Number:        117-9   
Date:             June 8, 2022

President Signs H.R. 7691, the
“Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2022”

On May 21, 2022, the President signed H.R. 7691, the Additional Ukraine Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2022, which became Public Law 117-128.

This law includes the following provision of interest to the Social Security Administration:

Title IV, Section 401- General Provision

  1. This section allows citizens of Ukraine, nationals of Ukraine, or individuals who last habitually resided in Ukraine to receive Supplemental Security Income (SSI) if they were:
    1. paroled into the United States between February 24, 2022 and September 30, 2023, or

    2. paroled into the United States after September 30, 2023, and they are a spouse or child of a person from Ukraine who was paroled into the United States between February 24, 2022 and September 30, 2023 (as described in 1 and a. above), or

    3. paroled into the United States after September 30, 2023, and they are a parent, legal guardian, or primary caregiver of an unaccompanied minor from Ukraine who was paroled into the United States between February 24, 2022 and September 30, 2023 (as described in 1 and a. above);

  1. To be eligible for SSI benefits, these parolees must meet all of the program’s other requirements. For example, a parolee must be at least age 65 or disabled or blind, and have countable income and resources below the program’s limits;

  2. A parolee’s eligibility to receive SSI benefits ends if parole status is terminated by the Department of Homeland Security. In addition, a parolee’s eligibility to receive SSI benefits ends seven years from the date on which the parolee attained parole status; and

  3. This section also requires SSA to not count the income and resources of a sponsor in determining the SSI eligibility and benefit amounts of these parolees (this counting process is often called “sponsor-to-alien deeming”).