Protecting Supplemental Security Income for Disaster Victims Act

Section 1612(b) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 1382a(b)) is amended—

(1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (25);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (26) and inserting; and; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

(27) any amount received by such individual (or such spouse) in settlement of a claim of personal injury, physical sickness, or damage to, or depreciation of, property of such individual (or such spouse), including any amount so received, whether before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, in settlement of the case styled In Re: East Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23–CV–00242, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

Section 1613(a) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382b(a)) is amended—

(1) by striking and at the end of paragraph (16);

(2) by striking the period at the end of paragraph (17) and inserting; and; and

(3) by adding at the end the following:

(18) for the month of receipt and every month thereafter, any amount received by such individual (or such spouse) in settlement of a claim of personal injury, physical sickness, or damage to, or depreciation of, property of such individual (or such spouse), including any amount so received, whether before, on, or after the date of the enactment of this paragraph, in settlement of the case styled In Re: East Palestine Train Derailment, CASE NO. 4:23–CV–00242, in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.

The amendments made by this Act shall apply with respect to benefits payable for months beginning on or after the date of the enactment of this Act, except that, in the case of the settlement specified in sections 1612(b)(27) and 1613(a)(18) of the Social Security Act, the amendments shall also apply with respect to benefits paid for months beginning before such date of enactment.