Wait  Act  of  4
2025’’. 5
SEC. 2. ELIMINATION OF DISABILITY WAITING PERIOD FOR 6
SOCIAL   SECURITY   DISABILITY   INSURANCE   7
BENEFITS. 8
(a)  E
LIMINATION   OFWAITINGPERIOD   FORDIS-9
ABILITYINSURANCEBENEFITS.—Section  223  of  the  So-10
cial Security Act (42 U.S.C. 423) is amended— 11
(1) in subsection (a)— 12
(A)  in  paragraph  (1),  in  the  matter  fol-13
lowing subparagraph (E)— 14
(i)   by   striking   ‘‘disability   insurance   15
benefit  (i)  for  each  month’’  and  all  that  16
follows  through  ‘‘,  or  (iii)’’  and  inserting  17
‘‘disability insurance benefit’’; and 18
(ii)  by  striking  ‘‘,  but  only  if’’  and  all  19
that   follows   through   ‘‘under   such   dis-20
ability’’; and 21
(B)   in   paragraph   (2),   by   striking   ‘‘as   22
though  he  had  attained  age  62  in—’’  and  all  23
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that  follows  through  ‘‘such  disability  insurance  1
benefits,’’  and  inserting  ‘‘as  though  the  indi-2
vidual  had  attained  age  62  in  the  first  month  3
for   which   the   individual   becomes   entitled   to   4
such disability insurance benefits,’’; and 5
(2) in subsection (c)— 6
(A)  in  the  subsection  heading,  by  striking  7
‘‘Definitions  of  Insured  Status  and  Waiting  Pe-8
riod’’  and  inserting  ‘‘Definition  of  Insured  Sta-9
tus’’; 10
(B)  by  striking  ‘‘For  purposes  of  this  sec-11
tion’’   and   all   that   follows   through   ‘‘in   any   12
month  if—’’  and  inserting  ‘‘For  purposes  of  13
this  section,  an  individual  shall  be  insured  for  14
disability  insurance  benefits  in  any  month  if—  15
’’; 16
(C) by striking paragraph (2); 17
(D)   by   redesignating   subparagraphs   (A)   18
and  (B)  as  paragraphs  (1)  and  (2),  respectively  19
(and adjusting the margins accordingly); 20
(E)   in   paragraph   (2)   (as   so   redesig-21
nated)— 22
(i)  by  redesignating  clauses  (i),  (ii),  23
and  (iii)  as  subparagraphs  (A),  (B),  and  24
(C), respectively; and 25
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