Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act
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Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act - Amends title II (Old Age, Survivors and Disability) (OASDI) of the Social Security Act to require the Commissioner of Social Security, if the Commissioner or a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the representative payee for an individual has died, has misused any individual's benefit, or has otherwise become unable or unwilling to continue as a representative payee, to: (1) revoke immediately certification for payment of the individual's benefits to such representative payee; (2) certify payment of such benefits, on a permanent or temporary basis, to a qualified organization to serve as a substitute representative payee; or (3) certify payments of such benefits to the individual directly if it would serve the individual's interests.
Prohibits the deferral of benefits payments directly to an individual during the selection of a substitute representative payee in any case in which a representative payee has previously been designated for the individual.
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4401: Social Security Temporary Emergency Payee Act. 113th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/113-HR-4401/
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