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Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

Introduced: February 5, 2018 See on congress.gov
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Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
Feb 5, 2018
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Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act

This bill requires the Social Security Administration (SSA) to pay to states their reasonable costs for compiling and sharing records of deaths with the SSA. Under current law, the SSA is not required to pay the states but may choose to do so.

The SSA may share the death data with federal and state agencies for various purposes. Such purposes include ensuring proper payments of benefits and tax administration duties.

The Office of Management and Budget shall develop a plan to help federal and state agencies and Indian tribes use the death data.

What's happening now February 5, 2018

Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.

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 Committees of jurisdiction 2
 Cosponsors 6
All 6 Democratic 1 Republican 1
Buck, Ken
· Mar 7, 2018
 R
Grothman, Glenn
Wisconsin · Mar 5, 2018
Brooks, Susan
· Feb 14, 2018
 D
Bishop, Sanford D.
Georgia · Feb 5, 2018
Comstock, Barbara
· Feb 5, 2018
Gianforte, Greg
· Feb 5, 2018
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H.R. 4929: Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act. 115th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4929/
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"H.R. 4929: Stopping Improper Payments to Deceased People Act." 115th Congress, 2026, Open America, https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4929/.
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H.R. 4929, 115th Cong. (2026), https://openamerica.io/bill/115-HR-4929/.
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