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  SA 6337. Mr. BROWN submitted an amendment intended to be proposed to 
amendment SA 5499 submitted by Mr. Reed (for himself and Mr. Inhofe) 
and intended to be proposed to the bill H.R. 7900, to authorize 
appropriations for fiscal year 2023 for military activities of the 
Department of Defense, for military construction, and for defense 
activities of the Department of Energy, to prescribe military personnel 
strengths for such fiscal year, and for other purposes; which was 
ordered to lie on the table; as follows:

        At the appropriate place, insert the following:

     SEC. __. UPDATE IN ELIGIBILITY FOR THE SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY 
                   INCOME PROGRAM.

       (a) Update in Resource Limit for Individuals and Couples.--
     Section 1611(a)(3) of such Act (42 U.S.C. 1382(a)(3)) is 
     amended--
       (1) in subparagraph (A), by striking ``$2,250'' and all 
     that follows through the end of the subparagraph and 
     inserting ``$20,000 in calendar year 2022, and shall be 
     increased as described in section 1617(d) for each subsequent 
     calendar year.''; and
       (2) in subparagraph (B), by striking ``$1,500'' and all 
     that follows through the end of the subparagraph and 
     inserting ``$10,000 in calendar year 2022, and shall be 
     increased as described in section 1617(d) for each subsequent 
     calendar year.''.
       (b) Inflation Adjustment.--Section 1617 of such Act (42 
     U.S.C. 1382f) is amended--
       (1) in the section heading, by inserting ``; inflation 
     adjustment'' after ``benefits''; and
       (2) by adding at the end the following:
       ``(d) In the case of any calendar year after 2022, each of 
     the amounts specified in section 1611(a)(3) shall be 
     increased by multiplying each such amount by the quotient 
     (not less than 1) obtained by dividing--
       ``(1) the average of the consumer price index for all urban 
     consumers (all items; United States city average, as 
     published by the Bureau of Labor Statistics of the Department 
     of Labor) for the 12-month period ending with September of 
     the preceding calendar year, by

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       ``(2) such average for the 12-month period ending with 
     September 2021.''.
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