Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
- Last Action
- 12/2/2024
Actions
- 2024-12-02Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 653.
- 2024-12-02Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-252.
- 2024-12-02Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Reported by Senator Peters with an amendment in the nature of a substitute. With written report No. 118-252.
- 2024-05-15Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported with an amendment in the nature of a substitute favorably.
- 2023-07-25Read twice and referred to the Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs.
- 2023-07-25Introduced in Senate
CRS Summary
As of 2023-07-25 (00)
Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act
This bill permanently allows the Department of the Treasury to access certain death records maintained by the Social Security Administration (SSA) to prevent improper payments to deceased individuals.
Current law requires the SSA to share its Death Master File with the Do Not Pay system maintained by Treasury for three years. The bill makes this requirement permanent, and it allows Treasury to compare SSA death records with personally identifiable information from other federal records systems and to share these comparisons with any federal or state agency that is authorized to use the Do Not Pay system.
Cosponsors (3)
- Thomas Carper (D-DE)
- Maggie Hassan (D-NH)
- Gary Peters (D-MI)
Subjects
- Disability assistance
- Intergovernmental relations
- Social security and elderly assistance
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